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The Press.
London, England, 1858-10-23

pug prket anD Qtxtg Nnititijente.

FRIDAY EVENING.
Tint return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday last, the 20th inst., shows the
following changes compared with that for the week
preceding :
Increase in Circulation
Increase in Public Deposits
Decease in Other Deposits
Decrease in Securities
Decrease in Bullion
Increase in Rest
Decrease in Reserve 515,476
Bullion in both Departments 19,276,560
Circulation, including Dank Post
Bills 22,385,630
With the decrease mentioned last week, the total
diminution in the stock of Bullion held by the Bank
has teen, during the last fortnight, within a fraction
of 40,000/. This is rather a significant circum•
stance, and one calculated, in the present state of the
Exchanges, to arrest expectations of a reduction in
the current rates of discount, though the magnitude
of the supplies will prevent any immediate tendencies
in the opposite direction. Along wii h this diminu-
tion in the Bullion, the Reserve also shows a large
falling off. This is mainly caused by the withdrawal
of private deposits, which have to a large extent
been appropriated to investments in Exchequer Bills
and Indian Securities. In these respects the present
return is unfavourable, though the condition of the
Bank is not affected by the changes. It will be
observed that, notwithstanding the payment of the
dividends, the Public Deposits show a good increase,
until they again stand at more than five millions and
a half, with only one month out of the quarter
expired. A satisfactoxy proof is thus exhibited of the
readiness with which revenue payments are made;
and indications are thus already apparent that the
Chancellor of Exchequer will probably be enabled to
discharge the outstanding portion of Exchequer
Bonds without much, if any, inconvenience.
The Money Market has greatly felt the effects of
the dispersion of the dividends. Ordinarily a very
large proportion of the supplies thus obtained are
reinvested in different classes of securities; but this
quarter there has been comparatively little done in
that way, a fact) which we believe may be attributed
to the circumstance of the best descriptions of
securities being at high prices, while those of a
secondary and inferior quality inspire but a small
degree of confidence among prudent capitaiists. In
this way it has happened that the very large propor-
tion of the capital which would under different cir-
cumstances have been invested, bas been placed with
the bankers and brokers at very low terms, in the
expectation that reviving commerce would cause such
a demand for money that more could be made by
so placing it than in any other way. Thus, the
:banks and the brokers, already full, and unable to
nci employment for what they had, have found their
stlipplits enormously increased. Under these circum-
tri
, ces rates have declined, until the best bills have
been done at two per cent., and we have heard of one
Case where even less was taken, though how much
we do not know. The present rates are from two or two
and one-eighth to two and a quarter per cent., with
London, England, 1858-10-23

THE PRESS, OCTOBER 23,1858.

A RAILWAY Comstori, by which twenty persons
were more or less injured, occurred on the Birken-
head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway
on Friday afternoon. It appears that the express
train which left Birkenhead at 3.30, and which ought
to have arrived in Chester at 4.10 p.m., ran into a
light engine which had broken down, on its way to
Chester, near the Mollington station. The drivers
and stokers of both engines were hurt slightly, and
one was taken to the Chester Infirmary, though he
has not been seriously injured. The passengers were
thrown from side to side in the compartments of the
carriages, and several had their faces cut. None of
the carriages were smashed, but the divisions in
several, which are very slight, were completely
destroyed. After about half an hour's delay the train
was taken on to Chester, when the sufferers promptly
received medical assistance. An inquiry into the
cause of the accident was commenced on Saturday
by the board of directors, and was adjourned to this
day.

Enwann SURTEES, bottlemaker, aged twenty-one,
working with Laing and Co., Sunderland, breakfasted
in the works at five o'clock on Wednesday morning,
it being then dark, and walked out on to the narrow
way. " Mind !" exclaimed a fellow•workman ; " don't
go over the quay." The next moment a splash was
heard. Surtees had fallen into the flood-tide, and
was drowned.

