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      942 The Leader, [No. 442, September 11, ...

      942 THE LEADER , [ No . 442 , September 11 , jj 53 .

      A Work On Deafness. On Rheumatism , Gout...

      A WORK ON DEAFNESS . On Rheumatism , Gout , and Neuralgic Headache in Ration to Deafness and Noises m the £ ar . By William Harvey , IVB-G ^ . . .,. , . . RenshaV The author states .: that his design m the present treatise is to trace the relations existing between the ear and its appendages , and those gouty , rheumatic , and neuralgic disorders of the parts about the head , face , and throat , -which often complicate , so metimes cause , and too often protract indefinitely that very afflictive condition—partial or total deafness . " . ' ., ¦¦ .. : ' .. ' ¦ _ -. _ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦

      In tracing the links of this ravelled chain of morbid actions , Mr . Harvey says that he has very frequently had occasion to observe that every form of disease treated of in this work has presented itself in one and the same case , but not always in the same order ; that gouty cases often owe their violence to rheumatic action , resulting from exposure to . cold ; that rheumatism , on the other hand , is easily produced in a gouty subject , even

      when no gout actually exists at the time ; and that neuralgic pains and deafness are both at hand ready to attack , even when they are not leading maladies , nor even present among the existing symptoms . The same may be said of headache and noises in the ears , neither of which are long absent when the case is severe or protracted . Ttet again , in other cases , noise may exist without headache , or h eadache without noise , or deafness without either .

      The author has , therefore , divided the treatise into three chapters—the first comprehending those cases where rheumatism is the prominent symptom , the second relating to the gouty eonstittition , and the third to the neuralgic or nervous . The important point , of all others , Mr . Harvey calls the reader ' s attention to is , that whenever deafness may be clearly traced to any of these morbid conditions of the system as a cause , then the method of treatment suggested in this volume may

      be relied upon with confidence . In fact , he has been much gratified in witnessing the relief which has often speedily followed the adoption of this simple treatment , the patient having been previously subjected to manipulations , which not only inflicted a large amount of unnecessary pain , but in many instances aggravated the exciting disease . The book is written in an unpretending style , and we can recommend its perusal to all suffering from deafness .

      China. China ; "Being The " Titties" Spe...

      CHINA . China ; " being the " Titties" Special Correspondence from China in the Tears 1857-58 . By George Wingrove Cooke . G . Routledge and Co . Mr . Wingkove Cooke ' s China letters were so anxiously looked for , and so eagerly studied by readers of the Times and of other journals which appropriated them—in fact , by the community at large—that many of their salient features are still fresh in public recollection . They can , however , be read , when collected , with so much more attention , comfort , and chance of profit , than in the

      newspaper form , that we , at least , were glad of their republicatidn by Messrs . Routledge and Co . If , in the space at our disposal , we can pretend to do much more than barely announce the title and publisher of a work of this kind , we ought , we presume , to indicate some points or topics treated in it on whioh we conceive the public memory ought to be charged or refreshed . Briefly , then , we take it ; that Mr ; Cooke ' s observations * on the insalubrity of Hong-JKong and the state of our trade relations ¦ with the Celestials ., deserve , in our opinion , to be read and re-read . The colonial vital statistics of

      her Majesty s unhappy 59 th Regiment , stationed at Hong-Kong , are worth a wilderness of argument : — Of the 600 men who form the strength of the 50 th , there are 160 in hospital . This regiment , has been at Hong-Kong for eight years , and , there are ten men of those who originally landed now left . The climate , the samahoo , and other causes ¦ whi ch I can only glance at , have melted all its strength away , and it is quite wonderful that jit was . able to bo-¦ havo . sp ^ f tMn . iiflft J , ca Pl t " re of _ Canton * 1 was told , thongh the statement seems quite mereuIlSioT ^ iratrtm

      ¦ v varda of 2000 men have been buried , or sent home permanently invalided , since the 59 th liavo been at Hong-Kong , and that the drafts for this regiment have spoilt two battalions . The expenditure of the flower of our English manhood in such stations as this , and the ' possibility of mitigating the evil by a Judicious and more rapid cycle round all our foreign possessions , form a Aubjeot far too large to bo discussed in a foot-note ; but X am convinced , by careful Investigation , that no efforts of a commanding officer can keep a European regiment permanently stationed at Hong-Kong in a state of tniU ~ tary ^ QJiency ,, , _ ¦

