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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. a...
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:A Batch Of Books. Memoirs Of James Gord...
WaKBinio ^ eiri ^ Mr ^^ noW ^^^ r as , a journalist ,, and set forth in a itftikt . ¦^ fa ^&?^ - ^^ W' ^ ' ^ r ' fiP' ^ » aro the i oint " 8 tock frauds of $ 8 & i-6 tlw Xean n ^ t , diieiling , the Irish Repeal agitation , and theatrical Jt tevente * # tW ' alltfu ^ er . Our last extract shall be a " phrenological cmtKneV * - ^ ; ''' : '" ¦ ' : ' . "' ¦ -. ' . . ' ¦ . - - ' KiranoiomcMly ci > ftsidered , Mr . Bennett presents a very interesting study . His self-esteem Is large—his reverence not deficient . Benevolence is largely developed . W ^ and n ^ rtnfolri ^ sa are ve ry prominent . Courage and firmness are ve ry full ; His aeStractiveness is small . Conscientiousness is prominent . The perceptive organs are exceedingly large ; and his intuition uncommonly full . Eventuality and individuality are large . Causality is strongly marked . Approbativeness is full—adhesiveness moderate . Firmness is a prominent organ . He has order quite large . Colour , size , weight , and time are full , and about equal to each other . Tune is small . Ideality is moderate . Language is not large . Memory is well developed . The whole frontal _»_ : «« ia Tvmaafira ahnva anti hplnnr . ThA tfvmnprfimp . nf ' . is the nervous-saneiiine . and -Tf Ma mf MlWt i ¦ h mm
fy % ^ *^ m ¦ T T ^^ *»^*^ w ** ¦ ' ™ ™ ^*» ¦** ~^^ - *^ i v w ^^* ^ — p- * — —'—— — — - - ^ j g easily excited to impulses from the sense of its own power , or from the excitation of the ruling faculties , which lie in the anterior portion of the brain . Mr . Bard gives us , in his volume entitled Waikna , a very charming narrative of an artist ' s wanderings on the Mosquito shore . " Waikna , " it should be'borne in mind , means in the Mosquito tongue—Man ; though the title is " . proudly claimed as the generic designation of the people of the entire cttast : '' Always entertaining , the story of Mr . Bard has its not unfrequent periods of " breathless interest , " and the descriptions of savage scenery are as good as anything in Typee or Omoo . The Prophet of Mormonism Unveiled may [ have its use , though we doubt whether any , such can outweigh the sin against good taste committed by ^ prks of the kind . It professes to be an authentic disclosure of the ? 3 ? rophetV' career , and of the laws and customs of Mormonism . The i $ p $ ng . is on a par with " startling revelations" commonly addressed to nforbiq minds , under strong pretence of upholding the cause of morality . 33 ie frontispiece ( a ludicrous work of art ) , representing " Brigham Young nfaking insulting proposals to Lizzie Monroe in her prison , " is so like frontispieces we nave seen , in the windows of unrecognised publishers , that itTgiiye . " quite a turn , " and suggested grave doubts whether the book ciarn . e properly within the reviewer ' s ken . However , a glance at the respeqtable publisher ' s name on the title-page determined Us . f tfi » e author of Modern Mysteries Explained and Exposed seeks to prove that , ttei' ** strange phenomena" of " spirit-manifestations" are " exclusively mundane and physical , " that " nothing can be more unphilosophical than to ajftribirte such phenomena to the interposition of disembodied spirits , " but tii & t ihe miracles narrated in the Bible rest on evidence of a totally different andihuch more positive character . 'Between the author's reasoning and histli < eological assumptions we should find it a hopeless attempt to see fair .
Confining our attention to his theory of " spirit manifestations , " we findihat he is accustomed to use the terms " electricity , " " magnetism , " and >< odylic force indifferently , for some power " pre-existing in nature , " and sufficient to account for all the wonders of spirit-rapping without the supposition of any external spirit agency whatever . Having briefly stated the Rev . A . Mohan ' s argument , we are constrained to add that his book is very dry reading ™ J ^ T ! 7 * ™ £ ^ Ba P tist Pagani supplies us , in his book entitled The End of the World , with reasons for supposing that our age is destined to witness the second coming of Christ—to Whom he dedicates this little volume . m Catherine , the Egyptian Slave inf 1852 , i 3 a story which pretends to a considerable basis of fact . We are left to form our own judgment whether or not the fanciful element is identical with the author's contempt for Eastern customs and zealous hatred of Eastern religion .
