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    deration . The reply of the Consistory was that it saw no ground for recommending the King to stop the course of justice . The Dutch government has received intelligence from Amboyna , one of the Molucca islands , of a series of frightful earthquake s having occurred during nine days , and committed great ravages . They were followed by a violent epidemy , which carried off a great many of the natives and most of the Europeans . A young man , who had recently arrived in the island from Holland , as an employ 6 of the third class , suddenly found himself , by the death of all his superiors , the first official , and , as such , he had to undertake the duties of governor . It is reported that the banks of the St . Lawrence , at the falls of Niagara , are in a very precarious state , and threaten to give way . _ to with fearful

    The cholera continues range severity throughout the whole valley of the Mississippi , and , indeed , the whole western country ; and Cincinnati and St . Louis are peculiarly afflicted by its ravages . In Mexico the climate and the habits of the people have rendered the disease destructive beyond precedent . The correspondent of the Times at San Francisco gives an instance of the indomitable energy of the American character . On the occasion of the late disastrous fire— " In one place on the square the frame of a house was laid as soon as the flames had passed over the ground and a space could be cleared from the burning mass , and while the foundation was quite hot ! By nightfall the fabric was up , and covered with a calico roof . This house was a ' hell , ' and drove a good business the evening of the fire . "

    The brief account received last week of a dreadful fire at Philadelphia , on the 9 th of July , is now confirmed , with fuller details ; and , in addition to an enormous loss of property , the fire seems to have been attended by a sacrifice of human life entirely without precedent in the case of any conflagration on record . No less than nineteen bodies have been found among the ruins ; sixty deaths have occurred in hospitals ; ninety persons are severely wounded , and fifteen missing ; forming the fearful aggregate of one hundred and eighty-four human beings killed , wounded , or missing ! To account for this unheard-of fatality , it must be borne in mind that several explosions of saltpetre occurred during the fire ; and to those so dreadful a loss of life must be mainly attributable .

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    The Provincial Mayors' Banquet to the Lord Mayor of London will take place in October . Prince Albert has accepted an invitation to attend the banquet , and will name the day on which it will take place . 104 provincial mayors have signified their intentions to be present at the entertainment , which will be held in York Guildhall . The royal commissioners , the executive committee , and secretaries of the great industrial exhibition , the members for York city and for the three Hidings of York county , and other influential noblemen and gentlemen will be invited . The provincial mayors will appear at the entertainment in their robes of office , and the banquet-hall will be decorated with the various official insignia and armorial banners of provincial mayoraltics .

    The Mayor of Southampton ' s banquet to the Lord Mayor of London will probably take place at the latter end of next month . Lord Palmrrston , the Solicitor-General , and a number of distinguished persons , will , it is expected , be present . The antique council chamber over the picturesque bur gate , where the banquet is to be held , has been remodelled and almost rebuilt . The old beams and rafters of the chamber , which have lasted for many centuries , have been found so rotten that they could not much longer have supported the fabric .

    The contest for the election of a sheriff was brought to a close on Monday . At four o ' clock Mr . Under-Sheriff Millard , nccotnpa ' nied by the committee and friends of the candidates , attended the hustings , and the numbers were announced as follows : —Hodgkinson , 519 ; Butler , 09 : majority for Hodgkinson , 420 . The common crier then made proclamation that the declaration of the successful candidate would be made by the Lord Mayor at twelve on Wednesday . It is confidently rumoured that the Government have resolved on giving the Military Order of the Bath to distinguished military and naval surgeons . The most eminent military and naval surgeons have refused to receive the civil decoration of the Bath . —Lancet .

    A preliminary meeting of gentlemen , chit-fly members of Parliament , promoters of the working men ' s testimonial to the memory of Sir Robert Peel , was hold at 151 , Strand , on Saturday , Joseph Hume , Esq ., M , P ., in the chair , supported by Richard Cobdcn , Esq ., M . P ., Sir James Duke , M . I' ., Sir Joshua Walmslcy , M . P ., and other gentlemen . It was agreed that , in accordance with the very numerous applications and requests from all parts of Groat Britain and Ireland , the movement should be as soon as possible centralized , and that with this view a public meeting should bo called for an early day in August to nppoint ' u central committee to take charge of the extensive operations which are immediatel y contemplated under responsible and accredited authority .

    A mriMiii '' of the secretaries of the various charities of London was held in the London Tavern on Monday , for the purpose of fixing upon a fitting mode of commnnoraiinu ; the many acts of munificence of the late DuUe of Cambridge in support ot tho benevolent institutions of the metropolis . Aftvr vising a resolution cxinvhsivo of tho sorrow of tho meeting at his royal hhjhni'srt ' s lamented death , and surest ing Unit Ute most fitting , medium lor necting to his memory a monument coimiicMMiratP with his virtues , would bo through the united cooperation of the ; committees of tho metropolitan charities , it was unanimously agreed , That a public rneotmK be convened ; that the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor be respectfully invited by a deputation to > rcsidc , and permit the meeting to take place in the

    Egyptian Hall ; and that a committee be appointed to carry out the objects of the present meeting . A general meeting of the members of the medical profession , and others interested in the subject , was held on Tuesday at the Hanover-square rooms , for the purpose of forming a society to investigate the history , origin , causes , and laws of propagatian of epidemic diseases , with a view to their more effectual prevention or improved treatment . In the course of the proceeding Mr . D . W .

