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    . •wmr ¦ Now 3 * I860] The Saturday Anal...

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    RECORD OF THE WEEK. HOME AND COLONIAL. A...

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    facsimile of Thornas Campbell's signature ; it is curious to contrast these two , and try to trace out how- far Buffon ' s saying , " the style is the man , " applies to the mechanical phase of aman ' s writing , as well . as to the form of expression and the thoughts . A few short articles which come after it excepted , an . account of Canton , with its tea statistics , concludes this part . The work is one of the best of the kind that has ever appeared ^ P iLe Follet . ¦ No . 170 . Nov ., I 860 . ( London : Simpkin , Marshall , and Co ., and Kent and Co .- ^ -This " journal da grand mpnde , fashion , polite literature , beaux arts , & c , " for so its Anglo-French title runs , comes before us again , resplendent -with coloured representations of " robes" " drapeaux , " " plumes et fleurs , " " coiffures , " & c , & c , upon , about , and concerning the female form angelic . One of the illustrations represents some beauteous young creatures—houris , -we suppose , playing at cardsl , Thqrlej / 's Illustrated Farmer ' s Almanaclc , for 1861 . London : Thorley , 77 , Newgate-street . —On every possible topic connected with agriculture and farming that can by possibility be compressed within the limits of 150 closely , but clearly and legibly printed pages , this work includes , in addition to the usual and general contents of an . almanack , the fullest and most copious information . It is embellished , moreover , with excellent coloured portraits of those adipose and interesting specimens of our fouivfooted fellow-creatures which have borne away the palm , of superiority , and won prizes foi v their proprietors at our celebrated cattle-shows . Besides which , the work is illustrated with appropriate woodcuts . The Temple-bab MAGAziNE .-rr-We believe the arrangements , literary and otherwise , for bringing out this new serial , are now complete , and it will make its appearance on the first day of next month , under the editorship of .. Mr . George Augustus Sala .

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    RECORD OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COLONIAL . As l-egards the sinews of war ( which seem to be developed in proportion to the commercial prosperity of a country ) , last week closed with , in round numbers , 14 J millions of gold in the Bank , about £ 150 , 000 less than the preceding week ; a sum rather more than equal to the last-mentioned amount was received from the antipodean gold fields . Consols left off at from the fraction of an eighth below 93 , to 292 ^ . Lord Palmerston ' wasbeing immensely feted at Leeds during the close of last week . The address of the corporation was in the highest degree encomiastic . His lordship , moreover , has been discoursing about the microscopic animalcules * and the telescopic globes of space . And the . Times thinks we must be prodigiously proud of having a premier who can do this in addition to accomplishing what Oxenstieim told his son was such an easy , thing , i . e ., govern a great country ; " and thinks such a thing quite beyond the power of the diplomatists of Warsaw . He also spoke in favour of local schools , and opened the new market hall at Pontefraet . Mr . Train ' s plan for street-railways came before the Marv-leborse vestry on Saturday . Dr . Ramsbottom , and the solicitors for some noblemen whose property was in the vicinity of the proposed line , attended to oppose the project ; . Mr . Train explained his views at length , and offered to . modify his plan so as to leave untouched those neighbourhoods where property was situate in respect of which the opposition , had been raised , and confine it to a tramway between Tottenham-court-rqad and the Marble-arch , and ultimately offered to wait until the effect of the scheme as carried out in Victoria-stret had become known . Accordingly the consideration of the matter was postponed for threo months . ' In an article in our last week's number ( Scientific Philosophy ) we adverted to the fact that social progress , the well-being of society * depends upon knowledge . This dootrino has received appropriate illustration in Lord Stanley ' s excellon . fc speech , recently delivered , on Mechanics' Institutes and Education , Lord Stanley has illustrated the proposition from the opposite point of view , citing his experiences as a magistrate in proof of the fearful extent to which ignorance is productive of crime , that is , social degenoraey , and the ill- being ( so to speak ) of society . He lucidly explained how moral depravity ana intellectual ignoranco do , in the " great averago of human affairs , " go hand-in-hund together 5 and that to inform ignorance is to improve morality . Mullins having been found guilty in the caso of the Stepney murder , has been sentenced to death ; the judge tolling him ,. in reference to an address whioh he had made to the court , that if ho could even now establish his , innocence , such exculpation would save his life . On the subjeot of capital punishment we learn that the important town of Manchester has docidod upon memorialising the Government , with a view of obtaining an inquiry into the operation of the existing law . Early in the weak it was reported that in the oaso of the lload . murder the coroner ' s oourt was to bo ro-oponod , to receive any further evidence that might bo offered . In the oaso of tho Loeds murder , Gowland , the husband of the ¦ woman who murdered her ohildron , lias boon disohargod from custody , to wlu ' oh he had boon consigned on tho aoousations of perjury and ' forgery ; there appoars to hayo boon no ovidonoo against mm for ob- I taining a conviction . 1 Mr , Malcolm , the Conservative candidate , lias boon returned at Bos- < ton by a majority of 220 votes . 1 The deaths in London , during last week , ending Saturday 27 th 1 October , foil to 1026 from 1110 , tho nutnbor of ( he proooding week , t ending Saturday 20 th . The corrected jvyorugo of tho last 10 years , being 1141 , it will bo soon that tho mortality of last week was 115 lesa ) than the nvorpge . ' , The investigation Into tho allogod corrupt pmotioos at the Berwick- 1 on-Tweod oleotion 1 ms boon ro-oponod this , week , at oommittoe room j No . 11 , House of Commons . Serjeant Brodio , who > vas examined , } repeated tho atatomonts ho had formorly mndo , and a 'former represon ' i tutivo of tho borough , Mr . M . Foi'otor , gnvo ill anything but a good c oharaotor as regards olootoral incorruptibility , t It will bo remembered that whon Mr . Rosier was ohavgocl ftt tho Thames Police-court with creating 0 distuvbanoo at St . Q-oorgeVin-tho c

