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      mreotLada ^ KbatarefioimaJ Wexuigbtnmlfci plj iasiaaatK&ke these ; bnt two « pftan «*^ . The puW *« g © o £ * r « s never endangered to ^ se ^ ve-the ( private eiif » nd ^^ . pf Sydjiftj ^ Smifcb ^ , Bos . . personal inrt « re # M < jwhich ,. teilxesaeaalieredr , he always csndiVELyconfessed to ,, whenever they xeaily jguided Ms pen ) have , fcin * e ( I out since K&tirttp tbTift the personsfluitete 3 ta 0 f ft large majority of the p optfttrtwn . fhcceijpC % i ^ uri& «^^ iod wfciofcJfce wm&km&iemmnSfa ^ tiU * error of tryrtg ^ towM ^ a » ottea ecelfc-^ iaalu « al qmjb * by 1 uta appliaattcm of rotten ecale « eab * eal remedie » T—vhat c ^^^ 4 & > be ro ^ te 46-, ad *? &a £ e , -which , the . growiwg gQ © d seo&e of the : public has neJutdre&dy - sweated ,, or ia aot prepared . aoan to wxeat , &om the

      Cfovernment orthls country * ! £ ttrriuig from S ^ dnew Smit& , In'his reforming capacity , to Sydney Smith . m Ma Kterary capacity , W anticipate bo dissent on Me part of any of our gcsit q tBy ^ Wbl -we ^ cpfeae oor eowrtetioft « h «* fce . was one cfF -the- greatest masters of the English language whom our prose literature has -produced * Sw ^^ Mfc ^ wy ^^ fcttuaUcCDrrectr AiwL vig « cou 3 styleas hia ^ it hai . been given 4 » ttwi » 5 | ew ' JjfP «« t ^ dfclefB >^ o ;^ O 88 e 8 B .- Sis-exqaMke' humour , his strongand gensffifeithinKing , 3 i ^ ti Atraprgmitry "ftrfitffiby- of ffiujrtratioit , and Kir direct « n * Teadj logic ;* , ^ w ^^ prfiaei ^ ed throu ^ hW : Kis writinga , wifh . Che most urffTmri ™ ff'f ^ f ^ J

      ^ p , P ^ Wmr" / - ' ~ " - - '• Tr * 3 f " T ! E * r w . u ~ w * iry oatxpsvv we i * UM 3 » i ^ jE ^ JB siM ^ db ^ ^ gf « ir , pe ^ tf » r % hiiMJWviii . we'hadaici ^ dnma ^ ^ aesa ^ w fi ^ ons hiu ^ woric * » j £ N | jrti !| MSl 4 ii $£ n 5 u agppaT" iw n * 'to "be : £ avsi&' nrem ^ the orimnal tffiitlnng ; « r&i < & fo 6 y eonfatnJ niodets oF excellence in the science of ^ j ^ ldslx comjKwition . But our . ^ pace j » not ; suflaci < 3 nt to gjv e them . at full length and , we < cannp t prevail . on birraelveAto mutate these madter-pieces ofgood writings lyi « t ^< li i % tih ie mt ^ lhe * TwaSeir ^ mecOTiettli ' ^ ae ^ la ^ extract , " nowerer , j NffiMiHatt ^ MiiiflWIPM ^ Q ^ aflTOpaK var-o 9 tu ^ i % v Mr . Suckmr Smith , befbrt the iJ

      ¦ " y" ^ & ' ¦ ¦* ¦ -.. ' »• 'I " ¦ i : '¦ 'jfiO TlWi * W ^ tSl-fJililftl'SRNi ^ feffii ? . : ., ' "We pray also for tlm&il ^ tjif ^ ,, ^ : gnven us for our future King ; ^ Wfe ft « 8 eecBFtiBM&rto montd Uis b « ntaad fashion life spirit ; ^ at he mar beable 8 singandjR 0 t » i ^ j 6 ? iLt 0 jheJ ^ ndjQfJiu ^) Mrth . May he grow in favour ¦ with man , by leaving to its own fore * and direction the energy of a free People 1 May he -grow in favour with God , b y holdipj * ttetdftitfr atfcCftieiit fervently and feelingly , without isdblenesg , without fanaticism , : * i ^ aii&Uf ! J ^ che will he jtb . e ifirat mane ipiitluM realfi& so tp * y lie he .. the best ; - ^ aia 4 iiibing ; M liiais Baa . iuJebns by htgi station , and ! endea * m ^ H Ug ^ wWy ^ 'fey tf ^ ifarnpln of jr ai ^ « q 4 -moraljlif ^ ^ - r » p ^ loyrA umffi ¦ an pai % iiwj > » : irowthir . . ..-..- . . to erf

