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      The Belgian Government Has Authorized An...

      - A series of lectures , intended especially for the workingclasses , has teen lately com menced , at the Museum of Economic Geology , jimyh-street On Monday Mr , Robert Hunt delivered a lecture on photography , to . an audience almost entirely composed of artisans . 1 he table was covered with a profusion of . heautifuT sun pictures and Mr , Hunt concluded by . offering his best . aid to any of the audience who might desire to acquire furtherinformation on this very beautiful and useful subject . The lecture was very fully attended , and was listened to with great attention throughout . ... ., w the at

      The first tube for the railway bridge over Wye Chepstow , has been fully tested by the immense weight of eleven hundred tons being attached to it ; and the works are now so far advanced that it is expected that by the first week in April one of the lines of rail will be opened for traffic . The bridge combines the principles of the Britannia tubular and Menai suspension bridges , and the combination renders it doubly secure . , Mr . Stephenson , the eminent engineer , has inspected the works , and fully concurs in Mr . Brunei ' s plan . ... ¦ ¦ . The paragraph in our last number on the Guild of Literature and Art contained errors for which we can only make gossip rumour responsible . The facts stand corrected thus : — .

      The Guild of Literature and Art netted as large a sum as 1100 / . by their two performances at Manchester and Liverpool . At Liverpool , where they filled the Philharmonic Hall two nights following , ( a feat that even Jenny Lind failed to accomplish , ) Mr . Charles Dickens and his associates were entertained by the Mayor and Corporation . They have received a pressing invitation to return to Manchester in September . Mr . Wilkie Collins performed , and will continue to perform , Mr . Douglas Jerrold ' s part , in the play , Mr . D . Jerrold having resigned his membership of the Guild .

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      Between Twenty And Thirty Acres Of Furze...

      Between twenty and thirty acres of furze was on fire near Hythe , in Hants , on Tuesday night . It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary . The fire illumined the sky for miles round . Kve serious fires occurred in the metropolis during the night of Tuesday . The greatest damage was caused by one which broke out at Mr . Watliug's , a pastry-cook , No . 18 , Brener-street , Fiiulico } four adjoining houses were more or less injured . A fire broke out in a barn-yard at Enfield , on Suhday-, One stack of wheat was destroyed , and several injured * The fire , it is supposed , was the work of an incendiary .

      On Thursday week , a fire broke out about nine o clock at night , in a barn situate on Kenworth Farm , Northam , near Bideford . The night being very rainy , the fire did not extend beyond the barn , the contents of which were destroyed . A man , named Jnmcs Smith , has been committed for trial as the incendiary , principally on the evidence of his boots , which are thirteen inches in length , ( Smith standing six feet two in his stockings , ) and of course left most unmistakeable tracks in the wet soil . A fire was discovered about eleven o ' clock on Sunday night in the ancient church of St . Peter-in-the-East , at Oxford , and but for the timely alarm given by some students of Queen ' s College , whose rooms look out on the church , the whole edifice would have probably been destroyed .

      On Friday week , a scene might have been witnessed at Cambridge ; during the fire at Trinity Hall , which can be witnessed at Cambridge only , where the men of the gown and trencher , and the townsfolk , appear to strive which shall excel the other in exertion on such occasions . The ¦ fire broke out at six o'clock in the morning . Several eminent university and town authorities were present giving directions , and among the most conspicuous , Dr . "Whcwell , the Master of Trinity College . The buildings forming one side of the principal court were totally gutted fay nine o ' clock ; but the lire wns then stopped by a ¦ massive brenstwork of chimneys on one side , and a stone staircase on tho oilier . By a singular coincidence , Sir Herbert Jcnncr Fust , who was the Master of Trinity ¦ Hall , died on this very day .

      A fatnl colliery accident occurred at the Thorney TTurst coal pit , belonging to Messrs . Koscoe mid Lord , in the township of BirUe-enm-Uamford , nenr Bury , on Wednesday week , about live in the evening . Twelve men nnd a boy worn at work in the pit , which ia fifty-four foot deep . One of the iniiiera accidentally pierced with his pick ( he division which separated the mine from tho old workings . A sudden rush of water immediately submerged the hands at work iu the vicinity . Five men took refuge in the more elevated parts of the workings , and thus capped death : hcvou men and u boy wen : drowned .

