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• ft mr a if aTrre a -rtc ttj ( j- | cttw vy Y . —T . TvtQg ' fMfVT I PI" ! 'n n -Of "Bavaria has granted a sum of 8000 thalers towards the reprinting of an edition ,, of Shakspeare ^ according to the oldest'English text extant . This / edition , accompanied ; iy critical notes , is made under jihe car © of JVI . Ty . cbV / Rommson . Another edition of Shakspeare is also in . progress in . Germany—that of M . Uicolas Delius , -which is accompanied by a very copious commentary .. Three parts of the .. fifth volume have just made their appearance . The VJ 6 , irati > E l '_ Ajs . "—tA 11 Paris is out of doors . Along lie ; line of the Boulevards runs a double row of stalls , like . the stalls of an English fair ; and surely those are hard to . Tplease , -in .. all . sinall wares and all . small
f gambling , . who rcanno t be pleased h ere . Paris is out iof ,, doorsia . ita . ( newest and brightest clothes . Paris : is . making presents to the universe—which is . well known . to be Pari ? , Paris will eat more bon-bons this . day than . in the whole ¦ bonrbon eating year . Paris will dine out this day , jnore than ever . In homage .. to the day v the peculiar ; glory , of the alwaySrglprious plate-glass windows ' of the , Bestorers of the Palais Royal , where rare-summer-vegetables from Algiers contend with wonderful great pears from the richest soils of France , and with ; tttle plump iirds of exquisite plumage , direct from ; the skies . , Iurhomjageto , the day , the glittering brilliancy of . the . sweet-shops , teeming with beautiful arrangement , of .. colours and with , beautiful tact and taste in trifles . In
, homageivto . the . day , the new Review- —Dramas at the Theatre . of- Yarieties ,, and the Theatre of Vaudevilles , and , the Theatre of . the Palais .. Royal . In homage tothe .. day , the new Drama in seven . acts , and incalculable pictures , at the . Ambiguously Comic Theatre , thie Theatre of the Gate of Saint Martin , and the Theatre of . Gaiety : . jit which , last •( establishment particularly , t a iwooding tJEnglishman : . can , . . by intensity of .. interest , . get . himself ^ inade wieteh ^ for , a « fortnight . In , liomage to . the day , the extra-announcing ofthese Theatres , ^ and fifty more , . and the queues of blouses ^ already ,, at three o ' clock in ; the afternoon , penned up in the cold-wind on . the cold stone frostthe
very numerous , and the Welsh singing excellent ; but we understand it was this year considered by the oldest members to have been the largest congregation and the best singing i they have ever remembered since Ely Chapel « as appropriated to the Welsh service . Morality at © stend . — -A : m ' eeting ywas held in this place a few days since to discuss the question of forming a gambling establishment in that place . The meeting decided that a petition should be sent to the King praying for an authorisation to found a gamblinghouse and conversation-rooms similar to those existing at Spa . The petition has received many signatures .
The Emperor and the Artist ;— -M . Couture , the artist who had been engaged to paint the compartments in the walk of the Salle des Etats , has been suddenly told that his services will not be required , and is so nettled at the dismissal that he positively refuses to finish a grand picture of the baptism of the Imperial Prince , for which both the Emperor and the Empress gave-him several sittings . 'This picture was intended to be one of-the great features of the exhibition of modern artists next spring . The Consumption of Meat in France . — -It appears
Of January , 18 in all , viz ., the Duke of Devonshire the Marquis of Queensberry , the Earls of Ilchester * Wincbilsea , Courtown , Ranfiirly ( 2 nd ) , Ranfurl y ( 3 rd ) ' Morton , Glengal ) , Haddington , and Orford ; and Lords Dunfermlinei Sudeley , Clifford , Aylmcr , Braybraoke Lyons , " and Poty . imore , and the l ? aroness , Grey de Ruthyn . * Of these , the earldom op- Glengall and the English barony of Melrose , enjoyed by the late Earl of Haddington , have become extinct , while the ancient barony of Grey de llutbyn has become merged in the superior honours of the Marquis of Hastings . During the same period we have had to record the deaths of the following members of the baronetage : the Hev . ' Sir Henry Dukinfield , Sir Charles L . Falkiner , Sir J nines
