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      a censorious world . She sees , perhaps , some other thiiiffs in such A mesalliance , which -will occur to every ' one who has a practical knowledge of society as it is , and of physical and mental differences and repulsions which caste is pretty sure to engender . But the sailor does so many gallant thmss and renders so many essential services to Lucy Fountain , that at last , breaking from the trammels of her scheming guardians , s he weds him ; and , as stories of this kind generally wind all tlie rest 01 xiwui

      up " lives happily aer me . .-be found that the charm of the work resides not in the materials , but in the mode of telling the story , and in placing the various personages who figure in the plot before the reader . . Mr .-. Reade has a siretig ' penchant for the piqudnte style of French li « ht literature . He has copied it freely , in some jespects—perhaps not quite so freely as in " White Lies" , if Ave must say the truth , so happily .

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      THE MISER LORD . The Miser Lord , a Sequel to Frank Beresford , or Life in the Army . By Capt . H . Curling . C . J . Skeet . Whenever Capt . Curling touches upon military topics , his pen becomes graphic and highly amusexng . Jt is a pity he should travel out of his special vocation—which we take to be descriptions of soldiers' deeds and barrack doings—into those

      regions of romance , which smack somewhat too strongly of the once popular Minerva-Press school of writers . The rightful ' heir of the Mordake peerage , by some means , which the readers of " Frank Beresford" will recollect , is deprived of his lands and title , and being supposed to be drowned , another claimant is manufactured by a couple of scheining lawyers ; This new claimant is an illegitimate branch of the

      Mbrdakc family . He is in desperate cu-cumstances , given to drink , and with a wrfe and one superior daughter . He is taken by the hand , and sxipplied with house and money t > y the lawyers , who get rid of the bar sinister on his escutcheon , andinduee him to believe that he is the rightful and legitimate heir to the title and estates of Lord Mordake . This change in circumstances works a total change in the mind of the new lord . It turns him into a niiser—hence the title of the work , the " Miser

      Lord "—though we , see very little of the miser lord ' s doings , who , indeed , plays a very poor part in the piece . The real heir , after turning strolling player , is discovered ; the miser lord is deposed from his honours , and made to die a very shocking and improbable death . We have a capital description of an Irish agrarian outrage , as the Irish papers baptize the confederacy for murderous purposes which exists among largo classes of the Irish Roman Catholic peasantry .

      Capt . Curling is a lively writer ; his forte is not civilian life and usages . Let him , therefore , keep to that portion of the literai'y field in -which he is qualified to shine .

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      Cominunings noon Duihj Texts , tending to a Life of Practical Holiness , Sampson Low , Son , and Co . The texts liorc alluded tp aro tnlcc ' n from a little publication called " Daily . Bread "—a manual wluqh the author , as part of his private discipline , appears to have been in tlxe habit of using as a stimulus to meditation . Having-expanded their meaning-, and applied their truths to his own experience in writing , that the fYiiits of his thought might be retained in his memory , ho found that his journal grow into a

      book , and , on further advice , lias printed it . The charm of publications like thoso is their freedom from all the usual traces of authorship' —in a word , in their purely p ersonal character , It is sufficient if , as in the present case , there is nothing that challenges criticism . This book is likely to prompt the reader to attempt a similar diary , and thus spread the benefit of tlio writer ' s example . It is one that may bo easily followed , and , therefore , these " Gommunings" are deserving of tho rceomuaondaUOn that wo willingly accord .

