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Nuisancks at Kino ' s Ca < isA .- ^ A ! tn * oting hml * Xteri h ^ ld ] in the Caledonia n-rond to take ^ etepa forUhe rehiOYni'of some nuisances existing : at' a aiitru / t' caHfcd < Belle Islte , I ncur the Great Northern TUftwAy sfnilon . ' "The nui-j sauces , it seem * , consist ttf'thfe '^ ftjWiahnientfl of hielterh , -I pig-dealere , horse-. t * la « k 6 * rtfcr «! rit > 'greds « "inAkcrH , cntrftilboilera , and patent inanttrttMrttiMuffl ' ettarc'rV Which '• -hitter VW 4 « $ pM" < "l to in ^^ u . „' , ' l > pkcrs ttf night soil ,, blood , I > VfrLir fi f h ^ nnd ve ^ . tnl % ^ " , . 'fhp iocaljity w » a described to bet wholly unclramM except hyhii iron pipe , which discharged the sewerage of two establishments into the public rond , where it wd * « ii *(*( Hngly'offensive Sixty thousand people were said' tO'Ilvo And * Ufter within the influence or these nuitmitfcfes . ' A 'committeewna nnpointcd to act the Nuiuances Kcinoval A « t in'force . ' Tiik . Statk ok tiik TrrAMM—A' petition Ih lyinf , ' forsignature at the London Tavern , anil other <^ ity houa * B , l lV . w hj ^ U ^ tho petitiouorn set forth that , a * there is a pro-Imhility of tiio ' « ulanyU ' u ^ ipn of the Thames" not Xmwy ; effected for years , ' owing to tho election of the new Board of "Works not trildng placo till nest Jnnunry , lvhen numerouH objects will press on its attention , it iH aflvibublo that the mooting to bo called by the Lord Mayor should take steps with u view to " hoc wring the prompt execution of ttueh workti an may b « ( lnally « lct'ided upon . " Dkatii on thic Mooiih . —A mnn baa been accidentally allot on the moors near St ; John ' n , \ VenrdaIo r . L ) urhnm . PnOPOHKl ) TlUiTlMOISIAI . TUi . Alll . itOUUVCK . — A meeting was held in the Council Hall , SlitJUolil , on
j -Fridnyi to ' tnke into consideration the presenting some f ' testimoninl to Mr . Roebuck , " in rebognition of his great i national-services . " The Blayor presided ; and a resolntidh'was j ^ nssed inviting tho bo-o ]> oration of all classes , I not Only in Sheffield but in the country nt Inrge . Mr . V . T . Mftpj > in ( the master cutlor elect ) was appointed treasurer to the fund . A comuxittee was also appointed j to carry OMt > the object of the meeting . 2 S 0 I . was aub-. p cribc , d on the spot , and tliero is every probability of n liandsoine amount being realised . A Fatal Aocidknt , arising out of the foolish habit of pointing a gun at n man in sport , occurred a short time | ngo near Manchester . A trivial quarrel having taken place between two labouring men , named John Smith and Joseph llooth , tho latter took up a gun , which ho believed tV > be unloaded , and made a pretence of firing it at Smith . The gun , however , was in f < R-t charged ; and Smith fell mortaljy wounded , and died almost immediately . It appeared that Booth ' s brother had left the weapon loaded , without giving proper uotiec that suoh . wns tho case . At tho inquest , a verdict of Accidental Death was returned ; but the coroner , at the request of the jury , severely reprimanded both brothers . M . Okhaiw Harnikkk , tho distinguished Italian photographic artist , bus arrived in England . Ho has been engaged by Mr . Kilburn , and tho specimens of his skill are very highly spoken of for their Angular rcflncm ^ t . lUiu John Sinci-aik , contractor of tho Aucland Iirauch liailway Durham , haa boon killed , owing to tho