      An Italian AVurchon . so in the Waterjoo Hoiul . wna / j 6 viously '< liuhi 1 gc . ' ( l by lire and the explosion of certain combustibles oji Thursday . The cnginoH , instantly on the Hpot , it wan . speedily cxtiuu'iiittheiL

      The Olheiul Declaration Ol" The Poll For...

      The olheiul declaration ol" the poll for ' Eiml ; Kent was made on Monday : the iiuiiiherH polled were announced to l ) o—for Sir Brook Brid , ^ en , 8 , 480 ; Sir Eilwnrd Dcrin / r , ^ 280 ; majority for Sir lirook Mi-idgcs , 191 ; and who was therefore declared duly elected . Auli-Maynoolh meetings have taken pluee at Exeter nud Nottingham , the re . mlt of which was the adoption of petitions uguinul tho Aut .

      them are the orrery constructed by James Fergusson , self-taught astronomer , presented by Mr . Walker ; and the works of Flaxman , presented by Miss Denman , sisterin-law and executor of the sculptor . The following resolution Was passed : — " That the thanks of the meeting be presented to Miss Maria Denman , for her gift to the College , constituting the Flaxman Gallery . " There were present the Right Hon . Sir James Graham , the Lord Mayor , Mr . Hume , M . P ., Mr . J . Hey wood , M . P .,

      the The Manchester Town Council , by a majority of 34 to 22 , have passed a resolution declaring that the scheme of Education , known as the Manchester and Salford Scheme , is unnecessary and unjust , and that they intend to do everything possible to prevent it from passing into law . The annual report pf the Council of University College was read at the-general meeting of the members in the theatre of the College on Wednesday . Several valuable donations have lately been made to the College , amongst

      Mr . Prevost , & c . A meeting was held in the Institution Rooms , Highstreet , Poplar , on Tuesday evening last , to take into consideration the duties devolving on this country iu respect to its foreign policy , more especially at the present time , when despotism and lawless government possess almost all the countries of the Continent . Dr . Bowkett presided ; and the meeting was addressed by a deputation from the Society of the Friends of Italy , consisting of the following gentlemen—David Masson , Esq ., Secretary of the Society ; R . A . Carleton , Esq ., Waterford ; Henry Ierson , Esq ., M . A . ; and James Stansfeid , Esq ., members of the Society ' s Council . Among the resolutions passed , was one to the effect that— " No set of men are fit to conduct the government

      of this country at the present time who had not , among other things , a broad and liberal apprehension of England ' s place and duty in Europe . " Considerable display of feeling was elicited by the references which different speakers made to the probable policy of the new Tory Administration in the matter of the demands made by foreign courts against the refugees in this country . A resolution was also passed in approbation of the Society at whose instance the meeting had been called .

      The News From America Is Important, So F...

      The news from America is important , so far as it goes » But when the maitteft , no decision had been come ti > on the famous resolutions of Shields and Cass—the former asking England to liberate the Irish political convicts , and the latter on the non-intervention policy of the States . General Shields acknowledges in his resolutions that the cause of Irish independence is . for ever lost ; and he thinks that having nothing to fear from the Irish exiles , England may safely liberate them . General Cass is prepared to intervene—but with words only , apparently thinking that the present conjunction of affairs does not warrant more .

      Kossuth entered Cincinatti on the 9 th of February to an accompaniment of roaring cannon and " tremendous cheers . " All manner of men have since waited upon him , and the "Queen of the West" was explosive with joy . But unfortunately , Kossuth was too unwell to speak at any length . A thousand dollars and five hundred muskets { old , says one authority ] were presented to him . Mr . Thrasher , the editor , imprisoned by the Spanish authorities , has been set at liberty , and the Spanish consul has returned to New Orleans .

      Argcnti And Morati, The Two Italian Seam...

