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MANUALS . Mb . G . F . Graham has published an elaborate volume , entitled English Style ; or , a Course of Instructions for the Attainment of a Good Stifle of
Writing , with an Historical Eng Language , $ -c . ( Longman and Co . ) We have examined it carefully , and can scarcely recommend it as a trustworthy guide for * the hi g her classes in colleges and schools . ' Mr . Graham is not a perspicuous writer , and his theory of style is common , place in the extreme . Some of his chapters might suggest useful studies ; but the student might take counsel with many and more trustworth y teachers . The Knights of tins Cross . By Mrs . Agar . ( Newby . ) Mrs . Agar has written a book which young and old may read without fatigue . Its clear and graceful style , the fre shness of its sentiment , and The religious earnestness of the narrator , are peculiarly attractive . The volume is not a mere compilation from obvious authorities , but a work of care and research , which parents may well wish to see in the hands of their children . Mrs , Agar takes up the story at the time of Peter the Hermit , and passes li ghtly and swiftly throug h the dazzling succession of adventures , battles , and scenes of epic movement that surrounded the White and Red Cross Knights with so much romance and glory . As in the career of the Knights of the Cross not a day was uneventful , so in their story not a page is dull . The Stars and the Angels ; or , The Natural History of the Universe and ih Inhabitants . ( Hamilton , Adams , and Co . ) This is a volume of picturesque and ingenious disquisitions on the natural history of creation . The chapters on thei 3 tars 5 the Moon , Celestial Chemistry , Meteors , the Sun , and Nebula , contain a systematic elucidation of the latest discoveries ; but the author ' s controversial object places his work beyond the reach of detailed critlClSIH The Housekeeper ' s Guide . By J . Walsh . ( Routledge and Co . ) This is a manual really adapted for household use . Its directions are ample , practical , well-assorted , lucidly set forth , and arranged in excellent order . All About It ; or . The History and Mystery of Common Things . ( Hamilton , Adams and Co . ) We have here an admirable little book , full of careful and interesting instruction , set forth in the best possible manner ; that is to say , simply , comprehensively , and with the aid of a complete index .
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The UNBMFLioTED Spitalfields Weavers . —A meeting of the unemployed silk weavers of Spitalfields and Bethnal-green was held on Sunday evening at the Duke of York tavern , Betbnal-green-road , to consider their condition . Several persons spoke at great length , and the general opinion seemed to be that matters had been worse instead of better since free trade , and that the Bank Act of 1844 had had- a mischievous-effect . One speaker said that he had prophesied , at the time it -was passed , that that measure would cause children then unborn to curse the name of Sir Robert Peel ; and he still held to that view . He also remarked : — "A very grand event was shortly to take place at the Royal Palace , and he regretted to say that the Duchess of Kent was the only one who was to be dressed in silk of English manufacture . Neither the Queen nor the Princess Royal , nor any of the Court , were to have an 3 ' - tliing but foreign dresses on that occasion , and he bought it was not right to patronize foreign trade when the natives of this country were starving . The Court dresses had all been made in Germany and on the Continent . ( Cries of Shame / ' ) The reduction in the price of labour had been very much in this country , and amounted to no less than sixty per cent . One-third of the working population was out of employ , another was on half work , and the other third was on half wages , and he calculated that at least 60 , 000 , 000 / . a year was taken out of the pockets of the working people of this country by the free-trade measure of Cobden and his colleagues , to be placed in the pockets of the foreign artisan , while the English workman was left with a diminished income to bear all the burdens of the taxation of his country . " Tlie report having been agreed to , the meeting separated .
