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March 8.1, I860.] The Leader andSaturday...
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Mr . Smith , in l . is Hemorrhoids , their Pathology and Treatmcnt * evinces a sound knowledge of the diseases on which he tr * j * ^ ™ £ the numerous cases which he publishes , it appears he _ has a ™ . ^™"* pursued his particular treatment of a class of very senoua and pamful ^ ° veJV interesting storv about Riflemen and Rifles , written by Mr . N . Thornton , is puhlisiied by Wliittaker and Co ,, London , . ., _ ..-The Cure of the Sick is . certainly a . popular and sensible treaUse Dr . Siarein , in his knowledge and treatment of disease , judiciously avoids a " too ' slavish adhered to precedent and ., "«*>>*** . instead of walking strictly in the paths of Hon . a ^ pathy and Allopathy he would summon a little common sense and sound judgment to hu , aidn determining the nature and arresting the progress of disease . For his success in pursuing so wise a course lie has our best wishes . „ * -., * „ * Scotland appears to be the modern nursery of prophets In a twwfc of forty pages , an anonymous author at Dundee has sketched the-condition of Great Britain as it will be in 1880 , and a very sad sketch it is . But what is most curious in this little tract isthat where we expected to find
, numerous sorrowful exclamations at the unhappy fate of our country the hard-hearted - writer has not indulged in a single " oh ! or ' ah ! 01 " alas ! " On the contrary , he seems complacent enough himself , though excessively indignant with Great Britain ; and , as he beholds in vision the worst calamities coming upon her , he exclaims , " berve her nglit ! Should he not rather go about weeping , and clothe himself in sackcloth and ashes , if Great Britain is , as he says , to fall and become the vassal of France in 1880 ? To say nothing of its nonsense , think of the presumption of an uninspired Dimdeeman foretelling what . Will be the exact condition of Great Britain twenty years hence ! Considering her present position , ibe arc hopeful of a far different conclusion to the affairs of the nation ; and we . doubt not ,: in spite of our alarmist , England will be greater , more free , arid more powerful in 18 S 0 than she - now . As , however / the Dundee prophet and , as he hints , Her Majesty the Queen are to live . to witness the end of it all , we trust the writer of 1 S 8 U will hot
be vexed if he then find his vaticinations come to noug ht , and the end of the long and glorious reign of her present Majesty better than the beginning . . ' . '¦"¦ ¦ . . + _ ' ; . '¦ ¦ . *' . ' The Leisure Hour continues the " Ferrol Family ; or , Keeping « p Appearances , " and contains besides plenty of papers and illustrations to occupy pleasantly and instructiyely a great many leisure hours . . Mr . Fawcett ' s " pamphlet contains a clear and able elucidation of a Bill drawn by > ft ] Tr . Hare for the purposes of practical legislation . Any scheme which would ensure the following results as embodied by Mr ; Fawcett cannot fail to arouse public attention to its merits : — . ., 1 st . Equal representation without electoral districts , and without depriving localities of their special representatives . 2 nd . The representation of all minorities and sub-sections of opinion . 3 rd . The cessation or great diminution of bribery and corruption .
