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      Bartlett ' s Buildings in 1850 ; the house he rented was only partially furnished . He fed on rice , and slept in his clothes for some time . He became excited about persons living in the house , one of whom he thought was " either an Hungarian or a Propagandist ; and under the impression that treasonable practices were going on , and that he might be implicated , ^ he wrote to-the Secretary of State , to say he had nothing whatever to do with what might be occurring under his roof . On the 7 th of May , 1850 , I went to the well of St . John of Clerkenwell , after I had had a warm bath ; it is associated with the order of St . John of Jerusalem . I did not go to claim my right to a glass of water , nor to take one ; I went to revive my historical recollections with the order . I found the well locked , and went to the Jerusalem Coffee-house , near , to complain . I had heard

      there was some relics there connected with the order . I asked why it was locked . They said they did not know . I went to the well because a printer of mine was dirty . I went home , and told Mrs . Noah to make a formal application at the Jerusalem Hotel for the water . She fancied I wanted holy water from Jerusalem or the Jordan , and ran to the doctor's , and so I was taken to Dr . Philp's . " He was taken by force ; but it was in evidence that he was very violent . "Why Mr . Hill was attracted to the St . John's well appears from the following y — "I am descended from Leofric , called the wise Earl of Mercia . He was a contemporary of Edward the Confessor . I believe he was the sixth earl in succession , that will carry it a little further . The Duke of Buckingham and Lord Palmerston bear the same arms . I can't

      say I am connected with them . It is now worn out . My mother is a good woman , and her name is Judkin . I don't say that is Judith'kin . Judith was the sister of William the Conqueror ; and as I know that my mother was of a family long in possession of the same lands , I had an hypothesis that Judkin was only a corruption of Judith ' s kin . Tt is a harmless study that of genealogy . The Spencers and Temples were many of

      them knights of St . John of Jerusalem . " At Dr . Philp s he declared that he had been ill-used , restrained , aud treated like a madman , he being sane all the time . But evidence was put in to show ^ that he had refused food , that he was very uproarious , that he had strange fancies , and a plausible way of showing that he was sane . From Dr . Philp ' s-he was removed to Northampton , and placed under the care of Dr . Nesbitt , who testified to the unsound ness of his mind . _ Counter evidence was

      brought , but it failed to shake the impression made by Mr . Hill ' s own statement , and that of competent witnesses ; and the jury returned a verdict for Dr . Philp , recommending him , however , to pay more attention to his keepers and permanent medical attendants . From the evidence it appeared that Mrs . Hill had behaved very kindly to her husband . Eight new steamers for the Thames are being built at Liverpool . They will be constructed like Venetian gondolas , and gaily ornamented . An offer of " The Eleven of all England" to play a match with Twenty-two of Liverpool , has been accepted . The match will come off about June next .

      The United Service Gazette states that Mr . Charles Mare , of Blackwall , has challenged the Americans to run a vessel against any that they can produce , for a thousand guineas . The tonnage of the ships to be from 50 to 300 tons . No official answer has at present been received to the challenge sent by Cambridge to row at Easter over the usual course—Putney to Mortlake—but from the facj ; that the Oxford men have had a crew practising , there appears but little doubt that the race will come off at that time and place .

      The Cambridge University Eight-Oared Races commence on Tuesday next , the 24 th inst . Some good racing may be expected , although good rowing is scarce . The services of Phelps have been engaged for 1 st Trinity . Coombcs ( the Champion ) is likewise at work with 3 rd Trinity , and his brother Tom with 1 st St . John ' s . Captain Laffan , government inspector of railways , and several eminent engineers , have , we nre informed , expressed their approval of a new plan of railway propulsion , invented by Mr . Weston , which will ehortly be tried on the lino from Longwy to Thionville , up an incline of 1 in 35 .

      On Tuesday , the greater portion of what arc called " second-rate bakers , " throughout the metropolis , reduced the price of the 4 lb . loaf from 6 d . to 5 £ d . The first-rate bakers at tho Wcbt-etid , the Strand , and in the City , still , however , charge from 7 id . to 8 d . for the 4 lb . loaf . Tho best bread in Paris and Brussels is fl ^ il . per loaf of 41 b . 8 oz . English ; , second quality , 5 d ., or 10 sous . .

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      A showman exhibiting a picture , said— "Ladies and gentlemen , there ia Daniel in the den of ljons . These arc tho lions and that is Daniel , whom you will cosily distinguish from the lions , by his having t \ blue cotton umbrella under his arm . " From tho Hong Kong papers we lenrn that a terrible fire took place on the night of the 28 th of December , by which nearly tho whole of the Chinese town whh destroyed . A most melancholy accident oecuiml during mi attempt to prevent the flames spreading by blowing up a houso . The bag of gunpowder exploded at an unexpected moment ,

      and Iieut .-Colonel Tomkyns and Lieut . Lira . y ho < were superintending the operation , were kiUed , and Lieutenant Wilson , a bombardier and a private , dangerously wounded . Jenny Lind is married at last . The Arctic , which reached Liverpool on Tuesday , brought thejnewsv ^ A telegraph communication from Boston alludes to the affair as follows : —Mdlle . Jenny Lind was married this morning , Feb . 5 , to Otto Goldschinidt , fhe . pianist . That there may be no cavils among sceptics , we are informed by the , correspondent of the Post that he has seen " the certificate of the marriage , " which is thus announced in one of the evening papers : — ¦

