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604 Jfffte %ta**tt. [Saturday,
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The designs for the Peel Statue in the C...
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SUICIDES. Two remarkable suicides occurr...
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T II E K X P O S I T I O N. The number o...
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TUAIN ON J'IKK. Aa Mr. l'axton, Mr. Baas...
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The Interchange Of Military Commands And...
which appears recently to have broken out between th barbers and wig-makers of that city , from the latte claiming the especial privilege of cutting and dressing hair ; while the barbers insist with equ al obstinacy that their profession is not confined merely to easy shaving . The affair has been brought before the courts , and indeed , is not the only one of the kind ; several other of the trades in Berlin being engaged in disputes relative to the precise function of their craft .
604 Jfffte %Ta**Tt. [Saturday,
604 Jfffte % ta ** tt . [ Saturday ,
The Designs For The Peel Statue In The C...
The designs for the Peel Statue in the City having been sent in , are now arranged in the Egyptian-hall at the Mansion-house , where they are artistically grouped . The models are about thirty in number , chiefly by Mr . Baily , R . A ., Mr . Lough , Mr . M'Dowell , Mr . Thomas Milnes , Mr . Calder Marshall , Mr . Behnes , and Mr . Weekes , some of whom have sent three or four designs . The committee of University College Hospital have received notice of a legacy of 200 guineas , free of duty , by the late Mr . John Helling , of the Hampstead-road . The race for the Grand Challenge Cup , by the yachts of the Royal Thames Yacht Club , came off on
Wednesday , when Lord Londesborough ' s Mosquito was beaten by Mr . Craigie ' s "Volante and Mr . Lambton ' s Cygnet . The Volante took and kept the lead throughout the race . The ancient triennial celebration in honour of the Lady Godiva took place with unusual splendour at Coventry on " Wednesday . It was calculated that there were more than 60 , 000 persons present , there being , it was believed , at 6 east 30 , 000 strangers in the town . The procession itself lwas not far short of a mile in length . A large number of persons arrived by the special train from London , and about 8000 left the station at Birmingham for Coventry in the course of the morning .
Experiments with chloroform as a propelling power , in the place of steam , are now making in the port of Lorient ; and there is reason to hope , from the success which has already attended them , that they will result in causing a considerable saving to be effected in cost and in space . —Galignani . Mrs . Smith , of New York , has been lecturing on the necessity for a reformation in female costume . The long dress should be preserved for parlour purposes , but the new style adopted for the sake of humanity . " Why
should we , " said Mrs . Smith , " care for what is worn in profligate courts ? We should seek for what is healthful , and what will contribute to our comfort , and adopt it . We , the daughters of this Republic , why should we be the slaves of foreign fashioas ? " Mrs . Smith recommended the French hat and Turkish trousers , but not so short as to transform a woman into a figurante . Over this robe a Grecian jacket , which may be adapted to the taste and wealth of the wearer . Such a dress would give grace and elegance to the person , and she who wears it would walk with more ease and breathe freer .
The Richmond Whig narrates the following brutal mode of settling editorial disputes : — " A painful interest was excitedinoureoramunity yesterday by the intelligence that a rencontre had taken place in Lynchburg , on Thursday morning , between Mr . Saunders , of thattown , and Mr . Terry , the editor of the Virginian , which , according to report , hadprobably resulted in the deathof both parties . Mr . Saunders is the son of Dr . Saunders , a member of the Convention from Campbell . The difficulty , as far as we have been able to learn , originated as follows : —Mr . Terry had criticised with some severity the course pursued by Dr . Saunders in the Convention on the basis question ; and the Doctor , in reply , had published in the Lynchburg Virginian a card in vindication of his course , commenting in strong language on the strictures of the
Virginian . In his last Thursday ' s paper Mr . Terry rejoined in the same spirit . Early in the morning he was met by young Saunders , who assailed him with a stick . Mr . Terry drew a pistol ( a five shooter ) , and fired at him without effect . Mr . Saunders then drew a similar weapon , and returned the fire . This interchange of shots was kept up by them both until the contents of their pistols were exhaused . Both of them were severely , and it is feared mortally , wounded , each having received two or three bullets in his abdomen . A n express reached Dr . Saunders yesterday morning , who set out immediately for home . Mr . Saunders married some six weeks since a lady of this city . Mr . Terry , we hear , was alao a married man with a family of children . He removed to Lynchburg a few months ago , having previously edited the Danville lict / ister . "
Suicides. Two Remarkable Suicides Occurr...
