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      The Guild Of Literature And Art Netted A...

      Bartlett ' s Buildings in 1850 ; the house he rented was SJrSrifiSy furnished . He fed on rice , and slept in S to ir some time . He became ^ excitcd ^ about i ^^^ T ^^^ m &* £ of SlSe ! to say he ^ o ^^ whateve . tc . do with what might be occurring under his roof Ott ™ 7 fh of Mar 1850 , I went to the well of St . John of Ctokenweli ; ' after I had had a warm bath ; it is _ associated witli the order of St . John of Jerusalem . I did not go to claim my right to a glass of water , nor to lake one- I went to revive my historical recollections with the order I found the well locked , and went ; to the

      Jerusalem Ck ) ffee-house , near , to complain , I had heard there was some relics there connected with the order . I asked why it was locked . They said they did not know . I went to the well because a printer of mine was dirty , I went home , and told Mrs . Noah to make a formal application at the Jerusalem Hotel for the water . She fancied I wanted holy water from Jerusalem or the Jordan , and ran to the doctor ' s , and so I was taken to Dr . PhilpV * He was taken by force ; but it was in evidence that he was very violent . Why Mr . Hill was attracted to the St . John ' s well appears from the

      following . __« I am descended from Leofric , called the wise Earl of Mercia . He was a contemporary of Edward the Confessor . I believe he was the sixth earl in succession , that will carry it a little further . The Duke of Buckingham and Lord Palmerston bear the same arms . I can't say I am connected with them . It is now worn out . My mother is a good woman , and her name is Judkin . I don't say that is Judith'kin . Judith was the sister of William the Conqueror ; and as I know that my mother wa 3 of a family long in possession of the same lands , I had an hypothesis that Judkin was only a corruption of Judith ' s kin . It is a harmless study that of genealogy . The Spencers and Temples were many of them knights of St . John of Jerusalem . " At Dr . Philp ' s he declared that he had been ill-used , restrained , and

      treated like a madman , he being sane all the time . But evidence was put in to" show that he had refused food , tiiat he was very uproarious , that he had strange fancies , and a plausible way of showing that he wasjsane . From Dr . Philp's he was removed to Northampton , and placed under the care of Dr . Nesbitt , who testified to the unsoundness of his mind . Counter evidence was brought , but it failed to shake the impression made by Mr . Hill ' s own statemeut , and that of competent witnesses ; and the jury returned a verdict for Dr . Philp , recommending him , however , to pay more attention to his keepers and permanent medical attendants . From the evidence it appeared that Mrs . Hill had behaved very kindly to her husband .

      Eight new steamers for the Thames are being built at Liverpool . They will be constructed like Venetian gondolas , and gaily ornamented . An offer of " The Eleven of all England" to play a match with Twenty-two of Liverpool , has been accepted . The match will come off about June next . The United Service Gazette states that Mr . Charles Mare , of Blackwall , has challenged the Americans to run a vessel agaiust any that they can produce , for a thousand guineas . The tonnage of the ships to be from 5 ff to 300 tons .

      No official answer has at present been received to the challenge sent by Cambridge to row at Easter over the usual course—Putney to Mortlake—but from the fact that the Oxford men have had a crew practising , there appears but little doubt that the race will coinc off at that time and place . The Cambridge University Eight-Oared Races commence on Tuesday next , the 24 th inst . Some good rncing may be expected , although good rowing is scarce . The services of Phelps have been engaged for 1 st Trinity . Coombes ( the Champion ) is likewise at work with Srd Trinity , and his brother Tom with 1 st St . John's .

      Captain Lnffun , government inspector of railways , nnd several eminent engineers , have , we are informed , expressed their approval of a new plan of railway propulsion , invented by Mr . Weston , which will shortly bo tried on the line from Longwy to Thionvillo , up nn incline of 1 in 35 . On Tuesday , the grcnter portion of what nre called " second-rate bakers , " throughout the- metropolis , reduced the price of the 4 lb . loaf from Od . to 5 £ d . The-first-rate bakers at the West-end , the Strand , and in the City , still , however , charge from 7 id . to 8 d . for the 4 lb . loaf . Tlio best bread in Pnris and Brussels is ( V ^ d . per loaf of 4 lb . 8 oz . English ; second quality , Gd ., or' 10 sous .

