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      ^ og 2 he Saturday Analyst and ' Leader . [ Oct . 27 , 1869

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      In tons of mangeL-wurzel , 2 , 433 *; beet-root , 10 J ; carrots and parsnips , 172 *; cabbage , 507 ; hay , 21 , 100 } : —increase in the number of vines , 789 , 423 ; of fruit sold , 072 cwt . ; and of wines , 0 , 21-1 gallons , arid brandy 40-1 * gallons : and there was a decrease in the produce of barley of 1 ( 5 , 528 bushels ; and of maize , 2 , GS 5 £ bushels ; of o 9 , 7 : 32 i tons of potatoes ; of turnips , 719 tons ; of onions , 1 , 680 cwt . : tobacco , < ISQ cwt . The greatest quantity of wheat was grrown in the counties of ViUiers , Talbot , Bourke , and Grant . The principal crops of oats were in Bourke , Dalhousie , . Talbot , Grant , and / l tipoir Counties ; and Grant and Botirke produced the greatest portion ot the barley ; nearly all the maize was grown in Murray' County ; and ( xrant probeans seeul to flourish most in

      duces nearly all the rye . Peas and Grant and Villiers Counties . Bourke supplies the largest tonnage in potatoes ; while Bourkc , Grant , llipon , Talbot , and Loddoii , axe the principal hay-makers . Onions only are produced in three counties Bourke , Grant , and Loddon ; tobacco is cultivated in the seven cotuities of 13 ourke , Grant , Hampden . Haytesbury , Normanbr , ViUiers , and Wiumiera ; the vine is cultivated in all , save the five counties of Anglesey , DuncLis , Talbot , ] S ormanby , and Unnmera . Grant is the principal vineyard , having no less than l , 064 , 47 G out of the total of 1 , 783 , 025 ; Bourke has 252 , 259 , and Loddon , 167 , 467 ; and next in importance stands Talbot , 90 , 000 ; and Evelyn , 59 , 000 , < fcc . Grant made 12 , 085 gallons of wine , but Bourke sold the most fruit ; and the brandy was made in Grant and Hampden

      Counties . " . , ~\ The population of Victoria on the 31 st of December , 18 o 9 , ¦ was , 335 , 558 males , and 19 i , 575 ieniales , making- a total , of 529 , 98-3 . During the quarter ending the 31 st of March , I 860 , there was an increase by excess of iininigration over emigTation ( by sea ) of 91 ) 7 males , axid 1 , 174 females ; also an increase by births over deaths , of 658 nialesj and 1 , 243 females ; being an increase during the quarter of 1 , 655 males and 2 , 417 females ; making the total population on March 31 st , I 860 , 534 . . OO 5 souls ; or about three persons to every two acres of cultivated land . ; Public attention in the colony has been , lately directed to agriculture ^ the staple industry of all countries , especially : new countries ; and nothing appears Wanting to a full development of the ample resources of the colony in this direction , but one thing—freedom . The present land system ! stops the way ; and . any . settlement of this question , on such a basis as will induce to extra agricullural exertions , and tempt

      population , seems remote . The Board of Agriculture are , however , displaying great activity . A motion has been carried to the effect that samples of soils should be collected from different parts of the country , and submitted for analysis by the government analytical chemist , and that the government geologist should report on their ' character , Ac , and that a sum of money , necessary to cover cost of same , should be furnished by the government ; also , that premiums should be . offered by the government for the encoxu'agemont of agricultural experiments in different parts of the oountry . A very important resolution was also adopted , to the effect that no inore money is to be granted to local agricuLtural societies until after a strict inquiry has been instituted into the state of then * funds , as derived from their own members , &o ,

      It was also resolved to take some steps to inquire iato _ tho . now "blight affecting crops , not only near Melbourne , but in various parts of the country . . The price of flour in Adelaide -was 171 . 10 s . per ton , at Sydney , 23 ? . per ton ,- oats , from 4 s . to 4 s . . Od . per bushel ; potatoes , 11 . 12 s . ed . per ton ; fat bullocks averaged in tho market 1 ;} guineas , and cows 11 guinoas—but a largo proportion soil at _ 8 / . per head , and inferior kinds as low as o ? . ; . sheep sold at from los , to 19 b . j ) ev hoad ; and in the wool market , supci-ior scoured was 2 s . < JLd . to 2 s . 6 d . per lb . ; whito inferior hand-washed fetched Is . 8 d . to lsf lOd , So that , all things considered , including ; tho obstructive policy of tlio government land ( system , our agricultural brethren at tho Antipodes aro in n , vevy satislaotoiy state of progress . , ^ .