    Grainger said , it was a striking fact that in the year 1848 , when the cholera was approaching , no less than 18 , 000 deaths were caused in the metropolis by epidemic ^ or zymotic diseases—a larger number than occurred during the visitation of cholera in the subsequent year . For several years a steady increase had been observed in this class of diseases , so that in 1846 the number of deaths from them was seven times greater than in 1838 . These were facts the causes of which it would be the object of

    the society to investigate . They would have to investigate the influence of a deteriorated atmosphere and of impure water ; to settle the debated question of contagion or non-contagion ; the incubation of diseases , and other subjets of a similar nature , so that a wide field was before them . Resolutions providing for the government of the society , and appointing a president ( Dr . Babington ) , vice-presidents , and a council were passed . The sittings of the British Association for the present year commenced on " Wednesday at Edinburgh ; and they promise to come off with great eclat . The rooms in the

    University and in the Royal Institution have been placed at the disposal of the Association , and many of the places of interest in the city and neighbourhood have been thrown open to the members . The proceedings commenced on Wednesday by the general committee meeting at one o ' clock p . m . for the election of sectional officers and for the disposal of other preliminary business . The first general meeting was held on Wednesday evening in the Music-hall , when 1000 persons were present . Sir David Brewster , who was installed President , delivered a long address , chiefly on astronomy .

    We have had a large arrival of Parisian visitors in London this week . A crowd of holiday excursionists left the French metropolis for Calais on Saturday . They passed the night there , and on Sunday morning 740 of them crossed to Dover and came by special train to London , where they arrived about seven o ' clock in the evening . The London-bridge terminus of the South-Eastern Railway was crowded with friends and relatives of the visitors , who were greeted in the most enthusiastic manner ; the scene was most animated . A large number of the Parisians visited the British Museum on Monday , where they were easily distinguished among the crowd of visitors .

    Considerable alterations are about being effected in Exeter Hall , with the view to remedy defects complained of in its capabilities for sound . The raising of the present flat ceiling , giving it an arched form tree from unnecessary projections , the removal of the large square pillars at the gallery end of tlie hall , and throwing back the organ and wall behind it , are among the principal improvements which have been sanctioned by the directors and shareholders . A public meeting was held at Lincoln , on Wednesday , to hear Mr . Ferrand deliver his stereotyped speech against the slave trade and the cotton manufactures of Manchester . Resolutions in favour of wearing flannel in the dog days were carried byjja large majority .

    The building for the Exhibition of 1851 is to be made in Birmingham and the neighbourhood . Messrs . Fox , Henderson , and Co ., of the London Works , at Smethwick , have the contract for the iron framework ; Messrs . Chance , of Spon-lane , will supply the enormous quantity of glass required ; and the tubes are also entrusted to a firm in the district . These three materials constitute , iu fact , the entire building . A project is on foot in Manchester for the erection of a music-hall , which is to rival the magnificent St . George ' s Hall , Liverpool . The cost is estimated at about £ 150 , 000 . The funds are to be raised partly by subscription , and partly with the assistance of the corporation .

    The interesting experiment of conveying messages by a submarine telegraph from Dover to Calais will take place in the course of ten days or a fortnight . A company , consisting chiefly of English shareholders , has been constituted in Paris , where all the shares have been taken up , and the entire length of wire is completed and in a condition to be laid down . The great gun of Beejapore , one of the greatest trophies of tho late Mahratta war , is expected to arrive in England in the course of next month , and is to form a prominent object at the industrial exhibition . It is cast entirely of brass , and weighs forty-one tons .

    Mr . R . M . Stephensou and the engineering staff of the Bengal Railway have arrived at Calcutta , and finding the plan concocted betwixt the London board , and the Court of Directors impracticable , are proceeding on the examination of anew line , in hopes of obtaining a fundamental change in all their arrangements , and a further and fresh guarantee from the Court of Directors . An important movement has been proposed by the Council of the Lancashire Public School Association , in order to test the expediency of extending throughout the country tho educational ssstem advocated by that association . We append a resolution passed , on the lo ' th ultimo , at a meeting of the executive committee , from which the nature of the ste ;> proposed may be more fully understood : —

    • ' Hesnlved , that it is desirable that a rcvoihI oinifWonce of the friends of National Henular ( education should he hold in October next , to deride whether the education movement , whioh has orit * iimtcil iu this enmity , and which has hitherto been prosecuted lor a nominally local purpose , should not . now ho made national in its character , and , iu caso such change , should ho determined on . to consider ami adopt the piinciplos and provisions of an Kducaiion Bill , anil sir ran ire lor its introduction into the House of Commons in the next session of Parliament . That the secretary put himself into communication with as many us possible of the friends of . National Secular Education

    resident in various parts of the country , communicating this re « solution , and requesting 1 them to arrange public meetings iu their respective localities , for the election of delegates to the said Conference . "

