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PASSING EVENTS. 215
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Public And Political. Age The The Marked...
excitin The contemp leasurable lated domestic reduction discussion in the income . -tax , and in the duty on tea , are g p
The struggle still continues in Poland . The American war is as far from any apparent termination as ever . The
spirit of the _ISTorth is unabated . SOCIAL , INDUSTRIAL , AND ARTISTIC .
A reduced copy of Mrs . Thorneycroft's bust of the Princess of Wales ha & been and , a b numb y permission er of reproductions of Her Majesty in porcelain , executed will for be the included Art Union in the of London coming ,
distribution The London of the Orp Societ han Asy _j _^ . lum for Girls is about to be enlarged for the recontributed ception of 100 to the more subscri children ption ; and for the this Atliencewn purpose states by the that old < scholars £ 500 have of been the
foundation . The asylum opened fifty years ago with three girls , and since then , nearly 8000 fatherless children have received food , shelter , clothing ,
and education within its walls . These poor orphans have been admitted from of the nearl peop y le ev , from ery county professional in Eng families land , and down they to represent those of almost the artisan every . class
A sale of the library of the Princess Elizabeth , Landgravine of Plesseworks Homburg contained , a daug the hter signature of George of the III ., Princess took place , and this many month of her . Most manuscri of the pt
friendshi notes , chiefl towards y showing the , say donors s the . _AtJienceii The Princess m _, her was piety herself and strong artistic feelings and was of well known p to the public by her etchings , representing the " Power , and
Progress " Birth and of Triump Genius h , " of and Love b , y " & her c . Among designs the to " books Cupid sold turned were Volunteer a Bible with , " a " the manuscri moment pt note after respecting I had paid a text my last from visit the to 14 th my of angel John husband , read by in her his ,
coffin 5 " also a Book of Common Prayer , with a miniature of her father , Banks George , containing III ., apparentl his Voyag y by herself e round ; the and World the Private with Capt Journal . Cook of , transcribed Sir Joseph
the entirel Correspondence y in the autograp of h Margaret of the Princess Countess . A similar of Cumberl transcri and pt . was A note made on of " Sumner on St . John" states the Commentary to be " the most perfect
and consoling I ever met , with . " The entire sale produced 915 ? . 12 . ? . 6 d . Our readers may remember the frequent mention of the Princess Elizabeth in Fanny Burney ' s Memoirs ,
If Austrian journals are to be trusted , Mdlle . Adelina Patti has been assailed with honours , cataracts of gold , and tumults of popular admiration by and a rapture contemporary , as was Jenny " Wh Lind do not in America more young ; and ladies a practical follow question Mdlle . Patti is put ' s .
example and learn , to sing y properly ? The world is only too willing to go and A greet fresh them discussion , if the pretext has arisen be in onl the y tolerable Cork Workhouse . " about * the training
of the female children . Mr . l > unscombe , one of the guardians , said that they while were the conduct thoroug of hly the and girls totall was y exemp ignoran lary t of , virtuous anything , decorous connected and with proper the ,
useful arts of life . After considerable discussion , Mr . Mahoney suggested the appointment of a _sjDecial Committee for establishing a training school * who He quoted had said Mrs to . him _M'Swiney the , occasion one of the of the ladies Board of the voting Visiting 9301 Committee for sending * ,
, on . a 1001 number in training of paupers the to children Canada , to that fill situations it would be at better home economy where to they expend were
much more wanted . " A special Committee was then appointed , . The Society of Female Artists opened at their new Galleryin Pall Mall
on the 20 th inst . We must return to the exhibition next month , ; but in the _,,
meantime quote from an approving article in the Daily News , which concludes .
Passing Events. 215
PASSING EVENTS . 215
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1863, page 215, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051863/page/71/
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