20 FEBRUARY 1858

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Loan PALMERSTON'S long-announced and much-expected India Government Bill has been laid before Parliament : its discustuon has hid an unusual amount of anticipatory preface, in...

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13thatto net Vrorttiriugn in Sarliniurut.

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEBB. Novas or Loans. Monday, Feb. 15. Sepires' Punishments , Lord Ellenborongh's Question — General Windham ; the Duke of Cambridge's...

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THE QUEEN held the first levee of the season, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday. It was very numerously attended, and many addresses of congratulation were presented. At a...

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lit 311ttropults,

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The Court of Common Council, on Thursday, adopted a petition to Parliament against so much of the Government Bill for London as is in- consistent with the bill promoted by the...

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Vrattintial.

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The Birmingham Watch Committee, at a meeting on Tuesday, called up Mr. Stephens, the chief Superintendent of Police, to inquire whether he entered the house of Pierri, one of...

IRELAND.

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Roused by Mr. Roebuck's notice of motion, the supporters of the Irish Viceroyalty met in the Rotunda at Dublin on Monday. The meeting was large, and composed of influential...

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,firrign null cnlnuinl.

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,fritirt.—M. de Morny presented the new penal bill to the Legisla- tive Body on Saturday. In doing so, he explained its origin and pur- port., and discoursed on the state of...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SITU/DA-Y. The victorious position which Lord Palmerston enjoyed at the division on his India Government Bill was reversed last night, by what amounts to a vote of censure on...

311tortIlautuus.

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It has been officially announced that the French Government will not in future permit any person to land in France without a passport, not even when they have no intention of...

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MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK BIM:L.2140E, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The British Funds continue in their upward course ; a rise since the commencement of the week having taken place of fully . 11 per cent. At...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. PERHAPS after the light thrown upon Indian subjects,generally by the very copious discussions which we have had , in Parlia- ment and in the press,...

Viratrrs.

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The cheap performances at Her Majesty's Theatre terminate on this day week , after a repetition of Piccolomini and Giuglini's most favourite parts. They have drawn capital...

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ABOLITION OF THE IRISH VICEROYALTY.

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Oua remarks on the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and its inutility have attracted some attention in Dublin as well as in London. • They have been reechoed from very...

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BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY.

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RETURNS are not always the most valuable instruments of reform but in the hands of Lord. Brougham, aided by other Law Lords, we have no doubt that the returns for which he moved...

GOD AND THE RIGHT.

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IN his excellent speech on the subject of Oude, Lord John Rus- sell drew forth from its present obscurity a principle whose re- newed influence in Parliament would work...

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THE THE SOLDIER : HIS- LODGING. TIM comprehensive, Report on

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the Sanitary Condition of the British. Army preSents us with it tolerably- complete view of the soldier in what may be called hii domestic relations. It depicts re- Ministry of...

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BRIEF NOTES ON A NUMBER OF THINGS.

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Ax the state banquet in Berlin to celebrate the arrival of Prince Frederick William and his English bride, the Prince of Prussia proposed the following toast—" Their Majesties...

THE CANTILLON QUESTION.

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AT the close of last week, Lord Palmerston gave an unqualified contradiction to Mr. Stirling's recapitulation of the Cantillon af- fair ; and by the confident manner in which he...

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fetus to Of Etitnr.

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THE METROPOLITAN POLICE. Sin—In the reports of the arrest of Simon Bernard, it is stated that the English constable was accompanied by a member of the Police, bearing the...

THE CONSPIRACY BILL: AN EVIL CONSEQUENCE OF POSTPONING LAW REFORM.

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Belfast, 17th February 1858. Six—It is impossible not to feel annoyance and indignation at the posi- tion in which the French Government has succeeded in placing our Legis-...

DEATHS.

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On the 26th October, at New Zealand, accidentally drowned, Captain Charles Ayers, late of Lingwood, Norfolk. On the 24th December, on board H.M.S. Madagascar, Rio de In Plata,...