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    In the Mofussilite of the 12 th of June appeared the following paragraph in the leading columns : — ' « The Gorham case ; d the Gorham case " (!) In the paper of the 18 th the editor begs the pardon of his readers for the paragraph ( the editor himself is away sick at Simla ) , and mentions that it was inserted by a reverend contributor , who has for ever hereafter forfeited his confidence . A learned Professor of Maynooth , standing in one of the quadrangles of that splendid establishment , was asked for a subscription to the penny monument to Sir Robert Peel . " Date obolumPeelisario , " said the suitor ; for they talk nothing but Latin in that erudite seminary . " Minime , " Avas the doctor ' s reply , waving his hand majestically towards the new building , left and right , " Si monumentum quaeris , cireumspice . "

    A sad accident occurred near Reading the other day . The daughter of a wealthy landed proprietor in that neighbourhood was about to be married to an officer . Thursday week was the day appointed . The wedding breakfast was provided , the friends , including the bridegroom , assembled—in fact , all were ready except the bride . The mystery was soon cleared up . It appeared that the young lady had been indisposed for two or three days , but not so severely as to induce her to postpone the ceremony , and even early on the morning of Thursday , though feeling worse , her determination was not altered . As the hour approached the symptoms increased , and , a medical man being sent for , he

    pronounced it a severe case of measles . A curious scene occurred in the Wesleyan Chapel at Wellington last week . The minister refused to grant the wishes of a couple to be united by any one but a regularly appointed Wesleyan minister . The registrar claimed a right by law to say who the ceremony should be performed by , irrespective of the minister , the chapel having been gazttted as a licensed marriage house . The minister persisted in his refusal , and placed an additional padlock on the door ; this was broken , and the ceremony performed , the regular minister protesting and threatening an action for trespass . As two young buffaloes were passing along the Edgeware-road , on Monday morning , they were alarmed by a sweep shaking a soot-bag , and started at a terrific pace in the direction of Lisson-grove . Their career was so

    rapid that several persons , unable to get out of the way , were knocked down and seriously injured . One lady had her ribs fractured and sustained other injuries , from which she is not expected to recover . All efforts to stop them were fruitless ; they dashed through Regent ' s-park into Primrose-hill with increased impetuosity , leaping fences with the agility of a hunter , to the great terror of the persons taking their morning walks therein . With the aid of dogs the beasts were at length got out of the Parks , when they resumed their career , perambulating the entire metropolis . No fewer than seven persons were injured so seriously that their lives aie despaired of , and considerable damage to property was also committed before they were secured , which was not effected till ten o ' clock at night , after a hunt which lasted thirteen hours .

    A young woman of Avignon recently gave birth to twins . On account of poverty , she and her husband took the painful resolution of only declaring one at the Mairie , and of depositing the other at the Hospice des Enfans Trouves . The husband undertook the commission . He arrived in the night at the Hospice , and opened the turning-box . A child newly born was already there . He was about to deposit his own , when he heard a voice call on him to take away both children , and threatening him with prosecution if he did not comply . All his explanations were useless , and he had to return of the

    with the two children . Judge of the consternation poor couple at having three children to rear when they had considered two too many . The woman , however , noticed that the new comer was well dressed , and that it had behind the ear a mark indicating , on the part of the parents , the intention to reclaim it . She began to undress the child , and in doing so a packet containing 100 louis d ' or fell on the floor . On that the lamentations of the woman and husband ceased , and the woman resolved to send her own children to nurse , and herself to rear the little stranger .

    A collision occurred on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on Tuesday morning , near tho Cowlairs station , by which five persons were deprived of life and several others severely if not fatally injured . Two cattle trucks , in which there were some twenty to thirty persons , have been completely smashed , as were also the buffers of nearly all the carriages in the train . A large portion of a cotton mill , at Stockport , fell suddenly to the ground , on Tuesday , by which eleven persons were killed . The damage to the machinery will not be less , it is said , than £ 7000 .

    William James , a man of shabby appearance , was brought up at Marlborouph-sircet Police-ofiice , on Thursday , charged with having written a letter which contained threats against the life of Lord John Russell . The sanguinary document , which was evidently a hoax , was to UK * following effect : — " The King ' s Arms , July M . Dear ttoundell ,--You told me , in your letter dated the 28 th , that its it had f . illen to your lot tu commit this bloody act of murder on Lord John l » ns » ell , von would want our directions as to

    the manner in which it should b <« carried out , or whether w » s had nmde any new arrangements . There is nothing more excepting this — Unit we agreed , the other night , that if anything happen to IV list rate our design at fie llonso of Commons on Friday night , wo have already secured a plan to do for him , late on Sunday night , at his residence , ' , 11 , Chesham-plaee , when those swell * will be within a short distance to hand us our tin if we do the job well— £ l ' for each of us four : and we have planned it so as to make escape secure , having alro . uly made arrangements to leave England . You avUI meet at the house on Friday night . You

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 3, 1850, page 440, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1849/page/8/