      ; ... ..... ... " Boston , 5 th Feb . —Married , in this City , at the residence of Mr . S . G . Ward , by the Rev . Charles Mason , assisted by the Rev . Dr . Wainwright , of New York , ( the Swedish Consul , the Hon . Edward Everett , Mr . and Mrs . T . W . Ward , Mr . N . J . Bowditch , her legal adviser , and other friends being present , ) Otto Goldschmidt , of Hamburgh , to Mdlle . Jenny Lind , of Stockholm , Sweden . "

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      On Saturday night , the premises of M'Caskie and Co ., hatters , Edinburgh , were burnt down . By this accident 200 workpeople are thrown out of employment . A serious fire broke out at the St . James ' s Hotel , Jermyn Street , on Wednesday , originating in an over-heated oven The first floor was considerably damaged , but the fire was soon extinguished by the engines . , Alexander Crawford , described as a " gentleman , " is charged with having murdered his brother , Mr . S . Crawford , in his own house . A quarrel preceded the attackthe " gentleman" brother being drunk at the time .

      A curious Custom-House seizure occurred last week . Two clerks had received intelligence that one thousand gold watches had'been landed , and concealed in a certain house not of good repute . They searched it , accordingly , and found nothing . As they were leaving , they thought of taking up the stair-carpets : and , lo , the stairs opened like so many boxes , and there lay the glittering treasure ! This is a lucky hit for the clerks , who will obtain about 1000 / . each prize-money .

      An explosion of detonating powder took place in a court at Cheapside , Birmingham , on Saturday evening last . The cause of the accident has not been ascertained , but it is supposed that the powder had become overheated in the lastrand most dangerous s ^ age of its-dangerous preparation—the drying process * ' One man : © inlyiflraskilled , but such was the violence of the shock , that his limbs were severed from his body , and hurled in various directions a long distance apart ; one of his legs being picked up in Bradford-street , at least a hundred and fifty yards from the scene of the disaster . The building was shattered to pieces .

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      HEALTH OF LONDON" DURING THE WEEK . The mortality of London , which rose to 1100 ; deaths in the first weeks of the year , has gradually declined , and in the week ending last Saturday the number was only 970 . Taking the ten corresponding weeks of 1842-51 , it appears that last week ' s amount was less than previous returns in six instances , and greater in four , and that the average of corresponding weckB was 1048 . If this average be corrected for increase of population , it becomes 1153 , compared with which the present return shows a decrease of 183 .

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      BIRTHS . On the 12 th mat ., ia Wilton-orescent , tho Viscountess Nowport : a aon ,. On tho 10 th inst ., tho wife of the Rev . Sir George L . Glyn , Bart ., of Ewell , Surrey : a diiughtor . On tho 13 th inst ., at Middle Dcfcl , the wife of Mujor J .. B . Backhouse , O . B ., lato Bengal Artillery : a daughter . Oh Saturday , tho 11 th inst ., at Preston-fielda , noftr Edinburgh , the Duchess of Argyll : a daughter .

      MARRIAGES . ' On the 3 rd of September last , at Clifton-aottago , Dunedin , Now Zealand , John Hydo Harris , Esq ., late of . Dcddington , in tho county of Oxford , to Anno Cuniiiiif'hiim , second' diiughter of Captain William Oargill ( late of H . M . ' s 74 th Highlanders ) , Her Majesty's Commissioner of Crowu Lands for tho district of Otago . At Aberford , on tho 10 th inst ., Lord Ashtown , to Elizabeth , socond daughter and co-heiress of tho lato R . O . Gaecoigne , Esq ., of Purlington , Yorkshire . At St . Thomas ' s Church , on tho 14 th inafc ., Henry P y buo , Esq ., of Boauvallon , CHsson , Franco , to EKeabeth JPorbos , oldebt daughter of S . W . Garratt , Esq ., I ' arndo , Portsmouth . i On Tuesday , tho 17 th inst ,, at the Old Gravel-pit MootinghouRC , Hackney , Mr . Isaac Hunwioke , of Ilatton-gai / don . to Martha , youngest daughter of Mr . Samuel Gould Underhjll , of Hackney . , On tho 17 th inst ., at Abbot's Jtipton , tho Rov . 8 . Kingj to Constance , daughter of John Uonfoy ltoopor , Esq ., of Abbot ' s Rlpton , Huntingdonshire ,

      PEATHS . , On tho ( Mh inat ., at tho house , of her father , in Dnrmuliult aged 27 , Holone , the wife of Professor Ilofhmnn , of tho Royal College of Chymletry . . . ' ' ,-., On the 7 th inot ., at Cork , Sir Edmond Thomas , Bart ,, Into Major in tho flilth Regiment , aged 42 ; On Wednesday , the 11 th inst ., ut his honsa , in Wood-Btrcot , Woolwich , tho wife of George Clubb , Esq ., Ordnance , Department . ' On tho 13 th Innt ., at his rertid <* lioA , 88 , Whitft Lion-fltrcet , PontonviHo , John Nimn , J 5 sq ., for many yours confidential olerk to tho lute Samuel Vines , Enn ., of Lineoln ' s-iiin . On the 13 th innt . ( nt Liohflold , ntro 415 , John Peter Petit , O . B ., Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding Hoi * Majesty ' s COth Regiment , On the lAtkiiiBt ., Robert Blocliwood , Esq ., x mblitjhor , Edinburgh .

