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production , was the signal for opposition from , those who were not attached to the courtly party , and saw no necessity fox so considerable an increase of the places in the gift of the throne . It passed the Lower House , however ; but on being brought up in the Senate , although the king had , in anticipation , created three or four new members , that body refused to concur in the proposed act . Thereupon the king prorogued both Houses for the space of some forty days . In the meanwhile ten or more additional senators were appointed , for the most part from the officers of the king ' s own household , or from the ministry , and all of them persons devoted to himself . The party thus reinforced was now enabled to reconsider the bill in the Senate , and it was passed in accordance with the desires of the ministry . Mr . Baird's enthusiasm concerning tlie ¦ ' unexampled progress" of modern Greece does not deter him from describing the utter neglect by the Government of all public improvements . No country in the world stands more In need of good roads ; in no country , perhaps , are they more difficult of construction . Successive ranges of mountains , with their branching spurs , divide the cultivable ground into an infinite number of narrow valleys , each cut off from its neighbours . Between the various townships none but surefooted horses and mules can grass . The only carriage-roads in Greece are those in ihe neighbourhood of Athens , which are few and insignificant ; one , twelve or fifteen miles long , near Lamia ; and others at Corinth , and Chalcis . The Government , extorting from a population of one million a revenue of twenty-two million drachms , will not expend a million annually upon l the most indispensable improvements' This statement , we believe , is reliable . There are interesting notices in Mr . Baird ' s volume of the modern Greek press , and the progress of the literature which may almost be said to have been founded by Coray . The book , with the exception of its classical chapters , is lively , and contains some interesting information .
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^ The GoijdenXkctureship . —Mr . Melvill having resigned this appointment , on his nomination to a canonry in St . Paul ' s Cathedral , the Court of Assistants of the Haberdashers' Company , in whose gift it is , have given notice that applications and testimonials must be sent to their clerk ' s office by Monday , the 17 th of November ; that they will meet on Monday , the 24 th of November , to take the same into consideration , on which occasion the candidates must attend ; and that the election will take place on Saturday , the 29 th of November . The Main Drainage Scheme was again brought forward at the meeting , on Wednesday , of the Metropolitan . Board of Works , when , after much discussion , the following resolution , proposed by Mr . Deputy Harrison , was carried by 24 to 7 : — " That the engineer ' s plan , marked B in his report dated the 26 th of September , 1856 , \> e adopted , and presented to the Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Works and Public Buildings ; and that it be intimated to them that this board have also had under consideration other plans for discharging the sewage into the river below Gravesend , but that , it appearing that such extension would add bet-ween 1 , 000 , 000 ? . and 2 , 000 , 000 ? . to the outlay , and that this eum would be spent not to benefit the inhabitants of the metropolis , but to meet the wishes of the people of Kent and Essex who reside on the banks of the river , this board has declined to entertain any such scheme ; nevertheless , if it shall be the opinion of her Majesty ' s Government that such an extension is desirable , this board will readily undertake the work , the Government providing such additional outlay out of the national revenue . " A Berkshire Puseyite . —The Standard mentions with great horror some doings of the Rev . A . A . Cameron , perpetual curate of the parish of Hurst , in Berkshire , who has lately altered the church at his own expense and for his own ends . In Decemher , 1855 , Hurst church was reopened for divine service , in tho presence of the Bishop of Oxford , with a full choral service and other attributes peculiar to Pusoyism , and great was the dismay of tho parishioners at beholding for the first time tho alterations and innovations . that had been ettocted in their peaceable parish church . Tho chancel had lje w completel y altered , and there had been intro-?^ l Bm t \ ^ rkenod wlnd 0 W 8 , a Burpliced choir , a SnSS flia I PaiOt ^ 8 crecn ' e audv altar cloth and Curtain , and other Bcmblancea of Popish ritual , tho appearance presented being that of a Roman Cathonc