A COLLISION, by which the lives of a large number
of passengers were endangered, and seven received
contusions, occurred at the Exeter station of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway on Tuesday. The
engine-driver and the fireman were at once taken
into custody as the culpable parties. They have been
fined W., or one month's imprisonment.
MAJOR LUMLEY, of the 23rd Fusiliers, who had
greatly distinguished himself at the siege of Sebas-
topol, committed suicide on Sunday last, at Brecon
Barracks, by discharging a pistol close under his
right ear, the bullet lodging in his head. The gal-
lant officer had been severely wounded during the
attack on the ltedan, a musket-ball having passed
through the roof of his mouth, and this circumstance,
together with arduous exertions in drilling recruits,
had severely affected his health. At an inquest a
verdict of " Temporary Insanity " was returned.

LORD LEIGH met with an accident while driving
over bis estate on Thursday week in a dogcart. The
horse took fright, and his lordship was thrown from
the valet° with such force that his collar-bone was
dislocated. Medical aid was promptly obtained, and
the bone was set, so that no permanent injury will
supervene.
London, England, 1858-10-23

Xab3 an Volitt.

AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE, in which the principals
are the son of the French Consul and the editor of
one of the local papers, has created considerable eh.
citement at Newcastle. It appears that, in antici-
pation of the municipal elections in Newcastle on-
Tyne, a great deal of popular excitement exists,
especially in the Westgate Ward. Mr. Wm. Dunn,
a Roman Catholic gentleman, represents that ward
and a strong feeling of antagonism has been aroused
against him on account of his faith. The Daily
Express took up the case in this sense with great
vehemence, and letters and articles have appeared
commenting with unqualified severity OD its oppo.
nents, and the means adopted by them to further
their electioneering purposes. On Tuesday morning
the letter appeared in the Daily Express, attri-
buting to the French Consul, the Count de Mari•
court—the agent, as it called him, of the arch-traitor
and plotter against his country's liberty, Louis Napo-
leon—an interference with the canvass in the ward.
The son of the consul, lately an officer in the French
army, who was staying with his father at the time,
called at the office, and left the following card for
the editor of the Daily Express:—

F. DE lIARICOKRT,
llth Dragoons,
Will do the editor the honour to wait for him at the
smoking-room of the Exchange-hotel to-morrow morning
at eight o'clock. If the editor does not come, he will hate
the pleasure to chastise him at his own house.
Of course the appointment was not kept, and M. de
Maricourt returned home. Shortly afterwards be
obtained a copy of the Daily Express of Wednesday,
and found an article in it reflecting on the count in
the most violent manner. " Now," says the journal
in question, " there are two kinds of F-ench counts.
If a professor of anything from language or leger-
demain comes from America, the chances are that
he is a major, or something between *at and a
general ; if, on the other hand, your necromancer
or dancing-master comes from France, he is pretty
certain to be a count. There are no doubt real
counts as well as pinchbecks, but whether M. de
.Maricourt belongs to the one class or the other
—whether his affinities connect him with the Count
Montalembert or Count Borromeo, the most impu-
dent impostor on the treadmill—ite is equally pre.
chided fiom interfering with the course of an Eng-
lish election." The article concludes with this
advice—" Monsieur must follow madame." To
understand the last allusion, it is necessary to explain
that " Madame" was the keeper of a notorious house
in Newcastle—so notorious that she was handed ou,t
of the town by the police. OD the publication of thi;
article, M. de Maricourt, the son of the consul,
proceeded to the office of the paper, demanded to
sco the editor, and on the hesitation of the people to
tell hire where he could be found, the young than
pulled out a pistol, and threatened them if they
would not inform him. On learning the place where
the editor could be found, he drove thither in a cab,
*ld eato.r.O. the e‘litopal suotilig. 1O is44o
London, England, 1858-10-23

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THE PRtSS, OCTOBER 23, 1858.

AUSTRIA.
THE NATIONAL BANK.

A decree has been published in the official gazette,
according to which the National Bank of Austria is,
from the Ist of November next, to discount bills and
make payments on account of public loans with new
beak notes. The old notes are to be taken by the
National Bank at 105.

NAPLES.
A ROYAL MARRIAGE.

