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Serials. A New Year Shoulct Give A New S...
To begin with—the editor gives us an able criticiSnvon Louis Napoleon ^ writings , which have been much undervalued Then there is an original Idyll , by Mr . Tennyson . It is entitled " Sea-Dreams , and is altogether worthy of his muse . Two capital papers , . "American Humorous Poetry , " and "On the Subject of C othes , bv Mr F G . Stephens and Miss Muloch , are only excelled by another , with the well-known signature " A . de M ; , " . » On Scientific Hoaxes . " Each of these is a ¦ " dainty dish" to set before more than kino-s or qneens , those best encouragers of literatures-readers of refined tastes . —Spiritualism has this month started a periodical advocate , namely , This Spiritual Magazine . Among the ^ contributors are William Howitt , who condemns modem Sadducism .
Fichte and Morell , also , come in for censure . Future numbers will , perhaps , eontain some facts , when investigation may be needful . —Dr . Bucknill ' s Journal of Mental Science contains , as usual , some useful papers oh psychology and mental disease . The subject of the leading articles , by the Rev . W . G . Davies , " on Consciousness considered as a Truth-Organ , " is elaborately investigated and formulated . The paper , however , does not exhaust the argument , a continuation of which is promised . —The Universal Review opens the year with a battery of eight articles ; the first being on _ the " Exchequer , including some remarks on Mr . Rose ' s letters , which , after a careful analysis , the critic declares to . have- " few faults , save that of being very indiscreetly over-edited . " A paper on Sheridan also . commands attention . The reviewer is hard On Moore , but utterlv condemns the octogenarian , who has lately perpetrated a heavy " book on the statesman ' s life and times . Lord Dundonald s bioo-raphy is treated with proper respect . —The London Revieio
commences with a theological article on St . James the Just ; his Epis-tle , and the traditions relative to him . The critic decides that the Virgin had no other children than */«? one . Three learned and scientific articles follow , on the Ethnology and Literature , of Cornwall . Barth ' s African Researches , and the Geology of the Drift ; and then Dr . Cumming on the Great Tribulation provokes comment . The critie evidently likes his subject , and gravely debates Whether or not the millennium wilt commence in 1867 , or whether that year will be the beginning of the end . The rest of the number is of average respectability . — The JVeto Quarterly Review contents itself with five articles , of which that on Meyerbeer and the Lyrical Drama is the best .- ^ rT / ie Eclectic still harps on preaching and preachers ; a subject which there is a g-eneral effort making to lift into temporary importance . The Papal Government and the Legations also form the subject of an article-carefully written another is devoted to the war between Spain arid Morocco .
Our current recognition of merit we may likewise award to the Christmas number of Kingston ' s Magazine for Boys—Recreative Science—ri , e Follet—Charles Lever ' s One of Them—The Family ' Economist , and TJie Welcome Guest . —Ik ) the Art Journal something more distinctive is due . The illustrations this month are exquisite : —1 . Una , from Frost ' s picture ; 2 . Winterhalter ' s Lady Constance ; and 3 . Raffaelle's Bearing the Cross . We find that this journal has now issued twenty-one volumes . The proprietors , therefore , justly claim that it is now of full age .
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Owen , preached at Sadlers Wells . At the « Gar rick , m Whtteehapel , a minister of the Huntingdonian persuasion officiated , and a Wesleyah edified 3 , 500 liearers at the Britannia , m Hoxton , On a subject of vital importance , and consequent interest to the members of the Established Church—the-Revision of . the Liturgy—we find the Rev John Ed . Cox , Vicar of St . Helen , Brshopsgate , writing on the ' 2 nd ' inst , to : Lord Ebury , assuring -him that . many clergymen go with his lordship in his efforts at reforming the Book of Common in his workthe of
Prayer , and wishing him God speed ; Dean Westminster and his brother opponents to the revision will not , therefore , it appears , carry their point without a struggle . Hie journals of Monday also record the secession of two curates from the Church of England to that of Rome ; they are the Rev . Messrs . Fothergili and Wormal , from the well-known S . Paul and S . Barnabas , Kriightsbridge . The vacancy in the office of Chaplain to the Wandsworth House of Correction , occasioned by the resignatiori of the Rev . Henry Hatch , convicted of an indecent assault , was filled up nn riupsclaij . the 3 rd . bv the Surrey magistrates , who chose the
Rev . Mr . Hallward , of Shepherd ' s Bush , out of thirty-five candidates . The Public Meetings of the week include a grand dinner of the Society of Druids at Oxford , On Monday , the 2 ? id instant , at which , in accordance with the usual custom , the members for the city addressed their constituents . Mr . Langston , M . P ., remarked thatwe had at length entered upon that I 860 in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had promised us -that a remission of four millions of taxation would be granted- Of this boon lie confessed himself incredulous , remembering the same minister ' s promise of a remission of the income tax . On the national defence question , he
observed ; that if two of our own regiments could quarrel about their Christmas pudding , was there not a possibility that two rival nations might quarrel upon a trivial subject ? He knew ' that at the time of the Bernar daffair the French Emperor had much ado to keep his people from going to war ; Mr . Cardwell , M . P ., eloquently expressed the svmpathy for the Italian nation at the present crisis , which he believed h " e shared with the whole English people . Of the volunteer movement , he said , that , though he felt no fear of invasion , yet he considered insurance against attack from a foreign foe to be as wise and needful as insurance against fire , or any other well-known risk . Referring to the present state of the sister kingdom , lie spoke in high terms of the universal improyement in Ireland , of the increase of prosper ity , the diminution of crime , the falling of poor rates , and Reformhe htcould not
