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    i^W^A iWi THE LEABER. —_^

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    BOOKS KECEWED. 1 he Broad Arroio: being ...

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    MISCELLANEOUS-ODDS AND ENDS.

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    The second volume of the translation of ...

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    Serials. Westminster Review.—The New Num...

    now a long oblivion is yawning to received it . E cannot endorse this wholesale summary condemnation of a remarkable work . We however share the critic ' s scorn of the occasional shallowness of ^ he author , and we applaud the outspoken exposure which its receives . But then we cannotwerlodk the positive merits of Mr . Buckle ' s jvrork . It vTaTstuff in it which will rescue it from that limbo into which the wrathful critic so coolly consigns £ « S and Tasso" is a scholarly contrast of the respective poetical merits of these _ ancient and modem immortals . " Goethe ' s , Ballads , and Minor Poems" enabled the reviewer to fall somewhat foul of the translators , Messrs . Aytoun and Martin , and not without some shadow of reason . " Ullmarm on the "Sinlessness of Jesus" is beyond our sphere of criticism . The " Zwingli Reformers , " " The Serampore Mission " and " The late Baron Alderson" are all extremely readable and full of information . The number al-¦

    together is a very good one . „ ,, ' . , ., . IsTew Quarterly Review . — The number contains a general retrospect of the literature of the quarter , and a feiir proportion of works , consisting of history , memoirs , travels , poetry , and novels . There is also a military article , " On the Armies of the Great Powers , " and several reviews , including Masson on Milton Lord Campbell on Shakespere , and the Life of Jerrold . On the last , the reviewer lays rather a heavy hand ; ---too heavy . - * ¦ ¦• ¦ Eclectic . ^ The opening article is a fervent critique , devoted to the labours of Carey , Marshman and Ward , in Serampore . Arago ' s Popular Astronomy follows . The concluding article is a brief notice of the late Hugh Miller ' s Sketch-book of Popular Geology . The rest of the number is composed of papers on general subjects .

    Constitutional Press . —New Series , No . 1 . —This publication is now converted into a monthly ; and is to be devoted to a review of politics , literature , the Church , the Drama , and the Fine Arts ; Here is a wide field of controversy ; but the critics are conservative , and therefore the field is limited in one direction . " The Reform Bill , " " The Literature of the Month , " " Various Versifiers , " " The Church , " " Italian Opera , " The Drama , " " The Fine Arts , " " Suppers of the Tories , " arethe titles of the articles . Much of this body of writing is in an exceedingly bad spirit ;—malignant and chilling .

    Journal of Psychological Mkdicine . ^ —New Series . No . XIV . —This is a publication that always contains several interesting papers ! An article on " Literary Eools , " in the present number , is remarkably good . It particularly treats of Guillaume , Postel , and Christopher Smart . The subject is also illustrated by many other instances . National Magazixe . ^ - Part XXX . —This is excellent . Mr . It . B . Brough ' s tale of Miles Cassidy progresses well ; and the engravings in the number are judiciously selected and skilfully executed .

    I^W^A Iwi The Leaber. —_^

    i ^ W ^ A iWi THE LEABER . —_^

    Books Kecewed. 1 He Broad Arroio: Being ...

    BOOKS KECEWED . 1 he Broad Arroio : being Passages from the History of Maida Gicynnham , a Lifer . By OH 116 Keeze . 2 vols . Rieliard Bentley . Hollywood Hall : a Tale of 1715 . By James Grant . Routledge , Warnes , and Co . Routledge ' s Shahespeare . Part XXXVII . Routledge and Co . The English Cyclopaedia . Part III . Bradbury and Evans . % The Virginians . No . XVIII . Bradbury and Evans . A Popular History of England . J \ r o . XXXIX . Bradbury and Evans . The Gallery of Nature . Part VI . W . and R . Chambers . La Follet . ' No . CLI . Simpkin nnd Marshal . The Minister ' s Wooing . Parts IU . nndlV . Sampson Low , Son , and Co . The Minister ' s Wooing . Parts III . and IV . ( cheap edition ) . Sampson Low , Son , and Co . Songs for the Suffering . By Thomas Davis , M . A . J . W . Pnrkcr arid Sons . * Fraser ' s Magazine . No . CCCLII . J . W . Parkor and Sons . The Coinprohamlve History of England . Noa . XVII . and XVIII . Blackia and Sons . Chambers ' , ? Encyclopedia . Part I . W . and II . Chambers . The National Magazine . Purt XXX . W . Kent nnd Co . The Gourinut's Guide to Babbit Cooking . W . Kent and Co . Ten Thousand Wonderful Things . Ward and Loch . ' . Tho Ladies' Treasury . No . XXVI . Ward and Loch . The Amutmirs' Magazine . No . VII . Pipor , Stophouson , and Co . The Englishwoman ' s Journal . No . XIV ., Vol . 111 . Piper , Stuphonson , and Co . Kipipton ' s Magazine for Boys . No . II . Boaworth ami Harrison . Tho Burtad Titan . A Wrnma , by Piimklln LulfulUld . Robert Hnrdwloko . Titan . No . CLXIX . Jnmos Hogg . The Christian Eieaminor . No . CCXIJ . Boston : Crosby , Nichols , and Co . London : E . T . Whltilold . New Zealand and tho Cantorb ury Colony , A Pamphlet , by lord Lyttloton . E . Sttuidford .