A letter from Munich, in the Gazette de Cologne,
states that a courier arrived in that city on the 7th,
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Bavarian Court, directing him to demand officially
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a poor, maudlin, love•lorn fool. Whatever I may feel, I
will act as becomes a man ! '
And, from that day, Helen's name was not mentioned.
This state of the plot is arrived at about the
middle of the story, and the interest then be-
comes stronger. The bride does not find happi-
ness, and after many personal anxieties, and
after having long suspected that her husband
was addicted to intoxication, the truth at last
bursts upon her that she has been married to a
man who is fast tending to insanity!
We shall not disclose what then becomes of
Helen, but we must refer our readers to the
volume itself for the conclusion. The volume is
informed throughout with a fine religious spirit,
not obtrusively put forward, but indicated at the
right place. There is a genuine strain of womanly
sentiment in the writing which cannot fail to be
appreciated, and " Quicksands " is certainly an
excellent " tale," and at times abundant proofs
are given that with a wider survey of human
nature, and with more study of the characters of
men, Miss Lisle could put forth pretensions to
being a novelist of a high order.
London, England, 1858-10-23

THE PRESS, OCTOBER 23, 1858.

or by any precipitation, but by the people of this country
being thoroughly and well informed, weighing what they
are about to do, taking counsel from the lessons of history,
examining their laws with a critical, but not with a
captious or unfriendly eye. It is to be done by following
the course of events, by choosing well the path which you
are about to pursue, pursuing that course boldly, and at
the same time firmly and steadily. If I venture to give
this opinion, it is not that I am endeavouring to teach
you. I am endeavouring only to express that which
believe to be the opinion of this meeting, and the opinion
of the people of England in general. Believing
in the high character of this people, in their
natural good sense, and in that virtue which makes
them act towards others with due regard to the pre-
cepts of the Christian religion and the duties of free
subjects—believing that such is our disposition, I
delight in every occasion in which I see that the
knowledge of the people of this country, and with
their knowledge their power, is making advance. The
ultimate progress of theit which is going on in all parts of
the country it is not likely that I shall live to see. But
this I do hope, that the homes of the people of this
country will be made more comfortable than they have
been; that they will value the education of their
children, and that, valuing it, they will value the happy
homes to which they return at night. Many faults exist,
some vices are still very prevalent among us. We must
rely in great part upon the ministers both of the Estab-
lished Church and of the various denominations, in order
to induce that greater conformity to Christian precepts
which we ought all to desire. For me, I can only say
that 1 believe increase of knowledge will bring with it
increase of veneration ; and that the more we know, the
more we shall tow to the wonderful works of the
almighty wisdom of the Creator.
London, England, 1858-10-23

THE PRESS, OCTOBER 23, 1858

the Established Church, 402 were Roman Catholics,
and 439 Presbyterians and other Protestant Dis-
senters. On the present occasion 70 successful
candidates appeared for diplomas, of whom 20 won
medals and other honours, which were distributed,
on Saturday, in St. Patrick's-hall, Dublin Castle, by
the Lord Lieutenant, in the presence of the Duke
and Duchess of Montrose, Lady Agnes Graham,
Lord Chancellor Napier, and a long array of all the
high notables at present in the metropolis.
THE INSPECTOR-GENERALSIIIP OF IRISH CONSTA--
atm/am has been conferred on Mr. Henry John
Brownrigg, C. 8., in the room of Colonel Wood.
resigned. Mr. Brownrigg has filled the office of
senior deputy inspector for the past ten years.
AN EXTRAORDINARY ABDUCTION CASE, having for its
object the carrying off of Miss Arbuthnot with the
view to marriage, has been brought to a termination
by the decision of the Kingstown police magistrates.
The charge of conspiracy involved Mr. Carden of
Bautane, in the county of Tipperary, where he pos-
sesses large property. It will be remembered that
two years ago this gentleman was sentenced to two
years' imprisonment, a portion of which was remitted
on the grourd of ill health, for a forcible attempt to
abduct the same lady. The defence was, Mr. Carden
never intended to break the law, and that he had
only adopted the course which had brought him
before the court from a belief that Miss Arbuthnot
was coerced by her family to reject him. This was
denied in the most emphatic terms by the fair object
of the suit of this gay Lathario, who has been bound
over in his own recognizance of 5,0001. to keep the
peace.
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sportiug.