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      A Showmnn Exhibiting A Picture, Said-V-"...

      A showmnn exhibiting a picture , said-v- " Ladies and gentlemen , then ! is Daniel iu the den of lions . These arc tho lions nnd thnt ifl Daniel , whom you will easily distinf # 1- * *^ % ^ Ateb . > iVota i ^ io . ^ lions , by his having a , blue cotton tun-„ --- . . brdi ^ m ^ - hf / t arm' * / 7 } ' 'T * "' . Fi ' oiri / rtV . Hphi ; Kong pnpora wo loam that n terrible / > , y v v fire ~ tdipk £ m <&\ OkUhe night of the 28 th of December , by , - * ji ifh ' iph Tnffcalcly | tlip vf holo of the Chinese town was destroyed , ' ' u ' city- iSw # rmeialttqiioly accident occurred during an attempt \ r ;} ' ^'' lo ^ pr ^ yeut iityj-yninea spreading by blowing up u house . \ rv ^^^^^ . - ^ gufii ^ owdor exploded at uu unexpected moment ,

      ^ Lieut-Colonel Tomkyns and Lieut Lugg , who were Zerintending the operation , were ; killed , and-Lieutenant Wilson a bombardier and a private , 'dangerously wounded . Jenny Lind is married at last . The Affttc , which reached Liverpool on Tuesday , brought f e » A telegraph communication from Boston alludes to the affair as follows —Mdlle . Jenny Lind was married this morning , Feb 5 , to Otto Goldschmidt , thepianist . That there may be no cavils among sceptics , we are informed by the correspondent of the P < w * . that he has seen " the certificate of the marriage , " which is thus announced m one of the evening papers : — . , .. - - } - LL .

      _ , . . . ,, " Boston , 5 th Feb . —Married , in this city , at the residence of Mr . Sv G . Ward ; by the Rev . Charjes Mason , assisted by the Rev . Dr . Wainwright , of New York , ( the Swedish Consul , the Hon . Edward Everett , Mr . and Mrs . T W Ward , Mr . N . J . Bowditch , her legal adviser , and other friends being present , ) Otto Goldschmidt , of Hamburgh , to Mdlle . Jenny Lind , of Stockholm , Sweden .

      On Saturday Night, The Premises Of M'Cas...

      On Saturday night , the premises of M'Caskie and Co ., hatters , Edinburgh , were burnt down . By this accident 200 workpeople are thrown out of employment . A serious fire broke out at the St . James ' s Hotel , Jermyn Street , on Wednesday , originating in an over-heated oven . The first floor was considerably damaged , but the fire was soon extinguished by the engines ; Alexander Crawford ,, described as a " genttemany * is charged with having murdered Ms brother , Mr . Si Craw . the attack

      ford , in his own house . A quarrel preceded — the " gentleman" brother beingdrunk at the time . A curious Custom-House seizure occurred last week . Two clerks had received intelligence that one thousand gold watches had been landed , and concealed in a certain house not of good repute . They searched it , accordingly , and found nothing . As they were leaving ; they thought of taking up the stair-carpets : and , lo , the stairs opened like so many boxes , and there lay the glittering treasure ! This is a lucky hit for the clerks , who will obtain ahout

      1000 / . each prize-money . , x An explosion of detonating powder took place in a court at Cheapside , Birmingham , on Saturday evening last . The cause of the ~ accident has not beeiv . ascertained , but it is supposed that the powder had become over-heated in the lasran d most dangerous , stage of its dangerous preparations—the drying process . ' One nianfftnl ^ was killed , but such was the Violence of the shock , that his limbs ' were severed from his body , and hurled in various directions a long distance apart ; one of his legs being picked up in Bradford-street , at least a hundred and fifty yards from the scene of the disaster . The building was shattered to pieces .

      Health Of London During The Week. The Mo...

      HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . The mortality of London , which rose to 1100 deaths in the first weeks of the year , has gradually declined , and in the week ending last Saturday the number was only 970 . Taking the ten corresponding weeks of 1842-51 , it appears that last week ' s amount was less than previous returns in six instances , and greater in four , and that the average of corresponding weeks was 1048 . If this average be corrected for increase of population , it becomes 1153 , compared with which the present return shows a decrease of 183 .

      Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Biliths. ...

      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIliTHS . On tho 12 th inst ., in WUton-crescont , the Viscountess Nowport : a son . On tho 10 th inst ., tho wife of tho Itov . Sir George L . Glyn , Bart ., of Ewell , Surroy : a daughter . On tho 13 th inst ., at Middle Deal , tho wifo of Mnjor J . B . Backhouse , C . B ., Into Bengal Artillery : a daughter . On Saturday , the 14 th innt ., at l ' rcston-fielda , near Edinburgh , tho Duchess of Argyll : a duughtor . ^ MAJllilAGES . On tho 3 rd of September last , at Olifton-cottage , Dnncdin , New Zealand , John Hyde Ilurris , Esq ., late of Doddington , in tho county of Oxford , to Anne Gutminghuin , second daughter of Captain William CurgiU ( Into of Jl . M . ' s 71 th Highlanders ) , Her Majesty ' s ComnuaBioner of Crown Lands for tho district of Olago . At Aborford , on tho 10 th inst ., Lord Ashtown , to Elizabeth , second duughtor and co-hoircHH of tho lato It , O . Gaacoigne , Esq ., of Turlington , Yorlcwhiro , At St . ThoniuH ' n Church , on tho 14 th inwt ., Henry P y bua , Esq ., of Bciiuvullon , CliHHon , Franco , to Elizabeth jforooa , oldest daughter of H . W . Garratt , Esq ., l ' urmlo , rortsmoutlj . On Tuesday , tho 17 th hint ., at tho Old Gravel-pit Mootinghoiiflo , Hackney , Mr . Ihiiuo lluuwioko , of IliiUon-gnrdon , to Martha , youngest daughter of Mr . Hamuol Gould Uadurhill , of Haoknoy . On tho 17 th innt ., at Abbot ' s Itipton , tho Hev . S . King , to Constance , daughter of . 'John . Itonfoy ' Itoopor , Eaq ., of Abbot ' s lliptort , HuiitirtgdonHhire . DEATHS . " On < ho flth inst ., at tho Ijoubo of her father , in Darmntadt . aged 27 , Holerio , the wiib of I ' rqfvHaor llolumnu , of tho Itpyal College of ChyniiHtry . On tho 7 th innl ., at Cork , Sir Edmoud ThomaH , Bart ., lato Major in tho ODth Kogimcnl , agod 4 'Z . On \ V « dncH ( lay tho 11 th iiiHt ., at Iijh house , in ' Wooil-stroot , Woolwioh , tho wife of Goorgo Clubb , Esq ., Ordnanco Department . On tho 13 th innt ., at hi » roHid (> nco , flfi , Whito Lion-stroot , Pentoiivillo , John Nunn , Enq ., for ninny ycarH eonddential olork to tho lato Saniuel Vinim , Eiiq ., of LinQoln'n > inn . On Iho 13 th inwt ., nt Liohflcild , ai / o 4 ( 5 , John Petor PoWt , C . B ., Lletitenamt-Oolonel Coinnumding Jilor MajoHty'u 50 th Jiegimout . On tlio 14 th inat ., Koborfc Blackwood , Esq ., publiahcr , EiUnburgh .

      ' To Readers. And Gorreseondents. It Is ...

      ' TO READERS . AND GORRESEONDENTS . It is imppspible to acknowledge the maas of Jettera we receiTO Their insertion is often delayed , owing fa * , * press of matt ™?' and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite in )* pendent of the : merit ? of the communication . - . .- ; n . ¦ ae ' No notice ? can be taken , of anonymous communications . Ww ever is intended for insertion must be authenticated bvtl , name and-address of the tfrfter ; ' not necessarily fop nuhU / .. tjon , butaaaguaranteepfhisgoodifaitb .,,: ' - , •* T *' We cannot undertake , io return . rejected communications AH letters for the Editor should be addressed to lO- WeUnW ™ street , StrandyiiOndon ; ' v ' :-. < . ' ¦ ,. . . " . B « m « Communications should always be ^ egibly , written , and . on onn side of the paper only . If lpn ^ , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . ¦ ' : J Vl

      \ The Following Appedtefi Tn'okr Second ...

