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      Foreign" Correspondence. Special. Hanove...

      Austria and Prussia ; ami the interview is the result of the efforts of the English Court , if not of the Cabinet . It is tolerably certain that the English Court shares the views of Austria and Prussia with respect to the Italian question , or rather revolution . ; and that Prussia and Austria are of one accord with England Gpncerning Syria . The Emperor ' s letter has tended , in some degree , open the eyes of the general publiti to the fact that Bkitansia , in spite of her having so long and modestly played violino secundo to Lours NapojleON , is mistress of the situation at this moment . We expect a confirmation of the report that the convention , w ith regard to Syria , has been signed . Prussia proposes that the occupation by European troops shall not exceed a certain period ; and that the troops shall be of different nations , subject to the instructions of a commission appointed by the Great Powers .

      There is , just now , a complete lull in home politics . Potentates and politicians are recruiting their strength at the -watering place ? of the interior , or at the sea-side . Apropos of watering places , the island of Wangerooge , on the coast of Oldenburg , formerly a favourite summer resort , has almost ceased to exist . The continual encroachments of the sea which have been going on these centuries past , after having swept away half the village , have now gained the church . By this not only are the inhabitants ruined , but the entire navigation of the Wese r and the ell known

      Jade is affected . The church steeple of Wangerooge , w to all seamen frequenting the north-west coast of Germany , was , and is at this moment , indeed , still a good landmark , because orits height and mass , and the ' more important to all vessels entering the Weser and the Jade , as it was necessary to erect the new lighthouse of Wangerooge four miles more to the eastward . The church is now in danger of being swept away by the first storm , and the Government of Oldenburg has issued a notice to mariners warning them against reckoning upon il u .-. a landmark in future , for that it is liable to disappear at any liouv .

      It is mentioned in some of the old chronicles , that at the commencement of the Gbxistian era a violent storin from the north west overwhelmed the island of Heligoland , which at the time extended all along the German coast and as far as Denmark . Confirmation is lent to the truth of this statement by the discovery of the remains of a forest at about four feet below the surface of the earth , just outside the town of Bremen , where some excavations are being made to obtain earth for a new churchyard , the ground being very swampy . The trees are found lying with their roots upturned directly to the north-west . " : ~ Evidently they were prostrated by the force of wind or floods coming from that direction . The tree 3 are of middling size , mostly ^ oak an djseech , and lie in a bed of fine vegetable mould at least four or five feet ,. deep . The soil which covers it is sandy and poor . .

      Aug. 11, I860.] Tlie Saturday Analyst An...

      Aug . 11 , I 860 . ] Tlie Saturday Analyst and Leader . 723

      Calcutta, 18th Jane, I860. To Tiie Edito...

      Calcutta , 18 th Jane , I 860 . TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE LEADER , lONDOK . SIR _ In the papers from Calcutta , which will now be reaching England , there is contained thei evidence of ryotts ( cultivators ) ancf others , us given before the Indigo Commission , now sitting m this capital , and which evidence is mainly composed ( so tar as * Y ^ te- *™ l ~ -misginnaries are concern ed ) of accusati ons against indigo planters , and of statements which can be mostT ^ Oinpletely contradicted . :. . ' ¦¦ , . . . commissioners

      Documents have already been submitted to the , showing the falsity of some of the statements—but as . planters cannot personally attend at present in consequence of the manufacturing ^ season , some time must elapse before their contradictions can appear on record . I am , therefore , requested by the Central Committee of the Indigo Planters' Association to address you in the hope that you will have the goodness , through the medium of your journal , to point out to the English public the necessity ot their refraining from , and begging them to defer , forming any opinion on the subject , until the parties who have been accused have an opportunity of giving their evidence . _ For any aid that you may afford us in this respect , I have the authority of the Central Committee of the Indigo Planters Association to state that they will indeed feel much obliged . ¦ I am , Sir , Your obedient servant 4

      T . Kingslky , Secretary , ImJigo Planters' Association . [ Wo shall bo very glad to aid in a just appreciation of this matter . —Eoitou . ]

      Miscellaneous Works,* This Little Work I...

      MISCELLANEOUS WORKS , * This little work is intended for tho uso of thoso who arc doairoita of passing tho civil sorvioo examinations . It is applicable to narratives of facts or historical ov onts , cori-espondowo , pllloial documents , and general composition , and contains mimoroua cxamploa ami oxereisoB . A » fur aslnool ^^^ many useful hints uud suggestions to tho apt scholar , which will greatly

      facilitate his acquisition of the requisite proficiency in the particular branch of qualification to which it applies . But the student should never forget for a moment that it is by assiduous practical work and close thought that lie must really achieve success . The copious table of contents , covering eight pages , prefixed to this manual of gastronomy , would set an Alderman ' s mouth watering , even after unlimited turtle . No house whioli lias that indispensable appendage ofcivilization—a kitehen : —attached to it should be without this little Work , which contains all the newest of most original " ideas " conceived on the subject by the chefs of the " noble science of cookery , " with full and lucid directions for their practical realization .