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      THE LATE DUKE OF RICHMOND . C HARLES GORDON . LENNOX , Duko of llichmond , K . G ., V _ y died on Sunday afternoon last ( 21 st October ) , at twonty minutes before two o ' olook , at tho family mansion , Portlandplace . Dropsy was the immediate oauso of death , but tho Duko had been suffering for many months' past , and the state of his health had occasioned muoh anxiety to his friends aud kindred , It was indoed hoped that a visit to Scotland , during tho last autumn , might have been bonofioial ; but , while in tho north , ho did not seem to rally , and had only returned to London about a fortnight when his doooaso took plaoo . Tho Duko boro several additional titles s he was Eavl of Ataroh , Uavon Settriagtou , Duko of Lounox , Earl of Darnloy , liaron Mothuon , — and Duko

      D'Aubigny in tho poorago of Franoo . Ho was tho eldest son of Charles , the fourth Duko , by Lady Charlotte Gordon , oldest daughter of Alexander , Duko of Gordon , and was born August IIo married , April 10 th , 1817 , Lady Carolino Fagot , oldost daughtor oi' 1 OI . tho Marqui * of Angleeoa , IK his lady suvvivos a most dovotod and laud Jiu « band , and tho family ho has loft comprises four sous and throe daughters , quo of tlio latter being married to Prince Edward of fciaxg-Woimar , ft ¦ Tho lute Duko is to bo viewed iu threo enpaoitios—n « an important member of tho commonwealth ,. ™ his inilUmy and political capacities , and as cormeetod with tho turf , At un early ago ho ohoso tho army aa tho medium of hifl pvofe ^ sionnl earoor , niul ( jntorcd the 52 nd Jlogimoi ^ rt « oi >« Jgn , ' ¦ In July , JLBIO , ho joined tho army m Portugal ,

      as aide-de-camp and assistant secretary to the Duke of " Wellington , with whom lie remained till ISlJi . ' He ; was present during that busy and exciting period , ' at ¦ all the general ^ tiens , sieges , skirmishes , and other affairs—^ including' the battles cf Busaco and Fuentes d'Onor , Ciudad Rodrig-6 , Uadiijo / ,, Salanuinci ) , Vittoria , the Pyrenees , San Sebastian , Orthez , &c . Jfe was sent home frcyn Vera with desputches announcing , the entry into France , '' ¦ having ' been . wounded in the chest by a musket ball . Jle was aide-de-camp to the Prince of Orange during the campaign in the Xetherlahds , and was present at the battles of Quatre Bras and V / iitorloo .. Many were the examples of brilliaiit valour shown by the lute Duko . lii politics he may be described as a Liberal Conservative ; for although he opposed the repeal of the Corn Laws , lie hud previously advocated Reform , and at a later period supported Lord-. Melbourne ' spolicy , to the turf ; as a national instit . iitioli , he communicated the advantage of name and position ; increased its prestige , and ad&ed to its respectability ; a very necessary adJiti <»/ fvoni time to time . The Earl of March succeeds to the title and estates .

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      SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY . * ripHE first instalment of this extensive work is now before us = JL As in its iirogress we shall have occasion to notice it in detail , we shall , in this paper , give some account of the general aim and scope of Mr . Spencer ' s sj-stem . The seheniPj according to the plan before us , is divided into five parts . The first is a sort of prologue , consisting of First Principles and these , again , art subdivided ' into—1 st , the unknowable ; 2 dly , the laws of the knowable . One of the generalizations , classed trader the latter head , Mr . Sijencer tells us , is that commonly known as the conservation of force ; another he considers may / be gathered from

      one of his " essays , " entitled " Progress ,, its Law and cause ;" a third , from his " . " Transcendental Physiology" ( Essays ); and besides these , he stays , there are several others , lie is of opinion that , in logical order , the application of these first principles to inorganic nature should follow the statement of the principle ! themselves , but he passes this over in the . ¦ . elaboration of his plan , partly because , even without it , the scheme is too extensive as it is , and partly because the interpretation of organic naturt after the : proposed method is of more immediate importance . After tho preliminarv dissertations , therefore , wo come to the