    Wet and Dry , or the JOdchs of London . By Caple Court , Esq . > of the City . Baily Brothers . The London Review . No , XXIII . Alexander Homoeopathic Hand-booh and Guide . W , Freeman . O'Byrnes' PosUofficeDirectory for 1859 . O'Byrnes Foot-paths between Tico Worlds , Sec . Bell and The Westminster Review . No . XXX . John Chap-The British Quarterly Review . No . LVIIT . Jackson arid Walford . „„ ,,., ^ , ' ¦ , The National Revieio . No . XXVI . Chapman and Davenport D-unn . Nos . XXI . and XXII . Chapman and Hall .

    Miscellaneous-Odds And Ends.

    MISCELLANEOUS-ODDS AND ENDS .

    The Second Volume Of The Translation Of ...

    The second volume of the translation of Shakespeare ' s works , by Francis Victor Hugo , has been published by Pagnerie , of Paris . M . de Chasseloup Laubat , the new Minister of Algeria , has decided that he will in future appoint military and naval officers to be governors of colonies . The Marquis of Waterford is the / . third peer who , within a ; short period , lost his life from hunting . The late Earl of Ilarewood and Lord Fitzhardinge died from bad falls in the field . The French ship-of-the-line Alexandra , ¦ having been fitted out for sea at Cherbourg , has been placed tinder the orders of Admiral Jehenne , and is to proceed with him to the Mediterranean . According to the latest intelligence received from Gorruckpore , the Nan a is encamped at the foot of the hills , with 3 , 000 troops at the outside . It is reported that he lias now no power , but goes about from place to place disguised , and is known to very few Of the rebels . He now fears treachery ,.

    The French , screw transport Entreprenante , which has her guns protected on the new system , is about to be dispatched on a special mission to the Indian seas . . The Moniteiir de la Gironde publishes a letter addressed from MM . Petin , Gaudet , and Co ,, of llive-de-Gier , on the subject of the Armstrong cannon , and which they claim as being their invention . On Sunday morning , at 8 . q ' clock , the tower o the parish church of Basford , near Nottingham , fell with a fearful crash , burying with it a portion of the edifice . The church had for the past two years been undergoing restoration . The damage is great , being estimated at 2 , 000 / J . ¦

    Mr . W . F . Finlaison , of the Home Circuit , a barrister of 15 years ' standing , and author of several legal works , lias announced himself as a candidate for the judgeship of the Sheriffs' Court . It is said that the Rev . Alfred Poole , late curate of- St . Barnabas , intends appealing to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council against the Archbishop of Canterbury ' s recent decision . On Wednesday several gentlemen were invited to a private view of a new type composing machine , in practical operation in the printing establishment of Messrs . Bradbury and Evans , Whitefriars . The machine is the invention of Mr . Robert Hattersley ,

    of Manchester , and seems to be simple in construction and efficacious for its purpose . The members of Fitzroy Episcopal Chapel havo presented the Rev . William Yatcs JUooker , with a testimonial of their affection for his character and estimation of his preaching . The testimonial consisted of a faq-simile of the Bible presented by the Bible Society to her Royal Highness the Brincess Royal and a purse containing 125 guineas . Cardinal Wiseman , on Sunday last , in tho chapel of tho Convent of Mercy , Blandford-squtiro , ordained flvo gentlemen as prieata of the Roman church : — William Manning , John Richards , It . Bowden , — Gouch , and Cyril Foreter , all converts to the Roman

    Mi \ R . Hitchman , chief constable of the Devonport Constabulary force , has been appointed chief constable of the city of Norwich Police force . Mr . Hitchman wils formerly an active member of the metropolitan police court , A return of the names and locality of all the literary , scientific , and artistic institutions which have obtained from the certifying barrister certificates of exemption from local rates , has been printed on the motion of Mr . Cowper , M . P . The list of the institutions fills a space of nine pages .

