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      pool magistrate , whose family are left in rather straitened circumstances , it is fully expected that the sum will shortly reach . £ 10 , 000 . A company of gentlemen met together on Monday , in the rooms of the Royal Society of Literature , to devise a public testimonial to the merits of Mr . W . Jerdan , late editor of the Literary Gazette , -which post he occupied for twenty-three years . It was determined to raise a subscription for the purpose of rendering Mr . Jerdan ' s declining years more comfortable than they might

      otherwise be ; and a committee wa 3 formed for this purpose , containing amongst literary men the names of Bulwer , Dickens , Hallam , Thackeray , Monckton Milnes , Douglas Jerrold , Leigh Hunt , Forster , and Bell ; among artists , Maclise , Stanfield , Barry , and Cruikshank ; in science , Murchison , Forties , Grove , Captain Smyth , Francis Ainsworth , and others , with a good sprinkling of nobility and members of Parliament . Joseph Arden , Esq ., was appointed treasurer , and Thomas Wright , Esq ., and John Shillinglaw , Esq ., undertook the duties of honorary

      secretaries . Several letters of Edmund Kean ' s have been sold lately at high prices . In one of them , presumed to have been written immediately after his failure in Henry V ., occurs this passage : — " My only consolation , in this extreme of misery , is that it was neither from want of attention to my duties . " " I conceived myself invulnerable ; mind cannot be directed as I have proved in this last , most destructive issue , but want of memory is not want of heart . " In another , dated March 9 , 1830 , written on the same sad occasion , he says : — "Fight for me . I have no resources in myself . Mind is gone and body is hopeless . " " Memory , the first of goddesses , has forsaken me . " " The soul leaps , the body * falls . " It may be interesting to notice that a day or two after this melancholy event Kean played Richard III . with all his wonted vigour .

      The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale , and their son the Prince de Conde , arrived at Cologne on the 9 th instant , and alighted at the Royal Hotel . On the following day they embarked on board a steamer for Mentz , from whence they were to proceed to Turin by Berne , Geneva , and Mont Cenis , and arrive at Naples in Easter week . The Prince de Joinville , who accompanied them to Belgium and up the Rhine , left them at Bonn to return to England vid Arnheim and Rotterdam . The Prince will not again quit Claremont until the return of his brother . The Assemblee Nationale , late ultra-reactionary journal , has become the property of MM . Guizot , Duch&tel , Dumon , and Salvandy . They intend to advocate the Fusion-monarchy at all risks , and monarchy of the house of Bourbon in especial .

      Don Manuel Escando and the Honourable Mr . Goodrich , " Peter Parley , " the former on a financial mission from Mexico to London , arrived at Liverpool in the Arctic on Monday . The Hungarian and Italian refugees in Paris gave a banquet to General Dembinski on the 14 th . The King of Prussia has sent Meyerbeer his bust in marble , executed by the celebrated Rauch , and mounted on a magnificent pedestal . The gift was accompanied by nn autograph letter . —An immense musical festival is announced to take place at Lille about the middle of June next . One thousand performers , of all kinds will be engaged . The town has subscribed 60 , 000 f ., and the wealthy inhabitants of the district have also liberally contributed . —The success of " Le Prophete" has been so great in Germany that it has been produced in more than thirty different theatres .

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      The opening of the Holy Week was solemnized on Sunday , at Notre Dame , by tin- Archbishop of Paris ; and the ancient rcliques of the true cross , the crown of thorns , and nails , were carried in procession . AH houses , omnibuses , and stalls were adorned with sprigs of box which replaces in the north the symbolic palm . In the south the olive is used . Letters from Dresden , dated April 6 , state that on the day pre vious the inauguration of the railway from Dresden to Prague had been celebrated -with much ceremony . The Genoa Gazette announces that some cases of a malignant disease have appeared in that city and neighbourhood . The authorities have given orders to adopt proper precautions to prevent its propagation .