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Lord Raglan . It is sufficient to announce that the work has been republished in a popular form . _ , A similar notice will suffice for a smaller but even more remarkable volume , also issued by Mr . Murray . This is The Rise of our Indian Empire , by Lord Mahon , now Earl Stanhope , being a history of British India from its origin till the peace of 1783 . ' The price of the volume is three shillings and sixpence ; and it is offered ' for railway reading / The narrative is taken from Lord Mahon ' s History of England , which most readers know to be a work of singular clearness and integrity . A third and very important republication issued this week by Mr . Murray , is Mr . Craik ' s Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties , which has been revised and enlarged . It appears in two illustrated volumes . Being a classic of its kind , and a fountain of incentives to the young and high-minded , the boot is beyond recommendation . . . Mr . Bentley has published the third volume of an English version of Lamartine ' s Celebrated Characters , which was reviewed in these columns on its first appearance . The reader will probably call to mind the wonderfully fascinating and fanciful portraits of William Tell , Madame de Sevigne , Antar , and Bossuet—so rich in colour , so graceful , idealized , and characteristic of Lamartine himself . They will , of course , be popular in England . At present we merely announce the tenth volume of The Collected IVorks of Dugald Stewart , edited by Sir William Hamilton , and published at Edinburgh by Mr . Constable . The eleventh volume , containing translations ot the passages from ancient and modern authors , quoted by Dugald Stewart in the course of his writings , with a general Index to the whole works , will afford us an . opportunity to say more of this noble edition , which is creditable to every one concerned in its production—indeed , to Edinburgh itself .
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTF . Tuesday * January 5 . BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED . - John Kin g Wes teop , Staining-lane * City , glove manufacturer and general commission agent—Maexin Coulett , Stanley Downton , Leonard Stanley , Gloucestershire , miller—Chaeles Welch , Wells , Somersetshire , innkeeper . BANKRUPTS .--John Beoadhuest , Sutherland-place , Walworth , Surrey , spiced beef manufacturer-John Levy Mikes , Fore-street , Cripplegate , City , wholesale clothier and merchant—Robeet King , Peutoiiyille-road , builder-Edward Baker , Rosherville , Northtteet , Kent , hotelkeeper—John Lewis Evans , Longton , Staffordshire , grocer — Richaed John Steong , Froine , Somersetshire , nptelkeeper—John Leakey Bowhay , Modbury . Devonshire , agricultural implement maker—Joshua Feaknley and Joseph Fkaknlby , Brighouse , Yorkshire , silk dressers—Chatbuen Cockceoft , Stansfleld , Halifax , Yorkshire , pickle maker—William . Quayle , Liverpool , ship broker—Henry Baeton , Liverpool , ship owner—John Campbell M'JDonald , Liverpool , wine and spirit merchant—Eden Clabk , Manchester , ironmonger and hardware dealer—John Shawceoss , Bowdon , Cheshire , cotton spinner , manufacturer , and commission agent—William JUahius , iscnoolhill , Bolton , Lancashire , manufacturing chemist . Friday , January 8 . BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED . —Thomas Tayloe , Hastings , Sussex , hattor—Geoeoe Wakd , Sandgato , Kent , hotel keeper . BANKRUPTS . —Jabez Chambers , Cheltenham , grocer —William Haurald , Bury St . Edmund'H , butcher—Thomas Tayloe , Hastings , tailor — Daniel Davxes , Bread-atreet-hill , clothier— Geobge Wilkins , Portsea , Hants , grocer—William Hostwill , Wilson-street , Finsbury , linendrapor—William Tebby , Great Castle-street , Cavendish-square , cheesemonger—James Metoalfe , and Christopher Metcalpe , Richmond , Yorkshire , tailors , dealers , and chapmen—Pain Arnold , Manchester , manufacturer—William Hancock , Manchester , builder—John Stuabt , Wigan , coffeehouse-keeper—William Mowbhay Lookup , Staindrop . banker—In the matter of Gboux ' s Improved Soap Company ( Limited ) , the Commissioner has appointed Tuesday , Fob . 2 . at the Court of . bankruptcy , for tho settlement of the affairs of this company — James Parkee , and James Ronalp , Bread-street , commission agents—John Bullen , Luatuerlano , Holborn , butcher—Thomas JUutleh , Priory-road , Waudsworth-road , licensed victualler — Andmew Thompson Uoneyman Dalkibl , Liverpool , licensed victualler—William Oxladk , York , coal merchant—James Moohhouhjb , Howgill , Yorkshire , cotton spinner—Chatbuun Cockceoft , Stansfluld , Halifax , picker maker—Thomas Olivkh and AndbbwOlivbe , Nottingham , laco manufacturers—Tom Smith and William Fletcher , Bradford , commission agents—Edmund Oockshotx and John Cookshott , Bradford , worsted manufacturers—John Mavoh Buown , Kluoton , Warwickshire , apothecary—Joseph Thompson , Jun ., Dudley , Worcestershire , plumber—Ed wakd R . Uavnt and liuornnu , Liverpool , general merchants— Jameb Laidlaw , Liverpool , insurance broker . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . —JonN MorjfAT , Annan , tanner and ourrlor—Ciiappbll and Anderson , Glasgow , tiriokmakora—William Russell , Glasgow , grocer— Cay , . OaiLYm-JMlLd . ^ . Qo ;« £ ANXt I ( QUSb _ mwrphiint » _ Donald M'Glabhaw , Edinburgh , Vino " morcliantT : ta- l ¥ xTndbb - MiTOHisLL . Glasgow , manufacturer — Jamish Mouuiuon , Port Elnhhuitoiio , Aboruoonahlre , Innkeeper — Rojuukt Philp , Glaogow , builder .
