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The Field-lane Refuge . — The graphic description riven a few days since in the columns of our contemporary the Times , of the Field-lane Refuge for the Destitute —of the awful sufferings of the houseless poor—of the harrowing histories of the wretched guests at that caravanserai of sorrow- ^ and of the judicious and truly Samaritan relief administered to their necessities—has deservedly created a very considerable amount of excitement among the public , and elicited a corresponding amount of material sympathy in the shape of money contributions towards the funds of the Refuge itself . We cannot wonder at this prompt response returned to an appeal to public generosity , made more especially at a season of the year when the hearts of men should be directed by a : thousand associations towards charity and mercy . For days following the publication of the article allude considerable of
to which we , a portion our contemporary ' s space has been occupied by serried files of announcements of subscriptions received by Mr . Tawell , the secretary to the Refuge . From our nobles and merchant princes , who send their fifty pounds apiece ; from the " Countess de Morella , " with ten guineas , and the splendid donation of a hundred pounds from the Crystal Palace Company , to the twenty-five shillings and sixpence from a" child ' s money box , " to the modest three shillings of " Anonymous , " and the half-guinea sent by some eccentric philanthropist , who chooses to adopt the pseudonym of the blackest ruffian living" Nana Sahib "—we can form an idea of the extent to which the moving recital of the writer in the Times has permeated through all ranks and conditions of men , and cease to wonder at the stream of benevolence that has flowed into the coffers of a most deserving
institution . The Premier and Mr . T . S . Duncomise . —Between Lord Derby and Mr > Duncombe there has been a correspondence that relates to the character of the former in matters military . In a correspondence previously published between Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson and the bon . member for Finsbury , the latter employed an expression which Lord Derby imputes to himself , and which Mr . Duncombe doe 3 not deny was intended to refer to the Premier , though he declares Jte had no wish to inflict pain . The imputation reads that no officer was " safe when a Commission of Inquiry was screened by the favoured influences of Grosvenor . and St . James ' s squares / ' Lord Derby shows that he knew nothing whatever of what hatl occurred to Lieutenant-Colonel
Dickson , until he saw the published letters between the Colonel and Mr . Duncombe . The latter feels the force of this remark , and has sent a copy of his correspondence with Lord Derby to all the daily journals , so that his lordship ' s justification may be published . Testimonial , to Mr . J . S . Mill . —The officers in the Examiner ' s Department , in the India House , have presented this gentleman with a silver inkstand , as a mark of their respect and regard on the occasion of his retirement . Poor but Proup . —A . highwayman . undertook to rob
Major Jones . He met Jones in n wood over in Jersey . He asked Jones for his pocket-book . Jones refused to yield . Highwayman took Jones by the neck , and undertook to choke him . Jones made fight , and kept it up for half an hour . At the expiration of that time Jones caved , and the highwayman commenced rifling his pockets . The contents amounted to eighteen cents . "Is that all you ' ve got ? " " Every cent , " " What made you fight so long ? " " Didn ' t want to be exposed . Bad enough to have only eighteen cents ; a great deal worse to have the whole world know it . " — Weakly Council ' 3 Blnff"s JJuyle .
Cosas dk Esi'ANA . —Now wo turn off seaward to the right , down a sort of court , and come to a porticoed barn they call the Custom House . We English passengers —the fltfrid redundantly good-natured Yankee-Irish wine merchant , the bagman all whiskers , with the red suffering faeo , tho man who swears by Murray , and compares every place to Constantinople , where ho has never been , and who dresses in a gamekoopery sort of way , which ho thinks marks tho veteran traveller—we are all there , grumbling , puffing , swearing , chafing , seeking comfort in cigars , and in preparing ostentatiously our
bunches of keys . A little army of Atlas porters , with red rope sashes round their waists , follow us , and condole and encourage us with timid look * of defiance cast towards tho entranco gate . Cosas do Eapafia ! Nothing ' ie ready . Tho officer is not como ; ho may bo five minutes , or % nn hour ; ho is a Government officer not to bo hurried ; ho in cheapening rod mullet , or at mass , or out riding , or at his chocolate . Quion subo ! Diossabc ! Who knows ? In Spain , tho only thing over ready is unreadiness . Storm a Spanish fort at a dash , says Ford , and you will find tho guns unloaded , and tho gunners at thoir siesta . Over tho door of tho oustom-houso
room is a soaflbld , ou which a negro mason stands plastering in a la / . y , lotos-eating way , that , aftor tho chronic fever of London workers , i » calming and grateful to soo . In England , by mutual fretting , wo ohafo ouch other into fovorish action 5 every day , with iis ^ seems tho last day : only fiulod , worn-out traditions talk of yesterdays wolivo in to-day . But in Spain mon grow lazy by sympathetic idleness ; they livo in tho morrow . To-morrow 1 b thoir God . Tlioy never do to-day what they can leave till to-morrow . So workod this mason ,
till , trying to , make ^ room for the porters pass , he let the plank lie worked on fall , and all but tilled a covey of us ; who , however , with a little benediction of whitewash , escaped . At last , down the hot white lane , slowly his brown fo i ' i -i " ' i" '• fn-r + h « nnrtws fn nans . ho . \ c . t
strolls the officer , swinging his keys upon re finger . He greets us with a stolid official look , and goes slowly to work . He cannot understand hurry , and goes no quicker , though a dozen portmanteaus , red and greenbadged , are opened round him , as if the owners were showing him samples . Some mariners kneel down , and slip their hands between shirts and under-coats , smile , nod their heads , and say , V Bueno—basta ! " and hand you your key 3 ; but , if you have a pomatum-pot that will not open , or a tooth-powder-box that is screwed tight , woe betide you . AH right ! We are good ! And so off we go , following the moving , carpet-bag mountains to Blanco * s . —Household Words .
