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      Serials. The Art Journal. No. 68. L6ndon...

      facts established by investigations into the " Correlation of the Physical Forces , " that 13 , 500 blows of a hammer -weighing ten pounds , falling on a bar of iron from the height of 1 foot , produce heat enough to raise one pound of water from freezing to thehoihng point ; or , in other words , that this amount of heat corresponds to a working power , capable of elevating 13 J cwt . to the height of 1 foot ; that . same amount of electricity which , when converted into heat by the resistance of the conductor , raises b y 1 degree the temperature of lib . of water , generates a magnetic force capable of elevating 13 £ cwt . to the height of 1 foot ; that the same amount of electricity will produce by the decomposition of water so much hydrogen as will , by its combustion , raise the temperature of lib . of water 1 degree ; that , in vital processes , the same law is manifested , and the force set free during the changes in the blood and tissues , upon which the fundamental phenomena of lite depend , is convertible not only into motion , but also into heat , electricity , magnetism , and chemical affinity—from facts such as these Dr . Laycoek traces a " correlation" between the vital and the mental forces , and concludes that physical , vital , and mental action are modifications of one actively adapted force , and that the mind is to be studied by observing the brain and nervous system . This suggests Bichat ' s celebrated axiom , " the nerves—they are the man . " "Humboldt ' Letters , " and " Greneral Hayelock , " are the subjects of other articles of which there are , nine in all . Mr . John Holhngshead ( author of " Under Bow Bells , " & c . ) has another volume in the press , to be published by Messrs . Groombridge and Sons , entitled " Odd Journeys : In and Out of London . _ It is a reprint of papers from " Household Words , " and more particularly from " AH the Year Round , " and includes journeys by all kinds of conveyances , from a locomotive engine to a canal boat . His last little volume of political sketches , ^ Rubbing the Gilt Off , " is going into a second and cheaper editiou .

      740 The Saturday Analyst And Leader. [Au...

      740 The Saturday Analyst and Leader . [ Aug . 18 , 1860 .

      Record Of The Week. Home And Coiionial. ...

      RECORD OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COIiONIAL . Last week closed with sad intelligence from Dover , A cannon , in whiph it is supposed there must have been some defect , and at which some of the Artillery Volunteers were ¦ practising ,: ' burst ,- killing two , and wounding five ; one of the persons killed was Lieutenant Thompson , coroner of the borough . - ¦ '¦ / -. William Slater and William Vivian , formerly attendants at Colney Hatch , were committe ' d for trial oh the charge of manslaughter preferred against them by the Commissioners of Lunacy , mentioned in our last numbefV ¦¦ ¦ - . - V i We learned from New Zealand up to the 12 th May , that the rebellion was still confined to the Chief Wiremu . Kingi and his followers ; while the Waikatbs , another powerful tribe , were wavering between peace and war . From Taranaki , the seat of war , the news was but scanty . No decisive blow had been struck , and the military commander ' s plans-were unknown . ¦ ¦ . -. This week opened with the startling news that the Road murderer had given himself up to justice , in the person of a travelling mason , named Edward John , but who refused-to communicate his surname . Though hia incoherent and incredible statement gave manifest tokens of insanity , the police who had him in charge were expecting to get the reward ; while other officers were surei they had discovered a clue to the real culprit in another quarter . At Halifax the Prince of Wales had been received with immense displays of effervescent loyalty ; all busiuess was suspended—even the "''^ pe ' rpetuarm ^^ species of motion , the " standstill motion" and there was actually the astounding phenomenon presented of a day passing in a civilized country without newspapers . ..-The American begging letter imposition is said to be coming into fashion again , with the double gooseberries as big as cocoanuts , extraordinary turnips witlx genuine muro ' s nests ( cplta and all ) inside them , showers of black and tan frogs , and other quite seasonable and natural prodigies that annually make their appearance at this time of the year . At the Westminster Police Court a letter was read that had been addressed to a now deceased gentleman at Birmingham . It bore the eignature of " Kate Ramsay , " and stated that " poor dear Clement was dying , " and that " the usual remittance had not arrived . " Mr . Payntcr also had a similar letter signed " Mary E . Bruce " pluced in his hands . The " polioy " pursued by these "diplomatists" intent upon raising the supplies by such ingenious means , appears to consist in looking out for the deaths of rich persons , and forthwith addressing to thorn letters of the description given , in order that these disagreeable epistles may fall into the hands of their sorrowing relatives . _ . The sesuion of the Central Criminal Court opened on Monday . Thero ¦ were several serious cases for trial , among the rest that of Youngmun , the alleged Wahvorth murderer , and tho two late keepers belonging to the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum , ohargod with manslaughter . Mr . Evelyn , tho High Sheriff of Surrey , hus como into collision with the judgCB a second time . Tho presiding judgo having cleared the court at Ouilford of the persona present , Mr . Evelyn oauacd to bo distributed cortain placards protesting against the exclusion of tho public from a court of justice , and ho ordered his ofllcer « not in futiive to oboy tho commands of tho judge in depriving tho public of admission . Upon this tho judges ordored him into ountody , nnd on Tuesday morning ho appeared in court and delivored an addruns explaining und justifying the ^ urBftJio . had . pur 8 . ued ^ X'hiolLJuatice . OQckbui'n , j ) aJlLo _ , oth delivered the decision of tho Court , which wan—that he had no busineBB to not as ho had done , that tho Judges had the power of excluding the public , and that the High Sherifl' must pay a ilno of £ 500 . Mr . David Wemys Jobson was found guilty on Tuesday of tho charge of libelling Sir J . Ferguson , with tho detuilB of 'wliioh tho public ore ulready bo fumilinr . The jury recommended him to inevoy on account of the atalo ol' his health , and sentence was postponed , The trial of Slutor nnd Viviun , the Into keoperw oi Colney Hatch Asylum , stands over till next ( session . Mary Allen , tho Bohoohniatress , whoso cruelly to a little girl excited so umoli publio indignation , haa been BOiitencod to thrco years hard labour .

