Current:

Leader (1850-1860), 14th January 1860, Edition 2 of 2, Page 21, SERTALS. rpHE great increase in numbers ...

Page 21
Page 21
21 of 24

On this page

  • Text (3)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      The Eael Of Dundonald.* A Book Of Advent...

      advancing £ 100 for his equipment . His father gave him his gold watch for his keepsake—the only patrimony he ever inherited . He went on board the Hind at Sheerness ; joining- that ship 27 th June , 1793 , and going-with it oil a trip to Norway . From this he was transferred to the Thetis , and was soon made acting- lieutenant- ? not only of that ship but of the Africa , the Lynx , and the Resolution . Aftei'wards he joined Lord Keith ' s ship , who had replaced Lord St . Vincent . Here we have an anecdote or two of Lord Nelson , whom he met at Palermo , and who there grave him the characteristic advice— "Never mind manoeuvres , always go at them . " . The advice , we know , was not lost on the recipient . Lord Cochrane was next appointed to the Speedy , and his experience at this time serves to illustrate our naval administration sixty years ago . To this period also belongs the boarding of the { Spanish xebec frigate , Gama , in which our seaman well exemplified the counsel which lie had received from Lord Nelson . We await the second volume of this work with great interest .

      Jan. 14, 1860.J The' ¦ ¦ Leader Emd T < ...

      Jan . 14 , 1860 . J The ' ¦ ¦ Leader emd < Swim-day Analyst . 49

      Sertals. Rphe Great Increase In Numbers ...

      SERTALS . rpHE great increase in numbers of small periodicals , some of them -i- of weli-designed utility , not a little embarrasses the critic with a superabundance of materials , the disposition of which is a task of great difficulty . Many are not even of a literary character ; such , for instance , as The JPost 3 faflazine , Almanack , and Insurance Directory for 1860 , which offers for sixpence 140 octavo pages of reliable information . The Directory contains the title , objects , place of office , board-days , and principal officers of every insurance company in Great Britain and Ireland , and a list of the directors of all the fire

      and life insurance companies , Particulars are also given of the changes that have taken place among insurance companies , and of forty offices at present winding-up in the Court of Chancery . In its peculiar class , this publication is of unrivalled excellence . ^—We always welcome with pleasure Di \ Winslow ' s Journal of , PsveJioloqical Medicine and Mental 3 ? atliology . The present number ( XVII . ) commences with a quarterly retrospect of psychology , and deals much with the Decadence of Quakerism , as illustrative ' i of mental disease , a . subject which , as our readws know , has lately been much discussed . There are some sensible remarks on homicidal mania ,

      ami the danger of suffering patients of that class to be at large . Popular clamour , it is complained , lias compelled medical men and the proprietors of asylums to dismiss from superintendence some dangerous lunatics , whose cases have been characterized by long fits of interruption ; and reference is made to the case of James Moore , as the third instance of murder committed byindividuals recently discharged froni asylums within a period of eighteen months in tins kingdom . The case of Mr . Pownall is also adduced . It is quite impossible to enter into the .. several arguments of the excellent articles that compose the number , but that on " Hysteria , in connexion with Religious Revivals , " will probably excite most attention . An amusing paper on " Paradoxical Psychology" will reward perusal ; saints , and sages of the school of Swedenborg are among tlie instances . Jung-Stilling , Mrs . Crowe , and Ennemoser , also pass

      under review . Dr . Moreau , too , who has ([ lately sought to identify genius with insanity , is not suffered to escape . A psychological biography * of Dr . William Cullen is very instructive and interesting " . — No . 5 of the . Mdinhurgh Veterinary Review contains many good papers , and all have a business air that inspires confidence ,- ^ -Mr . Wood ' s Illustrated Natural History ( Part X . ) continues still , both in its literature and its illustrations , to deserve high praise . — Mr . Milner ' Gallery of Nature is , we perceive , . completed . The work forms , altogether , one of the most useful of Messrs . Chambers ' publications . —Moore ' s National Airs have advanced to the 8 th number , and will be completed in two more , —Lord John Russell's Memoirs of the Poet have also commenced . Part I ., with ' the poet's likeness , lies before us . The work is designed to extend to ten parts , and to be embellished with eight portraits , and two vignettes engraved on steel . —Routledge ' s Shakespeare , edited by H . Staunton , has arrived at its 47 th part , which contains a portion of Othello , with notes .

      ¦ '" Papal System And Nunneries " In The...

      ¦ ' " Papal system and Nunneries " in the Circus at Hull . A inob of Irish broke down one side of the building " , and chased him round the town ; by the aid of the police lie narrowly escaped with his : life . . " .. ; ; ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . . - ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ' .. Among Poi / iticat , Events we notice a Cabinet Council on Tuesday , Jan .-10 , which was attended by all . the ministers . : On Jlfpnday , Jan . 9 , the Solicitor-Genenil was re-elected for Dtirhanij " without opposition ; and on Ttiesday , Jan . 10 , Sir F . Goldsmid , at Reading election , defeated Mr . Benson , by a majority of 102 .

