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      purchase-money- —460 , 000 ' t—England will pay one-third , Hamburg another one-third , and the remaining one-third will be paid by the other states concerned , according to a plan : to be drawn up "by Hanover . It is reported that the Senate of Hamburg has declared its readiness to accede to the proposal , and to undertake at once the payment of the one-tMrd ^ The toll / will be abolished as soon as Hatiover shall be in possession of six-sevenths of the last one-third , which is to be contributed by the other States interested ; This is the only condition that Hanover has reserved to itself , and no doubt is entertained that it will be admitted by the English Government . ¦ ¦

      . . ... When a venerable , experienced , and learned politician like Lord Brougham expresses an opinion upon home or foreign affairs , though that opinion maybe contrary to the ideas of all the rest of the world , it is to he regarded with some degree of respect . But a couple of passages in the noble Lords opening address at the Glasgow Social Science Conference have set some , people on this side of the water thinking that it is time for his lordship to retire from public life , and to cheer his fireside with the reminiscences of the past . Lord Broughaii is reported to have said , speaking of Austria , that there existed " a fixed determination on the part of the

      Government to give each province of the enrpire a discretion in the management of its affairs . " This is rich in sound , but very poor in sense . Having a discretion in the management of one ' s affairs is no liberty to boast of ; but the Austrian has not advanced so far yet as to grant such " a discretion , " there is only the fixed determination" to give it . If , however , the determination does exists—and Lord Brougham has doubtless good reason for his assertion ^—n ot only the Atistrian provinces but all Germany ^ would be highly delighted to perceive some evidence of it . l ^ ven more ridiculous does the following : appear to every non ^ German , one . has limped along ¦ with thepolitical histoiy of Aiistrm- ^ to Germans geuerally it must sound perfectly inconiprehen&ible :- ^ - ^ It inay

      safely be predicted , " Lord ; Brougham is reported to have said , ' . 'that no improvements will be made so valuable as those introduced by Prince JViETTERNiGH , One . of ilie greatest practical reformers ofhisi time , and . by which he both controlled the power of the nobles and raised the inferior classes to independence and comfort . " This is so totally opposed to all we have been taught to believe , to all we have seen and experienced of Metternicei ' s Government , that the Germans must really be excused if they doubt whether his lordship should be held responsible for his words . TJbe name of Metternich is held in utter abhorrence by the liberals of all countries , and inore especially by those of Austria and Gerniahyi Here he is regarded , as having been the

      abettorand main support of every illiberal and tyrannical prince in Germany ^ The observations of the celebrated and liberal Lord Brougham have ,. in short , caused the wildest astonishment anipng all parties in this country . 'JChe labours of the latelyrprorogued Austrian Imperial Council have "brought , to % ht rriany of the most ; crushing evils of the system hitherto pursued , but have left untouched the real and self-evident sources of the ruin of the r ation ; The members of the Keichsra , th haye separated without takiiVg a hope of future improvement home with them , or leaving a hope behind . The proposals made by the majority for a Constitution cbiild riot possibly be t £ ifeeri into consideration , because ; they rwere totally opposed to the integrity of the empire ; andthecounter-propipsals of the minority sounded

      fine , ^ but signified nothing . No sAveepingv refbrjn cap ., or isqjcpected , to take place . A , ll that can be done with safety , is to ; inodify the present System 'by some slight changes , whicTti inay relieve . indiyirduals aiid . some , Qonimiinitie ^ , ! wltb ^ biit - affectring th 0 -vvholer- ^ s , for in 8 tan . eej a reform of the , coinmitnai laws , provinipial assemblies , toleration in religibn , & ¦ relaxation in . thei censorsbip of ihe , press , and a feyy pth ^ i ? concessions , to CQriciliate ! the * pbp ^ tibn . r IJo-sv far the Austrian QoyerBJiieht intends to go -frith its concessions we aliallsoon , fenow ^ if , as is aritioipa , ied , the , Keichsratji ba'again summoned in iDecejiabjer n , e ; s ; t , tQ consider some , xaearis . pf raising the ^ nances ; : It ! is pyesiiinied that the G . byernmerit , in demanding countenance and support ; for a . nw loan ,, or extraordinary levy of to tne

      t ^ xeaf wili inot venture cbm 0 empty-handefl . meanwrnAo , Gtovernpaent is forced to adopt the severest measure ? foxthe maintenanc © bf order , in ; severalof the most , important provinces . Daybyday , as privateletters ae ^^ bll a ^ ^ heiublio press inform us , in Venetia and in Hungary , iften suspected ' pi poetical machinations . < foe' merely bpjjpsition , tendencies , are seized , and without trial of Any sort ; carried off ¦ to " ; distant fortresses . Such aro the means ^^ to whi ; ch ; % & ' Qbyernnjient is forced to have recoursQ j to uphoW the enapire Syliiiphi was , so prftcjbioaUy reformed b y the Pruiqe METiMjEjsicijt p £ ; Lord BrotughAM . . ¦ . ¦ . • ¦ ¦¦ . '' '¦ : ¦ . , ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦'

