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The Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's have ...
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The second anniversary dinner of the Whi...
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The French Government Has Received Accou...
maining twenty-six are for terms of imprisonment from three to fourteen years . The Vienna Gazette publishes the octroyed constitution for Trieste ; Trieste is declared an entirely independent community , belonging to no province , and under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry , without the intervention of any governor or Viceroy . The manufacturers of the Voralberg have addressed a memorial to the Minister of Commerce respecting the
project assimilating the customs system of all Germany , in which the conception of a " united Germany" is derided as a dream and phantom , and the prohibitory system extolled . The trial of the supposed murderers of Prince Lichnowski and Count Auerswald at Frankfort proceeds but slowly at Hanau . So far as the evidence has gone at present it in no way tends to convict the prisoners . The cholera has reappeared with great violence * at Halberstadt .
The Berlin constabulary force , which has hitherto worn round hats , are to appear in a few days in helmets resembling those of the military—a head-dress that may be useful for defence , but which will serve to render them more conspicuous than is consistent with the nature of their duties . They are likewise to receive sidearms more effective " than the short swords worn at present . According to accounts from the Lower Vistula , the waters increase rather than diminish in depth and violence . Up to the latest accounts the stream had risen at Thorn , Marienburg , and Dirschau , to fifteen feet above the ordinary level , and rushes with such violence as to render it difficult to establish the bridges .
At Florence , on the 12 th instant ( the anniversary of the overthrowal of the Republic ) , the ducal arms were replaced and some trees of liberty were uprooted , amid the " enthusiastic cheers" of the people . All public rejoicing was , however , prohibited out of the city , as it was feared the military would not be strong enough to maintain order . The trial of Guerazzi ( one of the Tuscan triumvirate ) goes on but slowly ; the proceedings are not yet made public . The Russian Government has demanded the expulsion from Constantinople of M . Czayka Czaykowski , who has
resided in that capital for the last twelve years under the protection of the French embassy . A similar demand had been made and refused in the time of Louis Philippe . Letters from Athens say that no further conference is to take place between Mr . Wyse and Baron Gros , for both Ministers have found it impossible to come to an understanding as to the manner in which the claims of the British Government upon Greece ought to be settled . A shock of an earthquake was felt at Smyrna , at halfpast three , a . m ., of Wednesday , the 3 rd instant , which caused the greatest alarm . The noise which preceded the shock is described as most terrific .
A serious " insurrection" has broken out in Morocco . All that portion of the empire bordering on the French possessions is in arms , and the insurgents are in occupation of the small town of Ouchda , near Tlemcen . Precautionary measures have been taken by the French authorities , and several columns of troops forwarded to the frontier . The States of the Ionian Islands have been opened by Sir H . Ward . Letters from Messina of the 12 th state that since the 9 th there have been upwards of forty shocks of earthquakes , in consequence of which the greatest alarm was prevalent , and business was at a complete stand . The Borsenhalle of Hamburgh has the following from the frontiers of Russia : — " It becomes more and more
difficult to enter Russia , and whoever desires to exercise any branch of industry in the country is obliged to make himself a subject of the Czar . For the future , preachers of the evangelical communion will not be allowed to come from Germany . " It appears , from the last letters received from China , that , in consequence of the successful operations of her Majesty ' s vessels employed against the pirates off the coast of Hainan , there is reason to believe that the remainder of the piratical force has disbanded itself . The Chinese authorities , also , have issued a proclamation warning all persons who had forsaken piracy to return to their homes , and threatening those who do not obey 'with punishment .
The Jews residing in Gibraltar are occupied with a petition to be presented to the Queen of Spain , praying for permission to pass through Spain in the course of the | r commercial travels , it being as yet prohibited to them to live in the " well-beloved " country , which was the cradle of their ancestral grandeur and eminence in ¦ wealth and learning , and to which they can never direct their eyes without tears of sorrow being called forth by old recollections . —Jewish Chronicle . The Hungarian Exiles in New York have held a public meeting to protest against the conduct of Austria .
In Mexico , the Tampico outbreak has been put down without military aid , by the inhabitants of the district ; and as Santa Anna ' s former army has been almost annihilated by the Americans , there seems some prospect of tranquillity . Almost all the mines in the interior of Mexico are in full work , and trade is reviving . Santa Anna ( the ex-dictator of Mexico ) , has just left Kingston , Jamaica , where be has been residing the last three years , for Carthagena , whore he intends to reside . A noted bandit , named Romero , who was chief of a gang of robbers which has for some time infested the districts of Celanova and Bande , on the frontiers of Portugal , has been taken up at last by the Portuguese authorities ; he was travelling under an assumed name , and passed himself off as a physician . Governor Barkly opened the Combined Courts of British Guiana on the 11 th of March .
The Governor of Porto Rico has repealed the recent high tonnage duties upon foreign vessels . At a Court of Admiralty Sessions in Spanish Town an aged woman , named Klaber , was charged with taking to
Cuba with her upwards of twenty-five years ago , and selling into slavery a poor Black woman . The charge was fully substantiated , and the prisoner was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in the Penitentiary .
