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What They" Are Saying In Paris.. . . " E...
gnpp lemont to the widow ' s pension , and predicted what has already turned out to be true , that the bookstalls would become acquainted with the cumbrous publication ere long . " After this came a general outcry against our country for our reception of the Emperor , whom we arc also charged with taking too much au sSrieux . I am obliged to defend my countrymen on this point , and to say that , unless we refused
to take France herself au serieux , there was no help ** * matter . Strange to say , they hate the Emperor more than they love their country . Every one brought forward fresh reasons for describing France as a miserable , abject , contemptible nation . In reality there is a certain honourable pride at the heart of all this . They prefer being despised to being identified with their master ; they are eager to proclaim themselves slaves lest they should be mistaken for valets .
" If there be any serious meaning in this publication , it is that it proves how anxious the Government is now to throw the whole responsibility of the Crimean expedition on the head of the departed general . At one time the plan was claimed for tho xlmperor himself . Now , no one will admit having had any hand in it . The fact is , the war is becoming desperately unpopular here ; and if any active opposition were possible , it would take place . Everything that passive discontent can do is done . All the railway companies , furious with the fury of capitalists—almost as terrible a 3 that of theologians—against the new
tax , are determined to show their hostility to the regime by all safe means . It is rumoured that they have rejected Prince Napoleon's advances . He begfjed them to organise very cheap excursion trains lor the Exhibition , which , in spite of the brilliance it has at last attained , still languishes for want of public support . They may , however , be * prevailed upon' in tlie Dick Turpin style before long . " But all questions of this kind are quite thrown into the shade by the great discussion of the day —on the comparative merits of Hachel and La
Ristori . The general opinion is , that the latter artist , though inferior in the powers of expressing certain violent passions—as anger , disdain , and despair—is far more varied in her aspects than the former . The truth is that both are very great . As . for Rachel , after the first season , she will probably resume her place—at any rate , a very high place—in public favour . She is now paying the penalty of certain faults of temper and conduct which have disposed critics eagerly to accept and exult a rival . Itistori is assisted in her
struggle for reputation by the story of her romantic affection and early adventures with her present husband . All unite in representing her as a model of private virtue . The French seem indined to unitutc with regard to her our enthusiasm for Jenny Lind . " 0 .
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l-XEGANT EXTKACTS . Tut . following " pull" from the telegraphic summary of last Monday evening ' s debate in the Commons furnishes the future historian , or that contemporary posterity , the " intelligent foreigner , ^ with a singular picture of our i ' urliumcntary Pick . wickiniiisms : — " Lord Palmerston , replying , charged Sir E . li . Lytton either with deliberate insincerity or gross ignorance-. . . . " 7 . 0 . Mr . Disraeli speaking—The noble lord had spoken commonplace bluster and reckless tuouomontade . " 8 . 0 . Mr . Roebuck charged Lord J . Russell with having forgotten Inn duty to England , to the House , to truth , ami to honour ; and Lord Palttkerston with deceit . "
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dollar , « r Franco tho frnuo , us thoir moneys of aeemuit ; hut mherboing retained ru » tho chief coin of etreuli » ti «» n , <> r r « ' - Utnod Mall at thoir |> rem < i > t valuo in Mlver . m-i-ms nioro thtin doubtful . W <> have . nothiiiK tu « : » lu \ ipon tlio fuoilitu'H W « already poiwoHH for tlio adoption of h < l «> eli » nl system Uy waMn upon tho chances of furthor ehniw's in l-raiiej \ Amorlca ., or othor countries . Nothing * uu '" ' nioro -siuiple nan tho doolmaliNntlou of ourroiungo from tho pound us It Wttds m thoohief unit ; and it In neareely |> i > shUh <> to eon-WPft anything nioro q . hiu » orioal than tlio adoption of ft » iy < _ hor unit than tho pound . I ' ujxr It // H '»// mw » /**"<•«'» , ¦ Wtff . k JT . P .. in tho Joxtrnnt of the Instituto of Actuaries .
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There is no learned man but will confess he iath much profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and hia judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , -why should it not , at least , betoitraolefor his adversary to write . — Milton .