      Tha Methodist i or , Incidents and Characters from Life in the Baltimore Conference . By Miriam Fletcher . 2 vols . New York : Derby and Jackson . London i Sampson Low and Co . We cannot protend to review this work . It is nioro sultod , to sorlals specially dlrootod to thoologlcul discussions . But to thoso who have a relish for now scenes , now characters , and a class of advontuvos which have deep interest for those religious soots

      Who desire to see their tenets widely spread and inculcated , and to know the steps taken by their missionaries to effect those objects , these volumes will be very welcome , and eagerly read . It is true they treat of doings in a distant land—of missionary perigrinations in various parts of America— and relate to American life and American specialities , but they will not be the less appreciated by those who acknowledge a brotherhood in the propagation of peculiar doctrines in whatever part of the globe they may locate themselves . As " revivals ? ' in America have lately attracted attention , the details of Methodist doings in that direction will be interesting . The best aspect , however , appears to be given to these primitive exliibitions of religious fervour ; but certhe authoress full credit for

      tainly we are fain to give her assertion that the scenes and personages she depicts are taken from real life and from personal observation . We cannot , however , help calling to mind a story , founded on fact , which appeared some twenty-five years ago in the Polar Star—an extinct literary luminary , wliich afforded a somewhat deeper and , if we may use the word without offence , a darker insight into the motives and results of these " revivals" than the two thick volumes of the Methodist . The work is carefully written , and there is a mild love story or so introduced , wliich links the various chapters pleasantly together , and relieves the monotony of religious outpourings and details of miraculous conversions from the pomps and vanities

      of this profane world . The Servants Behaviour Book ; or Bints on Manners and Dress for Maid Servants in Small Households . By Mrs . Motherly . Bfell and Daldy . W / e are sorry that the pages of this kindly conceived and pleasantly connected little manual give us no notion of its price . Had they done so we should certainly have mentioned it for our reader ' s information ; It is so very compact arid well considered a mass of useful hints for female domestics that we hope the publishers have wisely kept the price so

      low as'to bring it within reach of the class . We should suggest the value of a very cheap edition for schools , where the duties of household service figure among the tilings supposed to be taught . " Every rule in this book , " says Mrs . Motherly in her preface , " is necessary to * a . girl entering into . a-. gentleman s family . Many a thoroughly good servant is kept all her life in inferior places , solely by the want of good manners ; and many a servant of small abilities is advanced to a better position merely on account of possessing them . "

      He / lcctions on the Anniversary of a Coup JD'JStat . Letter to M . Le Comte Ue Chambord . 8 vo . G . J . Stevenson . Tins work , although published in the unpretending form of a shilling pamphlet , is one deserving the deepest attention . It is evidently the work of an experienced politician ; and we believe we violate no confidence when we say it is by Sir George Sinclair . At a time like the present , when it is of

      the utmost consequence to have a correct knowledge of Continental proceedings and notions , and it is necessary to trace back consequences which arc beginning to manifest themselves in so formidable a manner , these two treatises come most opportunely . They are full of matter to ponder upon , and to guide the politician in his present clouded and dangerous route . Every one interested in foreign alluirs should peruse them .

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      FRANCE . THE MEDIATION OE ENGLAND . The Constitutional publishes a note , signed by its principal editor , A . Benee , which says—«• We knownot whether the assertion of the Times , that France has refused this mediation , be correct . It will be observed , " continues the note , " that the mediation concerns a great number ; of Powers , that it would be somewhat irregular , and that being made by England alone , it would be a species of affront ta Prussia and Russia . The question of the day is of too stormy a nature to be treated effectually by a semi-official Plenipotentiary and an Austrian Minister . "

      The Morning Post says : — " There is still , we rejoice to Say , a hope of peace ; and our joy is the more sincere because , if that hope be realised , it will be only on such terms as are likely to secure the progress and prosperity of Italy . The last English offer of mediation is under the serious consideration of the Emperor of the French ; and if the Austriana refrain from advancing , we are informed that a pacific settlement may yet be made . " The Moniteur also says : —A Council was held yesterday under the Presidency of the Empetor , at which the Empress , the Princes Jerome and JSTapoieon , the Ministers , and the Presidents of the Senate , the Corps Legislatif , and the Council of State were present . .

      .. The departure of the Emperor Napoleon , wliich had been spoken of for yesterday , has , it appears , been postponed : and it is probable , will not take place for some days . His Majesty will , it is said , first proceed to Lyons , and will not definitively join , the army until about the end of the first week in May . The Empress , it is believed , will accompany the Emperor as far as Lyons , and on her return will take up her residence , with , the Prince Imperial , at St . Cloud .