      ¦¦ ¦ '! 'PB&jik ( fi » fcffii& ^ imlse from tSe ^ rorks Sytoej fittetfr . ¦? P ^ Jo « H ^ Scef Ire ^ tMi ^ r-thereason already allege * , that it onfeflfep m ^ t £% ^| l ^| i ^ V- s { na ^! nl ^ complete In itself . ' 'Setx > n 3 lj ; be ~ -d »« ate »« e % el 5 ( h « 1 tto % COT ^ re ^^ example as can be dffered of the <* : ar ; uemnttle , m ^ ji i 3 n % iSiri * msr , and the terse , sinapte , una ^ c « e % ^ rw ^ ifi ^ l e : ^ orTTMctt-fS ytfoey ^ to watrTeomrkable . « ead -thirtr short laj ^ CT . d ^ ftt ' ajgim , an € Pf ^/| Fiesrerf Itcpe ^ be -ntrt e ^ presste ^ ia . those iew Aii « iat'Wjl <» 'Bnesj -wnicE-tt-reii gioTis-attd -g Tational people ^ can form dTorthenr the reafie

      future King , , Tike /«^ edttTO »^ hich few < sngjgeated TemackB heTe offered , is , ^ re bellffipe ^ ojo ^^ iirt ^ jmlti ^ lSwroftuttes a « B tgaw ntly' portable in form , «*^ |^ tenTOflFiit ^ a « ft » r and xe » nattle ^ yp . * l !! Offlfei ^ Srwrevet . ^ re tctj S ^ y aa ^ ^ cg fe 1 y - ^ comuiei > a iue Tnarmer- in "wrliidi tlrir e ^ &bicm 'Bar been ' Mim ^ Mxm- ' ^^ ma ^ thS" Wsss ^ is- ^ Itowr , ^ hflfe ' -afc-ub ^ -rerx disfcunt S . WObms . Bongwan -frilF imt -ehe-rrisdonT anff life ^ t . ^ fHB ^ dttejr Smith : Twth » ie « ch-of " the 4 ttmi ^ tfeot * buyers in-tbe conirtry : . Let us have all Mi * woi > kjg . ( mdtidnigr tfefr ntd >? e JLecttrrea on M ? orai PKEiwoph x ) ia cheap ^ c MB ^ ' iwtd ^ Tnottfmy yarts . fke expexxonent Huts- been =-eace Henffy- begun WftfeMfaeatflay : -Let-rt ^ e coiotmned ' t ^ b jrtSl ntesntr , wiffe a- -writer ^ rho may « aSe * f / co « ae-njex *^ --fiw'nofr erenr KEacsttlaj-Bae etraailed Knn .

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      aliMWUC—iirfLi , 8 k * tahe * . <* fBt * Mitio * s a ^ mmem ^ bfitma » t ^ Blac ^ S ^ cmdih ^ CmpiaH J ^ fiMoaTTQttAufiaauaaH JarfihoK of " a » iidiaa ; iiliaf rdia inmia . JSastaade Ktoada £ lHi " ¦^ hapniMr aoAJtuiL TmixeAdae whv < 9 eDs ^ -or he who ahun»—the work before ua etmcludittg it ^ Aomiifr titl ^ tftfhe anofcher © f the nxunenme publications onthe Seai c ? f WTar iaottt ^ East , " and ex-poebiog t © fiud diseertobionft upon ScUainyl and tii « Mar&ae ^ and apeeolatious ns to the probable ikte of R . ustfLaa . doiiiimon ia < b *^ e ien citomoa , will find liimflelf naiataken . The back was written in ilMLftvvBwA . hm aio reference to the war in Gtresesift , or to the pxeoent crisis . Ai > ith « iflaM » tuns it ought to be read hj all iatereflted in theae matter * and

