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    • RECORD- ¦ ' OF THE WEEK. HOME AND COLONIAL. ¦ ¦
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      woull always bring a portion of its strength to assist the latter which would be confined in its service to the four seas of Britain . The Foreign Service Division i 3 already provided for in the present organization of out- noble navy and efficient reserve . The Home Service Division 'would essentially differ in every respect , save that of efficiency . . . .. Enrol iifty or ' sixty thousand of your most able boatmen , fishermen , small craft coastmen , &c . for this service , at £ 5 a year for life , retaining fee . Let all these volunteers pass through the hoihe fleet every year . In time of peace ten thousand afloat are requisite now . During peace , therefore , the Home Service Division , if sixty thousand be enrolled , would cost £ 300 , 000 a year retaining fee , and the wages , and supply , &c . of ten thousand men . They would have little to learn besido gunnery at sea , and all that appertains to naval combat . Of course , according to the number of men kept afloat , would be the period of annual service . Five thousand nlloat , would have only one month ' s service a ^ vear . Ten thousand would have two months . The entire force , should be liable to be called out at a day ' s notice . The ships for them toman , should be always ready for immediate service . " With such a force , not all Europe combined could invade England ; with less , she is liable to insult , if not danger ; to grievous harm , if not ruin ; and her necessary foreign action 13 paralyzed . With such a change , England ' s voice ' might again be heard with effect in the council of nations . No other power would dare to arrogate to itself the right to dispose of any part of Europe according to its own sole pleasure or desire , under any pretext ^ however seemingly noble , however ingenious , or defensible . England could then afford to adopt at all times a peace policy . She could lose no prestige . It could never be denounced as a policy of fear . And she would need no costly and useless fortifications .. " A Guide through jYorth Wales . By William Canthrall . With a Notice of the Geology of the Country , llj-A . ( J . Ruinsiiy , F . H . S .. Local Director of the Geological Survey * of Great Britain . iTcmtlon : Stanford . lt > G <> . This-is anotner of Mr . Stanford ' s excellent guide books . It coinprises ' "; the whole of Anglesey , Caernarvonshire ,. Denbighshire , Flintshire , Merionethshire , and Montgomeryshire , and . the adjacent borders , completing the basin of the River Dee , and the upper basin of the Severn , as far as Shrewsbury . The information of every kind is copious and lucid . The railways , coach-roads , by-roads , mountain tracks , rivers , streams , and othor features , may be traced with facility in any direction ; their various ramifications being indicated to an extent which leaves no part of them ¦ wholly unapproached . An index map delineates ( 1 ) all the Hallways and Stations ( 2 ) all the ltoacls ; actually traversed by Stage Coaches ;_ and ( 3 ) ¦ those Natural Divisions of the country which define the basins of its rivers—exhibit the connection between the mountains and streams—and suggest the 'interesting comparison of the varying scenery which generally distinguishes the upper , lower , arid intermediate parts of the same basing as well as oneHrasin from another .. The basis of the route 3 , is further alluded to in the preface , and explained in the second part . of . " Griiide" ( page 36 ) . / Slips of the Pen . By ' . R . J . B . Calcutta : G . A . Savielle , Calcutta , Printing ami Publishing Company ( Utnitcd ) . Who R . 'J . / B .-is , or why , how , and when his pen slipped , this Irochure of between sixty and seventy pages , containing something about everything ( from the * Mcichchakah , " whatever that may be , to " the G-reek Mytholp ^ Vj" ) and a good many more things , beside ? , 'affords us no clue for divining . It concludes with the music of an " Asamese song , " inoro peculiar than melodious , and the words being of that order of the Bublimo which consists . in the obscure , and f / oin which there'is ' . even '' one step to the ridiculous , as an Asameso song J otIgh ^ rto-bcn- ^ frfcr * H 3 ompai-iy , '' hrowevervaeema ^ -to-do-ifeg-work- ^ n-goodtype , and the misprints are excused on the ground that the proof sheets miscarried thi ' ough the post , and were never corrected . Memoirs , Journal , ami Correspondence of Thomas Moore . Edited and Abridged from the « m edition by Lord Joan Russell , M . 1 V People ' s Edition . Parts 7 and 8 . London : Longman-find Co . This cheap re-issuo of a sterling work has nearly reached its close . It is to be complete in ten parts . The parts before us contain portraits of Moore himself ( at the ago of 40 ) , and of Lord Moira , and the period embraced is from Februury , 1829 , to December , 1837 . Cheapness in price , and excollonco in getting up , are the leading characteristics of the work before us . The Xexctpaper Gazetteer and Guide to ' -Advertisers .. - London : Newton and Co . 1800 . This " Annual Register " of Newspapers contains copiou « information on all tho journals printed and published in tho United Kingdom . It gives the circulation , the year of establishment , the plaoo and diyn of publication , ( ho political and religious <( platform , " price ofull Iho various journals extant j and id illustrated with maps , showing the districts ' through which tho various prbviriciial newspapers crrculato . Besides this , it contains a vast muss of valuable statistical and other information . Why the Hhoc Pinches , a Contribution to 'Applied Anatomy . By Hornmnn Meyur , M . I ) . ¦ Kdiiilmrffli : Kilmontpii and Douglas . LoniUm : Hamilton mid Co ., und HlinpUlll und Co . 18 ( i (> . The title of this littlo brochure gives a mifTtcionfc indication of its contents . Wo might add to it tho words , " or what shoos aro and what they ought to bo . " Tho strictures und suggestions aro sensiblo enough , but ; the caprices of fashion aro quito boyond reach of such things as logical rouaona and scientific anatomy , — "fushionu " being , for tho most part , lod by thoso who know und euro nothing about oitficr . t , , ^ ^ __ ' r t _^ On lhi > Tiifi ' nlion of Sterciwctipti' ( Hitsse * / . »• Siiir / li 1 Pictures ; with Preliminary Obsiffa twiii ou tin- ' Xtcri < osi \> in ; ' Ax . by ' % ' . AVJmnoii Jones , V . U . ii . London Churchill , 1 N 00 , Tins is a pamphlet containing son ' io very useful information on tho subjects it dirtcusses , and thrown considerable light on tho physiology of Btorooscopio vision . Those who understand unvlhing of tho curious science of optics , will glnm'o over tho \ i \ blo of contents with interest . Cliaptor 2 , for insUnco , is on tlio phyiMitnl notion of tho oplici nervous apparatus , and it « adaptation to tho phvnioul constitution of tho eyo , — outness of visual perception , —erect vision , though retinal visions are invented .