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CORN MARKET . Mark-lane , Friday , January 8 . English and Foreign Wheat have advanced 2 s . Good runs of English red are 48 s . to 51 s . ; line Hamburg , or Stralsund , 62 s . to 51 s . per 498 lbs . ; sort fit . Peseraburg 45 s . Barley is also dearer ; Norfolk malting 38 s . to 42 s ., freo on board there ; Saale 37 m- to 399 . in London ; Odessa 24 s . Od . to 25 s . por 400 lbs . ; and Oatsl fetch for Archangels 22 s ., Odcssas 203 . to 22 s .
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BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Peices . ) Sat . Mon . Tues . Wed . Thur . Fril Bank Stock 217 210 220 280 220 220 3 por Cent . Rod 04 * 04 i 05 04 f OBI 05 3 por Cent . Con . An 94 f Ml Consols for Account 04 * 04 f 04 f 041 041 OSi Now 3 por Cent . An . Oil 0 * i 05 * OS OR I 051 New 2 * por Cents I •••••• Long Ann . 1800 2 2 2 M " India Stock 220 Ditto Bonds . £ 1000 Ditto , under . £ 1000 par 2 d 5 p IS p ••>•" Ex . Bills , £ 1000 « p lip 10 p lip Up } £ P Ditto . jeooo 71 ) iop up "p , }? £ Ditto , Small 7 p Op 10 p 8 p 11 P ^ . i *! L
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . HODGSON . —On the 17 th Sept ., at sea , on board tho Agamemnon , tho wife of Lieut . Hugh N . Hodgson , H . E . I . 0 . 8 .: a daughter . PEACHE . —On the 31 st Deo . last , at Hcckflcld , Hants , tho wife of the Rev . Alfred Peache : a daughter . DESHON . —On the 2 nd hist ., at Formoy , county Cork , tho wife of Brovot-Major Dcshon , 48 th Regiment : a daughter . MARRIAGES . MILDMAY—BUCKLEY . —On Tuesday , at St . George's Church , Hanovor-squarc , Miss Goraluino Mild may , nlcoo to Sir Honry Mildmay , Bart ., of Dogmorafleld Park . Hants , and sister of the Hon . Mrs . George Bnrrington , to Mr . Buckley , oldest son of General Buckley , M . P ., one of her Majesty ' s Equerries , and tho Lady Catherine Buckley , daughtor of tho Earl of Radnor , and granddaughter to tho last Earl and Countess of Lincoln . STRAITH—DE BUTTS . —On tho 2 nd lnt » t ., at Brighton , Major Hector Stroith , late 06 th Regiment , to Eliza , eldest daughter of Joseph Dobinaon , Esq ., of ISgham Lodge , Surrey , and widow of tho late Captain William Do Butts , tHth Regiment . „ DEATHS . ILcilESTER .-On Sunday , at Molbury House , tho family Noat in Dorsetshire , after a briof illness , tho Earl of IloliOHtor , in tho 71 st year of his ago . CHRISTIAN . —On tho Oth inst ., at Rydo , I . W ., Thoinaa ilomposoh Christian , Esq ., Commander R . N ., oldest son of tho lato Rear Admiral Hood Hanway OhrlMtlan , and grandson of tho lato Rear Admiral Sir Hugh Ooibury Christian , K . I ) , t also , klllod , at Soelaporo , in Juno laat , Goo . Jackson Christian . Esq ., B . O . 8 ., one of tho Commlsalonora for Oudo , only surviving brother of tho above ; and , at tho same time and place , Spphia Ralkoa , hiu wife , ana their only aon ilompouoh .
