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692 The Saturdayr Analyst and Leader. j;...
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Mr Abbott, the excellent American writer...
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TO THE METKOPOLTTAN BOARD OF WORKS. ¦ - ...
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RECORD OF THE WEEK. HOME AND . COLONIAL....
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692 The Saturdayr Analyst And Leader. J;...
692 The Saturdayr Analyst and Leader . j ; jm ^ 28 , 180 (> .
Mr Abbott, The Excellent American Writer...
Mr Abbott , the excellent American writer , has produced an historical talc , entitled " Genghis Khan , " which we strongly recommend to our readers . It is a well-written and exceedingly interesting narrative of the greatest of the Princes of Central Asia , " Spread Ea ^ leism '' belongs to a class of literature peculiar to America . It is characterised by considerable vigour of style ^ a lively . sffXA of observation , and no small graphic power of description . It is sucn a work as a man might produce who was compelled to travel , observe , and write at full speed . Mr . Train has evidently been a great traveller , and the result of what he has seen and said during his rambles we find recorded in the present volume , the contents of which , however , are more noticeable for the area over which they extend , than the height to which the author ' s " powerjof thought ascends . It . will , nevertheless , for its peculiarities , be read with a good deal of interest . ( The exercises contained in the second volume ol the « Course ot Grammatical and Idiomatic Studies of the French Language , are admirably adapted to facilitate the acquisition of a sound knowledge ot the French language . The work is divided into three branches , viz ., the practical , the theoretical , and the colloquial . . " French'Wines and Vineyards" is decidedly the best work m the language up ' on a subject which is becoming more important both in a commercial and political point of view . It supp lies , besides , much valuable information respecting the introduction and cultivation ol the ™ pen anTpencil Sketches in Spain , " by A . C . Andros , are very neatly done , and form altogether an attractive and entertaining volume . j n " The Wife ' s Domain is a work of so much real value and excellence , that it should , we think , be read carefully by all those for whom it is Upon * " Skin Diseases and their Remedies , " Dr . Robert J . Jordan has produced a work that for a thorough knowledge of the . subjects , and the clearness of manner with which he treats them , must render it a popular authority , and a useful guide in these matters . ' \ We have received an excellent little work , " Phinehas , or Scripture Paramount , " published by Messrs . Partridge and Co . Also . Biographies for Young People /' publishedby J . H . and J . Parker ; and ^ Remarks on the Oxford Museum , " by Dr . Acland , published by J . H . and j . Parker . These are useful little works ; the iormer being particularlyadapted for the amusement and instruction of the yOung . These works are extremely- attractive , and will , we doubt not , be much sought after by the thousands wh 6 travel annually by train , tor the sake of the interesting information both descriptive and historical which they contain about the towns and cities wherever a railroad runs or a train stops . Such illustrated guides as these have long been wanted ; and the amount , aceuracy , and cheapness of the intelligence so conveyed must conduce to phvee them in the hands of everybody . - "The Channel Islands" is a well- written work , containin g the » eeirigs , doings * and musings , " of omvTom Hobbler , during a four months residence in those parts . The tourist and reader will find it as xisetul as it is interesting ; _
To The Metkopolttan Board Of Works. ¦ - ...
