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      ON Tuesday , Jan . 24 * , Queen Victoria in state opened , the second session of the sixth Parliament of her reign . Our Parliamentary summary will be found elsewhere . —On the 17 i / i January , Prince Alfred arrived at Florence , and oh the 20 th he rejoined the j Ekiryalus , at Leghorn . The public health is slightly improving ; the Registrar-General ' s weekly return , on Tuesday , Jan . 21 , . . shows the mortality to be below the average : deaths , 1 , 207 ; births , 1 , 858 ; prevailing disease , bronchitis . - " ' .

      On Friday , Jan , 20 , died Sir W . C . Ross , R . A ., the great miniature painter , aged sixty-six ; he is said to have painted two thousand portraits . — -On Monday , Jan . 23 , expired the Right Hon . M . T . Baines , aged sixty ; he was a Queen ' s Counsel , and had been Recorder of Hull , President of the Poor Law Board ; . and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; entered the House of Commons in 1847 . On Wednesday , Jan . 25 ,. a meeting was held of the Ballot Society ; Lord Teynham agreed to introduce a measure , em b odying 1 the ballot , into the House of Lords j Mr . Berkeley was requested to bring it into the House of Commons . —On Monday , Jan . 23 , the Northern Reform Union met at Newcastle , to discuss the prospects of a satisfactory reform measure being passed . —On the 25 th Jan .,

      the Liverpool Chamber pf Commerce passed a resolution approving of the Emperor Napoleon ' s new commercial policy . —On the same day , an assembly of the inhabitants of Chelsea was held to further their claims to representation ; Mr . Torrens M'Oullagh addressed the meeting . — On Thursday , Jan , , 26 , a deputation waited on Lord John Russell , with a petition to Parliament in favour of Parliamentary reform , signed by ten thousand citizens of London . His Lordship agreed to present the petition . —An influential and enthusiastic meeting of the citizens of Glasgow was held on Thursday , Jan . 2 QlJi , to sympathise with the Protestants of Hungary in their struggle for civil and religious freedom . Mr . Henry Dunlop , of Craigton , was in the chair , and the speakers were the Rev . Drs . . William

      Anderson , Smyth , and Robson ; Revs . George Jeflery ; John Henderson , of Park ; Alexander Hastie , ex-M . P . 5 William Paton , Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce ; and Bailie Young . Some strong resolutions were passed , and it was determined that the resolutions should be sent to Itossuth for transmission to Hungary . On Wednesday , Jan . 25 , the Convocation for the province of Canterbury assembled . In the Upper House the question of occasional services was discussed ; in the Lower House a demonstration was made ngainst the abolition . of church rates ; both houses adjourned till February . —A great meeting of Koman Catholics was held at Newcastle-6 n-Tyne on Monday , Jan . 23 , to express sympathy with the Pope ; an address to the Pope was ndopted , and resolutions condemning the tmblio press . —On the same day afc Edinburgh , a

      large meeting memorialized Government for the release of Martin Escalante , a British subject , sentenced in Spain to nine years ' penal servitude for distributing Bibles there . —On Tuesday , Jan . 24 ,. a crowded meeting was held in the Regent ' s Park Chapel , nt which it was proposed to petition Parliament to put down Sunday bands in the parks ; this was negatived , and an amendment in favour of the music currifid On Wednesday , Jan , 25 , was launched at Portsmouth the Prince of Wales screw steamer , 4000 tons and 131 guns ; the Princess of LeinhiKen named the new Bhip . —On the same day a rifle corps was

      6 et on foot at University College . On / Saturday , Jwi . 21 , John Rngshaw , Into M . P , fov Hythe , appeared in the Ohelrnsford County Court to bo discharged under the Insolvent Act ; the judge sentenced him to eight n ™ n ™« imprisonment for fraud on the opposing creditor ; afterwards , on payment of debt and costs , he was permitted to bo relcased ~ -O « i tfto mine day was tried the qaae pf Lavigne , an oboe player , « £ » " »« E . T . Smith , lessee of Dxury Lane Theatre , tot ? breach ot orange .