      The mortality of London last week was less by 228 deaths than the average of the last 10 years . _ J . E . Gabb , the roan who accused Himself of the Roacl murder , was remanded on Wednesday till that day week , WiUiam Godfrey Yoimgman hae been sentenced to death , and will be . ' executed at Horsemouger Lane gaol . , "'¦ .. ± , ., , . . T The sentence on Mr . David Wemyss . i Jobson is , that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 calendar months .

      Foreign. Important Intelligence Arrived ...

      FOREIGN . Important intelligence arrived as last week closed , touching the Syrian massacres , in the shape of a despatch , dated 4 th August , from Fuad Pacha , to the Foreign Minister at Constantinople . On the 3 rd Fuad Pacha had arrested 330 persons who had taken part in the disturbances . On the 4 th 400 had been arrested . It was expected that those who were most compromised would be arrested on the Gth . All were to be tried by ah extraordinary commission appointed by Fuad Pacha , and the convicts immediately executed . The city remained quiet . This news must be taken in connexion with Lord John Russell s expressed hope ( vide parliamentary summary ) that Turkey alone would be able to quell the disturbances , so that any active proceedings on the part of the Western Powers might not be necessary . Indeed , Austria is said to have abstained at the instance of the Porte from sending a battalion of Tyrolese sharpshooters to take part in the expedition .. Prince Pandolfino was chosen by Garibaldi as the bearer of his letter to the Queen of England . The epistle is dated Palermo , 22 nd June , and is as follows : ^ - " Your Majesty , —Called by my duty to my Italian fatherland to defend its cause in Sicily , I have assumed the dictatorship of a generous people , who , after a long continued struggle , wish for nothing but to participate in national life and freedom under the sceptre of the magnanimous prince in whom Italy trusts . The envoy who presents himself to your Majesty in the name of the provincial government which now rules this country does not pretend to represent a special and distinct state , but he comes as the interpreter of'the ¦ tho ughts and sentimentsoftwo-and-a-half , millions of Italians . By this title I beg your Majesty to deign to receive him , granting a kind audience and attention to what he may respectfully urge upon your Majesty m behalf of this most beautiful and noble part of Italy . " At the inauguration dinner of the railway from Salzburg to Munich , connecting Bavaria with the Austrian states , the Emperor of ¦ . Austria and King of Bavaria delivered speeches , the former raising a cheer for the unity of the princes and people of Germany , arid the latter giving the key , note to acclamationsi-i ' or a union hetween thfe two great Gerinan Powers ; allusion was pointedly made to the Toplitz meeting , which , as is weH-known , wns brought about through the instrumentality , in part , of the last named potentate . The result of the Toplitz meetinglis the adoption by the two great German Powers of Lord John RusseJl s " platform " perfect non-intervention . Austria will not-interfere with what fakes place in the remainder of Italy , and Prussia and the rest oi Germany will not interfere in the event of Austria being attacked in Venice , in ease such attack should emanate from an exclusively Italian soiree ; but should some external power , as France , stir up revolt , thuii the policy of