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    chamber of the court deferred coining to a resolution upon the mot ion ; the minister of justice was informed of the circumstance , and on the very saine day removed the Count of Lippe to the Court of Appeal at Glogau . Why , the public are left tp form their own opinion . At the close of the Austrian Imperial Council a minority of sixteen voted for a Constitution , unity of all the tribes , and representative assembly . Mr . August Brass , formerly of Berlin , and a very well known Liberal , at present established at Geneva , has published a pamphlet directed against the Emperor of the French , and criticising the

    means which he employs for the attainment of his aims . The following extract may not be uninteresting to your readers , if , as is asserted by the Germanpress , anew journal has just been established by Louis Napoleon in London : — " The press , " says Mr . Brass , costs the Emperor immense sums , at the same time , however , performs immense service for him . The tise which he makes of it is entirely new , and an invention of his own . Other Governments have their organs to announce what they intend to do , and for the purpose of preparing the piiblic for any measure , and gaining their suDtJOrt for it . iSAPOiiEosr does the very reverse . He employs , or

    makes use of , the periodical press to hide what he intends to do , to confuse , to confound , to destroy public opinion , to leave it no time to form itself . Let us take as an example a Erench journal . In this we find , first , the news brought by the two great correspondence establishments—the correspondence Havas in Paris , and Eeu-TER ' sofEcein London , not tomentiontheBuLLiER ' s , the Stephani ' s , and the rest . On every important occasion , as the annexation of Savoy , the Italian struggle , the Oriental question , the insurrection in Sicily , both offices publish , and almost at the same moment , totally different reports . Any one disposed to regard this circumrstarice as a mere accident , as a contradiction arising from the ^ uncertain-nature of the communications , is greatly in error . The

    cause lies deeper . Both reports proceed from one and the same source , the Cabinet of the Tuilleries . The one calculated for the Murat party , and the nationality humbug is sent to the > Correspondence Havas ; ' the other , concocted for John Bull , goes to Air . Reuteiu But both reports are piiblished on the same day , in the same papers ; for each party a bulletin of victory , and , therefore , for each party a defeat . Nobody knows what to think . Public opinion is held in siispense , till at last the affair , just as it suits Louis Napoleon , has become a ' / ait accompli ^ and , then , the Moniteur says , This is the logic of facts . ' We have followed these manoeuvres , and , on the most different occasions , have always observed the same tactics . While the correspondence offices are

    working thus upon the grand scale , the journals are lett to laboxir each in its sphere ; but each receives , upon every important question , its particular instructions . The ' Pays receives the commission to commence a dispute with the Patrie , which , terminates with an official kick , called in the language of 'French Journalism , a ' Comminiquey— -a kick , which is administered by one or the other journals , according to circumstances ; and the editor , who receives it , rubs his bruised person and applies the . tank note Avhich his gracious master sends as a cooling plaister . Such is Louis Napoleon ' s press . But not the JTrench press alone ; for his organs are to be found all over the world—m England , in Belgium , in Germany , in Switzerland , in every country his agents are active ; Some journals are bought , some are established . Opposition journals are run down by every

    possible means , paid correspondent , &c , &c . Money is of no consequence—economy is no consideration . At Genoa last year two journals , the Espe re nee and the Nationalites , were established at an outlay of half-a-million of francs , to lend their aid in the annexation of Savoy . The annexation having become a / nit accompli , ' the one journal removed to Turin , there to labour in tlio interest of the Emperor in Italian affairs ; and in Switzerland , as we hear from gooa authority , a new journal is about to appear , \ rhoaeaim it will be to lead the Swiss by the nose for the coming events of next year . It dare not be doubted that the corrupted and corrupting preiss of Louis Napoleon is one of his mosb dangerous weapons , and ho must be encountered by the honest jrees of Europe with till the energy and determination at command . . Louis Napoleon ' s press is not only dangerous in the , form above mentioned , but more especially when it puts on the democratic luaek , and wraps itself in the Carbonari mantle of the ' nationality deceit . "