A COVEY OF PARTRIDGES, six or seven brace, was
surprised the other day by a gentleman passing
through Leeds-park. They flew towards a wire fence,
unfortunately for them too close at hand, as four
were picked up dead and one wounded. The gen-
tleman had no weapon with him more formidable
that his walking•stick. He returned to dinner, bear-
ing with him two brace of the partridges, which had
fallen victims to their precipitous retreat.
THE MARQUIS or BRISTOL, who is in his ninetieth
year, enjoyed the sports of the field at lckworth on
the 15th inst., and bagged six pheasants in a few
minutes.
London, England, 1858-10-23

THE PRESS. OCTOBER 23, 1858.

ARMY CONTRACTS FOR BREAD, MEAT, AND FORAGE.
WAI: OFFICE. Pall-mall, London, S.W.,
16th October, 18113.
VOTICE is hereby given, that the Secretary of
State for War will be prepared to enter into CONTRACTS
in the ensuing Month for such quantities of
BREAD, BEST SECONDS,
MEAT,
FORAGE,
as may be required for her Majesty's Land Forces in Quarters •
Barracks, or Hospitals, for Six Months from the let of 1)e
cember next.
The Contracts will be made for the Counties in England
subject to certain modifications, hereafter detailed, for Wales,
for North Britain, the Isle of Mau, and the Channel Islands.
The exceptions to the County Contracts, will be as follows:
Special Contracts will he required for tbe Troops at Aldershot,
Plymouth, Devonport, Portsmouth, Chatham, Gosport, and
Woolwich.
Middlesex will be divided into Six Contracts.
Purfleet will be included with the Tower, and Tilbury Fort
with Kent.
Scotland will be divided into Four Contracts.
Printed Forms of Tenders, with the Conditions of the several
Contracts, may be obtained on application to the Director of
Contracts, at this Office, on or after the let of November next.
All proposals to contract must be made on the printed form of
Tender, which should be properly filled up, signed, sealed, and
marked on the outside "'render for Army Suppl.es," and de-
livered at this Office on or before the 16th of November next,
after which no Tender will be received.
THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts.
London, England, 1858-10-23

No. 280.—VoL. VI.

Vass.

LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1858.

REFORM OF PARLIAMENT.

MR. BRIGHT 18 going to have a grand day at
Birmingham with his constituents, when there
will, of course, he the usual speeches. The
subject on which doubtless he will lay the chief
stress is that of Reform. Now, Mr. BRIGHT is a
man of great ability, and in some of his political
views we agree with him. For instance, we cor-
dially agree with him in his anxiety that this
country should, in its dealings with foreign
nations, be the asserter and maintainer of the
principles of international law, and not their
violator. It is for these reasons that we look
forward with interest to the language that he will
hold at Birmingham on the question of Reform.
We shall be glad if he prove himself on this sub-
ject, not a mere vulgar demagogue, reckless of
everything but what will please his audience, but
that he will show by his observations that he is
desirous to act the part of a philosophic statesman.
We hope, therefore, that we shall receive from
him a distinct reply to the question which we
put to him in our paper of the 25th of last
month—viz., is the object which he has in view
to improve the character of the Legislature ? or
is it his object to confer the franchise upon the
multitude, regardless of the effect which it may
have on the future composition of the Legislature,
in adapting it to carry on our national affairs
with wisdom and safety ? In short, we ask him
to tell us, does he prefer a Humphrey Brown and
a Townsend, if returned by a large popular con-
stituency, to a Pitt or a Fox, if returned by a
small one ? We hope Mr. BRIGHT will not evade
this one question. We trust that he will man-
fully meet it, and that, whatever may be his
view, he will not shrink from avowing it.
This question contains the pith of the whole
controversy. If we are to be told that the object
of the Radical Reformers is to give all power
into the hands of the people, and that they
prefer that that power should be placed in their
hands, even with the certainty of their abusing
it, to the national detriment—rather than it
should be vested M a restricted number, with the
certainty of its being used for the national
benefit—then with men who hold such views the
only mode of dealing must be, the most uncom-
promising opposition.
Now, it is no answer to this creation for them
to say that they are for conferring larger political
powers on the people, as they believe that power
will be used by them for the national benefit,
unless they go further and admit that, if they
believed the contrary, then they would not labour
to confer that power on those whom they thought
would misuse it. It is idle to argue with men
who will not make this admission. For, if at all
risks, the franchise is to be indefinitely extended,
a mere off-hand opinion that no public mischief
will
ensue from the extension in no way puts
-11 em in a position for reasonable men to argue
London, England, 1858-10-23