non-intervention is to give place to one of a more energeticcharacter . : ' ¦ ' ' .. / - ! A . Prince Danielo was seriously wounded on the 12 th instant at Cattnro , by a Montenegrin refugee—one Kadic—who fired a pistol at him as he was embarking to return to Perzagab . The ball struck the lower . part , of his body , and the wound is very serious , hut whether mortal or not had not been ascertained when the despatch left . ' The volunteer movement , which somebody culled a double-ccipa tool cutting both ways , and a game that wijs not .. restricted in the number of its players , has spread to Belgium . An Association at Brussels , under government patronage has been inaugurated for thev pui-posoof creating volunteer corps in augmentation ol the regular arm w Apropos of this a rifle tournay on a gigantic scale is announced as about to take place at Cologne . Iris eaidtlmt tho first prize isi to consist of o ne of tho " castles , ( not Chateaux en Espngnp AnRlieo " castles in the air ' ) but " the Rhine , " to . wit tho Scliiit /^ nburtf or Marksman ' s castle , near Ehrcnbreitsten , with towers ,, draw bridge ? , vineyards , and , appropriately enough , shooting over ( 300 acres . . Austria has , it is believed , more than hinted , . that should GnribnWi seize Naples and prepare to attack Venice , sho will not wait lor liw initiative , but , sotting at nought the Villa franca engagement , proceed to oppose that general ' s projects wherever she oan moot , and cheek them . There seems no sort of doubt that . Austria and Prussia htive established a complete understanding as to their joint action in . cusivof cortain eventualities . The Emperor and tho Prince Rogent hud a memorandum drawn up by their ministers for foreign ' all ' iarss containing a summary of all tho questions on which if . was dosirublo they should come- to i \ cleiinito arrangement . No act or protocol wM tsiiriu'il at Toplitz , though a distinct pact appears to virtually exist between the potentates in question . t From Naples , wo rocoivo intdligoneo that a jwoolanuuioii liii ,- * , been posted , declaring tho town in a btato of soi ^ e , in cimisuiuutiit , apparently , of tho attack mudo by Ciunbaldi ' sj stcunu-r ( tlio \ floeiv upon tho fort , ol' Castellamare , and tho whip moored coiititfiioiirt to it , oounli-d wilh tho populru * coinmot ion . s whii'h wero oxciU'd on tho etoniuov ' s ontoi-in ;; tins harbour . From Constantinople we . Icuni tlint tho ambassadors had protecti > d ngninHt . nentling KinwliuJ I "'* ' !' for trial ob . well ns Ahmed 13 oy , and that both un > to bi « i < cnl Imck i ' " Syrinx—A ~ OOTiBpirncy had"be ^ n-detechul—for phmdemij ? ~\] w-- < Mi » -lw * tMits . — T ' Iio city whh in u voiy unsettlttd utato . Messrs . ftSauntlow , Otloy , and Co ., announce for publication , " An . Autumn Tour iu- tipnin " ; " tho Life ot Fox , " thv > founder of ' tho Quaker * ; tho second edition of the ilrwt volume of " tin' M \ p 3 > r . Wolll , " « u » d tho second volume of that , biography ; ulso ' ¦ ' Crispin Korr , " by tho nutlior of " Miriam May" ; " Too ' 1 mm" declieatud b £ permission to Siv Edward J ) . Lytton ; " tho Skeleton in tho Cu » bom ; d , by Lndv Scott ; " the Voyage of the Novnru " ; " tho Liib nnd Writings of Mr . ' Disraelli "} and"Why Paul Ferroll Killed hia Wife , " by the author of " Paul Forroll . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 18, 1860, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18081860/page/12/