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      Letter From Germany. Iianovku, January 8...

      well satisfied with the plans decided upon at the -Berlin Conferences respecting the coast defences . Thus much is known at present , tlmt it is not intended to erect fortifications along the coast , but to connect every point at which , a landing is possible with the grand arsenals and fortresses of the interior by railways , wlueh wi 1 prove as useful in peace as in war . Corps of observation , on the first alarm of war , will be stationed near Hnrbtirg on the kibe , and near Bremen on the Weser . A fleet of gunboats is likewise ^ to lie formed , which it is hoped will become the nucleus to a German war fleet . Should this plan be carried into effect , the Governments of Germany will be as secure within as from without , Every new railway and every new telegraph strengthens the Governments , rendering a combination of malcontent * impossible , or . very dilhculi . A petition has been sent to the Chambers , from East Prussia , pravin " , amongst other things , that the army should be sworn upon * h . e " Constitution . The gentlemen who drew up this petition must be of exceedingly sanguine temperaments .

      :Feb. 4, 1860.J The Leader And Saturday ...

      : Feb . 4 , 1860 . J The Leader and Saturday AnalysL i 21

      Record Of Thm Week. Home Axd Colonial, ;...

      RECORD OF THM WEEK . HOME AXD COLONIAL , ; ON Saturday , Jan . 28 , the Prince of Orange arrived at Windsor Castle on ' a visit to tlie Queen . —On Tuesday , Jan . . 31 , the Queen gave a dramatic entertainment ¦ at Windsor the pieces performed were " The Bachelor of Arts" and " Nine Points of the Law . ' : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ; - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ,. . - . ¦ ¦ The Registrar-General ' s return of Tuesday , Jan . 3 . 1 , gives a higher rate of mortality than any previous week of the year ; the deaths during the week amounted to 1 , 38 ( 5 , and the births ' to 2 , 067 . On MondayJan . 30 , died Lord North , the eldest son of the

      , Earl of Guilfb ' , at the age of thirty . He has left t . lnee children , the eldest , a boy , succeeds to his honours . —On Friday , Jan . 27 , General Brisbane , formerly Governor of New South Wales , died , aged eighty-seven . He had been a distinguished officer in the PeninsuYar War . —The last Cape mail brought intelligence of the death of Colonel liose ( Royal Engineers ) , who was drowned at Algoa Bay on the 27 th November . —On Wednesday , Feb . 1 , Dr . Thomas Alexander , Director-General of the Army Medical Department , died . He had been twenty-five years in active service , and had : been made a Companion of the Bath . . nll

      On Thursday , Jan , 26 , at a grand soiree in the New Town Hof Leeds , Dr . F . R . Lees was ; presented witli addresses ( accompanied by a testimonial of . -1 . 000 guineas ) -by the Temperance llefonners of the kingdom . , ,. On Salyrday . Jan . 21 st , the Rev . Charles A . Wodeliouse , Canon of Norwich , resigned , the" whole of his ecclesiastical emoluments , on account of conscientious scruples in regn .-d to many points in the discipline and doctrine of the Church of England . —On Sunday , Jan . 29 th , was a disgraceful riot at the church of S . Geortre's-intherEast : the Revs . Bryan King and Lowder were the officiating priests ; the church was cleared of the disorderly mob by the police . —Qn Wednesday , Feb . 1 st , at Willis ' s Rooms , a public meeting- was held bv the Marriage Law Defence Association , the

      Duke of Miirlborough presided ; the audionce consisted chiefly of ladies ; the Bishop of Oxford and Earl of Sh ; iftesbnry were present . Resolutions were adopted deprecnt-ng any change in the existing law . —On the same day , there was a -meeting of the clergy and laity of the Deanery of ' , Hampton , which passed resolutions to cooperate with the Bishop of London in providing for the , spiritual wants of the dioeeae . On Tuesday , Jan . 31 . < a deputation from the Shipowners ' Society waited' on the President of the Board of Trade to forward their views on international law . —^ On the same day , the same Society sent a deputation to Lord John Russell , ns member

