PERIODICALS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4741, 28 April 1877, Page 2 (Supplement)

PERIODICALS.

\ To. give any accurate idea, of ; the Feb-. riiarynumbep of : --;i ■■•^V ,^"1.--v;^--- :i'-;-;.'V'-/

j ?-)!.V' 1:-'!'.H "':■■'■ f,J?KASERJ '''-r^.'-;' would, lie qm^e' impossible,; since .almost every article',;in.the.:magasineis'excellent 'reading; :': ->ffOur New,'Frigates"ris'the paper !6? i!cJne |:vrhb realikes iihe eirpr1 inta I ,'whipb: ,-jtlie^ EngliEjli l!<B,by6i&rtifiiit l,i.l|ais!.B.o.. 'fr|egueiatly n'|allen,;r!Qf '. : , Wgetting fo' adapt tHeiKjnjeans' to'tHerend< they.desire to arrive at. m;He shows4how,-while the. new ,'6las'a;bf 'ifrigates ;are wonflerful' in-tiiemi- , :Sejives,^t^ey' ; kre. itotVweil.'fitted,/for tH^' !p?irfcicujar vrork . they • are ■ especially in-J ite'nded''to:perform.-, -X.",. :••.-,■.-..•■a,; .-.■■. .w.- '

■ i; ;All seamen' will -agree' that 'an efficient light' -; cruiser'should- be ablsj to' 'go the Suez; Canal,^to'enter anbrdihary'graving .dooKj^an'dt^'Eail, and' manoeuvre Vreaabnably vWJbIV ■undVrTVc^nya3 wily;; ~oan.' the/new, clara ] ifqlfiJLaJl oraloy'M,',tlie,abovei; indispensable guah'ficatioriß ? If vSuch V :be>;thel "case, ;Eag-. fiajnd will be fortunate.;,. but, one who seldom : commits an 'error on professional subjects has 1 they v WiU j ;npt,I'i:' ; 'Eiish; as |hiß;^bjiiitry;;piay^be, .she'cannoib to pay;;^e3sO,GCJ()., fotfi&i single eriiWi .when: . ci|uiß9rßsWJll)?e required in every quarter jo£ ,tlie ( giobQi ,)A.4uaiteto£theabov.euamount: should be.auffioient}to buildith^mostperfect--Bljip:> of .the; class ■required to protect bur .trade front S&n Fratioiscb to the ' <? 11^ geei^'tft.us/th^t'thecpinpl^^ab'q^ ■aildmngoifch^r,nations .to furbieblitip their/ ( Wavy:;at :our;;yardß^has;a: great?de>l of .'cpmmbn-s^hse^abptit'it;1-.';::lM*/.**■-*"-' v^ r'-'i z * j it;.'lß r L i JbriCbnsideratiqn ■whether'Barliament, is* acting", jadjlqipxtsly^ in pe^mifting > freeVtradei^.jn a inch;^'jnagnificent, engings pfc2war, Avhich .attany, moment, may be -turned;; iagainßtins. i;iEvery • one-'ithat leavea jouri Bfioresf'shortenfl"tbe/'bridge!^between England' andi the;'^oritineii'f ;• Should it ever 'be fc4bipleted f -::catt wejiol'd 6ur>'o^ii .bb-'rthe'land-?';Tne'ynter._iß;'.qUite :the;;;^b'jMiop^'^bich\|pDiay;b auqh''ap..interffrehce',jw|&^the)te 'b%%', national safety'.BKonld '.b© ■ajhigher^con-t | BJderatipri withßtatesmen,, ; ] .i..- \,r,- irj ;: isi f .v, I H!JSh&. Hpuse;p'f Lords''^^nadaiirabie'papersho^ng'clearly^^^ h^ fejicli* .fcfiai ljojdy,;6rt|ie!^eg}alature/haß^ ijißelf, and,,;ho\v inuch.,.inqre' itihas^iia*, prpved./byr.cotopariaoniwith;:tlia;!HoHße of OqrampDS':—^■~\^i »<:;■'■-> :':'-!' !i.^ f'- it; ■i''^'[ ' p£.O6|m^onsy/as:it;is;no^^ poised,, w.' iiQt cpippßtentVt^idiscussjgravi'aM difficult.':topics'. bf^tmirernatjonaTrtrelations., Qa'tbe minutiae of dprnestJcJegielatidnTrlboal! taxation,-. ,roa<lß;,b:lli3,.!fihippiDg^bills,)liquori bills,';.andi the like—-it can 'bring 'to bear-an: extraordinary amount-of''niany-sided1;. and: pi'acticiireX'perience:' 'But, witKJßome.balf^ dozen exceptions, the: professed' foreign' poll-1 ticiaria' of:the''House ofrpotnmofasj.ar'e.en" thusjasts,' rCr'ocHette'ers,' Jchariatass,' or'-all three". P The comparative valuer of ihe House of-.Comniona.and ; ,fJie Hp'usejof-. Lords, wieb, issues ; ,of th,is!rde6qription' are, raited,,came gut Veiyißt.r6ngiy>: nott.only:tE^the foreign poljcp/deba'tes •towardantbe.idlose of. last session', ",but;elso 'in^the debatea "on'f thell.mpe'ridVOMes -BiUyv^^J^r;! .!':"'•.';;. • i^b^eiollpwing : t .descriptip^ diiacy'legiaiaiyre; wiil!|ielp .to t ßatisfy thbße wholon^,,to;know!soniething.?of> the appearance, and manner of. the men with jviftme' ri.im.ia th1 ey^are'tatEitiar:--r;''.;/''! ; jQ^thp'^frphtj:Opposition b6ncb, o "the,first pcgupanj;,<, who: : clainxs ■ ..attfcution - ( is m Lord Shafttsburyj- ■■ a speaker-w-and,-..bo,fqr.-as possibl3,:.wonow,ooDfinß c'ur;rcmarbs 'to'oratorical qualities-^whpte'-sefiience^ -'indeedj are ilways wfell; "eonstructe'dj j! but wbb'ge 'arguinent'is; po&et'imes %p lobEe md: inbonsequeht as-icarfce)jf* to deserve 't|i! c ba,rne 'of. argu'meirfi fit 'til)', an^ -whp3e enuiiciation!iß frequently 80 hareleaa.that he.efin pnly.belheard...by. those who; are "sitting .immediately; nexfc-.to, him.; AtrtimeSj however,, Jjord' Shaftesbury biiqwb himself •an o'rivtor full of JSre",: eloquence, and conviction: "Next: to. Lord Shaf t«sbury -is goflerolly found Lord;, poleridge, : whose rhetoric, "•■;■'« topeyedj , the,' oil; of p^fsuasiop,"1 'what Jne?d l!'t6 "'■. describe? Beybod' siti'-Xiord 'Cardwrtl,' #itti: p^ii.