chapel . " The bishop supports the curate ; but the in- ! habitants , on being polled , Lave declared by a large ma- j jority against him . i A Specimen of the Civic Literature of Glasgow , j —We direct the attention of our readers to the following documents : —" Fourteenth Municipal Ward . —Glasgow , October 1 10 , 1856 . —Thos . Boyd , Esq ., Merchant , Glasgow . — Sir , we , the undersigned , Electors in the Fourteenth Ward , assured of your attention to its general I interests , and satisfied with your attachment to the prin- j ciples on which you were first elected , respectfully request that you will allow us again to nominate you as a representative for the ward in the City Council at the ensuing election . " [[ Numerously and influentially signed . ] " To the electors of the Fourteenth Ward . —Gentlemen , —in responding to your very respectful requisition to allow myself to be again put forward as a candidate to represent you at the municipal board , permit me . to state , that when I was requested this time two years to do the same ( and had the honour to be returned ') , I did so on the consideration that it is the duty of every citizen , when he is respectfully called upon , as I then was , to take his share in the duties of the council board ; but as the term of iny services has been necessarily limited , I think it fair and respectful to you that , at your renewed request , I should again agree to return , especially considering that it can only be after some experience and familiarity with the duties of the council that our assistance can bo of any real practical value . I therefore willingly accede to this your respectful requisition . —I am , gentlemen , most respectfully yours , Tiios . Boyd . This United Kingdom Alliance . — The Maine Liquor Law advocates held two meetings at Manchester on Wednesday—one , the general meeting of the Council of the Alliance in tho morning and afternoon , to consider the policy to be adopted during tho coming year in carrying on the agitation ; the other , tho annual public meeting of tho members and friends of the United Kingdom Alliance at Manchester . The meeting of tho general council commenced at about a quarter-past ten in the morning in tho Assembly-room at tho Free Trade Hall , and succeeded a breakfast at which about Bixty persoua were present . About one hundred and fifty persons were present at the meeting , Sir W . Trovelyan in the chair , and among the principal were—Mr . L . Heyworth , M . I * . ; Dr . Lees , tho Hon . the Judgc-Marahal of Cape Breton ; Dr . M'Cullocli , of Dumfries ; Hon . and Rev . L . Noel , Exton ; Mr . R . Allen , Dublin ; Mr . S . Elliott , Liskcard ; Mr . J . Pricstman . Bradford ; Rev , Dr .
M ' Kerrow , and Mr . Alderman Harvey , Manchester , &c . The chief speakers were Sir W . Trevelyan and Mr . S . Pope , the secretary of the Alliance , who recently had a correspondence on . the subject with Lord Stanley . Resolutions in favour of a Maine luw having been carried , the subscription commenced , and three subscriptions of 200 / . each , five of 100 / ,, six of 50 / ., and smaller sums were given . It was also mentioned that fifty temperance societies had sent in their adhesion to tlis movement with a subscription of a guinea each . Mr . Disraeli ox Agkicultuke . —The first anniversary of the "Amersham , Chesham , and the Adjacent Parishes Agricultural Association" was held at Chesham , Buckinghamshire , on Tuesday . There was a ploughing match in the morning , followed by a show of roots and garden produce , after which about two hundred persons sat down to dinner in the Town-hall , under the presidency of the Hon . C . Cavendish . The healths of the county members having been proposed by Mr . " \ V . Lowndes , Mr . Disraeli rose to acknowledge the honour , and while doing so , made some reference to agricultural statistics . He said : —" The deduction I draw is , that wo can only obtain general results to guide legislation , and that there exist in this country the means of obtaining such results which are not open to the Minister of any other country in the world . I do not say this to encourage a blind and bigoted opposition to any measures which may be passed on this subject . I only say that we are living in an age of statistical imposture ( cheers ) , and that many returns in reference to agriculture are made by men who arc not acquainted with rural life . Wo have a great basis , and on that ve may build ; but let us not encourage tho cry—which ia the cry of ignorance—that in this country the Minister has no means by which he can obtain a general estimate of the agriculture of England . " At a subsequent part of the evening , Mr . Disraeli , in proposing " Success to tho Association , " remarked oa the utility of such societies , and defended them from theTattacks that had been made by their opponents . A Tuscan Piunce at Woolwich . —His Imperial Highness the Prince ( Hereditary Grund Duke ) of Tuscany a few days ago paid a visit to Woolwich under tho title of his Excellency Count Albarese , and so strictly was his desire to remain incognito observed , that in Wb inspection of tho departments of tho Royal Arsenal , where ho spent several hours , attended by the Marquis Taoay do Nerli and suite , no official reception was given to him .