TO THE METKOPOLTTAN BOARD OF WORKS . ¦ - f \ ENTLEMEN , — -Referring to your advertisement of May 8 th , . " / for \ JT tenders or proposals from any person who may be desirous of contracting for deodorising or otherwise treating the sewage conveyed u-by ^ he-mainTOutfali ^ ew ^^ innoxious , or for removing and disposing of such sewage , with the view to its application to agricultural and other purposes , " I beg to say that I have given more than twenty years' consideration to the sewage question , and that I have arrived at certain practical results that cannot fail to comply with the conditions required for the sewage system of London , in the deodorisation and utilisation of the flow of matter , with due regard to sanitary regulations . But I find , on making inquiry at your office , that your plans and works are not sufficiently advanced to permit any prudent man either t * devise efficient detail , or form any estimate of the means to effectuate a contract . The works are inchoate , and legislation is incomplete , so that change of one or the other might involve ruinous consequences to a contractor who would now engage upon an economical basis for the purification of sewage , or its removal . However , I make bold to state , and I undertake , that , subject to compensation for the result of such changes , I can contract for the objects above stated by the advertisement . I shall not only removo all noxious solids and gases from tho sowago , but provide that the fluid that will pass into the river shall be thoroughly divested of deleterious and ollensivo properties , pure and limpid ; and , at tho same time , the residuum shull bo available to the fullest extent , and in tho most advantageous form , for fertilization , at a price greatly conducive to economy in agriculture , —conditions that , I venture to assert , no one else can actually satisfy . The question naturally ensues * At what cost , and in what form , is this desideratum attainable ? The inodu-t operandi let the result of my experience of more than twenty years' investigation , and , ns its most profitublo application is to tho sewage of London , you will no doubt exouso my stipulating lor an adequate remuneration before you require me to placo it at the disposal of your engineers . The oos » t of the ^ reqviiBite works will , in fact , effuot avast economy of " ^^¦" outrfty ^ n ^ fio ^ perdfibnB ^ fii ^ Xam lnfomwd you liuvo dontoinplated at tho present ; outfalls . Thu future value , also , of the sewage will bo enhanced largely by my plan . Thorofore , it is not unreasonable , I presume , to think that I should ask a fair proportion of the saving in works to bo effected , not exceeding 20 per oont ., and a small royalty on thai ' quantity of tho eowago sold , in oaso you employ inyself or any other person to carrv out tho principle I may divulge , which I am stitinfltid has not y « t been suggested to your Board ; nor do I think it probublo it will be communicated , in answer to your advertisement , by any other person . , , , . . ., ' It certainly oando no irreparable mischief to delay n decision on tho subject ; nay , I feel assured you will adopt this courae us a wise policy .
In that event if my general proposition be entertained , I _ shaU be M &^ rf ^ a ^ fSSS and your engi n , to operate as I have mentioned . —I have the honour to be , gentlemen , yourmost obedient ^™ £ HAMES F > KlEKMAlf . Palace New-road , Lambeth , July 4 , I 860 . . .
Record Of The Week. Home And . Colonial....
RECORD OF THE WEEK . HOME AND . COLONIAL . The weather in Norfolk was showery and unsettled in the week endin « on Saturday , and the completion of the hay harvest has consequently been retarded . The prospects of the wheat crop have much improved , and barleys , except on very cold and strong lands ^ ™ * f £ to prove better than was at one time anticipated . In Suffolk the accounts of the wheat crop are very various , but on the whole not unfavourable . The barley crop on many lands is , however , very indifferent . Harvest operations will become general m about three weeks Or a month . . ,, . ¦ Late on Tuesday evening we were surprised tp learn that the celebrated Madame Lola Montes , Countess of Laudsfeld ^ lay ^ at the point of death , and was not expected to survive the night . Qn Saturday morning she arose in her usual health , but soon complained of glddiness . and , lying down , was at once deprived of speech and motion by a paralvlic strike . Sunday and Monday she was able ^ to partially recognise those about her , but on Tuesday seemed to have lost all consciousness , and was pronounced by her medical attendants as beyond hope of life . For some time past she has ^ resided at jSo . ^ o , Clinton-pla ee * and during her sickness has been faithfully ^ cared for by several of herintimate friends .