      This forms No . 18 of the " Historical Tales" issued by this establishment . It contains a short tale extending to 128 pages , incidents in which , of a highly interesting character , are matter of historical fact , and indeed the whole is founded on an historical basis , and its scope and purpose is to give a grapliic representation of tho period to which it refers . The first parfe of this little manual is devoted to the infra-vertebrated animals : —Protozoa , or lowest animals—literally " first-life ; ' * radiata or ray-ed animals , which in the construction of their frame resemble a wheel without its tire ; annulosa , or ringed animals ; and mollusca , or soft-bodied animals . Part II . contains the five classes into which the

      ertebrated animals are divided , namely , fishes ; amphibious animals ; reptiles ; birds ; and quadrupeds . Taking the vertebrated animals as one sub-kingdom , and each of the former orders of infra-vertebrata , as one , we have thus five sub-kingdoms , instead of four , the number determined by Cuvier , the lowest group ( Protozoa ) having been added since his classification was framed . The work is lucidly and compendiously arranged . This Guide is compiled with the assistance of other eminent local naturalists in co-operation with Mr . Venables . It contains a full

      description of the Isle of Wight , its approaches and places of resort , with the walks , drives , and excursions it presents to the visitor ; a well-constructed tourists' map ; and a general synopsis of the topography , agriculture , products and . manufactures , local affairs , antiquities , architecture , history , geology , zoology , and botany , of this favourite place of resort . " The completeness and amount of the information it condenses , may be inferred from the fact of its containing 526 pages of close writing , in a terse , readable style . A well-arranged table of contents , and si , copious index of fourteen pages are bound , up with the . work .

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      : ; . ; v . .. ; . = . . . ; . . ; . SERIALS . ' , . .- . , ¦ - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ The ybrt / i British HevicuJ , for August , ' 786 . 75 . —The opening article of this quarterly is one of considerable interest , the title of it being , " The Uoniance of the JTew Planet , " M . Liais has deniedthe discovery of a new intra-mercurial planet , and M . Eadeauliaa replied to M . Liais . The reviewer sums up the pros and cons of the question by urging that since the first notice of the discovery of Vulcan in the beginning of January , 1860 , the sun has been anxiously observed by-as-: tronbhiers ; and tlie limited area ^ rbund him in -which the planet must be , if he is not tipoii the sun , has doubtless been explored with equal care by telescopes as Well as the eye of the observer , and yet no planet has been found * This fact would entitle us to conclude that no such planet exists , if its existence had been merely conjectured , or if it had been deduced from any of the laws of planetary distance , or . even if Leverrier or Adams had announced it as the probable result of planetary perturbations . If tho finest telescopes cannot rediscover a planet that -haa ^ ft-jiaihlo-. disc , wit h a power of 300 , aa used by ^ Liais , within so limited an area as a circle of 16 degrees , ofwfficirthe siinfrtBTtlTTTcoirfcrer or rather within a narrow belt of that circle , we should Unhesitatingly declare that no such planet exists ; but tho question assumes a very different aspect when it involves moral considerations . » . . Time , howevor , tries facts as well as speculations . The phenomenon observed by the French astronomer way never he sceii . again ; and the disturbance of Mercury which rendered it probable , may be otJierivise explained . Sliould this , bo the case , we must refer the round spot on the sun to some of those illusions of tho eyo or brain which have sometimes disturbed the tranquillity of science Tho literary articles aro on "Recent Poetry , " " Imaginative Literature , " M . Thiora' "History of tho Consulate aiid Empire , " andd resume of ^ Recent Publications . " " Sovero Winters" is an article rendered interesting by the peculiarity of the weather throughout tho < present year . " Dr . Brown s Lifo and Works , " " Colonial Constitutions and Defences , " " Tho Truth about Russia" ( La 'Vorite eur la Russio par lo Prince Piorro DolgoroukoiT ) , " Recent nationalism in tho Church of England , " and " Scottish Nationality , " uro subjects occupying a prominent place in tho prcuonfc number . Medals of the British Army , and How they were Won . Part I . Groombridgo and Sons .--Thp first pavt . of this now work is devoted to tho Crimean Campaign , and n fan simile of the Crimean Modal serves for its frontispiece . It contains thirty-two pages of largo rbadablo typo on a highly interesting subject . Jlccreativc Science for AttgusL—Grrpombridgo and Sons , — -This " monthly record of intellectual observation" contains a Bucoinct unu oomprohensivo rcsumiS of scjienco up to tho present month . " Tho Structure and Movements of ComotB j " " A Lesson in Physiology 5 ' " A Goologicul Excursion to U 10 Cotlcswold Hills . » " "A Cliaptor on l'hca Ilcads ; " and uoveral other articles on aslronomical and other lnterostingsnbjoctsof : mo < lovn < lwoavery ~ wM . bQXeaM Btudunt . . .. " ,,. ' . . Kingston ' s Magazine for Hoys . No , 18 , August—London : Bosworlli and iiarrisoiii— -TIub xnuguitnK ) eoiiinins oomo inemtcUvo , Un 4 at uw eamo tiino divortiiiK articles , caloiilutod to aid in ronring Uio U'mlur thought into robufltniatui-it . y , nmUo teach tho ya \ m l * c * ) l ™ * ° *™ ° £ up and produce a fertile harvest , of reflection } tho flaying , AJ wwK and no play makes Jack a dull boy , " soenw to Jmvo boonprcuoufc to tho mind ^ of its writorfl .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 11, 1860, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11081860/page/11/