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    pim } hase-money- —46 Q , G 00 Z—England will pay one-third , Hamburg another one-third , find , the reniaining one-third will be paid by the other states concerned , according to a plan to be drawn up by . Hanover . It is reported that the Senate of Hamburg has declared its readiness to accede to the proposal , and to undertake at once the payment of the one-third . The toll will be abolished as soon as Hanover shall be in possession of six-sevenths of the last one-third , which is to be contributed by the other States interested . Ihis is the only condition that Hanover has reserved to itself , and no doubt is entertained that it will be admitted by the English Government .

    . ... . , .. ^ When a venerable , experienced , and learned politician like Lord Brougham expresses an opinion upon home or foreign affairs , though that opinion may be contrary to the ideas of all the rest of the world , it is to be regarded with some degree of respect . But a couple of passages in the noble Lords opening address at the Glasgow Social Science Conference have set some people on this side of the water thinking that it is time for his lordship to retire from public life , and to cheer his fireside withthe reminiscences of the past . Lord Bkougiiam is reported to have said , speaking of Austria , that there existed " a fixed determination on the part of the

    Government to give each province of the empire a discretion in the management of its affairs . " This is rich in sound , but very poor in sense . Having a discretion in the ; management of one ' s affairs is no liberty to boast of ; but the Austrian has not advanced so far yet as to grant such u o . discretion , " there is only the fixed determination to give it . If , however , the determination does existr-rand Lord Brougham has doubtless good reason for his assertion—not only the Austrian provinces but all Germany would bo highly delighted to perceive some evidence of it . Even more ridiculous does the following appear to every non-German , one who has limped along With the political history of Austria—to Germans generally it must sound perfectly incomprehensible ¦ : — - 'It may safely be predicted , " Lord Brougham is reported to have said ; " that no improvements will bemade so valuable as those introduced by Prince Metternigh , one of the greatest practical reformers of his time , and by which he both controlled the power of the nobles and i * aised the inferior classes to independence and

    comfort . " This is so totally opposed to all we have been taught to believe , to all we have seen and ex perienced of Metternich ' s Government , that the Germans must really be excused if they doubt whether his lordship should be held responsible for his words . The name of Metternicix is held in utter abhorrence by the liberals of all countries , and more especially by those of Austria and Germany . Here he is regarded as having been the abettor and main support of every illiberal and tyrannical prince in Germany . The observations of the celebrated and liberal Lord Brougham have , in short , caused the wildest astonishment

    amoDg all parties in this country . The labours of the lately-prorogued Austrian Imperial Council have brought to light many of the most crushing evils of the system hitherto pursued , but have left untouched the real and self-evident sources of the ruin of the ration . The members of the Reichsruth have separated without taking a hope of future improvement home with them , or leaving a hope behind . The proposals made by the majority for a Constitution could not possibly be taken into consideration , because they were totally opposed tp the integrity of the empire ; and the counter-proposals of the minority sounded fine , but signified nothing . No sweeping reform can , or is expected , to take place . All that can be done with safety , is to modify the present system by some slight changes , -which . may relieve individuals and some communities , without affecting the whole— -as , for instance , a reform of the communal laws , provincial assemblies ,

    toleration in religion , a relaxation in the censOrsliip of the press , and a few other concessions , to conciliate the population . How far the Austrian Government intends to go with its concessions we shall soon know , if , as is anticipated , the lieichsrath be again 3 ummoned in December next , to consider some means of raising the finances . Jt is presumed that the Government , in demanding countenance and support for a new loan , or extraordinary levy of taxes , will not venture to come empty-handed . Meanwhile , the Government is forced to adopt the severest measures for the maintenance of order , in several of the moat important provinces . l » ay oy day , as private letters as well as the public pr « ss inform us , in Vonetia and in Hungary , men suspeotea of political machinations or merely opposition tendencies , aro seized , and without trial of any sort , carried off to distant fortresses . Such are the means to which the Government is forced to have rocoursQ j to uphold the empire which was sp practically reformed by the Prince Metternicii of Lord Brougham .

