4 FEBRUARY 1854

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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ON the first night of the session, Ministers hastened to - give the public full and frank information on the two: subjects respecting which the most general solicitude was...

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The day after the meeting of the Imperial Parliament, the

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Ec- clesiastical Parliament assembled for the Province of Canterbury, characteristically sitting in a large room of "Queen Anne's Bounty Office." The proceedings assumed a more...

E1infr5 nut rutrhing inVartinnuut.

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OP THE WERE. HOUSE or LORDS. Tuesday, Jan. Si. Parliament opened by the Queen—Debate on the Address. Thursday, Feb. 2. Criminal Law; Question by Lord...

The demand made by the Emperor of Russia for explanations

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on the real intention of the joint fleet in the Black Sea has been answered by the Governments of France and England. Acting upon their instructions, and regarding that answer...

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tOr tout.

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THE Queen and Prince Albert left Windsor Castle about one o'clock on Monday, and arrived at Buckingham Palace before two. A Court end Privy Council were held at three o'clock....

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Yartrupults.

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The Convocation of the Clergy of this Province met on Wednesday in the Board-room of the Bounty Office at Westminster; and some not un- important steps were taken in the Upper...

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tt Vrnuiurts.

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The Convocation of York formally assembled on Wednesday. No writ having been received from the Crown to proceed to business, Convo- cation was instantly prorogued by the...

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SCOTLAND.

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Captain Craigie has been successfully engaged in raising Coast Guard Volunteers. Last week 599 fishermen had already enrolled themselves. In answer to a memorial from Glasgow...

lartign out toluniat.

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FBA/MS.—Expectation has been strained to the utmost in Paris this week. There have been daily reports that M. Kisseleff the Russian Ambassador, would depart this day—nay, that...

IRELAND.

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Captain Jerningbam, the commander of the Naval Coast Volunteers, visited nearly all the ports on the West Coast last week, and met with a good reception. The ardour of the...

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311isultautung.

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A Cabinet Council, attended by all the Ministers, sat for two hours and a half at the Foreign Office on Saturday. The orthodox banquets were given on the eve of the opening of...

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POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. By a general concurrence of intelligence this morning, it appears that Count Orloff's mission to Vienna has hitherto failed ; a result which af- fords to the Western...

A deputation of municipal authorities, backed by several Members of

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Parliament, including Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, Mr. Walter, Mr. Monck- ton Milnes, and Mr. Seholefield, waited on Lord Palmerston yesterday, to state their opinions adverse to the...

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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The press of Parliamentary and Political Intelligence obliges us to put aside several Letters which are in type. Our correspondents will bear in mind that the sitting of...

MONEY MARKET,

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY APTRIINOOH. The first week of the reassembling of Parliament, which from the clouded state of politics had been awaited with intense interest, has not...

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS IN PROSPECT.

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Oaths taken by Members—Motion, "That the Chairman be directed to ask for leave to bring in a Bill to substitute one Oath for the Oaths of Allegiance, Supre- macy, and...

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THE R17SSO-TURKISH BLUE BOOKS.*

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THE whole of the papers on the contest with Russia respecting Turkey have been presented to Parliament, and are now accessible to the public. The series is extensive, and...

t4ratrrg nutr atugir.

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.Mr. G. V. Brooke, reappearing at Drury Lane as Brutus in the poor tragedy of that name, changes the season from melodramatic into "legiti- mate." His impersonation pleases the...

"tut !rt.

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THE BLUE BOOR ON THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Months ago, "the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Management of the National Gallery, also to consider in what mode the...

At the soiree of the Reunion des Arts, on Wednesday,

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there was a novelty of some interest—a trio for the pianoforte, violin, and violon- cello, by Thalberg, a composer hitherto known in this country only by his brilliant fantasias...

Verdi, it would seem, is still maintaining his ground in

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Italy. His last opera, It Trecatore, lately produced at the Scala at Milan, has created a furore, and bed six-and-twenty representations during the season. His Iffseffedieri,...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE SESSION OPENED. THE calm official tone of the Queen's Speech on Tuesday, in meeting her Parliament on the most exciting occasion that her experience can recall, is...

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THE POSITION OF PRINCE ALBERT.

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THE explanations by Lord Aberdeen and Lord John Russell place the actual position of Prince Albert beyond a doubt, but also as- sign to him a position very different from that...

, PENSIONERS IN COMMISSION.

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OF all the defects which a long peace may have introduced into our military and naval system, none is more evident or more ne- cessary to get rid of than the superabundance of...

