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      He ^ wm 0 . )^^ 3 ^ le 6 aar otth ^ XJmvexeity o £ Edinburgh and , " with some little assistance from a reader , " says a memoir in the Times , " he regularly every year went through the . ay ( Jp # jV 0 PJ * ep of > jhjjp i ? hair v climbing with difficuto' ft ^ BiS ^ fe * ? 4 ° . > ? , ^^? - 'P ' /?? ^ i <« WWW ' - **« # P $ * dfe ^^ om & ft ? lp ! as the best worked and inpst pnjthuswstjc . in-the whole , Ttaversitjt *' J 4 j & $ ** & $% ! lit ^ aturfi . fds . er ^ aUipn . was vrfA ^ y wmy [ 9 * $ &i && ' . * $ && »> ome of Ms pupils undefafe . ta ^ anJggM sp ^ injme ^ stores . pf Wj > rmatiojtJ&oin &e . ^ $ d J # FS 4 tf # ^ . ^ loi # to tne world ; fie was al # A y&a 1 gdjng . tp t ^ ese stores , and not longt before Wa . 4 » ma ^ « i § tyteht be seep stretched pn a B $ & ' ^ Twi . p $ qJp ; Qi , »? W ^» ,, ^ tffi * 1 * arm m 3 sfi ^^ iw ^ ianw ^ wnCej ^ up ' . ^ b nig pf ^ e middle ages befdne ^ iw " . ' - 't n Pm ^ W& % ~ WM * P * > e . subtnitted to the ,, d ^ pdfpiy of Waking an index to one of Dugald Stewart sV tj ^ atfjjefl , w&Pi h ; e ^ as j ^ -eparing , for ; the / presa .

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      -rjiiii ; ¦>; . ; , v . J & ;»•;/; w . Jrni ' . ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ; t- ) T ; <;; . ' .- ¦ ... ¦¦ ¦ i , nr . - ^ i I * I * O ? 'L IitA-N E O U & .:-.... T ^ i : ¦ t ? 6 t 7 ik * J - n » e < 8 neen' held a levee on Wednesday afternoon' a * Sti James ' s Palaeei The Court was fully attended , ' and the presetttation ' s of geitaemen exceeded tn * e > 'Kundi » i ^ - 'Pb 6 Qffefen / will t o * Ttae " 8 day , the' 2 yth iiritV ^ i ^ the Jeife&nceof « he Turkish Amba 9 ^ adot in Fryahgtbh ^ juare / wheife a ball is to be given : ^ Otf Tiftrr ^ aay evening ^ " ffie- < 3 ueeri gate * State Ball , at BucfciifglhnnY Pahtt * , ' to wbieh 1900 guests were mvited , doWprising tKe wfcole df the Royal Family , the whole of the ^ Diploinatic Oorp ^ i foreigners of distinctioh at present slaying ih ^ this ^' coUBtryi the Ministers and Officers , ' OF State , the ladies and gentlemen of the royal household , arnPft nnraerouS parly of thenobility and gentry . T ; -I . ' . — " . !¦ Ui - i . ' . \' r - ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' "¦• • • - .. .- ¦ - ¦

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      1 T&e RWoRisATiok m . / THK Stband . t-tA- v , ery resfeStfible b « S , it 4 feller " in the Sttand has filled his wwdows T ^ thl " a ~ display bfbaiiited ^ 4 ' gilded ! Madonnas , crucifixes o ^ lv ' bW ajid ebdny " , ' gblden stars and glories—a visipn ojf yerhiiHoii , ' gHW atuJ blue : Surely , however , it U' ^^^ e /^ . ' Proitesjbant" Alliance , " which triuihphs so loi&lly iii all , "the , suburban school-rooms , that has heen atirine dby tfe Secoi&ted feroup , and employed a Goliath fo'Srle ^ f ht ^ ' ^ pqpaja ' rlv ' fcnbwp . as the , ^ ndwich-jaan f r t ^ tf&tt ^ tiefiiib ^ aie' tyihoiuz window , ' , parading th , e £ bjnniaWment ' agmngt 'the Worship of linages . One ' on his uiuiiuuwvo ui