the universal thirst for education . , thoug , beany longer deferred ,. since there was a sincere desire , felt by all parties to settle the question : and all wero agreed that there must be an extension of the franchise . He deplored tbe ^ existence of bribery , proved to be sp widespread a canker in the political system ; we must do our best to . bring about a reform in human nature as well as in Parliament .- ^ A Reform Meeting was announced to tak e place at Birmingham , on Friday , Jan . 6 , on which occasion harangues were expected from Mr . Bright , M . P ., and Mr . Scholefield , M . P . — A great meeting of Gas Consumers was held in Pimlico , on Monday the 2 nd instant , to take measures for an application to Parliament fpr protection against the combination and monopoly of the companies ; Sir John V . Shelley presided .. It was stated that the
objects of the consumers are to obtain improvements in the quality of the gas , and to protect them from being compelled to pay for what they do not get . At present the Govermnen . t have not sufficient evidence to interfere ; the parishes must combine to get the bill passed of which notice was given in November last ; they must also find funds to fight the Gas Companies , who have subscribed £ 5000 to oppose the consumers in Parliament . Further steps in regard to this movement were taken on Wednesday , January 4 i , when a meeting of delegates from the metiopplitan parishes was held at St . Martin ' s vestry-room . Mr . Beal , the honorary secro tary , urged that if the Home Secretary ' s mediation did not prove successful , no time should be lost , when Parliament met , in proceeding with the bill for the better supply of the metropolis with
gas .- ^—An 'i' indignation meeting * for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the Pope , was holden on Tuesday the 3 rd , at the Hanover Square Rooms ; upwards of 2000 persons being 1 present , among whom were many priests ; these took no part in the . proceedings , as a lay demonstration was what was intended ; Mr . Richard Keeley presided . Letters were read from divers Catholic bishops and vicars apostolic expressing- fervent enthusiasm hi the cause ; Lord Feilding also wi'ote to the effect that Lords John Russell and Pulmerston alone of the present ministry were opposed to the temporalities of Ijis Holiness . Resolutions were carried to the effect that the temporal power of the Pope had conferred many blessings on mankind , such as the extension of the Catholic faith , diffusion of knowledge , and promotion of the arts and science . Mr . Premlerg' & st , barrister , declared that the Papacy would endure till in the fulness of time the lust pontiff should render into the hands
EECOKD OF THE WEEK . HOME AND C 0 L . ONIAI ,, 'f \ UR chronicle of events opens hopefully in recording the first v ^ personage of the realm engaged in a work of benevolence and wisdom . On Monday , the 2 nd of January , Her Majesty , accompanied by the Prince Consort , the Prince of Wales , and the younger members of her familv , presided at the annual distribution of food and clothing to 660 poor persons of the parishes of Windsor and Clewer ; the place selected for the ceremony was the , riding-house of Windsor Castle . A . provident club has been fostered by the Queen , among her poor neighbours , having for its object the supply of comforts and necessaries for the winter ; the members themselves
contributed £ 350 , to which Her Majesty added the nmnjfiepnt sum of £ 250 ; the £ 600 being expended to the best advantage in coals , food , blankets , arid warm ; clothing . —On Tuesday , the 3 rd , the Prince Consort presided at a meeting of the Council of the Royal Horticultural Society , at" South Kensington . —On Wednesday , the 4 , th , Her Majesty invested with the Victoria Cross a number of gallant officers and soldiers in the quadrangle of the Castle , all the troops in Windsor attending as a guard of honour . With Her Majesty wore the Prince of Wales , the Prince Consort , and the Duke of Cambridge , who remained on a visit to the Queen . The young princesses visited the ex-Queen of the French at Claremont .
Ministers have been summoned from their country seats , to assist at a Cabinet Counoijj , on Tuesday , Jan . 3 , at the official residence of the Premier ; after which Mr . Gladstone went to Windsor , upon a visit to the Queen . In the OinjROW and the Remgious World there appears to bo increased activity with the commencement of the now year . On Sunday , the 1 st of January , were recommenced the special Sunday , evening services which achieved so great a success during the last season . In St . Paul ' s Cathedral the diocesan himself delivered the opening 1 sermon , talcing the' opportunity to allude in eloquent language to the death of the great Matwilay between Christmas and ^ few Year ' s Pay . Afc Westminster Abbey Dean Trench edified a crowded audience ; Exeter Hall had its clerical orator ; and at $ t > . James ' s Hall two laymen divided the exhortations between thorn . A most singular , feature of this revival movement ( if the term be applicable ) is the pressing of theatres into the formal service of religion . On Sunday night a clergyman of the Church , the Kov . J . B .
of Christ the commission granted to Saint Peter . Faith , in the loyalty of Napoleon III ., this speaker said , was now uttorly destroyed ; but he warned that potentate to beware of the fate of the first of his dynasty , who , after oppressing 1 the Pope of his day , had been driven to die in banishment upon ft barren roclr , while the Holy Father returned to flourish at Xlpmo in greater security than before . Another orator declared that the sympathisingmovement had electrified the British isles . One Giuunini , u gentleman of Rome , drew a contrast between' his native city and London to tup disadvantage of the latter ; the English Government , he declared , did much loss for our groat city than the Vicar of Christ did for Rome . Many other speakers kept the meeting in excitement til ) past twelve at night . —On Tuesday , * Jan . 3 , a oonfurcnuo of schoolmasters was hold at'tho rooms of the Society of Arts , in
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 7, 1860, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07011860/page/20/
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