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The New Testament ; translated , fromQriesbach ' s Text . By Samuel Sharpe , author of the History * of Egypt ; The Fourth Edition . Arthur Hal ? , Virtue , and Co . The . Fact of this work having arrived at a' fourth edition evinces * the desire of the public for a correct translation of the Scriptures , arid should he quoted in . favour of the argument for a new , accurate , and authorised version of botb' Testaments . The Hebrew Covenant in particular requires the most sedulous revision , -with the utmost care and knowledge in the performance of the needful task , Amenities of Literature . By Isaac Disraeli . Anew Edition , edited by his Son , the Kt . Hon . B . Disraeli , Chancellor of Her Majesty ' s Exchequer . In 2 vols . Vol . 1 . Rdutledge , Warner , and Koutledge .
This well-known "workj memorable as having been * ompiled after the author had been afflicted with loss : 6 f sight , and dictated to his son , whose filial assistance he so warmly acknowledges in the preface , is Tiere reprinted in a correct arid popular shape , and -will be always welcome to the library shelf , as , a book <© f reference and occasional amusement . ~ 77 ie Crescent and the Cross ; or , Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel . By Eliot Warburtori . fifteenth ' Edition . - Hurst and Biackett . " What a church is to a city * Palestine is to the world , " truly says the author of this book , which , Of all tha books of travels thitlier , has had most success . It , may , indeed , be regarded as a classic on the subject . The author , though but a common -place 3-easoher , is a most iiimgi native describer , and the ¦ poetic feeling , as much as the piety , of this work accounts for its extraordinary circulation .
Jlte Flirtinq Page , a Legend of Normandy : and Other Poems . By Charles Dranfield and George Denham Halifax . ¦'¦' . James Blackwood . ' ^ oiie six-score pages of rather respectable verse , < lrvided betweentwo authors , need not immoderately . afflict either reader or reviewer . The productions are . in a light and lively vein , and indicate much of joayenite buoyancy ; nor are they exclusively gay : there . are some essays in a graver mood that have merit - « md . promise in them . We shall probably meet these Trriters again .
. JLyra Anglicana ; or Poetry , and its English Representatives . A Poem in four parts . By B , Courteriay Cridley . Gresham Press . This poem is sufficiently described in the title . It as-written in heroic couplets , in the style of Pope's imitators—a style gone by , and not likely to be recalled by any modern versifier , however respectable . 3 Phe work has , however , m uch easy versification , some correct criticism , and passes in pleasant order the poets of England through the memory .
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BOOIvS 11 ECEIVED . ZThe Bertrams ' , a Novel . By Anthony Trollope , In , 3 yols . Chapman and Hall . ¦ ZThe Atlantic and South Atlantic Telegraphs . Smith . and Elder . JSllen Raymond ; ov , Ups » nd Downs . By Mrs , ' , "Vidal .. 3 vols . Smith and Elder . The Parents' Cabinet , Smith nnd Elder . Mamoirs of JLibrai-ies , including a Handbook of Idbrary Economy . By Edward Edwards . In 2 vols . Trttbner and 1 Co , The Prince of the House of David ; or Three Years in the Holy City , By the Ilev . Professor J . H . In-, graham . A . Hall , Virfcwe nnd Co . J&r , Prince ' s Journal , A . Hall , Virtue and Co . Ji Handbook of the Microscope . By W . L . Notcutt . Edward XumToy . White Hands . A Tragedy , In Five Acts . By Henry ¦ Spicer , Bosworth nnd Harrison . JRecolleottonsof William Jay , of Bath . By his Son , 1 Cyrus Jay . Hamilton , Adams and Co . Vooal Quadrille , By J . F . Dorechitzky . ! Fhe Pave in the Hills ; or Cceoilius Vwiatlnis , J . H . '' nnd J . Parker . Jliad qf Ho mar . Book I—VI . Greek Texts , with English Notes . J . H . and « T . Parker . . May a Man Marry his Daeeascd Wife ' s Sister t By the Rev . F . A . Dawson , A . M . J . II . and J . Parker . The Temperance Spectator . Nob , I nnd II . Partridge and Co . Xsocal Etymology . By Richard Stephens Charnock , F . S . A . Houston and Wright .
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City Refoiim Demonstration . —The Guildhall was crowded to excess yesterday ( Friday ) . The Lord Mayor presided , and the following members of the House qf Commons attended ;—Mr . Briscoe , Mr . Tite , Sir James Duke , Bart ., Bnron Rothschild , Mr . Cox , Mr . Crawford , Mr . \\ fhite , nnd Mr . W . S . Lindsay . Lord John Russell was not present . Mr . Morley moved the principal resolution , which was to the effect that the Government bill , was unworthy of the acceptance of the citizens of London , inasmuch ns it disfranchise ? borough freeholders , does not provide for the protection of tho ballot , does not extend the franchise to places' now inadequately or insufficiently represented , nnd does not enfranchise the working part of the population . ¦ During tho meeting Mr . Ernest Jones , assisted by Mr , Manteli , of Sheffield , and a female , said to be a Miss Ball * succeeded in making his way on to the platform , and occasioned much uproar by persisting' to speak .