      It w ' Bome ^ hat ^ singular that , while Louis jNArpLEON nisi ? ts upon ; a vainie tip ; every ¦ m ^ wiBp ^ er . prtiole , b , e makei no onerespousible fox the ^ grft ^ thtot ^ frp issued daily from Paris , and which jaow nobody llipli ^ ives . till thejy ; have been yepeated at leiist h . { nlf-a * ldoz 0 n tiines , iwithout a single contradiction ; . Bwt although , nobody ip : dispp ^ ed . to puttfaith ; itiiiihein , tWey do help ; to coiifVee andM ) o . d : the , ' , wpii ld for twelye 6 v t ^ enty-fpwhouxsy till the . cow-. tramptibh ( joined , It cant hardly be expepted that vtho pvn < $ v ¦ , . v ° " veipiaiipnts ,, tc > prey ^ h ii : i ^ H ny ^ quWej } attendant upon th ^ s syatein . of inisleadiri ^ , the pupl ^ Ci 3 » U mbfe Jawwi * ftt pnoe t ^ eir Secret correspondence , ; tho ^^ fpr th © p QwS . BoKea it were wiwoh pi b © d ^ ired . Th ^ , telegxam ^ wd their cQJatwa 49 i » oW ^ tow . iw f ^ 'W ^ wor tcMqtf ' "W ^ o"i § . ^ nxJiQtis ' , only ; to Qpny ' ey ^ rutljful '^ c ^ o , f , , p » sar $ mym $ ;' ^

      are inundated with telegrams respecting the approaching Conference at Warsaw , which , like that of Toplitz , is being gradually worked up by the telegranis into a sort of Druidical mystery . Stray telegrams keep up the fears which were endeavoured to be excited by the rumour of a meeting and close alliance between Austria and Bavaria , and of tie occupation of Tyrol by the troops of the latter . These inventions were calculated for casual readers arid the mercantile public , as - ' nobody who has . followed the past history of Austria and Bavaria would think it likely that Austria would allow Tyrol to be occupied by the troops of Bavaria ; nor was it hkely that this latter country -would join Austria in a war against Italy without ascertaining the sentiments of the rest of the Federal States . The newspaper press -will have to keep a wary

      eye upon the telegraphic correspondence offices during the Warsaw Conference , if it would not be made the instrument for the propagation of falsehood , and the deception and confusion of the public . By all appearances at present , the princes who are to meet at Warsaw have no particular programme to discuss , and the importance of the meeting will depend entirely upon the turn of events . By the apparent acquiescence of Gakibaliu in the views of Cavour , the immediate danger of an invasion of the Austrian coastlands is removed ; aiid in consequence the lighthouses and beacons in the Gulf of Istria arc again kindled . The Sardinian Government seems to be hastehing to annex Naples before the meeting takes place , while the Austrians are doing their utmost , in a rather rough , way , if

      accounts may be credited , to pacify Hungary . The Emperor would gladly have his house in order before the meeting , for he will stand alone and unfriended , and cannot refuse the advice which may ; be ^^ prof'erred him by . his two powerful fellow-sovereigns , upon whose countenance andsupport he relies to save himself from complete isolation . Hungary , as exposing him to the Czar , Claims his chief care at this moment , and his G byemment seems resolved to jmaintain peace witn a strong hand pr stir up a revolt . A letter from Temesvar states Mr . rrederick Pesty , secretary to the Chamber ; ' of Coinmerce , arid editor ibf the Delejtu-r-tlxQ printer , Williani Hazy ; the engineer , Hirch ; the lawyer , Samuel Tury ; Mbriz Stbekinger ; and the landed proprietor , Ignatius von Muraiiji , have been arrested—why is not known- ^ and transported to the fortress of Josephstadt . In Baja , the landed propi'ietor , Latinovits , and the lawyer ^ Koczik v arrested and carried oif .