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SUGGESTIONS FOR CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN SHOPKEEPERS . ( To the Editor qftJu Leader . ^ Sir , —I have read the heart-rending case of your correspondent Mr . Holmes , that afflicted martyr to tender conscience and Sunday shopkeeping : who could read it without pity ? It would melt the heart of a millstone or an economist . What an age art thou , nineteenth , century—what a centre of civilisation , O London , where heavenly-minded shopkeepers , burning to worship God , are by a tyrannous mob forced to serve Mammon ! 1 was about to propose that modern reward of martyrdom a penny subscription , when it occurred to me to offer a remedy earlier , easier , and more speedy of practice . This is Saturday , when Saturday night arrives , suppose Mr . Holmes should resolve to forget Mammon , say for thirty hours ; let him put up hits shutters , shut his shop , and keep it shut till Monday morning ; and perhaps in time , after so good a beginning in example , London might become an ideal Leeds . Should any mob in the interval disturb the devotions , or approach the sacred threshold of his castle , I for one pledge myself to cut my order , and join him in his march , not half-way 'twixt Exeter Hall and Hyde Park , but straight up to the door of th . e pious Lord who represents Grosvenorsquare . Meanwhile , anxiously awaiting the reported result of this simple experiment for the emancipation of the oppressed shopocracy , I remain respectfully , One of the Mob .
Breakfast ExTitAOKDiXABV . —The 3 faid-stone Journal , in noticing the local swimming' club , containing seventy-nine members , first-rate swimmers , & c , says : — " The first aquatic breakfast is to take place on Monday next , at seveu o ' clock , when every member will be required to partake of the repast in the river . " Incitixg to Desert from the Foreign Legiox . — Alfred Hills , tide-waiter at Folkestone , has been committed for trial , charged -with inciting some of the men of the Foreign Legion to desert .
ToRTntE tN India . — " The Torture Commission ( says the Timej Indian correspondent ) has closed its labours at Madras , and has received the thanks of Government for the energy , judgment , and success with -which its inquiries hare been conducted- The Report cannot be made public in this country before it has been submitted to the authorities in England , but the inquiry is understood to have elicited facts which establish the existence of revenue torture in more than one district of the Madras Presidency . " This is in direct contradiction to the statement which was published last week on the authority of a minute of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal . The Oithwaitk Titxnel , on the Manchester Railway , foil iti on Saturday morning . Only about ten yards , however , out of three hundred were thus damaged , and no lohs of life ensued .
Fatal . Acxjidkxt in a Pit . —Two men , employed in blasting a pit in the vicinity of Crosshouse , Kilmarnock , won . * recently killed by the unanticipated explosion of ono of tho charges , — Four colliers have been killed in Dunkinfuld , owing to some mismanagement of the engine which was dm wing them up , in consequence of which they were hurled forward to a frreat distance . Egyptian * PrscovEiiiK-s . —Mr . John B . Croene , son of an American banker , has succeeded , notwithstanding the ditliculties attendant on clearing away the palace of Medinct lliibora . in discovering the celebrated Egyptian calendar , of which Chanipollion could only copy tho first linos-.
Tiik Cuor-s . —Wo continue to hear tho most encouraging accounts of the crops , both in England and Ireland ; ami in the latter country the potato disease , which has not boon absent for the last seven years , has not . y <> t exhibited itself . In America , likewise , the harvest promises to be unusually good . Tiik . Stati-: ok Track in the chief manufacturing towns , during tho week that ended last Saturday , may be described us quietly steady , being neither active nor depressed . There nro no particulars of interest . Tub riustcittw Cxartokisky ' k Conckrt for the Vouch took place on Tuesday at the nwmion of tho Marquis ami Marehione . Bs t > f Broadulbane .
I'm : Fui . vi' Tkivatk Hai . i , at Oxford vwi > kb the Ni : \ v An \ -The Kev . K . A . Litton , M . A ., Vice-Principal of St . Fdinund ' rt Hull , proposes , under the enabling powers of tlie recent net , to open a hall in Oxford for the reception of students . After u careful consideration of the prolmltlt * expenses , 80 / ,, for the academical year , consisting , nrnetically , of three terms , each containing
eight or nine weeks , has been fixed on as the lowest sum compatible with prudence . The Committee on the Beer Act continues its sittings . A great many police magistrates have been examined ; their testimony being generally- in favour of some modification of the act , the inconvenience of which they consider to be great , while there is the utmost difficulty m defining the words "bond jde traveller . " Alderman Sir Robert Carden , however , thought there should be still further restriction . Sir Richard Mayne , mgiving statistics
. some of drunkenness , said that out of the London population of two millions and a hal £ the A ^ n ° / fT ^ fT ^"" ** «* only as one in 32 , 000 . Mr Daniel Whittle Harvey , Chief Commissioner of the * h ? ° V ; fv * e < ; idedl y opposed to the act , and thought the tune for keeping open public-houses on Sundays should be greatly extended . —On Thursday , Mr . Wakley , the coroner , and Mr . George Crnikshank , the artist , were examined . The former was opposed to the act , and the latter , of coarse , in favour of still greater restrictions .