    : . East , the magistrate sentenced him to pay a fine of £ 3 or suffer a fortnight s imprisonment . Mr . Rosier appealed , and the case came on for decision this week before the Middlesex Sessions . Mr Poland 'Ii . ? £ P ? , - # ie * mpeal , , 9 k a very ingenious point ; he urged that Mr . Rosier should have been fined or imprisoned at the option of the magistrate , and that the magistrate had no power to leave the alternative to Mr . Rosier . The appeal succeeded , and the conviction was quashed . The obituary of celebrated Englishmen this week receives a melancholy addition in the Earl of Dundonald , who has now departed from , among us in his 85 th year . A locomotive blew up at the Gf-reat Narthern Station , King's-cross on Thursday morning , killing the driver and fireman on the spot ) seriously injuring a cabman and a labonrer , and slightly cutting several other persons with the splinters . The Prince of Wales was the subject of an outrage in New York . It appears by the report that has reached us , that an Englishman , said to be a lunatic , aimed a blow at the Prince as he was traversing the city , without , however , being able to reach him . Prince Alfred has been feted by the native chiefs in his excursion up the country , and brought back one of the most distinguished , Sandili , to Gape Town on a visit . Having been present at the inauguration of the Sailor ' s Home , the breakwater , and the public library , he embarked on the 19 th on board the Euryalus . Philadelphia Pali , Meeting . — The next race was for the Associated Purse of 50 Q dols ., mile heats , best two in three , and created a considerable amount of interest , in consequence of there being five horses entered for it , and all starters . The entries were as follows-1—P . C . Bush ' s bay filly Cyclone , three years ; T . Puryear ' schesnut tilly Rosa Bonheur , three years ; T . and T . W-Doswell ' s * grey mare Irona , five years ; J . Van Osier ' s bay gelding Montague , four years ; W , Forepaugh-s roan horse Bacchus , six years . The betting was in favour of Rosa Bonheur , i 00 dols . to 60 dols . being bet on her against the field . Any price could have been obtained about Montague and Bacchus . Mr , Bush ' s bay filly Cyclone looked in admirable condition , although she had not been in training more thaii a few weeks . Her forward state of preparation was stated to be the result of her having fed on Thorley ' s Food for CattLe , which is alleged to be admirably adapted for horses in training for the turf . She won the first heat in clever style . —From the iSTeto YorJc Tribune , Oct . 15 , 1860 . foreign . Last week closed with , news that at Palermo the number of votes in favoui * of annexation was 36 , 232 , against 20 adverse ones ; 15 of the votes given having , beeii annulled , -tinder the circumstances it is pretty clear that the excitement of the public mind : does hot admit of a dispassionate consideration of the great question between dynastic rule . arid self-government ; an impartial- decision of the issue 'between monarchy and republicanism . We also learned that Farini had been appointed Royal Commissioner at Naples , and that the post of Minister of the Interior thus left vacant had been filled by Signor Minghelii . At the opening of the present week the news was confirmed that the Sardinians , and Neapolitans had again met in a great battle , which lasted two hours , at a point between Sasso and Peano , in Campana ; the contest ended in the rout of the Neapolitans , who fell hack upon the Garigliano . The Sardinians took a , great number of prisoners . — - The voting on the question of annexation in the city and province of Naples was 185 , 468 ayes , against 1 , 609 noes . —The Sardinian troops established themselves , as the week opened , on the southern ( or left ) bank of the Garigliano , ' and a reconnoitring party along the bank of the river came into slight collision with the enemy . Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel were making preparations for a battle early in the week , according to advices dated from Naples on the 30 th Oct ., when measures were being taken for , according to the latter , a brilliant recep * tion at that city , where lie was expected shortly to arrive . The Neapolitan tariff has already been assimilated , with slight modifications , to the tariff of Sardinia . It having been intimated , as our readers know , on tho part of France , that no attaok on G-aeta would be allowed to take place from the sea , Admiral Fersano , the Sardinian , proceeded to the spot , and opened lire upon tho royal troops . Upon this , Admiral Barbier lo Tinan , of tho French fleet , sent a vessel to warn him to desist , which Porsano accordingly did , entering , however , a polite protest against tho interference . The King of Sardinia succeeded on Wednesday in forcing tho passago of the Gariglia . no , while Garibaldi has opened the siege of Capua with a vigorous bombardment . M , de Moutalerabex't , whoso belligerent proclivities are tolerably well known , has had what his compeer , Sir Thomas de Sayers , would call a " go in" at Count Oavour . It seems the Count had alluded to Monsieur aa " an illustrious writer , " who had "had a lucid moment ;" whereupon tho latter puts himself in an attitude of offence , and delivers himself of two columns ot * Hoonan-liko literary right-handers . Some , however , ( among them the Times , ) think that he is only beating the air , and might as well havo savod himself the trouble . News stiil came in as the present week commenced / that tho Warsaw meeting was ontiroly of a personal oharaotor as regards both monarohs and ministers attending it ; it appears that no stipulation waa made at the Thursday mooting j no convention entered into j no protocol drawn up . Thus it seems to have ended entirely in smoke , or rather in snuff , tho Emperor of Austria having pvesontod Prince Gortsohakoff with a box sot with , diamonds , for holding that nasal powder . Count Roohhorg ' s toy was tho grand oordon of St . Andrew , presented to him by tho Emporor Alexander . The Dowager-Emproes of Russia diod at St . Petersburg on Thursday morning . Wo learned , as tho weolc opened , that tho Goiwan Federal Diet had boon considering tho notioe givon by Sardinia of tho blookade ot Anoona , and oonunod itself to a declaration that it oould not quite agree with the policy of Sardinia in Italy . It also qomo to a rosolutxon that it ia oxpodionb to furnish tho Federal / bi-trossos w » th ndod guns , and declared that it aeooptod , with gratitude , tho otfur of Prussia respecting *" u ^ idiaTSroooodings having bqon instituted against M . Guerauit , tho editor of the Opinion Rationale , on tho ground of having published

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 3, 1860, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03111860/page/13/