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Sept . 22 1860 ] TJie Saturday Analyst and Leader . 819
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Shady noots , all crowned with , rushes ; Sedgy banks , where water gushes . Here we ace the steep brown rocks , ... O ' er which , gi'aze the milk-white flocks ; . . Little lovyer , we behold , . Some email emerald , set in gold ; A fair islet ; , where the trees ¦ "Whisper secrets to the breeze . ¦ •¦ Then we see some haunted hall , . Peeping through its oak trees tall ; ¦ On its windows rests the sun , Like a golden banner won ! Then , a little farther down , Stands a Tillage that doth crown , Like an eagle's nest , the brow Of the hill that lies below ; While the nestling liouses gleain \ Vhere the heavenward spire is seen ; Then we hear the vesper bell , On our hearts it lays a spell ; Benison so pure and holy , That we bow our spirits lowly ; Thinking God ' s great heart , above , Ituleth lesser ones in love : ] S " ow behold home's city white . All baptised in golden light ! This is ( despite a false rhyme or too ) certainly , . poetry ofjio mean order : and we shall be hap . pv to meet again ¦ with-its author .
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Blade ' s Tourist ' s Guide Ihroutjh lh < : Counties of Gloucester , J / srrford , and Moumouth , < L-c . 'Edinburgh :. Black . This is a very concise yet complete , compendious , yet comprehensive little manual , that every , visitor to the localities in question should by no means omit to stow away m his carpet bag . It contains copious information about the principal ! towna such as Cheltenham , Bath ; Bristol , Chepstow , Gloucester , Ross , Monmouth , Hereford , &c . j as well as descriptive accounts of objects of interest , such as Tint em Abbey ; which
by the way , forms a frontispiece to the " G-uide . " There is , moreover , a very interesting sketch of the " Gi-eology of the Counties of Grloucester and Hereford , " by J . R . Leifchild , A . lYL , bound , up with this little ¦ work , and containing & vast mass of facts and knowledge of a highly interesting character condensed into a very small . compass , and expressed in a lucid and popular style . There are vvell arranged tables of contents to both parts of the ! work , . and a copious index . The " Suggestions for Geological Excursions " will be found very useful . The "G-ixide " also contains a good map of the districts treated of . Tlie name of Mr \ Leifchild is a sufficient voucher for the correctness and
excellence of any work on the title page of which it < appears . Reply to Professor Tt / tidctlV . i Ilemarkt in 7 iis work " On the Glaciers ' qf the Alps , " relating to liendu ' s "Theories des Glacier ' s . " By Janios ! David Forbes , IMt . S ., < fco . Edinburgh : Black . 1 S 0 U . Now thufc the Alps and . everything connected with them attract so much attention , tho subjeot of this " Reply" is invested with an extrinsic interest , in addition to its own inherent attractions as a curious scientific question . The following pa 3 sage is of such general importance and application , that we extract it with pleasure : — " It is a matter notorious in scientific discovery , that every theory of the least importance has been preluded by tho anticipations of men of sagacity and penetration , who yet wanted the skill , or the perseverance , or the opportunity necessary to demonstrate their speculations to be true . Isolated qu otations from authors who formed just conceptions of a possible or antocodentnl probable explanation of a complox phetlie reader to those alone inuccurnto
nomenon , convey to ( trusting ) an conception of tho exact importunco of these anticipations . Soon by the light of subsequent observations and discoveries , they are inconti'o ^ vertible truths ; but when viewed in tho aspect in which they appeared to oontonaporary writers , or even to the author himself , —when tried by tho context of the work in which they are contained , they appear what they really are—happy conjectures , supported by general analogies , and by a few obvious or roputod faeta . Tho history of soionco , if attempted to be based on such expressions alone , would become a maze of mingled truth and fiction . Hooke and Borolli would assume tho position of being authors of the theory of gravitation ; Q-rimnldi and Hooke , ( again , ) of the undulatory theory ; Do Dominis and Descartes , of tho discovery of the unequal refvurigibilit / y of the rays of tho spectrum 5 Hevo and Porta , of tho steam-engine j Buooij , of tho aberration of light 5 Boerhaavo and Fahrenheit , of specific heat ; Wright and iiamborli , of tho laws of eitlereul astronomy j Brugmanne , of dia » magnetism j and Higgins , of atomic chemistry . '
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. Hanover , Sept . 18 , 1860 . THE prospect of a united Italy , under a constitutional king , has proved a vast encouragement to the National Verein and its supporters ; and I have this week to report that the grand meeting at Cobuvg has had a better issue than the most sanguine ef impartial observers anticipated . I , for my part , fully expected a great split in the Liberal party , or rather in the Rational voreiu , the one side advooating tho so-called Prussian hegemowf , tho other tho Imperial constitution of 1849 . Tho result , however , hoa sh , own that the leadorB were ready to sacrifice private opinion and local prejudices to one great object of the association , tho union of all the States under one head , and to accept that sovereign who offered the fairest guarantee for the military and diploiaatio influence o