The Austrian Viceroy in Milan . —With increased watchfulness and suspicion , and preparations for the worst , the importance of the Archduke Maximilian , who is identified with a conciliatory system , naturally dwindles , since it becomes evident that his mission has failed , and that his occupation is in some degree gone . He must assuredly feel much aggrieved at the failure of his generous and well-intended efforts . He has recently made a change in his personal habits . A short time ago , as I told you , he went abroad very little ; now , on the contrar } ' , he shows himself a great deal , and walks unattended in the streets . He is every where allowed to pass unsaluted and seemingly unrecognised . Ah : b . ough character and
the Lombards generally tlo justice to his kindly intentions , it is a question whether it be not temerity on his part , in the present exasperated state of the public mind , to trust thus entirely for his protection to the esteem that may be entertained for him personally . The detestable Mazzinian faction , although discredited and weakened , is not extinct , and , the band of a single desperate fanatic might suffice for a deed which , were it perpetrated , would be as injurious to the Italian cause as it assuredly . would be deeply deplored by that large and increasing Moderate Italian party which would fain pursue by rightful paths the emancipation and regeneration of their country . — Times pirrfespondent . ' ¦
Parochial Education—St ; Mary-le-Sthasd . — From a pastbralletter sent by the rector of this parish , the Rev . J . F . penham , to his parishioners at this season , it appears that there are no less than six schools in the parish , containing 2517 souls , besides other institutions for the benefit of the labouring classes . Four of these schools are ¦ wholly maintained by voluntary contributions , and all of them are out of debt , although " the funds are very low . " It is pleasing to . contemplate this instance of a parish provided with means for the religious and secular education of its poor children fully commensurate with its requirements .
Dissknters in Berlin . — -Roman Catholics in Prussia are not dissidents , the Evangelical and Catholic Churches being equally established with parity . of rights . The Dissenters are—1 . The Evangelical Lutherans , 1900 adherents and one church . 2 . The Moravian ( or Bohemian ) Brothers , introduced into Berlin as far back as 1744 , now reduced to 204 members , and one meetinghouse . These two denominations are recognised by the law as Dissenting bodies , and possess corporation rights . The following are unrecognised : —3 . The Baptists , 850 members , one meeting-houso ; 4 . The Irvingites , 400 members ; 5 . The Christian Catholics , 300 members ; 6 . Tho Christina . Catholics of the Leipzig Confession , 2000 ; 7 . Jews , 12 , 700 . There are besides three
churches whore service is performed in l ' rench , fur about 5000 of French descent or tongue . Tho English residents have a chapel of their own in the Palaco Montbijou , and there is Greek service in tho Russian Embassy . Oysters . —Besides thoir valuable digestive qualities , oysters supply a recipe not to be despised in tho liquor they contain . It is produced by the sea-wator they have swallowed , but which , having been digested , lias lost that peculiar bitterness of salt water . The oyster water is limpid , and slightly saline in taste . Far from being purgative , like aea-wator , it promotes digestion . Some physicians have endowed it with a multitude of extraordinary properties , none of which it possesses , however . It hus boon compared to tho waters of Vichy and Plombieres ; but this is chimerical . Tho only thing certain is that tho water in tho oysters keeps thorn fresh , prolongs thoir lifo for some timo , until it is destroyed in
our stomachs , or until tho oyster has been transformed into a portion of ourselves . As for tho condiments to bo eaten with oysters , tastes differ ; true amateurs oat thorn as nature has made thorn , for they foar tho loss of thoir exquisite flavour . Some persons , howovor , prefer a lit do popper and loinon juice , which destroys any purgative uU'ect they may possess , and which somo highly susceptible stomachs suffor from . It i » a moot point whether milk promotes tho digestibility of oysters ; at any rato it docs not require , a beggar ' s stomach to digest tho mollusk . Still our author know a gouty portion who cured his disease , aa far us , it coiild bo cured , by an . abundant uso of oysters and milk ; but , as tho latter might liavo produced tho effect alone , tho fact is not conclusive . Another point is , whether it to necessary to drink wino with oysters , and if whito id proforablo to rod . As Mr , Addlaou sMgoly ronmrkod to Sir Richard do
Coyerley , "There is much to be said on both sides . "Bentley ' s Miscellany . . The Canadian Press .- ^ The press of Canada now numbers 20 daily newspapers , 156 weekly , and 33 issued Coverlev . "There is much to be said on both sides . " —
tri-weekly arid semi-weekly , making a total of 209 public journals in Canada , East and West . These are distributed over 88 cities , towns , and villages . The smallest amount of population in these places , enjoying the luxury of a -newspaper , range from 200 upwards . The greatest circulation of a daily journal is 5000 copies , and of the weekly journals 75 , 000 is the highest issue . The newspapers of New Brunswick , Nova Scotia , Newfoundland , and Prince Edward's Island , not included in the above , number from 40 to 50 , and are chiefly weekly publications . — Canadian News .