sive air and folded!: arms,: seldom ai speaker, always a clo:e and critical listener j Lord Granvi'le, the Oppo-ition leider, radiant,and polished to behold, with an air of genial langour about hi-a affected rather than real, and a strength of satire which may well astbnhh'thos'j.who are accustomed to "regard him rather as a professor of depprtment than a statesman. Oh the bench immediately behind that on which tha Opposition Readers are ■ seated; the :most conspicuous personage is the Duke of Somerset, .perhapo on the whole.the most puDgeutl-wiityi aud incisive speaker of .whom the House of Lords oan, boast. His style, indeed, is rather that which we might ejepect, but which at present '■ we should look for in vain, in. the House of Commonß. Nb! one is more quick to detectl imposition,, or .to strip 'it of1 its veneer of fine phrases and fair promiEesthan this free-thinkin3i,hard-hiti;ing -peer.'.-, Unfortunately. hi 3 : Parliamentary, utterances cannot be heard from the strangers' gallery, and.the reporters follow, him with difficulty^ .Still they do follow him.; and his:speeches will bear, the; test of careful study even in their summarised form. .! ;

"The Technical Trade Schools" of North .Germany",,show. hbw\Biichra paper ought to be written, and may serve Mr DeLautour agoodturn if it leads him to pay a little more.atfcention to- his style and manner in the Ne\ir. Zealand ' Magazine

The drawing' classes ; are conducted not only oh week' nights; but on Sunday afternoons also, aud afethen called'the "Sunday school." I visitedv-the. latter one Sunday afternoon, and found about 150 students of various, ages; from 12-to "40. or. 50," engaged bath in freehand aud. ?traignt,iine drawing.. One .young , inan,"r over !; whos.e • shoulder L looked, a locksniitb, I believe, ;.by trade, was drawing thepattemof 7'lock; another .was -engaged on a' very -elegant1 design for, a'lightning-conductor ;a,:third ,w.as copying a magnificent antique, bust in very capital style. I asked the instructor incidentally ■whether hethougnt' any ot these young men had been to church in.thei course of the day, to ■ whicn', he. at; 6nce ; replied, ■ ■' 'Probably nearly ;all [ of them." ' But, in .common w.itht saca of ! the ;workingsclaßS. population as^are in.the ihabit ofvattendingi ■I>iiviae service, they .wonld go to it at seven or nine o'clockia the;m6rning.;;* '■'-": ' '•' -■'•':■''

]-; i V.Th'e;Obirnisb.;Pjp[cliard}^ii(3ri^s'^ili' ; ,be;9'f ; ,great- interest,to, all Cprniiii-meni and those, who have;ever tasted a. Cornish

pilchard p;e;