      l > Atpgc ^ aMHdi walttaU ^ couDotplete deacripli © n , Qf csouattries interesfciog in themselves , and peculiarly Interesting at panuumt , a » th » itibeatre 0 / a- great « i ^ g ^ l&v £ br , ^ Miot , } X « iB « iplea . , Hrtn > ni ^ wifc . iH » atWUHinon ? g . -mime is already celebrated ; M the author of ea&-< OQ « tdMq ^ ky ftW »^* a 4 iaqjowkftnfc matka 00 . the tentme of Wind , or relations of veum lldwhfMMli («« rara * oA € > Fb » AdifiM « & ) > both in flnuasia ^ his > native . country , ^ ttdiUiiAuBsUu < XhdC !« M > ^ ipreeiated . ; hw > TaJuftbie laUcura m the cause of gflkwlifie inquiry ,, and . affiosded bin * every facJJ&ty for pursuing : Uhem , an adrnmtage-tiirattgratefully acfcnowledgedbgr the Bacon , and which natnvally illflttejWMB'lu * ftuMOoarable Qpinion of tha i £ » usaiafi > Government aaad inatitutionfb £ ait . the object of the present 'work is so far fconu nolktiool , that this leiw&iiff KM&d not . G&ndL the onoflt axdent antir Kjt » . aniong 010 readers . It is

      a narrative of ajouitney uadertaken undfir these ouapiaea , m comfxany with the ? Btueekuft JPuiuce Fam Lieven . ^ through the eountriesof Geosgio , Anmenia , tuxd Mimgrelia , w ; ith the purpose of studying iibe races , cueeds , lcmgua ^ es , ¦ oualtoins ^ , and sooial organisation , of their inhabUants ^ How wide a neld thi » diutaoct , presents to the juaweatigatos , may be judged inom the faot that « eyftn % r ioei | giB < d Janguages are said to exist wibhin its bounds I Jtanott von Hajcthausea swg , in his preface , that two subjiecta treatad of inuthfi vwonk appear to him of paramoitRt interest , ^ " the affinity , and , as it * M > W « , wttienaLepiinexiof * between the cuatow ^ habits ,, and views of Ufe ot the ium » « £ ihe Qauetea , and those of "the anncient Gcepaian . s ; , untl eacondly , tbeuwmpfMrtwyt t » oaic > kwL wJbich the Armenian oation oovitpiea in flhe world * deatioaflt /** it waymngj » abl f be by Providence to take a leading part at some future tiwato in dflBusing Christiauity and civilisation in th « East . " He has wny imtemsting obaervation ^ upon the w ide dissemination of this singular

      Armenian people , dispersed over t ^ ree-qjiajcters globe , yet retaining their nationality unbroken , as . no , pfcher race but the Jews have ever done a wandering people , yet bound by the strictest social , political , and religious ties ; a tolerant church , " recognnBrng- ail baptised persons as Christians- " a talented ancl inteliectual peopie , eager for instruction , and distinguished by energy am * persererance . We wiH make an extract from this chapter : — M A comparatively small ^ portion of tliia-people inhabit ^ beir native land ; the majorttr are dwp « med QwrAfli * , Europe ^ » di AMcac i * ftveBtbel <« a , whet * ver scattejed . tba Armenians sllfinaintaia en intimate oonnejoon wilh their coun * i : y-,, to which they fondhr looki as , the centre-of their nationality aodrdlitfbo . "The Patriarchate has throughout airages exejreised a nMgical poiterooBr them , notwith * taMUnp that th * 4 isp « rai < m . of * he peopfe > date «< baolc nwrMhana ttwuaajad 35 e * r « i ^ wnewavhavdncmg thi » . period , ft «| ae » tiy . ohaaged masters . . the Patriarchate has repeatedljr-been oppressed and humbled , and has often for a Ion ? period , sunk morally and intellectually . And yet-Uiw-aation has neverbeen dissolved t the