      A conspiracy has been discovered in Nepaul , the object of which was to murder General Jung Bahadoor . The conspirators , who were his own father and brother , endeavoured to gain over the army , but , as the general is a great favourite with the soldiers , the plot failed . Oi » a dark night , in the midst of the broad river II « , ogley the Buckinghamshire , one of the largest Kust . Indiamen havinK on board a body of troops and several civilians , was found to be on fire . The pumps were instantly net to work , and tons of water thrown upon the flames state it

      onlv seemed to add to their intensity . In thw was determined to run her ashore . Signal «»!•* were fired The ship floated ulonft * ' «» itfi W »'"" 1 h of » : " > gradually driving the living mass into a smaller space when ii steamer came in « r . nl \ a , i \ moment , and the grea minority were saved . Captain Macgregor wan the ast -xiT ^ r ^^^ ^^ : ^ property w « re destroyed . . . ., 1 Letters in . ho New York journals announce that th United State * Cabinet ha » arranged a new postal plan

      " The titcHt account ,, from America state that . l . rK on »» , ber . of pa , s « en erH to the Cryntal l ' al »«« « cr " J ^ £ „ ' leave New York ; few berths were vacant m 1 i « hn . im Hbip Cuna . 1 .. . from Boston , on the OUi . »» id t he la I . e . from New York , .... the 16 . li instant . It in sn ted ihat Heveral leaders of the Irian Directory in New York w < re among the intended vovagers . A reaction against the Fugitive Si n ve Dill Iiiih strongly « et in The Ohio Legislature haKimssed reKolutioiiK by h majority in favour of a repeal of the obnoxious law , or at leaat a grout modification of it . The denial of Jui icb to

      slaves put upon their trial has been condemned in a very emphatic manner . In addition to this expression of feeling from one of the most important states of the "Union , a state convention for Massachusetts ( without respect of party ) has been called , to assemble in Boston on the 8 th of April , to express the feelings of that state in favour of the repeal of the Fugitive Bill . The " free school" principle has at length , been adopted at Toronto , and the High-Church party proposed to divide the clergy reserve lands amongst all denominations of professing Christians in proportion to their numbers . The packet-ship "Washington arrived at New York on the 30 th ult ., with 961 , passengers , making a total , including the officers and crew , of 1010 persons , the largest number , it is believed , ever conveyed across the Atlantic in a single merchant vessel . The number of emigrants who have landed at New York during the first three months of this year is 39 , 969 .

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      A Select Committee of the House of Commons has been appointed to inquire into the present state and operation of the law relative to newspaper stamps ; also into the law and regulations relative to the transmission of newspapers and other publications by post , and to report their opinion thereon to the House . The committee consists of the Right Honourable Milner Gibson , chairman ; Messrs . Tufnell , Ker Seymer , Rich , Stafford , Cobden , and G . A . Hamilton , Sir Joshua Walmsley , Sir Thomas F . Lewis , Mr . Chichester Fortesque , Colonel Mure , Mr . Shafto A ^ air , Mr . Ewart , Mr . Sotheron , and Sir William Molesworth , with power to send for persons , papers , and records .

      By order of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests the carriage drive opposite Cumberland-gate has been widened fifty feet , and a new promenade cut through the plantations . The Junior United Service and the Army and Navy Club intend following the example of the Senior United Service in allowing foreign officers of distinction to become honorary members during the continuance of the Exhibition . A numerous meeting of the rate-payers of St . Sepulchre ' s parish was held in the vestry room on Monday evening to consider the propriety of petitioning

      Parliament against the Government bill for the removal of Smithfield market . The Government measure before the House was condemned as unconstitutional , got up for the purpose of centralization , and conferring a large amount of patronage in the shape of commissioners and other officers on the existing Government . It behoved eveTy man in the kingdom to protest against the bills , for should the invested rig hts of the city of London be swept away who knew but that the Government may claim the same privilege with the docks at Liverpool , or the gas works at Manchester .

