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EEOORD OF THE WEEK. HOME AND COI/ONIAIv.
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stop the mouths of the representatives of the people . Enough has heeii said on both sides to widen the breach till the next session ; when and under what circumstances that will be , who can tell ? Some think that this will he the last prorogation of a Provincial Assembly of Schleswig by a Danish commissioner .: The minority , i . c , the Danish party of the Assembly , lately gkve tie Danish commissioner a { jrrand dinner , at which toasts were drunk evincing the deadliest hatred to the German nation . It is expected that the prorogation of tlie Assembly will be the signal for the persecution of the leaders of tie majority , or German party . The Xiandtag of Gotba has voted an address to the duke , imploring- him to exert his influence with the . other princes , to obtain a central executive and a national par * lianaent for the whole German people . The minister , in the name of the duke , replied that he held put little hopes of success , although he heartily echoed , their wishes .
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Land Society was held , at the offices , in Norfolk-street , Strand , on Tuesday , the 27 th instant , Viscount Ranelagh in the chair . The report of the executive committee , read . by the noble chairman , showed a large increase in the business returns ; the receipts For the quarter being £ 17 , 883 13 s . 9 » d ., making ati increase , for the half-year of 1830 over 1859 , of upwards of £ 13 , 000 . The total receipts amounted to £ 442 , 870 Is . 4 d ., and the sale of land to £ 237 , l 7 a 18 s . Lid . The Society has acquired its fortieth estate at Oxford , on the Iffley road , within a mile : of the city . The estate is well adapted for villas and houses ,. being the highest land iu the whole district of the Valley of the Thames .
Ou Monday night last Lord John Russell , in the House of Commons , declared : that the nimexation-of Savoy was an act of aggression , which . would produce great distrust all over Europe , and by which the entente coi'diaZe between England and France Wiould be broken . ¦ . ¦ . ¦ .: . - . . On Monday , 26 th , the motion by Mr , Lumley , late lessee of Her Majesty ' s , Theatre , to prohibit Mr . E . T ; Smith , the present lessee of the tlieutre ., from iising any of the sta e properties , including dresses , scenery , and furniture ,, was refused by . the Vice-Chancellor . - —At the sale'of ' . English paintings at the rooms of Messrs . Christie * Manson , and Woods , oh Monday last , several wel . l-lf . n 6 wn works by Turner , Sir Joshua Reynolds , and others were disposed of at-large prices . "On tlie Medvvny , " by MiUler , was sold at 181 guineas . A Portrait of Mrs . Robinson , the celebrated actressy by Reynolds , was sold at 250 guineas . " The Grand Canal , Venice , " by Turner , brought 2 , 400 guineas .
A Missionart conference was held at . Liverpool during the week , coHimeuciug Monday , March 14 , for the purpose of considering the means of promoting the spread of the Gospel at home and abroad . General Alexander was chosen to preside over the Conference . Major Davidson , an old Indian officer , stated that the natives of India were ready to receive the Bible truths . The Rev . Joseph Mullens , in giving an account of India , said there wei'e now 1 , 600 missionaries labouring , in foreign fields . On Saturday morning the Earl of Shiiftesbury , Colonel Edwardes , and the leading meuibers of the Conference were entertained at breakfast at the Town-hall l » y his worship the Mayor . Oh Saturday the 24 th x Hct Majesty the Queen held , her first drawing-room this Season at St . James ' s Palace . Her Majesty received a deputation from Christ ' s ;; Hospital in the . Throne-room . Among the presentations were Mr . and . Mrs . John Bigelow , -of New York . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . - . ' ' ¦ - ' • : :. ' ¦ - .. ' ' .. . . ¦
The ship Jolnri Masterman took 245 Qovernmerifc emigrants from Southampton on Sunday niorning for Algoa , Bay , Cape of Good Hope . This ship is fitted with Graveley ' s patent cooking appara-¦ tus , which is also capable of distilling salt water into fresh while used for cooking . , On Friday , March 23 , the Prince of Wales and Royal hunting party , who t-utered , a furtnyurd near Oxford , were detained there as prisoners by the farmer , and compelled to pay a sovereign for trespassing before he would let them out . On Monday , March 26 , a number of men commenced work on board the Great Eastern to fit her out for sea aa rapidly as possible ! . .. .
The polico authorities have resolved , if possible , to prevent the projected contest between Say era and Heenah . The moil steampnekets under ' contract with the Swedish Government , havq recommenced their voyuges between Hull and Gotten * burg . Mails for conveyance by these packets will b © made up in Xpndon pn ( he everting of every Friday until further notice . The Northern Whi shows by figures that at Belfast during the last five month * of the Revival excitement , the . onsen of drunkenness at the Police Court increased to 382 over what they wore during the same number of months of the previous year . On Tuesday a deputation of gentlemen interested in the cultivation of Indiiin fibres had an interview with Sir Charles Wood , at the India House . These fibres , it is-expected , will produce materials of great value to the sillc , linen , mohair , and paper -trades-. They
Imve been subjected to the processes ot cullerent inatmiacturers , and in . all cases with satisfactory results * . , The improvements and acceleration of the mail services between England nnd France , projected by Mr , J . G . Churchward , will be commenced on the 1 st of . May nest . Under the new arvan ^ oniont . . Jettoivs will leave the London Post-office at 7 in tho morning-, instead of l . l } 0 j ? . ju ., u 3 at wrosont , and will arrive at Paris in tuna , to be delivered the same evening . A bonovolont lady , whp withholds her name , has . offered , to defray the cost ( unmounting t « dB 7 , S 0 ) of four Hfa-boate , which the National Juifo-Boat Society han deckled to station at Newquay and St . Ivea , in Cornwall ; North Dundmm Bay , iu Ireland : and Buckie , on the northern coast of Scotland .