      DacK ana . One pn * U 3 Ureast , urc ugcui me IJefcrrnatipn staggers lender tw ^ o placards , on which are _ inscribed a " denunciation against " graven images , " sp that « very wea * Protestant , who glances at the unholy wftidaw ' ia , niet ; 't > y the mote ' Sandwich-man , oh whom , tie , Auiance " has '" nui ^ g ilfs Ibwn mute thbughtsj * ' We cSn ' o ^ l y see in" . the ' exhibition a' spiteful and frivolous , desire '' to ^ insult , ' tlie . _ pr 6 Pe ^ sion y 6 f an , obhb ; s : jo ^ s : creed ^ . T ^ ai ' sirengjth ; ' t ^ e' Keforniatip n ca ' nj Ser ^ ye ^ f ^ pm . i ^ he J ^ in ^ wich-inan' in ' the Strand is more than we ipan cpiic ^ iyel ' Trade ^ nen , ' ' we ^ 1 tnow ^ are in t ^ e Eabi ^ of psiying tpejie Jiuriirie . pprtei ^ to ' warn the wprld against ihe ; " slbop over the way '; " but this is the ' first time that the ' cbntroversv between the Church of England' and the

      CMrc . h of Rome has been represented by a controyer ^ y between a ' bookseller and a bill-sticlser . ¦ .. -. ' . Tub Sai-e of , ^ Pl Kookks's Collection . —The celebrated ' drawing of "Tne Entombment , " by Rtiiafaelle , an ortg inai design &r , t fie picture in the Borghese Gallery ih % ome ^ and ope pf tne iriost' important works of art in ULi : Rogeri ' a colieciion , was knocked down on Tuesday - to ^ r . ' Moirris Moore foi' the sum of tonif hundred and ftfjiyjguihfeas . r jfhia drawing is engraved in the Crozat dollecttbn . ; Me . Grenville Bekkklky , who has lately resigned the representation of Cheltenham , will also resign his appointment at the Poor'Ltw BbArd upon accepting the B « at at -the . Board . of ( Customs ; vacated by Mr . Gec * Be Uitwton ' e . death ,.. Ma B . W ; Grey will , it is believ » d , i succeed MruGrertvailpiBei-keloy at the Poor Law Board , and Lord Monckiwill fulfil in . Mr .. GrenviUe BorHeloy ' ai place those duties under Mr . Hayter in the House of Commons which Mr . Gronvillo Berkeley haa ^ so 1 io ^ C '

      pexformed .. - ¦¦ ' ¦ •¦ .. . ; . ¦ ¦ . > ' uWnsa . Tjiawksgiviko Day . — Last Sunday waa'observed as a day of thanksgiving fo * the poace . ' AH the Londom churehos were well attended ; and , at Sb Paul ' s Cathedral ,. hundreds . of persons who were unablo to < obtain admission stood around the doors and avenues of thfiJ choir . The Israelite Lord Mayor , strange as it may aoeoo , . wda present : tho sormoti was preachod by l > ean ' Mifaian . iA . jAt . W < e « tminstor Abb « y , tho Lord Ohnncellor , aficompMiiedi Jby * l » o- offl « ors' of the Housoof - Lords and aUdut * idaxenipeers , attendbd divine service ¦ : the Bishop ofB « Ui and / iWeUa wns the preacher . In the afternoon ,-the Queen m « fr tbd Court viaitud tlio Abbey in a strictly prirate . m « nner when . the sub-doan ^ Iibrd John Tliynno / pBcanhedi ; d' . > ., r .:.-u . .. ; :. . . ¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ . < ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦'

      -. { Bum BiiTutnm'tfcnr *> f MAnic . BorJtir . — This bankrupt , « hoBo coimoxdon with thB JCoyal Hank of Austrnlia has ' created considerable interest ' ** ' aoma time paBt among o * matuomlabmt ) by < p&m * iM his eataminatioulost Saturday . nubxt , I ^ t" « NntttrtilLAtWTJ ! iK .- ^ -ln A ; canto rocently bafora ; tiu » Cmtvt ntlGomkuoh Pleiw * MriiS «> ri « "JtlTht » rt » ns , who A * Mwathdoubibia-Jrwbua (( a (> M to * ho . preaidinfe Judge , "If Jc * WftLdvd « taipimlLiaioiw « itu , > dre » awUiB « liain , toliriake a > statement— " Mr . Justice Williams : " I cannot hear you } indeed , I do not see you . " Mr . Serjonnt Thomas : I was only about to nay— " Mr . Justice Williams : " I

      • ;)>} — . IJ'JJ mill . rrl > V " !! - ?! ' ' <•• \ --j ; . t ^' >>' ' *> ' ' "•' ¦ "• f really can neither hear nor see anything-in that qnacter . f ' Mr . Serjeant Thomas : " Wellr myLord— " Mr . Justice WiHiame ; " , I jdp | tot ; and cannot even see . yoni or take cognizance , rof your , exiateRoe . " . 3 y thp time the . nest , casewas called on ,. Mr . Serjeant . Thomas had , Rendered } himself . visible by , robing .-r-We have all read in the , fairy > tales , of mantles which render , the wearer invisible ;; hers is a mantle-, whiqhhas . the directly contrary « ffeot . ilUfK ! . C ^ i ^ HpaBtAXiON « f . Pkajce —Thft jreparations .. at Woolwich fo . r , thfl fireworks are nearly completed * ^ Upr , wards of Uiree thousand men and boya have been euT gaged in the works night and day . . . ., . ¦

