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Italian knot than Constitutional France coula bethat France , inspired by the intense convictions and wielded by the portentous energy jof Louis Napoleon , has far higher qualifications for the awful work before her than France , directed by . the small desires and timid counsels of Louis Philippe . The hour ™ d the man have come . " If this be so , the neutr& . ity of England admits of no question . Treatise on the Enfranchisement of Cor . jhold , Leasehold , and Church Property .. In Two Parts . iFourth Edition
A . Scratchley , M . A . Part . . — C . and E . Layton . The number of editions through which this clever little treatise has i . assed is a sufficient proof of the importance of the subject , and of the ability with which it is treated . Mr . Scratchley has devoted himself with much success to the great questions of land tenure , emigration , and industrial investment in every shape , and the present work is a part of a series"On ' these siibjects . We heartily recommend it , as treating of matters of the most vital interest to all classes of the coniinunit }' . Sketch of the Comparative Beauties of the French and Spanish Languages . By Manuel Martinez de Morentin . — -Trubner and Co .
This is a i > aper circulated in the British Literary Society , and is preceded by introductory remarks , by Alfred Elwes , Esq . These draw attention to the analogies , the harmonies and the diversities of languages , and present an agreeable whole . lie decides against a universal language , and advocates the interest to be derived from philological subjects . M . Martinez de Mprentin himself treats of the relative grace and power of the Spanish and French tongues , and gives his verdict in favour pf Don Quixote in the original language . Practical Guide for Italy . ' . By an Englishman Abroad . —Longman , Brown , Green , Longmans and Roberts .
A brief , but still , as regards the number of places , a comprehensive compilation . Adam ' s Descriptive Guide to the Channel Islands . By E . L . Blanchard . W . J . Adams . Tins is a new and enlarged edition . The Inam Commission Unmasked . By Hubert Knight . —Effingham Wilson . : The author , who is the editor of the Bombay Times , is opposed to the Resumption policy . The History of the Great French Revolution . By M . A . Thiers . Richard Bentley . This is the first part of the republicatioii of a wellknown work , which is to be accompanied with more than forty engravings , and a great number of illustrative notes .
What is Homoeopathy ? and is there any , and what amount of Truth in it ? By J . T . Conquest , M . D . F . L . H . —Longman , Brown , Green , Longmans and Roberts . I ) u . Conqukst here registers his conversion to Homoeopathy , and gives reasons for his now faith . Ancient Mineralogy . By N . F . Moore , LL . D . — Sampson Low , Son and Co . This is the second edition of an inquiry respecting mineral substances mentioned by the Ancients , which lias obtained considerable notice . Works of the Rev . Sydney Smith . Paut Vrr . is published , which completes the collection , and is furnishod with title pages , preface , inxl index .
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THESiutis-vvanunY Kstatks . —The Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot has issued a circular to those tenants who have uoclinod acknowledging his title to the estates , informing thorn of tho recent decision oftliefiill Court of Common Pleas , find cautioning tlwm that if they , at the next demand of rout , rofuso to acknowledge tho oarl as their landlord , steps will bo taken to vindicato his rights . Storks ko « this Fuisnoh Ahmy . —A letter" from Oouoa says : —The French hero are landing chests , four feet square , marked , in English , ' Nnvy bread / with tho gross weight , taro and net of each box j and those do not lie at all on the quay , but are immediately put on trucks , passed through tho tramway tunnel to tho station at St . Pier d'Arona , and so sent forward without delay 5 sacks of flour landed by hundreds follow more slowly , each pile sleeping ono night , perhaps , wrapped in sheote of eanrass to protect it against tho damp air before disappearing , when its place ia soon supplied'by another . iNuinbors of casks from Now York , containing each *? 30 pieces of primo pork , " nro loaded on waggons or taken to the University in Stradn Balbi , ono of tho finest buildings in Genoa , and now used as a store .