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The Dean And Chapter Of St. Paul's Have ...
The Dean and Chapter of St . Paul ' s have decided against the proposition for removing the iron railways round the cathedral . On the ground of convenience the chapter determine that " no advantage to the public traffic could accrue , so long as the approaches , especially that by Ludgate-hill , are in their present state . " The cab-stands , also , would be " unsightly" "in closer contact with the walls of the cathedral . " As a question of taste , in the opinion of the dean and chapter , " the precinct in which the Cathedral stands cannot be contracted without impairing the dignity of the building , nor would the dean and chapter be justified , without the strongest case of public necessity , in removing the iron railings which have been admired for
near a century and a half as the earliest and one of the finest works of the kind in Europe . " Moreover " some respectable inhabitants" have strongly remonstrated against the change . " The dean and chapter , however , have under consideration a plan for opening the area before the west front to all persons on foot during the day time ( except on occasions when the dean and chapter may think it necessary to keep the gates closed ) , so that an uninterrupted and leisurely view of the architectural elevation may be enjoyed by the public . " From the examinations that have been made of the wreck of the Royal Adelaide steamer , there remains little doubt that the fearful loss of life was occasioned by the blowing up of the vessel .
A writ was ordered in the House of Commons on Wednesday for the borough of Lymington , in the room of the Honourable Colonel Keppel , who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds . It is said that Captain Yelverton will be the Free Trade candidate . At the last election Colonel Keppel was returned by a majority of 16 . The Stromboli , steam-sloop , Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk , will probably accompany Captain Austin ' s Arctic expedition to the edge of the ice . The Stromboli was employed on similar service when Sir James Clarke Ross ' s expedition left for the Arctic regions , in May , 1848 .
The committee of the City of London Hospital have just selected a suitable design for the erection of an institution at Victoria-park , where a suitable space of ground has been secured to the charity by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests . In accordance with ancient custom the judges attended divine service at the metropolitan cathedral on Sunday , accompanied by a large number of the members of the civic corporation , and several sergeants-at-law . A rumour that the Bishop of London would preach , though it turned out erroneous , caused a greater crowd than usual , and many persons were unable to obtain admission .
The schooner Proserpine , 130 tons measurement , the property of a party of noblemen , left the East India Docks , on Saturday last , on an interesting exploring trip down the Coast of Norway , round the North Cape , up the White Sea , and along the coast of Lapland ; then proceeding round the north of Iceland , ' and returning to England in October next . Their voyage is partly scientific research and partly pleasure . An exact facsimile of Eyam-cross , that superb relic of antiquity , is about to be made for the Duke of Devonshire , who Intends placing it in a conspicuous part of the park at Chatsworth . A weaver in Manchester has invented a machine by
which trouseis , or even coats , may be woven complete in one piece , requiring not a touch of the needle . — Stockport Mercury . Henceforward the sale of postage stamps of the value of lOd . and Is . will be extended to all post-offices throughout the United Kingdom . The highest stipend given to Welsh curates is £ 150 , while a great many of them are as low as £ 40 . There are several instances in which the whole of the curate's remuneration is only £ 30 per annum . A singular accident befel the Rev . P . Joliffe , the incumbent of St . James ' s , Sherborne . He was in his study in the afternoon , and accidentally let one of his shoes fall from the window on the leads beneath ; in endeavouring to recover it , he over-balanced himself and fell out of the window—about fourteen feet from the
ground . He was not much hurt . At the sale of the property of the late Mr . George Ward , at Northwood Park , Isle of Wight , last week , Messrs . Emanuel , goldsmiths to the Queen , purchased a beautiful Egyptian statue of Antinous , in dove-coloured marble , the size of life , displaying the finest symmetry and proportion . This statue was sent by Napoleon Bonaparte as a present to Murat , King of Naples . The vessel having been captured by a British ship , the case containing the statue was taken to Gibraltar , at which place it was purchased by Mr . Ward , and removed to England . It is said that the purchase is for Osborne-house .
