27 NOVEMBER 1858

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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TIE Count de Montalembe - rt ha a undergone the 'form of a trial before the sixth chamber of the • Correctional Tribunal, and has been sentenced. to six months' imprisonment...

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30ttrufn1io.

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METROPOLITAN POLITICS. There was a meeting of working men in Smithfield on Monday to di r . cuss the promised Reform Bill. Comparatively few were present, but it seems to have...

CAPTAIN OSBORN IN THE PRIUO.

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7 The meeting of the Royal Geographical Society on Monday, Sir II' derick Murchison in the chair, was extremely well attended, e filSt and most interesting paper was captain...

THE OPIUM TRADE.

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A deputation from the Anti-Opium Association waited on Lord Stan- ley on Wednesday, and presented a memorial, praying the government to prohibit the cultivation of opium in...

C!IF amt.

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THE Qualm invested on Tuesday, wifh the insignia of the Bath, a num. her of Knights and Companions of the Order, Whose names have alma. beenpOlished. On Thursday her Majeetity...

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IN MEMORIAM.

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The heroes of Lucknow, under the presidency of their old commander, General Inglis, dined together at the London Tavern, on Tuesday, to keep in remembrance their final...

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rouilitial.

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POLITICAL MEETINGS. The annual feast of the members of the Rugby and Dunchurch Co n aervative Association, on Thursday, gave Mr. Newdegate an opportunit; of combating the views...

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DR. GUTHRIE AND THE SEPOYS.

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At the meeting of the India Christian Association in Edinburgh last week, the Reverend Dr. Guthrie was one of the speakers, and in the course of his harangue he astonished the...

SCOTLAND.

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MR. BOUVERIE AT KILMARNOCK. Mr. Bouverie, the member for the Kilmarnock Burghs addressed his constituents on the 18th. As usual he reviewed the past and made some reference to...

ma. SIDNEY HERBERT ON RELIGIOUS "NEUTRALITY."

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At a meeting in aid of Church Missions in South Africa held at Wilton on Monday, Mr. Sidney Herbert, who occupied the chair, set forth his views on our religious polity in...

SHIPPING GRIEVANCES.

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The shipowners of the Tyne held a meeting on the 19th, and passed resolutions. They find that the effect of the present navigation laws has been "most pernicious to British...

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IRELAND.

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The Lord-Lieutenant has applied the Peace Preservation Act to the barony of Clandonagh in Queen's County, the scene of Mr. Ely's 'murder. The assassin is still at large ; but...

forrign niiIi Colonial.

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"ran r1.—Count de Montalembert was tried on Wednesday before the Tribunal of Correctional Police and sentenced to six months' im- prisonment and a fine of 6000 francs. Dunoil,...

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tztrItaurutuf.

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The Gazette of Tuesday contains an announcement of the Household of the Prince of Wales. Colonel the Honourable Robert Bruce is ap- pointed Governor ' Brevet-Major Robert...

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POSTSCRIPT. SATURDAY.

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Something like a manifesto of the intentions of the Ministry in res- pect to the Ionian Islands appears this morning in that eccentric but occasional organ of the Government the...

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64t fOratrr5.

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By the revival of Much Ado About Yet/sing, which took place on Sa- turday last, Mr. Charles Kean is enabled to change his bill three times a week, and thus a varied Shaksperian...

Vitus In t4r etitnr.

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OUR IONIAN POLICY. Belfast 19th Ye rent bar 1858. Sin—I have seldom read so truly statesmanlike a document as Sir John Young's despatch on the political state of the Ionian...

Musical matters are comparatively at a stand for the present,

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but (as we said last week) various winter novelties are impending. Two occur- rences, however, attract some attention, although neither are novelties. The first—which is...

MARKET. MONEY

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STOrit EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Dealings iu the English Funds have again been of the most limited de- scription, the variation, until today, barely reaching 4 per cent...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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MONTALEMBERT AND COMPIEGNE. THE people of England are beginning slowly but surely to realize the true position of the French Emperor and Empire in relation to the growth of...