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    The People ' s DioUdnary qf the Bible . Part 1 . Manchester Hoywood . London t Simpkin and Marshall . —This is tho oomiionwojnent of a now work , which seems to bo very woll coiripllod , and pvcznisos fair to become a standard cheap book . Tho first purl ; contaiua it map of nnoiont and modern Palestine , and comprises « portion of thu work extending from tho proper name Aaron , meaning a mountain ol strength in Hebrew , to Agug , which , in tlio flume language , siguiiluu a mountaineer . The Comprehensive Mislory of Jiiwlaml . 1 ' ail . Hiil and !) : } . London , Edinburgh , Glasgow , and ; Now York i Blaokio und Oo . ~ Tl » U is ono of Messrs . Bluokie ' a woll writt-on and uaoful publications , uniform with their oxoollonb " History of India , " noticed in our nuniboi' of lueb week , and equally deserving of rooomxnendation to tho historical student ; . It takes a lucid and oomprehonsivo view of tlio subjoot in its intoUeotual , moral , and'BQoial , aa well as its religious , ojvil , and military bearings , and when oomploto tho work will bo illustrated by alSovo 1000 engravinga , on stool and wood , Tho illustrations before us- ~ Uio sub . jcofa being personB , plaooa , and . ovonte—are iroU ohoaon , and tho book ftltogothor is an oxuollont ono ,

    The English Woman ? s Journal . Ko . 32 . lor October . London Office * 19 , Xahgham Place . W . Kent and Co . ( late Piper and Co ) The characteristic articles in the present number , in addition to a good and varied miscellaneous contents table , are " A years experience" in Woman ' s work , " a paper on the " Victoria Press , " and ono on " C'j-opcration of Needlewoman , " which , as will be seen , is-extremely , interesting . The writer says : '— - ¦ ¦¦ ';" . " Now , it is certain , that so . lbiig as capital is concentrated in the hands of employers , so long will labour ( if abundant ) , be badly paid . It is therefore worth inquiry , if it may not be possible to render labourers in some measure independent of capitalists , by inducing them to combine for a common object— -that object being the establishment of ateliers , in which each individual should be at the same time both labourer and capitalist . Such a plan would be well suited to

    sedentary trades , more especially so to those not requiring a great outlay of capital to commence with . Let us inquire if it might not be applied to the trades in which women are principally engaged . The trade of a dressmaker , who makes up the materials furnished to her , scarcely requires any capital , and is perhaps one of the most favourable for experiment . The object in view is not to confer charity , but to render the woi-king class of women independent of it ; by making their labour sufficiently remunerative to enable them < - Jiot only to live in decency and comfort , but lay up a fund for sickness , or compulsory idleness froiii inability to procure employment . Tho plan is as follows : —That a house should bo rented for a certain number of young women ( say twenty ) to be employed in the various branches of dressmaking , under the superintendence of a woman of middle age , who should be considered their mistress , who would regulate the household affairs , and

    keep order amongst the -workwomen . Tliis woman should be assisted by two others , whose occupation would be entirely in the workrooms , Tvho would cut out dresses , fife them on , and arrange tho work . It would be necessary before tlie establishment was formed , that a sum ol money should be raised , either by borrowing it at interest , by contributions from associates ( for which they should receive interest ) , or by gifts from wealthy persons , sufficient for the following purposes : —1 . To furnish the house . 2 . To lay in a small stock of the common materials used in needlework . 3 . To -provide subsistence for six months , until the . establishment became known . I . To provide 'for " one year ' s rent and taxes . 5 . To prevido for one year ' s ¦ interest due on money borrowed . The two latter sums should-bo placed in a savings' bank , as a guarantee . fund ; because , if the' establishment proved successful , a proportion of tho cost of interest , rent , &c , should be deducted each