      A » w « nianath « verj > ifc (» ewred'iwiio \ ate ; th ( 8 ir atfcftchme . afc tiaffchwinativACfmnlag } , their-Jangaage and caatoms ;; the ^ . bave ad ^ ared with fidelity ip their religion ,, and the ritual observances of their national'tniurctr . ¦ ^ ln /« isbr iilar manner thehJ « ws ^ dt ± OBgh , seatteT 8 d' . 0 WEr ( theifac 8 < of th&earth , yet maintain a 6 ecret . andindis 8 oluble bond of nsion-asd ' comnaon interest . In every covmtry . they are a 8 it were the servants , —^ ftnt the time may come wlien they will -virtually he the . masters in thanrtanti Iforo at ^ the present day , aw they * B 0 fc to a -great eattenU the arbiters of the f at&fd MuKfgBi tmmtMoin ^ an the , m& hand , . the-bond bebroaen the diflfesenfc < tatea , by the mysterious j ^ ower of wealth , which , tb&y possess , ; and , on the otbex , loosening , the ties of sowsff-lBfe , andurtrodncing ^ ^ ir fastering ideas of change and revohrtron among ffte various peofllear ? In the , Jewish ; tMtiaft stiwtiw 'Nenwsis < £ thedattiny ^ f Bnrapei .. Butj , unlike the Arroeniimg , ^ the Jews hajve no eeatcal point of country and re % ionr » ojioraa of their fiiith ' arld'th ^ ir ^ ifleetions ^ they "have' consequently tto fulcrum on which-to plaeethe lever of ^ ek pov « er ^ rand ^ ai «^ ga » l £ d 4 ml ] f > by / thdriiiuiUD (» s ^ . and ^ p ^ xmion , in actrag-tbeir part in . the wpjU ' a&istpry . ' , "The Armenians appear to have a . somewhat analogous destination , especially in . Asia , ;

      Bi £ h ^* Ktinet 4 pwk < i £ iptoUectocd life ; whilst they possess < me geeiafc adranta ^ e oTOctiia Jews , in having , this centre . of Ufa and action , political as well asireligious . K'Rtitewcojatprehend * her position aright , She win extend to Armenia the boon for whiehi tjhiBt ; . nart » mrth » e : 8 o long ^ eaanect , of inUlloctnal culticatiott ; but she most at the Wime tiirie refwpLfrjora xuirjece ^ saiy-inteiference ia tfaa gpvscjnoeiit . of tha ^ conuti ^ . Itia nbtRtissfaaicaliare , « tniTe 3 s any such as forms the drilSng of tfie Bussian bnreaocracj tisatttii 0 ^ Antt » aiBiis 9 eotire ; bat * o « lfctir » orfgina « in ^ interimHyj-fi *) Wh ** a 8 rs afbatiotia ^ ty FJjsafcand fftsfn ^ pB ^ they » 5 j ^ w , the edo eatioA dCtt ^ ie clef ^ jj nio ^ . i ^ ligj ^ w ^ scd tkeol » g i ' c ^ . combrqe& . w ^ t 'h an aewvement qf knowledge in temCocal affairs , such as vras cultirmted < b rm «^ i ^ t , Hit&at ^ € rjmamtaAjbf ^^ s ^ . Ahneiiiair ^ itte' n 4 ig * t lie sentto GfaaaM ^ kwtri * && dlfyHt ^ Bai !» ifevr -fwira ,. « Bdrthenixtaken backvto ^ ajeir-awncDontiw ^ aiid placed as teachers in scboote aad col % « SK . In carryirig , Qut such a plaq » RussiA . would have siiripijrto'lisatBto the iaatittitfons of th « country their free , acijon ; the interference of the Sta ^ Jff aatyr ^ iiH ^ fibiAjTOenB ^ twiereveverytnto thesPfttriarch , who giv » s the j 5 eueraLirnpBiie . ta . tl 1 a whole Jtation . "

      Our space forbids us to enter upon the question ) of the origin , of the Ossetes , whose many resemblances , in customs , legends , and institutions , wfth the northern . Gecmanic nations Baron von Haxtliausen justEy finds so interestuig . Our owa great aothority on , t % : se subjects , Colonel Hamilton Sout ^ ,, £ ta » observed and xeeoeded aeveri ^ aimihftrr inatan ^ aes , proofa of cMa ^ inaLcottsanguinifey ^ b ^ ween the northern EuropesBS and many of the nations of iihia part of ^ Asia , even * to-th © iEcaofirs and Afghan tribes , all , as tiepronounnces , br anelte ^ df the ^ reat feniffy who descended together from tb ^ plateau orThibef ^ ip idor to £ ke emigration of the vt ^ estern Aseeu Xb « ib 40 Qk ) C ! Ofitains adsuraojos aceount of ishat singulftr people , the l ^ ezidis , or ID « vA- ^ en ^ xipper ^ 110 they are Tnlgarly , and not-altog « tiher correctly , eafted . TEke ibllowirrg extracts are