The total nufnber of British ships employed in the trade of the United Kingdom in 1859 , was 18 , 076 sailing ships and . 895 steainvessela . , The thirtieth quarteily general meeting 1 of the Conservative
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On Saturday , March 24 t , the Constitutionnel published an article , stating that Europe was satisfied with Prance with reference to the question of Savoy- —only Switzerland aud England protesting , gave to : the . act almost a friendly character . On the same day , the treaty , by which the King of Sardinia consents to the annexation of Savoy and Nice to France * was signed at Turin , ' _ - The populations of Northern Savoy have expressed their desire to be united to the . Swiss Confederation . On Sunday , Murch 25 , art armistice was concluded between Spain and Morocco .
Advices have been received of a revolution m New Grenada . Early in February , Carrilo , an officer of the general Government , fell upon the town of Cartago , and massacred seventy of the inhabitants . General Mosquera called the people to arms , With the supposed intention of separating the State of Cauca from the Confederation . .:: ' : ¦ ¦ '' : A proclamation of the King to the people of Central Italy has been published , congratulating them upon being united under one monarchy . ¦ The first French battalion , returning from Ifcaly , have entered Savoy . ¦ ¦ .:. . . ¦ ¦ , :. . . ¦ ' - . . ' .. . ¦ . ¦ .= . ¦' . ' ¦ - _ .. - / The Pays expresses its regret on account of what it terms " the angry words" pronounced by Lord John Russell in the House of Commons . ¦ M . Nigra has been appointed Minister-Iiesidenfe of Sardiuia at Paris . ¦ - . ¦¦ ¦
On Tuesday , March 27 , the treaty concerning ' the annexation of Savoy and Nice was ratified by the French Government . ¦ Prussia , by an answer to Monsieur Tiiouvenel , on the 27 th , energetically supports the demands of Switzerland . . . A telegram from Spain states , that the treaty of peace with Morocco includes an indemnity of 400 , 000 , 000 reals ; the territorial aggrandizement of M-elillaj und a Spanish . Minister to reside at Fez . Latest ijitel . ligenge received on the 28 th , from the United States , states theSenate has rejected the treaty with Nicaragua . A bill forthe Suppression of polygamy iu . Utah had been introduced in . the House of Bepresentativea . A fire occurred qn the 13 th at Mobile , by which the theatre and tke Union Cotton Press were destroyed . "War iu Rio ( Jrande had been officially reported . There was a good prospect of an extension of the telegraph to the Pacific ., Stephens and Hassletfc , who were engaged in tiio atlair of Harper ' s Ferry , were executed at Charleston . Commercial newsI . from New York , stocks active and firm and at advanced prices .
On the morning of Thursday , 29 th , the screw steamer North American arrived in Liverpool . ' It was reported' in New York that Spain had agreed to ^ ell Cuba to the United States , but that the price had not been fixed . ¦¦¦ ; ¦ ¦ : —
The author nnd , players of the weli and . closely written farce" 3 . & ., " which is creating a . more than usnnl sensation at the OcYi ^ pud ^ are most successful in treating with rich humour , yet almost without vulgarity , a subject which might have been made tlie vehicle for any amount of the latter quality . Mr . liobsbu as 'jt ) e ? ijamm Bobbin , a civil engineer , green and unsophisticated to an extent never contemplated in Great George Street , is found on a semi-professional and semi-matrimonial expedition at a Northumbrian inn , whore the arrival of the notorious Bttiicia Boy for training purpose ? , happens to he eftgprly looked for by the landlady and her gossips . Tho initials on his baggage , and his fortuitous possession of the sporting colours of tho Yankee champion ( takwn by mistake from the railway Carriage ) lead these worthies , to welcome his arrival with
enthusiasm , and to insist / with all the customary fervour of the itrical misidentifiers , upon the cniality of their bewildered guest . As in " The Wandering Minstrel " we have the character of a noulc troubadour thrust upon vulgar Jem Baffffs , 89 by converse , in " B . B ., " that of the prizefighter is attributed to a nine little person of almost preternatural mildness . The paroxysms of bewilderment which our readers may remember in , " To Oblige J 3 enson ,, " are ro-introduced very eflfectif vely by Mr . Rbbqon into his present cliarncter . His first louil protests subside by degrees into abject submission as , the boots , tke chambermaid , the landludy , a , local ro , ember of tlio fancy yclept titto Chicken , and , lastly , tl » e villaiic sqqire , boisterously greet him seriatim , assure him of their secrecy and sympathy , try the power of his biceps muscle , and perform war dances about him in
excited fashion . At last , however , in his agony to avoid a " set-to" with The CAicAen , hia real name drops out , the blunder is explained , and the fnrce ends satisfactorily . Mr . Uobaon's pcrformanco is not more excellent than that of Mri Horace Wigan , whose CMoAen is a gem . The other parts are satisfactorily taken * by Mr . Cooke and Mra . JSmden . Tlie Sixteenth of the Mondat PopytAJi Conokrts at St , Jambs s Ham . on Monday Iwt waa the most fasliionably crowdc 4 at which wo have nsaistod , Beethoven's grand septet for violin , viola , clarionet * horn ,, bassoon , violoncello , and contrabasso , was apparently the grand attraction for wo obsorvqtl that ' tine company had , with very few exceptions , nrrived , before the contiinonpement of that superb work . Were the inspired , aentot repeated more freojuontly , tUo raqre rajpidJy would the
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512 The Reader and Saturday Analyst . [ March 31 , I 860 .
Eeoord Of The Week. Home And Coi/Oniaiv.
EEOORD OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COI / ONIAIv .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 31, 1860, page 312, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2340/page/20/
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