4 th . The reduction of candidates" expenses . Direct Taxation and Parliamentary Representation . we concur generally in the . views propounded by Mr . Tnbberncr upon the allimportanfc subject of direct taxation and the Parliamentary franchise . T he general circulation of Mr . Tabbernei ' s treatise on the subject would materially enlighten , the puhlic at large as to what the State ought to do in order that the people may be fairly taxed and fairly represented . Dr . Todd and the late Member for Ashton . This is a reprint of a letter which was addressed by Dr . Granville to the Editor of . the Medical Circular on the fatal effect of the stimulating treatment of disease in the case of the late member for Ashton . The letter is well written , and we trust the important subject on which it treats will receive the candid attention of medical men generally . ,
The present Dictionary of Christian Churches and Sects hns . many advantages over former publications of the same kind . It is cheap in price and complete in information . To be able to obtain a clear and full account of the Churches and Sects of Christendom from the earliest times in twelve parts for as many shillings , each part containing eighty pnges of legible letter print , is a boon formerly unknown to the public . Supplying as it docs information upon all the churches , sects , opinions and creeds of men from the first preaching of the Christian religion ,- this work will he found valuable for reference to- the student and the divine . A general knowledge of human opinion loads to comprehensiveness and liberality of views and sentiments , Lord Dungannon in the House of Lords moved a resolution that performance of services in Theatres was calculated to injure rather than
The very popular game of chess has latterly attained a higher position , among the refined recreations of the people than it ever hel'f before . The Chess Praxis , published by Mr- Bohn in his Scientific Library , is certainly a most useful supplement to the Chess Player ' s Handbook . It contains among other valuable things a Collection of Mr . Morphy ' s matches , & c . in England and France . The painstaking and ingenious author of the Chess Praxis spares no labour to ' further-the progress and | ierfci .-tion of the game , and this work will prove extremely serviceable to . Clx-ss players generally , as it accurately records the latest novelties and improvements in
advance the progress of sound religious principles in the metropolis and throughout the country . To this resolution the Earl of Shaftesbury , who with others had originated these services , replied at length ; going into the history of the movement , arid showing that the religious services had done good instead of harm . His Lordship ' s speech is a complete vindication , of his conduct in the movement , his only object being to bring the lowest and most ignorant portion of the population in the metropolis to a knowledge of saCred things . As it contains the author ' s own feelings upon the subject , together with a description of the state of that class for whose benent the services in question M eie instituted , the speech will be found exceedingly interesting . . This Description of Natal is just the little work that emigrants should consult before they leave England for the Cape . It tells . them everything thev want to know about Natal , and may be relied upon as aut . hentic .
the science . . The Sabbath Evening Readings is a volume of simple and obvious comments upon the Pastoral Epistles—Timothy , Titus , and Philemonof the New Testament . It is calculated to enlighten the more obtuse and illiterate readers of the Sacred Scriptures , and to such Dr . Cumming ' s Sabbath Evening Readings may be of ' service . ¦• ¦¦ ' , . ¦ ' ¦ '
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March 8 . 1 , I 860 . ] The Leader andSaturday ' Analyst . S 0 ®
*Ha'morrhonls; Their Patholaqij And Trea...
* Ha'morrhonls ; their Patholaqij and Treatment . By Henivy SM-mr , F . R . O . S , Second Edition . London : Jphn Ohurchill . Ctiro of tho mole . By J . SruftqiN , M . D , London : John Churchill . 1880 \ « JRetvospoct of tha Penalty paid h >/ Great Jlritnin , and her Humiliation , tho result of hor Vainglory and Foolhardy JS \ lovt of all Warnings . Dundee : 0 . t > . Ohivlmcrs . Tho Xeisnro Hour t a Family , yil < nirnal of Instruction and jRocroatlon London : Jones , Paternoster Row . , Mr . Havo ' s Rofornt Sill simplified and explainod . By Hknry Pawoktt , Esq ., Follow of Trinity College , Cftmbridgo . London i James RJdgway , Picoadilly . X > iroot Taxation and Parliamentary Ilojpresontation , By Mr . Jonw Londh TABBEnNEft . With Remarks thereon hy tho Riplit Hon . WiJJMAJjt Gladstone , M . P . London : BDBngham Wilson , Royal Bxohanpfo . Dr . Todd and tho lato Member for MJitan . By A . B . < 3 aANVii-tB , M . D ., P . R . S . London : MoGowan and Dunks , Groat Windmill Street .
Dictionary of Christian Churches and Soots from the earliest Axjos of Christianity . T 3 y tho Rev . J . B . MabSDBN , M . A ., Author of ?« Tho History pf tho early and late * Puritans . " London : Bontloy , New-Burlington Stroot , A . Spooch delivered by tho JSarl of Shqftoshtry in tho House of Zorda , corrected by JBCimsolf . London i Chapman and Mall . A . Doaoription < f Natal . By Dr . Mann , EVR . A . S ., Superintendent , of JBduoation in Natal . London t F . Algaf , Clement ' s Litno . Ohosa Praxis , a Supplement to tho Chess Player ' s Hwidbooh , By H , ^ TAIInton . London : Henry G . Bohn . 8 ablathEvening Koadinqa on tho Jvoio Testament . The Pastoral Hplstlb . 0 , By tho Roy . John Cummino , D , D . London t A . Hall , Virtue , and Co .