      interesting-r—•^ TheiTez ' ufis are mona £ hei 3 ts ,. ana are ignorant of the doctrine of the Trinity . Of the Holy-Spirit they know-netMng ; they designate Christ as the Son of God , but do not recognise his divinity . They believe that Satan ( Shsitan ) was the fwat-created ,, greatest and most exalted * of the archangels . ; thai the world . was made by him at God's command , and that to . him was entrn&ted its . |( overnni&Dt ; , but that , for esteeming himself e ^ ual withcGod ,, ¦ lie was banished from flies Xhvine presence . Nevertheless he wait be again received into fawour * and , Ills kihgj&ini Qiftis world ) restored to him . They saffer . no one to speak ill of Satuti : if tlie Tatar JKKhanwnedan cucae , Nalat Ske&aoma' ( accursed beSatanf ) . I benttered in their nresence ^ they ate bound to slay either the speaker or themselves . . Onacertaia day they offer to Satan thirty -sheep : at Easter they sacrifice to Christ , but only a singla sheep ; GBrist thej si ^ jc ,, is merciful ^ and his fasrour easily procured ,, hut Satan is not so

      readily proftjaatea . The sacrifices take place usaall y in the open country , but sometimes . near the Armenian churches ; they are offered chiefl y to Satan , sometimes to Christ and the 'Saints , rarely or never directly to the Supreme Being . Satan is called Melik Toons ( King Peacock ) . ...... "The following are th « conclusions X came to respecting this singular people . They are not a Bfahommedan sect , for theydeapise Mahomnaed and hia doctrines ; neither do they exhibit any trace of polytheism . Their religion is not of Parsee origin , for with them Sataa is not , like Ahriman , a personi&calion of the Evil Principle ; nor does it appear that any restiges of the Jew jab law or rit « s exist amongst them ; though it has been asserted that they hold in reverence the First Book of Moses . Still they are a relig ious sect , and not a distinct race . They are probably of KZoordtah descent ,, and their religion is an abdcured , disfigured Christianity . They were ., I imagine , originally a Gnostic sect , which in an early age separated or was expelled from the Christian Church . Their doctrine of Satan is evidently the Gnostic doctrine of the Demiurgus ; the position they assign , to Christ reminds ns of Arianism . "

      Here is a singular description of the social position of women among the Armenians : — "The young unmarried people , of both , sexes , enjoy . pecfect liberty , within the recognia «( l limits of manners and propriety . C ustonx is here precisely the roverse . of wb * t provails in the surrounding countries : whilst in the latter the purchase of a wife is the only usual form of contracting 1 a mafrrii » g » , ont » l whioh'timo the girl remains in perfect seclusion ^—among the Armeniana , on the contrary , the young peqple of both sexes cryoy free soclaJiinLcroourae The girls go where thoy like , unveiled uncl bareheaded : the young men carry on their

      love-« mits heely and openlyvand marriages of affection are of common occurrence . But with tuorriage the scene chitngesc the vrocd which the young woman prononnoes at the altar , in accepting her husband , is the last that \ a for a long time heard from hex lipa . Jitom tliat moment aho never appears , even in her own houao , unveiled . She is never seen abroad in the public streets , except , when she goes to church , which is only twice in tho year , and then cloaely veiled . It a alranger entora tho houae and garden , b | i « instantly conceaw herself . With no person , not oven ner father or brother , ia abe Hllowed to exchange a . single word : Midi Blie-speiite to her husband only when they me alone . "WitJh . the rest of the household ahacan only oomraunioate by gesture * ,, and by talking on her tingera . Thiaailent resisrvo

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      • tturou von H- , on questioning them concerning this doctrine , was asked bj a wbite-beardad Yoaidi , l > wat thou buJiave fcliat God ia rtHhtoou » . antl all-morcLlui ? " " Yea , " replied tho Baron . " Vafl not Satan tho best-loved of a . 11 tho archar » n « la ? " resamed tbo queationer ; *' and will not God take pity on him who hue boon exiled ao iniuiy thounandsi v £ years , and restore to him tho dominion over tho world h « created ? Will not Satan then reward the poor iTeaidia , who uiooc have nuvor apokun ill oi' him , and hovo auffeted ao much for him ? Murtjrdom for tho rj ghta of Satun I— atmngo confuaiou of ideas , with . some thing nevertheless touching !

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 17, 1854, page 570, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2043/page/18/