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** * ¦ A JUNE FROST . - ¦ TT is scai-cely necessary to remind the reader that the amount of trade depends , . at all times on the quantity of commodities to be exchanged ( traded ¦ with ) . . Yet if we notice the great attention paid , by many commercial writers to the quantity of gold and silver that goes out or comes in , and their disregard of the quantify of commodities produced , we ' may almost fancy that this fundamental principle is very frequently forgotten . A great denl lias been said in the week , for example , b } ' our daily contemporaries about the prices of slocks ami railway shares , and the exportation of gold from tho United
States , but they . Lave taken no notice , so far as we have seen , of . the Junk frost , which occurred on the night of the 4 th , and extended from Canada to Illinois , and embraced in its fetters Ohio , Pennsylvania , the western part of New York , and the intervening lands . It snowed 611 Saturday , June 4 th ; throughout the western part of the State of New York ; at nig ht it froze hard ; the ice was a quarter of an inch thick ; tho frost remained on the ground in the shade till alter eight o ' clock on Sunday , and corn ( maize ) , potatoes , and o-arden vegetables were killed down to the "round .
Many trees were scorched and withered , us if a Are blast had passed over them , and all the new wood was destroyed . The fragrance' of leafy June was exchanged for the intolerable stench of decaying vegetation . Ail the annual phtrits were killed . The clover leaves were dried up , and the flowers , seared . The . ' young apples wore all killed—they fell blackened corpses to the ground . Garden vegetables , covered by straw , pails , buckets , boxes— .-whatever could be collected— -could not be saved . No . airy hill side or sheltered valley seems to .-li . ayc escaped . Eears , plums , gooseberries , cherries , grapes , peaches— -all shared the same fate as the apples , and were entirely
destroyed . The gardens and fields were blackened as if burnt . Every . sort of spring crop was entirely destroyed . Some curious facts are stated : — " A-hillofVtfia lancifoUa was killed in the northwest half of it . The south-west hall' was untouched . Within a length of four or five feet , there were four tomato plants and n bucket of water ; the latter was frozen over * two of tin- plants were killed , and the other two entirely unharmed . Instances of this sort were frequent in nil gardens . " These accounts are gleaned from reports arriving from a wide district of country . Tlu « . y nil agree in representing the cold on June 4 th , at night , as the severest ever rememboroid so hits in the season . It was as sharp as in the middle of December , and more destructive than any frost for
many years . At first sight . it may ftpponr tlinL we at a distance have little interest in ' this matter . W . ; do not import fresh fruits and spring vegetables from thu United States . Indian , corn we do import m considerable quantities , 3 O we import , wh ' . 'ii . t , but tins latter hardy grain in supposed to be only ulightly injured . It must be recollected , however , that tlic husbandmen of this . States two nuumgtt . our best customers , and . as their vcgi'tublM , their fruit , their com is destroyed , they will him- loss to spend on clothing and instrumunls ; and Uih tvoni , which has fallen so unexpectedly on Uk . s liir ^ o ilwhnmw Ihu
trict of America may Ni tf l'L the u > " mj > prosperity of uiiuiy poi-nuiis in bn K hiinl . J . Iu > Americans having lens will ux « hunjr « & «* , « " > trade will not bo so extensive us it would have been hud the vroathor been throughout propitious in tho Htutos . Cortajnly tln » r < s ih yot t in < . with fine iveuUu'r , hereafter to ivpmr nuirli ol tho misfortune ; but , unfortunately , nuch vio out chan ^ os are generally followed by other violent changes , and tho unlimolv fi-osL may bo tho prooursor of nil unfavourable huuhoii . J-bougli tho causes of such suddun changes in tho tomporaturo are not accounted for , they arc generally tffctcndod by extensive commotions in tho atmosphere . Kloctricity , that mysterious agent , Iihh soiuuLhing to do with them j and beiny everywhere , and excited into activity by every olioimoal change , such interruptions of the usual nud equal
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T ^ oTicES &c . i THE LEADER . 775
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THE METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL Is open to the sick poor of all countries without the necessity of a governor ' s letter of recommendation , and the daily attendance of patients last year amounted in the aggregate to 53 , 511 . It is situated close to the most destitute and populous districts of the metropolis , —viz ., Spitalfields , Shoreditch , Bethnal-green , Whitechapel , &e ., places whose names are almost synonymous with poverty and disease , and where are generated those unhealthy , 'influences arising from overcrowded and ill-provided habitations , which render the advantages offered by such a charity as this a paramount necessity to the surrounding population . It is wholly dependent on
