29 OCTOBER 1859, page 14

Mercy And Severity Reconciled.

" EiTun si muove !" is a remark that recurs to cheer us when we are daunted by what looks like the barbarous nightmare obstruc- tion of imperfect civilization. Our criminal......

Public Amusements.

THE more earnest and business-like habits of Englishmen as com- pared with those of other nations have had, we think,—though the assertion may sound a little paradoxical,—some......