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surprised that reformers would fain be meddling with the Church as well as with the constitution , Of the antecedents of some of the clergy we read such passages as , ? formerly Captain in the Fifty-ninth Foot , '' " formerly ; Lieutenant on board H . M . S . Irresistible , " " formerly naval insti-uctDr of the Royal William , " and in one case " formerly in the Colonial office , " while ci-devant Jews'and Roman Catholics are to be found here and there . We find such illustrative hints but rarely , however , and we would suggest that a future edition should be enriched with an account of the most strikingevents in the biography : of some 6 i those eminent churchmen now living who have become identified , by their abilities or from circumcuinstauces , with the history of our times , in politics or in literature . And here we may observe that the much mooted question of the incomes of the higher branches of the Established Church are touched upon with a very reverent , not to say partial hand . We should not omit to notice , that although particulars of each clergyman s status and career are confined to the members of the Church
of England , the editors , determined to make this book of reference as complete as possible ; have added appendices containing lists of the clergy of the Established Church of Ireland , and of the Episcopal Church in Scotlandtaken from the best official sources . The work
, is well executed on good paper , and the type in which it is printed is of a peculiar character , well suited to facilitate reference ' .
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those connected with it ... Times are altered since that , and we its first days could hardly have expected that there would ever be room for a rival publication of that class , much less one which should adopt a wider range of subjects , and , by a vigorous competiour newspapers are altered with them : the readers ol , the Builder in tion , improve its predecessor , at the same time that it succeeded iii firmly establishing itself in public estimation . It is not merely the builder and the architect , now-a-days , who take an active interest in questions of styles , orders , and decorations ; a . 11 classes of the educated public have something to say , and wish also to learn something more upon these and similar subjects ; and the conductors of
and rpHE number and success perioaicais aevoxea r JL Arts in the present day may fairly be taken as indications , as gratifving as they are significant , of the advance of the age in refinement and ° pure tasted Of the journals devoted to these kindred topics , one of the youngest , but by no means the least . . important , is the Building News , yiho&e fifth volume ^ -a portly but withal an elegant tome—now lies on our table . When class publications of this kind first caine into vogue , they treated principally—nay , almost ^ entirely —H ) f details of construction and materials , and of other technicalities , which , though doubtless important , possessed interest of a peculiar Jdn'd , which could only be shared by one class- ^ " the trade , "
the papers we have alluded to have found their account m adapting their pnges to the taste and capacity of general readers , without neglecting the objects for which they were originally set on foot . The present volume of the Building jyeios is a handsome quarto of some eleven hundred pages , exceedingly well printed , and neatly bound . So much for its appearance ; the contents are ably written and judiciously edited . They comprise original articles on constructive and decorative architecture , and the sister arts of painting and sculpture , as well as on sanitary science and civil engineering . In the list of contributors we find the names , amongst others , of Messrs .
jMacquoid , John I 3 ell , arid Samuel Huggins ; and there are many able papers by writers whose initials ' or pseudonyms only are given . The topics treated possess not only interest but variety : we find the controversy between the Gothicists and Classicists warmly carried on here ; the vile condition of the Serpentine and the Thames ; all the new schemes of metropolitan improvements;— 'the gas and water supply are amply discussed ; and archaeology and geology are not neglected . In addition to this all the current news , as far as it concerns the fine arts or the architectural and building nmr « fisioiis . is triven in a condensed foi'm . Thus , we have the
lectures at the Royal Academy and the learned societies , reports of all art exhibitions , and reviews of . all books upon such subjects . Such important subjects as the builders' strike are well handled , while the advertising column nuisance , drinking fountains , and other minor matters , yeceivo their share of attention ; a summary of such parliamentary debates as have an architectural bearing is not wanting ; and even the drama , is brought under notice , as far as the accessories of the sceno painter and the mechanist are concerned . The book is illustrated by upwards of seventy excellent engravings
of architectural subjects , the greater part of which display much urtietio excellence ,, the most . conspicuous being a rqully magnificent WOrU— -the interior of the ohurch of All Saints , Margaret-street , drawn by Mr . Macquoid , and engraved by Mr . Jowitfc . This is one of the mOst perfect wood engravings that lias over been produced ; the beautiful outlines of Mr . Beroaford Hope ' s splcncUd hobby are given in admirable perspective by the nvtist , and the lights and shades are brilliantly contrasted ; while intho exocution full justice has been done by the engraver to the ability of the dvaughtsman ; the block ia also extremely woU printed—a most important point , and one too frequently neglected , to the horror and disgust' of artists and engravers .
