6 JUNE 1857

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NEWS:OF - THE 'WEEK.

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WNrrstrsriDE has been rendered peculiarly happy as a holiday. making season, by the casual circumstances of the day. The Parliamentary session was of a kind easy to be suspended...

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nth lirnirriiingn in Varlinintut.

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PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. House OF Loans. Thursday, June 4. Sales of Poisons Bill referred to a Select Committee—Divorce and Matrimonial Causes; Lord Brougham's...

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VOTING BY PAPERS.

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Lord ROBERT CECIL, in moving for a Select Committee to inquire into the expediency of collecting votes at elections in Counties and Universities by means of voting-papers,...

THE BOARD or TRADE.

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Mr. HORSFALL moved for a Select Committee to inquire into "the origin the past and present constitution, and the powers and duties of the origin, of Trade, with a view to its...

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THE OATHS BILL.

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Early on Thursday's sitting, Sir FREDERICK THF.SIGER stated the course he proposed to pursue with respect to the Oaths Bill, the second reading of which had been fixed for...

WITNESSES' OATHS.

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On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, based on the recommendations of a Select Committee, the House of Lords resolved— . "That Select Committees in future shall examine witnesses...

SALE OF POISONS.

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In moving that the Lords should go into Committee on the Sale of -Poisons Bill, Earl GRANVILLE explained the measure. The object of the bill is twofold—to prevent, if...

PROPERTY OF MARRIED WOMEN.

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On the motion of Mr. MALIN8, a bill was introduced, and read a first time, to enable Married Women to dispose of reversionary interests in personal estate, in the same manner...

CHI/ROE-RATIN.

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Sir John Trelavrny and Sir John Pakington drew a promise of a measure on Church-rates from Lord Palmerston; in this wise. Sir Jonn TRELAWNY—" I wish to ask the noble Lord at...

, .THE LICENSING Srsrma.

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11r. Arsiarcrow obtained leave, in a Committee of the whole House, to io.troduee a bill intended to declare thi state of the law With 'respect to We licensing of houses for the...

4 Cownrrion• or run Wolin:wet Ciessr.s.

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Mr. SIANEr moved lor:the appointment of "a Standing Committee, or unpaid Commission,' to consider and report, from time to time, on practical suggestions (free'from party...

C4t Cuirt.

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THE QUEEN, with Prince '.Albert and the rest of the Royal Family, returned to Buckingham Palace on Thursday, from the Isle of Wight. • The principal incidentle Osborne since...

3littrnpnlis.

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Immediately after the Lambeth election, it was intimated that Mr. Wilkinson, the defeated candidate, would petition against the return of Mr. Roupell. The threat has been...

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Vrouittrial.

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Lord Calthorpo has followed the example of Mr. Adderley, and given • the people of Birmingham a second park. This "now lung," as it is • called, was publicly opened by the...

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SCOTLAND.

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The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland closed its sittings on Tuesday, and appointed Thuiday the 20th May 1858 for the next meeting. The Free Church Assembly, on the...

IRELAND.

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The Danner of Ulster glorifies " Fifty-seven " as it is in Ireland. What a change in ten years ! In January 1849, there were 620,000 paupers in the workhouses and on the...

,furrigg nn entanial.

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'TR tit f. —The Legislative Body was dissolved on Saturday. The new elections were fixed for the 21st and 225 June. The constituency of nine millions will have to elect 267...

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Zioullaurano.

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An interesting military spectacle is announced to take place, on the parade ground at the Horse Guards, early in July : the Queen in person will distribute the Victoria cross to...

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BERTHS.

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On the 29th May, at the Rectory, Fakenham, Norfolk, the Wife of the Rev. M. A. Atkinson, of a son. On the 30th, in Chester Square, the Wife of Colonel Steele, GB., Coldstrealn...

MARRIAGES.

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On the 22d February, at Karani, in the Crimea, according to the rites of the Greek Church, and; on the 30th May at Christ Church, Regent's Park, LieutenantColonel M. A....

DEATHS.

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On the 26th April, near Jerusalem, the Rev. John Bolland, youngest son of the late Baron Bolland ; in his 39d year. On the 13th May, at Broadoak, Bexhill, Sussex, George...

POSTSCRIPT.

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SATURDAY. The principal matters debated in the House of Commons last night were the treaty for the extinction of the Danish Sound Dues, and the utility or otherwise of the...

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.TROOPS FOB RED RIVER AND HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORY.

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By the last Canadian advices it appears that the sendin g of the troops round Hudson's Bay is not the act of the Colonial but of the Home Government. The route is 3000 miles...

