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      meetings * Next to music he delighted in mechanics , and spent much time in inventing and constructing with his own-hands implements for his trade , and even articles of domestic furniture . He took much nleasure in the practice of his own art , and had an honourable pride in spinning the finest yarn and weaving the most delicate muslins in the trade . No man however can excel in all things , and it was Mr . Crompton ' s misfortune to undervalue and disregard that practical knowledge of the world and of men which ' is essentially necessary for success in any business . This rendered him quite unable to dispose of his yarn and muslins when he had made them , however great their intrinsic value . His naturally shy disposition , moreover , had been increased and his temper injured by the cruel injustice which had so frequently blighted his hopes Avhen in the of character be best

      bud This peculiarity may understood from his own words : " I found to my sorrow I was not calculated to contend with men of the world ; neither did I know there was such a tiling as protection for me on earth ! I found I was as unfit for the task that was before me as a child of two years old to contend with a disciplined army , "f And such was indeed the fact . When he attended the Manchester Exchange to sell his yarns of muslins , and any rough-and-ready manufacturer ventured to offer him a less price than lie .-had asked , he would invariably Avrap up his samples , put them into liis pocket , and quietly walk away . j He was never either in want or in debt . Frugality was the custom of the time , and he practised it faithfully in his own person and taught it to his family . Utterly averse to speculation , he was well content with a moderate and regular profit in his business transactions when he could obtain it . :

      " How different the character and the career of Sir Richard Arkvvright ! The thirteenth child of a family steeped to the lips in poverty , he was turned into the world without education , which in after life he never found time to acquire . Trained to a . servile handicraft , and without a shilling of capital , the position from which lie raised his fortunes had not one of the advantages enjoyed by Crompton ; but to compensate for this he possessed an indomitable energy of purpose which no obstacle could successfully oppose , a bronzed assurance that enabled him unabashed to meet and to thrust aside either

      circumstances or men when they stood in his way , an unscrupulous hand to grasp and appropriate the ideas and immatured inventions of others , a rude health that enabled him to work or travel when others slept , and an undaunted spirit for speculation ^ prepared to accept success or failure without any visible effect on his mind or temper . Thus their functions and career in life were singularly different , while both were benefactors to the human race . " What we have already given of this book suggests the whole outline . . For the details we must refer the reader to the work itself ; which he will find thoroughly up to the mark , highly useful for the purpose intended , profitable reading for all , instructive , suggestive , and interesting . The niggardly grant of 5 , Q 00 Z . ultimately voted to Crompton for his invention by Parliament is deservedly condemned and illustrated , in terms of scorn tlmt may deter future Governments from similar injustice .

      No 494. Sept. 10, 1859.] The Leader. 103...

      No 494 . Sept . 10 , 1859 . ] THE LEADER . 1039 X ~ ¦ * ' » ^ C /^* ' * ' i ... i . i ... I II llll . « l II I IHIIIII - ' --Ill II ] i » l » iiimilll > lll I , ' l " -- ' -- ¦¦« ' " ' !¦—M ^ W II I 811 ¦ —WWWWIIUUWWmwwiliULlmMm

      Reminiscences Of Scottish Jlifje And Cha...

      REMINISCENCES OF SCOTTISH JLIFJE AND CHARACTER . By E . B . llumaay , M . A ., F . R . S . E . —Edmonstou and Douglas . This is the third edition , much enlai'ged , of an amusing work , which is versant with Scotch anecdotes and Scotch humour ; the object being , in the words of tho dedication , " to fix and preserve a page of our domestic national annals , which , in the eves of tho rising generation , is fast fading into oblivion . " Many fresh nnecdotcs are , wo are told , introduced . Tho field is extensive and not yet exhausted . AVe oould wish that more labourers were enlisted in tho service . Hero aro some remarks that justify quotation : — " IV . Wo come next to reminiscences chiefly connected with peculiarities which turned upon our Scottish language , including , of course , chango of dialect and expressions . Now this ia a vory

      important change , and affects in a greater degree than many persons would imagine the general modes and aspect of society . I suppose at one time the two countries of England and Scotland were considered as almost speaking a different language , and I suppose also , that from the period of the union of the crowns the language has been assimilating ^ We see the process of assimilation going on , and ere long amongst persons of education and birth very little difference will be perceptible . With regard to that class a great change has taken place in my time . 1 recollect old Scottish ladies and gentlemen who regularly spoke Scotch . Tt was not , mark me , speaking English with an accent . No ; it was downright Scotch . Every tone and every syllable was Scotch .