      Poor Mr . Winguove Gooke ! While lie was svmp _ athising with the fate of the battalions and the civil colonists , for whose custody ' . our paternal Government selected pestilential Hong-Kong , he was unaware , perhaps , that the public were investigating the mortality , of her Majesty ' s household troops , under the very noses , and , as some fondly thought , under the immediate care of the Dowboeracy itself . What hope is there for soldiers in . China when soldiers perish for want of care at Charing Cross ? Mr . Cooke has wiselv not based any elaborate essay upon the national character upon the mere cuticle of China which lies along the seaboard , inhabited by one out of a score of nations who arc but barely welded together into the empire .

      The truth is ( he says ); that I have written several very fine characters for the whole Chinese race ; but having the misfortune to have the people under my eye at the same time with my essay , they were always saying something or doing something which rubbed so rudely against my hypothesis that , in the interest of truth , I burnt several successive letters . We will endeavour to condense , a few of the author ' s remarks upon the possibility of our obviating the unfavourable aspect of our trade-balance with China . Some years agjo the Carolus dollar could be bought at 4 s . 2 d . English money , and when you had thus bought it you could exchange it ¦ for 2000 of the copper cash ' of .-the country . Npw , partly by h

      the action of the exchanges , and partly throug popular Caprice , a Carolus dollar costs about 7 s . English money , and you have great difficulty iii getting 1200 cash for it . The metal silver has diminished in value while in places the coin is at a fancy price . Thus it happens that a man who has a fixed income from England instead of getting 2000 cash for every ds . 2 d ., only gets 1200 cash for every 7 s ., a difference so enormous that it would be incredible if every table of official figures did not prove the fact . Merchants still draw no conclusions from these premises-. They see prices going up enormously and \ vith ~ oecasional vibrations maintaining their advance ; yet they still neglect to buy articles which are getting dearer except with silver which is getting cheaper .

      The author can see no other remedy for the present unsatisfactory state of things— -no other means whereby the export of tea and silk can go on—except the sending of cottons and broadcloth and hardware and lace to China instead of'bullion . The usual answer to this is , that tine Chinese are not easily induced to adopt foreign fashions ; but the . author considers this as well as other alleged reasons insufficient to account for the paucity of British exports . He believes that though a China woman will not wear a Cranboume-street bonnet , nor a coolie a pair of Stuart plaid trousers , they would readil y purchase manufactures suitable to their

      prejudiced and very economical turn of mind There is nothing surprising in this j but the short sightedaess of the merchants implied by the author is , if true , very surprising . We adapt our Manchester goods to the . South American , Pacific , and West Indian markets . Travellers among the looms and spindles sec dyed fubrios of forms , texture , pattern , and colour that would astonish a cockney anywhere but on the boards of a theatre ; yet Mr . Cooke seems to say thai our merchants , as a general rule , insist upon forcing into the Chinese markets our ordinary grey calicoes of a fabric unsuitqdto the demands of the people , which must compete with native goods that will answer their purpose verv fairly . " At this moment , " ho says , " narrow thick calicoes , which ofle of the Hong-Kong houses had the wit to order from England , are selling at very remunerative prices . There is

      also some trade doing in cotton brocades , made in imitation of the Chinese silk brocados , of the same flowered pattern find dyed to the same colours . " Again , it is a mistako to supposo that tho Chir ncso aro not fond of Western fashions . Tho author was " surprised to find furniture without a mandarin , a dragon , or a piece of . inlaid ivory about it , and ^ mitatcd-faor q , , drawngs in the Illustrated London Now—o , paper " wluofi , a OuiuamauiS * ll'Wa'ys anxious to bog , borrow , or steal . If Messrs . Mosos and Son had' boon at Shanghao with a proper staff of Ohinoso poots , and a real good assortmont of loose Qhincao coats , frosh from tho Minories , they might have sold hundreds of thorn in Shaughao alono on that severely wintry morning , whoa tho thermometer stood only a iittlo above summer heat . " Tho letters referring to tho demeanour of tho captive Yoh woro very favourably received , on their first

      appearance , and are particularly worth perusal . If it . be true , that a Chinese embassy is due at Claridge's before long , we may gather from Mr . Cooke ' s studies of Yeh arid his compatriots what manner of men we are to ex pect . , ' . : ¦ ¦ The Appendix contains an interesting report of Tsaug Wang-yen , a distinguished member of the Han-lin academy , and an ex-Governn > ent official of standing , upon the origin of the rebellion in China , with notes by Mr . Wade , the Chinese Secretary to our Embassy at Hong-Kong .