      The Boiler ExPfLosiON at Kibbleswobth Colliekt . — -Tl » e ingupst ' pniitip ' two mea kiJledrby , this ^ e ^ osj « n has termipated in . the-. follpwing verdipt ^ ' / . Wejare . of opin jpn , that there ^ as , a defective plate ni ± he boiler , but th ^ t ; thejexplosipn was Caused by want pf water ; , ^ ut whether the blame is attributable to Dorman or to Beed ( persons employed at the time ) we have not sufficient evidence to show . We are also of ppinion . that , if the boiler-smith and engineer had looked after the boiler when she was last cleaned , the defective plate might have been mended . " . ¦> ., _ ,. .,. , ; .. ; ; . : CifBLTJE » jHAM = ' Election . —The election closed on Thursday afternoon , by a majority of 180 fpr the Liberal , candidate ,. ' ,, The ,, numbers were — Berkeley . ( Liberal )| . 8 ^ 5 ; J HaUbwelL ( Conservative ) , 66 $ .

      Cbuxean CouBTEaucs . —Sir William Codnngtpn com-, municatea to Lord Panmure , under date of April 19 , some particulars with respect to the final operations ' the AUiies . "On the 12 th inst ., " he writes ,. " General Lttders sent an answer to my letter as , to the entrance of our vessels into the harbour . It was . to the effect that he had receiyed orders , to place no impediment in the way of vessels of any description entering the harbour of Sebastopol . , I accordingly , informed Admiral Fremantle ; and on the 14 th inst . he proceeded to the harbour , ! with his flag on board her Majesty's ship Banshee , and , . passing through the Iine 3 pf wreck , anchored inside the : quay pf Fort Paul . Having met _ the Admiral in the dockyard , we went up the harbour in a small steamboat , and , passing also along the north side , landed at .. Fort- Constantine , receiving all civility and attention , on the p , arti . 0 f ,. tbe . Russian . officers . " , .,-. ¦ thecrowd

      Artjn ilA ^ CHE ^ TEK . —It h ^ s been , resolved by , the citizens of . jtanchipster ip , fonn in ihat city in 1857 a grand collection pf , ' . Art Treasures" of the United Kingdom . T&e patropage of the Queen and Prince Albert has , beep si ^ jcited ., ., . ., — . ... . .. . ; , ,., Ex . p akte ! G ^ ka , vh 3 in kb Stbahan , Paui ., ajto BJtffl&j-JPpi 3 l ' petition ' pf . appeal frpm an order of the Commissioner of ^ Bankruptcy came finally before the Court , of Chancery-last Saturday .,. The , prayer of the petition , whicb is presejate ^ by Mr . Crreaves and another gentleman , the trustees of the' marriage settlement of Captain and Mrs . Fitzgerald } is that leave may be given ti > prove against the separate estate of Mr . Strahan for a sum of 13 , t ) 00 / . and a suni of 4000 / ., the aggregate

      The . Jua . 'vj ? . $ p . jb 3 &VT . r ± -y ? hiXe . among t , I witnessed an instance of that universal system of stripes and blows , one of those practical applications of the law of might which , one so frequently encounters in Egypt , and which made my blood boil . A fellow who had the appearance of a subordinate , government Official , and whose bright complexion and jetty moustache would bespeak him a Syrian or a Greek , being unable to force his horse through the throng , suddenly dismounted , and pre ^ 3 . in , g . on . wj !; li . a sharp rattan , he struck . right and left , wfyh airilis force ' * the heads and faces , of those , who attfpd iii his way- Qne furipus blow came , right across the face pf a young infant borne in its mother ' s , arms , yet ' the brutal wretch' still went flashing on without noticing the agonized exclamations . of th (? terrified mother , or appearing , to heed the frantic screams of the tortured child . — Diary of . Travels r ¦ : ..--.- . : . ... . . , ¦ ' The Royal Literary Fund held its anniversary