SUICIDES . Two remarkable suicides occurred last week ; one at Birmingham , the other at Cork . A chock for £ 1000 , presented at a local Lank , was discovered to be a forgery . The man who presented it was Mr . Callum , the wtdl-kiiown auctioneer and proprietor of the Horse Repository , Cheiipaide . Ife had been for some time in embarrassed eircumBtancies , and it in probable that he took this method of releasing himself ; but it failed , and a solicitor , attended by the inspector of police , was sent to his house to arrest him ; and at the inquest , which was held on { Saturday , the inspector thus narrated the closing Beene of Mr . Callum ' s career . He had bested to see his wife , who was ( railed in , . and the inspector retired outside . Ho said :-- - " I opened the front door and went out , standing oppotsitt ) the drawing-room window on the lawn . Tin : shutters wcin not closed , nor the blinds drawn , and 1 could nee dourly into the room . I saw Mr . and Mrs . Callum hitting on the . « ofa by the sido of each other ; her ariaa were round his neck , and they appeared to bo embracing each other . I then turned nwuy from the window , and while standing with my hack towards it , 1 Btiltheard them talking together . Immediately I heard Mrs . Callum scream out a » loud as she could , ' Oh ! lie's taken something . ' I them ran into the room , and tusked I
what was the matter , when Mrs . Callum replied , ' He s taken poison ; I ' m sure I saw him do it . ' The deceased was Bitting upright , and unsupported on the Bofa , his wife having hold of one hand . lie had a wild vacant stare in his countenance , and attempted to speak in answer to Mrs . Callum ' s remark that he had taken poison , as though he intended to deny it . Deceased clearly articulated ' No , ' and , as I believe , tried to add , ' I haven ' t . ' I then looked about the room to see if I could find any bottle or vessel , but was unable to find a vessel of any kind , and I said to Mrs . Callum , ' Oh , no ; he has not taken anything of the sor t > for I cannot find a bottle . ' But she repeated her former
assertion , that she saw him take something , adding , ' I saw it over his shoulder as he was kissing me . ' I then commenced searching deceased ' s waistcoat pockets , but did not find any thing , except two or three sovereigns . Afterwards I searched his left-hand trousers' pocket and found the bottle now produced . ( The bottle produced was a small phial capable of holding little more than half an ounce , and was wrapped in blue paper , bearing a label * Hydrocyanic acid . Scheele ' s strength . Minimum dose one drop . To be kept well corked and from the light . ' ) It was empty , and the cork was pushed in After reading the label , I said , * Why , it ' s prussic acid . ' Mr . Callum appeared to be conscious on my entering the
room , and I supported him while searching his pockets , but he slipped off the sofa on the floor during the time I was so engaged . I think he became unconscious immediately after making the observation in reply to his wife ' s assertion that he had taken poison . After finding the bottle , I laid him down at length on the floor . During the time he remained on the floor , in a sitting posture , supported by me , the only sign of animation I perceived was his breathing and pulsation ; he was quite motionless , and his breathing , which was at first heavy and hard , became weaker and weaker and at longer intervals , like a sigh , gradually decreasing in power , and at the end of fifteen minutes he died . "
After hearing a great deal of evidence , the jury returned a verdict of Temporary Insanity . The second suicide was the result of a frantic passion experienced by a soldier in the garrison at Cork for the daughter of a pensioner . His name was Alfred "Winstanley , and he was an Englishman . He had made an offer of marriage and was accepted , provided he could obtain the consent of his commanding officer , which he seemed reluctant to attempt . Under these circumstances , the parents of the girl , Mary Low , determined to send her to London as the best way of concluding the intimacy . Winstanley learned this on the evening of
Wednesday week , at the house of Mary Low . He returned to his barracks , reported himself , then scaled the walls , and reu < rned to Low ' s house , entreated to be admitted , but was refused , though he threatened to drown himself . Early the next morning he again endeavoured to gain admittance into Low ' s , but was refused , and eventually left , declaring he would destroy himself . He then went into an adjacent house and borrowed a breakfast cup . From this he proceeded to the oil and colour shop of Mr . Denis Connor , in the North Main-street , where he asked for half a pint of oil of vitriol , for , as he said , removing stains from his cross belts . Having got the vitriol in the cup , he hurried along Kyrl ' s-quay to Levitt ' s-quay ,
