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      point to the " Principles of Elementary Teaching" and the " Causes and £ ure of Imperfect Discipline" as instances of the liberal , and we might say profound ( did not the truth appear so obvious ) view which Mr . Lilians takes of the subject . We cannot enter here into a question of such magnitude and importance as the best method of imparting instruction to youth ; but it does seem strange that so little care is taken to simplify terms and expressions and render an idea comprehensible to the intelligence of a lad . We are g lad to find that much improvement has latterly taken place in the discipline of all classes of schools , and that books suitable to all ages have been written by eminent philosophers and adopted by teachers . Another grand epoch is the substitution of encouragement rather than coercion , of rewards instead of corporal chastisement , in the work of tuition . " There ' s no help for it , " said Sydney Smith to a young lady who complained to him that she had done everything in her power to gam the friendship of a person she admired ; " you cannot compel a person to love you by holding a loaded pistol to his head . " Learning , like love , is not to be imparted by cudgelling . . , , We recommend the volume of Mr . Pillans to those who wish to have the opinions of a learned and sound advocate of one of the most pressing questions of the day . For the last five-and-forty years he has exhibited an interest , and a liberal interest , we may say , in the cause of education . The battle , however , is not yet over . Sectarian jeSousies still obstruct its healthy development . It remains , however , for Mr . Pillans , his coadjutors and successors , to say how long party feeling and religious fears will be allowed to deprive the country of what all admit would be a national blessing but which , as things exist , is a national disgrace . Mr . Pillans ' s essays include some criticisms on the ancient writers , which are the least interesting parts of the volume . It is as a theoretical disciplinarian , a teacher of teachers in the government schools , a practised exponent of the modern educational system which he aided in founding , that he will be valued . As a critic of orators and poets he never attained any eminence ; but among thoroughly sincere and vigorous Reformers , in the department of public and private education , it will always be said—Pillans was one .

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      FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , August 19 . BANKRUPTS . — JosEPn Wilson , High-street , Kingsland , painter—William Field , Princes-street , Westminster , printer —John Dyte , Strand , stationer—Andrew Laurie , St . John ' s-street-road , baker —Joseph Baenslev , Rowley Regis , publican , and Now Town , Worcestershire , gas tube manufacturer—John JonNSON , Stafford , chemist —Evan Roberts , Llauelly , coal minor—James Tiiuscott , Aberystwith , watchmaker — Ricuako 1-ccles and John Nuttai-l , Tottington Lowcr-enri , Lancashire , cotton spinners—William Jasper CAPrEit , Ncwcastlc-upon-Tyne , commission agent . SCOTCH { SEQUESTRATIONS . — W- and G . Telfek , Glasgow , wine merchants — G . Feukie , Glasgow , underwriter—D . Stewart , lato of Lochoo , quarry-master—T . Mum , Glasgow , glass merchant . ' Friday , Anyust 22 .

      BANKRUPTS . — Edwabd Cook , Ilollcadon , Norwich , miller—Fkedehicic Bukt MacDonald , Bridgwater , corn dealer—Jamkb Hawkins , Woolwich , corn donlor-Maky ANN ApriiKTEEB , Stow-oii-the-Wold , Gloucester—Walter Robert Johnson , Adelaide-chambers , Gracochurch-strcet , mei'chant—Oharles Edward Davis , Upper Thames-street , City , wholesale grocer—William Skei'pakd Jones , Trodegar , Monmouthshire , grocer—Ali'iujd Eves , Jodd-plnco West , New-road , corn dealer—Jameb Blenkarn , Totnev , Lincolnshire grocer—Alfred Sidney Smith , Walsall , Staffordshire , ironfouuder—Frederick Wkjni " , Brighton , printer—Saiiaii Bahxow . Macclosnold , licensed victualler —Robbkt Elliott , Blyth . Northumberland , draper—Fbancis Lowj . i ! and Huniiy Gardner , Wellington . Somersetshire , manufacturers—SamuklBlackuuhn and Edwin Blackburn , Little Gomorsal , Yorkshire , cloth merchants . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION . —William Low , Edinburgh , accountant , now deceased .

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . MARTIN . —On the 20 th mat ., at 11 , Berkeley-square , tho wife of John Martin , E .-u ( ., M . I ' .: a daughter . NORTIILAND . — On tlui llth inst , at Guernsey , tho Viscountess Northland ; a son . MARRIAGES . ALLEYNE—COLEMMJOKM .-On tho lttth inst-, at , Datchot , Bouverio Alloyno . Esq ., third mou of Sir Reynold A . Alloyno , Bart ., to Chat-lotto A « nes Emma , youngest daughtorof Mujor-Gonoral Sir William Colobrooke , O . H ., Royal Artillery . LATH AM—JOHNSON .-On tho 21 st inst ., nt Westdeau ¦ Church , by tho Rov . Henry Lome , Rector or levant , George William Latham , Esq ., of Brad wall Hall , in tho county of Chester , to Eli / . alieth Sarah , oldost daughter of tho Rov . Henry William Robinaon Luttinan Johnson , of Blndorton House , iu tho county of Sussex .