    It is somewhat singular that while Louis Napoleon insists upon a name to every newspaper article , he rnakes no one responsible for the telegrams that are issued daily from Paris , and which now nobody believes till they have been repeated at least half-a-dozon times without a single contradiction . But although nobody is disposed to put faith in them , they do help to confuse and blind the world for twelve or twenty-four hours , till the contradiction comes . It can hardly be expeoted that tho other Governments , to prevent many mischievous and injurious opuso * quenoes attendant upon this system of misleading tho publio , will make known at once their sQoret correspondence , though for the r own sakei- } it were xuuoh to Tbe desired . The telegrams and their contradictions follow so fast upon ono another , that a corre-Bpon 4 ont who is anxious only to convey truthful notices of passing oyents , is completel y paralysed by we . daring assertions otfixo ^ egraphsand the no Xm i positive contradictions . At thja moment we

    are inundated with telegrams respecting the approaching Conference at Warsaw , which , like that of Toplitz , is being gradually worked up by the telegrams into a sort of Driiidical n > ystery . Stray telegrams keep up the fears which were endeavoured to be excited by the rumour of a meeting and close alliance between Austria and Bavaria , and of the occupation of Tyrol by the troops of the latter . These inventions were calculated for casual readers and the mercantile public , as nobody who has followed the past history of Austria and Bavaria would think it likely that Austria would allow TyroL to be occupied by the troops of Bavaria- nor was it likely that this latter country Avould join Austria ia a war against Italy without ascertaining the sentiments of the rest of the Federal States . The newspaper pres 3 will have to keop a wary

    eye upon the telegraphic correspondence offices during the Warsaw Conference , if it would not be made the instrument for the propagation of falsehood , and tho deception and confusion of the public . By all appearances at present , the princes who are to meet at Warsaw have no particular programme to discuss , and tlie importance of the meeting will . depend entirely upon the turn of events . By the apparent acquiescence of Garibaldi in the views of Cavouk , the immediate danger of an invasion of the Austrian coastlands is removed , and in consequence the lighthouses and beacons in the Gulf of Istria are again kindled . The Sardinian Government seems to be hastening to annex Naples before the meeting takes place , while the Austrians -are doing their utmost , in a rather rough way , if accounts may be credited , to pacify Hungary . The Emperor tlie lor he

    would gladly have his house in order belore meeting , will stand alone and unfriended , and " cannot refuse the advice which maybe prof erred him by his two powerful fellow-sovereign * , upon whose countenance and support , he relies to save himself from complete isolation . Hungary , as exposing him to the Czar , claims his chief care at this moment , and his Government seems resolved to maintain peace with a strong , hand or stir up it revolts A letter from Temesvar states Mr . Frederick Pesty , secretary to the Chamber of Commerce , and editor of the Deleftu—the printer , William Hazy ; the engineer , H irch ; the lawyer , Samuel Tury ; Moriz Stockinger ; and the landed proprietor , -Ignatius von Muranji , have been arrested—why is not known--and transported to the fortress of Josephstadt . In Baja , the landed . " proprietor , Latinovits , and the lawyer ; KJoczik , arrested and carried off .

    A [ The Approaching Confer G82 The Satur...

    g 82 The Saturday Analyst and Leader . [ Oct 20 , 1860

    Miscellaneous Works. Tin' ' Yocet(U-S> O...

    MISCELLANEOUS WORKS . Tin' ' yoceT ( u-s > of -RonwnUm . By Charles Hastings Colette . L . hkIoii : William Penny . ltiiiO , Tho novelties of Roiiianism can hardly bo considered . as constituting a non-l subject themselves . 13 ut then we know -there is nothing ikw under 1 ho sun . Tho first part of the work is devoted to furnishing a few salient and ( the . author tells us he believes ) unanswerable . pi-oo ( s ot tho novelties of tho doctrines treated of . It is not ( he ndiU ) nil Inn the scopo of the present work lo aJt-. Mnpt . a re fi it at ion ot -I hem . It seems that a little work , entitled ' ¦ 'A History of Ancient Cere-monies ( lGGt >) hus suggested , and formed tho groundwork , of tlie second p > trt ; but tho author believes that now , for tlie ih-st time , these dut .-i nml Im-is are brought together in such a manner us will enable- tho reader to trace tho rise , progress , and final d < velopmont of each successive noveliy ot the Romish Ohurch , in chronological succession , xlive . sted ol nil