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milEJ Dublin University Magazine , like other serials , has ita own X account of the voyage of tho Fox , It i /» written by tho Roy , Profosaor UnugMon , F . U . S ., and is illustrated with a portrait of Captain ¦
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( SPECIAL . ) TKIAIiS FOR MUJRDJEK IN THE PAPAL STATES . . Rome , 31 st January , 1860 . ripHE idler about the streets of Rome may , from time to time , 4- catch sight— on blank walls and dead corners—of long white strips of paper , covered with close-printed lines of most uninvitinglooking type , and headed with the : Papal arms—the cross keys and tiara . If , being like myself , afflicted with an inquisitive turn of mind , he takes the trouble of deciphering these' , . hieroglyphic documents , his labour will not be altogether thrown away . These straggling strips , stuck up . in put of the : way places , glanced at by a , few idle passers-by , and torn down by the street vagabonds after a day or two , for the sake of the paper itself , are the sole public 1
records of justice issued , or allowed to beissued , under the Pontifical Government . Trials are here carried on always with closed doors . No spectators are admitted ; no reports of the proceedings are published .. In capital cases , however , after the execution of the criminal lias taken place , a . sort of proces verbal of the case and-of the trial is placarded on ihe walls of the chief towns . This is the sole concession made to publicity by the Papal authorities ; and this is all the public ever knovvs about the course of justice . Within the last few days , three executions have taken place in different parts of the Papal territory , and in consequence threu such statements have been issued by the Government . The facts
narrated ^ , and the circumstances alluded to in them , throw a strange light on the administration of justice , and the daily life of this priest-ruled country . In these statements , be it remembered , there is no question of political or clerical bias ; The facts herein stated are all facts admitted by the authorities of their own free will and pleasure—and if , as I think , these facts tell most unfavourably for our clerical rulers , it is , at any rate , put of their own mouths they are convicted , All , therefore , that I propose to do , is , having these Government statements before me , to tell the stories that they contain as shortly and as dearly as I can , adding no comment of my own but what is necessary to explain the facts in question . Lot me take first the case of Luigi Bonci , ' ¦
Some three years ago , then , there lived in the hamlet pf Cannara , near Perugia , a family called Bozroi . They belpnged to the peasant classy and were poor , eveu among the Papal peasantry . The family consisted of the father and mother , and of their son and daughter , both grown up . Between the father aud son there had long been ill blood . The cause of this want of harmony is but indistinctly stated , but apparently it was due to the irregular habits of the son , and to the severity of the father , while this domestic misery was rendered doubly bitter by the almost abject want pf the household . On the night of November the 9 th , 1856 , Venanzio JBonoi , the father , Mabia Rosa his wife , and their daughter Catjekina , were at supper in the miserable room which formed the whole of their dwelling , waiting for tho return of the son Luigi , who had been absent qvevsince the morning . There had been frequent quarrels
before about Luigi s stopping out nfc night , and now ib was past midnight . There wa , s no light in the room , except a faint lliolcor from the embers , and tlie feeblo glimmering of tho starlight , which entered through the opon window . A noise was hoard in tho stable underneath tho room , « nd tho father , thinking it was his son , shouted three or four times but got no answer . A few minutes after Lujcgi entered without the lantern , which ho had loft below in the stable , and although , his sister budo him good night ho made no reply . As ho entered tho room , tho father called out , "A lino time of night to , como home I" •' What then P" was tho only answor given by Lvias " You hav ' o ho . voi beep homo sincO tho morning , " went on tho father . " Wlnat then ? " was still tho only answer . Tho iulhor then told tho son to hold Ins tongue , and again rocoived tho samo voply . At last , Vejstanzio , losing hia temper , called out , " tfo quiot , or I will break your head , " or , according to ono story , " I'll mnvdov j'dvi , " to which Luigi only vouliod , " I m « y
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M'Clmtock . Victor Hugo is subjected to some severe criticism on V La Legende des Siecles , " particularly \ vhere he touches on sacred subjects , to the proper treatment of which he is adjudged to be unequal . On other points the critic awards him high commendation , notwithstanding the vein of exaggeration which runs through all the poems . " The Season Ticket" continues to be amusing . — The North British Review contains eleven excellent articles ; one , on the silence of Scripture , is admirable in its idea and the tone of its expression . An article on Erasmus is also good ; and there is considerable information in another on Austria . One fact is astounding , namely : " The amount of taxation in Austria has increased seventy per cent , since 1849 , a rate perfectly without precedent in history . '' An artistic paper on Dr . Wilkinson ' s opinions on Colour enters into the controversy between Goethe and Newton , and embraces much clever speculation . — The Spiritual Magazine defends
Mr . Harris from an article in the M orning Advertiser , and also pits Mr . Howitt against Mr . Charles Dickens ; but the main questions at issue are not advanced by the contents of the number . People who seek to prove the immortality of the soul by such questionable phenomena , must indeed be inveterately sceptical , however much they may wish to assume the character of believers . The subject requires to be more philosophically treated . —We have duly received the current parts o ( " The Welcome Guest , " " Once a Week , " " Moore ' s Nationa 1 Airs , " Charles Knight ' s"English Cyclopaedia , " and Routledge ' s " Illustrated Natural History ; " all of which maintain their well-earns 1 reputation .- ^ No . XII . of Parker ' s " Historical Tales" has also reachs 1 us . It contains a tale of Mediaeval Nestorianisna , entitled " The Ss ? Tigers . " Part VII . of" Plain or Ringlets" will interest the soorthij world , and has a coloured illustration .
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142 The Leader andSaturday Analyst . [_ Feb . 11 , 1860 .
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*' ^ ha Jiuildlnq Jfewst a Wookl' / Illmtratod Jlooord of tho Prof / rasa oj Archttvotuvo , ti ' oulptnro , Painting , JSnt / inoarlnff , MatropoUtan improvements , and Sanitary Itc / hrm . Yohuno the Fifth . X ^ omlon ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 11, 1860, page 142, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2333/page/18/
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