Hot Water with America . —Another serious complication with America is unfortunately to be apprehended . / Yesterday an individual arrayed in an ample coat of broad cloth , with brass buttons , a buff waistcoat , and drab breeches , his legs encased in top boots , his upper story surmounted with a broad-brimmed hat , hi * hands in his pockets , and a cudgel under his arm , calling himself John Bull , was conveyed to the police-office on a charge of swindling . In his pockets were found abundant evidence that his real name was Obadiah Bruin , of Brumville , N . Y . ; on the manifestation of which fact he cut up rough , " and declared that the British constabulary officials had in his person violated the privileges of an American citizen by exercising the right of search . Correspondence on the subject has taken place between Mr . Dallas and Lord Malmesbury . —Punch .
Dutch the Lasguage of the Japanese Court . — The Javasche Courant contains a detailed account of the last voyage of the Netherlands Commissioner to the Japanese Court at JeddO ; For the first time the commissioner was received by the Emperor of Japan in person . His Majesty , who was seated upon a magnificent throne , condescended to address a few > remarks to the envoy without the interposition of an interpreter . His Majesty speaks Dutch " with a pure accent . " The Javasche Couvant adds that Dutch has been for some time the language . of the Court , of the savanis , and of the diplomatists of Japan , and that Dutch literature is held in hicrh esteem . ¦
Dramatic Headings at Bombay . —The Bombaypapers state that Mr . Edward Macready , son of the emiueut tragedian , purposes giving a short series of poetical and dramatic readings at Bombay , where he resides ,. and also of including in his list of entertainments the five Christmas stories by Charles Di * kens . Our Jury System . — Q . What foreign institution does starving . a jury approach the nearest to?— -A . . The Diet of Hungary . —Pi / Mc /* . City Benefices . —A meeting of City incumbents was held at Sion College on Tuesday . After an animated discussion it was resolved that a committee be appointed to consider whether a further union of benefices would be desirable . A resolution declaring definitely that such a change would be desirable , was defeated .
Industrious Students . —The practice , of taking down sermons in short-hand notes had reached such a height in Frankfort that the consistories both of the Calvinistic and the Lutheran bodies have thought it necessary to prohibit it for the future . " The church , " says the ordinance , " is not a lecture-room , fcut a house of prayer . " Madame Dc'devast . —Georges Sand lately caused M . Breuillnrd , a provincial schoolmaster , to be prosecuted before tho Tribunal of Correctional Police of . Auxcrre , for libel , in having , in a speech delivered to his pupils in a distribution of prizes , in August last , said : — - " What could we not say of the impudent boldness and cvnicism of Georges Sand ! It was reserved to this
woman , old and worn out by all tho debaucheries of mind and body , to represent in a novel a species of lovo against nature , which was alone capable of reawakening for an instant a heart ami souses used up by other passions ! It was further reserved to this woman , possessed of fine talents , to crown a lifo full of scandals by a still greater scandal , tho < llistoire do Ma Vic , ' a production not loss wearisome than it is immoral ! " Not content with delivering this speech , M . Breuillard had it printed , and circulated . Tho tribunal decided that his language was libellous , and it condemned him to iOOfr . fine and 50 A \ damages . It also authorised Madame Dudevant to soizo all tho copies of the speech she could find , and to have tho text of tho judgment inserted in a certain number of nowspapers .
Paymknt op Memhhrs of Parliament . — Distinotly wo beliovo that ovory member of Parliament ought to recelvo a handsome sajary —500 / . a year at least , perhaps 1000 / , —and bo bound to givo tho nation his uadivided energies . Tho law still subsists by which ho may claim wages from his constituents , but with modern notions this cannot easily or generally bo resuscitated . To bo paid by thorn would bo thought degrading ; to be paid , from tho Queen's Treasury ia an honour .- — Wostiniiwfer Review . ' ¦ Biutibu MqsKUM . —It is said that tho Government purposo to transfer tho library and museum at tho JSast ludia House to tho British Museum , though it is not stated what rooma aro assignable for tbo reception of thoBO treasures ,
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T H E E A DB No . 459 , Jaktjai ^ 8 , 1859 . 1 _ ^ JL ^ . _ 41 ~ """ '""' ' - ¦
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 8, 1859, page 41, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2276/page/9/
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