where he met Mary Low with her mother and sisters , on her way to the steam-ship . In a frenzied manner he asked her " if she would deceive him—if she was about to leave him , who was so fond of her ? " She moved on , and he followed , and holding up the cup said— " Mary , you know I love you , and if you don ' t atop and marry me , this will end my existence . You know I can ' t live without you , and this must put me out of pain . Her mother then pushed her from him , when he immediately drank the vitriol , threw the cup into the river , and leaped several feet from the ground , screaming frightfully . At this moment a private soldier of the 81 th Regiment came up , when Winstanley , pointing after Mary Low , said— "There—there she is ; she ' s the cause of it—it is she ' s to blame . " He
was immediately taken to the North Infirmary , but , after enduring very patiently extreme anguish , lie died the next day , asking every person who entered the ward—" Is she coming ? for if I get but one glimpse of her , it will remove all my pain , and I shall ( lie easy . " Winstanley had a medal and star for several engagements in India , where he had served with credit .
T Ii E K X P O S I T I O N. The Number O...
T II E K X P O S I T I O N . The number of vitutor-s on Saturday was remarkably umall , only twelve thousand altogether . Hut on Monday it rose to (> 7 , />/ j /> , and the total amount taken at the doors reached £ 3016 " 11 s . Two new and remarkable contributions have hren inudc to the collection in Hyde-park ; one of these ih a iniiKiiificent dressing -case frojn Buckingham Palace , which has not yet been uncovered ; the other is an immense black diamond , in the rough state , from liahia , contributed by Mr . Joneph Mayer , of Liverpool , so hard that it has hitherto delied the lapidaries to polish it , and weighing . ' {/>() carats . The Queen , Prince Albert , and the King of the DelgiaiiH viwited the palace on { Saturday and again on Tuesday . The latter visit wuh attended with remarkable circumntaiiees . The Times » ays : — " Next to tho state opening , the moat iuiprratuvu night , perhupg , that the building htia yet preuentbd , wua on Tueaduy morning . Thousands of shilling visitors had entered during the hrat hour , when , without a note of preparation , by the
' The Kross receipts of railway traffic this week amount to £ 202 , 190 , on 6140 miles of line , which gives an average of £ 47 10 d . per mile—being an increase of £ 3 5 s . per mile upon the receipts of the week preceding , or an increase of £ 3 108 . on the amount taken for the corresponding period of last year . ' Again , in our yesterday ' s impression it is recorded : —' The gross receipts of railway traffic this week amount to £ 300 , 073 , which g ives an average of £ 50 per mile , against £ ' 292 , 190 last week , at an average of £ 47 10 s . per mile . ' Here , then , are the last two weeks , showing an increased average , respectively , of £ 3 5 s . and £ 2 10 s . per mile—and a total increase of railway traflic , represented in one week by a — — — — -v ~ w— -v w ^ W " — - " * W ~— » V I . H V " ^ V * ¦ ¦ ™ " ** ^ ^^ ^^ ** " ¦ ^^ ^ " ' I I ~ — * »» ot
sum close upon £ 20 , 000 , and in the other by a sum more than £ 1 / 3 , 300 . But let U 9 go further , and compare , not the middle of the present month with its commencement , but the June of 1851 with the June of 18 / H > . we reprint [ from IJcrapath's Railway Journal ] » still more remarkable statement . During the past week ' the London and North-Western have taken £ 13 , 000 more than the corresponding week laat year . The Great Northern » excess ia about £ 9000 ; their traffic producing this weeJc as much hb £ 52 per mile . The Lancashire and Yorkshire havo an excess of about £ 8000- The Great Western , £ 3500 . The South-Eastern , £ 4000 . The Eastern Counties , about £ 000 , having the samo mileago traffic ( ± . i > 4 ) us the Great Northern . '"
A most massive and magnificent cabinet-table ( two yards long ) , covered with tortoise-shell , inlaid with brass , has lately been exhibited in the Zollverein , in the compartment of Saxony , on the south side . Five large cases , filled with choice and costly china and porcelain , have just arrived for the Saxony department , and the contents were exhibited for the first time on Wednesday . They occupy a front stand on the south side , about the centre of the Zollverein . In a leader of the Morning Chronicle of Tuesday we find the following remarks on the increase whioh the Exposition has created in railway traffic : — " In our Money Market article of June 16 ( yesterday week ) occurs the following incontrovertible piece of statistics : —
Many interesting additions have just been made to different compartments , both British and Foreign . A huge mass of carbonate of soda , a yard in diameter , and weighing several tons , was brought in and displayed on Monday . In the department of Jersey is a fire-screen made of tapestry , the scene representing Louis XIV . playing chess with the Duke de Guise , and Richelieu watching with intensity every movement of the King ' s face ; it is placed in a richly-carved frame , with stand , and is well deserving of notice .