      « - . 1-f . iafT ' , - ; ¦ : ¦ ' :: > -: ;; TD . 'it : ^ -:, ;; : v / ' ) i ::.-.. - .- ., ( ,- --. •• . . . the Ad , d ^^ e $# » m , tfeeLojrds Aijd , . Gpmmflns submifted . ¦ ¦ T % Bj { m JrapK pvs » rPfXNB ^ s . —¦ A , con ^ ct has : dioa suddenly oxju-bpaid , -a , ' , l ^ esjpjLtaJ siup ^ Poiismpnth Haif j bovejfvin ij ^ jsestipfli ^ pf ; the , hralni ;« MWf 4 by ex ^ saiv ^ *** 9 i : v '¦ i ~ r > "J 1 ¦ ' - ' >' - ' - - ~ ' ¦/ : : ! m-h : :.: nn' ' % > 4 ' - ' - 'SL £ - ' - \ J !;' - '' ' ¦ " ! ' i ^ it ^ . ^ i ? . X <^<> i l # ^ vxl ^^ anc Dumb Institution at Strabane has ' been entirely , consumed by fire , and seven ofJihe children have perished . T ^ AX ! S $ B ^ , ^ Q # ! R ^ r r rtt ) Vt ftat ^ j ; O ^ t CQUlrt Rudolph . d ; 4 pppny ; ja ^ appj 9 iinted ; ito . ) su « ceed his Exed ^ lency / , gpJimt . C ^^ , ^ Austrian . miniater at the Court of St . James . Count d Appony , with the Counteaa and family , are expected in Lon ^ pp irpnj X ^ 11 ^ at ^ eniof the inpnth . '' \ '"'' . ';"' .. ""; ¦ ¦;" (•• V " «

      , ,, ... ,,,,, - , „ REB a ^ . -rr-Becenfc , a . ay * cjBB :, froin , , Persia 8 ^ ate tliat -a portip ' n of tne |* erpian ; cayajry iias occ , upi | ea , Herat , and tha ^ tb ^ ' Si ^^^ jnaj : < j liing trpoj )^ and forwarding tjie maiterial pf ' ^ ar in ^ th ^ ifc dir ^ ctjon , . with a v ^ ewio ' jayaA f Candahar . Tju > cpui ^ try'between ^ Teheranand . Herat is suffering iliis ye « from , ' ^ Bar ^ ' ^ td . i ^ jte , feared the Persian army will undergo g ^ e ^ t privations , before it re ^ c | iea its destina , tipn .. rMr- ' , |^ ta y »/ ' ^ T ^ i ^^ e i Whp ^/ . <^ 'ti » p mi ^ on i 7 eftTab , riz ' , p , p . ' . ^ p ^ . ' , ] l £ } i ^ March , for Bagdad ; via Mosul An impression prevails that an ApglorIndian ¦ ¦ little

      squadron will sppn appear at Bushir ., _ - ¦' , ' . . .., ^ "ti ^ RBE CHiia > RE ^ PoisoN ^^ Twb boya a ^ dj al littje girl haye . died Vat ' the village ^ pf Earsdbn , . near SWeeds ' , from tjie efiects ' j ^ f . arsenic administered ^ iiiadveftpjitly in sbine"brim ^ t ^ e and trea <; tj |» which had been given to ' them for skin ais ' easeV Subsequent analyzatjon ? showed that the brimstone ( which was sold at a small village , shop kept bj' a Jfrs . , ^ prt ) was , Jnixed with arsenic ;; but . Ml ^ a- Short depied all , knowledge of the fact , and it " was found impossible '¦ ¦ id discover how the mixture had taken plaice . ' . ' A verdict pf Accidental Death was . returned by the . coroner ' s

      juryamount of the trust funds of that settlement , but lost by the tfankraptcy of the firm of Strahan , ' Paul , and Bates . Mrs . Fitzgerald' is the . daughter of the late Sir John t ) ean Paul , and « Sster' of tlie present ' ' baronet . Lord Justice Turner Was of opinion , that Mr . Sfarahan ' s estate was not liable as regards the 4000 / . ' oit the ground of wfllul default , a 3 several circumstances might have led him tb suppose that that siitri had been separately dealt with , and was not part of the trust funds . As to the other bonds assigned' by the daed of 1847 , it was clear that the cesluts qite' trust of the settlement might have cpmpelledan apiiropriatibh of the ' whole of them to the trusts of the settlement , 'as against the firm . The Court was , therefore " , rif opinion , that there was no case of did not