      Suggestion * for the Formation-of a Volunteer Guard for Great Britain- in . connexion with a National Benefit Society -under the Protection of ' the State . Uy Lieut . O . Montague Hicks . 'London : KtHn ^ b am Wilson . 1 S 60 . The hints contained-in this pamphlet -are suggestive and worthy of attention . The mutual assurance or , " coadjutive" . principles ' might be applied with excellent results in the direction indicated . Instructions for the Formation , of Volunteer Rifle Corps' Equipment Clubs , including Rules for their Organization and Conduct . 15 y J . II . Janies , Bayrister-at-Law . London : Stevens and Sons . 1 SCO . The author of this business-like little work considers that the great physical improvement wliich must necessarily attend the members of Rifle Corps in the strict drill and discipline which they have bodily to go through , would alone be a sufficient reason for initiating the movement . He gives some very practical suggestions clearly expressed . A Guide to the Coasts of Ess-ex , Suffolk , and Xorfoll :. By Mackenzie E . (\ Walcott ,, M . A . . London : E . " Stanford . 1 S 60 . A compact little manual of topographical information , descriptive , historical , legendary , and archaeological . It contains a useful map , a table of routes by railway and road , and a convenient index . Travellers visiting the localities it refers to will find it an excellent pocket companion . A'Paper on the Lost Polar Expedition , Ac . By W . Parker Snow . London : E . Stanford , I 860 . This is one of the Papers of the British Association for the Advancement of Science , and was read on the . 28 th of last June , The author discusses the possible recovery of the scientific documents belonging to the lost expedition . There is an introduction prefixed , containing an analysis and critical examination of facts and opinions , and professing to establish the probability of survivors yet being found . JIimaM May . —We see that ' . a- fifth edition of this successful and popular production is about to be issued by Messrs . Saundurs and Otley .

