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No.. 475, Apeh. 3O .I859.1 THE READER. 5...
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THE MISER LORD. The Miser Lord, a Sequel...
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¦ -.. . FRANCE. THE MEDIATION OF ENGLA2\...
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TUSCANY AND THE DUCHIES. On Wednesday th...
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Love ^ W Little, Leva Me Long. B^ Charlo...
a censorious world . She sees , perhaps , some other things in such a mesalliance , which will occur to every one who bias a practical lcnowledge of society as it is , and of physical and mental differences and repulsions which caste is pretty sure to engender . * But the sailor does so many _ gallant thmo-s , and renders so many essential services to Lucy Fountain , that at last , breaking from the trammels of her scheming guardians , she weds him ; and , as stories of this kind generally wine up " lives happily all the rest of her life . " It will be found that the charm of the work resides not in the materials , but in the mode of telling the story , and in placing the various personages who figure in the plot before the reader . Mr . lieade has a strong penchant for the piquante style of French it in
fcVht literature . He has copied ireely , some » espects—perhaps not quite so freely as in " White Lies , " , if we must say the truth , so happily .
No.. 475, Apeh. 3o .I859.1 The Reader. 5...
No .. 475 , Apeh . 3 O . I 859 . 1 THE READER . 559
The Miser Lord. The Miser Lord, A Sequel...
THE MISER LORD . The Miser Lord , a Sequel to Frank Beresford , or Life in the Army , By Capt . H . Curling . C . J . Skeet . Whenever Capt . Curling touches upon military topics , his pen becomes graphic and highly amuseing . It is a pity he should travel out of his special vocations—which we take to be descriptions of soldiers ' : deeds and barrack doings—into those regions of romance , which smack somewhat too strongly of the once popular Minerva ^ Press school of writers . The rightful . heir- of the
JMbrdake peerage , by some means , which the readers of '' Frank Beresford" will recollect , is deprived of his . lands and title , and being supposed to be drowned , another claimant is manufactured "by a couple of scheming lawyers . This new claimant is an illegitimate branch of the Mordake family . He is in desperate circumstances , given to drink , and with a wife and one superior daughter . He is taken by the hand , and supplied with house and money by the lawyers , who get rid of the bar sinister on his escutcheon , and induce him to believe that he is the ricrhtnil and legitimate heir
to the title and estates" of Lord Mordake . This change in circumstances -works a total change in the mind of the new lord . It turns him . into a miser—hence the title of the work , the " Miser Lord "—' thougli we see very little of the miser lord ' s doings , who , indeed , plays a very poor part in the piece . The real heir , af ter turning strolling ^ player , is discovered ; the miser lord is deposed from his honours ,, and made to die a very shocking and improbable death . We have a capital description of ah Irish agrarian outrage , as the Irish papers baptise the . confederacy for ^ murderous purposes which exists among large classes of the Irish Roman Catholic peasantry .
Capt . Curling is a lively writer ; his forte is not civilian life and usages . Let him , therefore , keep to that portion of the literary field in which he is qualified , to shine .