-- Neio Yorh Tribune , July 7 . * On Saturday night the premises of Messrs . White , Brothers , lace manufacturers and merchants , Warser-gate , Nottingham ' , were almost entirely destroyed by fire ; and go , consisting of fancy laces and edgings , Spanish mantillas , & c . were consumed or irreparably damaged to thtTamourit of from £ 5 , 000 to £ 8 , 000 . The fire broke out spoil atter seven o ' clock and was extinguishedabout ten . Warser ^ gate ^ is contiguouswith the laee-market , and great appriehension was ielt through , out the town lest tho fire should extend throughthe intervening pile of compact buildings to the great centre of our staple-trade . ± he insurances 6 nthe property will coyer about one-third ot the loss . The Rev . Jacob S . Harden , a Methodist minister , ^ was hung at Belvedere , New Jersey , on the 6 th . He seduced a . Miss Dorland , _ married her toaave his reputation , and soon conceived a passion for a " Miss Smith , who lived at his boarding place . Five _ months after marriage Mrs . Harden suddenly died . In his confession , he admits having erven her aisenic and laudanum at eleven different times . . He — first gave _ her the poison when she was sitting on his fcnee . Hf > purchased an apole , which he cut into halves , upon one . half ot . which he spread arsenic , arid kindly invited her to partake of it . She imsuspectinglv ate it , remarking that it appeared to have Something ^ ritt . v , in it . He very coolly replied it was " nothing . " Subse quently he administered the deadly drug to her / again in milk and water , & c , Th ^ dispai ' tiy of the sexes / in the crudely-formed colony of Victoria appears to be greater than in any other part of Australia . Iho last census of the population of the colony showed 88 , 3 O 5 unmarried men , of 20 years ami ^ upwards , to Tmr ^^ 5 ^ 5 nmima ^ ed ^ Tomen-of ^ opr ^ — - ponding ages . Tho proportion of unmarried men on the gol ^ ^ was stiU greater , the bachelors being to the spinsters in the proportio . i of upwards of 20 to 1 . Could not the Employment of Women bociety take this matter in hand with advantage ^ instead of endeavouring to block up still more the home labour market ? . r ti i « m TJio assisted immigration to the colony ol 1 ictona from July , 18-1 , to the end of 1858 amounted to 82 , 512 , of whom 32 , li > 7 were males and 50 , 315 females . This number includes only those > vno ha arrived in the colony before the end of 1858 ; and if we add tlwso who left this country , but had not , arrived before tho end of the yeqi , t u numbers would be 32 , 1 . 73 males and 51 , 592 females . Last yeur the Emigration Commissioners sent out no single men , with the exception of 18 who accompanied their families ; tho who ^ number ot males , including married persons and children , Proceeding in the oommissioners' ships did not amount to more than 33 b , while tho number of females was 1 , 6 J ) 8 , ' of whom 1 , 307 wore single women . It thus appeai-s that since July 1851 , the number oi females m the assisted immigration has exceeded the number of males by Sp , 4 « l . ^ On Tuesday morning the mortal remnins ot Lord fclphinstono weie deposited in the Catacombs , near Godstono , Surrey , in the presence oi a numerous circle of relatives and friends . The inscription plate oou tho following : — " John , 13 th BarOn Elphinstono in the peerage oj Scotland , and Baron Elphinstone in that of the United Kingdom , G . O . B ., G-. C . H ., and P . O ., Governor of Madras lSiV , ; Governor of Bombay , 1853 ; born Juno 23 , 1807 ; died July 12 , 18 ( 50 . Sir Cursetjee Jamsetioo Jojeebhoy , of Bombay , has forwaidoa » liberal donation to tho Koyu ' l National Lifeboat ; Institution , and 111 doing so writes " That a sooioty which einbracos so wide a Htm «• beneficence and usefulness merits the warmest support of tho <; I » * . ^^ disposed ; and he would wish to add the expression ot 1 m o *" . * 18 " * , ! -for itsproBporityrwith a view to-i *» inowsns « d usolulnt'dfl-a ^ In tlie week . Aiat ended lust Saturday tluv number ol deaths Togs tered in London was 075 . ¦ For the corresponding weeks ot tiw > u years 1850-59 , tho avorago number of deaths ib found , with < <™" for increase of population , to bo 1 , 150 . The result o the « " > nHj"gj ; is satisfactory ; for tho notual number of deaths m last wecL wns its . by 181 than ' tho . estimated number . , „„„ .,. ¦ „ - , ta < s ,. liildron , Last wook the births of 809 boys and 827 girls , in nil M ^ ' . . ^ wore registered in London . In tho ten corresponding weeks ot * " < - years 1850-59 tho average number was 1 , 530 . ., ? On Monday , July 23 , a verdict of guilty was " ^^ W " . ^ achoolmaster , Tliomas iloploy , for the inftnuliuightor oi ft ^ 'nald Chan
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Leader (1850-1860), July 28, 1860, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28071860/page/12/
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