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' ^ "America . —The chief intelligence from America this week relates to the progress of the Rebellion in Mexico . Tfie'insurgents would seem to have had a complete sucdiaV . " Accounts fromTera Cruz to the 22 nd ult . report that Santa Anna left the city of Mexico on the 9 th ult ., signed his abdication at Perote , and proceeded to Vera Qrjiz , where he embarked on the 17 th ult . for Havannah . ^ aj was escorted in his flight by 2500 troops , but shortly af ter cleaving , the capital one-third of them revolted , killed several of the officers , and then joined the revolutionists . On arriving at Vera Cruz , another revolt broke ' out , ; but a single regiment continued faithful to tfeir fallen chief , and the mutineers were vanquished
an * ' fled in confusion . General Carro has been elected resident for six-months : he has declared the liberty of tbS preas . The party of Alvarez , the leader of the insurrectionists , is reported to have committed great cfrfellies . - The English ship Daring is at Vera Cruz , for tl | e .-purpose of embarking Santa Anna on his arrival . A > ( Spanish steamer has been likewise placed at his s ^ yic /? . ,. South America is in its accustomed state of uwnjrrection and civil war . Generals Garidola and I ^ peV have , it is said , attacked Honduras , and routed CrefteratCabanas . ' Colonels Kinney and Walker were starring ; but the latter had given up his arms at Gosta '; Bica . The people of that town , however , had raised 1500 men , and demanded his release . Greytown has-been rebuilt . A terrific hurricane has swept over
tb , e . Mosquito coast 5 and the English sloop-of-waf ^¦ . olyorine haa become a total wreck . The Mormons , it ^ a _ said , must speedily abandon their settlements , or a ^ axye , the grasshoppers having destroyed the third cwO j Of grain . Cholera has abated at Nicaragua , after having killed the greater number of thp Government forces . * ' Yellow fever ia declining at New Orleans , but is committing fearful ravages at Norfolk and Portsmouth . Trityb all 0 Ver the United States is very flourishing , and nttSftey is abundant . ^^ tpWOBioA . —The condition of California , owing to thtflAwlessness of the population , is perfectly frightful . Duels , savage assaults , and murders , committed frequently ? upon ; the mdst frivolous provocation , avo of
daljy and . almost hourly occurrence ; and the people are s ^^ BBiimoured of this brigandish state of existence , that j » ffi «» will often by their verdicts directly encourage the olti ^ gng . in taking the law into their own hands . It is v « ty _« eldom that a murderer suffers death , as he genora WyiContrives to get off , to quote the words of the Aha CftWfrtifli , . « ' through legal quibbles , executive clemency , ° % JffdWiU 4 lfioienoyt " . ; All classes join in those disgrace"AwtrageBithe law . is openl y violated in the atreots ; ¦ $# WPtel , order eeoma to bo fast sinking into unchecked anarchy . The same account may bo given of Columbia ^ ftOfan , Francisco . The Clipper publishes tho following ^ tt ^ criminal calendar for a week in tho former place : "T . ' | Sn < ioitlrig and rowe generally have boon very dull for J S ? W * «>«< # ,, and we have but a foyr oaaos to report . ^ w « nfeU waa shot-through the lunga ' lost Friday in
resisting an officer . At first the wound was considered mortal , but now it is thought he will recover . L > . D . Loring was shot through the body last Tuesday morning ; the ball passed through him and lodged in Mr . Jimmison ' s thi gh . Mr . Loring is considered dangerous ; Mr . Jimmison will recover . The ball was not intended for these parties , but for a ' Greaser' " ( a cant term of reproach for a Mexican ) " who had beat a fellow over the head . It was purely accidental ; nobody to blame ; took place in a fandango house . A desperado of the name of Brown , on the Mercedes , it is reported , killed three men this week ; they were attempting to arrest him . "
Funeral , of Mr . Feargus O'Connor . —The remains of Mr . Feargus O'Connor were buried in the Kensalgreen Cemetery on Monday . A large body of sympathisers assembled in Russell-square , and marched thence with banners and devices to the cemetery . One of these f lags , bearing the words " Liberte , Egalite , FraterniU" is said to have figured in some of the French revolutions . An unseemly disturbance took place at the burial-ground . Some of the mob , who had been shut out by the police , scaled the walls , and it was with difficulty that the clergyman could read the service . This having been accomplished , Mr . William
Jones , a working-man from Liverpool , made an oration of the usual Chartist character , and tho crowd dispersed . The late Accident at Cresmorne-gabdkns . —We are glad to state , on the authority of the Secretary to the Wellington College , that the accident which took place at the fSte given at Cremorne-gardens for the benefit of that institution on the 18 th ult ., has proved to be less serious to the soldiers employed than was anticipated . No bones were broken ; most of the men were able to return to their duty in a few days after the accident , and it ia expected that the others will soon be able to do so . The amount realised by the fete was 1106 / . 14 s . Gd .
British Association for the Advancement op Science . —Tho twenty-fifth meeting of this association was opened at Glasgow on Wednesday . The Earl of Harrowby took tho chair , and tho Duke of Argylo delivered a long oration , reviewing the history of science for tho past year . -air Fire at a Barn . —The clothes of a little girl in the hop-grounds near Maidstono caught firo , and , in hor fright , she ran into a barn and rolled herself in some straw in which a child was sleeping . The straw took flro , and the barn was soon alight . An Irishwoman entered the barn , dragged out the older child , and throw her into a pond , whoro she narrowly escaped drowning . She now lies at the workhouse , fearfully injured . Tho younger child was burnt to death .