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who desire to see their tenets widely spread and inculcated , and to know the steps / taken by their missionaries to effect those objects , these volumes will be very ¦ welcome , and eagerly read . It is true they treat of doings in a distant land—of missionary perigrinations in various parts of America— and relate t ° American life and American Specialities , but they will not be the less appreciated by those who acknowledge a brotherhood in the propagation of peculiar doctrines in whatever part of the globe they may locate themselves . As " revivals " in America have lately attracted attention , the details of Methodist doings in that direction will be interesting . The best aspect , however , appears to be given to these primitive exhibitions of religious fervour ; but certainly we are fain to give the authoress full credit for her assertion that the scenes and personages she depicts are taken from real life and from personal observation . We cannot , however , help calling to mind a story , founded on fact , which appeared some twenty-five years ago in the Polar Star—an extinct literary luminary , which afforded a somewhat deeper and , if we may use the word without offence , a darker insight into the motives and results of these " revivals" than the two thick volumes of the Methodist . Tlie work is carefully written , and there is a mild love story or so introduced , which links the various chapters pleasantly together , and relieves the monotony of religious outpourings and details of miraculous conversions from the pomps and vanities of this profane world . The Servant ' s Behaviour Book ; or Hints on Manners and Dress for Maid Servants in Small Households . By Mrs . Motherly . Bell and Daldy . We are sorry that the pages of this kindly conceived and pleasantly connected little manual give us no notion of its price . Had they done so we should certainly have mentioned it for our reader ' s information . It is so very compact and well considered amass of useful hints for female domestics that we hope the publishers have wisely kept the price so low as to bring it within reach of the class . We should suggest the value of a very cheap edition for schools , Adhere the duties of household service figure among the tilings supposed to be taught . " Every rule in this book , " says Mrs . Motherly in her preface , " is necessary to a girl entering into a gentleman s family . Many a thoroughly good servant is kept all her life in inferior places , solely by the want of good manners ; and many a servant of small abilities is advanced , to a better position merely on account of possessing them . " lie / lections on the Anniversary of a Coup D'Etat . Letter to M . Le Comte De Chainbord . 8 vo . ' ' .. ... G . J . Stevenson . Tins work , although published in the unpretending form of a . shilling pamphlet , is one deserving the deepest attention . It is evidently the work of an experienced politician ; . and we believe we violate no confidence when we say it is by Sir George Sinclair ., At a tirne like the present , when it is of the utmost consequence to have a correct knowledge of Continental proceedings and notions , and it is necessary to trace back . consequences which are beginning to manifest themselves in so formidable a mam \ er , these two treatises cotne most opportunely . They are full of matter to ponder upon , and to guide the politician in his present clouded and dangerous route . Every one interested in foreign afluirs should peruse them . i ¦¦¦!¦¦ i ¦ H- —^ " ^ ¦—»¦ "" " ¦—rrrtT . iTT t i— 11 ¦ iw n ii' < m n mi ¦ iiw nrownTfrwii
Commwii / iffs upon Daili , Texts , tending to a Life of Practical Holiness . Sampson Low , Son , and Co . Tub texts here alluded-to are taken from a little publication called " Daily Bread "—a manual which the author , as part of his private discipline , appears to have been in the habit of using as a stimulus to meditation . Haying expanded their meaning , and applied their truths to his own experience in writing , that the fruits of his thought might be retained in his memory , ho found that his journal grew into a book , and , on further advice , has printed it . The charm of publications like theso is their freedom from all the usual traeos of authorship—in n word , m thoir puroly personal chnrncter . It is sufficient if , as in the present ca . , thoro is nothing that challenges criticism . This book is likely to prompt the reader to attempt a similar diary , and thus spread the benefit of tli ' o writer ' s example . Jt is ono that may bo easily followed , and , therefore , thoso " Convmunlngfl" are- deserving of the recommendation that we willingly accord . The Methodist , or , Incidents and Characters from Lifa in the Baltimore Conference . By Miriam Fletcher . 2 vols . Now York s Derby and Jackson . London : Sampson Low and Co . We cannot pretend to review tins work . It is more suited to sorlals specially directod to thoQlogical discussions . But to thoso who have a relish for now scenes , now characters , and a olaas of adventures which have doop interest for thoso religious scots
Siui'i'Ixa I>* J\Keih-Ch Pouts.—From An ...
Siui'i'ixa i >* J \ keih-ch Pouts . —From an official return just published , it appears that the number of vessels which entered the Preuch ports in the first three months of the present year was 2 , 067 French and 8 , 003 foreign , the tonnage of the whole being 827 * 938 ; and the nuinbov which sailed was 2 , 000 Trench and 2 , 570 foreign , with a tonnage of 708 , 093 . Shoemakers' Struck at Blackburn . —Tho men in the employment of Messrs . Southall und Parker have ceased to work , these gentlemen having refused to dispense with their machines for closing and binding . Tho operatives have issued a long address , calling upon tho public to " buy shoes made by hand . " Coal in New Zijai . anu . —Advices from Auckland confirm the statonionts of tho discovory of good coal in that province . The Na . varo , with the Austrian scientific oxpodltiou , having touched at the islands , tho Government requested Dr . Hochatotter , the geologist of tho expedition , to mako a formal survey of tho floltf . His report wus published in tho New Ztialand Gazette , and loads to tho conclusion that " there exjsts no doubt that tho province of Auckland is rich in the possession of nbiynlnnce of good workable coal , which will prove of tho greatest importance both for steam navigation and manufwoiuring purposes . "
Books Received. The Wortts Of The Rev. S...