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      Saottcday , February 21 . His the English people at last found a leader ? if we : could judge from one speech , we might almost coiv jecture that . Lord Palmerston has stepped forward to take the vacant post . Ministers hate Resigned . —Lord Palmerston . succeeded Last night in obtaining a majorit y of eleven in a house of 251 members , against Ministers , on the Militia question .

      The debate was short and sharp . Lord John Russell in bringing up the report of the resolution on the Local Militia Acts , re-stated the provisions of the bill , which he asked permission of the House to introduce , in terms substantially the same as those he used on Monday night . There were , however , two important differences . After altering the Local Militia Acts , he said , it would he necessary to bring in a bill for consolidating the various acts ; and he surrendered one of the main points in his plan as sketched on Monday—that of not aUdwing persons drawn to find substitutes .

      Lord PaIiMeeston at once met the statement of the Premier by pointing out the discrepancy between the title and the provisions of the proposed bill . He showed with telling force that while Lord John Russell ' s measure was called a Local Militia Bill , its provisions were those of a Regular Militia Bill . The bill proposed by the noble lord abandoned the framework of the local system , and adopted the regular system , retaining , however , the name of the former , and not dealing with the various' acts regulating the latter . In fact the measure proposed was neither local nor

      regular , neither one thing nor the other . You were to have the regular militia besides ; and when yon have your 200 , 000 local militia-men , you would still require , on the breaking out of a war , your 90 , 000 regular militia . Was not this playing your right hand against your left ? He wound up a spirited and telling speech , which , if it did no more , completely exposed the inconsistencies of the government measure , by appealing to the spirit of the nation . Summing up the objections to a militia , he said , one told us English substitutes would rim away ; "another that the Scotch objected to serve : third that Irishmen were not to be trusted .

      " To listen to these objections one might suppose that Englishmen are cheats , that Scotchmen are cowards , and that Irishmen are traitors . "'" ( CheeYs "Sffa laughter . ) All the objections I ever heard are founded upon a practical distrust of the people of these countries . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir , I , on the contrary , am disposed rather to confide ia them . ( Cheers . ) But , if you cannot trust your population to defend themselves , you must give them up . ( Loud

      cheers . ) If you cannot trust Englishmen to come to the defence of their country—if Scotchmen will not take up arms and fight against an invading army—if Irishmen will not he true to their Queen and country—why , let us send for a Russian force at once . ( Loud cheers . ) Let us have an A ustrian garrison in London . ( Cheers . ) Let us hide our heads in shame and confusion , and confess that England is no longer England , arid that her people hnvo no loheer spirit to defend themselves , their homes , their

      familifeS , atid their country . ( Cheers . ) Sir , that is not my opinion . I am of opinion that Englishmen are proud of their country , that they are sensible of the value ot what they have to defend , that they are fully determined to maintain their liberties , that they will not give way to an unreasonable panic , or imagine dangers that do not exist , but that they will be prepared deliberately to gunni themselves against any dangers that are sufficiently probable . ( Hear , hear , ) And ' my belief is , that if tho boverament make the appeal to the people , if they snow them the dangers that may possibly arise ( hear ) , it tnqr point out to tliem the value of the stake they have to ucfend , I for one believe you will hot find the Eng halii substitutes running away from their colours—that Scotchin c will maintain their character for and that irisni

      courage , Will 1 U 4 U 11 I / UIU H 1 UJJL U 1 U 1 UV » 1 . 1 IV * »***¦*« "Q —» . . men will not be fwind unworthy of tho country to wnici they belong . ( Loud cheering . ) Finally , ho moved to insert tho word « amend , " tho words " and conHolidate , " with'tho intention of » n <) V '" » afterwards tho omission of tho word " local" betoro ti ^ word " militia , " and sat down amid loud and ion * , - continued cheers . ,. After a speech from Mr . Mi ^ NEn Oihson , t » K" K ralinerttton co

      up ground outside tho arena in which tended with Russell—namely , tliat of objecting to u culling out of any militia , —Lord John KuW * M' » * had been nindo to fuql , by , tho bertrty cheers oi * Houho , that LordPrtlinor » tou luul bcaton liini / rew ] " "' denpomtol y to tho charge , and' attacked hia ancionmleague for the " most unusual" course ho had adoi n ^ coming forward , not to oppono a second reading , to Hay to the ininiHtor , " you ahull not introduce y

      plan at all . " " The noble lord snys that tho Minister of the Croj " shall bo debarred from plucing Iub bill on tuo

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS ;

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 21, 1852, page 176, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1923/page/12/