      Mr . Samuel Ky dd lectured on Monday last at the British School-room , on " The State of the Science of Political Economy . " The lecture is reported at length in the Standard " of Thursday . He vigorously attacks the received notions of political economy , and , the Standard reporter says , " unequivocally " condemns free trade . It is in contemplation , says the Morning Herald , to reduce the naval forces in the Mediterranean from five sail of the line to four sail of iho line . Her Majesty ' s ship Caledonia , 120 , is ordered to England to be paid off . A return has been made to Parliament , showing that on the 1 st of January last there were registered 299 steam-vessels in the United Kingdom , about one-half of which are built of iron .

      The number of newspaper stamps issued in 1850 . for England and Wales , according to the annual return now published , amounted to 05 , 711 , 721 of Id ., and 11 , 084 , 423 of id . For Scotland the numbers are 7 , 043 , 045 of Id ., and 241 , 204 of i d . ; and for Ireland , 6 , 302 , 728 of Id ., and 43 , 358 of id . The number of London newspapers in 18-50 was l /> 0 , and the number of advertisements 891 , 050 , yielding , at the rate of l-i . ( id ., an amount of duty equal to £ 66 , 873 15 s . The English provincial newspapers numbered 222 , the number of advertisements being 875 , 631 , and the amount of duty £ 05 , 072 6 s . Od . In Scotland the number of newspapers was 110 , the number

      of advertisements 249 , 141 , and the amount of duty £ 18 , 685 1 Is . 6 d . The Irish newspapers were 102 in number , and the advertisements published by them 236 , 128 , g iving an amount of duty , at the rate of la ., equal to £ 11 , 806 8 s . It is said that , the greater portion of the timber stand ing in Ilitinuult , EppiiiK , < md Wai I ham forests will be cut down during the ensuing year , and the land will be enclosed , and either brought , into cultivation or disposed of , as the revenues arising from them and some other (/ 'town lands are hardly suHicii nt to meet the expenses incidental to their management .

      Three young women , q uietly working in a room on the fourth story of a large marine store and paper warehouse in IJreud-Ktreet-hill , City , on Monday afternoon , were attracted l > y cries of fire in the street , and Htartlin ^ ly alarmed to find that , the lire was in the room beneath them , and that it . had already gained the staircase . Two instantly rushed down the burning KlaiiH and escaped , but the third , less daring , ran up towards the roof , hopi ng there to find an outlet . There wan none . She ran to t he loophole shrieking for help . The fire was raging beneath , and death weemed inevitable . A crane projected from the wall beside the loophole , and to the crime was niihpende . d a rope The daring girl sprang in an instant to the rope , grasped it with both haiidn , andamid the cheers of the bystanders slid to the ground . The fire lasted for three bourn , and nearly destroyed the warehouse wherein it originated , which with its eon'entH were insured .

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      Not far from Copenhagen stands the village of Heoham . Now the grave ; digger of Seeham wan the slave of his wife , a mail of very weak mind , and liin name was Liomitur . One day he attempted to revolt , and refused to

      give up some money in his possession . Ultimately he agreed to give her the money if she would help him dig a grave They dug it together for some time , when Liopatar suddenly struck the woman a violent blow on the head with his pickaxe , and continued striking her until he had killed her . He then went to the adjoining church and rang a grand peal in honour of her death , and was about to fling himself from the tower when he bethought him that he had not rung a peal for himself . The neighbours had assembled , whilst he was thus employed , and it was in their presence that he flung himself from , the tower of the church . He was so injured that he died in a few minutes after relating the circumstances of the murder and suicide . The body of the wife was found immediately afterthe head being dreadfully beaten in .