A FORGED DESPATCH.

The pretended despatch of M. Carafis, having
reference to the existing relations between the
Neapolitan Government and the Western Powers, is
officially contradicted.

HANOVER.
THE STADE DUES.

It is announced that the English Government,
having repeatedly insisted oo the immediate abolition
of the Stade dues, the Privy Councillor, Mr. Lang,
will leave for London, furnished with full powers to
come to a settlement.
MOROCCO.
THE ALLEOED MASSACRE OF THE VICE•CONSULS.

Despatches from the Consul-General, up to the
date of the llth inst., make no mention of the sup-
posed massacre of the Vice-Consuls at Tetuan. It
is, therefore, to be assumed to be a pure invention.
There is nothing from Morocco of more importance
than news of the ordinary disturbances, which it
seems are occurring in various parts of the empire.

SERVIA.
NEW DIFFICULTIES.

Fresh complications have arisen in Servia. The
Senate had decided that the Ministers had no right
to sit in the Senate, and had thrown out the bill
relative to elections for the National Assembly. The
Ministers resigned in consequence.

AMERICA.

DESTRUCTION OF TUE CRYSTAL PALACE AT NEW YORK.

A New York telegram, dated Oct. 5, says !—" The
Crystal Palace, with all its contents, was entirely
destroyed by fire this afternoon. The fair of the
American Institute was being held there at the time.
A large amount of property was destroyed, consisting
of mechanical and agricultural implements, melo
deons, pianos, steam engines, and other kinds of
goods, that were on exhibition. The fire broke out
in the lumber•room, which was filled with empty
boxes, and a large quantity of old lumber, and wa,3
believed to have been incendiary. When it was first
discovered the palace engine was brought out, but the
hose was so full of holes as to be useless. The dames
spread with astonishing rapidity, creating intense ex-
citement among the visitor-;, of whom it is estimated
upwards of two thousand were present." No lives
were lost. The heat was so intense that the fire-
men's services were of no avail, and the whole
building is in ruins. Very little of its contents were
saved. Two only of the many fire-engines on
exhibition were got out uninjured. The loss is
estimated at over a million dollars, and the insurance
was only 50,000 dollars, effected to cover the losses
of foreign exhibitors. The property bad recently
become the possession of the Corporation of the
City. Among the works of art destroyed was Kiss's
famous statue of the Amazon and Marochetti's mam-
moth statue of IVashington.

TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.

A ?owder magazine had exploded in Havannah
with the most disastrous results. Twenty-eight
persons were known to have been killed, 100 wounded,
and a large number were under the ruins when the
steamer left Havannah. No less than ninety sugar
houses were destroyed by the violence of the shock.
London, England, 1858-10-23

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Eire Clurril.