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      T / , e Xovrlties of XonuinUm ., ' ' By Cliavlcs Hnstin ^ CoUctt . e .. ' I . oiirlon : Wiliiam l ' enny . 1800 . The novelties of E-omanisin cdn hardly bo cpnaidorcd as conatituting a iiovtl subject themselves . But then wp kiiow there is iipthing new under the . siui . The fli-st piirt of thQ .. work is devoted to furnishing a few salient and ( tho avithor tolls Us he bolieves ) unan 3 \ yei-ablo proofs ot the novelties of the doctrines trcJated of . Xb ; ia not ( Ho iidds ) withm the scope of tho present worlc to attempt a refutation of them . It seems that a little work , pntitled " A History of Ancient ¦ Ceremonies ( 166 'J ) Ms suggested , and formed the groundwork , of the second p : _ irt ; but ) the autlior bolieves that , now , for . the first tiitio , these dates-and Jnets are bi'oaghi togpthorin such a mimner as will eiuvble . the reudt-r to trace the rise , progress , and iipal dvvolopmentof pacb sueoossivo novelty ot the Eomislt OhuroJi , in chronological succession , divostod of all coul roveriial ;< jue £ ; tion or bias . : The Volunteer ' s Mauuatof in << tlt . han < . l Viyoitr ; orr (/ ie L « m ¥ M ^ "I'J '" ' ' [ 'I' ( ' « Katumi , McaWtfud < ti « t Meant if id in IJum . aiiUy .., Wy Henry tiuii . tli , M .. l > . l . uiulon . Ward uliiVLocK : 19 C 0 . . . What is the •' . « natural ? V la it or not idoiitical with tho habitutU ? Pascal eays it is . Recording to his cQlobratod . dictum , wluoJi . na believers in that upivorsal law of whioU variivbility of speeiea andmitural eelebtion are btit illtastvativo . cuses wo subsenbe to , injlvu'o is but ; » nrst habit , O 9 habifc is second nature . Again , what is the boaut-Uul . ¦ ' ¦ -ximo U xnore of a Vjorbjjftt&a and ' cbnsoiousposs of utility mowwis ot tiio beautiful than is gpnei-aUy supposed ; or moro properly spoiiking . pi . 1 reoognitiori of tho adaptation ; of ariofths to ends Iprins . oil esaontuU o umont in ' ideal boaufy . ¦ ¦\ yh 0 p > ill epnio paychol . pgist , of tho rpu , uy phiio 80 i ) hi « aroa # , explore all the mysteries of iVH ? ; ° ovyod oonsciou ^ noes and unbonsoiows ; jtoroeptioii ? , Tho rhost ; poWoob ot arwraal Zoinjs ie tho ¦ >« iaiunan form , divirto ; " tl » o confovin « vti 6 iii ot brgainsm uosc . a ^ aptod to reifidor tho external world subsorviont to its purpses , is umc of jaadw ; the most portcot luunixn flgui-o is tjint i , n wUioli tlua condition is most oomnletety fuKUlecl , talunff into « oopunttho mental Cli « i

      reotion an woll as the bodily stnicburo—tUo bu'wja and norvos , aa wou » thq muBOulttrsystein . Aooprding to Biohat , tho npuvos ^ aro tlio niivn , us uooorcUng to > iiuil ' ou the stylo is the wau i while Messra . o « i ' f » Hoonun , and Co ., would tell itB-jJut nnisole' jnokas tholman . asiny Jj 9 " OliostprUdld would tell us thu . t lnftiinors make UiQ nian . Uut oui" « " J ledge that the -human form is tlip host adapted to vendor tho -ostownu wovia subsorvwufc to its purposoB , la' proeiatjlv , one of the . oauaoa . Wi ^ wo havo co ^ no to rogura it us lAosfc beautiful , The , hmn » n-Bl » ajpo » as 8 poit . * 3 d i » oui « miucla wUli ,: « ill fchafc wan has npeoraplishod in , ^ 0 l 0 J ^ Mid in tti't . Thpsp wohdorful ombodiments of the eublimo rtncl ooftu tii'ul la el-onp , the ) ntt ( iteivpiopo « of tho Ch-eplc doulpfcovs and then' mow fludpoHsuil niodoi'h omula ' tbrs , tho ovoi- 'living iusiwi'ntipna oi . poow'j , " » w

      rapturo . of : nuHif ( l i ¦ ¦ Uiuh Hopting esspndo , ilXpd , li > tho pvofluotioiw . «| , BwbUjpvqn , at (( l Iliivdn , WpaaTni , ^ vhd teau . t , all the miraploa ; oi mpdovn Hoioiioo in till 1 I .. H iulln ^ appUdations , —all thoso iuv ^' ° eoioualv it ! may bo , lua no \ , tholosp wally ana . eiroetxy ^ y , «\ ssppi « tec u ouv miiifclti will , rnuu-yvil-li fcho humftii form , And . I'W ^ f tho sugiloiai , umnimvtihnid to iiil , ruf » iiqotion , niav bo unawarp ot it , « n » . "jw * oonBUluUri hi » iiiMiiii'tinil' «! l « iW ) Uii in ouv ealihaiate PJ AWfl ' HT Tl . » pni' <) w 6 uli . yvo , Hf k ( WiP Of Sw r Net nva ^ orti j ^ anuivla ol : tho ^ UuJ ^" ijav ' oWu , aha MliduKl bo rOiia by- pv ^ bbd y ^ tljp young that thoj m y profit to' ilV Uic Qia that % oy , ' w « y'inBkWQt tho ypung , , < , *»»

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      882 The Saturday Analyst and Leader- [ Oct 20 , I 860

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 20, 1860, page 882, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2370/page/10/