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London , Friday Kvoning , January 8 . TnuBflDAY ' B ead jiowa or tho death of Sir Henry Havolook and General Wuidharrrti dgloafc caused a universal depression at tho opuiiiug of tho markets , but largo purchases mado by tfio public soon roatorou tholr buoyancy . Ah had boon anticipated , tho Bank of JUiiKland reduced tho
{ rate of discount to 6 per cent , from 8 , at which it had been . fixed for the past fortnight . This measure produced but j little effect on funds and securities , it haying been dis-I counted in the Stock Exchange for some time previously . Indeed , some few expected the rate would have fallen to 5 ' . per cent . The long and anxiously expected 4 th of the month ! has happily passed over without any failure , save one of '• moderate extent . In France , too , where" the turn of the ! year was watched with great interest and some trepidation , : all has progressed favourably , and confidence . is restored . ; Large parcels of gold are still pouring in , and the influx I is likely to continue for some time . The demand for moncj ! was moderate at the Bank . In the Stock Exchange loans 1 on Government securities were easily obtainable at 3 } and 1 4 per cent . The London and Westminster Bank has again i lowered the rate on deposits 1 per cent , on largo and small 1 sums , and discount houses have reduced their rates 2 per I cent , for money at call . This day the house was all alive ¦ with the settlement of the Consols account . Quotation' have ranged during the month nearly 44 per cent ., large ' transactions having been effected during tho account . Considerable differences become payable , and the passing of cheques to-morrow will bo observed with interest . This morning stocks and shares opened flat , and close , at better quotations , as under : — Blackburn , 9 i [ 0 * ; Caledonian , 80 , 80 j ; Chester and Holjhead , 38 , 40 ; Eastern Counties , G 04 . 61 |; Great Northern , 99 , 100 ; Great Southern and Western ( Ireland ; , 99 , 100 ; Great Western , 58 f , 69 J ; Lancashire and Yorkshire . Wji 95 i ; London and Blackwall , 6 * , 6 f ; London , Brighton , and South Coast . 108 , 110 ; London and North-Western , 98 ) , 09 ; London and South - Western . 97 i , 08 J ; Midland , 93 ) , 94 ; North-Eastern ( Berwick ) , 974 , 08 | ; South-Eastern , ( Dover ) , 73 . 73 i ; Antwerp and Rotterdam , 6 * . 7 ; Dutch Rhenish , Si , 3 dis . ; Eastern of Franco ( Paris and Strasbourg ) , 28 j , 28 f ; Groat Central of France . ; Great Luxembourg , 75 , 8 ; Northern of France , 39 J , 39 ! i P » rI ' and Lyons , 351 , 35 * ; Royal Danish , 10 , 18 ; Koyal Swedish i . i ; Sambro and Meuse , 8 i , 8 J . '
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Sketch of the lish 44 THE LEADEB . [ No . 407 , January 9 , 1858 .
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_^^ FOREIGN FUNDS . liABT OBbiciA . rC ( $ aor 3 sFi 59 ~ ffi ? &m& ^^ TiiunauAY Evening . ) Ri-a / . lllan UoihIm 100 Portuguese 4 porGonts . ... Buonoa Ayroa 0 p . Cents 1 * 5 Russian Bouda , fi i > ur M , Chilian 0 por Contu 103 Cents ^' Chilian 3 per Cents 73 * ' Russian 44 por OontH .... ^ Dutch 24 per CentH ....... 01 $ Spanish * ' Dutch por Cent . Cortf . 08 i Spaulnh CommitteeCor-Eqtiudor Bonds of Coup , not fun „! : , Mexican Account 201 TurkUh 0 por GontN <™' Peruvian 4 j porCenta ..., 7011 Turkish Now , 4 dltto ... * PartuKuosoS por Cents . AM ' V « juoKUol « 4 i por Ooiitu
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 9, 1858, page 44, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2225/page/20/
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