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      London , Friday Evening , August 22 , 185 G . Tin ; bad weather which has prevailed during tho week , has had a depressing effect on the Stock and Share markets . Tho arrival of two large Australian consignments of gold has been partly felt as a counterbalance , but tho immenso demand from the Continent still continues . Tho Funds are rather firmer than at the commoncomenfc of the week ; but there in only a small business doing . Yesterday thoro was a little nioro activity in tho foreign stock market , and homo inquiry after Spanish Deferred Stock and Russian Fivo per Cent . Tho heavy railway shares are nearly tho samo ; tho Eastern Counties report has mado those shares flatter , and thoro have been considerable sales in Great Western stock this morning . In the new undertakings there have boon somo fluctuations in Rigas , but they settled down to about 1 J premium . Tho settlement in Eastern Bengal shares takes placo to-day ; about J premium is tho price . Oeylons aro at about lj } premium , very littlo doing iu them . Great Wentom of Canada shares and bonds remain steady , but business is at n , sljmclstil ) . Grand Trunk of Canada still

      very much in ill favour . At four o'clock Consols eloso , 05 J , J ; Turkish Six por Cent ., lO . 'Ji . t ; Turkish Four nor Cent . . 101 , |; Russian , 111 . 113 ; Spanish , H , 15 ; Spanish Deferred , 24 $ , 25 ; Peruvian , 81 , H ' A ; Buenos Ayres , 81 , 81 ; Dutch Two-aud-a-llalf por Cent , 01 , 01 ) j Chilian , 101 , 100 . Aberdeen , — , — ; Caledonian , 57 . 074 ; Chester and Holyhead , 17 , 174 ; Kastoru Counties . 1 > 1 , OJ ; Groat Northern , 1 ) 74 , 1184 ; ( . treat . Southern and Western ( Ireland ) , 117 . 11 l >; Groat Western , ( 154 , » S ( l ; Lancashire and Yorkshire . 084 , ill ); London and lilaekwall , Hi , 7 k x . d . ; London , Itrighton , and South Coast . KM !} , UI 74 ; London and North-Western , 1074 , 'OS ; London and South Western . 10 ( 5 , 107 * ; Midland , 811 . Hit ; North-Hastorn ( Uerwiok ) , 814 , 85 }; Month Wastom ( Dover ) , 7 . '» , 7 tS s Antwerp and Rotterdam . 7 J , Hi ; Dutch Uheuish , 2 A , 2 ( 1 pin . ; Eastern of France ( Paris and Strasbourg ) , : > 7 , Mi : Groat Central of France , 7 , 74 pin . ; Great Luxembourg , Bt . . > 4 ; Groat Western of Canada , 20 , 2 ( 5 ) 1 ; Nainur and Liege , I ) , i > t ; Northern of Franoo . 42 , -124 ; Paris and Lyons , noi , nil * ; Royal Danish , 104 , 20 J ; lloyal Swedish , i , 14 ; Hambroand Mouse , Wi , 134 .

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      ? We should do our utmost to encourage the Beautiful , for the Useful encourages itself . —Goethe . ? KBPtT TO * Ill-fated Lady ! Orphan of slain Love ! Hope's epitaph seems musicked in thy verse ; And , cypress-crowned , thy weeping numbers more , Mourners behind dead Passion ' s plumed hearse . So young—so fair—so exquisitely framed Life ' s dearest , deepest happiness to prove—So eager some fond heart to dower , unblamed , With all the lavished treasures of thy love—Alas ! in vain . For thee may never more Life ' s twin effusion feed love ' s trembling fire ; Nor two souls , mingling , through warm pulses pour Swift immortality ' s fulfilled desire . For , link by link , hath tangled circumstance Wound cruel chains round thy defenceless youth ; And sadly hast thou found , as years advance ^ Man ' s love prove falsehood— "Woman ' s hatred truth Yet is thy heart too delicately proud To tell the story of thy love ' s decay . Despair is mute . Hope's cry alone is loud . Mere trembling tones our cureless wounds betray . So best . Shut out from bliss on earth below , Thy starry eyes turn tearfully to heaven ; And thy frail hand is pointed up to show Where purer joys , for joys lost here , are given . " There , friend , " thou criest , " congenial souls at last Shall meet , to be divided never more ; And , floating free , all cold obstruction past , Mingle , in ceaseless love , their effluence pure . " There shall this heart , on earth so scorned and broken , Seek promised pity from the King of Heaven ; There shall , at last , the gracious words be spoken' Much hath she loved—much shall she be forgiven ! ' " *****

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      * These stanzas form part of a poem lately addressed , under circumstances of peculiar interest , to a Lady not less distinguished for her beauty than for the romantic vicissitudes of her life . We publish them , as bearing on a subject of deep and permanent importance , to which the course of recent discussion has given especial prominence . —Ed .