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HOW PUBLIC MEETINGS DO THEIR, WORK.

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IT would be a great economy of time for the public, if those whom it may concern were to consider the things which public meetings can do or cannot do, and the best way of...

THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR

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THE absence of the American Minister from the opening of Par- liament is noticed with a very general regret ; and the regret is scarcely lessened when we understand the trifling...

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SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY versus THE "TIMES."

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Ii' the proceedings instituted against the Times newspaper by the Chairman of the South-Western Railway Company appear to be in their nature needless, and therefore impolitic,...

COMMON THINGS AND UNCOMMON RESULTS.

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THE " common things " which Lord Ashburton proposed to extend the knowledge of are the highest things within the practical know- ledge of mankind. It usually is the case that...

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THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN GOLD-DISCOVERER. SEVERAL claimants have come forward to

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put in a title for them- selves or others as the earliest discoverers or indicators of gold in Australia • and amongst them, a claim has been put in on behalf of Mr. George...

BIRTHS.

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On the 26th January. the Wife of the Rev. William Pridden, Rector of West Stow- eam-Wordwell, Suffolk, of a eon. On the 27th, at No. 10, Westbourne Terrace, the Wife of Francis...

MILITARY GAZETTE.

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OFFICE OP 011DNANCE, Jan. 30.-Royal Regiment of Artillery-Col. B. Jones to be Col. - Commandant, vice Major-Gen. Oliver, dec.; Lieut.-Col. F. Benham to be Col. vice Jones;...

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 28. [From

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the Official Return.] Ten of Weeks 1844-53. Week of 1854. Zymotle Diseases 2,132 .... 230 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat,. 485 .... 52...

NAVAL GAZETTE.

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Aniszaarav, Jan. 30.-In consequence of the death, on the 26th inst. of Hear-Ad- miral of the Red C. Sotheby, the following promotione, dated the 2701 inst. have taken...

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PRICES CURRENT.

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(Last Official Quotation RAILWAYS- Bristol and Exeter CideMinian Edinburgh and Glasgow Eastern Counties Great Nixtliern Great South. and West. Ireland Great Western Hull and...

COMMERCIAL GAZETTE. Tuesday, January 31. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. - Maiu and Gray. Liverpool.

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ships'-store-dealers-J. and J. Hargraves, Carlisle, whip-manufacturers-Underhill and HewlIngs, Har- rold's Colliery, Wolverhaundon-Willcoek and Thompson. Manchester, estate-...

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London: Printed by JOSEPH Cr...Li-roll, of 320. Strand, in the

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Co u nty of Middlesex, Printer, at the office of JOSEPH CLATron, No. 10, Crane Court, in the Parish of St. Dunstan's in the West, inthe City of London; and Published by' the...

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BOOKS.

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CAPTAIN KING'S CAMPAIGNING IN KAPPIRLAND.* THE Seventy-fourth Highlanders were ordered to South Africa on the first conception of the serious character of the war against the...

*uppientrnt to tbe *pertator

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FOR THR WEEK ENDMG No. 1336.] SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1854. [GRATIS WITH THE WEEK'S SPECTATOR.

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G]tANTLEY BERKELEY'S REMINISCENCES OF A HIINTSMAN. * IN unity of subject

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these Reminiscences are not equal to a popular volume on natural history which Mr. Berkeley published some years since. But they possess a greater variety of topics, and a wider...

II‘CULLOCH'S COMMERCIAL DICTIONARY, NEW EDITION. * Tam vast changes which are

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now continually taking place in the worlds of industry and legislation have rendered it necessary to * A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and C"...

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BLANCHARD JERROLD'S BRIGE-BEAXER..

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"IIILL of emptiness" is about the characteristic of the Brage- Beaker. Mr. Jerrold left London in November for Ostend ; got on by railway to Hamburg; thence by dint of rail,...

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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BOORS. Travels in Bolivia; with a Tour across the Pampas to Buenos Ayres, &c. By L. Hugh de Bonelli, of her Britannic Majesty's Legation. In two volumes. Hungary, Past and...

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Muir.

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Nine Quartets for two Violins, Viola, and Violoncello. By J. L. Elkrton. (In score.) Nine Quartets for two Violins, Viola, and Violoncello. By J. L. Elkrton. (In score.) Mr....

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Ittrutni elmiugs.

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• VISIT To THE Gamix ANT-EATER.—Well ! I have seen this most re- markable quadruped in the flesh, safely housed in the garden of the Zoologi- cal Society of London in the...