    The Pope and the Fishermen ' . —On final trial was made of the railway from Civita Vecchia to Home . The chief contractor , M . Debrousse , with three carriages and 250 fishermen , performed the journey in 2 f hours . This gentleman seems to have sincerely believed that the successor of St . Peter was a fisherman . Impressed with this happy idea , he supplied himself with a quantity oi fish , and presented himself to the Pope and the Cardinals with tlus merchandise , to the surprise of all Rome . The Holy Father received M . Debrousse , the fishermen , and the fish , in the Ducal Salon . He smiled , it seems , according to custom ; tapped his l

    the 25 th the The . Madras 2 imes mentions a rumour that the leading Hindoos and Mahomedans at the Presidency have arranged the preliminaries for a monster anti-missionary meeting . For the redress ; of their supposed wrongs , and the attainment of their remedy , a memorial is to be presented to the Secretary of State for India . The Staffetta of Tiirin states that a society ¦ of ladies has been formed in that city to supply the military hospitals and ambulances with lint and linen bandages in case of war .

    stomach , according to custom ; and bestowed penary indulgences upon all who liked to pick them up . Then , by way of completing his generosity , he gave to each of the 250 fishermen a small copper medal oi the Immaculate Conception ! The men , who expected a very different sort of gift , were , it appears , terribly chopfallen . " He would have done better to give us a ' papetto ' to drink his health with , ' some of them said . One even talked of talcing back his fish , and the rest seemed disposed to follow the example . M . Debrousse , seeing the position of affairs , quelled the disturbance by crying aloud , " Now , my lads , come along with me , and I'll pay for a breakfast for you . " After this all murmuring ¦

    ceased . . ' Paddy Turned Indian . —A correspondent of the Daily News , exploring the Fraser River , in company with some British officers , had got awfully drenched , and were in a sad plight , when they came upon a small Indian colony . " After a demonstration oi signs , gestures , and broken English on our part , and a series of grunts and ventriloquiul mutteriugs on theirs , which did not . seem to bring about a mutual understanding , a voice , issuing from bcnentli a dirty blanket on one of the sleeping shelves , asked . ' it" it ' s lodgin ' s we were aftherV The speaker then announced , by way of introduetipn , that he was Murty Cork

    lvelleher , from Macroom , in county . Mr . Elwyn suggested that perhaps the individual was a travelled Indian ; to which Murty Kelleher replied , ' The devil a bit , but a real wandering Irishman . ' Murty then turned out , and explained the mystery . He and his mate , an American , had been frozen up in the neighbourhood , and having no other resource they put the palaver on the Indians , and by way of requiting them for their hospitality they took wives a-piece tor the winter . Murty'had the sunny side of the bargain , for his companion was a really comely lass , who seemed to . hang with rapture on his coaxing smiles and mellow tones . Nothing could exceed their kindness and attention , and wo reluctantly

    bado adieu to Murty and his nut-brown maul , who stook upon the bank wafting kind wishes in our wake . " , . Waiting von a Tkain . —I don't know anything so tedious as waiting at a second-clasH station fur a train . There is the ladies' waiting-room into which gentlemen may not go , and tho gentlemen ' s waitingroom in which tho porters generally smoke , anil tlio rofroshment-room with' its dirty counter covered with dirtier cjiUcs . And there is the plat form , wiiicii you may walk up and down till you aro tired , i ou go to tho tiekot-window half-a-doeen limes lor your ticket , having been warned by the coinpiuiy wi mus to start at Ieat

    Catholic faith . Letters of a recent date from Teheran announce tho determination come to by tho Persian Government of oxtending the commercial relations of the country with Europe . With this view Mr . W . J , Stevens has been appointed Consul of Ins Majesty , tho Shah , at Malta . Tho Pays , after decrying several of tho warhko discoveries recently brought into notice , and espqoiully tho Armstrong gun , tolls us that no faith ought to bo placed iu Captain Norton ' s liquid fire ? , a vast amount of exaggeration respecting which has prevailed . Tho Fays questions a truth which ovory chemist admits .

    that you must bo proparod . son ininutofl before tho train is due . JJut tho muij Inside knows hotter , and docs not open tho little In / Jo , to . which you havo to stoop your liouj , till two minutes before the timo named lor youi departure . Then thero are Hvo flit ihrmora , tlireo old women , nii . 1 a butcher ut tlio apotuco , and not 1 Jndl « Byoupflolfwiu « il to Btruffglliitf 1 um I o "ff ll 1 l « in 1 for A l J : p Soo , you inaL up your mind to bo MX behind . At fast , however , you do got your ticket just an the train come * up , but hearing that exciting sound , you norvously cram your eluuitfo into your pocket without counting It , and afterwards ieol aulto con vl ! ioo « ltliiiO' « ul >» vo lost * slillling In tliotrmwtto iioxx . r—Trolloiitt ,

    . . _ „ .. A monument is to bo orecfcocl in St . Paul ' s to tho late Bishop of London , a sum of 1 , 200 ? . being at the disposal of a committee for the purpose . Thoy havo issued invitations to compete to no fower than eighteen artists .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 9, 1859, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09041859/page/15/