Dunlop , Sir J . W . Egcrton Brydges , Sir W . Liston Foulis , Sir R . Campbell , ' - Sir John ILiggerston , Sir James MacGrigor , Sir David Wedderburn , Sir W . R ; S , . Cockburn , the Very Rev . Sir William Cockburn , Sir Henry Stracey , Sir J . M . Burgoyne , Sir Matthew Dodsworth , Sir Samuel Stirling of Glorat , Sir Henry Fitzherbert , Sir Philip Crampton , Sir E . N . Buxton , Sir Charles Ogle ( Admiral of the Fleet ) , Sir John Key , Sir Charles Abney Hastings , Sir Ofilcy P . Wakeman , Sir Charles des Voeux * Sir Henry J . Caldwell . Sir Robert Preston , Sir T . W . Blomefiekl , Sir Joseph Bailey , Sir J . S . Mackenzie , Sir A . de Capell Brooke , Sir . J . Musgrave , Sir II . J . Lambert , and Sir Anthony Walden ; Of the above 32 , the baronetcies of
Dunlop , Dukinfield , and Hastings have become extinct . The following Knights have also paid the debt of nature : —Sir J . II . Coode , Sir Eaton . S . Travers , Sir Charles Augustus FitzKoy , Sir William 11 . Mnule , Sir W . H . Pierson , Sir Ralph Darling , the Right lion . Sir John Dodson , Sir Thomas Mansell , Sir William Peel , Sir Thomas Hawker , Sir Frederick ' Ashworth , Sir Charles Felix Smith , Sir Henry Willock , Sir George Rich , the Hon . Sir Edward . Butler , Sir John Potter , Sir William Reid , Sir Randolph T . Kouth , Sir Alexander P . Green , Sir Belford II . Wilson , . and
Sir William Lyon ? , in all 21 . The House of Commons has lost ( besides Sir J . Bailey , Sir Ei N . Buxton , and Sir John Potter , alreed y mentioned )^ only two of its members , Mr . M . Williams , M . P . for West Cornwall ; arid Mr . William Hackbloqk , M . P . for Keigate . Besides the above , the aristocracy have to lament the loss of Lord CharlesWellesley , Lord Proby , the Marchioness of Westnieatfy the Countess of Cardigan , the Countess of Clanw , illiam , the Countess of Wilton , the Hon . and Rev . C . G . Perceval , the Countess of Kosslyn , and the heirs apparent to the titles of Torrington , Hothani , Rendlesham , and Molesworth .
Oxford Middle Ci < ass Examinations . —The University has accepted Gloucester as a local centre for the ensuing year , and a committee is being formed for the purpose of carrying out the necessary arrangements . The Rev . Hugh Fowler has accepted the ofiice of honorary secretary . —Cheltenham Examiner . . Crowding at Theatres . —Having lived abroad almost all my life 1 think I can point out to your reader * how theatres are managed , and ( in thirty years' residence at Measma , Palermo , Naples , and other towns iu Italy ) I never heard of any accidents , or saw any elbowing through the crowd at the doors . Theatres in Italy and Sicily , aro conducted differently to an English plan—viz . the box-office is open daily from U a . m . till 9 i \ m ., and later , and aiiy person desirous of going to the
performance hna only to secure Iris scat or seats before ' hand , be they in the boxes , pit , &c . All seats arc numbered , consequently there is no need for elbowing one ' s way through the crowd , for the possessor of his ticket has a claim to his seat any time of the night he may think proper or convenient to go . But the managers of the Efigliali theatres care more for their pockets , not wishing to have the seats numbered- —An other words limited—and the inevitable consequence ja that people have to wait . for hours behind-tho doors of the theatres to secure , at the rbk of their lives , the best places . Let an experiment bo made in some of the theatres , and lot them bo conducted on the Italian system , tho example will soon bo followed by all the managers of tho theatres in England . —Letter in the Daily News .