BOOKS RECEIVED . The WorTts of the Rev . Sydney Smith . Longman and Co . Our Farm of Four Acres . Chapman and Hall . Gaslight arid Daylight . Chapman and Hall . Nathalie . Hurst and Blackett . The Theology of Geologists . A . and C . Black . BlacTiwood ' s Edinburgh . Magazine . W . Blackwood and Sons . . The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn . By Henry Kingsley . In 3 vols . Macmillan and Co . } Cambridge . " Rbutledge ' s Illustrated Natural History . . Part 2 . Routledge , Warnes , and Co . Love Letters of Eminent Persons . William Lay . Fraser ' s M < tgazirie * J . "W . Parker and Sons . Titan . James Hogg and Sons . Cassell ' s Popular Natural History . Part 2 . Cassell , Petter , and Co .
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¦ -.. . FRANCE . THE MEDIATION OF ENGLA 2 \ I > . The Constitutional publishes a note , signed by its principal editor , A . Renee , which says— " We "know not whether the assertion of the Times , that France has refused this mediation , be correct . It will be observed , " continues the note , " that the mediation concerns a great number ] of Powers , that it would be somewhat irregular , and that being made by-England alone , it would be a species of affront to Prussia and Russia . The question of the day is of too stormy a nature to be treated effectually by a semi-official Plenipotentiary and an Austrian Minister . "
The Morning Post says : —" There is V still * we rejoice to say , a hope of peace ; and pur joy is the more sincere because , if that hope be realised :, it will be only on such terms as are likely to secure the progress and prosperity of Italy . The last English offer of mediation is under the serious consideration of the Emperor of the French ; and if the Austrians refrain from advancing , we are informed that a pacific settlement may yet be made . " The Moniteur also says : —A Council was held yesterday under the Presidency of the Emperor , at whicli the Empress , the Princes Jerome and Napoleon , the Ministers , and the Presidents of the Senate , the Corps Lcgislatif , and the Council of State were present .
... The departure of the Emperor Napoleon , which had been spoken , of for yesterday , has , it appears , been postponed : and it is probable , will not take place for some days . His Majesty will , it is said , first proceed to Lyons , and will not definitively'join the army until about the end of the first week in May . The Empress , it is believed , will accompany tlie Emperor as far as Lyons , and . oil her return will take up her residence , with the Prince Imperial , at St . Cloud .
THE FRENCH TREATY WITH RUSSIA . The Morning Herald has reason to know that the Russian Prime Minister has given our Government the strongest assurances . ' ! that no agreement has been entered into that can hi any way affect the interests of this country . " The same journal , however , has received a telegraphic despatch " from Turkey , " to the oflcct that a Kussitui urmy of 60 , 000 men have crossed theDnoiper , " theroby threatening the Gallician frontier of Austria . "
.. Sardinia. A Telegram Dated Turin, Thu...
.. SARDINIA . A telegram dated Turin , Thursday evening , says , that up to that date the Austrians had maUe no attack . Tins seems to confirm tho doubts us to their army having crossed the Ticino .
Tuscany And The Duchies. On Wednesday Th...
TUSCANY AND THE DUCHIES . On Wednesday tho Grand Duke of Tuscany called together tho Diplomatic Corps , ami announced to them that having char ^ cl th e Marquis Lajatico with the formation of n now Cabinet , that nobleman and his friends had < loinnnlt'i | the Dukes abdication , and that not wishing to abdicate , nna being deserted by his troops , ho had resolved upon quitting Tuscany with his family . During the wholo day tho soldiers and tho pomilaeo have been running about tho towii , flin « lntf patriotic airs , and shouting , " Viva Italia ! ' " Viva Pranoia V but public order has not boon disturbed Xl » s evening , at six o ' clock , tho Grand PuJco lolt for Bologna , aUoncle * ! by an oaoort of honour . The jwgvlrtwwl Government is temporarily OW ^ ^? : * ££ * nm-A ' / . U Sansjanl , and Malenolunf . General Ulloa , who wilL take command of tho troops , is expected to-morrow . Nows from Spessaia states that disasters have broken out in the Duchies . At Massa tho political prisoners have boon set free . Telegraphic ooumiunictttiaii is interrupted between Carrara and
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Leader (1850-1860), April 30, 1859, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30041859/page/15/
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