THREE NEW COLONIAL BISHOPRICS are to be formed
without delay—namely, Kingston, Upper Canada;
Brisbane, Moreton Bay; and Goulburu, New South
Wales. Towards each of these new sees the Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
has contributed 1,0001. Arrangements are also in
progress for the erection of a bishopric in the new
colony of British Columbia. It is also intended to
form three new bishoprics in India as soon as tran-
quillity is restored—one at Agra, for the North• West
Provinces, one at Lahore, for the Punjaub, and one
at Palamcotta, for the missicnary province of Tin-
nevelly. When these arrangements are completed,
there will be forty-four colonial bishoprics in connec-
tion with the Church of England.
Mn. LIVINGSTON has communicated to the dean
and chapter of Carlisle that while he his willing to
continue to officiate as precentor should they desire
it, he is equally ready to resign the post should it be
their wish. The expenses which be has incurred in
obtaining the reversal of their sentence amount to
nearly 3001. The bishop had no power to award
costs. About 501. have been subscribed towards a
defence fund, chiefly by sympathizers at a distance ;
but, singularly enough, says the local journal, nut-
withstanding the strong feeling in his favour, only a
very few contributions have been made by the people
of Carlisle.
A SEPTUAGENARIAN VICAR writes as follows :—I am
a clergyman of a nervous temperament, upwards of
seventy years of age. I live on the borders of
Oxfordshire and Bucks, in a very beautiful part of
the country ; my parish is small, my house good,
my income approaching to 170/. a year. Judge of
my feelings when I read this morning in your
advertising columns the following :-1° Fof sale, the
next presentation to a living in a most beautiful
part of the country, on the borders of Oxfordshire
aad Bucks. There is a superior parsonage.house
and grounds, and the income amounts to about 1701.
per annum. Population small. Incumbent seventy
years of me, and a bad life. Apply to Mr. W. H.
Hewitt, auctioneer, etc., 23, Hart-street, Bloomsbury-
square." With much force the Septuagenarian asks
what right has any auctioneer to say that his life is a
bad one, either morally or physically, and whether
there is no redress against sinh brutality.
TIIE REV. J. DITCHER, the opponent of Aro hdeacon
Denison, has just been presented with a testimonial,
consisting of a Bible, Prayer-book, and the Book of
Homilies.
London, England, 1858-10-23

Cabal ant glilitarg ntelligenct.

A WAR-OFFICE MEMORANDUM announces that the
next competitive examination of candidates for ad.
m.ssion to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich
will be held in London on the 3rd of January, 1859.
The qualifications remain as heretofore; and all
gentlemen who desire to obtain commissions in the
Royal Artillery or Royal Engineers ate required to
pass through the course of instruction at the Royal
Military Academy.
THE DEATHS OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS are
announced by the overland mail :—Lieutenetit-
Colonel Alexander Cameron, 42nd Highlanders, at
Pereillh August ti; Surgeon W. li. Pigou, Bowbay

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medical service, at Poona, September 10 : Lieute-
nant W. T. Anderson, 25th Bombay N.I , at Gwelior,
August 24; Lieutenant W. 11. Cowburn, 71st High.
landers., at Gwalinr August 31 ; Lieutenant W. M.
Mules, Bombay Fusilier=, killed at Mooltan, August
31 ; Major H. S. Mills, sth Bengal NJ., at Murree,
September 3 ; and David M'Culloch, Esq., at
Bombay, September I'2.
AT ALDERSHOTT two buildings for schools are to be
immediately erected for the especial instruction of the
children of soldiers who may be quartered in the
encampment.

THE LAUNCH of the screw steamship Edgar, 01,
at Woolwich, is now fixed to take place this day.
The principal entrance to the dockyard will be thrown
open to visitors indiscriminately about one o'clock.
THE LORDS OF TILE ADMIRALTY have it in con-
templation to effect a very considerable •augmentation
in the coastguard. Twenty ships of war now in com-
mission are ordered home from foreign stations, and
a very considerable portion of their crews, numbering
upwards of 4,0(N) men, will be employed in this
service.
London, England, 1858-10-23

POPULAR LITERATURE.