      For example , I recollect old Miss Erskine of Dun , a fine specimen of a real lady , and daughter of an ancient Scottish house . Many people now would not understand her . She was always the lady , notwithstanding her dialect , and to none could the epithet vulgar be less appropriately applied . I speak of thirty years ago , and yet I recollect her accost to me as well as if it were yesterday . " I did na ken ye were i ' the toun . " Taking words and accent . together-, an address how totally unlike what we now meet with in society . Some of the old Scottish . words , which we can remember are delicious ; but how strange they would sound to the ears of the present generation ! ' Fancy that in walking from church * and discussing the sermon , a lady of rank should now express her opinion of it by the description of its being " but a hUmmelcorn discourse . " Many living persons can remember Angus old ladies who would say to their nieces and daughters , " Whatna hummel-doddie of a

      mutch hae ye gotten ? " meaning a flat and lowcrowhed cap . I profess myself an . out and out Scotchman . I have strong national partialities—call them if you will national prejudices . I cherish a great love of old Scottish language . Some of our pure Scottish ballad poetry is unsurpassed in any language for grace and pathos . How expressive , how beautiful are its phrases ! You can't translate them . Take this example of power in- a Scotch expression to describe what is in human life , and it is one of our most familiar ones ; as thus , —we meet an old friend , we talk over bygone days , and remember many who were dear to us both , once bright and young and gay , of whom some remain , honoured , prosperous , and happy—of whona some are under a cloud of misfortune or disgrace—some are broken in health and spirits—some sunk into the grave ; we recall old familiar places—old companions , pleasures , and pursuits ; as Scotchmen , our hearts are touched with these remembrances of

      Jiuld Lang Syne . Match me the phrase in English . You can't translate it . The fitness and the beauty lje in the felicity of the language . lake many happy expressions , it is not transferable into another tongue , just like the " simplex munditiis " of Horace , which describes the natural grace of female elegance , or the ap 7 in . 6 jj . ov yeXttcriia . of ^ schylus , which describes the bright sparkling of the ocean in the sun . I cannot help thinking that a change of national language involves also a change of national character . Numeroiis

      examples of great power in Scottish phraseology , both in the picturesque , the feeling , the wise , and the humorous , might be taken from the works of Robert Burns or Allan Ramsay , and which lose their charm altogether when unscottified . The speaker certainly seems to take a strength and character from his words . Wo must now look for specimens of this racy and expressive tongue in tho nioro retired parts of the country . It is no longer to be found in high places . It has disappeared from tho social circles of our cities . " This specimen will doubtless induce the reader to peruse the entire work .

      , * Ho Nlnyuil On Tho Violin With Groat ...

      , * Ho nlnyuil on tho violin with groat skill , wns frequently Invliod to attend concerts nt the Earl of Wilton ' s ( then Nir Ahomnri Ktfurlon ) , und siioh wan tho ooyrootnt / HH of hlu tune . that however many erred he pould not bu lml away vHuil \ wm . —AlHniMcrljH memorauUmn by a rvlnth'u . t Lot tor of . Huimiul Crompton . I Crompton wan no exceedingly nhy and sonnltlvn that ho w » h been known to return < Vom Manchester without even '" tornpthiu- to trimhnot IjuhIuohh , boouuso lie obtu'i'vud hlmr •¦ P ol » ted ouh to stirungwa a « a romnrkaUlo man . S " Jim spooulatlvo 'Huhcincu were vnn (; and darinff , * * * and from < ho oxtravaffanoo of some ol'thuHO i 5 ft . nH hld J » iuoloun MomlH woro of opinion that If ho jma lived to nut thorn in prnotiuo , Ho inferht havo ovoriiet tho whole fnbrio of hie iironperlty . " --iJainoH " Cotton

      Tiie Atlniskai. Sriuncia Ov Vichv. By Th...

      TIIE atlNISKAI . SriUNCia OV VICHV . By the author of "Tho Spns of Germany , " Ac . John Churchill . Tjpis is a very hnndsoinc-looking volume , which p rofesaos to give , according to its tillo-pago , tlmt we have" abridged above , " a sketch of the chemical and physical character " of the mineral springs of Vichy , " and of their efficacy in tho treatment of various diseases , written after a rapid excursion from Kissingon , in tho summer'of Ib 58 , as a guide

      to English invalids suffering from gout , indigestion , acidify of tho stomach , and gravel . So lato an tho year 1853 the French Government placed tho mineral establishment in rospactablo hands , and it has accordingly buon sinco much frequented . No English publication , however , existed on the subject until tho prosont , which therefore supplies a want . Tho author has groat practical knowl e dge of hydrominoral treatment , and had already produced a work which led to its application in ohronio diseases . , Dr . Granville loadB us first by tho proporroutewhich , it scorns , it U oasy to nuss—from Kissingcn

