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      Northamptonshire Words And Phrases. Glos...

      NORTHAMPTONSHIRE WORDS AND PHRASES . Glossary of Northamptonshire Wards and Phrases , with Eaeamples of their Colloquial Use , and Illustrations from various Authors ; to which are added , The Customs of the County . By Anne Elizabeth Baker . Two vols . post octavo . John Russell Smith , Soho-square , London . A compi « ete dictionary of archaic and provincial words "we shall probably never have , but each addition to this class of literature must be of value . Miss Baker ' s volumes contain upwards of fire thousand words and phrases , about two tb . ousa . nd of which have not previously been published . It is said Sir Walter Scott once paid half-a-crovra to a labourer for the word * ' whenamel . " This , no doubt , was a fit of facetious gratitude the Wizard delighted to indulge in . The anecdote , however , illustrates the comparative value of a -word , in season , to an author .

      Language is progressive , and it is not only curious but highly interesting and most instructive to trace the change and growth of our mother-tongue even through a limited period . Many words and phrases common to the literature of past ages have been banished from schools and polite circleswe must seek for them in the secluded villages and hamlets , or dredge them from the slums of society . Shakspeare has been a puzzle to " the learned " down to this day . It may be news to the schoolmen to learn that the " uneducated" throughout the length , and breadth of the land can read him , and can understand his language without note or comment . Bliss Baker proves this by showing that many of Shakspeare ' s words and phrases are in daily use by the peasant population of Northamptonshire .

      The Merchant Shipping Act. The Merchant ...

      THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT . The Merchant Shipping Act , 1854 , with an Introductory / Summary , 8 ; c . By William Digby Seymour , Esq ., M . P . W . G . Beiming and Co . " Until the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act , introduced by Mr . Card well , the shipping trade was fettered and annoyed by the amount of legislation which it had endured . There were eleven acts in full force for the regulation of navigation , and in every case which , occurred it was necessary to refer to each act to see how one modified another . That evil ¦ was obviated by Mr . Cardwell , who undertook the Herculean labour of sif ting * arranging , condensing , and amalgamating them all into one act , dear , but by no means concise . Mr t > igby Seymour has further improved this , by publishing , in one volume , the Aet , with an explanatory summary , copious notes , and statements of various cases referred to the several parts . Such a work was much wanted : it has been carefully compiled . Mr . Digby Seymour is entitled to the gratitude of the large body of British Shipping-traders .

      Books On Our Table. The, Anti-Sabbataria...

      BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . The , Anti-Sabbatarian Defenceless ; or , the Sabbath Established , zipon the Ruins of the Objections of its Enemies . By the Rev . J . G-. Stewart . Uisbet and Co . Poems . By Matthew Arnold . ( Second Series . ) Longman , Bro-vm , Green , and Longmans . Detached Thoughts and Apophthegms , extracted from some of the Writings of Archbishop Whately . ( First Series . ) BJachader and Qo . Jerusalem Revisited . B y W . H . Bartlett . A . HaD , "Virtue , and Co . Logic Jar the Young : consisting of Twenty-fioe Xessons in the Art of Reasoning , selected from the Logic of the Rev . Isaac Watts , JD . D . By the Author of " Logic for the

      Million . " Longman , Brown , Green , and Longmans . Miscellanies , Critical , Imaginative , and Juridical , contributed to Blachwood ' Magazine By Samuel Warren , D . C . L ., F . R . S ., & c . 2 vole . William Blaclcwood and Sons . The French Prompter ; a General Handbook of Conversation , in English and French . alphabetically arranged ; with a Key to French Pronunciation . ( Fifth Edition . ) By Mons . Le Page . Effimgham Wilson . The Juvenile Treasury of French Conversation . By Mons . Le Pago . Eifingham Wilson . The French Softool ( Part I . )—VEcho de Paris ; a Selection of Familiar Phrases ; with « Vocabulary . ( Twenty-second Edition . ") By Mong . Lo Pago .

      Effingham Wilson . The Trench ScJiool ( Part I . )—Gift of Fluency in French Conversation , a Set of Familiar Exercises . ( Tenth Edition . ) By Mons . Lo Page . Effingham . Wilson . Le Petit Cauaeur ; or , First Chotterings in French : being a Key to the Gift of French Conversation . ( Fourth Edition . ) By fttons . Lo Pago . Efflnghara Wilson . Finishing Exercises in French Conversation ; being a Key to UEcho de JParis . By Mons . La Page . Eflingham Wilson . Some Memorials of John JIampden , his Party , and his Times . By Lord . Nugent . ( Third Edition , revised , with a Memoir of the Writer . ) Chapman and Hall .