WEST INDIA FIBRES.

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The result of personal observation and in q uiries made in Jamaica by a competent and trustworthy person is this. ' I. Not only the plantain-tree, but also the carritor, the...

MONEY MARKET. •

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STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The business of the week in English Securities has been considerable. Large arrivals of g old from Australia and America, coupled with the...

tOratrts gusir,

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The novelty of the week at Her Majesty's Theatre has been the advent of Si g nor Corsi, a baritone of Continental repute. .Verdi's;,. Nino was produced on Tuesd a y, for the...

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CONCERTS.

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The two Philharmonic Societies have had concerts this week. The Old Society had their fourth at the Hanover Square Rooms on Monday ; and the New terminated their series of three...

fist arts.

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THE SOCIETY OF FEMALE A.RTISTS. Advertisements of late have prepared people to expect an exhibition of works of art executed solely by ladies; and it opened accordingly _on...

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EXHIBITION IN RUSSELL PLACE.

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A remarkable collection of pictures and designs has been got together at No. 4 Russell Place, Fitzroy Square, and will remain open to view by ticket during the present month....

SCOTT/5N ART ASSOCIATION.

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The works which have been selected this year by the Committee of Management of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland will remain on view this month at...

BURFORD' B PANORAMA.

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Sierra Leone is the Whitsuntide -view at this favourite exhibition-room. The picture is painted with the usual skill of Mr. Burford and his assistants • but it wasscarcelya...

INDIAN DIORAMA.

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The Great Globe in Leicester Square has lately added to its sources of information and attraction a Diorama of Upper India and the Ganges. The diorama is neither so elaborate,...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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BELGIUM: Fox many reasons the fate of Belgium must always possess high interest for this country; and the struggle which is at present going on in that small kingdom is of a...

CA - POUR ON PEEL.

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UNDER the impulse of a feeling which they take for modesty, but which is only idleness, if not cowardice, men sometimes expressa doubt whether their own acts are of any...

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MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION.

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THE project for developing some kind of Systematic education for the middle class, present exists too much in the 'shape of a scheme to warrant any conclusive opinion. One...

A MORAL FROM THE MADHOUSE.

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THE thick blue-book which gives us the Report of the Scottish Lunacy Commission, gives to the reader familiar with the whole subject somewhat the sensation of the sleeper...

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• • .• NOT SO BA]) AS THEY SEEM.

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A SUDDEN burst of censoriousness has come like an East wind over the British metropolis. The journals and their correspondents are allturning up their eyes at the wickedness of...

MURRAIN AND THE BUTCHER'S METEMPSYCHOSIS. TILE extended report by Dr.

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Headlam Greenhow, "on Murrain in Horned Cattle and the Public Sale oftoDiseitaed Meat," is by no means a mere amplification of the summary report already published, nor does it...

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Itttn tu fly Rita

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THE EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE. 2 Crown Terrace, Scarborough, 2d ,Tune 1867. Sue — It is, perhaps, too much for the most sanguine educationists to hope for any imme dia te...

AN EDUCATIONAL FRANCHISE.

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Gloucester, 2d June 1857. Sue—The Ballot and an Educational Extension of the ' Franchise would together constitute the only Reform Bill which, I feel satisfied, has any...

INEQUALITY OF THE FOOR - RATES.

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25th May 1857. • Sue—I have perused with much interest various letters which have recently appeared in the daily papers having reference to the equalization of the...

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ARMY ABUSES.

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27th May 1857. have a great respect for your opinions on all common sense mat tees; and so had our Great - Duke, we learn from Hayden's Life, read every word of the Spectator,...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JUNE 2.

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Wee OFFICE, Pall Mall, June 2.—Boya1 Artillery—The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants—viz. V. F. Tufnell; R. B. Stoney ; J. H. Blackley ; R. C. Drysdale :...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JUNE 5.

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Warr OFFICE, June 5.—/nfantry-16th Regt. of Foot — Major - Gen. C. Bisshopp, C.B. to be Col. vice Lieut.-Gen. T. E. Napier, C.B. removed to the 71st Foot. 71st...

'Trak.

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JUNE 2. Partnerships Dissolved.—Duncuft and Co. Manchester and Keyton, cotton-spinners; as far as regards John and James Duncuft—Duneuft and Co....

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JUNE 6.

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Partnerships Disaolved.-Rowley and, Harrison, Birmingham, coach-axle-treemakers-Wake and Beswick, Hull, guano-merchants-Walker and Routlidge, Doncaster, chemists-Sutton and Son....