26 NOVEMBER 1859

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Although there is some cause to reserve implicit credence in

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Nana Sahib's death, the intelligence from India continues to be most satisfactory. It will be for the manifest interest of Jung Bahadoor, who has gained in territory by his...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE preliminaries of Congress make way ; Austria and France have agreed to send to the other Powers, circulars of invi- tation from Vienna and Paris, but not identical in terms....

On the question of the Italian Regency the French Govern-

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ment has avowedly modified its opinions in a manner the most important ; an explanation of the frankest kind has been put ibrtli through the Moniteur and other journals,...

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THE LAW OF BLASPHEMOUS LIBEL.

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An interesting discussion on the law relating to prosecutions for blasphemy took place on Monday at the meeting of the Juridical Society, Lord Campbell in the chair. The subject...

Already the catalogue of Ministerial measures for next session begins

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to assume considerable importance. We allude not only to the Parliamentary measures which have to be submitted for the approval of the two Houses, but to measures more within...

THE BANKRUPTCY LAW.

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A deputation, representing the commercial interests of the country, and headed by Sir John Ramsden, waited upon Lord Palmerston on Tuesday to learn the intentions of the...

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tkt 31-ttruptlio.

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The church of St. George's-in-the-East was again the scene of riotous disturbances and unseemly behaviour. A regular warfare now- appears to be carried on. The rector's party...

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The Queers and the Princess Frederick William of Prussia have walked in the Home Park, and visited the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore. The Prince Consort, the. Prince Frederick...

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Vrouturtal.

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It is far more the fashion now than formerly to talk politics at. cultural meetin g s. Mr: Newdegate met his constituents at the id table of the Ru g by and Dunchurch A g...

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SCOTLAND.

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A deputation from Glasgow waited upon the Lord Advocate, at Edin- burgh, on the 17th, to submit to him their proposed basis for legislation on the subject of education. The...

IRELAND.

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The Lord-Lieutenant was present at a parade of the Cork Constabu- lary, held for the purpose of bestowing a medal and gratuity.on a head constable. Lord Carlisle, in .a brief...

arrigu net Arnlautal.

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f Tftfirf.—The Court is still at Compiegne ' and will remain there until the first week in December. Count Pourtides, the Prussian Minis- ter, has been there on ,a visit,...

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31iigrtlinutnuo.

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The Government have at length determined to arm the disembodied militia regiments with the Enfield Rifle. Requisitions are to be sent to the Director of Stores, War Office. The...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON. "Park, Thursday Evening. " Lord Cowley left on Monday evening for London. He had previously had a long conversation with the Emperor, in which his Majesty...

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JAMAICA AS A COTTON FIELD.

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North Brixton, 25th November, 1859. Sra—Your numerous readers in Manchester and Jamaica, as well as in the United States of America, will rejoice to learn that at length men of...

TUE NEW JOINT.

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Another note from a practical man shows the interest taken in the newly-invented joint. Ambleside, Nov. 7. ' Stn—In your invaluable paper I was much interested in the account...

REDUCTION OF' THE INDIAN ARMY.

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Bombay Presidency, 15th October, 1859. Sin—The inability of the Indian revenue to meet the heavy drain forced upon it by the severe events of the last two years, had not escaped...

IIEW COPYING- PRESS.

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At the same place we saw a new and ingenious copying press, which he has invented and patented in America and in this country. The old copying press is well known ; the new...

Litters: to tie= altar.

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eONSrnift,-rilg OP Belfast, 19th November, 1859. Stit--You have done - good service by your remarks on the material of iron vessels. Permit me to add a few on their...

MONEY MARKET.

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STOCK EXCIUNGE. FRIDAY ArrEasooN. Business in every department of the Stock Exchange continues dull and inactive, although quotations show a decided improvement all round....

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE STATE OF EUROPE. ONE of the legacies which the great French Revolution bequeathed' to posterity was the mania for large standing armies. France, defied, poured forth...

BIRTHS:

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On the 13th . of November, attliatlf; the 'Wife of Colonel G. H. Robertson, C.B. and A.O.C. tithe Queen, of a son.. On the 16th, at Cortachy Castle, the Countess of Girlie, of...

ItEYIVAXS:

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November 3, 1859. Sin—The reviewer:of Dr. Hecker's famous. book on tha Bpidemies of i4e _Middle Agee in your last impression might have extended his com- parisons with much...

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WOOLWICH ARSENAL.

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CONING events, says the proverb, cast their shadows before. The shadow of Woolwich Arsenal has been projected for some time upon Weedon. The existence of Woolwich Arsenal is...

EMPLOYMENT FOR EDUCATED WOMEN.

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THE movement to enlarge the sphere of profitable labour for edu- cated women is sure to have some success; the manner in which it is carried on, and the motives which prompt it,...

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DOCKYARD MANAGEMENT.

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Tin question of dockyard economy and efficiency has become more than ever a question of vital importance since we are com- pelled, by the state of Europe, the changes in the...

CERTAINTY IN COMMERCE AND LAW.

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Six RICHARD BxnraLn's promised bill for the consolidation and amendment of the bankruptcy laws opens a wide subject which demands a consideration more deliberate and broader...

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BOOKS.

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DARWIN ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. * Oirrnonox n.aturalists have hard work to defend their favourite dogma of the immutability of species. Scarcely have they re- covered from the...

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IrIf3SET'S' STRENGTH OP NATIONS. * - TO recall to his contemporaries

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the lessons of the past, in the hope of correcting present evil and averting possible or imminent dan- ger, has been the motive which has animated Mr. Bisset in the composition...

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AUSTRALIAN PACTS AND PROSPECTS. * GOLD was discovered in Australia in

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1851; the full tide of immi- gration set into Hobson's Bay in 1852, and in September of that year the author of Orion arnved on its shores. He may therefore be considered an old...

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PUBLICATION'S RECEIVED.

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Six ESSAYS, Murmur Awn POLITICAL, written in India by the late Sir Henry Lawrence, have been extracted from the Calcutta Review, in which they originally appeared, and...

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LITERARY NEWS.

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Fiction, Fielding proves, is truer than history, and the reason is ob- vious—the writer of fiction, while he can be perfectly true to the nature of the facts which he relates;...

sot sytatrts.

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Generally speaking the play-houses, with the single exception of the Adelphi, which rests firmly on Mr. Watts Phillips's new drama, The _Dead Heart, are in somewhat unsettled...

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331iritr.

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-Mies-Louisa Pyne, having recovered from a severe attack of bronchitis brought on .by excessive exertion, has resumed her - labours, and reap- peared in Dinorah with her usual...

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mom TILE LONDON GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 22, Bankrupts.-Joni GODFREY and JOAN DAIIIEL DENY, Savoy Street, Strand, printers-J/1nm and DAVID SHAW, John Street, Cambridge Heath,...

PRICES CURRENT.

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BR I TI H FUNDS. (Closing Peen.) Seined. Monday. Tsteeday Wedueu Then. Friday. 961 964 914 961 961 944 961 961 961 964 944 96} 961 95 941 954 941 rill 95 944 - i...