      to " Viehy . He was sure of a friendly reception , owing to his character as a successful ' author . Dr . Barthez gave him every information and facility of investigation . He then appears to have examined seven of the sources of the waters—thus named : Grande Grille , Puits CTioniel , Puits Carre , Source de VHdpital , Sources Lucas and Acacia , Celestins , and Puits Lardy . . " I did hot " says the doctor , " see any reason for a single grimace in drinking of the Grande Grille , or , indeed , of any of the rest of the warm sources . Thc > rG is in ' si-ll of them a first impression produced

      like that from the fault animal habitus oi a person in health with an empty stomach . The taste . of the wafer is pleasant rather than not . Smooth to the mouth , the water slips like soap down the throat . No one can mistake the strongly -mavlo .-d alkaline gout of the water after its complete injection into the stomach , for it leaves behind on the tongue the impression of your having chewed a certain quantity of carbonate of soda . Au premier abord , this is not perceivable , for the quantity of free carbonic acid gas , which escapes along with the water , masks , by its' agreeable acidity and effervescence , the alkaline taste . " f . .

      " I entertain a conviction that were Artesian wells to be suiik on any . two points eastward , between these two places , we should find ¦ mineral' water like all the rest of the mineralised water oi Vichy ; with two . degrees of temperature , intermediate , between that of the Hupital and the Celeslins . The observation of M . Dufrenoy , in his official report on Vichy , to the Minister of Commerce , quoted in the preceding section , authorises me in forming this conjecture , from all of which I conclude that -the permanent chemical nature of the Vichy -sources and the variation in their temperature demonstrate their singleness of origin—in other words , that there are not many , but there is only one mineral water in Vichy . "

      Dr . Granville extended his researchesto the neighbouring springs ; such as the Source des Dames , Sources de Vaisse , and Haute-rive ; and has added tables of analyses by several scientific men and iatro-chemists—for few mineral springs , he tells us , have attracted more attention , in point of chemical investigation of their specific ingredients , than those of Vichy . lie has also appended the hospital statistical tables , " affording proofs positive of the efficacy of Vichy waters in certain diseases . " Generally , it may be stated that every particular relative to the establishment and its surroundings and consequents may be found in the doctor ' s well-printed and thick-papered volume .

      New Novel S.

      NEW NOVEL S .

      Raised To Toe Peerage. A Novel. By Mrs. ...

      RAISED TO TOE PEERAGE . A novel . By Mrs . Octaviua Frlerc Owen , author of "The Horoinos of History , " & c . 3 vols . —Hurst and Blnckett . THE TWO HOMES . By "William MuIIiowm , author of " Tlio Heir of VulUs . " 3 void . —Smith , Klilor , und Co . Had " Raised to the Peerage" been written fifty years ago it would have been very popular . Mrs . Owen does not say the exact time that her story commences , but the tone seems to us jis though she were speaking of the present day , wink ; her characters are of that class from which novilints of

      thebeginning of this century selected their persona :. That Mrs . Owen has inndo the most of her materials we are willing to admit , hut why she has selected such rogues and villain * to point her moral and adorn , her tale it i . s Jmrd to my . >> e may be thankful , however , Omt in run ! hie there is not such strife ami wieketluuns . to gut to the pocraffo as depicted in her pages . I hu portrait of Mi ? . Sheffield , is ably drawn , but it lo . a-.-j its Jorec when . the reader reflects that it is not true to Ivf «\ Many of tho minor characters are of tho class that appear ogres to chihlrun , and mv . to K iwn-up pU * ons laughable , and racily / . U < ra Sui-n ^ meodo tho niost atrocious Ihiiijlps and think

      draina ThoV . just as little of murdering a |> or » on us ol ' oiiting their d inner Surely we havo hail enough of tins class of roiruos , without wishing to revive- ilium nguin . Though wo cannot speak very highly oi tho cliarnotorH , we can speak in prn ' mu of the Htory . Mrs . ShelH ' eld , of Wontworth Hall , i « married to a man who luw , by dint of his own worth , vihuu from tho humbloHt position to Jiavo a seat in tho House of Commons . Ho is a conHciontioiiM und honourable man while hi « wife is ambitiouu , unscrupulous , proud , and unprincipled . Mho is roproHuutod as joing iilso fascinating , which hulps her considerably in . her denign to have her hupbnnd raised to tho peerage . We will not follow hor in nil her

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 10, 1859, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10091859/page/19/