THE CEYLON REBELLION.

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Lesheth How, Ambleside, 4th February 1858. Sue—In reading the Reverend Mr. Gurney's Sermons, and the notes append- ed to them, on the Indian Mutiny, I have been forcibly...

THE FRENCH ALLY AND THE FRENCH RULER.

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Loudon, 15th February 1858. Sue—Sufficient time has now elapsed to assure the valiant French Colonels of the detestation with which Englishmen of all grades regard attempts at...

MARRIAGES.

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On the 3d February, at the British Embassy, Paris, the Rev. William H Priestley, to Augusta, youngest daughter of the late Colonel the Hon. Sir Robert Le Poor Trench, K.C.B.,...

BIRTHS.

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On the 6th February, at Pau, France, the Hon. Mrs. Macdonald, of St. Mar- tin's and Rossie Castle, of a son. On the 11th, in Leinster Street, Dublin, the Lady Lurgan, of a...

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'Or Ilauti.

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 19. ADMIRALTY, Feb. 19.-The following promotions, dated the 13th inst. consequent on the death, on the 12th inst. of Admiral of the White J....

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 19. WAR OFFICE, Fall Mall, Feb. 19.-Caratry-6th Rest. of Drag. Guards-Lieut: W. Betty to be Capt. without purchase, vice Warillaw, killed in...

FROM THE LONDON . GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 16.

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Partnerships Dissolred.-11arris and Co. Bradford, Yorkshire, bankers ; as far as regards W. DI. Harris-G. and A. Ripley, St. Helen's, Lancashire, engineers- Appleford and Slack,...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUN DS. (Closing Prices.) ,Saturd ..Monday. Tuesday. H'sdues. 3 per Cent Consols. 97 Ditto for Account # 971 3 per Cents Reduced 4 97f New 3 per Cents 972 Long...

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London . : 'Printed by August OLATTON, of zes, Strand, la the

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• Minty of Middieaex, Printer, at the office of Josrrn TON, 17, Bonverie Street, in the Precinct of Whitefris , , in /he (ffty of London; and Published by the *Jerrold Plash:...

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*ttiator lipOrment.

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FEBRUARY 20, 1858. 13 00K S. THE WELLINGTON SUPPLEMENTARY DESPATCHES. * Tut Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of the late Duke of Wellington relating to India, of which...

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CAPTAIN YULE'S MISSION TO THE COURT OF AVA.. * TEE object

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of this embassy to the present King of Burmah was to negotiate what is diplomatically called a treaty of amity and commerce, after hostility and war had -extorted a large shoe...

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LEWES'S SEA-SIDE STUDIES. * THE fault of this book is owing

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to the form of its original publi- cation as a series of articles in Blackwood. The chapters that were each complete in themselves do not when collected together form a united...

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EMMA ATKINSON'S MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENS OF PRUSSIA. * THESE Memoirs

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of the Queens of Prussia have evidently been published with a reference to the marriage of our Princess Royal ; though beyond the mere geographical relation there is little of...

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Boons. A Narrative of the Mission sent by the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ave in 1855; with Notices of the Country, Government, and People. By Captain Henry Yule,...

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THE GREAT EXHIBITION MEMORIAL.

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The models and designs, forty-eight in number, sent in for this compe- tition, are now open to view at the South Kensington Museum. They comprise all sorts of notions, with very...

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THE BRITISH INSTITUTION. THE art-season of 1858 opened, as usual, with the private view of the modern pictures at the British Institution, on the 6th instant. The general...

MR. OTTLEVS LECTURES.

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After addressing audiences at the Marylebone Institution, the Royal Manchester Institution, and other places, Mr. Ottley has set up his tent in the French Gallery, 121 Pall...

CHEVALIER PETTRICH'S SCULPTURES.

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A collection of sculptures and models of a quite unique kind is now on exhibition at the Gallery of the New Water-Colour Society. Chevalier Pettrich, a native of Dresden, and...