Thk Palace qw Wiss-HWiNSXitu . —Tho matchless crypt qnder old-St . Stephen ' s Chapel , the only part of t \\ o Old Palace which now exists , > is far advanced towards complete restoration . It is now lit with gas , and workmen are busily engaged restoring its richly carved basses and groined roof , and replacing the polished columns of Purbqek marble which have been defaced mv \ sadly misused in centuries bygono . Tho crypt will onoo more bo uaod as a placq of worship for the officers and funetlonnrles of both Houses 5 and to this end every minute detail of tho original structure is being carefully rostoreu . Its seven pointod windows aro already completely restored , and will soon bo Ailed in , as they wore boforo the Revolution , with stained glass , representing passagea in tho lifo ' of St . Stephen . Tho orypt , whon reatoreU , promises to bo ono of tho most beautiful , as it is already one of the most anolqut and interesting , portions uf tho new palaeo .
Wwa'WimaTKit A » bky . —Tho Sunday evening eervioos at Wostrainstor Abboy will reeomnionco on Sunuwy next ( to-morrow ) , whom the aormon will bo nrojuiuew l > y tho Dean of Westminster ,
from an account recently published that the consumption of meat in France , which , in 1812 only averaged 17 kilogs . for each individual per annum , is now 54 kilogs . In comparison to the number of inhabitants . the con- ' sumption is greater in the towns than in the country parts . Paris cousunves 10 kilogs . each person more than any other place * Next in quantity comes the oiorth of France , where the . average is 64 kilogs . each ; the two provinces of Poitou and tire Limousin are those which consume the least , tho quantity being only 41 kilogs . It is singular that in the departments where the most meat is produced the consumption is the least .
M . de Mostalembert . —The Moniteur of yesterday announced that the Emperor had relieved M . de Moutalembert from the penalties pronounced against him on the 21 st of December by the Imperial Court , and that the publisher of the . Coi-respondcuit was also pardoned . It will hardly be denied , even by those who accused the appellant of making a false step ia prosecuting his claim for justice to the utmost limits of the law , and who tauntingly asked , " What has he gained by his appeal ?" that M . de Montalembert has simply gained everything ; the satisfaction of having vindicated the letter and the spirit of the law against the precipitation and caprice of arbitrary power ; of haying enabled the higher
court to establish at least its superiority to the Correctional Tribunal in intelligence and independence ; in haying relieved himself , by judicial sentence , of the ulterior consequences of the first condemnation ; in having quashed the gravest counts of the indictment , and suppressed the wanton stigma affixed to his name as " a public writer without self-respect" by the Correctional judges . M . de Montalembert may , therefore , be congratulated on the persistent courage with which he has saved his honour ; and , for the rest , the " pardon" may now be accepted for what it is worth—as a confession of error , and aa a concession to public feeling , not aa a gratuitous and offensive aggravation of illegality . — Continental Review .,
Threatening Sia 2 » s .-r-Iu Milan nearly every Sunday about two hundred cabs are assembled and then driven in procession from Porta St . Maria to Porta Vercellius , with persona inside , each having in his mouth an empty clay pipe . Thia demonstration is harmless enough , it will be . admitted , but some of the disaffected go n little further . Thus a few days ago , a lad , while walking through the streets , was requested by a stranger to carry some glass balls , or marbles , into a neighbouring caft , and roll them under , the sofas . In turning the corner of a street , the boy , ran against tho wall , and one of the balls ! immediately exploded , carrying away two of his fingers . The poor boy . is now in the hospital . . The glass balls were , of course , hand grenades . Other boys
have been supplied with syringes filled with ' sulphuric acid , which they squirt upon the dresses of ladies who wear stuff of Viennese make . The Duchessa Lifcta has had three drosses thus burnt . Cylindrical hats have quite disappeared , owing to their resembance to the Austrian kepi . A very elegant Hungarian hat has been introduced in their . stead . If people smoke in . tho .-stineet ,. a bardbba 7 , or street lad , is sure to approach thorn ; and . jtake away their cjigar , for tho purpose of eeeipg whether it . is , or is not , a Cavour . If . it should prove to bo , ono—t . e . a cigar smuggled from
Piedmont , whence enormous quantuiea just now ., are sent and eometiiues distributed , gratis—the smoker is allowed to retain possession of his property , which is politely handed , back-to him with the observation , liL' 6 on nost Lomhurdo" ( " Itisone , my Lombard" ) , jt the cigaris Austrian , It is , destroyed . Pipes Jllkd with tobacco aro treated in the same manner . An Austrian lieutenant , who was / smoking , the other day in one of tho streets of tho city , hadhia p ^> p knocked out of his mouth , And was forced to pick up tho pleoos . A riot followed , in which a soldier was wounded . — Correspondent q /\ t / to Telegraph- r
Ojiituauv iron 1858 . —Our record of Death ' s doing among tho upper ranks of society during the your which 1 ia « just closed is more than usually numerous . In the ranks of tho peerage , tlioro lmvo died slnoo tho 1 st
, pavem , ent . outside them . Spite of wind and , : Eiysian . ' Fields and the Wood ofvBoulogneare . filled with equipages ,, equestrians , and pedestrians : while the estrange , ixackety , rickety ,, up-all-night looking world of . eating-house , tombstone maker , ball room , cemetery j and -Wlne-rshop , outside the ^ Barriers , is as thickly , peopled as ^ the Paris ^ reei 3 themeelyes ; with One universal tenrdency . observable in both , nemispheres , to sit down Upon . any public . seat at the xpte . of being frozen to death , and ^ ito . go . round and round on a hobbyhorse in any round--about , > to the . music of a barrel organ , fis a . severe . act of xfhity ^ rr'HbiueJidjld ' Words . - . Thodght and Feeling reguiated bt a Minister .
