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      TO HEADERS AWD fJORBESPOITDENTS , It i » impossible to acknowled ge the mass of letters we reoeire . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . All letters for the Editor should b » addressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand . London .

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      Tho representation of the department of the Landes , vucun ' by the death of M . Frederic Baetiat , has been offered to M . Guizot , whose aorvicos in the Chamber will be required by the party of fusion to help them to set ui > the Count de Chainbord . M . Guizot ha « not as yet agreed to accept the candidature In 1849 Leon Faucher , then Minister of the Interior , ' opposed the nomination of M . Gmzot aa inopportune and in bad tOHte . Wtl that pugnacious Minister now he is airain installed in the olhce of the W ^ or ' o ^ i » imilax opposition ? M . Duclcro i . the Modera ^ Republican candidate . And the contest a . M . da Lam irtino remarks in tho Pay * , will bo not one ^ f person * but princip les-monarchy or repbli « . Tho representative- have returned from the departments , and brought with thorn reports varying as the parties vary , as to the state of tho public mind . Ihe SocLli-tB « * d Republicans of the Mountain are well natiniiud with tho state of their opinion * in tho > r - vinces , and no are the party of order-except hat theu have found that tho electors are in great discontent at tho conduct of the cliquey clubs , and coUmmh . who under the name of order , intrigue lor personal tiower and umKrtindizement . 1 The JUaemSly decided on Thursday , by a majority of 403 to 220 , not to take into consideration the proposition of Pascal Duprat authorizing the ««!« ol

      journals in the streets . At the same time , -without a division , they agreed to consider the proposition of M . Baze prohibiting altogether the street sale of journals . " It is reported , " says the Paris correspondent of the Daily News , " that the French Government has addressed a note to the Cabinet of London , requiring the expulsion of Ledru Rollin and other French refugees , whose present facilities of communication with Paris and the departments are found exceedingly embarrassing to the French Goyerment , and calculated to add dangerous complication to the present crisis . "

      Turin correspondence mentions that Lord Palmeraton has broken the ice on the ticklish question of the occupation of Rome and Tuscany by French and Austrian troops . Mr . Sheil has had an interview with M . Montessu and Baron Hugel . Lord Palmerston has returned to the tactics of 1847 and ' 48 , and is trying to negotiate constitutions for Rome and Tuscany . M . Montessu stated that Trance was desirous to withdraw her troops . Baron Hugel is said to have hinted that the consequences of the withdrawal of * both armies would be to replace the revolution in Central Italy , and to have expressed surprise that France , which , had taken the initiative in this armed

      intervention , should think , of abandoning the Pope to certain destruction . The Pope , during Holy Week , gave away crosses to his French . Janizaries . A Turin letter of the 18 th , in the Univers , mentions a petition , sent a few days before to the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies by a priest , praying that a pamphlet , entitled Letter of St . Peter to the Bishops of Piedmont , be prohibited , ou account of the virulent attack it contains upon the rights of the Roman hierarchy . The Chamber , it appears , refused to take the petition into consideration , on the ground that it could not usurp the functions of the Sacred Congregation of the Index at Rome . The same correspondent states that the sees of Turin and Cagliari are marked " vacant" in the Royal Calendar of this year .

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      The Herald-Standard exultingly informs the public " that applications have been made to the managers of the great meeting to be held at Drury-lane Theatre on the 29 th instant for as many as 2000 tickets of admis-ion for operatives opposed to the pernicious system of free trade . The committee have , however , been compelled by want of space to limit the number to 500 / ' Now . it is very convenient to have a place of meeting too small for your party , as it gives an opportunity for eloquent reports of the excited masses who besiege the doors . Will the Protectionists venture upon open-air meetings this season , especially in Dorset and Wilts ? They ueed not " limit the numbers there . " A Protectionist gathering took place at the Angel Inn , Tiverton , where 200 gentlemen ,

      " Greatly daring , dined . " They were in high spirits at the political , and Badly depressed at their agricultural , prospects . The noteworthy point of the evening was that when the chairman proposed the health of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland , one of the sitting county members . There was a moment of silence broken by " loud derisive laughter . " They even refused to diink his health " as a private gentleman . " Tho " Orund Protestant Association of Loyal OranKonien " met at 4 , Warwick-place , Bedford row , on Wednesday . They declared that Orangeism has " a mission " ; that it was founded and is continued to preserve the Reformation and Revolution ; that it is not a mere anti-Ribbon Society ; arid that they would be ever loyal to the Queen . The honoured Itoden and the high-hearted Messrs . Beers were praised ; and Ministers characterized au the allies of Ribbonism and the Papacy !