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      four questions were debated , viz . ( 1 . ) The right of settlement—a very serious matter for Germany at present , when it costs but a few dollars to carry a family to America , whereland is cheap , and settlement and citizenship to be had for the asking . ,, ( 2 . ) The treatment of German ships in foreign ports , particularly in those of France ^ Holland ; and Spain . It was proposed to agitate for measures of retaliation , but , after a lively and intellectual debate , free trade principles prevailed . ( 3 . ) Uniformity of weig hts and measures . ( 4 . ) The division of landed property . The discussion upon this last subject led to some curious revelations as to the modifications which the custom of gavelkind has undergone in different countries . Inmost parts of Hanover and Oldenburg land can be sold only b y permission of the Government . In some parts the eldest son inherits the estate , in other parts the youngest . This second meeting has excited so much interest that a third has been advertised to meet at Oldenburg , on the 22 nd and 23 rd of June next , when it is proposed to challenge to public discussion the supporters of the guild laws in these quarters , pn the 16 th inst ., the Legislative Assembly of Frankfort adopted the resolutipn to abolish all the privileges of the guilds in that city , and thereby enable every man to gain his living according tp liis " industry and capacity . Among other instances ot the blind injustice of these twopenny-halfpenny oligarchies , a member of the Assembly stated that a poor woman who sold bread in a hut , just outside the Gallus Gate , was only permitted by the bakers' guild to do so on condition that her hut had no windows . On the 16 th inst ., the Prussian Government laid before the Upper Chamber the draft of the law relating to marriages , adopted during last session by the Chamber of Deputies and the draft of a law respecting marriage settlements in the province of Westphalia . In the Chamber of Deputies at the same time were exhibited , the budget for I 860 , four drafts of a law for regulating the land tax , debated last session , and amended , so that eight per cent , of the nett proceeds is to form the rate for the entire monarchy ; and a bill brought in by the Minister of Trade for the suppression of usury . The Minister of the Interior has announced the presentation of a bill defining the electoral districts . The revenue of 1860 is calculated at onehundred and thirty-one million thalers . . " ¦ : . . ¦¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ ' ' . . . ¦ ¦ • .. .. The Conferences opened at Berlin on the 11 th inst , upon the question of the coast defences , are concluded . The plenipotentiaries of the several states concerned have adopted the proposals ^ Prussia ; which will be shortly submitted to the Federal Diet for its agreement , with the points touching Federal territories of governments holding aloof from the Conference . It is asserted in military circles , that whatever may be the issue of the question , Prussia has resolved to make the fortress of Minden in Westphalia the centre of her- defensive system . At the sitting of the Federal Military Commission lately , when the revision of the military regulations of the Germanic confederation was brought under consideration by the Wurtzburg Conference Stales , the Prussian plenipotentiary gave ah explicit declaration as to the basis upon which Prussia was disposed to accede . Prussia declares that no good can be expected to result from the revision pro-Sosed , unless in the first place every article practically impossible e expung-ed from the Federal war compact . Among the articles practically impossible , Prussia reckons above all those relating to the selection and the responsibility of the Federal General in chief . At present , according to Article 11 th , when war is declared and the armies of the Confederation are mobilized by resolution of the Diet , the forces of the several States become instantly one-grand whole , under the command of the General appointed by the Diet . The , Federal Commander ' s authority is supreme . He himself draws up and executes the plan of operations ; and all the commanders of the several armies are bound to show implicit obedience , for he alone is responsible for the conduct of the war . This , in the opinion of Prussiii , is the theory , but is not , nor ever can be , the practice . The several contingents are independent organisations , and the military suzerainty of the individual States is carefully preserved . There is further to bo considered that the federal contingents of the two groat powers of Germany ,, Austria and Prussia , stand not only in-, dependent and isolated , as do all the smaller contingents within the army of the Confederation , but that they form integral parts of two other m-unos , which are , beyond the control of the Diet ; the Austrian contingent being part of the Austrian army , the Prussian contingent being part of the Prussian army . And these two contingents form by far the most important part of the Federal army . Is it likely , argues Prussia , that the royal Prussian contingent or imperial Austrian contingent will separate itself from the main body for the purpose of joining a now military organisation which till that moment hardly existed , and with which it may possibly have little or nothing in common ? It is opposed to the nature of things , which , in case of war , would tend to unite the smaller contingents with the larger ; that , in fiict , the lesser States must loan for support upon the larger military organisations of Austria and Prussia . The article of the Federal military compact relating to the chief command , Prussia declares to bo totally impracticable ; for neither a King of Prusaia nor an Emperor of Austria would ever surrender his military » m > r © maoy over a part of his army , or descend from his position us commander-in-chief , to become , the subaltern of the Federal Diet . This view of the question was borne out by the events of 1840 arid 1859 . Prussia proposes , as the solo resource , ft double leadership , —Austria on the one part , Prussia on the other . The princi p le of the double leadership of the Federal army must form the bnsis of the revision . In tho accoutrements of the Prussian infantry , the following alterations have been proposed by a Commission of Inquiry , which

      revolvers . The bulletins published from time to time respecting the king of Prussia ' s health have been hitherto very laconic , though so worded as to hold out , hopes of an ultimate recovery . Since the opening of the Prussian Chambers , however , the bulletins have become much more explicit , and the world is informed that His Majesty is progressing so favourably , as to be able to take exercise in the open air for hours together . On the other hand , the Regent has issued an order prohibiting the opera balls and other courtly festivities usual at this period , on account of the precarious state of the king .

      has just terminated its sittings at Berlin : ( 1 . ) Head-dress , instead of the present " Pickel Haube , " in use since 1843 , a very lowcrowned helmet , without any ornaments , the fore and hind peaks to be retained as in the present helmet ; the chin straps to be of leather instead of brass . ( 2 . ) The coat to be of loose cut , and doublebreasted , lapping well over chest arid abdomen ; either a turn-down collar , or if upright scooped out in front . ( 3 . ) Trousers to remain of the same cut , but without lining , instead of which each man to be supplied with drawers . ( 4 . ) One pair of boots , with tops twelve inches long , and so wide as to admit of the trousers being tucked into them when the troops are on the march or manoeuvering ; and a stout pair of shoes in the knapsack . ( 5 . ) Belts to be . thinner and narrower , and side arms altogether of smaller size . ( 6 . ) All wood in the knapsacks to be removed , the lining to be of papier-mache ' , steeped in a preparation of gutta percha ; they are to be one inch and a half lower , and one inch narrower . Straps to be retained , but thinner and narrower . The officers to wear no epaulettes , and carry

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      Jan . 28 , I 860 . ] ' The Leader and Saturday Analyst , 95

      Recoet) Of The Week. Home And Colonial

      RECOEBOE THE WEEK . HOME AND COLONIAL

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 28, 1860, page 95, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2331/page/19/