United Orders Provident Society . —Tho seventh jubilee of tho restoration of tho ancient gatehouse of St . John ' s Priory at Clorkonwell , was celebrated on Friday wook by tho dinner of the Unitod Orders Provident Society , which took place in tho old hallabovo tho
gateway—a building which is associated with the history of the early knights of St . John of Jerusalem , and with the publication , by Edward Cave , of the Gentleman's Magazine , and consequently with the memory of Dr . Johnson . The toast of " the antiquities and antiquaries of Great Britain , and the historical and literary associations of St . John ' s Gate , " was responded to by Mr . Horace St . John . The chairman ( Mr . Arthur Scratchley , F . R . S . A ., ) afterwards enlarged upon the character and objects of the society , and said that what the united Provident Orders now proposed to effect , if it were possible , was the union
of existing friendly and provident societies into one body , a principle which had been approved by some eminent statesmen , and "would find favour with the House of Commons . The bill of last session had a clause intended to facilitate that process by means of a Government commission ; but as Englishmen preferred to be self-governed , rather than be directed by authority , more convenient means of effecting the object were offered by the society , Several other speakers addressed the meeting ; and the evening passed with much enthusiasm and unity of feeling .
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SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE . On Saturdav last , Sadler's Wells Theatre was opened for the season . The popularity of Mr . Phem > s , created and reflected by the press , then showed in its brightest colours . The house was hot with enthusiasm . When the manager came on , in the form and costume of the Hunchback , was there not a riot of applause , as though the Hunchback were a new play , and the pit and boxes full of the author's very cordial friends ? Master Walter was in ' perfection , Mis 3 Tbavers played Helen to the Modus of Mr . Robinson , with emphasis and judgment , Mr . 11 . Marston " did" Clifford , and Mr . Lewis kept alive the keener and quieter sense of humour in the more subtle-minded part of the audience , bv his really original impersonation of Fathom . Of course , however , the point of the performance consisted in Miss Margaret Ebubne ' s debut as Julia . The young lady is slight and fair , has an infantine expression in her eyes , and looks almost too timid for the part . But she is not timid . Her action is spirited , bold , free from consciousness or restraint . A thorough self-possession accompanies her through all the situations of the play . Yet , with rare courage and rare art , she has not the advantage of physical power . Her voice does not compass the passion of some of the later dialogues , so that some words are lost in the effort to pronounce them with effect . Still her first appearance was a success ; for it proved her talents , which the audience encouraged by much applause . Mr . Phelps is said to have a store of new pieces for the seasonamong others a play by Mr . Slotts , author of The . Templar .
Jfkom The London Gazette. Tuesday, Septe...
JFKOM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , September XX . BANKRUPTS . —Henby Houghton , Friday-street and Watling-street , merchant—Gjjokob Alexander M'Lean , lato of High Holborn . tailor—Wii-mam Hipkins , Birmingham , grocer—William Bkoadhukst and William Maiishall BboadHurST , Sheffield , table-knifo manufacturers—Hknhy and Samuel Evans , Stonehouso , Gloucestershire , saddlo-trco makers — William Swiitt , Liverpool , cartovrnor . Friday , September 14 . BANKRUPTCIES ANNtJiLLED . — 0 MABLE 8 HODGB , Chelsea , smith and iron founder—Robebt Austin , Pembroko-souaro , Ronaington , linen drapor . BANKRUPTS . —Fbancis Stbphen Folby , Goldsmithatreet . City , warehouseman—William E . Cooper and Davio Cooper , Manchester , tallow chandlers—William Keeling , Birmingham , morohant — Edwin Johnson , Liverpool , flour dealer—Gboroh Atkinson , Liverpool , grocer—Airbed Stanhope Hodges . Glastonbury , Somerset , chemist and druggist—William Hopkins , Birmingham , grocer-William Olabkb , Altrincham , Chester , builder—William Jamiebon Anson , Leeds , cloth morohant— Joshua Fletohbb Laob and Leonard Addibon , Liverpool , printers—Gbobgb Alexander McLean , High Holborn , tailor and draper—Louis Liciibtbnstein , Great St . Helen ' s , merchant—William Bennett , Little Warloy , Essex , miller—Joseph Gill , Klng-atreot , Oamdon-town licensed victualler .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. A...
BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . a ... , . ALFORD .-Soptombor 12 , tho wifo of Stophou 8 , Alrora , or Havorstook-hlH : a daughter . , „„ « m , « rn tho BEAUOLEK-K .-Septembor a . at 3 , BryanBton-souftro , tho Lady Amolius Wontworth IJoauolork : » ^ Jtf ™ fca Mra . GATITC—September 11 , at tho Vionrntfo , EcoloaUou , mra . Alfred Gatty ; a son . _ , « , ooi ^ oo » Ljn ^^^ £ ^ VS ^ Samuol H . Colo , oldest wn of t A o 110 ?' u nft Ann , oldest arror ^ Ilf & D- TiaBRY .-Auffiu * 8 , by tuo Kov . Richard
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 15, 1855, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15091855/page/21/
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