      Discoveries in Chinese ; or , the Symbolism of the Primitive Characters of the Chinese System of Writing . By Stephen Pearl Andrews . Triibner and Co . Glossology : being a Treatise of the Natwe of Language and on the Language of Nature By Charles Kraitsir , M . D . ( Second Edition . ) Triibner and Co * Flax and Hemp , their Culture and Manipulation . By Sebastian Delamer . G . Routled ge and Co . Odds and Ends , from , an Old Drawer . By "Wardua Retuyw , M . D . G . Routledge and Co , Hogg's Instructor . No . 18 . James Hogg A Hoy ' s Adventures in the Wilds of Australia ; or , Herbert ' s Note-book . By William Hovritt . Arthur Hall , Virtue , and Co . The Dream of Pythagoras , and other Poems . ( Second Edition , revised and enlarged . } By Emma . Tatham . Longman and Co , The Trapper ' s Bridge and White Stone Canoe . By Percy B . St . John .

      Ward and Lock . Students Abroad : their Romance and Real Life . By Richard B . Khnhall . Ward and Lock . Sharp-eye ; or , the Scout ' s Revenge . By James Weir . Ward and Lock .

      G-Ousra Against Tub Gbajcn.—The Lord Pro...

      G-ousra against tub Gbajcn . —The Lord Provopt . of Glasgow haa called a pulliq meeting of tho inhabitants for the evening of Friday week , to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament to prohibit tho distillation of grain . Tun Tyjwio SmpwRioiiT » Strike : Tho atriko seems at an end . MoaBrs . Smith , have net on their men at tho old wages—86 a . per -week , a 3 alao have Meafjrs . Laing and Messrs . Morrison and IPawcas . It ia thought that tho South Shiolda masters will bo ablo to follow this example .

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      Money Market And City Intelligence. Frid...

      MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Friday MvoniiiK , Pocoinbor 8 , 185 * . Thh TTunda have made n moat decided and steady ndvanco Blmoo last week . Tho Austrian treaty witU the Western

      Powers has doubtless boon tho means of producing this movement npwar ' da . Tho Chancellor or tho Exchequer ' s admirora and hamrwB-on In tho City declare that there will bo no loan—that trio war , in a proportional ratio , costs no more tlian tho camp at Chobham—except men ' s lipes—and that wo are in tho most flourishing Hntuioial condition . Parliament mooting this next week will probably have a temporary ofleot one way or tho other i but , "with our present liouHQ of Representatives , tho Ministry hiu > but little to tear , and bo Consols will hold up . JUUwaj shares aro not over bright . Peninsular and . Oriental Steam Company havo declared thpir dividend of five per cent ., and one pop cent , boniw , Mining shares and Crystal Palace aro Uftt and ncfflootocl . juood accounts have been rccoivod and published from the Peninsular Mining Company and some of the VlrBtntau Gold-willing Companies , fyho Turkish « p « r cent . Scrip is still at an avlarmlng discount , without any apparent reason . They lm proved sllKhUy at tho llrut rise in Connote , but aro again vrcalUy . TIio 3 por cant . Consolidated Si ?? viSSSv ^ m " 01 ! to , ; ^ ( lca ! li ln nlld i uotod wlth Ui ° Sniff Y / i 01 }* 1 ° ' Uonaols opened this morning at MH , WiJJ , and closed at 03 J , HoUors . NnH & 'T ' . S ' . ^ Eastern Counties . 11 * . IHi Groat W ™ f , ™ ' nh S 4 r 8 t ° « k , 75 , 70 ; B BtooSt , I'd , 12 S Great Western , 704 , 71 ; Lancashire and Yorkuhtro . 7 'i * . 73 >