'" jThe fish'on bemgbrought.ashore are taken-: to cellars ,ipre'p,med.,for r ..the;:purpp3e r ';where, they.are salted"in/bulk,, and,,allowed -to lie ; ,fpr tabout'. four weeks...;, A-layer >ofifsalt iis, T-fiist.:spread oni the! ground or -floor of ,the' cellar,-and-.bver. that a single^Jsyer of, fishfis ; ptit ij ;then again a layer, of'salt, arid so:dri-,tKe: >Dulkus proceeded withj: uriiil a'pile;fr6m fiyje' ;to; six feet high is made; ;Afterwardsi':tli6 ,!fish are broken 'out- and washed," antd.then' packed in^woe'den*; hogchead;^ basksi and 'presged,, or rather,/jammed, "as closely as '.possible together,.by"pressing ;,stonea .and..bucklers.. The oil, get, from this ;prdcess; is : sent: to various/.English- towns, is'ubed; chieflyvfor tanning."- A hogshead-^contawsf 2950 pilchards/ or-.24;:hundredd,: reckoning Bixiscore and 'a 1 cast 'of !;threie :PVer! td;'each; 'hundred; and' generally; .weighs fropiifou^ to j;iive: cwt.; "'Th^fish'-,are] shipped to!the,pors3! :of Italy,'and; the;.Adria'.ic, tho.-je; bpiHg./.the pnlyplaoes to which they have been expoited dnring, the last 90. years.; They are consumed in the towns of Italy,and;Austria chiefly during the period'ofLenti,>;■..• ! ; -;i.: .■'.::

> iThe ■■"Eevipw^df^reiicbJ^rade^No. i 6, 'of thisseries'is less'iiitefestiDg than moat .'ofits;predecessors, ,_, .'..,; - .-: >'■■. ,■..■' ' * ::■ (First of all, ; we must gefc'a conceptibh of the debt,-interest^ and ,6ther national outlay1 • of the country now is" cpnipared jwith'a time ;nbt many years distant. ;" THb:growth of the. 'debt'^ill jbe: :.best/;Bb.o^n: by ; ja ?hbrt"table'j: .'ard. ii. the; prey uma growth; of .the, debt, -&y,. well,as.the late,war ,losse3, maylbeVfsirljrput^ down for the most part',to^ttie recklessness (Of jbhe Emperor's adminißtration,!it'wJll-be ■best to: begin the {.summary at; the beginning: ■ of his reign. _ ; W6 shall; thuaf see in:a'rbush way what thef charlatan'lmperialism'ha's c'o3t' •Franca. \ I take thb;figures', chiefly^'ffom ''• Eolb's Handbuch;! rdervergleicjieiideii' 'Statji.; stik;'and otherw^e'from,official publications,'. , French andi.'Engliah, suph as JLtpriLyttpn's; '.'.report, already cited, anpi'theCFrenchi official:! V;.' : f:-:- •/•■'■.■-! -•:;(■' -■■-■.■ '■.-. ■■■ \:?-x,l .\i :.; i '-r! ,'y ~ ,THEDBJSriOF.FRANCE.i-:i,'i ■.■••iT. .^'i! '-'■ '.-:.•; ,■-■!:-■ ':-■'■■■ t,':-.:-.-')'\ ■. -'■ "-•■•.■-"-•■lntefesfcaiid.-.- - ---!; :I>ate. ■■~ Capital. ■~ ,„ ;'..,,; : .Amortisation " .; |1851 ;.:£214,Q00,000>.-; W (about) £8,500.000-.ci 'i !1861:.,. 389,000,000-..; ■■:■■■? ; 14,000 000r ;1869 ,447,000,000, :. - ; (say) .15,000,000 ,;; '\iSjA-,.:\ 90^,000,000 ;x:U^ : ; • :43;000,000-,-.----■i! iFromfirstto'lastthe'Second1 Empire ha! 'added ■nearly ;£703,C30;00b the debf of :France.' TherFrerichloye ■tibssl, ajj'd parade, f'glory;"rand':a.theatrical .posturing ■,before' ttie.world,, and.they, Hive paid'for their lik-.' ings,'. V. This'i large national' debt is not, by !ariyi means all either, : that'France has'paid fbr.its • : vanity.; ; r:i'Thecity : 6f Paris alone has.a debt ,of about £80,000,000,: involving an annnal ; cHarge.of nearly £3, SOOipOO.; > The debt' of .'London, taking the 'Metropolitan -jßoiaM' of • ■Works slock'and'the Gity'Debt1 together,' is: 1e33 than £15,0pP,0p0: add as'the populatibn of Paris is considerably les^th" a^ half r,th'at(.bf,!. Lpnddhj,. yi& -can ieasily.^forni.flomeieetiiiiate of |,whajb v a'.'.crnshjng is ';which;.,th'e .fojpier.^ms. -io ' carry.-,', r Most pi this r»dead .wsight.also is due.tortho;:policy: bithe;late: .Jimperor.rn:; •.-■•As- r^^iid <!--«;■:.; J>: :..;. ,; I --j-.- !