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which appears recently to have broken out between the barbers and wig makers of that city , from the latter claiming the especial privilege of cutting and dressing hair ; while the barbers insist with equal 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 .
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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 grouppd . 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 V ^ olante 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 Beast 30 , 000 strangers in the town . The procession itself 1 vas not far 6 hort 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 satice . —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 fashions ? " Mrs . Smith recommended the French hat and Turkish trousers , but not so short as to transform a woman iato a figuran : e . Over this robe a Grecian jacket , which may be adapted to the taste and wealth of tne wearer . Such a dress would > iive grace and elegance to the person , and she who weais it would walk with more ease and breathe Ireer .
The Richmond Whig narrates the following brutal mode of settling editorial disputes : — " A painful interest was excited in our community yesterday by the intelligence that a rencontre had taken place in Lynchburg , on Thursday morning , between Mr . Sounders , of that town , and Mr . Terry , the editor of the Virginian , which , according to report , had probably resul ed 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 lo learn , originated as follows : —Mr . Terry had criticised with some severity the course pursued by Dr . Smndfrs in the Con vnuion on the basis question ; and the Doctor , in reply , had published in the Lynchbury Virginian a card in vindication of his course , com mcuiing in strong language on the strictures of the Vi > ginian . In his last Thursday ' s p-iuer Mr . Terry
rej . ined in the same spirit . Eirly in the morning he was met by young Saunders . who assailtd him with a stick Mr . Terry drew a pistol ( a five 6 ho . iier ) , and firci at hi . n without effect . Mr . Saunders then drew a similar weapon , and returned the fire . This interchange of ahota was kept up by them both until the contents of their pistols were exliaused . Both of thorn were severely , and it is feared mortally , wounded , each having received two or three bullets in his abdomen . An express reached Dr . Saunders yes'erday morning , who pet out immediately forborne . Mr . Saunders unrriud some six weeks since a lady of this ei'y . Mr . Terry , we hear , was also a married man with a family of children , lie removed to Lynch burg a few months ago , having previously edited the Danville Register . "
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SUICIDES . Two remarkable suicides occ-uried last week ; one at Birmingham , tho other at Cork . A check for £ 1000 , presented at a local bank , was discovered to be a forgery . The man who presented it was Mr . Callum , the vwll-known auctioneer and proprietor of the Home Repository , Cheapside . He had been for some time in embarrassed circumstances , and it is probable that he took this method of releasing himself ; but it failed , and a solicitor , attended by the inspector of poliee , aviih sent to Inn house to urrest him ; and at the inquest , which wan held on Saturday , the inspector thus narrated tho cloning scene of Mr . Callum ' s career . Ho had begged to see his wife , who wiih called in , and the inspector retired outside . He said : — " I opened the front door and went out , standing opponite the drawing-room window on the lawn , Hit-BhuttcrH were not closed , nor the blinds drawn , and I could Nee . cleurly into the room . I haw Mr . and Mrs . Callum tutting < m the sofa by the side of each other ; her anna were round Iub ih ck , und thiy appeared to be fin bracing each other . I then turned awuy from the window , and while standing with my back towards it , I still heard them talking together . Immediately 1 heard Mrs . Callum acreaui out us loud as she could , ' Oh ! he ' s taken something . ' I then ran into the room , and asked
what was the matter , when Mrs . Callum replied , « He s taken poison ; I ' m sure I saw him do it . ' The deceased was sitting upright , and unsupported on the sofa , his wife having hold of one hand . He 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 . Deceused 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 , * Ob , no ; he has not taken anything of the sort , 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 \» 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 ofi 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 ganison at Cork far the daughter of a pensioner . His name was Alfred Win > tanley , 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 L ^ w , determined to send her to Lon don 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 returned to Low ' s hou- » e , entreated to be admitted , but was refused , though he threatened to drown himself . Early the next morning he again endeavoured to gun 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 tnU 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 ero 8 belts . Having got the vitriol in the cup , he hurried along Kjrl ' s-quay to Levitt ' s-quay ,
where he met Mary Low with her mother and sisters , on her way to the ateam-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 .-aid—* ' Mary , you know 1 love you , ami if you don ' t : r-top and many 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 fiightfully . At this moment a private soldier ol ' thc 84 i h Regiment came up , when v \ instanley , pointing after Mary Low , said— "There—there she is ; she ' s the cause of it—it is the ' s to blame . " He
was immediately taken to the North Infirmary , but , after enduring very patiently extreme anguish , he died the next day , asking every person who entered tho ward— "Is aho coming ? for if I get but one glimpse of her , it will remove all my pain , and I ehal die easy . " Winstanley liad a medal and star for several engagements in India , where he had served with credit .