£ 3186 12 s . ; and , according to the police return , 68 , 394 persons entered the building . Among the visitors were 445 agricultural labourers from the estate of Mr . Pusey , whose expenses were kindly and liberally defrayed by that gentleman . The decoration of the British nave with municipal flags proceeds rapidly and successfully , and will , when completed , add much to the general effect . Wednesday was a brilliant day . The numbers fell to 57 , 637 , and the receipts to £ 2695 18 s . The noteworthy feature of the day was the attendance of the children * of various schools , and bands of soldiers and sailors , who came in vans and carts , and all kinds of conveyances , some with banners , and all in high spirits . On Thursday the numbers were 57 , 114 ; and the receipts , £ 2727 15 s .
The Queen and Prince Albert , with the Kmgof the Belgians , visited the Exposition on Thursday . We may mention that , while the royal party were in the transep t gallery , the noise of the public entering—something between a rush and a roar—arrested their attention , and attracted them to the front of the gallery . The scene ia truly a striking one . One moment the vast area of the Crystal Palace is vacant and deserted—the next you hear a hum of voices , a rushing sort of noise—and you straightway see the whole space rapidly covered with human beings , clustering like bees , and spreading themselves all over the surface of the ground floor , and , ia short , scattering themselves everywhere . The receipts at the doors amounted during the day to
thousands of excited spectators was exceedingly fine and all kept their places with an admirable and praise worthy sense of propriety . Everybody seemed to fee ] the novelty of the situation , and to desire that justice might be done it . It was , in point of fact , the first ex . tempore walk of the Sovereign in the presence of her people without other guards than themselves . The gratification caused by the event was visible in every face and the occurrence seemed gTeatly to surprise and please the many foreigners who happened to be present . Here and there cheers were raised when the loyalty displayed rose to its highest point , but the spectators generally appeared to suppress their feelings , as if they doubted the good taste of expressing them on such an occasion . "
good management of about a dozen policemen an av * ~ was formed down the nave , and the Queen , who had 6 usual , come early , was , on leaving , enabled to M along between living walls of her people as nufti as if she was in her own drawing-room . Huh ? her Majesty has usually taken her departure bv o of the side passages , but on this occasion she ve ° unexpectedly put her shilling-paying subjects on tb trial for respectful and courteous behaviour towards h ^ Leaving the north half of the Indian department a A preceded only by Mr . Mayne and Mr . Belahaw , she ' Dr ceeded , leaning on the King of the Belgians' arm t " Osier ' s fountain , which for a short time arrested her at ! tention . The effect at this point produced bv tk ~
Tuain On J'Ikk. Aa Mr. L'Axton, Mr. Baas...
TUAIN ON J'IKK . Aa Mr . l ' axton , Mr . Baas ' , M . P .. and Mr . Cochrane , the uctive superintendent in the building of the Crystal 1 ' aluee , and Mr . Oumpton , the engineer of the Submarine Telegraph Company from , Dover to Calais , were proceeding by the London and North-Western Railway to share in the dinner given to Mr . Fox at Derby , they were suddenly ytartled by hearing shrieks and fleeing
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Leader (1850-1860), June 28, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28061851/page/8/
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