      The great Social Event of the week has been the funeral of Lord Macaulay ; he was buried , without any pomp , on Monday , Jan . 9 ; a very large concourse of spectators were present , including many noblemen , members of parliament , and celebrated authors . The pall-bearers were , the Lord Chancellor , the Speaker , the Earls Stanhope and Carlisle , the Bishop of Oxford , the Dean of St . Paul ' :-, Sir George Lewis , Sir Henry Holland , Sir David Dundas . The remains of the great author now lie in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey . ' ,

      On Wednesday , Jan . 12 , the Geaphic Society held . th'iir second meeting , at which there was a large attendance of visitors and members . Some beautiful works of art were exhibited , among which were drawings by Lewis , Cuttermole , Hunt , and ; Holland . A charming sketch by Gainsborough , executed in black . chalk , was a feature ¦ of . the evening ; and there were many other interesting drawings . The Registrar-Genei-al ' s return of the state of the Metropolitan Public . Health for the week ending : Tiiesday , Jarii lO , shuws a decrease in the number of deaths in consequence of the wi-rmcr weather . The deaths were 91 belpw the estimated average . The number of bii-ths was 2 , 008 . ¦ ¦ '¦ -. A crowded Public Meeting was held in the Town ¦ 'Hull , Birminghamy on Friday , Jan . 6 , to heat addresses on the iveforin question , from Messi's . Scholoneld and Bright . Thn former s :: kl that all , parties were agreed as to the absolute necessity of reform : ; that education had made great advances since 1 S . , the working men of the present day being as intelligent- 'and-well instructed as the middle classes at that time : they were therefore entitled to the same electoral privileges . The House of Commons would be greatly improved by some . more'immediate representatives of the working classes . Mr . Bright went into the history of Lord John Russell ' s bills of ' 185-2 and 1854 ; offering respectively a £ 5 and a £ 6 franchise , which had been withdrawn . The new bill he allowed would be -ii

      compromise ; but not a deception , like Lord Derby ' s . The Derby ministry ' s appeal to the constituencies , had involved an amount of corruption which had never been equalled . Mr . Bright then said , that tlie new bill would be similar to Lord John Russell's measure of 1852 ; and after a long dissertation upon the .. inequalities of the present representative distribution , rem .-irked—thnt according 1 to Mr . Disraeli ' s declaration during the debate on the Reform Bill brought in by tlie Conservatives--that party ought to support a £ ( 5 rental franchise . He warned the Government to keep good f ' aiM ' i with the people ; they had but a bare majority , and the Tories : ire strong and united . Even if the bill were carried ; there would be twenty-two millions without a vote or a representative . The House

      of ' Lords .-had been placed in a more flourishing condition by the last Reform Bill than they enjoyed before it , and if they were not obstructive now , they might preserve their privileges and influence . On Monday , Jan 9 , at Greenwich . Alderman Salomons addressed a numei'ous meeting . In his opinion , England should not solid a representative to a European congress , but leave the Italians to settle their own affairs . The Alderinim spoke in favour of . indirect taxation ; and said ho believed that the new Reform Bill would bo a compromise . On the same day there was a Reform demonstration at . Newcastle , . where Lord Teynham advocated manhood suffrage , and inveighed against the game laws . At . this ' meeting , Mr . Washington Wilks claimed a vote for every man of twenty-one who 1 could read . From Iekland , we . bear of a meeting of the Liberal .-electors of the county of Londonderry ,, on Friday , Jan . 6 , at Colernine , ti > present an address and £ 1000 to Mr , S . Gi-ecr ,, in reimbursement of his expenses in contesting tho last election . On this occasion , Mr . Greer declared there wiis no hope for purity of election , except in the ballot . Tbe ' meot ' mgs of sympathy with the Pope continue , At the Dundalk ' assembly , ' Sunday , Jan , 8 , Dean Kiernun reviewed tho career of Louis Napoleon , and soundly abused him ; he added that tho sympathy of English ministers and . the English nation were with the rebels of the Roirmgnii . On Monday , Jan . V . the great metropolitan meeting was held in Dublin : Archbishop Cullen said he would not judge the French Emperor , but hope that he might once again return to his duty to the Church , and net for the benefit of religion ; he condemned the " wicked pamphlet . " At thin meeting Aid . Reynolds professed his loyalty to tho Queon , aH well as to the Pope ; but this declaration did not giro satisfaction .

      RECOKD OF THE ! " WEEK , HOME AXD COLONIAL , LORD C 0 WLEY has taken loave of Heb Majesty , and returned to London on Monday , Jan . 0 , on his wny to resume his official , duties in Paris . On Wednesday , Jan . 11 , tho Queen gave a dramatic performance nfc Windsor Cnstlo , to which eighty guests were invited . Tho play chosen for representation was the" Hunchback " of Sheridan Knowles . On Sunday , Jan . 8 , the theatres and public halls engaged for tho special Owuhoii u » d other Rezjoiqus services wore again crowded with attentive audiences . A dispute lias arisen out of alleged Trnctnrian proceedings at Enfield , between the vicar and his parishioners . On Saturday , Jan . 7 , one of tho churchwardens oharged tho vicar with nn assault ; the magistrates dismissed the charge as having 1 no jurisdiction in the case . The Rev . Archer Gurnoy , minfHter of a Church of England congregation meeting in the Faubourg S . Honore * , Paris , was interdicted by the * ^ French polico from lioldiJig 1 Ins . services on Sunday , Jan . 8 , and is ordered to cIoro his chapel . Ho has appealed to the Emperor . On Wodnosday , Jan . 11 , the " Baron " qo Camin was announced to dcHvor a lecture against the

      In Naval and Mijutauy events , we notice tho launch of tho Espoir , a acrew schooner of tho now cIuhh , on Saturday , Jan . 7 . Her armament consists of only five guns , of enormous calibre . I " tho Gftssette of Tuesday , Jan , 10 , appear tho rulos and j-egnlalionH of tho Anny Reserve Corps , as to pay and allowancen , nrrnp , , clothing , equipment , and pensions . On Wednesday , Join . 10 , Jamon Martin and John Dillon , privates of the Roynl Marino Artillery , were tried by court martial on board tho " . IiupreKimbfo , »»» Hamoa ^ e , for using" scurrilous lang « uig-o and knocking down Lieut . Daly , of the Marines , while on duty . Tho court found them guilty .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 14, 1860, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14011860/page/21/