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THE LONDON SATURDAY CONCERTS . The first of a series of Concerts for the ' People , under the title of " The ' London Saturday Concerts , " will be given this evening at St . Martin ' s Hall , Long Acre . The promoters of the undertaking are of opinion that the love of good music is sufficiently diffused among the English people , both of the middle and the working classes , to render a set of performances , at low prices of admission , popular among the London public and profitable to the capitalists Avho risk their money in the scheme . It is not many weeks since we showed that Englishmen have an hereditary tendency to love and appreciate music , and that this has been reawakened within the last few years . We therefore fear nothing for the success of the undertaking , provided it be conducted with intelligence as well as zeal ; and we are fully impressed with the refining and ennobling influence which the extension of musical tastes and musical knowledge may exercise over the habits and ideas of ihe masses . A speaker at a recent anti-Sabbatarian meeting at York attributed the superior mariners and morals of the upper classes , as compared with , the state of things only half a century ago , to the extended love of art and science , including music under the former ternir—influeneesfrom which the artizari is shut out by his work on all days but Sunday , and by an undue strictness on the Sabbath . The promoters of the Saturday Evening Concerts seek in some measure to reduce this evil by falling in with the
Saturday half-holiday movement . The idea is excellent ; an evening spent in heqri ,, 7 choice works of great composers will form a fine , harmonious , and trulv reK ? , ? prelude to the day of rest . The father of Montaigne , the French essayist S always to wake his son , when a child , by playing softly at his ears some S melody on a flute , because he thought it put his mind in a placid ana beS frame for the work of the day . Milton was in the habit of composing hk spirit with the strains of an organ played by his own hands ; and manv -ortW great men have found in music a delight , a comforter , and an aid to moral an * spiritual development . Therefore may the Saturday Evening Concerts risiX conducted , be of some service in drawing off the devotees of the bar mrlonr L more ennobling pleasures . ' l 0 The series will consist of twelve Concerts : should these succeed , we suDnnso there will be others . The single admissions are to be—Platforms , 6 d Area Is . ; Balconies , Is . 6 d . ; Reserved Seats ^ 2 s . ; Stalls , 3 s . To this tariff are adder ? various charges for Family Tickets and Subscriptions . We read iu the Preliminary Prospectus : — The recital , by eminent elocutionists of the pulpit , the bar , or the stage of one or more Detached Poems , or Selections from Great Works , which are not written for or adapted to dramatic representation , and are , consequently , seldom heard and little known to , or appreciated by , ' the many , ' will forma special feature peculiar to ( he Concerts . In the selection of works the greatest care will be taken to avoid those of a frivolous , or inelegant character , and , while similar caution will be taken to avoid works that are heavy , or of a character likely to be unattractive to a general audience , none will be given that are not of sterling merit in their class . The Programmes ¦ ¦ ¦ will include the best works of the best musicians , rendered by the best available artistes , and will include composers of all nations , but the words will mail cases be rendered in English , except when the artistes cannot speak the language . With a recent failure before our eyes , we think it was injudicious to introduce any such feature as recitations . The English public seems to dissent from ¦ the opinion of Shakspeake—If music and sweet poetry agree , As they must needs , the sister and tlie brother , &c . ; and , judging from a sentence in the Prospectus before us , in ' which Dr . Mackat is called " our great ballad poet , " we are not dispo sed to trust th e judgment of the projectors in matters of verse . We are sorry , also , to see them adopting the cant of talking about ' artistes . ' However , we decline to prejudge the mode in which the scheme is to be carried out , while giving our warmest encouragement to the scheme itself .
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THEATRICAL NOTES . O'Keefe's comedy of \ Vihl Oats' was revived at the HaymArket on Monday evening , the new American actor , Mr . Murdoch , performing the character of Rover , Mr . Buckstone Sim , Mr . Compton Ephraim Smooth , Mr . Chippendale Sir George Thunder , and . Miss Talbot Lady Amaranth—a brilliant display of humour and effective stage skill , which insured complete success , and no little enjoymerit to the audience . Mrs . ST 6 WE ' s * PrecZ has been dramatized at the Surrey , where Mr . Cbkswick . glooms upon the audience as tlie pious . . ' nigger , ' and Mr . Shepherd tyrannizes , threatens , talks Yankee slang , and enjoys himself and his villany after roaring Yankee fashion , in the person of Tom Gordon , the slaveholder , with full gust and relish , till Bred ( converted by the dramatist into a sort of " poetical justice" Nemesis ) puts a period to his career by despatching him .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 25, 1856, page 1028, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2164/page/20/
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