. —A subscription was set on foot some -years since at Mpntpellier for ^ a statue of Edouard Adam ,, a native of j that town , who nearly- a century ago invented an im-.. proved ' . method ' . of . distilling , which was . / of immense [ benefit tojthe wine-growing districts in which brandy is , niade . M . Billault , when Minister of the Interior ,, gave . the requisite . authority for the erection ofthe statue in a public placein Rlontpellier . 'But now that the statue is alltready , tJthe . present > Miniater of : the > Interior-has withidrAwn .. the > authorisation , to the gteat chagrin of the . townspeople . . For this curious reversal of a decision of Jiis predecessor , the > present Minister , gives two reasons : , 1 . That : Edouard . Adam was not a man of sulficient celebrity . tovdeservo , a statue ; and 2 ( which / ia probably
tthe real ground ) ,. that Cambace ' r&s ,. yrho was a aatwe of . J ^ ontpellier ,, has never . had one . — -Daily News . / MovROAnatio Marriage . —An approaching marriage . of one rof , the princes of the Prussian royal family with , a Mdy whose acquaintance he Jnade at Ems , is the subject pf . conversation at Berlin . Marriages of the kind have , been . very ; general among the ( members of the royal ( Jiouse , . There , are iaow existing that of the Prince Libert , brotherof the King , with the daughter of General ivon . Rauch , * upon . which occasion , that lady was created iCJountejw . ofjabhenstein : } . and that , also of Prince Adal-^ bart , cousin of . the King , the Prjassian > admiral , with the (( celebrated Ofh ^ ese Essler , whoso son . by . that marriage Jiaa been , ennablediaa tho Bnron Barjiim , anda ? ece » ved by the of tho
^ thttt titlo into ranks Prussian . nopiHty . , RBMABKAnj , Y Powxis CoBFOBA ^ - ^ The young Coun t , of Paris ,. who is at . presents the-Duke of Montpensier ' s palace at San ( Jelmo , on the arrival of . the prince at iCadix , saya a Spanish journal ^ the commander of the . caiabincers , and the port captain went on . board 5 he steamer , to congratulate . the prince on his arrival . On ,, the fpllowins-day He sent some gold -pieces to tl » e corporftl-of . carabineers » who had taken . charge of his . fcag ^ o ^ e , wl « o ,. wUh Castilian dolioAoy , refused to accept thorn , eayipg he . was amply repaid in having had the vtoonour , to iserve Ws Boyal Highness . The director . general of the carabineers has ordered tho corporal < j . delicacy . pf feeling to be Uvly acknowledged .
W « i * an EwABjwwHBD ChurOii w London . — . On GUristmaa « iorniiig last Divlpo sorvigo ¦ J" Welsh was . performed by tho Rev , W . Evans , at Ely Chapel , Hol-( ftowu bofof © dawn * f day . This service is called " Plygain , * ' andihas boon preserved by . the Welsh from the earliest times of tho GUrlstlan Churoli , in commemoiTOtlon of tho . ehQpherds kooplng watoh ovor their Hooka by , night when the announcement of the angels . was > wade tothem . Two . attenUwnco has always been
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 1, 1859, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2275/page/10/
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