      The Ancient Scots. History Of The Ancien...

      THE ANCIENT SCOTS . History of the Ancient Scots . In Three Parts ~ By the Rev . Duncan Bt'Callum . 12 mo . Edinburgh : J . Menzies . This is a small but learned book , and is not only interesting 1 to the countrymen of the land of which it treatSj but to all historians . The origin of nations is always a vexed question , and there arc few subjects" that have more earnestly attracted the attention of the learned than the early state of Hie two very different races that originally occupied the northern portion of our island . The author has no missnyinss about the early accounts of the condition

      of the Celtic race , and takes the orthodox statement , as founded on the Scriptural narration of t lie dispersion , as the foundation of his liistoric system .. He has carefully studied the classic and collateral authorities ^ and has given the result in a clear and concise manner . He takes no notice of a theory which has been started by some antiquarians , ikat Britain itself rather peopled the French and Bclgiaii coasts than derived its population from them—a theory which is adverse to all the written statements that have come down to us , and has only ; i faint probability from the fact that Druidisni was in a more perfect state in Britain than in Gaiiiwheu tlie Romans first visited our shores .

      The work is divided into three parts . Theorigin of tlie ancient Scots to the beginning of the ninth century . From the ninth to the thirteenth century . The Hebrides under the government of Norway-Sdmerled , and chiefs descended from Soinerled . This Somerled—unknown to most mere English readers by that name—was a great _ thane of Argyle , who conquered and held the Hebrides , or Western Islands , and was known as Lord of the Isles , ami

      from him descended a memorable race , who lived as independent monarchs , until Baliol concluded a treaty with one of the lords , who consented to be a liegeman , receiving in return the isles of Mull , Skyc , and Islay . The little book abounds with adventures and anecdotes of the conflicts of the various clans , and the extraordinary feuds and escapes of the chieftains , and is , altogether , a curious , interesting , and learned work .

      The Money Bag. No. V. (D. F. Oakey.)—Tii...

      The Money Bag . No . V . ( D . F . Oakey . )—Tiii * shilling serial has reached its fifth number . The articles embrace literature , politics , and finance . Many of tho subjects are handled in a style which would not disi'ivJit the higher class , at least in price , of similar publications . The Ladies' Treasury . With Illustrations . OVnnl and Co . )—A decided improvement both in text and illustrations is to be found in the number for this month . This , little work may with safety be introduced into families . MatjnalPa Questions . ( Hardwicko . )— Tho object of this work is to supply answers —as a matter of course brief—to hiHtorical and miscellaneous question . * . TIkto is also a selection of Britiuh and general biography . As an aid to memory the >! questions" will hayo their value .

      Curiosities of Literature . By B . P'Iskaem , ( Kou . tledge . )—rWliat need we dp more of ft work that is in the library of every gentleman and man of lultors , than reproduce from tho notice whioh introduces thin cheap issue of the first collected edition of this renowned compiler the fact that tho volumes offer us a vlw | '» a diversified miscellany pf literary , artistic , and 1 olltical history of critical disquisition and biogrnphicil anecdote , " to be found in equal excellence in tho literary records of np other nation . The now edition has I'oen edited , with Memoir and Notes , by the lii « l > t ll 00 ' Benjamin Disraeli ; and Messrs . lioutledge have . tiiHen ' 7 iffW ^ Mmi- ^ . hfl * , pi » p » ii-Hhall bo > V ^ rt "y of tho work .

      "" " Books Received Tins " Weisk. Eva De...

      "" " BOOKS RECEIVED Tins " WEISK . Eva Desmond s or . Imitation ,. 8 vols . post 8 vo . Smith n »( lKM ° ' Topios jbr the Indian Statesman . By . 7 . B . Norton , svo . Kiohard « on lirotliors . Tho Patna Crisis ; or . Three Months at Patna . By >> Taylor . Post 8 vo . Nlabot aw / l Co-History of tho British Empire in India . By B . i h ° rn ton . Second Edition . 8 vo . W . H . Alien auu w .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 11, 1858, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11091858/page/22/