Health ok Lo > t > os . —The deaths of 941 persons , namely , 315 males and 426 females , were registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday . In the corresponding weeks of the ten years 1845-54 , the average number of deaths was 954 . For comparison of the number now returned with the average , the latter must be raised hi proportion to increase of population ; and with this correction it becomes 1049 . —From the Registrar-General ' s WeeTch / Return . J ax H A-jixik Pratmastkk , of Amsterdam , who recently absconded with Dutch securities to the value of 800 £ , was apprehended on Monday hi Liverpool , soon after having changed the notes at a broker's in that town . He was taken to the BridewelL where he contrived to hang himself in the evening .
The Governor of Gibraltar ako the Press . — A despatch addressed to the Governor of Gibraltar , by Lord Paomure , on the 5 th inst ., has been published . Sir R . Gardiner is informed that he appears to have " contravened the Royal instructions under which he was bound to act hi several particulars , " inasmuch as he did not publish a draught of the ordinance relating to the press a month before it was promulgated , or reserve it for the Royal assent . These preliminary ceremonies might , it appears , be dispensed with in case of urgent necessity ; but Sfr R . Gardiner is required to explain more fully than he has done what -were the dangers he anticipated , and why such measures of prevention were of such immediate urgiencv on the present occasion .
Dr . Archtjesau } Abbott , who attended . Napoleon at St . Helena , and who was with him when he died , expired a short time since at Kirkconnel Hall , in the 84 th year of his age . He published in 1822 an account of the last illness of Napoleon , who had ^ conceived for him a very strong affection . Statistical . Society" . —We understand that , at the last meeting of the Council of the Statistical Society , Mr . Scargill was appointed to the office of Assistant Secretary , vacant by the resignation of Mr . Cheshire . A resolution vras passed by the Council expressive of their great regret at the retirement of the latter gentleman .
Madame Clara Koveixo ajto the Birmingham Festival . —Mr . J . Alfred Novello writes to the Manchester Examiner and Times to state that the reason his sister , Madame Clara Novello , will not sing at the approaching Birmingham Musical Festival , is that the committee have not , as stated by the Manchester paper , offered her the same terms as she received at the Norwich and Liverpool Festivals of last year ( and which she is ready to accept ) , but terms such as she received when a girl before her marriage , and when she was onlyentitled to sing second and third-rate songs . The Commissiont . ks of Sewers have resolved that the health and welfare of the metropolis require that the sewage and drainage , instead of being allowed to flow with daily-increasing pollution into the bed of the Thames , should be transferred north of the river to Barking Creek , and south thereof to or below Plumstead
Marshes . New Zkalajsi ) -was visited with a severe shock of earthquake towards tlie latter end of July . Several fissures have opened in the ground , and a few people have been killed . _ A Railway Thaw from Mansfield to Nottingham was thrown oft" the rails List Sunday , and was precipitated down an embankment . The couplings broke , and the carriages were thus saved ; so that no lives wore Ot MAimtAOK WITH A DECEASED W » 'K ' fl SlWKK . —All action i « now being tried in Scotland between tie nephew of the late Admiral Sir Thomas ^'" fff " ' claiming to be his heir male , and Mr » . * enton , « £ ;> " « - putefl tho right of tho nophow upon the ground that Jig mother was the sister of his father ' s ««* " * ; ^^ met by several picas : andI . wong ; the «> fj ^ fl gatiou that there la nothing in tho law oi o iilegitimi . so the offspring of such a marriage . Uw caao is exciting groat i « U « r « tin ^^^^ coHsequenco of the JZ ^ JF & 3 & ££ 22 £ ^ : ^ z ^^™ J ™« ° <> > - banks of tho Tees .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 21, 1855, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21071855/page/15/
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