      , A great scoundrel , with a handsome face and figure , who married a young woman of good fortune against the consent of her parents , lately murdered her at Turin . The first year was a happy one ; the " wild young man became apparently sober and exemplary ; butduring the second , habits of gambling and profligacy again made up his life . He squandered all his money , and threatened his wife with death unless she supplied his wants . Ten days after her confinement he shot her , and so injured his child that it has since died . Feigning madness he pretended to both stab and drown himself , and , haying courage for neither , he was found where he had deposited himself on the river bank . He will unquestionably be

      executed . A piece of clerical scandal has been exciting the minds of the Viennese lately . The Greek Bishop , M . Hierotheous Mutibarich , has , it seems , for some time been lodging with a lady named Gentiluomo-Spatzer , a singer of some ability . On January 13 , being the Greek new year ' s day , there was a merry dinner party , which the bishop joined . After dinner came games , during which the lady states she went to the bishop ' s room , and taking his keys , unlocked the drawers , and scattered the things about the room , to make him think he had been robbed . Among the things so scattered was a packet containing 2100 florins . The lady then went out , and on returning , found the police had been summoned , and she was taken into custody . The trial , which came off on the 5 th instant , ended in an acquittal ; and the affair is altogether rather an odd story about a bishop , to say the least of it .

      A noise like thunder was heard over the city of Temesver , followed by a sound like a heavy fall of rain , on the 3 rd instant . Every window in the city was smashed to atoms , the doors in all the houses , even those which were locked , were burst open , masses of masonry strewed the streets , and a dense mass of smoke darkened the atmosphere . The powder magazine near the Transylvanian barracks had blown up . The magazine itself , a large substantial building , is now a heap of smoking ruins .

      The whole roof of the barracks was blown away , the walla riddled with shells and other materials , which fell likewise into every part of the town . Legs and arms and corpses , horribly mutilated , were scattered in all directions There has been an immense loss of life . Two captains and forty privates are reported dead . The town gates are so seriously damaged that they are unsafe . For some time after the catastrophe , shells continued to rise and explode in the air . Nearly all the inhabitants fled from the city for safety .

      An extensive robbery of sixteen £ 20 Bank of England notes and 100 sovereigns has been discovered at the Government works at Waltham , and three men arrested on suspicion . The High Sheriff of Suffolk is in great want of a hangman . Calcral ' t , the only public officer of that kind , is engaged atTaunton on Wednesday next , and required at Ipswich on the same day . Should a substitute for Calcraft not be procured , the High Sheriff will have to hang Maria Clark himself . During the last two months the tide of emigration has been fast flowing towards the "Far West" from Ireland . Notwithstanding the great number who have already emigrated , the current of migration still continues to flow with unabated rapidity , carrying with it a large proportion of mechanics , servants , and the middle class of farmers .

      A few days ago , as the railway train was proceeding from Belfast to Hallymena , a luckless horse , startled b y the train , scampered in upon the line , and was almost immediately pounded into cats ' meat withoutthe satisfaction of having upset the train , or even throwing it off the rail . According to a letter published by the Rev . Richard Townsend , of Whitegute , county Cork , there are 35 , 000 persons in the poorhouses of Cork county , where there are no rnanufaetures , and , in twelve poorhoiiHcs of Ulster there are , but . 3104 . The price paid for breaking ilax in the north of Ireland , in stated to be Id . per stone ; a woman will break from seven to ten Htonc a-duy ; for scutching ulie . will get 7 d . a stone .

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      HKALTII OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( From the Registrar-General's Report . ) In the week ending last . Saturday the deathn registered in London were 1042 . Hence it appears that the public health , which showed . much improvement in the previous week , oonlinuen in a favourable state an <;< m tratUed with the great amount of Hicknenn that , prevailed in March ; but a comparison of the present return with those oi" ten corresponding weeka in 18 ' 11- M ) proven that the mortality , which is always greater than in many partn of Englund ,

      is still high for London at , uiih period of the year . In the corninponding weeks the ileutliH in the metropolis rose only in three instances above 906 , while the average is 5 ) 18 , and though raised intlie ratio of probable increase of population does not exceed 1001 . The . deaths in the present return exhibit an increase of 41 on the corrected average . The birt . liM of 77 !) boys , mid 7 /> 7 girls , in all l / iM ) chihln n , were registered in the week . In the six r . uricisnonding weeks o ( 1845-60 , the average number wan 1326

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      April 19 , 1851 . ] fff > * %£ & * £ ?* 363

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 19, 1851, page 363, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1879/page/7/