      festival on Wednesday evening at the Freemasons Tavern ; the Duke of Cambridge in the ; chair . In the course : of the evening ,. in answer to the toast of The Literature and Science of the United States , and his Excellency the American Minister , " Mr . Dallas delivered a very impressive address , in which he remarked : — ? ' The literature and science of the United States owe a heavy debt , payable in tha coin of tho brain , to the geniua of this island . But let me say that their labours are indefatigable to reduce that ; debt , and already they cease to jregard , aa a hopeless achievement , the payment pf that debt in full . ( Cheers . ) Since my arrival , within the last seven weeks , in your great capital , I

      order and disposition , and that the bonds pass to the assignees , bat remained subject to the trusts of the settlement , and for the benefit of the cestuisqve trust . lliOT 8 at Oxford . —Kiotaus prooeedinga have taken place at Oxford , caused by somo of the populace and the undergraduates lighting bonfires to celebrate the peace , in dqnanea cf orders to -the- contrary given by the University authorities . ' The police intorfered , but were obliged by superior numbers to tetr « at to tho station , and one constable was struck on the head with a Btono so seriously that his ' life i » placed in danger . The University Marshal also received a heavy blow in the eye . On the fallowing day , it was found necessary to Bwear in above two hundred and fifty special constabloa , by whom the disturbances wero quelled .

      have been delighted to listen to eulogies upon the system of American juridical science from lips ¦ which , are the most 1 eloquent ) and learned in Westminster-hall ; I have been delighted to , hear intermingled the names of Alison , £ 2 . naro £ t , , JPrflKcott , Macaulay , Irving , and Grote ; I have 'beC . i delighted to remark that , no exclusion from the almost m .:. '" ^ ™" precincts of Waverley , Vanity Fair , and My Novel , fe . harahly preserved against the Indian romances And so * tales of Cooper , or against The Ifottse of Seven GaleU anu The&carlet Letter ; in fine ,, I hava boon glad to perceive ill !* « " ^ castic criticism has grpwn obeolote and boen pto . "maneuuy banislied , whicli il have hoard in my youthj ' Who lil" }***

      Public Schools in Golden Lank . —The foundationstone of tho St . ThomaB Charterhouse Now School wad laid on Thursday by Mr . Gladstone Tint Health ok Mr . . Bright . — The Leeds Mercury announces that Mr . Bright has quite recovered from tho complaint under which ho 1 ms laboured for sometime pa 3 t— -congestion of tho brain . However , as a further precaution , hois to travel in the Highlands of Scotland , « nd afterwards in Switzerland . " * Tn £ Muri > kr op Miss Hinos . —The proposed appeal b writ of t ~ ror on the ' part of Dunne , convicted at the r ^ vnn Snecinl fj ' j'nmiesion for inciting , others to the S of ^ s HmdH ; ^ "' «* b « proceed with , the

      an American book ¦/?' .. ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' Tmc Banbs in tub Parks . —Public meetings held in Marylobone * nd > the Tower Hamlota have passed votos of thanks ta Sir itenjamin Hall for allowing tho bands to play iu the parks on Sunday . The Marylebone men offer to put down the disturbances which have been threatened by the Srtbbataricfna . - . Thk Sexwaii MiHers' Stkikk . — T 1 » Ib unhoiipy struggle , 't he most seyero and iwlde-apraad ' Vhich ha » ever been known in Scotland , continues without < tho sllghtost prospect of amicable adjuwtmaHty although there are in-( Uontionh that tUe < meW arc getting' worn ont bf privatron and lpnfc endurance : ' ¦ > " " ' i < Mc ICoBsom liuinixjen-lccluTiDg at Birmingham on tno Austrian Concordut . The City AonitEtM on the Picaok was presented to tho Qucon on tho same dny ( Thuraday ) as that on which

      - . Attorney-General lirtvin ^ refu ^ Vto ^ vo hi . ^ ' ftfl pf Pierce Somorfiet Bnt ^ er agains t I ^ rd , ' ^ ?" tlfc ?*!!!" j tlitf plaintiff 'luu'lribh- ' onco 'mbro f 6 il < Jd bV a lnw ^™^ in the Court 6 f'K 3 t'dheqner , Where Mfc Bnttolt' Wad tajcbi . exception agairtst tlib fliriner vbi'dlct Wr | tfo" 4 etbitdant . The CaJe or Andirf > HXc 6 ik ' ' pE'ste 6 N . , f Iri cohafttillCnco of tho recent dcciHion lilh " the " t ; o ' prt ' of' Qnddba U « iich , a f )« r 6 rhp'tbry VnrthtttirriiU ndab ' tiin [ iriftifcil , obmpoUlng tho Archbishop of Canterbury to proceed against Archdoncon Denison , whose case is to bo heard in tho Court of Arches on tho 27 th inst .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 10, 1856, page 441, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2140/page/9/