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LETTER FROM ITALY. (special.) TRIALS FOR...
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The Church And The Clergy.* The Rapid Ad...
surprised that reformers would fain be meddling with the Church as well as with the constitution . Of the antecedents of some of the clergy we read such passages as , " formerly Captain-in the Fifty-ninth Foot , " '' formerly Lieutenant on board H . M . S . Irresistible ; " " formerly naval instructor of the Royal William , ' : ' and in one case " formerly in the Colonial office , " while ci-devant Jews and llornan Catholics are to be found here and there . We find such illustrative hiiits biit rarely , however , and we would suggest that a future edition should be enriched with an account of the most striking events in the biography of some of those eminent churchmen now living- who have become identified , by their abilities or from circumcumstahces ; with the history of our times , in politics or in literature . And here we may observe that the much mooted question of the incomes of the higher branches of the Established Church are touclied upon with a very reverent , not to say partial hand . We should not omit to notice , that although particulars of each clergyman s status and career are confined to the members of the Church
of England , the editors , determined to make tin ' s book of reference as complete as possible , have added appendices containing lists of the clergy of the Established Church of Ireland , and of the Episcopal Church in Scotland , taken from the best official sources . The work is well executed on good paper , and the type in which it is printed is ofa peculiar character , well suited to facilitate reference .
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142 The Leader and Saturday Analyst . ¦ - ^[ Fjesb ; 11 , 1860 .
Auchitegtural Journals.* T He Number And...
AUCHITEGTURAL JOURNALS . * T HE number and success of the periodicals devoted to the Fine Arts in . the present day may fairly be taken as indications , as gratifying 1 . as they are significant , of the advance of the age in refinefh ' en / t and pure taste . Of the journals devoted to these kindred topics , one of the youngest , but by no means the least important , is the Muilding News , whose fifth volume—a portly but withal an elegant tome--now lies on our table . When class publications of this kind first came into vogue , they treated , principally—nay , almost entirely —ofdetailsof construction and materials , and ofother technicalities , wh ich , though doubtless important , possessed interest 6 f a peculiar Jvind , Which could only be shared by one classT— " the trade , " those connected with ip . Times are altered since that , and we and its first days could hardly have ; expected that there , would ever ^ room for a rival publication of that class , much less one which
should adopt a wider range of subjects , and , by a vigorous competiour newspapers are altered with them : the readers of the JBuilder in tiori , improve its predecessor , at the same time that it succeeded in firiiily establishing itself in public estimation . Ifc is not merely the builder and the architect , no > v-a-days , . ' who- take an active interest in questions of styles , orders , and decorations ; all classes of the educated public have something- to say , and wish also to learn something- more upon these and similar subjects ; and the conductors of the papers we have alluded to have found their account in adapting their pages to the taste and capacity of general readers * without neglecting the objects for which they were originally set oh foot . The present volume of the Building Neios is a handsome quarto of some eleven hundred pages , exceedingly well printed , and neatly .
bound . So much for its appearance ; the contents are ably written and judiciously edited . They comprise original articles on constructive and decorative architecture , and the sister arts of painting and sculpture , as well as on sanitary science and civil engineering . In the list of contributors we find the names , amongst others , of Messrs . Maequoid , John Bell , and Samuel Huggins ; and there are many able papers by writers whose initials or pseudonyms only are given . The topics treated possess not only interest but variety : we find the controversy between the Gfothicists and Classicists warmly carried on here ? the vile condition of the Serpentine and the Thames ; all the now schemes of metropolitan improvements j—the gas and water supply are amply discussed ; and archaeology and
geology are not neglected . In addition to this all the current news , as far as it concerns the fine arts or the architectural and building professions , js given in a condensed form . Thus , we have the lectures at the tloyal Academy and the learned societies , reports of all qrt exhibitions , and reviews of all books upon such subjects . Such important subjects as the builders' strike are well handled , while the advertising column nuisance , drinking fountains , and other minor matters , receive their share of attention ; a summary of such parliamentary debates as have an architectural bearing is not wanting ; and even the drnnm is brought under notice , as lav as the accessories of the scene painter and tuo mechanist are concerned .
The book ia illustrated by'upwards-of seventy excellent engravings of architectural subjects , the greater part of which display much artistic excellence , the moat conspicuous being a really magnificent work—the interior of the church of All Saints , Murgaret-stroot , drawn by Mr . Macquoid , and engraved by Mr . Jowitt . Thia ia one of ibo most perfect wood engravings that lms ever boon produced ; the beautiful outlines of Mr . Beresford Hope ' s splendid hobby nrq given in admirable perspective by the artist , and the lights and ahados ivro brilliantly contrasted j while in tho oxocution full justice has been clone , by the engruvor to tho ability of tho draughtsman ; the block is also extremely well printed- —» most important point , and one too frequently neglected , to tho Uori-or and disgust of artists antl engravers . ;
Serials. Fpiira Dublin University Magazi...