It is understood to be in contemplation to erect a monastery on an extensive scale near the Roman Catholic Chapel in Rugby , land having been purchased for that purpose . Several novices are at present in course of probation for this new religious foundation . —Ans ' sJJirmingham Gazette , The Hull public baths , erected by the bankers , merchants , and gentry of this town , in elegant style , a few years ago , are , we hear , to be closed in a few days ior want of support . —Hull Packet . The City of London board of guardians have'resolved to throw open their doors to the public press during
dis-. . .. . A Brazilian house in Liverpool shipped a quantity of Manchester goods , some months ago to Buenos Ayres . Finding the market closed up , and no sale for the articles , they were reimported , and the stoppers recently
sold them , in Manchester , at a profit of twelve per cent , after paying freight and all other charges . Eighteen firms in Manchester have subscribed £ 100 each towards the fund for establishing a public library and reading-room for the working classes of that town . The total amount subscribed for the purpose is said to bo nearly £ 3000 . . There are now in the gaol of Ennis 518 prisoners ; three times the number for which it was built . The great majority of them are charged with stealing turnips , potatoes , and other articles of food ; most of the remainder with the terrible crime of beggary 1 _ _
A book from a country depositor in the Lewes Savings Bank was handed to the manager in attendance last Saturday , with a note requesting payment of the balance , which appeared to be £ 28 , the whole deposits being £ 72 , and the withdrawals £ 34 . On reference to the ledger the balance was found to be only 6 s . Mr . Bartlett , who has been actuary about twenty years , denied that there was defalcation , and affirmed that the whole was a mistake . The managers appear not to be satisfied with this explanation , as they have issued a notice stating that " in consequence of the continued serious illness of the actuary , and some' unexplained recently discovered errors in the accounts , the bank will be closed until further
notice . " James Brown , the man charged with stealing a bag of letters from a letter-carrier named Peckham , at the corner of Leadenhall-street , has been committed for trial . No further evidence has been adduced . The prisoner said nothing , but seemed satisfied at being sent to prison . Mr . W . Archer , builder , of Portland-town , was on his way home from the Bank , last Saturday , with £ 209 in gold , which he had drawn to pay his workmen : he entered an omnibus , and at the same moment a man about
thirty-five years , dressed in a brown paletot , took his seat beside him , followed by a female carrying an infant . Near the Angel the woman was seized with hysterics , causing great alarm and confusion amongst the rest of the passengers . The omnibus being stopped , she was carried out and taken to a surgeon's , when it was found that the man in the brown paletot was missing ; he had forgotten to pay his fare , and on Mr . Archer ' s feeling for his money he discovered that it was gone also . Suspicion was aroused , and on going to the surgeon ' s it was found that the woman had recovered with miraculous
celerity , and departed . A gang of " navvies" who had been drinking all Saturday afternoon at the Red Lion Inn , Otlev , near Bolton Abbey , on their way home to their lodgings , began . to break the windows of several houses in a drunken frolic . Of course the inhabitants came out to see who the rioters were , and an attempt was made to remonstrate with thpm for their outrageous conduct . This made the drunken " navvies " still more furious ,
and several of them ran about with knives , stabbing all they came near . One man was killed by a deep cut which he received in the thigh . Six other persons were stabbed , including a married woman , who was stabbed in the thigh , and who was dangerously ill . An inquest was held upon the body of John Dawson , the man who was stabbed , when a verdict of wilful murder was returned against four of the navigators , who have been apprehended and committed to York Castle .
From the official return of the estimated damage to property in Dublin and the environs caused by the hail storm of last week , it appears that in four of the six divisions of which the metropolitan police district consists , the number of squares of glass broken in houses has been 294 , 302 , and the total estimated loss , including damage to roofs of houses , furniture , vegetable gardens , & c , amounts to £ 21 , 388 9 s . 4 d . The total loss is estimated at £ 27 , 000 . As several men were employed on Monday at tne new Houses of Parliament , in raising a huge mass of stone , weighing nearly three tons , the wheels of the pulley snapped , and the stone fell . Three men were underneath at the time , all of whom were severely injured , but only one of them dangerously so . _ . .
An alarm was spread , on Tuesday afternoon , that Drury Lane Theatre was on fire . Hundreds come rushing from all quarters , and the dense body of smoke which surrounded the building seemed to warrant a supposition that the fire had obtained a firm hold of the interior . It was shortly ascertained that the smoke was proceeding from the roof of the theatre , over the facade , and sparks were observed to rise into the air as if carried by a considerable draught . The fire was soon extinguished , and the amount of damage done is very small . It is stated in a Mayo paper that a wholesale process of eviction has been resorted to by the mortgagees and present holders of the Martin estate in the west of Galway . Six hundred and fifty ejectment decrees have been obtained , by means of which 3000 or 4000 persons
will be thrown upon the world ; and in fact means , it is asserted , are being adopted for the total clearance of the tenantry from those estates , so as to make the lands a more marketable commodity . A tenant-rig ht deputation from Ulster had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Wednesday . It stated that great excitement prevails throughout the agricultural districts of the north of Ireland on the tenant-right question , and the determination of the people universally is , to accept no compromise short of a legal recognition of the prescriptive rights of Ulster . A national league between the north and south of Ireland is in course of formation , and arrangements are in progress for assembling a tenant-right commission in Dublin in the course of a few weeks .
The Second Anniversary Dinner Of The Whi...
The second anniversary dinner of the Whittington Club was held in the large room of the club-house on Wednesday . Charles Lushington , M . P ., presided on the occasion . Among the visitors present were Lord Nugent , M . P ., Mr . and Mrs . Lushington , Mr . J . Mac-
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Leader (1850-1860), April 27, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27041850/page/7/
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