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Austria and Prussia ; and the interview is the result of the efforts of the English , " Court * if not of the Cabinet . It is tolerably certain that the English Court shares the views of Austria and Prussia with respect to the Italian question , or rather revolution ; and that Prussia and Austria are of one -accord- with England concerning Syria . The Emperor ' s letter has tended , in some degree , to open the eyes of the general public to the fact that Biutannia , in spite of her haying so long and modestly played violino secundo to Louis Napoleon , is mistress of the situation at this moment . We expect a confirmation of the report that the convention , with regard to Syria , has been signed . Prussia proposes that the occupation by European troops shall not exceed a certain period ; and that the troops shall be of different nations , subject to the instructions of a commission appointed by the Great Powers .
There is . just now , a complete lull in home politics . Potentates and politicians are recruiting their strength at the watering places of the interior , or at the sea-side . Apropos of watering places , the island of Wangerooge , on the coast of Oldenburg , formerly a favourite summer resort , has almost ceased to exist . The continual encroachments of the sea which have been going on these centuries past , after having swept away half the village , have now gained the church . By this not only are the inhabitants ruined , but the entire navigation of the Weser- and the Jade is axTected . The church steeple of Wangerooge , well known
to all seamen frequenting the north-west coast of Germany , was , and is at this moment , indeed , still a good landmark , because of its height and mass , and the more important to all vessels entering the Weser and the Jade , as it was necessary to erect the new lighthouse of Wangerooge four niiles more to the eastward . The church is now in danger of being swept away by the first storm , and the Government of Oldenburg has issued a notice to- mariners warning them against reckoning upon u ; w- , a landmark in future , for that it is liable to disappear at any ' " < nn . that at the
It is mentioned in some of the old chronicles , commencement of the Christian era a violent storni from the north west overwhelmed the island of Heligoland , which at the time extended all along the German coast aud as far as Denmark . Confirmation is lent to the truth of this statement by the discovery of the remains of a forest at about four feet below the surface of the earth , just outside the town of Bremen , where some excavations are being made to obtain earth for ' a new churchyard , ground being very swampy . The trees are found lying with their roots upturned directly to the north-west . Evidently they were prostrated by the force of wind or floods coming from that direction . The trees are of middling size , mostly oak and beech , and lie in a bed of fine vegetable-mould at least four or five feet deep . The soil which covers it is sandy and poor .
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The XorfJi BritisJi Review , for " August ,, No . 75 . —The opening article ofthis quarter ly is one of considerable interest , the title of it being , " The Romance of the Kcw Planet . " M . Iiiais has denied the discovery of a new inti'a-inercurial planet , and M . Radeau has replied to M . TGiiaJs . ; The reviewer sums up the pros and cans of the question by urging that since the first notice of the discovery of Tulcan in the beginiiing of January , 1860 , the sun : has been anxiously observed by astronomers ; and the limited area ^' round him in which the planet must be , if lie is not upon the sun , has doubtless been explored with equal care by telescopes as well as the eye of the observer , and yet no planet lias boon found . This fact would entitle us to conclude that no such planet' exists , if its existence had been merely conjectured , or if it had been deduced from any of the laws of planetary distance , or even if
Xeverrier or Adams had announced it as the probable result of planetary perturbations . If the finest telescopes cannot rediscover a planet that ¦ linff . . n : . yis . . 1 fl disc , with a power of 300 , as used by kiaj » i within so limited an area as a circle of 16 degrees , of which tlie sun is tlnreerrtTBT " or rather ¦ within a narrow belt of that circle , wo should unhesitatingly declare that no such planet exists ; but the question assumes a very different aspect when it involves morel considerations . . . . Tinie , however , tries facts as well as speculations ; The phenomenon observed by the F rench astronomer may never ' lie seen again ; and thodisturbance of Mercury winch rendered it probable , may he olJtenuine
explained . Sliould this bo the . case , we must refer the round spot on tho Biiii to some of those illusions of the cyo or brain -which have sometimes disturbed tlie tranquillity of science , The literary articles aro on " Recent Poetry , " " Imaginative Literature , " M . Thiers ' "History of tho Consulate and Empire , " and a resume of " Recent Publications . " " ' Severe- Winters" is ' div articlo rendered interesting by the peculiarity of the weather throughout tho present year . " Dr . Brown ' s Lifo and Works , " " Colonial Constitutions and Defences , " " Tho Truth about Russia " ( La Verite" sur la Russio par l . o J ? rinoo Picrro Dolgbroukotf ) , " Recent Rationalism in tho Church of England , " and " Scottish Nationality , " aro subjects occupying a prominont place in tho present
number . Medals of the Jir ' Uish Army , and How they were Won . Part I . Groombridgo imd Sons . —Tho iirst part of this now work ia devoted to tho Crimean Ciunpaign , and a far simile of the Crimean Modal servos for its frontispiece . It contains thirty-two pages of largo readable typo on a highly interesting subject . Recreative Science for August . — -Groombridgo and Sons . —This " monthly record of intellectual observation " contains a succinct and comprehensive resume * of sttionco up-to the prenent month . " Xho Structure und Movements of Comets ; " "A Lesson in Physiology ? "A Geological Excursion to tho Cottoswold Hills 5 " " A Chapter on JUk . 's Heads ; " and Bovornl other articles on astronomical and other intcrcHting subjects of modem diqoovoi ^ -witt ^ student . . ' ' " . " .. ' .. '' . ' . " . Ki >» js ( on \ i Maqatiinofor Hoys . No , 18 , August . —Lontlon : Bnswor (? i and Il ' urriaon , —This magiizino contuinn Bomo instructive , and at the pamo time diverting articles , calculated to aid in roaring tho lender lho \ ifiht into robust maturity , and to tench tho young idea how to hIiooo up and produce a fortilo harvest of reflection ; the saying , "All work and no play ninkoa Jack a dull boy , " Bcejna to liuvo been present to tho minds of its -writers .