      first portion of the body of the work . This is to consist of the Principles of Biology , which will extend to two volumes , etich volume is to be divided into three y > arts , making-six in all : —1 , the data of bioioqy : " 2 , the inductions of biology ; 3 , the evolution of life ; 4 , morpliolog-ical development ; 5 , physiological development ; ( i , thilaws of multiplieation . Theprcrm . s of the latter part of tins treatise will be found in various articles already published by Mr . Spencer : " The Laws of Organic ' Pofin ' ( Medico-Ohirurgical Kevicw , Jan . 1859 ); " Transcendental Physiology" ( Assays ) - ; : and - Theory of Population" ( Westminster lieview , April , 18 p 2 ) . 1 he second portion of the work willconsist of the principles of psychology , also extending over two volumes , comprising eight divisions in all . ¦ 1 ™ iiVlit 2 ThInduc

      volume will contain—1 , The Data of Psychology ; . e - tions of Psychology ; 3 . General Synthesis ; 4 . fcpecinl byntliesi . s ; 5 . Psychical Synthesis . The divisions of the second volume may be stated as—( 5 . . Special Analysis ; 7 . ( Jenoval Analysis ; N . Corollaries . We then come to the Principles of Sociology , a more extensive division than cither of the preceding ; it will lill tlirw volumes and eleven parts , which aro as follows : —1 . 1 . he JMtn oi Sociology ; 2 . The Inductions of Sociology ; 3 PohticaJ Organization } 4 . Ecclesiastical Orframzation ; 5 . Ccreinomal Oiganization ; 0 . Industrial Oyganization j 7 . Lingual Progress : 8 , Intellectual Progress ; tt . iEsthotjc Progress ; X « . Moral Progress ; 11 . The Oonsonsus . This bringt ? us to the tim « and last portion of tho work , which is to comprise the . Inncij * of Morality , in two volumos and six parts . 1 . The l > atn ot

      morality ; a . The Inductions of Morality ; 3 . rcrsonai - « w » " ^ ' ; Justice ; r > . Nogrativo Beneficence ; 6 . Positive Bcneiieeiu-o . ^ is an outlino of tho author ' s scheme To criticise \ t lit length won hi bo towritea whole system pfpUUosophy . Wo confmo ourtfelvoH . i tho present paper ontiroly to opposition . It x « proposed to j > iiu-Hsh tho work in parts , of fromfivo to six sheets octnvo , coinpn »«» K fromeighty to ninety-six pftgos ; tho pnrls to be issued quarterly , <» as nearly ho us posHiblo . Tho price of each part is luili-u-crown ; u <• yoarly sories of four parts to lio severally issued and sent post l ) a to oaoh subscriber , of 10 h . To show tho inlorost taken , as i ») glit 11 supposed , by tho n > st savaut . x and UtotttU of tlio < luy , we nm , whono naiaos luui m-ii

      append the following list oi' subscribers , . given in prior to the ispuo ofthu author's prospectus in tho Bprinu w tho present year . Thoso subficquontly received hnvo nol iko " pjivon : —John Stuart Mill , Esq . ; Ueo , Ch-oto , KHq ., I ' . U . h . UW ™ - Hon . Lord Stanley , M . P . ; Charlos Darwin , E » q ., FM *> : i \' ^ : P . G . S . ; J ' rofoHBov Huxloy , F . It . S ., F . L . S ., Hoc , l-i . ri . ; Noil Arnol JOh (| ., M . D ., P . K . B . } Ji 3 i-aHinu « Darwin , Esq . ; W . I * , (" arpoutc- , IObh ... " M . I . ) ., VdlM ., F . L . S ., F . O . S . ; Ooorpo h u-1 , h"l- ; . ' ' , Jloiicktoii Million , . I' ] im | ., MJ . ; Octnvius II . Smith , ! .-

      * A K 0 cmoj' I'Mtowpiw , by Hcj'ljoi't Hpoijooi-, mUliur . gf ' »» ^ •«¦' , H , t N , PrlnvllilM of l » 8 j-oln . l « i « y r' " Miwnym WwlcnillU-. l'oH < l «;> l , » n < l H . ' "' iU i mu ^ uw l OotoiKT , lftOO . Vint h'lnvliiivo . 7-oMilwt Jlnlinvnrlinr , H , Kiittf . ^ inmm « u « u , stmoii , 1800 . , .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 27, 1860, page 896, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2371/page/8/