      for the City , asking him to present a petition for n Parliamentary Committee to inquire into the prcNont state of the shipping interest ,. Lord John Russell consented to take charge of the petition . —On Monday , Jan . 30 th , there was held a meeting » t Coventry of ribbon weavers to appoint u deputation to protest against the commercial treaty with France . —> On Tuesday , Jan . 81 , at the Pontefract election ' , Mr . Childers ( Liberul ) beat Mr . Waterhouse ( Conservative ) by a majority of 08 . — Qn the same day , at Beverloy , Mr . Wajlcer ( Conservative ) won the election from Mr . Gridley ( Liberal ) by 123 . —Ou Wednesday . F < ib . 1 , the Scarborough election was decided in fuvpur of Mr , Dent ( Liberal ) , who had been opposed by Colonel Caul field .

      Op . Saturday , Jan . 28 , the trial for libel , " Lord Brougham v Atkinson , " was settled by agreement of defendant to apologise to Lord Brougham , and pay costs of trial . —On Monday , Jan . 80 , a new trial , at the instance of General Beat hod , was granted in the case Qf Boafson v . Skene . — . On the same day , in the . matter of ilio Rev . J . H . Hatch « , Pratt , an attorney , the rule was discharged ; the judges considered that Mr . Pratt had not exceeded his professional duty . —Op Tuesday , Jan . 31 , the two mates of the American barque Anna , accused of many murders at pea , were njyain brought up before the Southampton " magistral os , nfc the instance of tlio American Consul , and again remanded .

      On JPriday ,, Jan . 27 , three rrien were buried alive in a landslip on the Dover ' railway line ; they were dug out on Sunday , Jan . 20 , dead , —On Saturday , Jan . 21 , a ouliixioii took plivoo about a hundred miles west of Lisbon , between two British vessel * , tlio barques Stalk and Wi'Uam Marsland ; both ships ( bundcred j the crow of the Stalk saved ; twenty-five on board the William Marsland drowned . »—Qn Tuesday , Jan . 31 , the Mndymion , an emigrant ship

      bound for America , took fire at her anchorage in the Mersey . No livas were lost , but the damage will be very great . At Mincing Lane , on Thursday , Feb . 3 , refined sugars were dull ; brown lumps wereqnotod 51 s . to . ' 51 s / 6 d . Coft ' ee , sales numerous , and a- " good deal bought in . Tea , market firm . Tallow , brisk . At the Corn Exchange on Friday , Feb . 3 , there was only n mode : rate supply of wheat—the best supplies meeting with a good demand . —On Tuesday , Jan .. 31 , the Consolidated Copper Mines oi Cobre declared a dividend of £ 2 per sViare ; and the General Mining Company of Nova Scotia , one of 15 s . per ' share .. —On the same day the Electric and International Telegraph announced a dividend ot 3- \ - per cent . —On Tuesday , Jim . 31 , the Bank of . England advanced the rate of discount 1 per cent ., making the minimum 4 per cent ., in order to stop the . efflux of bullion . Qn Thursday , Feb . 3 , at the close of business , Consols were 91 $ 94 \ for money , and

      account . On Sunday , Jan . 29 , arrived the Cupe Mail of December 22 , announcing the - . death of Chief Justice Wylde , at the Cape , aged seventv-nine ; he had been twenty-ei ^ ht years chief justice . - . Preparations were making to receive Sir George Grey with high honour on his return to the col on v . On Sunday , Jan . 29 , the Indian mail also arrived , with tidings of the final ' extinction of the rebellion . Nairn Sahib has died of fever . On . Monday . Jan . 30 , the West Indian mails brought news only of local interest . The Jamaica Legislature was prorogued on Dec . 30 : the Barbadocs House of Assembly met on the 10 th January .

      Foretgis'. On Sunday, Jan. 29th. Died Th...