    week from the profits . The house after being furnished would require to be organized , and the following scheme is proposed : —1 . That none but girls of good character should . -be admitted . 3 . That the ' workwomen Bhould be bound to obey the orders of the mistress' and her assistants . 3 . That the sleeping-rooms and workrooms should be kept thoroughly clean and airy . 4 . That the rooms should be kept in order by the workwomen themselves , who should , in turns , bo required to assist for one or two hours each day in all other household ditties which would not spoil their hands' and render them unfit to do fine work . This regulation would be beneficial to health , and would also teach them to fulfil their duties as wives and mistresses of funiih ' es when they marry . 5 . That " ten hours be the limit of work . G . That no ne&dlework be done on Sundays ami great festivals . 7 . That all expenses be paid each week before any wages are paid , viz ., house-rent ( proportion

    for a week ) , coals and candles ( ditto ) , washing ( ditto ) , interest ( ditto ) , taxes ( ditto ) , a small sum for medical attendance and replacement ol furniture , &o . ( which sum should bo plaood in a savings' bank ) , alsy tho cost of subsistence , i . e ., bread , meat , & . Q . 8 . That tho workwomen bo divided into classes , receiving diUercnt : wages according to ability . Thut tlio mistress and her assistants should each receive a fixed salary , and that after the above-named payments have been made , the surplus should he paid over to the associates in equal proportions . !> . That no credit be given . In addition to those independent industrial associations , others affiliated to thorn might be formed . 1 . A training school for workers , supported by contributions from persons not belonging to tlio working class , 2 . An infirmary for sick members ol thu industrial associations , 3 . An oflloe of registration for women in

    wumb of employment , where extra help might bo obtained when a pressure of business required it , and whoro those who wanted work might apply . This plan , which is susceptible of various modification * in practice , exemplifies the principles of co-operation among women to which we referred last month in the article oh the « Opinions of John fcjtuart Mill , ' of which a continuation will appear in November . Tho rules , the amount of wages , and the' amount ) of reserved fund aro all questions for discussion ; but Mr . Mill ' s opinion is strongly favourable to the formation of co-operative or joint-stock companies as eoon as tho artisans of any trude are sufficiently advanced in oduoation and self * control to be capable of working woll in combination . Iho success of tho Rochdale Mill , in Yorkshire ail ' ordg u splendid instance of sui'li combination . "

    The Welcome Guest . PartXII . October . London : Houialonaml Wright . —The present park of this popular periodical opmploton a volume . Tho authors' index prefixed to it , shows tho eeorct of its BuooosB , in the array of well-known talented writovs whoso names appuur in it . Th , o preface says : —" Tho « Welcome Guost' will honccforth o nitain thirty-two pages each week instead of twonty-foiu * as horotofore : it will thus prosont tlio largosfc qutuitity of original lil . oratuiv over before printod in a' wookly shoot , and it thoroibi'Q boooniod the clieapOBli illustrated porlodioul of tho « go . " After announcing traveller

    a now t « lo by Gustavo Alnmrd , tho Indiun hunter and , tho profuoo continues :- ^ The other fyaturoa poouliar to tlio ' WolciMiio Guesii will , liowovoi , bo in no wwy itogloutoc ] . M > . . George Aiigustufl fc (« la \ b' engaged on a series of papers lo bo illustrated 'by William M'Oonnell . ' and tp * bo called tho ^ Strootis of tho World > u eollootion of seiv stories by thoauthor of tho * Tales of tho Oonat Guard } ft weekly review of' Soionoo und Art j' and a sorios of social' JSasaye on l ' opular Toploe j' will also appeal- at ; rogulur intervals . In » word , tho jji-opriotors aro rosolvod to sparo no outlay , slum no labour , In rendering tho ' Woloomo Guest' nol ) only tho ohoapoals but the boat porlodionl ot' the ago . They leave tholr cause oohQclontly in tho harass oi tno public , foi' they fool assured Mint their ellbi-ls will bo fully appreciated ,

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 6, 1860, page 850, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2368/page/10/