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FOREIGN COimESPONDE ^ eE . : ( SPECIAL . ) Paeis , March 28 , I 860 . rilHE public gaieties of this winter carne to their end on the 15 th - » of this month , the day , of the Mi-Careme * that is- to say , the middle day of Lent . This occasion is celebrated by ; i revival of all the joyous fooleries of the carnival , fooleries which few Englishmen can enter into ; they feel afraid and ashamed to be . cr . iisrlit indulging 1 in such pastimes ; A Frenchman , on ' the other hand , glories in it , and the ^ renter buffoon he can mak e of himsel f , . the . more does he delight his friends and satisfy himself . I suppose we must explain if on Drvden ' s theoi y :
" There is a pleasure , sure , in being mad , Which none but madmen know . " This year the weather was most propitious for the lash day of the carnival : warm as June , bright as the sky of Itajy . Providence smiled upon the washerwomen , and . gave them . as clear an atmosphere for the display of their finery as they could desire , for tln-JVIi-Careme , you must know , is the great annual fate of-tlie Blancidsseuses , and with extraordinary zeal do they take the opportunity of washing- their hands of their washrtiibs . From , morn to iioon , from
noon to dewy eve , they parade the streets m -enormous vtiggong decorated with garlands , Hags , and all sorts of fmitristii : devices , whilst they themselves aro decked out in the mcist « 'xtravagimt costumes .. imaginable , with monstrous nasal , appencUi ^ js , strange head-gear , hideous masks and wonderful dresses , which remind one of what Joseph ' s coat is said to have been . The , jokes with which they salute one another are certainly not so clean as might be expected from the nature of their . profession . From two to Jive in the afternoon the streets were as crowdod as Cheapsido it-self , only instead of anxious , grave countenances , hasty stops , Piukford ' s vans , Iionvy omnibuses , you notice the luxurious lounging pace of pluasure ^ scekers , faces beaming- with laughing-enjoyment , open carriages full of extfitic children , and gpny waggons 1 ml <; n with gay Xilawhissenses , All this , with a bright sun and unclouded air , makes a superb picture . . le of di
In the evQHintf a different but no less picturosquc sty version prevails . IVtfm the gynnd opera down to tho ' smallest casino ., every place of public amusement in the scone of a uM .-iquer . ndo , or bal costume , ns they are technically styled ; though with reference to the feinulo frequenters thereof , costume emu only bu employed on the g-ood old lunai a nan luoendo principle , for cerlyinly their distinguishing- c-hnmcturistic is wnnt of costume . Most of tho balls commence at tho witching hour of midnight , but tho i ' un does not reach tho fust mid furious pitch till about 3 a . m . ' , wJien it culminates ; and from then until five , you niay see strange half-clad figures flitting about tho Boulevards , taking-refuge iii , £ i # and snug cabarets . Were it not for tho noisy French ohiittor , and tho sprinkling of white ties and black coats , you might , without Any oxcossrve effort of imagination , fancy yournclf in some principal street of Otaheito or Owhyhoo . The next ; morning nil runumos . its wonted course , and wo have no more enrnivnl till next March .
I fear the French Government is scarcely able as yet to appreciate tho signification of Free , Trade in its full boiiuc . An instance-of this ignorance has just occurrod in tho cruaiula which has been started on the part of tlio authorities against thu cajo concertfl . These oak concerts aro precisely in the » amo stylo as the ) Canterbury Hull ov Westou ' a Munio Hull in London ; a linndsomo and well-lighted room , or rather saloon , in which you take ypur ooffoo , , bqoi % brandy and water , Ac , & p ., whilst at tho saino tirno you havo some very tolerable singing to hatoii ' to . WoU , tjia Minister pf Stalo lias already closed one of those , and thrcatcna todo tho same with thorn all . And why P Because tho ir . anugors of the theAtros say , and poflflibly with truth , that tho oc ^ i concerts operate injuriously upon t | ieir receipts ; and so without ( my further ado their injurious operation is prevented . Imagine « grocor ro-
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Leader (1850-1860), March 31, 1860, page 17, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31031860/page/17/
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