      THE FRENCH TREATY AV 1 TU RUSSIA . Tho Morning Herald has reason to know that the Russian Prime Minister has given our Government the strongest assurances " that no agreement has been entered into that can in- any way affect the interests of this country . " The same journal , however , has received a telegraphic despatch " from Turkey , " to the cli ' ect that a llussian army of 60 , 000 men have crossed theUneiper , " thereby threatening the Galliciun frontier of Austria . "

      SARDINIA . A telegram dated Turin ,. Thursday evening , says , that up ty that date the Auatrians had nuule no attack . This seems to confirm the doubts as to . their army having 1 crossed the Ticino . . '

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      BOOKS RECEIVED . The Works of the Rev . Sydney Srhith . Longman and Co ; Our Farm of Four Acres . Chapman and Hall . Gaslight and Daylight . Chap'inan and Hall . NatJialie . Hurst and Blaekett . Tlie Theology of Geologists , A . and C . Black . JBlackicood ' s Edinburgh Magazine . W . Blaekwood and Sons . .

      The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamtyn . By Henry Kingsley . In 3 vols . Macmillan and , Co ., Cambridge . Routledge ' s Illustrated Natural History . Part 2 . Routledge , Warnes , and Co . Loce Letters of Eminent Persons . William Lay . Fraser ' s Magazine . 3 . W . Parker and Sons . Titan . James Hogg and Sons . Cassell ' s Popular Natural History . Part 2 . Cassell , Petter , and Co .

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      Leader Office , Friday Evening .

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      TUSCANY AND THE DUCHIES . On Wednesday tho Grand Duke of Tuscany called together tho Diplomatic Corps , mul announced to tlioin that having charged tho Marquis Lajatico with tho formation of a new Cabinet , that noblemnn and his friends ba < l demanded the LUiico s abdication , nnd that no , t wishing to abdicate , and being doscrtcd by liis troops , ho hnd resolved upon quitting Tuscany with his family . During the whole day the soldiers and tho populaco have town ing putnoliairs

      been running about tho , sing c , and shouting . " Viva Italia ! " " Viva Francia 1 " but muUIv order 1 ms not boon disturbed . Iliis evening , at six o ' clock , tho arand Duke left for Uologna , attended by mi escort of honour . The provisional Government is temporarily composed ol MM . lernuijwf , Sunzimi , and MalenohJnJ . General ¦ ullon , who will take command of tho troops , is expected to-morrow . Nowb from Spossasiastntos that disasters havo broken out in tho Duchies . At Massa the political prisoners have boon sot free . Telegraphic joiniuuiiicuUun is interrupted between Carrara and

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      TJo . 475 . April 30 , 1859-1 1 BE LEADEB .. : 589

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      Snii'i'ixa in Fkexch Pouts . —From nn official return just published , it appears that the number of vessels which entered the French ports in tho flx'St three months of tlio present year , was 2 , 007 French and 3 , 003 foreign , tho tonnage of tlie ' whole being 827 , 938 ; and the number which sailed was 2 , 000 French and 2 , 570 foreign , witli a tonnage of 708 , 093 . SlIOEMAKUUS' STU 1 K 10 AT BLACKIlLTtN . —TllO mCll in-tho employment of Messrs . SoufhaU and Farkov havo eensed to work , these gentlemen having refused to dispense with their machines for closing and binding . The operatives have issued a long address , calling upon tho public to " buy shoos made by hand . " Coal in New Zualasp . —Advices from Auckland confirm tho statements of tlio discovery of good coal iu that province . The Novaru , with tho Austrian scientific expedition , having touched at tlio islands , tho Government requested Dr . Hochstotter , tho geologist of tho expedition , to mako a formal survey of tho field .. His report wns published in tho Now Zealand Oa ' zclta , and leads to the conclusion that thoi ' o exists no doubt that the province pf Auckland is rloh In tho possession of abundance of good workable coal , which will provo of tho greatest importanco both for steam navigation and manufacturing purposes . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 30, 1859, page 559, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2292/page/15/