the country and establishment of a free representative governmen t . Every motion , brought forward was almost unanimously adopted , and the original programme of Eisinaeh is still in . full force for tht entire Liberal party , that is the moderate Liberal or Gotha party ; the democrats , radicals , or revolutionists , who are , indeed , the mosi numerous though . without any organisation , ridicule the efforts ei the Verein and will be satisfied with nothing less than a republic upon the United States ' model . The Verein is in existence still , and that is considered to be a great success ; but between unanimity of views and the attainment of the long sought for unity and central power there is a wide distance . Tlie only hope of the Verein for the present is gradually to prepare , the public mind of all the States for the supremacy of Prussia of which the most are very jealous . With regard to the motions or declarations brought forward there were but few that possessed any fresh interest except , perhaps , the following declaration : —•
1 . It is the chief and self-evident necessity of a truly national German policy to defend the inviolability of the federal territory . 2 . It is not required by a national policy to make war with the object to maintain the possession of Venetia for the House of Austria . 8 . It is , on the contrary , the duty of all Germany to resist -with energy every interference in the Italian struggle that may tend to confirm and extend the encroachments of France , and that may endanger the interests and obstruct the independent national developement © f our country . 4 . It is no less tlie most pressing duty of a truly national German policy to guard against the attempt to employ the military forces of Germany as a means of enslaving the Italian people , now enthusiastically fighting for their freedom and national indelDendance .
The debates upon the several home questions mooted by the committee were remarkably animated , and the more sharp and to the point , as each speaker was limited to ten minutes time . In sympathy for the Italian cause , as also for the inviolability , all were unaniinoiis ; but there was a considerable divergence of opinion as to the policy to be pursued b y •¦ Germany in case of an attack upon Venetia . While some few were in favour of German intervention for the defence of Austrian territory in the event of a war between Italy and Austria , the others were totally opposed to any interference whatever , even though France should lend heT aid to Italy for the conquest of Venetia . . The Committee addressed the request to all members of the Association to exert themselves in their respective localities for the formation of rifle corps , whose aim should be to accustom themselves to military discipline , and a thorough knowledge of
arms . Among those applying to be received as members of the Association were the deposed Duke of Brunswick , and one of the sons of the elector of Ilessia . All that can be said of this meeting , which has been regarded as so important by the members of the Association , is that it remains as it was before . It is not broken up , notwithstanding the endeavours of some Governments ; but fresh members are being admitted , and further subscriptions of money received . The latter do not come in with so much readiness at home as from abroad ;
and in one of the last numbers of the WocJiqnschrift , the organ of the Association , the Germans at home are twitted with apathy , hesitation , or indifference to the national cause . Beyond the mere fact , however , of its being as fresh and vigorous as ever it was , which is not snying much , tho meeting , or congress , was nothing more than what most other meetings of late yews have been—an empty demonstration . There is not a man to be found who will risk life , limb , property , or the little liberty he possesses , in an effort to carry into effect the almost unanimous wish of tho whole country . It is certain that ninety-nine Germans out of every hundred ardently desire unity and a supreme chief , and every man one meets declares his willingness to fight for the object
desired 5 but not one will move . I have remarked in former letters that tho enthusiasm for the Prince of Prussia is fast subsiding , and that the leadership of Prussia is not now regarded by the people of tho smaller States as so very desirable ; and it is this spirit which , in spite of the general cry for unity , which keeps many aloof from tho National verein , whose sole aim as to place the supremo power in the hands of tho Prince Regent , without caring apparently whether freedom or worse slavery than that which at present exists would become the portion of Germany . If the prince were really the Liberal he is supposed by his admirers to be ,, and wished to see Germany great and respected , ho would not heaitate to confide in the people , summon a national parliament , and got himself elected Emperor
or King of Germany . This he has neither the courage to venture , nor the talent to perform . Ho trusts to hold his own , and perhajxj in time to require a littlo more by means of his standing army , and centralisation , and police .. It was this discontent with tho conduct of tho prinoo which gave rise to tho attempt at an agitation for the Rdchsverfassung of 1849 , and thougli ft compromiso ¦ waseffected by tho committee of the association , I wax half lnoJinocl to think it will- bq ,-again put forward in opposition to tlio ondoavours of the Prussian party . r-., «•„ , a , The report of tho retirement of the . Protoalnnt G knh . ua 1 . JBicnkpek has increasod tho diagust of ( ho northern nnd 1 rotosai . fc countries , and a Germany without Austria is booouiiug a stronger wish than over .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 22, 1860, page 819, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2366/page/11/
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