      Mr . Simeon , who has represented the Isle of Wight since 1847 , has resigned . In his farewell address ho tells the electors that the events of the past year have so complicated the position of the Kntablishea Church that they iiave forced on his attention an inquiry into the grounds upon which she claims the allegiance of her members . The re . sult of tliut inquiry , honestly conducted , has been the conviction that it is his duty '' to seek admission into the body of the one Catholic Church from which Kngluiul was severed at the Reformation . " A change of views no entire find decided , lie uddtj , " entails upon me , « n an honourable necessity , the duly of returning a trust which I am conscious that 1 . should never have received had I been a Catholic at the time of my soliciting your suffrages . "

      The mayor , the curate , the churchwardens , several justices of the peace , and altogether 101 ( 5 persons , have signed and presented an uddrenB to the lieverend W . J . Blew , lately tmspeuded from the office of chaplain to fcit . John ' s next Gravesend . The address expresses the Borrow of the signers at Mr . Ulew's removal , their Haiisfaotion at hit * doctrine , and their opinion that the presentation of the addr < kh lo hiu " Imminence Curdinal Wiuemuu " by Mr . Itlew and others was mi " act of Chiistt&n charity . " At the same time a strung lot ter was written to the Bishop of Rochester , enclosing a copy of the addicHses , reiuoiiHlratiiiK with the bishop respecting the rumoured suspension of Mr . Blew , condemning a cotiMtunt appeal lo the " public , mind" in mutter a of religion , and requesting a full consideration of ( he question before , the ( ipincopitl nenleiico wa *> finally delivered .

      There is no longer , it is said , a chance of the fuels in relation to the smuggling of a young lady into a convent in the county of Gal way being brought to light thiough the medium of a court of justice . The

      threatened affidavits in support of a writ of habeas corpus had not been filed at the proper place up to Thursday evening ; and it was currently reported that the defendants had struck their colours ; that the dread of further exposure at this peculiar crisis had compelled them to come to terms ; and that the young lady was to be forthwith restored to the bosom of her family . Henry Charles Brown , of Bradford , thought he should like a ride in a Montgolfier balloon , and at the same time turn a penny . Advertisements duly distributed brought a crowd 2000 strong within the Cricket Ground , who paid for admission , and a greater cr outside who looked on for nothing . Sundry mysterious preparations were made by the would-be aeronaut and his assistants ,

      and as nothing came of them the crowd grew impatient . In due time clouds of dense black smoke issued from the rolling monster ; and as these cleared away for a moment the crowd grew more good humoured . Alas ! more smoke , thicker , blacker , longer continued ; then a blaze ; and instead of a fire balloon , in the clouds , with one man in it , there was a balloon on . fire , driven by the winds across the fields , amidst loud peals of laughter , and some thousands of men after it . The result of all which was a great disturbance , a flight of men , women , and boys after fiery shreds of the unhappy balloon , over the neighbouring enclosures , a breaking of fences , a deal of damage done , a little police row , and a small scene at the mayor ' s court . Mr . Brown , to excuse the failure , says the balloon was not made to order !

      The death of Sir Claudius Hunter leaves an aldermanship vacant . Mr . Ambrose Moore , Mr . Donald Nicoll , and Mr . J . Pilcher have been mentioned as likely to contend for the civic honour . Colonel Rose , a distinguished British officer , who had a medal and nine clasps for services with the English army , died in a felon ' s gaol , on the 17 th , of fever , and was to be buried on the 19 th with military honours . He had been incarcerated for two years , having become security for a Portuguese to the amount of £ 50 . The Board of Health have issued a long report containing " a general scheme of extramural sepulture for country towns . " The publication of the report on the state of the metropolitan burial-grounds " and the scheme

      then proposed , caused numerous applications from the country , where the graveyards are ia a very bad state , and where relief was desired . The scheme now published has been devised to remedy the evils complained of . A very curious and fatal accident happened in the Temple on Thursday night . Mr . Tomline went to his chambers about half-past eleven . In a few minutes afterwards a young woman , who was coming down the steps of the adjoining chambers , says she saw him fall through the window of the firstetaircase on to the stones beneath , where he lay insensible . An alarm was raised , and Mr . Inspector Wood found the unfortunate gentleman lying on the fourth step of the chambers , bleeding profusely from wounds on his lips , cheek , and forehead . Mr . Wood directly sent for a surgeon , a stretcher was

      procured , and Mr . Tomline at once conveyed to King ' s College Hospital . The skull was so badly fractured that nothing could be done , and Mr . Tomline died at five o ' clock on Friday morning . How the accident happened is a mystery . The window through which Mr . Tomline fell lights two landing-places on the staircase , the upper portion of the sash being the smaller , and through that he appears to have slipped . No glass was broken ; aud the probability is , that as lie knelt to open the window the sash slid suddenly down and threw him off his balance . The woman who gave the alarm lefther name and address at the hospital . Mr . Simmons , a barrister , living in King ' s Bench-walk , was crossing the square at the time , and instantly rendered assistance . As a matter of course a warrant has been issued

