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    478 TJie Leader and Saturday Analyst. [M...

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    SERIALS. The New Quarterly Magazine and ...

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    FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. • (SPECIAI/.) Tu...

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    Miscellaneous Books.* Npi-Ie Second Seri...

    World before-Man / ' " The . World as it now Is , " "Man in the WwWi "' Maa Dispersed Over the World / ' and " The Plurality of- Worlds / : ' . Under these : various beads the important questions arjsiog out of them are discussed and elucidated in $ manner that may be easily tcoropreh ^ nded by the youthful student , and at the same time refreshing to the mature and thoughtful reader . The work entitled a , " View of the Salmon Fishery of Scotland ^ is evidently the production of a writer who has had many years experience in the business of salmon fishing , and who has made the nature and habits of salmon a subject of close observation and study .

    The causes of decline

    ,. , . The little work on " Glycerine and Cod Liver Oil , " to which is added a chapter on Physic taking ; or . Counsels for the Sick , is a -useful and valuable treatise * and as such we recommend it to the attention of the public . In a pamphlet written by Richard . ' . Bayldon , and published at ¦ Leeds , the advantages of reducing- the hours of the miners' labour , and the necessity of educating the collier boys , & c , are well and clearly pointed oni . The regulation and inspection of mines will , we have no doubt , be henceforth rigorously enforced , the lives of the miners protected , and their Welfare studied . We trust that such will be the result of legislative enactment .

    478 Tjie Leader And Saturday Analyst. [M...

    478 TJie Leader and Saturday Analyst . [ May 19 , IS 60 .

    Serials. The New Quarterly Magazine And ...

    SERIALS . The New Quarterly Magazine and LiteraryChronicle ibr May contains much that is interesting and attractive . "A Summer Dream , " a romance , begins its first chapter in this number . *' Henry Graham /* a tale , iis continued . " Leaves from Jhe Diary of a Gentleman of independent Means , " Leaf I . ^ promises to he highly entertaining . " Prague , " a sketch ; " Notes of a Trip from Newcastle to London , " and " Would-be Poets , " are articles that enable this new Quarterly ^ Magazine to put forward claims to public patronage . We have received Tlie Leisure Mour for the past month , the contents of which are too numerous to specify ; but the reader will not find them too numerous to read , as the tales , articles , and poem ' s are exceedingly interesting . The Leisure JFIourls , moreover , well illustrated .

    " Routledge ' s Illustrated Natural History" for May contains the history of the Cape Buffalo , Banteng , or Javan Ox , Gaur , Aurochs , the Yak , and South African Antelopes * etc . These curious , though not generally well known animals , are excellently illustrated .

    Foreign Correspondence. • (Speciai/.) Tu...

    FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE . ( SPECIAI / . ) Turin , May 10 th , I 860 . VICTOR EMMANUEL'S PROGRESS . ripHE programme traced out by the Piedm ' ontCse Cabinet , and '¦ •* - ¦ laboured at Eoindefatigably during the past twelve months , may be said to Have been realized and completed by the visit of the king to his newly-acquired provinces ' . The occasion has been in evei'y way remarkable , and , has offered points both of contrast and of reseinblance tp former times which may well invite to thought and , reflection . The reception given by the dwellers in some of the iifjost ' ancient cities of Italy to their modern liberator has been such as tp prove that his ardent efforts , to secure , their freedom , anil the genial warmth of his fraternal and , philanthropic aspirations have succeeded in melting , the snows and glaciers of tyranny and priestcraft under which they ,. have lain buried since the Middle Ages . In spite of ban , and interdict , and in spite of clerical example in at Jieij ist two ft the cities visited , loyalty has far outweighed both fear and respect for Pupal authority . Bologna holds a foremost place in Italian history for learning An 4 ' ci y ' iuza 1 jion / . < Poljbius , Pliny , Livy , Strabo , and Tacitus , Jjpp witness to Us distinguished rank in intelligence and intellectual ' culture . It was one of the most ancient of the Italian Republics , and may be said to have , been the first to uphold popular j VigUts , and the last , to yjcld to the logic of force . Etruscans , Gauls , Romans , Greeks ,, urid , Lpngobards occupied it successively . When Feft to itself , it suffered terribl y from ., the faction ' s of tho £ A ^« BjB 0 l * AW iAri d ^ heGs ' ni ^ i ; B ^ nn 4 ' wnR sutacquehtiv f > ubjccted to B JlW 9 . fetyJ ^ Tlio V-wpotA , yfsdONTr , and BKNTtvoott " suecpsHively usurped itominiqn ' oytff ' 1 & Jn the . timos of . Jui tf ueII ., it placed itself under jVontincal ! protection j aiul subsequent , tropes hold it , in absolute ^ VS' ^ f ^' . ^!* " ^ " tf ' . ? M tHo nlfimd , of' a republic . By tho Mty of 1815 , | t / % «' cdmjiljBtily ; merged in tho possessions of tho € hurch , iii ^ sp ite o f the . protests it had lojug- madlq against thoocratio xjj'rrihn ^ . '" '¦ \ ' '" , | ' ' /' , '¦ '" ' '' ' "' BblogWa' lias always liikcn nri active part in every Italian movement , and its sons have ( qvor been ready to sAcrifleo themselves W oftthii flHw dfjth ' eJr country ' s liberty ., ' ^ withstanding ail their l «^ pf ^ iB ^ the -P ^ h ^ ljln . jHaV-6 rievev succeeded in reconciling to their