      Argcnti and Morati , the two Italian seamen who dangerously wounded their messmate , Peter Gotland , with an axe on board the barque Alberta , of Liverpool , while lying at anchor off Mobile , Alabama , were tried at the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday , found guilty on the minor charge of " intent to do grievous bodily harm , " and sentenced to ten years' transportation . Tho pistol with which the Italian George Barnwcll Kalabergo , is supposed to have " shot his uncle , " at Banbury , has just been found , after a long search , in a ditch about a qunrtcr of a mile from the scene of the murder . The only link wanting in the chain of evidence has thus been supplied . It is n double-barrelled pocket-pistol , and has been identified by Mr . Watkins , who sold it to Kalabergo about a month before the murder was committed , lie will be tried at tho Oxfordshire Assizes next week .

      There are forty-eight witnesses to bo examined . Cnptain M'Brido left Penang , in command of tho Tivy in December . Ho made himself drunk , then fired some gunpowder iu his cabin , and rushed on deck , exclaiming , " 1 have blown up the ship / ' Ho threatened to blow out the brains of tho helmsman unless he would give him his knife to cut the fulls of tho stern bont . Having obtained the knife , ho cut one fall , and tumbled into the sou as the boat fell . Tho other fall was cut , nnd tho captain got into the boat . But ho was so exhausted from swimming , and burnt from tho fire , that he shortly died , and tho ship , tho fire being happily extinguished , put back to Penang .

      William Styles , accused of having murdered Emma , his wife , wns again placed at the bar of the Mnrylebono Police Court , on Monday . Mr . Parry , tho same surgeon that waa examined last week , gave evidence an to the post mortu / u state of the unfortunate woman ' s body . Ho had no doubt that tin ; woman had died n violent death , caused by heavy pressure ) on the chest and throat . lie had cut out pieces of Stylus ' s clothes where there woro marks of blood , and he hud ascertained that it was human blood .

      Inspector Porter , who has been very activeingetting un « . case , produced a letter from the police-inspector at W a stock , in which it was stated that Styles was known th that his real name was Joseph Greenaway , supposed t ? a deserter from a regiment of Dragoons , and ' " -that n ? female who was with him was not married to him M Broughton , the magistrate , told Styles that he would if ' brought up for re-examination on < Monday nest . St 1 then said , " I am innbcemV of the crime . Will you aU - me to have the four shillings belonging to me ,: and whiT are in the hands of the police ? " The request was co plied with , and Styles was removed to the House of C rectidnv Since the first inquiry into this horrible affair coroner ' s inquest has been held on the body of Mrs . Stvl ' * and adjourned for a fortnight . ' ^ >

      The grand jury of the fifth session of the Central Cri minal Court , of the year 1852 , have resolved unanimouslv that a grand jury within the limits of the jurisdiction of the stipendiary magistrates is wholly Unnecessary .

      Mr. John Gover Presided On Tuesday Over ...

      Mr . John Gover presided on Tuesday over the annual meeting of the British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Company . The number of life policies have , it appears from the report , increased from 521 in 1847 , to 1065 in 1851 . The premiums received on life assurance policies in 1847 amounted to 1435 ? . 16 s , 4 d ., and in 1851 , the amount had increased to 14 , 477 ^ - 6 * . 5 rf ., each year ' s premium being 50 per cent , more than those of the preceding year . The amount of new life assurance policies effected in 1847 was 49 , 998 / ., and in the year 1851 the sum had increased to 211 , 272 / ., the total for the five

      years being 5533 «> 03 / . In the last year the annual income of the company from premiums on life business had been increased about 60001 . * and the amount assured by the new life policies effected in 1851 was nearly 60 per cent , more than that of the year 1850 . After the payment of all expenses and claims , the company had accumulated the sum of 26 , 812 / . 2 s . 8 d ,, the whole of which , with the exception of the balance in hand , was invested on approved securities . The directors having taken account of the liabilities and assets , found that there was a disposable balance of 8025 / . Is . Id ., which they recommended should be declared as the amount of the divisible

      profit for the five years ending 31 st December , 1851 ,. one moiety of which , by the deed of settlement , was to be set aside for . the reserved fund , and the other , namely , 4012 / . 10 * . 10 ^ ,, was divisible among policies entitled to participate , pursuant to the deed of settlement . This report was received and adopted , and a resolution passed agreeing to a division of profits according to the terras suggested . The meeting then separated . It is shown , by a return just printed , that in 1850 \ ta aggregate of sugar of all sorts retained for home consumption was 1 , 009 , 684 cwt . In the preceding year the quantity was 511 , 755 cwt ., and in 1848 , 1 , 246 , 230 cwt .

      HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . In the week ending last Saturday the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts were 1072 , showing an increase of 102 on the return of the previous week , in which the number was 970 . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1842-51 the average was 1085 , which with a correction made for increase of population becomes 1194 . The return of last week exhibits a mortality , thercfqre , less than the corrected average by 122 .

      Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. O...

      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On tho 22 nd inst ., at Marchington , Lady Harriot Vernon : a da On b the * 23 rd inat ., at 49 , Wilton-creacent , tho lady of thoRigM Hon . Thomas Milner Gibaon , M . P .: aeon . , « On the 23 rd inst ., at 44 , Wilton-crescent , the wife ol Wie iw Edward Pleydell Bouverie , M . P .: a daughter . . « . On tho 24 th inat ,, at Hoby Rectory , Leicestershire , tno *» of tho ltev . Gilbert Bereaford : a daughter .

      MARRIAGES . On the 10 th inat ., at Cheltenham , WUdman > Yatesi Peri . J ; »* ; third aonof tho late Bolton Pool , Esq ., of DopJ ™ ^; * Jonathan to Magdalene Susanna , aecond daughter of the Jate ji » Pool , Esq ., of Culham , Oxfordshire . . wi ) O j Bnd On tho 21 st inat ., ut the Catholic Chaoel , St . ^ J ^ tW afterwards at St . Jamos ' a Church , Woathourne-terraco , a of do Solom < 5 , Eaq ., to Ann Gcorgina , third aurvivmg daugn tho late George Mortimer , Esq . _ . . Plymouth , On Tuesday , tho 24 thinst ., at St . Andrew ' a Ohnroh , « J ™ ^ Edniond George Luahington Walker . Lieutenant « " * nB ) , ond pincers , bccom ! aon of tho late General Sir « . ; R" * «„ ,,, only Walker , Bart ., G . O . B ., K . O . T . and 8 ., to Camilla « & 0 ora daughter of Colonel Oaldor , Commanding Itoyai u b Western District .

      DEATII 8 . ' ounty of On Thursday , Iho 10 th inst ., at Jlartforth ,, in , < l > o ° york York , Sheldon Oradock , Eaq ., late Colonel of tlio 1 ^ Regiment of Militia , in tho 75 th year ofhiH » ft \ Vn ] a ( , < iol ( Sn Sunday , tho 15 th inBt .,, agod 61 , W . H . "" JJfcJuer tho Quoen ' H Roinombranoer ' s-oflloc , CcJurt ol M * ° '" ' Margaret On tho 10 th inat ., nt York-nlooo , Baker-a root . ^ ^ i , roliot of tho latp G . R . Daniel , jW , Q . O ., of l > nrk * q ««" and county of Wcntineath , Ireland . Wnllinirton N < " » ? On tho 20 th iiiHt ., at JJromptort , Riohard Wo "" g 0 ,. » n < l ( Indian Na \ y ) , aged 24 , second sou ol the lauo w ¦ Eleanor Noakn . w-nnooB Ma * *' On tho 20 th inflt .. at Tunbridgo-Wella , l ^ ranoeH j . wifo of Sir Charles II . Ridli , Bart . mucker , 1 » (< \ ° On tho 22 nd inat .. Colonel John Montmorenoy !»< - £ > {( le ( l w H- M . 27 th Ennialcillona , at t | io beneficent aaylum ^> ^ y John Iiuggona , Esq ., Northllect , Kent , aged 7 A l »^ « l ( J ( , Kt Hignali ZU ( f 1 » imaolf in nil tho Poulwnilur wara , Waterloo , where ho whh aorioualy wounded . ^ [ xtot \ , fan F On ( lie 24 th innt ., at Tudor-lpUgo , Eflra-road , JJ »* A % \ . Julia , oldoHt daughter of Scptbnuo Wray , Esq . * »* - v'

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 28, 1852, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28021852/page/12/