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      OBITUARY OF 1855 . The Annual Biography and Obituary for 1855 . By E . Walford , M . A . Hardwicke . The design of this Annual is to afford brief biographical accounts of allthe persons celebrated , notable , or well-connected , who died in 1855 . As might nave been expected , some of the records are superfluous , others needlessly amplified ; but , upon the whole , the volume represents an excellent idea , satisfactorily carried out . Several of the biographical sketches are really well written , and of more than ephemeral value .

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      NATURAL RELIGION . La Religion Naturdle . Par Jules Simon . Paris : 1856 . We have too long delayed to acknowledge , and we can now , for the moment , do no more than acknowledge , the excellent work of M . Jules Simon , La Religion Naturelle . We have read this book with deep interest , and can assure our readers that it treats of those questions which are most important to humanity in a spirit of true philosophy , and in a manner at once profound and clear . We can sincerely recommend it to all , who , amidst the general conflict and decadence of positive religions , desire to find a rational foundation for their faith .

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      BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Pkices . ) Sat . Mon . Tues . Wed . Tlitir- Friil . BankStook 2184 2184 218 J 218 * ...... 3 nor Cent . Rod 05 * 954 « 5 J S ) 5 J » S | 1 > 5 A 3 per Cent . Con . An 05 A UH 05 05 * 05 } Consols for Account 05 g l ) 5 i 06 S OSj 05 * NowSporOont . An . 0 ( 5 052 « t > 05 fl O 0 J 00 i Now 2 i per Cents Lour Ana . 1800 3 . ' 5 ft-10 India Stock S 2 S 3 Ditto BondH , JElOOO 14 1 » " 1 > Ditto , under aSlOOO 11 p Hx . Bills , ^ 1 000 12 i > 10 p 10 j > Jl I > ^ P *¦* I » Ditto , jesol ) 131 > i : $ p i ; ip \* i » Ditto , Small li ) p i l . 'l i > 1- * P _ J * P ^ P VOttEIttN- FUNDS . ( Last OiMi-ioia . 1 . Quotation i > umisa tiik Wjsbh : BNDijnu FlilDAV KviaNINCJ . ) Brazilian Honda 101 J PortuKUOBo 4 per Cents . ... ituonoH Ayro . 4 0 p . (>> U < m h : J Russian Honda , 5 por Chilian 0 per Cents OontH 11134 Chilian « 'l pur Contu 71 RuHsian \\ por Cents . ... OS Dutch 24 per OontN 05 Spanish .. ^ 4 t { Dutch 4 por Cent . Cortf . 08 Spanish Committee Cor . MilitadoivKondii of Coup , not fun . ... Mexican Account Turkish 0 por OontH 10 . U Peruvian 4 , 4 por Cents .... 82 * Turktah Now , 4 ditto ... 10 JM PortuwruoHo 4 nor Oonts . ... Venezuela , 44 por Coins . < i \ i

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      DEATHS . KERR . —On the llth inst ., at Torquay , the Hon . Arthur Schombcrg Kerr , youngest son of the lato Lord Martin Kerr and Charlotte Countess of Antrim . SHRKWSIJURY . — On Sunday , the 10 th inst .. at tho Hotel Braganzn , at Lisbon , Bertram Arthur , 17 th Earl of Shrewsbury , aged . 23 .

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      CORN MARKET . Mark-lane , Friday , August 22 , 1856 . In consequence of tho unfavourable state of the weather , and the very limited arrivals of Wheat into London since last week , prices have advanced 5 s . to 6 s . on good qualities , and 2 s . to 4 s . on inferior descriptions . Danube Wheat has been sold at 44 s . to 48 s ., and one of Polish Odessa at 42 s ., cost , freig ht and insurance . On Wednesday a small flue cargo of Berdianski was bought at 063 ., and a largo one of upwards of 4000 qrs ., and not equally fino in quality , at 6 is . To-day a cargo has been sold at 66 s . i ) d ., and this description is now held at 70 s . ; Galatz Maize fetched early in tho week 31 s . and 81 s . 3 d ., and a cargo of Foxanian 31 s . A largo and rather inferior cargo of Gaiatz was sold at 80 s . To-day two or three cargoes have realized . Barley and Oats continue firm at former rates . Beans and Peas aro also unaltered in price . The attendance from tho country has boon numerous , and a very fair amount of business has been transacted in "Wheat , at tho advance wo have mentioned .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 23, 1856, page 813, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2155/page/21/