The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-30 00:00:00

tITERATUItE.

JILACRIVO9D for
This is a number of more than average, and of most
agreeably varied interest. It opens with a paper which
every right-Minded Englishman will-peruse with delight
is "Wellington's Career"—the career of that, great
duke whose memory will be revered to the latest gene-
,..lt consists of an able and, Comprehensive
review of Brialmont's Life of the Great Captain, edited
and retised by-Mr. Gleig,-, the Chaplain-General to the
porees. Nor Man Sinclair" is continued, haVing, now
Pissed through Part IV. it loses none of deep
interest.
," Lady Hainilton" is always an interesting
subject, and it is here handled very ably. So is that
graver and more important question, " Our Position
with China." -Alison's History of Europe from 1815 to
182 is another able and interesting article. " Poetic
Aberrations" is a quizzical piece of criticism of Mrs.
Barrett Browning's new volume of poems.: And the
two concluding papers, " What have we done for the
Princes of India," and "Parliamentary Duelling,". are
opportune and valuable political disquisitions. In addi-
tion ti these, 'there are three poetical contribution&
that-sterling quality in which, alone Maga dealay„.

, THE CORNIITLi; MAGAZINE for April.
Adather capita' number of this new but already
Popular periodical. It contains cblitinUations, of course,
of the several papers which were commenced in,the first
and second numbers—Lovel the Widower, Framley
parsonage, StUdies in Animal Life, and _ William
!'"g'arth, Painter, Engraver, and
.PhilOsopher ; and the
interest of one and all of them is ably sustained. One
°t: the gems of this number, is a fragment of .3, story by.
tae late Charlotte Bronte, entitled :The Last Sitetch;,-,
only it is exceedingly tantalizing to read it, bringing
one as it does to a most' interesting conjuncture; and
Colour
abruptly leaving off. There- are clever papers on
.‘„.-iOlour Blindness, on Canton, on Ideal Houses, on the
Influence -of Chloroform • and on Long Shots and
Straight Bliots ; and .Thomas Hood has contributed 'a
on Spring, and Monckton Milnes one entitled
, augers Yet,—while a nameless hand has graced it
711 P.11O"011::Patite. .

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MASTERS AND OPtRATIVES.—
Mn
he
SlallY e M.P., stated
to the committee that for many years had studied the .
question of the relations between
masterst and workmen,
and had sat on committees connected.
with the subject.
From the experience he had ginion ained l
subject he was decidedly of
conciliation were formed'they would beopt if councils of
in investigating
investigating the
masters and workmen; but he thought it desirable that
one general council should be established in each pro
vincial town, and hot that there should be separate
councils for each particular trade.
"The deputation' from Savoy, on dining at the
attention
on Saturday; 'were the objects of most gracious teti
on the part of the Emperor and Empress. After the
dinner, which was not over till nine o'clock, the Emperor
entered into': conversation with' them, and -asked- many
questions concerning the interests of Savoy.. His
Majesty afterwards gave each of them a photographe
portrait et:himself, and the Empress presented them
with an engraving, representing the Prince
with the words, "Souvenir of the 24th March, 1860
EUGENIE," in her own handwriting, Imperial,
LIME AND Wpm---In Thames water,. and most of
the waters-furnishing the London supply, limellifint. lii.
bunit
in the proportion, of about 16 grains 'to th
a million gallons exist a ton of lime.
Thee lallyesnPP
supply
is. about eighty million gallons, so that thirty thousand
into London
tons of lime mahout the quantity PlitnZadin.,l.of lime
withits yearly supply of water.. A
that 'would ;make Mortar ' enough to build suburb !
Linlefinjure,s the coats of the stomach when
with
the. water that contains it ;
beauty of
mater; it curdles the soap, and takes away the
'when we iethsu drinkch
the skin.'
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS 'IN A
1 and 159
trian empire now contains 330 civil hospita s
for soldiers. The t. 'annually
13'
AUSTRIA.—'The Aus-
lunatic
amounts to about 400,000.,
'number of pa lents admitcd .
There are 40 . _ ;
asylums, in which about 6,-000 individuals are confined
from
40 lYing-in hospitals, which , annually receive
40,000 to 60;000 women; and 33 orphan establishments,
containing 24,000
men in the Austrian
children. The number of. medical
'empire amounts. to 27,984, or .1 to
each 1,000 inhabitants. In - France there are only
18,000 .for a PoPulation Of nearly 36,000,000, or 1 for
eaoh-2,ooo:inhabitants.
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SINGULAR TRAGEDY.—A tragical event has just taken
lace at!Laon: (Aimie).
The wife of a weaver, named
lezineellet,,tvas found dead in her house with her throat
cut; the husband also had received several wounds,' and
was removed to the hospital. In addition to the-wound
in the throat, which was very deep, the woman had
several others on the arms. According to the statement
of Mennechet, his wife, whose bad conduct had been the
cause of.frequent quarrels between them, attacked and
attempted, to murder him, and afterwards committed
suicide. As . this story was not, however, believed, he
has been placed'under strict surveillance at' the hospital,
and on his recovery will be:placed in the hands of justice.
A WHITE ELEPHANT IN SIAM,--A white elephant
has been seen above a hundred miles from. Bankok.,
The first person who gives information of a white
elephant receives, besides other privileges, one, hundred
cattiea- of silver---£1,000; The second king, aocom-
Panied by • his brother Chow Fa,. grand master of the
elephants, with a numerous suite, will leave Bankok on
Or about ,the Ist of ' February, for the purpose of.
Catching it.' Great rejoicings will follow should they
Cat
The last white elephant died on the Bth of. SJlPttrlben- -1855, - -but, .as - a facetious missionary
uoserves,l," the nation moves on prosperously."-
4tikai..o4 China "Telegraph, '

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