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facilitate his acquisition of the requisite proficiency in the particular branch- of qualification to whicli it applies . But tho student should never forget , for a moment that it is by assiduous practical work and ¦ close' thought that he must reallv achieve success . The copious table of contents , covering eight pages , prefixed to this manual of gastronomy , would set an Alderman ' s mouth watering , even after unlimited turtle . No house which has that indispensable appendage of civilization—a kitchen—attached to it should be without this little wol-k , which contains all the newest of most oiuginal " ideas" conceived on the subject by tlie diefs of the " noble science of cookery , " with full and lucid directions for their practical realization . This forms Ho . 18 of the " Historical Tales" issued by this establishment . It contains a short tale extending to 128 pages , incidents in which , of a highly interesting character , aro matter of historical fact , and indeed the whole is founded on an historical basis , and its scope and purpose i 3 to give a graphic representation of the period to which it refers . . The first part of this little manual is devoted to the infra-vertebrated animals : —Protozoa , or lowest animals- —literally " first-life ; " radiata or ray-ed animals , whicli in the construction of their frame resemble a wheel without its tire ; annulosa , or ringed animals ; and molkisca , or soft-bodied animals . Part II . contains the five classes into which the ertebrated animals are divided , namely , fishes ; amphibious animals ; reptiles ; birds ; and quadrupeds . Taking the vertebrated animals as one sub-kingdom , and each of the former orders of infra-vertebrata , as one , we have thus live sub-kingdoms , instead of four , the number determined by Cuvier , the lowest group ( Protozoa ) having been added since liis classification was framed . The work is lucidly and compendiously
arranged . This Guide is compiled with the assistance of other eminent local naturalists in co-operation with Mr . Venables . It contains a full description of the Isle of Wight , its approaches and places of resort , with the walksj drives , and excursions it presents to the visitor ; a well-constructed tourists '" map ; and a general synopsis of the topography , agriculture , products and manufactures , local affairs , antiquities , architecture , ' history ,, geology , zoology , and botany , of this favourite' place of resort . " ' The completeness and amount of tho information it condenses , may be inferred from the fact of its containing 52 G pages of close Writing ; in a terse , readable style . A well-arranged table of contents ^ and a copious index of fourteen pages aro bound up with , the work .
This little work ia intended for tho use of those who arc dcsiroua of passing tho civil m < rviooexaminations . It ia applicable to narratives of facts oi- hiHtorirul events , correspondence , oflfuml documents , nntl gonornl oompositiou , and ( 'outrun * mimoroiw cxmnplos and oxorciaea . Aa Jar u ¥ mVcTrunrciiiriivs nMic ^ many useful hints and aug ^ tiaua to 1 Ue apt Bchohir , which will greatly
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Calcutta ^ 18 th June 18 G 0 . TO TIIE KDITOR GE THE LEADER , LONPON . Sm ,-In the papers from Calcutta , whicli will now . be . rpacliinff England , there is contained the evirtence of ryotts ( cultivators ) an d others , us given before tho Indigo Cominission , now sitting 111 this capital , and which evidence is mainly composed ( so tar as ryni . taJ ..: n : nd missionaries aye concerned ) of accusations against indigo plantersTaUd of statements whicli can birTnroSt-conTp letelycontradictcd . , ' ... the coniinissioners
Documents have already been submitted to , showing the falsity of some of the statements—but as planters cannot personally attend at present in consequence of the manufacturing season , some timo must elapse before their contradictions can appear on record . I am , therefore , requested by the Central Committee of the Indigo Planters' Association to address , you in the hope that you will have the goodness , through tho medium ot your journal , to point out to tho English public the necessity ot their refraining from , and begging them to defer , forming any opinion on the subject , 'Until- 'the parties who have been accused have an opportunity of giving thoir evidence . ^ _ _ For any aid that you may afford us in this respect , I have the authority of tho Central Coinmittco of tho Indigo Planters ' Association to state that they \ y-ill indeed feel much obliged . I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , T . KlNGSLKY , Secretary , Indigo Planters' Association , [ Wo shall bo very glad to aid in a just appreciation of this matter . —Epitok . ]
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* , 1 m Introduction h > tin- Writ I ml f i ' rechor Di ^ sts . Jly tho Kov . John Hunter , 3 \ r . A . LoinUiiis i . on ^ c-itiaii A : < . '(» ., lMi < 0 . Jlvntlcir * Cook ' s J . ' irru Jhti // look . Umi \ m \ : lUmtluy , 1 RO ») . Anb , v ' if , la uornw ; or the Time * 0 / Ht . AimIm . Lonrtmi : _ J . II . nn < l J . Purkor . 1900 . Vir » l tiu-iH to y . ouhmu . l » y lloburt IMilowoii , VM * . nolfmt j Ulimntt ami Jl'luiyro . Loiulont Loimmim uml Co ., iH ( J (» . A Guide to 1 ha I * k <•/ Wfvht . Uy tlio Kuv . KUmuml YcimUlcs , M , A , London 1 K . Stan ( bid , J 8 ()(> ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 11, 1860, page 723, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2360/page/11/
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