      London and Brighton , 10 * , 100 ; London and Birmingham , 094 , 100 : London and South- Western , 82 , 83 ; Midlands , 08 * , 00 ; North Eastern ( Borwlcks ) , 7 S , 7 fl ; Oxford , Wolverhampton , and Worcostor , 80 , AH ; South-JBJastprii , 69 , 00 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam , 6 , 04 j Eastern of Franco , 3 U , aiS ; Groab Woatorn of Canada , 104 , 17 i ; Northern of France , S ontslbeaud , 154 , M \ South Australian . 14 , Ig ; Wallera , * . < J ; . London Oliartored JJank of Aiistralin ., 21 23 x . all ; Oriental Bank , 37 , » 9 ; Union Bank of Australia , <> 7 , « S ); Australian Agricultural , 35 , 37 ; Crystal l ' alaco , 2 J , a * i General Sorow Stuu . ni . 13 i , 14 j North Mritbh AuHtralaalan 8 1 ; Peninsular and Oriiimtal , « 7 , 074 ; 8 cottlahAuHtrallnn Xnvostmont , XI , 1 {; South Australian Laud , a : ( , 35 .

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      Lyceum.—Aggravating Sam. Our Wednesday A...

      LYCEUM . —AGGRAVATING SAM . Our Wednesday a Mystery , in . two acts , entitled Aggravating Sam , was produced at the Lyceum Theatre . To attempt an account of the plot would be idle—it would be almost incomprehensible . The main point is , that Sam Naggins ( Mr . Charles Mathews ) relieves an otherwise unoccupied mind , by annoying not only everybody who comes in his -way , but everybody into ¦ whose way he can come . Fortune appears to enjoy the fun , and favours him . Thus , in one fortunate morning , a most improbable substitution of paletots puts Sam into possession of two or three facts , which , subsequently enable him to aggravate at least a dozen utter strangers , and to engage the affections of Clara Biffin ( Miss Oliver ) , who possesses a considerable fortune . Sam then humourously moralises on the fact

      that he has been aggravating everybody all day ; that they all hate him ; and that in spite of them all , he 5 s defeating their plans by marrying the girl and obtaining the fortune . The author being called for , Mr . Mathews explained that the author wisted his name to be known , and the audience wished It also—but he would not tell it—just to aggravate them . The piece is an adaptation of Vn Drdlede PistoUt , by MM . Varln and De Leris . It is one of those performances every minute of which brings a shower of brilliant Impossibilities of incident , and a greater shower of practical realities of laughter . Charles Mathews is , of course , deliriously unataiable ; and Miss Oliver , from excess , unamiably delicious Miss Harriett Gordon made her debut , and met with considerable approbation for her thoroughly assured mastery over a reluctant lover . The song about Mexico is as destitute of point as it is unnecessary to the piece . B .

      Mr. Albert Smith. The War, Which Seems, ...

      MR . ALBERT SMITH . The war , which seems , during the past month , to have paralysed the theatrical managers , has stimulated Mr . Albert Smith . " Mont Blanc" is on view again at tlie Egyptian Hall , with an almost complete change of " scenery" " performances" to attract the public . Wisely retaining his Ascent of the Mountain , Mr . Albert Smith has otherwise altered and renewed his programme . He now takes his visitors to Switzerland through Holland andup the Rhinehe gives them a new moving- panorama of the route painted by a German artist , as well as new views in Switzerland painted by Mr . Bererley . Some of these last are as striking and beautiful as any of the pictures which have preceded them ; and parts of tlie panorama—especially those in which the lighting most

      assists the effect of the painting—are really excellent specimens of the best kind of scenic effect . The very large part of the entertainment , which depends entirely on Mr . Albert Smith , lias been as thoroughly renewed as the pictures . New characters , jokes , an « l songs appeal to old visitors to come again . One of the best of these songs is a comic description of the Rhine , sung to the liveliest of tunes with tlie happiest rabidity of utterance—the panorama moving on as the pictorial accompaniment and illustration to each verse . There are other things in the entertainment as good as this in their way—but it is needless for us to point out what most of our readers will doubtless discover for themselves . When , we have helped in announcing the fact that " Mont Blanc" is again to be seen , we ha ^ e done our part—all the rest Mr . Albert Smith can easily do for himself . C .

      Corn Market. Mark Lane, Friday Evening. ...

      CORN MARKET . Mark Lane , Friday Evening . Deo . 8 . Tho Wheat trade remains in an inactive state . Old Foreign has boon iu rather more roquowt and at ritthor higher nrieoH . Now Foreign can only be Hold by Hubmltt Ing to lowor prlcoH , which holdoro aro not willing to do . The arrivals

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 9, 1854, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09121854/page/20/