SERIALS . fpiira Dublin University Magazine , like other sqrinls , has its own JL account of the voyngp of tho Fox . It is written by the Kov , IYofoaaor Hnughtbn , F . R . S ., nnd is illustrated with a portrait of Captain
M'Clintock . Victor Hugo is subjected to some severe criticism on "La Legende des Siecles , " particularly where lie touches on , sacred subjects , to the proper treatment of which he is adjudged to be unequal . On other points the critic awards him high comniehdation , notwithstanding the vein-of exaggeration which runs through all'the pbenisV " The Season Ticket" continues to be . amusing .- —The North'British Review contains , eleven excellent articles ; one , on the silence of Scripture , is admirable in its idea and the tone of its expression . An article on Erasmus is also good ; and there is considerable , information in another on Austria . One fact is astounding , namely : " The amount of taxation in Austria has increased seventy per cent , since 1849 , a rate perfectly without precedent iii history . " An artistic paper on Dr . Wilkinson ' s opinions on Colour enters into the controversy between Goethe and Newton , and embraces much clever speculation . — -The Spiritual Magazine defends
Mr . Harris from an ' article in the Morning Advertiser , and also pits Mr . Howitt against Mr . Charles Dickens ; but the main questions at issue are not advanced by the contents of the number . People who seek to prove the immortality of tbe soul by such questionable phenomena , inust indeed be inveterately sceptical , however much they may wish to assume the character of believers . The subject requires to be more philosophically treated . —We have duly received the current parts of " The Welcome Guest , " . " Once a Week , " "Moore ' s Nationa 1 Airs , " Charles Knight's " English Cyclopaedia , " and Routledge ' s " Illustrated Natural History ; " all of which maintain , their well-earns J reputation . ^—No . XII . of Parker ' s " Historical Tales" has also reachs I us . It contains a tale of Mediaeval Nestorianisrc , entitled ¦ " The San Tigers . " Part VIE . of " Plain or Ringlets" will interest th ' 3 sportinj world , and has a coloured illustration .
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Letter From Italy. (Special.) Trials For...
LETTER FROM ITALY . ( special . ) TRIALS FOR MURDER 1 ST THE PAPAL STATES . Eome , 31 st January , 1860 . I ^ HE idler about the streets of Rome may , from time to time , - catch sight—on blank walls and dead corners —of long 'white strips of paper , covered with close-printed lines of most uninvitinglooking type , and headed with the Papal arms—the cross keys and tiara . If , being- like myself , afflicted with an inquisitive turn of mindViie takes the trouble of deciphering these hieroglyphic documents , his labour will not be altogether , thrown away . These straggling strips , stuck up in out of the way places , glanced at by u few idle passers-by , and torn down by the street vagabonds after a day or two , for the sake of thei paper itself , are the sole :. public records of justice issued , or allowed to be issued , under the Pontifical Government . Trials are here carried on always with closed doors . No spectators are admitted ; no reports of the proceedings are published . Jn capital cases , however , after the execution of the criminal has taken place , a sort of prochs verbal of the case and of the trial is placarded on the walls of the chief . towns . This is the sole concession made to publicity by the Papal , authorities ; and this is all the public ever knows about the course of justice . Within the last few days , three executions have taken place in different parts of the Papal territory , and in consequence three such statements have been issued by the Govei * nmeut . The facts narrated , and the circumstances alluded to in them , throw a strange light on the administration of justice , and the daily life of this priest-ruled country . In these statements , be it remembered , there is no question of political or clerical bias . The facts herein stated are all facts admitted by the authorities of their own free will and pleasure- —and if , aa I think , these facts tell most unfavourably for our clerical rulers , it is , at any rate , out of their own mouths they are convicted . All , therefore , that I propose to do , is , haying ; these Government statements before me , to tell the stories that they contain as shortly and as clearly as i can , adding lto comment of my own but what is necessary to explain the facts in question . Let me take first the case of Luigi Bonci . Some three years ago > then , there lived in the hamlet of Cannarn , n ear Perugia , i \ family called Bonoi . They belonged to tho peasant class , and were poor ,, even among the Papal peasantry . The family consisted of the father and mother , and of their son and daughter , both grown up . Between the'father and son there had long- been ill blood . Tho canse of this want of harmony is but nulistinctly stated , but apparently it was due to the irregular habits of tho son , and to the severity of tho father , while this domestic xnisery Wris rendered doubly bitter by tho almost abject want of the household . On tho night of November the 9 th , 1856 , Venanzio Bonoi , the father , Maiua Rosa his wife , and their daughter Catebina , wore at supper in the miserable room which formed the wholo of their dwelling , waiting" Tor tho return of tho son Luioi , who had been absent ever sinco the morning . There hud been frequent quarrels before about Umax's stopping out at nighfc , and now it was past midnight * There was no light in tho room , except a uihifc flicker from the embers , and tho fopblo glimmering of tho starlight , whioh entered through tho opon window ; A noiso was hoard , in the stable underneath the room , and the father , thinking it was his son , shouted threo or four times but gob no answer . A lew minutes after hviax onfcorod without ' tho lantern , which ho had loft below in the stable , and although his sister budo him good night ho nmile no reply . As ho entered the room , tho father callod out , " A lino time of nighb to como homo ! " " What then P" was tho qnly answer given by Jjuiai . " You have novor been homo ainco the morning , " wei \ b on tho father . ?• What then P" was atill the only answer . T ' ha tullior then told ' tho son to hold his tongue , » uul ngain rccoivjQd tho sivmo reply , At last , Vjsnanzio , loaiug his tamper ,, called out , " JUo quiet , or I will break your head , " or , according to one btorv . '' I'll murder vou . ' to whioh LtnoT nnlv vonliod . "I muV
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 11, 1860, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11021860/page/18/
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