      FORETGiS ' . On Sunday , Jan . 29 th . died the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden , at the age of seventy-one ; she was the adopted daughter of the Emperor Napoleon 1 . —On Monday , Jan , 30 M , a decree appeared in the Moniteur suppressing 1 the Univers newspaper , the organ of tlie Ultramontane ¦ ¦ -party . —On the same day , a semiofficial article in . the Qonstitiilionnel declared that the Pope having j-efused to follow the advice of Louis Napoleon , the duty of Prance is fulfilled . —On Tuesday , Jan . Z \ st , it was announced that the Univers would be continued , at , Brussels . — On the same day tho i \ imo \ i & Corresno } idant received its " second warning . " circuhir to the

      On Friday , Jan . 21 th , Count Cavo ' iir addressed a- - Ambassadors of Sardinia at foreign courts , statins : that the Emperor Napoleon ' s letlor to the Pope . , and ' Queen Victoria ' s speech at the opening-of Parliament . ; proved the impossibility of a restoration of Central Italy to its former government ; and that - the Congress cannot take place : it present . —On the same . . day Count Massimo d'Azeglio was appointed Governor of Milan . —On Sunday , Jan . 29 th , was ari energetic demonstratii . n at Cli ' aiubery of republicons and others against the annexation of Savoy to France ; the Governor ot Chambery addressed the people , imd said that King Victor Eminanuel would not willinglv cede Savoy to France . —On tlio 2 Uh January , Garibaldi was married : to Mdlle . llaimondi , at Finn , near Como . —On Wednesday , Feb . 1 st , orders were received tn expedite all the work in progress at tlie Sardinian arsenals .

      " On Friday , Jan . 27 th , seven Air . stri . an oflRcera were attacked and wounded by the populace in Verona ; a riot ensued , and the streets were cleared by cavalry . —On the 20 fh January , attempts were made to raise " the tricolor at Chio ^ , Porto Secco , and Palestrina . —At Venice , on Friday , thp '& lth Jan , Count Bissingcn declared the Emperor Franz Joseph ' s det « rininiiti (> n not to cede oi sell Venetia while he has a musket left . On the same day numerous arrests were made . ' At Florence , on Saturday , Jan . 28 , Baron Ku-asoli presented flags to the National Guard . ' In his speech he snid , " ^ Vo require groat prudence and large forces to preserve our independence . " On the 22 ??^ January , at Roni <\ an immense political demonstration took place , with cries of " Vivu Vittorrio Eininanuek' ! " and - 'D »\ vn with Autonelli and the Priv-sts ! "' General Goyon hud to

      intt'rfcro to preserve order . ' ' . _ . _ . „ Svnipt ' oms of lvvolution appeared at Naples ' Friday , Jan . It . Ciiosof" Viva la Cmstituzioue ! " woro raised . General Piunelli was forced to ask for rcinlbrceinentH . On Thursday January 2 i ) , the King of Portugal oponeatho Cortos , and in iiis spoecirdwelt upon his friendly relations with al , nations . On Thursday , Fe ?) mary 2 , arrived a Madrid telegram announcing another attack by the Moors on tliu Spaniards—the former dispersed with 2 , 000 loss ; Spanish loss ti ) 0 .

      Theatjtrcs Ano'kntkim'ainmknts. At The L...

      THEATJtrcS ANO'KNTKIM'AINMKNTS . At the Lyceum , on Monday , tho 30 th ult ., was produced , undei the immediate superintendence of Mr . Charles Dickens , a dramatic extract from tho " TjiJo of Two Cities . " A shrewd critic Imc romarla'd , rather satirically , that u play founded upon a popular book should never be regarded apiirt from its source , inasmuch us tho dramatic adaptor iolios upon tho interest already created in i ) u \ spectator ' s mind ; and if this gcnoral rule wim not mndo for the occasion , it certainly might have boon . Tho dramatised " lnlc of Two Cities" ( it is , by the way , a talo of only one city ) would , but . for the glimmer of fight reflected from U »« spectator ' s memory ot tho book , bo barely intelligible It m loss h constructed driunn than a series of woU-inoiuitod tableaux . ' Tho period of tlio first is in 1703 , when tho SVunoh people woro writhing under the pressure oi the profligate nobless . ' , lod by tho Orleans party ; of tho aaoomi , when tho respectable Louis XVI . waa ondeavounng-, by i . riposa bl " compi'oniiHOfl , to ntuvu of ! 1 tho rovolutiomiry Uvluifo ; and tho tiura ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 4, 1860, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04021860/page/21/