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    bhe borders of his Polish kingdom . But the power that then quelled the liberalism of Germany by no means altered the relations between the small and the great powers , between the provincial Diet and the Diet of SVankfort , between the governments which were represented there and the peonle who were not . Up to this time the agitation has been going on , -and it has become the more formidable as theievents of 1849 have receded

    from view . , . „ . ^ present it is not too much to affirm that , taking qiie&e | rman state after another , a geiteral declaration of opinion has been elicited , against the authority of the Bund . It is that aggregate of governments , dis-^ nl t&d from the German nation ; thatj > laees the policy of Germany in contradiction to tjjiat of Western Europe . From this source proceed reafri $ tipns on trade , prohibitions of -entistment , subinission to the decrees of Prussia . And Prussia , having no interest in

    i&e war , and . being only intent upon consolidating her supremacy over the lesser states -of the Confederation , has gained many degrees of influence , on her own peculiar ground , while Austria , by intervening between the beKi ^ erent powers , has sought to extend her European interest ; to ah equal extent . Prussia has hitherto played the more successful game , though her rival holds at present an unacknowledged sovereignty on i he Danube . '

    ¦ jgti tf this federal « ystem , by which Prussia triu ? nj > hs , is fatail to the progress of Germany . It is not , as ffte . Germans themselves complain , a representation of the people ; but of the Cabinets . Small states , therefore , in which , tendencies such as those of Piedmont appear , have to contend with the whole weight of the Bund , and if not crushed , are retarded . Perhaps a general war might break up this framework of despotism .

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    " r " ; '"' ... " ; 'i-lP'l'KEEi ' . ' ,. ' .: _ . Ife % . men , of ^ w ! i * $ 5 f $ a y ? i ' ^ Y ?^ , "do ^ n . " . idle snefers xtfqre jcoura ^ epusjLy iui 4 more successfully : " than . - the ; sagacious , active j and ; genial host of , Tiptree ; 3 ? arm : 'After serving as . a butt for the delicate pleasantries of Protectionist jburnttla- ^ -affcer being the laughingstock of antediluvian landlords ' arid' praBsctentific farmers , Mr- l ^ cai , by sheer energy , pf purpose , has lived to be yecpgnisecl as a ruler and a judge [ in the agricultural world , and to draw , all men to his ^ annual

    comitia . The intelligent foreigner has not seen England thoroughly if "he ha& neglected a pil ^ rji nage tof Keiyedoh . ' H *^ ha& not aee ' n what the union of'thdse '"' Sister Sciences * \ 0 i *} lffi& :. # t $ fm Mooti csjHefL tiham ) , ag ^ c . yj # ur _ e , an $ ppinmerce * can" epect iui 4 er th " e jmpujse pjf a . pushing man of busir ness , of this 1 industrial . epoch ' all compact . ' It i » due- to JMGry Mbohi' to > rdmember that his < en » rfirv : and enterprise 1 have 1 been' © attended

    updOA ' rtoatWubbbrn earth . Proportioned to the difficulty , has bedtntliri riucffcess . If Tin-J ^^^ flp ^ m ^! "aye folded fti ^ ar , wai in . the ( copnfortable ^ sprfvnce of a saffe , easy , , an , 4 dign i nifiedi investment ^ , h e , ; mightMhav . e graduated as & land 6 wnery )« nd » haveT ) econie a justice of thepeae ^ r- ' -w ^ ho ' -lCTioWB i ?*^ a comity tnember-j ' ! but Ke wonrtM not hfcvfc bfceixtheJ hero of tHehose iuid i ^ trtbe ' pWneer ' of a ' new riiiial economy ,

    ;^ re 8 hi #£ ma ^ ijQe , a ^^ If / , T 4 ptwe JF » rni , h « 4 . beeD ^ f ^ q t , ;^ ,, bar »^ tt ) (< c ^> inr . moo , a moxnea < of anndi aiid ^ olay , , but < u neat , little panoeft of fat earth , / a » ki » g fop notWingl 4 mt 'the ¦ eeftsoiraWe - Bttii ' a > embrace , ; i the - tern- ' btejrtrte BhoWertf bf' * pvlb&"m& th <) claflnding ftSfa W Wfe « et ; Mr , 'Mlobi : s ' bklott'ce-HHeel mtJ ^ - »^^

    mmwmMwho have simply taken the trouble to " come into * ' their estates , and left the rest to mortgagees ; but it would not have been the record of a noble and bloodless battle , and the title-deed of a more precious inheritance than that of ' conquest , ' "Was there ever a man so bearded as the patentee of the razorstrop , presuming to lose his money on the land ? He might have been content with the vulgar splendours of a parvenu , wearing his life out in the offensive but amusing

    contortions of a bourgeois gentilhomme contortions of a bourgeois gewttlhomme But he has had the audacity to pe useful in his generation , and to teach the territorial aristocracy their duty to the land they hold in trust . Loud and savage were the pteans of exultation over Mr . Mechi ' s annual balance-sheet ; but let them laugh who win . He faced unflinchingly the terrors of Freetrade , and now he tells us that he realised a clear profit of 7001 . last year . There is something almost touching in the frankness with which Mr . Mechi relates the story of

    his agricultural campaigns : how from the first he discerned generally what might be done , before he knew accurately the way "to do it ; how he took into his own hands the acres his landlord would not aid him to improve , and by the rigid application of the principles of successful commerce ,, converted a waste into an oasis of golden harvests , and a dead loss into a living profit . He confesses that his ignorance of details had led him into some blunders ; experience had corrected what was erroneous and

    extravagant , and had taught him how theory and practice could be safely reconciled . It is impossible , we think , to dispute the value of Mr . Mechi ' 3 services to the agriculture of our country . It may not be possible ^ to tenant-farmers to follow his steps very closely , but as a reformer , an inriovator if you will , who points out the direction in which the new farming will have tp inarch , he has earned a very high and honourable reputation . The interest of the annual gatherings at