• APPOINTMENT OF COLONI1L GOVERNORS.

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Kingtreston, Somerton, 23d November 1858. 8m—Responsible government in the colonies seems to require that they should choose their own governors. I would suggest as the mode of...

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THE WORLD'S INTEREST IN THE WEST.

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IT is a somewhat strange thing to see our leading newspaper star- ing about, and asking how it can be that the new elections in Ame- rica have issued as they have done, and then...

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THE TIMES REFORM BILL.

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Is the Times foreshadowing the Government Bill ? If it is, Ru- mour and the Leading Journal are at issue. According to the vulgar authority, Ministers contemplate an exceedingly...

DIPLOMATIC STATECRAFT.

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A PRACTICE has grown up of effecting temporary settlements be- tween states, which requires to be closely watched in order, that it may not lead th mischievous consequences,...

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IMPERIAL BREWING AND FRENCH BAKING.

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As the Idees Napoleoniennes develop themselves, we discover more and more how impracticable the main purpose of the ex- isting Napoleon is, and how far his temporary: success...

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THE O'MALLEY CASE.

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THE defeat of the Irish Catholic clergy in the ease of the O'Mal- ley children does not consist in the decision of the Irish Lord C hancellor, who has established a precedent as...

THE LAST ANGLO-AMERICAN "DIFFICULTY.”

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pes Americans have at last got a decided case against this coun t r y. It is indeed twice blessed, for it is at once a grievance and a triumph. Let small men raise the question...

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INVENTION, ITS RIGHTS AND ENCOURAGEMENT.

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TILE imperfect working of the present patent law, for the protec- tion, of the invpntor, or for the advantage of society, is so obvious that we may look for some radical change,...

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THE AFTERNOON OF UNMARRIED LIFE.*

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Es -- these essays on the life of single gentlewomen who have reached a certain age, the reader will discover some improvement on "Morning Clouds," albeit the opening...

BOOKS.

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iiriafl'S LIVES OF LANFRANC, ANSELM, AND A'BECKET.* As a com plete series of biographies of the great Anglo-Norman Archbishops, this volume should have contained Langton ;...

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SEASON ROOKS *

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ALTHOUGH the annuals have, we believe, entirely passed away, they were too consonant to many of our best and most genial feelings to leave no results behind them. Their...

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. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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The flow of publications rather increases than diminishes, though numbers belong to that special class, which indicates the season of the year. There are, however, a good many...

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DEATHS.

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On the 5th October, at Mee-an Meer, Punjaub, Mary Allan, infant daughter of Lieutenant-Col. Blunt, C.B., Bengal Horse Artillery ; aged 14 months. On the 19th, at the residence...

MARRIAGES.

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On the 30th September, at New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., John S. Washington, Esq., of Richmond, Virginia, to Victoria, third daughter of W. Bernard MacCabe, the well-known...

BIRTHS.

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On the 12th October, at Delhi, the Wife of John Scarlett Campbell, Esq., Bengal C.S., of a daughter. On the 20th November, at Seafield, Gorey, Ireland, the Viscountess...

. • .--' , - - PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE,

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NOTRE IL 19. WAR-OFFICE, Fall Mall, Nov. 19. -Ca ralry-2d Regt. of ,bra g. GUatdS._LieU tW W. King, from the 17th Light Drags, to be Capt. by "urchase, vice Dick, e b o...

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14r Rm.

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 19. AIMIRALTY, Nov. 15.-Corps of Royal Marines-Second Lieut. A. Hill to he First Lieut. vice-Boxer, deceased.

'Var.

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 23. ffattkrUnfs.-EDZIVND CONNOR, Brooke Street, Holborn, boot-warehouseman- ?Rota s FISHER, Northampton, and WiLLIAR fisnEk, Harlestone,...

PRICES CURRENT.

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BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) 2 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents Long Annuities Annuities 1485 Bank Stock, 9 per Cent India Stock, 103...