voluntary contributions , and at the present moment urgently requires assistance . The anniversary festival was celebrated last evening at the London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street , when about 120 gentlemen sat down to dinner . The Earl of Carlisle occupied the chair , and amonjr the gentlemen present were Messrs . S . Gurney , M . l \ , J . G . \ IIoare , J . Gnrney Fry , J . Davis , J . Somes , J . Fry , and Hyde Clarke , D . C . L . In proposing the toast of the evening , " Prosperity to the IS elropolitan Free Hospital , " the chairman dwelt upon the fact , that , although called an hospital , this was really a monster dispensary . That it was so was not the fault of the designers ^ friends , or patrons of the institution ; and he strongly urged all those who heard him to come
forward with their subscriptions , and . enable the managers of the institution to make it what it was really intended to bu—an hospital which should without difficulty or impediment supply the wants of the most indigent of our population . The appeal of the chairman was liberally responded to , and during the evening subscriptions were announced to the amount of £ 2 , 080 , . Mr . John Gurney Fry ' s list reaching to . £ 1 J 2 OO and Mr . Jonas Defries' to more than . £ 300 , upwards of £ 100 of which ¦ were annual subscriptions ; . We were much pleased to notice so many of . ourllebrew brethren present . Tlie musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr . E . Grant , who was ably assisted by Miss Messent , Mr . W . Smith , Mr . Burgess , and Mrr a . Gcnge . Mr . Higgs was toastmaster .
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St . Georoe ' s-in ' -the ' EAST .- ^ The parish church remained closed at the time of ¦ afternoon service on Sunday last ,, and placards were posted announcing that in consequence of the recent decision of the Court of Queen's Bench-, the ltev . Bryan King will retain the present morning , afternoon , and evening services , but a special service at a quarter past two every Sunday will be conducted by the Rev . Hugli Allen , at winch he will deliver his lecture , and that this arrangement would commence on Sunday next . Mit . Chishom Anstkt , —On Wednesday , at
Newcastle , Mr . Chisholm Anstey addressed a meeting for . three hours on the state of things at Hong-Kong , under the direction of Sir John Bowring . Mr . Anstey so convinced his audience of the truth of his allegations that they resolved to memorialise the Queen for the suspension from office of Mr . Daniel R . Caldwell , who is accused of acts of piracy , and who escaped xmnishment because , as alleged , Mr . Bridges the Colonial Secretary , with the connivance of tho Governor , destroyed certain papers and records which would have secured his conviction .
Wei-hnotos Ooi . t . eoe . —Tho Prince Consort visited tho college on Monday last . He presided at tho announcement of tho prizes by the hoad-muster , and addressed a few words of advice and encouragement to tho boys , especially commending the spirit of kindness and generosity which had marked their first half-year together . His Royal Highness , on tho petition of the captain ( Mr . Bougljey ) , gave an additional week ' s holiday , as a special favour , in honour of tho opening of tho college by her Majesty . Mr . Luslott , M . P . for Worcester , who recently mot with a Bovero accident , is progressing favourably and re gaining strongth , but ho is not yet in a condition to resume * his pnrliametary duties .
The judges of the Ellerton Theological IVizo Essay liavo notified to tho Vioo-Chancollyr that they , havo awarded it to Mr . Jolm Ciusar Hawkins , of Oriel Colloyc . Subject , " Tlio Lawfulness of < ) uths . " Sixty-three mombprs of parliament claim , th ' ia sossionj to bo oxcusod lVoin serving on oloction committees , on account of boing nioro than sixty years old . It is stated that tho testimonial to tho Dean of Chichostor ( whioh consists of 3 , 000 guineas to tho Dean , and 1 , 000 guineas to Mrs . Hook ) is to bo presented to tho Dean at tho Town Hall , Loods , on tho Foast of St . Poter . , , M . Dequor , Qx-ohanoollor of tho French embassy at tho Court of Austria , arrived at Vienna on tho 17 th . Tho objeot of hla visit , it is supposod , is to negotiate for an oxohungo pf prisoners .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 25, 1859, page 775, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2300/page/19/
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