    i-oniroversial question or bins . The Volunteer ' s . Manual » f llvallh ami I '/ j / . w ,- <»; tl « / .. »/<; . « ¥ ' - ' J j- "H ' ' )'' ¦ ' l' !' . Xutura ) , Jh'OUlifitt , and JiMUtttiful in J , / uuuniil >/ . My Hwiry Smith , M . l > . . Ia . ihI-u . Wiu'd mid Lock . ' lttCO . What is tho " natural ? " Is it or not identical with tho habitual ? Pascal says it ia . According to his celebrated dictum , . which ni «• - liovers ini that universal l . i . \ v of which vui-mbihty ol species iuid ml im selection uro but illustrative 01130 s wo subscribe to , nature > s but 11 "i > i habit , as lmbit is eoooncl lmture . Ag . iin , what k tlio boautUiil . Jii « . u « U inovo of a poroeptiou Mid eonseiousness of utility m our nlvna ot iiiq beautiful tlian is genornlly supposod ; or more jppopoi-Iy ¦ upi'iikni « , »" recofmitioji of tho a'duptution of mcuiid to enda forms » n od « i'ifli « i viiment in ideal beauty . When will some psychologist , ol tliu roiiuy philosophicd east , explore ull the ni . vstorios of unpurcoived consuiuu ^ noes-untl unoonsoious porooptiou ? Tho inont purloot ol aiiiinul lonna is tho " human fonn divine ; " Iho eonfonnution ol orgnm .-Jin boat adapted to vendor tho external world subservient to its purnosw , ia "iin of man ; tho moat porlvot human liguro ia tlmt in wluoli tlust'o 1 dition is nnoBt oompliitot . v fulflllod , tHkhig into account the iiii-iiinj uireotion as woll us tho bodily structure— the bruhi and nerves , 11 a wcu ua tho muscular ayntora . Aocording to Bichut , l-lio nerves arc tlio » mii , ««

    according to iiuiftm tlio stylo ia thu irmn ; wliilo Ml' « m , o ^ ' "' , Hoonun , and Co ., would tell us that muselo mukus thoTmun , us my m > i « Ohosterilold would toll vs thut mauuova nmko tl > o mun . lint our Know ledge that tho human form is tho boat uduptod lo render tho t ) XU' 1 ' 1 " 1 world subservient to its purpoaee , is prooisol y one of tho onuses uini wo have « ome to rogwd it us moat bountiful . Tho humuu flUopo > w oasooittftod in our romUa with oil thut mun has uuuoxnplishod in fe' 01 "" and iu nrt . Those wonderful embodiments of the sublijno nncl uoau tiful in storio , tho mustor-pipoes of tjio Oi-ook soulptow ami tlioir jnusu euooossful modern emulators , tho over-living ¦ inapimtioua ol poetr . v , u rupture of bound ,, thut ilooting . osionoe , Jlxod in tho prortui-noua Buofchovon . and llavdn . Koaaiiu . and Moaart , all tho ihImwIlb ui

    modern Boionoo in nil its inilnito ujiplioutiona , —* U those ni'o , """ " seiously it : ni » y bo , but not tho leas voully nncl cft ootivoly , ftswoiBioi 111 our jninds with man—with tho human form . And howuvor tlia aimu floiul , unnqoua'tomQcl tor introspection , nu » y bo urmwuro ol U-, tiw oonatitutoa aiv iftiporlaub clowant iu our oatimiUo ol h Il limull i i 1 wo Tho nrosont work ia o » o of tho boat jamotionl mnniwU ^ . fcll « » ' | U * huvd aeoih and should bo roud by everybodyj—tho young thnb t , Jic ^ m , y pvoflt by \ t tho oia th « t they muy matyuob the young' •*""

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 20, 1860, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20101860/page/10/