fall of a stone from a viaduct which is being erected - Air . Sinclair yas standing on some \ voodwork » on which the stone fell , ' throwing Mr . Sinclair amongst the framework of the Arch . Ho died in about fourteen hours . This is the seventh life that has been Iqst since the commencement of the works . i Akkui . tsv Toultuy Sirow . —This show commences on 1 Tuesday neit , in tho grounds of thi Anerley Hotel . I Many workmen « nd gentlemen interested in the improvel ment of our rural economy have actively promoted the . I exhibition wbich will probably bo renewed annually . I Mr . Helshaw , the practical manager of tho exhibition ] of Itial , h # s > arranged all the details . i Austkama . —From the great southern continent we , hear tolerably favourable reports of tho atato of trade , the markets being less burthened with an overplus than ' for some time past , Still , the plethora is only diminished , not removed . Grain and farm produce gcucrnlly were in great demand . The export duly on goia 1 came into operation on the 1 st of May , <•»
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— il *" > £ /> > J "¦• ' ¦ »• ill- 'M . ' )[ tl i . U ,.. ¦ V . J / 3 'HIJ 'H ^ . kt-., J ,-, . _ : ' ¦ . . -. - . a .. --. odl 1 o * , \*;; L- , ; fi . T . i ^^^¦^^' ^^ CZAliS : '' , " "l ^ . ^ * Mte < gfifa ;(? imi BrtJh J tJtetotm-tr * :: - ^ ,, . , ; . . ; U : $ « tote M ^ a 3 pa « AZO 3 S , jnwSt ^ Uoiv . VPjlio -pftyi & 9 iti : W » f : « notJitt ^ d-ip Tv riJ@ ;; tne ; W ^^ hi ^ s of , pfi ^ c ^ s . ^ Tiere is ar ^ . ^^ hqinil . Uy . i » . hor : min 4 wMiidi ^ pm . pels her pto ireyerQpcgy jii }; a , . monarch , , tljOj ^ ct . 0 f a ^ ngUng . hisilj ^ hersj . oc . shaving : his inother ' S head . . And tbis ,. whieh ^ . thesjjredpmjnjiting essence of her volume , is a ^ pr ^ pje ^ ui ^ q / q ^ . j nieartjr / pll- ^ c l ? ppfc » J ; Iiat have lately been ofl > p 4 led abou ^ tosW [ an , iiherr ! CBara ,. ^ ke . sv , bjeQfr seems to taint every one vfho handlesj ^ t . Bjjcagse Ih ^ ' ^ fpjf etfr * $$$ an adze , overcame his antipathy to com water , ana was partially successftti in arnis a , nd politics , the most emollient p hrases are x : emp * 6 ye < jl / i ; o glos ? Qver the record , of his excesses and crimes ; ana because ; , the firs ^' Nrcjiolas jw ' ' niore tliansi ^ feet ln ^ j h , wore 1 ^^ dcm $ s / and" 6 i ^ jd iii Unndtural" relation" tb the r £ st 6 f mankind , the ptfMaptis 6 f '; ^^ raf : ari . dv . tH 4 ' 4 i 0 \ i ^ i ^ '' Q | . tf ? e ^ l [ lfnowled ^ e in jKn ^ and , paid h * ffi » eyii f l hotnage : . ^ ra ^ elf ^ bj ^ al ^ des ! crtoti 6 ) is have encouraged this tgnden - cyVr : iaNiiS& > old ! R ' 3 cliaf d ° Hawkesw 6 rthvwl ^> klloAvcd a Czar to pull his bfeliiCo Lie ^ i ^ na ' nt'B ' oyjery p h 6 Mt h < m ' oui' ^ i when ; " an' Enaperor laughed in " nisVface :: SbL ' BirT'inaeed , have our' popular accounts of Russia , been vltfiftetf by th ! s sfecrrtfe '' jb ^ cdeci . thatj yfektidvr- ' of few bobkniakers who dare : i » ien 1 tfi ? fo ^ the ¦• ^^ fltiii ^'' anfl' . ^ Ib 1 betTn ^ s ' bf / li , eiptess' ? rien au ^ Wom en at Mffi ^ if ^ r- ' - ' Warsa ^ j ^ tritnont- ' dis ^ rttri ^ iheir ingenuity to Suggest some allowan ce ^ for the unfprtu ^ iatfe Sovef ; eigii ^ , wnd had npf choice bat W condole \ tttl £ tUfcir beloved . suUjcicts , ' Atik td Weak them alivii on the wheel ! : We , rtfiref'iibt , hbWeveiv cdihniit" th : e < mfstake' , of s ' upposing that this infatuation ^ w ^ y > ' ' sprita j ^ - ' 'ft oiQ ' a " Jiiiiitl ' 5 n differpit t 6 the degrees of good and evil . Iliat' which il Imtnbral in a ^ cduirtier ,. fe only deplorable Iix Sl serf , or it may be , a biographer . Our rigour niusi ' rele ' ntrarid pardon sdmethin ' g to education— that educatio ^ i Wc hiean ,-which Js dimply prejudice ratified . ] In the case of'lfcffsi Br ^ bazdii ' s woi * k , nve have an extremery clever narra- ] tive , elegantly written , ^ ell-arranged , ' . ' full ; of . instruction ;' . and alive with j anecdote , but which excjtfc ^ t > yr . astoiwbmcnt by the ambiguity of its ] ideas on points of inora ^ / ja n ^' p . ojities . , 'l ^ is ' oi" some consequence to notice 1 this fact , becjiuse , let us , repeat , tlie comi > ilers ^ as a body , are to blame . One < of them acquires the cc ^ vfpt Kfibi |; 'JJVtfrAt' ^ n otlifer : Here'is iXJiss Bmbazon , who promises to beco ^ ii \ J { ay | bijrtt . 