Tim address of Lord Brougham on Popular
Literature carries the mind back a long way ;
further, indeed, than he himself extended the
review of that one section of his own multifarious
labours. Wonderful, indeed, has been the deve-
lopment of all literature, but especially of the
lighter portion, during the last thirty years.
From the " age of quartos," ponderous volumes
with ponderous prices, to the cheap and airy
fabrics of the present day, which seem, to use the
Baconian simile, and in a truer than the Baconian
application, expressly intended to float down the
stream of time, while graver productions sink to
the bottom, what a vast gulf intervenes ! Days
distantly loom on the memory, when Constable's
Miscellany seemed a rash and innovating specu-
lation; then, the elder John Murray—under
shelter of Dr. Johnson's remark, that books
`which may be held readily in the hand are the
`best of all; into the popular arena
with the "Family Library," and brought some
works of really standard merit within the reach
of modest purses and equally contracted shelves.
Almost at the same time appeared the publica-
tions of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful
Knowledge ; yet these, though really recent
enough, have been left so far behind by the move-
ment which they helped to originate that they are
already almost as much forgotten as if they
belonged to a past century. In organizing so vast
a scheme of national self-education, the Society
and its promoters showed certainly much of the
wisdom of the serpent. IVhatever might be the
value of the ideas they had to inculcate, there is no
doubt that they took a very effectual method of in-
culcating them. They formed a signal and so far
honourable exception to the laissez-faire system
which, time out of mind, has been the rule in
England in dealing with all questions of social
economy ; and, to a certain extent, they reaped
their reward. Not to mend a roof till the rain
wets you in bed—not to make a law till all sorts
of mischievous practices have had full swing and
reaped a profitable harvest—not to make a drain
till insulted nature vindicates her laws by the
scourge of cholera—not to reform a railway till
you have burnt a bishop, is the good old simple
plan on which we have almost uniformly acted.
plan
the Useful Knowledge Society, as ithout
wt
siting far all sorts of quacks and sciolists to rise
up and satisfy the nascent demand for solid and
reputable intellectual food, hastened forward to
anticipate it, and perhaps rather overwhelmed
the '
Industrious mechanic with treatises on all
kinds
of scientific subjects, which as a general rule
certainly had not asked for, and the thorough
appreciation of which must be' a comparatively
exceptional phenomenon, even at the present day.
Then,
findinft that some lighter diet was required,
they Wiled the Penny Magazine—a publication
to which, doubtl
first dawni ess, many persons can trace the
of their interest in science or
history, andnwgshopc engravings, in probably many
Inore cases than the one Lord Brougham has men-
tioned, formed no slight stimulus to artistic genius.
London, England, 1858-10-23

WIIE PASSPORT SYSTEM.

A letter from ?'aria says the papers have lately pnb.
lished an official announcement of the Belgian Go-
vernment to the effect that English travellers will
not be obliged to have their passports vise when
proceeding to Belgium. "I am assured, on good
authority, that the same advantage is now permitted
in all the French ports, though it has not been offi-
cially announced ; and that every 'gentleman'
enjoys the same tolerance now with respect to visas
as before the 14th of January last. I further hear
that the sub-prefect of Boulogne sur-Mer has trans-
mitted to the Commissary of Police at Calais, as at
Boulogne, orders to that effect. For this modification,
visitors are indebted to M. Wiener, the Minister of
the Interior. There is, however, one thing a little
obscure. How is the character of ' gentleman' to
be ascertained? If every Englishman is to be con-
sidered 'a gentleman,' of course there is no more
to be said."
London, England, 1858-10-23

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how very unfortunate must it be reckoned that
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satisfactory diet presented to them ! When the
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As the Times has said, the popular literature of
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literary merit. We shall now put before our
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should be disposed to remark that the space
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assigned to Friedrich himself. It is not usual in
biographies, nor does it seem reasonable to assign
as much space to the father and ancestry of the
person whose history is related as to the person
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THE ABDUCTION OF THE JEWISH CHILD.

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papers give the subject very great attention, and
strong hopes are entertained that the French Govern
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Vatican will be compelled to give up their prey. The
Anzieger of Nurnberg, in Bavaria, was seized a few
days since, and a prosecution ordere 1 against it, on
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Holy Office," in commenting on this case.
London, England, 1858-10-23

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