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Election Items . —Lord Alfred Horvey has boon elected member for tho borough of Bury St . Edmund ' s , to fill the vacancy occasioned by , tho olovation of Earl Jenny n to tho peerage , Thoro was no opposition . —Tho Hon . " ff . Lygon has been elected for Tewkosbury , Mr . Humphrey Brown having retired . —For North Northumberland , it is understood that Mr . Washington Wilka will oppose Lord Lovalne . —Tho Leinster Express intimates that Sir Charles Cooto is about to roRlgn tho representation of tho Queen ' s County . Colonol Dunne , lato M . X for i > ortarllngton , is mentioned ns being llkoly to succeed him . —Tljo Earl of March and Mr . Sothoron Estcourb have been re-elected for Chichoetev and North Wilts without opposition .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . A new writ was moved for Harwich , in the room of Mr . Bagshav .
THE HEFORM BILL . Lord A . V . Tempest gave . notice that , in the etent of the House going into committee on the Government Reform Bill , he should move clauses to confer the franchise on all persons whOj for a period of four years , had invested 51 ., or not less than 20 ? . oh the whole , in any savings ' or other authorised banks : and on all persons who had served in her Majesty ' s army and navy , and on all persons who could pass an examination before any certificated schoolmaster : or examiner , similar to that which now exists with regard to messengers in , the Customs and other public departments .
Mr . M . Berkeley gave notice that , in the eTent of Lord John Russell ' s resolution being carried , he should move a resolution in favour of the ballot . Mr . AVhtte remarked that the Chancellor of tlie Exchequer the other night said , Government did not intend to disfranchise any person , and gave notice of a new clause he intended to propose , to prevent disfranchisenient . Now the bill as it stood , proposed to disfranchise dockyard labourers , and he wished to know whether any of the new clauses would preserve the rights of dockyard labourers ?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said it was extremely inconvenient to be called upon tq answer questions without previous . notice . -At the same time he would say he was not aware that Government intended to disfranchise the dockyard labourers . It was only proposed to disqualify them , just as persons employed ia other departments of Government Were disqualified under the present system .
CHURCH RATES . Sir . Schneider asked to know when the secondreading of the Church Rates Bill would come oii ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer appointed Tuesday next . ¦ ¦ , ; - ' •¦ ' . ' ¦¦ ' - ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦
COMPENSATION TO PROCTOKS . Tlie Chancellor of the Exchequer said the amount of compensation to be granted to proctors and other officers of the late Ecclesiastical Courts , had been ascertained by the Commissioners , and would not exceed l&Q t OOOL a-year , instead of being 250 , 0001 ., as at first estimated . . . Lord Clarence Paget moved , that before money 1 . was granted for the navy , detailed particulars of the way the money was to be applied be laid before the Ilouse . * He made this motion because the continued increase in the navy estimates had naturally created alarm . The noble lord entered into a long statement , and fortified it with figures , to show bow the inoney hitherto voted had been expended , and to illustrate'flie necessity of having- full details in future before inoney was granted ; Sir J . Pakington had no objection to give all proper information before money was voted , but thought the form in which it was now asked was not desirable to sanction . After some further discussion , the matter dropped . Tlie House went into Committee of Supply , which lasted nil the evening . The House adjourned at twelve o ' clock .