    Tiptree has consisted in the assembling of representatives of every branch of the agricultural interest , and of every science affecting its operations . On Saturday last there were men from all corners , not of Great Britain only , but of Europe and America-—corn-farmers , cattle-farmers , rice-farmers , men of theory and men of practice , men of literature , and men of science , captains of industry , sanitary reformers , chymists , engineers , and-r-clergymen . The Church , indeed , came out remarkably strong in the person of the Rev . Edwin Sidney , who

    discoursed on the ravages of a certam wheatfly ( an insect that takes tithes moat unscrupulously ) with an unction peculiar to the priestly office . There , js , a certain flavour , like that of sound old wine , in the parsonical speech , which almost persuades the wildest Dissenter to tdast f , Church and Queen . ' ¥ e cordially believe with the Bey . Edwin SitDNET that it is ' not , inconsistent with the 'higher anol holier , duties of his calling * tjfjat he , should take , ^ oin , e interest in farming . £ k > fching human should l ? e ajjQn to the divine , and if , through the instrument pf Convocation , the Establishment were to resolve itself into a

    model farm to-morrow , it is quite possible that' education and morality would be the gainers . "We trust Mt . MEbni' will accep t thfe very kind and just caution of ihe Times , a&airist the intrusion of Me City element too fpmjnently , in ^ o hm impro > ri » g , ho 8 pitali |; ieB . any , eminent Authorities , xcwmjned ^ Uont ,

    and much valuable . informatioinwfta lost to the /^ u eBta while the . XonD M . jlyou was ( allowing * his < newly-awakened ' riira-l 'enthusiasm to gcifc the better of hii grammar , declaring hoy proud he" felt -to *' HV ro . und $ o i ^^^^ v ^ ' ^^^ : *^

    Atand commerce . " Not long a » o this eminent civic functionary inflicted a delicate compliment upon his municipal " guests from Paris , by informing the company that he was happy to say that some of the foreign gentlemen were Christians . " We believe he meant to say ' * Protestants . " But never did he flounder about more desperately in search of a substantive nnd a verb , than in this recent memorable excursion into agriculture . ( Like a gambler he went on staking his syntax , in the wild hope of completing a sentence ; hut this was impossible : adverbs , prepositions , and adjectives were tripping up ^ each other in a confusion that made the boldest

    at the table hold his breath , and even cotnmon-councilmen shudder . " Jf his lordshij > ( it was whispered ) would but stick to common sense , but he will talk science ! " And the rest of the City dignitaries were worthy of their chief . Surely some educational subsoil ploughing is wanted at Guildhall . The tavern minstrels , too , were not only out of tune , but out of harmony with the occasion . Sentimental ballads , nasal and

    gin-and-watery . served only to convince foreigners how barbarous are the musical instincts of the English , and Saliy in our Alley , * by desire , ' as the pleasant fictidn of the toastmaster assm-ed the Chair , was a sickly substitute for wise words on the objects of the meeting . Mr . Meohi said well that he was sure his guests had not come for the mere satisfaction of a " glass of champagne and a dinner . " ! Let us be permitted to hint that these vulgar and apoplectic gaieties of a City surfeit are a very questionable example of that Spartan simplicity which is usually identified with agricultural pursuits .

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    TORTUKE IN INDrA . A painfux sensation has been excited in this country by the discovery that torture , though recognised as illegal ; ^ as still p ractised by the subordinate police authorities in our Indian possessions , for the purpose of'extracting a confession of guilt . The exiBtonce of this frightful abuse has long been known , however , to the local magistrates , who have more than onco brought it to the notice of the Government . But the due collection of

    revenue was generally deemed a matteT of greater amount than the simple administration of justico , and the dazzling triumphs of war were more regarded than the unostentatious labours of peace . So far back as the year 1840 , Mr . jLkwin reported to the Supreme Criminal Court of the Madras Presidency that the cruelties to which accused parties were subjected were systomatio and habitual .

    " A prisoner , " he writes , " came ^ before me at Cuddaloro with the loss of hia arm near the shoulder , arising from maltreatment ; the arm was amputated after he reached the court . In another case two prisoners appeared , with their bodies branded , the sores still fresh , while the arms of one of them were swollen from the effects of a tight ligature . "

    These inhuman proceedings are by no moans peculiar to Madras—they are at least equnlly prevalent in Bengal , though probably unknown in . the North-Western Provinces . But in Bengal Proper a witness , whoso imagination is too dull to reveal the circumstances of a crime of which ho was both innocent and

    ignorant , may perchance find the faculty ot composition suddenly aroused by a loose bag containing fragments of dried chillies being shaken over his head . Almost suffocated r the pungent dust , and his eyes smarting with agonpr , lie readily confesses to whatever is required of him ' . , Another one will be Icept exposed for hpura tp the raya pf a vortical

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 4, 1855, page 744, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2101/page/12/