      for the holding of an inquest . The Jenny Land was wrecked September 21 , 1850 , on a rock culled Keen ' s Reef , near the Australian coast . The whole of the crew and passengers were saved . They took refuge on a coral bank . A chemist ' s son present , Mr . Beal , of lixeter , ingeniously managed to distil some water ; they built a large boat , and in her all safely entered Brisbane River , after having been thirty-seven days alone in the Pacific . The Nenagh ( itiardian states that a brutal murder was perpetrated on the 21 st at a place called Ruskeen , within tight miles of the town of Thurlcs . The murdered man was a poor industrious farmer , and the deed was committed by midnight plunderers whom he had detected in the not of mealing his cow .

      The Limerick Chronicle relates a daring outrage in . that county by a party of four armed ruffians , who attacked and entered the house of Riclmrd Taylor , Esq ., of Holly park , within a short distance of the police barrack of iStoiicha . ll , on Kaster Sunday , at noon . They threatened to shoot Miss Taylor , who met them in the hall , if she did not tell where Mr . Taylor kept his arms ; but sho was too much frightened to speak . They proceeded to ransack the house , breaking the windows and lookingglasses . Having found two stand of arnin , a double gun , Roch , maker , London , and a single one , Vincent , maker , Jersey , they left thehou . se , and when outside fired shots , one through a large front window , aud then decamped . Mr . Taylor and his brother were at church . The ariurobbei'H escaped .

      William Porter , a journeyman baker , destroyed himself on Faday , by drinking pruatuc acid , lie had been court ing a pretty Her vant girl , who discovered accidentally that he was already married . Remorse and disappointment made him mad , and the jury relumed a verdict of " Insanity . " The coroner ' s investigation concerning the my « terioun death of Elizabt th Aituertton concluded on Thursday , the verdict beiiiKt " That ihe deceuuud caino lo her death l » y receiving inio her stomach a large quuutity of essential oil of almonds ; but whether taken by herself , or adnnniutered by others , there was no evidence to uhow . " The inagiwlrjitea immediately liberated Mr . Jenkins and Mr * . Wilde .

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      The opening of the Exposition will not be postponed . The rumours on the subject yesterday were twofold . One was that it would be delayed for a week or longer ; another that the Queen would inaugurate the opening on the 1 st of May , and that theu the Building would be again closed , in order to give time for the completion of the expositional arrangements . But the morning papers say nothing about any postponement , nor do they intimate that any new causes of delay have arisen . It will be felt as a national disappointment if the Exposition be not opened on the appointed day .

      As regards the season tickets , the price will not be raised to four and three guineas for gentlemen and ladies respectively ; and arrangements have been made by which persons who have paid the advanced price of yesterday and the day before may receive back , the excess of the amount paid , upon application to the Society of Arts , tickets purchased by them being produced . " Prince Albert , '' says the Times , " feeling that the Queen ' s visit ought not to have influence in increasing the charge for admission upon the public ,

      intimated his wish that the old arrangement should still be carried out , and his view of the matter has of course been adopted . It was very natural that his Royal Highness should think as he does upon the subject , and the public will not be disposed to question the propriety of an alteration which saves their pockets ; but still the questions present themselves —what is to be done , after a certain number of tickets sufficient to fill the building has been sold ; and how is the ceremonial of the opening to be conducted with propriety should too great an assemblage of spectators be collected to witness it ? There is a limit at

      which , the issue of tickets must be stopped , and then it will be almost impossible to prevent speculators from turning to account that opportunity for making money . This is to be regretted , but the circumstances of the case appear to render it unavoidable . Another point of not less interest to those who propose being present at the opening was settled in a satisfactory manner yesterday . It has been decided that there shall be two rows of seats all round the

      centre aisle in front of the stalls , and by this means , in that vast area , accommodation will be provided for about 5000 people . These seats will , we imagine , be occupied by ladies , and will thus form a graceful und effectual barrier to the crowds of the male « ex collected in closecolumn behind them . The executive committee have prudently avoided the responsibility of allocating spaces ; and theticketholders , asthey enter thebuilding , will be allowed to occupy the vacant seats or

      unoccupied etanding-ground that may suit their fancy . A broad pathway will be railed off to secure the uninterrupted progress of the royal procession ; and the arrangements which the executive committee have made , and which Messrs . Fox and Henderson are busily engaged in executing , ure likely to give complete satisfaction to all reasonable people . Everything soeins to promise a splendid success for tho state opening , and a spectacle of unparalleled interest mid attractiveness . "

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  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), April 26, 1851, page 389, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1880/page/9/