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MILTON'S GENEALOGY ^ . Tnn students of Milton ' s career nra nwaro that , notwithstanding the researches of Mr . Joseph Hunter , JRrofessor Masson , nnd qtliors , many [ rifceroBting points in his family history remairi undetermined , wares left to tho vague traditions , of Aubrey ana Phillips . Not ovon tho numo of ¦ tho poet ' s grand * father , ov tho seat of his family-, wore sottlod , M . r . Kydo Olarko has beon lato ' ly ongagod in rosonrohos on those ppluts among tho City authorities , and last
week he obtained from the records of the Scriveners Company , through the zealous co-operation of Mr . Park Nelson , the clerk of tlie company , a series of entries , which settle many important points , when taken in connexion with the other discoveries . First , it appears that the name of the grandfather was Richard , for it is recorded that on the 27 th of February , 1599 , John Milton , son of Richard Milton , Of Steinston , f >? c ] county Oxonj and Jate apprentice to James Colbron , Citizen arid Writer ot the Court Letter of London ( the terni for Scrivener ) was admitted to the freedom of the company . This shows , secondly , that according to Mr . Hunter s coniecture . the erandfather was Richard Milton , of
Stanton St . John ' s , who was , in the 19 th of Elizabeth ( 1577 ) , assessed to the subsidy rolls of Oxfordshire , and , in the latter period of her reign , twice fined 60 / . for recusancy , confirming , so far , Aubrey ' s tradition that he was a bigoted Roman Catholic . It provides , thirdly , for the application of Professor Masson s discovery that the father of Richard Milton was Henry Milton , of Stanton St . John ' s , whose will is preserved , containing many family entries , including the great grandmother ' s name , Agnes , and the names of their children , Rowland , Isabel , and Alice . Rowland is conjectured by Professor Masson to be Rowland Milton of Beckley , who was alive 1599 . Fourthly , it corrects Aubrey ' s account that John
Milton the elder " came to London , and became a scrivener ( brought up by a friend of his : was not an apprentice ) , and got a plentiful estate by it ; " for it is clear the father was an apprentice in the usual course , and did hot become a scrivener by redemption or purchase of his freedom , which Would in those days have cost a ^ considerable siim . Fifthly , it suggests a very different date for the birth of Milton , the scrivener , to that assigned by Professor Masson , who thinks he may have been coeval with rihakspeare , and born about 1562 or 1563 , whereas , according to Mr . Clarke , he would have been apprenticed , according to the custom of London , at fourteen or _ fifteen ,
admitted to the freedom at the age of twenty-one , have been "born in the beginning of 1578 or end ot 1577 , and at the time of his death , in 1647 , have been sixty-nine years of age , arid not eighty-three . It is shown , further , that the period of Milton's beginning practice would be about 1599 , and that soon after , say in 1600 , he married , Mr , Clarke considers that the tradition of his having been , at college at Oxford is unfounded , though he may have been at a grammar-school there before his apprenticeship , as Stanton is only four and a half miles from Oxford . He considers it very unlikely that a
difference on account of religion took place between Henry and John Milton previous to the time of apprenticeship , but that , in all likelihood , John was apprenticed by the father ; that . he conformed while in London , and thought it expedient to conform on engaging in practice ; and that hence the . difference arose . According to Mr . Clarke , Colbron was not the original master of John Milton , and upon this head and several others there is an opening for investigation ; but now that the right tracl ^ has been found , there can be no doubt many most interesting discoveries will be found of his Oxfordshire connexions .
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^ q THU Xte Ai > EB . Effo- 4 fi 8 > March 12 , 185 0
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FRANCE . The facts of the statement in the ConstUiitioiwel as to tlie Austrian armaments in Italy > are said to haw been forwarded to that journal direct from the Tuilcries , having been gleaned . by the spies of M . Cavour in Ifixttboi * dy , and by liim sent to Louis Nnpoleon . Thero was an impression in Paris last ni ' ifht , that Lord Cowley ' s fission had tailed . Tho ottidal nows that the King of Sardinia has callud out hidresenes is looked upon os a confirmation of tho rumour . . Prince Napoleon i 8 believed to bo higher » tftc JEinperor ' s favour and confidence than over . It is pos-Biblo that the ministers opposed to him may uliovtly Do overthrown , nnd that the prince mny return to powci with more lolat than ever . The Emperor bail a very long 1 conference with Count de Morny on luursuny , after which rumours of ministerial nioUiilcatioiis wwo aurront .
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SARDINIA . „ „ , , Noither tho Moniteur nor tho resignation of Pn « co NnnoJeon have destroyed tho hones or altered the oxpectationa of tho Italians that war will soon tnkc place . ThenowB 6 f Prince Napoleon ' s retirement pm « uecd | ft ffieat sensation at Turin , but it ia hoped tlmt » nafty bo explained by particular reasons in VV' * j& . nfrccUriff tho Emperor ' s policy , The subsoriytlona \ w \ tho Sardinian LoUn amount to three tlmos tlie sum nsltod for . There is a rumour ( snys tho Glolw ) o mo Iranicdiato doiiarture of tho Prince Napoleon w »« »¦ brido for Turlr ., whoro his nrosonco > vill booui to , g" « hostages to tho fortune" of Sardinia .
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Tna Bank ov F « ANOE ,,--Tho Monltour o Ji W morning publishes tho monthly rotum ot tho JJo » " > »\ Fmnco , which shows tho followliifr rcaulto , naooiipnrou with ( ho previous return s—Inovonac'd : —Usu , umillions j Advancesty iniUionsi Treasury "n J ? ° $ millions ¦ —Doqroaeod ;—Bills discounted "oO' ^ w /™ millions ; Bank notes , 18 } milllone ; Ciuwnt Jiccouat . ^ mlUlons .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 12, 1859, page 336, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2285/page/16/
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