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THE EXPOSITION . The number of viaitors on Saturday was remarkably Hinull , only twelve thouHiind altogether . But on Monday it rone to (> 7 , 6 /> 5 , and the total amount taken at the doom reached £ 3 () lb" 11 s . Two new and remarkable contributions have been made to the collection in llyde-purk ; one of these is a magnificent drcssing-cime fiom Buckingham Palace , which has not yet been uncovered ; the other is an immense black diamond , in the rough state , from Bahia , contributed by Mr . Joseph Mayer , of Liverpool , bo hard ihat it hnH hitherto defied tho lupidarieu to polish it , and weighing 360 carats . The Quern , Piince Albert , and the King ; of the n « lgiaii 8 visited the palace on Saturduy und again on Tuesday . The latu r vinit was attended with remarkable circiimntancen . The Timea Bi » y « : — " Next to the State opening , iho most impreesive sight , peihaps , that the building has yet preuentcd , was on Tuesday morning . Thousand * of shilling visitors had entered during the firs t hour , when , without a note of preparation , by the
good management of about ft doaen policemen , an a »«> n ^ was formed down the nave , and the Queen , who had usual , come early , was , on leaving , enabled to «« f * along between living walls of her people as quieti ! as if ahe was in her own drawing-room . Hithe t her Majesty has usually taken her departure by nn of th , e side passages , but on this occasion she re unexpectedly put her shilling-paying subjects on thei ? trial for respectful and courteous behaviour towards her Leaving the north half of the Indian department and preceded only by Mr . Mayne and M » . Belshaw , she pro ceeded , leaning on the King of tne Belgians' arm to Osier ' s fountain , which fur a short time arrested her at . tention . The effect at this point produced bv th *
thousands of excited spectators wac exceedingly fine and all kept their places with an admirable and praise . ' worthy sense of propriety . Everybody seemed to feel the novelty of the situation , and to desire that justice might be done it . It was , in point of fact , the first ex . tern pore walk of the Sovereign in the presence of her people without other guards than themselves . Tho gratification caused by the ere nt was visible in every face , and the occurrence seemed greatly 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 . " The Queen and Prince Albert , with the Kingof th » Belgians , visited the Exposition on Thurriay . We may mention that , while the royal party were in the transept gallery , the noise of the public entering—something between a rush and a romr—arrested their attention , and attracted them to the front of the gallery . The 6 cene it truly s striking one . One moment the vast area of the Crystal Palace is vacant and deserted—the next you heat a hum of voices , a rushing sore of noise—and you straightway see the whole space rapidly covered with human beings , clustering like bees , and spreading them * selves all over the surface of the ground floor , and , in short , scattering themNelves everywhere .
The receipts at the doors amounted during the day to £ 3186 12 s . ; and , according t- » the police return , 68 , 394 persons entered the building . Among the visitors weift 445 agricultural labourers fr » m the estate of Mr . Pusey , whose expenses were kindly and liberally defrajed by that gen . leman . The decoration of the British n * v « with municipal flags , proceeds rapidly and successfully , and will , when completed , add much to the general < ff ct . Wednesday was a brilliant day . The numbers fell to 57 , 637 , and the receipts to £ 269 . ) 18 s . The i . otewoithy feature of the day was the attendance of the children of vaiious schools , and bands of soldiers and sa lors , who came in vans and carts , and all kinds of conveyances , some with banners , and all in high spirits . On Thursday the numbers were 67 , 114 ; and the receip's , £ 2727 15 s .
Many interesting additions have just been made to different compartments , both British and Foreign . A huge mass of caroonate of soda , a yard in diameter , and weighing several tons , was brought in and displayed oa 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 Kichelieu 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 .
A most massive and magnificent cabinet-table ( two yards long ) , covered with tortoise-shell , inlaid with brass , has lately been exhibited in the Z'dlverein , in the compartment of Saxony , on the south side . Five large cases , filled with choice and costly china and porcelain , have ju . st arrived for the Saxony depart . nent , und the contents » vere exhibited for the first time cm W « dne « d « y . They occupy a front stand on the south side , about the centre of the Z > llverein . In a leader of the Morning Chronicle of Tuesdiy we fviu the following remarks on the increase which th « Exposition hai created in railway tr <* m * j :- — "In our Money Market article of June 16 ( yesterday week ) occurs the following incontrovertible piece of statistics : —
' The uross receipts of railway traffic this week amount to £ 292 , 190 , on 6140 miles of line , which gives nn average of £ 47 10 * . ptr mile—being an increase of £ 3 6 s . per mile upon the receipts of the week preceding , or an increase of £ 3 10 s . 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 £ 306 073 , which gives an average of £ 60 per mile , against £ 292 , 190 last week , at an average of £ 47 10 s . per mile . ' Here , then , are ine last two ' week * , showing an increased average , respectively , of £ 3 6 a . and £ 2 10 a . per mile—and a total increase of fail way traffic , represented in one week by * ol
sum close upon £ ' 20 , 000 , and in the other by a sum more than £ 16 , 301 ) . But let us go further , and compare , not the middle of the present month with it « commencement , but the June of 1851 with the June of 1850 . vvo reprint [ from Hcrapath ' a Railway Journal ] a still more remarkublc statement . During the past week ' the London and North Western have taken £ 13 . 000 more than the corresponding week last year . The Great Northern s excess ia about £ 0000 : their trafflo producing this ween as rnuoh as £ 52 per mile . The Lancanhire and Yorkshire have an exce * n of about £ 8000 . The Great Western , £ 3600 . The South-Eastern , £ 4600 . The Eastern Cou » - tieu , about £ 600 , having the same mileage traffic ( &t >* J as the Great JNorthirn .
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T 11 A . 1 N ON 1 'IUE . As Mr . Paxton , Mr . Bass . M . P . and Mr . Co « hrsn « , the active superintendent in the build ng of the Cry >**» Pah . ce , and Mr . Crampton , the engineer of the Submsrino Telegraph Company from Dover to Calais , were proceeding by the London and North-Whwb »««•(*• • bar * in the dinner given to Mr . Fox at Derby , i » ' 7 were ftuddenly startled by hearing shriek * an * •«• " » *
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Leader (1850-1860), June 28, 1851, page 604, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1889/page/8/
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