    rule that city which , according to Macchiaveixi ; , contains within itself the ark of Jiumdn intelligence . Although it has furnished to the Church eiirht popes and thirty cardinals , it has never taken Idndly- to priestly dominion . , Even in 1848 , whe . n Bologna seemed ' ¦ disinclined- 'to accept a popular regime , it energetically protested against the Sacerdotal Government , arid swore never again to submit voluntarily to clerical slavery . Situated at the foot of the Apennines , and crowned , with beautiful hills / the fertility of its territory is such as to have won for it the name of Bologna la Grassa , while its ' --university , is known by the appellation of Bologna la Dotta . The latter began to flourish in the fifth century , has alwaj's had a large number of students , and has produced some of the most talented scholars in the world . The inhabitants of Bologna , in number about 60 , 000 , are reputed for the versatility of their talent , quickness of perception , and kindness of heart . The Bolognesc are remarkably expansive and demonstrative . Easily led by the counsels of those whom they consider their friends , they are equally cold and incredulous towards ^ those whom they hold in light esteem . They are proud of their past greatness , and ever ready to point out to strangers the monuments of their ancestors , and converse upon their deeds of prowess or literary attainments . The men are tall , dark , robust , and graceful ; their countenances expressive of the various sentiments which animate their minds . In general , faithful , and attached to their wives , they are more commonly seen together at church , ami places of amusement , than in most other towns of Italy . The women are no less frank and courageous than the-men , . and many of them have fought by the side of their husbands and brothers , in the modem wars of Italy , with-a valour not inferior to that of the rougher sex . A striking trait of Bolognese character is the enthusiasm ^ aroused by a noble action , for the performance of which they are ready to make any sacrifice . The priests have dor . e their b , est to brntify this people and destroy their admiration of honourable deeds . And they have unfortunately succeeded but too Well in their designs , A fraction of the lowest class of the populace , encouraged . in-every crime by the open indulgence or tacit consent of the iniquitous policy which found its interest in supporting the violence of the rabble forms a compact phalanx of robbery and violence which will long defy the best -efforts—of civilized and enlightened rule . But even this depraved class is animated by patriotic love ^ of country ; and if the most incorrigible can be got rid of by banishment or imprisonment , the rest will / in time and wjth judicious efforts , be restored to the right-path . Everything its to be hoped "for and nothing despaired of in the case of men who , like by far the larger proportion of the Bolognese , are ready to sacrifice themselves and their sons for the sake of their country . . * In ancient limes * Pisa was only second to Rome , ami maintained the greatest splendour throughout several centuries . As a proof of its antiquity and importance , the following lines of Virgil may be cited : — < f Alphoene ab ori ^ ine Pisa ? Urbs Etrusca . " From this it appears that the poet attributed to Pisa an origin still more remote than that of Rome . The Pisans are believed to have conic to Italy shortly , after , the'siege , pf Troy f when Etriin > was flourishing as the mother of a numerous people , and instructing its Roman conquerors in religion , agriculture , the fino arts , and general magnificence . According to Stijado , Pisa was at this period ' a , maritime power , and constructed ships . Aiid this is confirmed by VniGit , who numbers Pisa auioiig those cities and countries who furnished / Eneas with naval supplies . The city was , doubtless , built " upon the Arno , at the point where it flowed into the Tyrian Sea . At the present day it stands some miles further inland , but this arises from the daily backward flow of the sea , as demonstrated by the nature of the soil which separates it from the shore , and is entirely composed of marine debris . This extension of the Italian const is common to the whole peninsula , but especially at the points where the rivers flow into the two seas bywhich Italy is surrouudod . It hns been demonstrated thnt tho Apennines are continually diminishing in height , and the earth borne from them by the rivers to the seas insensibly increases the sixo of Ital y * After tho Romans had reduced Etruria to a province . Pis « a became a Roman city , and next in importance to ' the Cupitol . The t > vo famous marbje tablet ' s , known as the Pisaji Cenotaphs , contain n , decree by which Pisa is ordered to wear mourning on the deaths of Caius and Lucius , the great-grandsons of Augustus . From tho same source it is known that Pisa had magistrates of equal standing with those of Rome , a pontifical college , theatres , Circenshui game . " , and that , like tho metropolis , it sent Legates directly to tho Emperor . That it was very large , and ndorned with magnificent edifices , is proved by the ruins and remnins still preserved . _ After the invasion of the Cloths nnd Longolmrds , nlmost all tho cities of Italy fell into n languishing condition j but Pisft Buffered less than tho rest , as is indicated by the fnot that in the seventh century it despatched , a fleet uguinst the subjects of Pjiocas , who hnd usurped the empire , of MAUiiraE . At tho end of the tenth century , Pisn besieged the Saracons in Roggio di Calabria , nnd never desisted from , harns ' sjng until it hnd completely exterminated them . A few years , later ; , the , pilaus united with the Genoefio to attack tho San \ eons . in Sardinia , ( arifi ciitirely bnnished them from the island ., Ajjout this period , tljo Moorn , who held possession of Sjoily , da . ^ ed io ofl ' cr , ? hs ^ lt . tc » ' , the ( Pjisan Hag .. In ruturn » Uio Pisans en tor eel tho yoi ; t of Palermo in great force , and to the alarm and cQHt # ernafoqn of Uioir oneniies' burned , under thoir very eycb , several , Mq ^ neii ships , froig-htod with the most valuable

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  • Leader (1850-1860), May 19, 1860, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19051860/page/18/