      \ The following appedtefi tn ' okr Second Edition ^ of last week . ~ \

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      ; Satxtedat, February 14. Smaiii Discuss...

      ; Satxtedat , February 14 . SMAiii discussions on small reforms bUls for Scotland and Ireland occupied the House of Commons last ni ght . The IidEt > AibVodATE moved for leave to bring in a bill to extend the right of yotipg for : members of Par . liament , and to amend the ^ lai ^ s relating to the representation of the people in Scbtlandi . He explained the general purport of '_ the ^ bill , which corresponded with that" for , England , reducing tie county , franchise from 50 t . to 201 ., and . the borough franchise from 10 ? .. to 51 . The bill also contained provisions for securing the reality of the qualifications . In order to correct the diversity of decisions upon election questions under the existing system , the bill give a right of appeal , on points of law only , to the Court of \ Excnequer in Scotland . Mr . CtrMSiiifG- Bbttce opposed the motion . This brought up [ Mr . Httmb , who made a general attack on the Reform" measures of Ministers , which he denominated " peddling /* Mr . Mackenzie , Mr . J . Stttaet , Mr . Ewaet , and Mr . M'GiJEGbE , made brief comments ; arid leave was then given to bring iii the Bill . Sir W . SoMEEVixtE moved for leave to bring in a similar bill for Ireland ^ tie object of which was to reduce the borough qualification from 87 . to 51 ., and where the number of registered electors in a borough did not amount to 400 , to associate the borough with oiie ' or more towns in the same or a neighbouring county . This was met by Mr . jy ^^^^ jj ^ E , who fiercely attacked the Irish policy of Ministers , and abused his countrymen generally . He said ,, the proposed franchise would give votes toi the worst * c ^ a ? s , pf meojiift Ireland ? and he trusted to the good , sense of the House to reject the measure . Mr . HaicheIiI * ( Attorney-General for Ireland ) and Lord John Hussem ; defended the bill ; Mr . John REYNOI . BS , Mr . Roche / and Mr . Anstey , replied to the speech of Mr . Whiteside ; and leave was given to bring in the bill , At an earlier period of the evening , Mr . Labotcitere obtained leave to bring in a bill to carry into effect the provisions of an International Copyright treaty between England and France . In the House of Lords . hist night the Earl of Max-mesbitey moved for certain returns connected with the introduction , of gunpowder and arms into tho Cape : and asked Lord Gbey what measures , naval and military , had been taken to prevent , such importations for tho use of the rebels into that colony , and whether these measures were likely to diminish the lei'gth of tho war . Lord Geey had no objection to the returns moved for , but recommended Lord Malmesbury to confmo them to tho quantity of arms and powder exported from Groat Britain to tho Cape , and not to wait till information could be obtained from the Capo ns to tho quantity imported into that colony . With respect to naval and military measures on tho subject , the Iuwh ftt the Capo which regulated the sale of powder were very severe , and repeated proclamations and ordinances had been issued by tho Governors on . tho subject . It could not , however , bo doubted , that the main source from which tho Cailrcs received their supply of arms and powder , wore those unscrupulous traders in Capo Town ' who contrived to ovado tho law , and who sold it to tho rolwla at i \ n exorbitant profit . With regard to tlio importation of powder- by foreigners , ho believed it for soverul reasons to bo almost impossible , except in very nmiill quantities .

      Napotjjon Dctohtod Men Of Letters, Think...

      Napotjjon dctoHtod men of letters , thinkers , pl » ' ° - sopliers . Ho ( liHmitwnl thonx with ono contemp tuous designation , id / iolocjuos , JJut tho Emperor hml | least ; , iho Huprtjiniu : y of \ m own towering g « n » w t () beHtow on Prunco . Tho tlocjavod hostility of tho nu"J connnonly known ius " tho Nophow , " to the goni « a nna iutollocfc of tho most intollecfcual country in tho woriu , is nothing but n compound of nordid envy and > njl " lignant four . His friends , indeed , any , that it is only pint and parcel of iho " Napoleon Idoiw / ' of which no bcliovoa himself tho sucred dopository : an " effect >

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 21, 1852, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21021852/page/12/