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      Aug . 25 , 1860 J The Saturday Analyst and'Leader . 755

      Record- ¦ ' Of The Week. Home And Colonial. ¦ ¦

      RECORD- ¦ ' OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COLONIAL . ¦ ¦

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      Befoee the Commission , for inquiring into the . -onelection , Mr / Donald Nieoll has made some extraordinary revelations of the esoterics of electioneering , partly written ^ partly verbal . He produced a document which he asserted that Mr . Disraeli had handed to Sergeant Brodie for enabling the latter to obtain money from Mr . R ose , the Conservative agent , wherewith to proceed to Erome or Eerwick-on-Tweed , which former town Mr . Nicoll represented . He also stated that Mr . JDisraeliliad complimented Brodie for introducing Mr . ' Earle , his secretary , to the debating societies of the - metropolis , and wanted him to get ' Mr . Vemon Smith attacked at one of the most im--portant ; and made further disclosures of these interesting mysteries on the authority of Mr . Brodie , to thb ^ eandal and astonishinent of tlie court . Tlie examination of Captain Charles William Gordon , tho Conservative member ^ brought to light some strange facts .- _ The honourable gentleman says he was given to understand " that if he gave the people a little money from time to time it would prevent bribery ; " and acting upon this ingenious remedy , the only defect in which appears to be that it constitutes the disease it was intended to prevent , he applied £ ' 700 with that laudable view . His candid confessions elicited from the committee eundry compliments ( the irony of which derives an additional edge from their being intended as bona fide ) oh his " honourable and ingenuous ' conduct in making a clean breast of it . But the £ 700 doe 3 not represent the whole outlay involved by this ingenious device for obviating bribery ; there was a ¦ ¦ sum of £ 2 , 115 17 s . 6 'd . for a ehurch ~ r ~ 3 ir . Jiarle , the private secretary of Mr . Disraeli , on being examined , denied the statement of Brodio , and affirmed that he was sent to Mr . Rose merely with a view of his being employed in some capacity , such as ' . that of messenger . "Wo regret to record a moat disastrous waste of corn , in this inclement season , when , with such a harvest in prospect , wo can least all ' ord it , which took place at the destruction of the West Kent Wharf , Xiondon Bridge , by fire , when £ 200 ; 000 worth of property was sacrificed . Another calamitous fire occurred at JiatcliUb-qross , when a largo biscuit factory waa consumed , and much dumago douu to . Llie adjoining houses . . ¦¦ ' , ' . , Wo have in recent nunibers signalized some very important facts , and pointed out various considerations , tonding to show tho immense inilucrice of tho mutual assurance or " coadjutivo" principle , in aiheliorating our socitarian arrangemontp . A public meeting has been held in Wostminslor for the purposo of forming a provision stbro in the metropolis . The chairman , Mr . M'Swucnoy , in urging the advantages of co-operation , would refor to the principles of tho National Industrial and 1 ' rovidont Society . Tho shares were £ , l eaeli , payable by contributions of 2 s . Od . per month per ehure . Tho objects of tho society wore the bloncling of tho two great principles of co-operation and mutual assurance . By menus ol" cooporalion , all groat works were carried out ; capitalists united their wealth , and bv co-operating , were enabled , in many instances , to keep down , the * price of labour ; yot the induatriul elassoa wore tho producers of all tho wealth of this country , tho . wealth which is too often made tho instrument of impoverishing them . So crushing nnd ill-paid was tho labour-market at times , that itwas almost impossible for mon to provide for the contingencies of life . Hence in jioriods of adversity , arising from sickness , loss of work , or death , multitudes of industrious urlisnns wore loft to perish , or suflbr tlio degradation oJ -olet 3 mosynary-fl \ ippart . ™ -The-propoegd-- ^ ooioty ~ was .--ta _ obviuLu lVijihlful ualiuHitiua . Uy iho co-pei ^ tion of working men , Piniill wo . 'klv sums soon onnblo tliuih to open a store , for Bupplving ( lit'inat'lvou with gooils at tho clienpest wlioleaule price , « nd , osoupiiiK « * vast ninounl ; ol noisonous adultorutions , bo themselves tho reoipiont * of nil tlio proUln iuiHio by tho traiwaotiou . To uhow tlio hucuvhh of nuch onturpriBon , roforonci was nmdo to tho fact of 40 oj > ci . ulivea at ¦ Quoonshoncl , i »; m-Bradford , having started a oo-oporatlvu Htoro iour year * n « o , with . L ^ U cnSl . this had now accumulated to £ 1 , 000 capital . They had laid oKl / sOO in building stores , gar * ^^^ XS ^ bZ ^ i hands , and kopt thoir owji lioraoB and carts . I urthor roloronco was

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 25, 1860, page 753, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2362/page/11/