9 ^ vi ^< 9 r for the youqg ,. who has collected her matter diligently ; a ^ d ^ a ^/ worjc . q d ; , it . i ^ jto a . flowing . and , / graceful narration , who extols the } , Kar . din * u \ . virtues j ^ e u , 011111 , 056 ;^ v-giyer , and laughs at them like a Chinese . , jt * d # e , ; and who . speak& rf , . Christian clemency and Imperial ferocity as thoughjthyywpre jilcntici ^ l ., -, If we ^ nigh ^ read a lecture , to a lady who , though wroiigriomflei ) ,. is obviously sincere , we would say that she will accept ,. at ;] tMevJ ' viAoUaJo ^ squares and cUurLj , nothing less divine tlmn that , mercy which a ^ lwyeU ihe . woman ti ^ cn } ji sm to go uustoncd ; while for the " high and mighty , piuncA >" , sidpr ^ d I > y a . Quak er deputation , she has only to reeomuMmd > that . gumUe ; < fcfw < ivhioh droppe ^ l on the Hebrew king ' s head when he Jicwcd . iA-g : » g in pieccis .: But Miis Bruliazon ' s i » a plewsiwt , fVofih , animated narrative , and likely to be popular . The eoitteiits aivtl illustrations arc exactly "fitted , in their variety and lightness , Cor > OUi > . reading * though not for our thinking generation ; and as the audie ^ ceWill / probablyvbe large , we , may , without recurring to historical incidents-which Mtsb Brnbazon has © mjutotl to notice , point to acts which slie rcpeatBj ' - ^ withou * charaofcerisinpr , but which partly explain
; : j abridgD ^ tsfis Jth at i they , amass details , jbu * jperraeat < 6 4 heift with no ' phi . fi ) M ^ phy .. -.. ; i ^ ey ate ^ ther ^ &re , only usefol it > tbfr mem ' or > ¦ iT&&mdbnot aidthe ^ I mind , yon what is , worse , they arm I it with fallacies . ; Many a greybeard id ' ; oountry iowrii tony he deteetecL-reiproducing th « i notion *; be imbibe * ftittn ilittle dirtjrduodecttaos . of plagiarism at a , villagei echodL ., ; We ha ^ e lowg ! thought . that winUiiga : for , boya and girls . ought to ! fee tafceri out'q » £ ' Hife * ibr jhahds and given toi great masters * i capable , bf enffa ^ in" - ronrfg rairids with something better than thefmonosyUabie platUnaes of # innocfc . ahdeorner- -: JRussia ; has only just emerged , from barbarism . : Thik -truth , which iew denyi has an application , to : , . the ; Court , as w « ll as to the p « dple . 3 ? he rstgnin ^ Czar -is-. vemoved , by few degieesv from : the tameless chiefs of the-Tartar deserifc- ^ -politieally ; not r lioeally , weimean . , 1 ) hen how cowld ^ jhe ; become the : ; civilised . < aad ; accomplished ; monarch drawn < in shillihg' jpdetraits" ? ¦ The Hfnasty bus been dne- of fragments , ; bafc . its traditidns ' axe - one * TSiey eKtend from Ivan III . to Alexander BE . in aa unbroken series ; but tbe > successors of Peter : inay > ; be :-classed-alone , to' simpKfy ^ the-^ account- We parposely select only such * traits in their characteci and in the ! social influences bearing on them , as aie pleaded in arrest of-judgment by . Mis «; Brabazoa and her compeers ... Peter , to beginy mangled his enemie ^ , tortured them , delighted to look on their writhing-, limbs , smote off their heads with , his own hand ,, and , while these murders " breathed their bloody steam , " nearly , chioked himself with wme * His sister ; ^ Sophiai no doubt , acted treacherously ; to hun ; but she at least possessed jnore . benignity : of character , and atoned for offences under the deliberate andi pertinacious cruelty of her kinsman . In manners -and in disposition Peter was rude ^ brutal , vulgas ?"—a roan of genius , yet * a . savage , axid oaeof th ^ few virtues lifer claimed was that equivocal one from Sparta , of being able to ' drdain the execution of bis own son .: We have sometimes preferred a faltering judge to a monstrous father ; but the objection may . pass .. The second Peter was Czary but did not reign , which excuses an historian from alluding to him further . Anne indulged herself in frenzies of vindictive passion , and Biron exercised hisj ^ icariouis ferxxat / in her name . The practical jokes of the Empress were such as the xxegro monarchs . of'Dahomey -and Ashantee have enjoyed . There was more suavity in the humour of Elizabeth ^ yet her refusal to sio-n a death-warrant was only a formal excuse , for inflicting-puaiishmeiits st ? il more terrible * and her nature was stained with an inveterate disposition , to profligacy . Peter the Third illustrated by his _ misfortunes the barbarism : of the dynasty , as mueii as Catherine by her . excesses . But for these excesses history might not have known her , so that their recital may be spared . Of Paul the same may be said as of the third Peter ; but shall vre permit Miss Brabazon , or any other enthusiast , to persuade such youths as desire a sequel to Voltaire ' s theatrical story , that Alexander was sincere whea he tore his hair in the room under that in which his father was strangled ? This is too good . It resembles the lamentations of an Arab Jnpnrner , who beats his breast , and bites his skin , but would utter all the maledictions in li is language if he failed to have the reward of mV grief . Be this as itmay , the parriciae Alexaader mounted his Uu * one « and i \ liss lirabazon has nothing to relate , of him that is not heroic and meritorious- -Possibly her information was scanty ; but the accession of Nicholas is a scene in which her powers * uf omission shine . By , the most natural process of transition : the sceptre passes from , one brother to another , and that is alii utfot a word of the intrigue ; scarcely a word of the massacre . In the character of the Czar , however , our lady biographer finds ~ it a remarkably virtuous distinction , that for a long lime he wap - f . iituful j to ; his wife . Fie , Miss Brabazon ! This would not sound well in the Liturgy . ¦ ...... The truth is , that the ancestors of Nicholas were barbarians , andthathe was a barbarian French-polished , Genghis Khan acquired and ruled a greater empire . We use the term * barbarian , " however , in . its philoso-. phicul and , not in an insulting sense . The late Czar was naturally the first Cossack of a Cossack empire ; a politic imitator of Tiinouv and Holag (> u . lie was a driller of Calmuck hordes , who took diplomacy into his pay , . who committed atrocities as his predecessors committed them ; not because he was worse than other leaders ot * rude races , but because he continued a line of monarchs bred to despotism , to conquest , and to barbarity . To search further , and seek , to reconcile the attributes of a moral hero with the acts of a Russian Emperor—Ivan , Peter , or Nicholas—' a to pervert history , mul to plough the sand . But Mis 3 Brabazon ' s work , at all events , is lntepestingvand ° not ill-adapted for a popular , circulation .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 25, 1855, page 825, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2103/page/21/
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