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      „ ,, tbot day « l » 0 H . took King Fraud , prisoner , not u s 2 LSS ? as > as s ^ P-r- ^ - s the feast of St . Matthias ( 24 th February , 1500 ) , that on thesameday , In 1527 , his Mother Ferdmand was elected King of Bohemia , and that , on . the 24 th of February , 1556 , he abdicated the empire . The 1 st of January was to Francis I . whathe 24 tft of February was to Charles V . Bom _ on the 1 st of January it was on the 1 st of January that this prince fostTS ' father , that he became Iciag x > n which hxs daughter was married , and that on which Charles V . " l ^ ^ orn ' o / a ^ dnesday Cl 3 th of December , 1521 ) made his profession - ** 3 %%££

      , S ~* mdnesdaWwas promised a Cardinalsfaip on a Wednesddy waScted Pope on a Wednesday , and exalted to the dignity the following Wednesday . ' Louis XIII ., some hours before his death ( Thursday , 14 th of May , 1643 ) , called his pbysicians and asked them if they thought he could live until the next day , saying that Friday had always been to him a fortunate day , that he had on that day engaged in enterprises which were uniformly successful , that he had ever gained battles on that day , that having always considered it his happiest day , he wished he might die on it . endure

      One of the Spanish kings could not anyone in his presence who had taken tobacco . He had , besides , the mania of feeling incensed at any man ' demanding the age of a woman , unless he had intentions of marringe . Louis XIV . detested les chapeaux gns , almost as much as he did the Jansenists . Nothing could exceed the timidity , or , we might rather say * the poltroonery , of the celebrated moralist Nicole ; he dreaded travelling , excursions on the water , and to the end of his life he never went into the streets without trembling , in incessant fear lest a tile should fall on his head . He dwelt for a long time in the Faufcourg t Saint-Marcel , " because , " as he said , " the enemies who threatened Paris would enter by the Porte Saint-Martin , and would be obliged , consequently , to traverse the whole city before they could arrive at his house . " In a word , he could say , as the actor who

      bungled Racine , . . . ..- .. > " Je crains tout , cher Abner , et n ' ai pas d ' autre crainte . " Henry III ., who had so decided a passion for little dogs , could not remain in the same room with a cat . The Duke d'Epernou fainted at the sight of a leveret . Marshal de Breze ( who died in i 65 O ) swooned at the aight of a rabbit , as related by Tallemant . Marshal d'Albret got ill at a repast where either a sucking pig or a wild boar was served- Erasmus could not even smell fish without getting feverish . Scaliger trembled all over at seeing water-cresses . Tycho-Brahe felt his limbs failing when he encountered a hare or a fox . Bacon fell into a fainting fit during an eclipse of tho moon . Bayle got convulsions when he heard the sound of water issuing from a spout . Lamothe le Vayer could not endure the sound of any instrument . Favoriti , an Italian poet , who died in 16 S 2 , could not bear the odour of the rose . —Irish Quarterly Revitw .

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      FLESH MORTIFIED OK FISH . Upon a Friday if you eat Bacon , you ' re but a mortal sinner , For tho worst bacon still is meat ; But have what fish you like for dinner . A mutton chop you must not touch , Qn penalty of condemnation ; Of salmon you may cat ns much . As will sufljeo your inclination . Of steak a mouthful is enough To subject ' you to grief unending ; But sole au grat ' m you may Btufi ? Your stomachs with without offending . Fried solo your soul will injure not , But if you do but tasto fried liver , In Tartarus will bo your lot , As suro as Styx is a true river . Then if the narrow path you'd walk , The way of a celestial prizeman , On lobster frjttora , at Dundalb , And scolloped oysters , fast with Wiseman . —Punch .

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      Neapolitan Iksxitdxions . —Writing of tho prison of Santa Maria Appaxento , tho correspondent of a tlnily journal says : —" Amongst tho many imprisoned there is one who has been there for two-nnd-twonty months his crimo unknown . Ho has novor boon examined , or tried , or condemned . He is one of tho * cannglia , ' auapoctod by tho police , and therefore pat out of tho way . He is not alone , though , for two others are locked up together with him nt night . Ono of them has been thero seven years j lie was confined in tho dungeons , commonly oalled tho ' segreto , ' of the prison for a long time , but has of Into been brought up to tho opon air . Tula man lias nearly lost his eight . Seven years in prison without trial , and that in a country which boasta tho possession of tho * Oodo NapoloW An active man

      ¦ will endure with impatience the confinement of a day . It is a hard thing to be cut off from intercourse with one ' s kind , and to be denied the blessing of the light and w armth of the sun , even for a few hours . It is enough to drive him to desperation , if by such confinement important designs are checked , or if he is prevented from visiting a sick or a dying friend . Add the last drop to this cup of bitterness , and let the prisoner writhe under a sense of the illegality and injuscite of his imprisonment , and then extend it from hours to days , and from days to vears , and you have a picture of the cases of many who are now confined in Santa Maria Apparenteaud other places in the Two Sicilies . " li i lili iniri-itirnrr f' * A " ¦* """'

      , A Screw Loose Somewhere .-r—The following communication has been addressed to the editor- of the Daily News : — " Colonial Office , 16 thNov ., 1858 . Sir , I am directed to inform you that the recent publication of two despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands took place without the knowledge or sanction , direct or indirect , of her Majesty's Government ; and that from the time of their appearance strict inquiry has been in progress into the manner in which they became public . —I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , H- Dkujimosd Wolff . " In allusion to the above the Daily News says : — " The

      documents referred to were sent to us under cover of an official envelope , with a request for their publication , by a person comm-uiricating his name and address . On inquiry it was ascertained that the name and address were genuine , and the person communicating them again placed them unconditionally at our disposal . The despatches of Sir John Young were accompanied by other papers , to which an equal importance is attached by the Colonial Office . On being made aware that the despatches had been published without the sanction of the Government , we withheld the remaining documents from publication , and have since handed them over to the Colonial Office . "

      Admiral Berkeley on the Navt . —At a public dinner at Bristol , on Saturday , Admiral Sir M . F . Berkeley , K . C . B ., late senior naval Lord of the Admiralty addressed himself to the observations made by Lord Hardwicke relative to the condition of the navy . Lord Hardwicke had said that the British navy was in a worse condition than it had been in _ former days , and that , though this was to be regretted , it arose not _ from any neglect on the part of the Government , but in the improvement daily making in science and art .. He would point to Birmingham , Sheffield , and other manufacturing towns , and ask whether science and art had placed other countries on a better footing than it had England ? He admitted that it was not pleasant to pay for science and

      art , but if the country wished to maintain its maritime supremacy it must build a new navy if foreign nations did so . Lord Hardwicke said , that the navy was " absolutely weaker than that of some great Powers near us ;" but he could give a positive contradiction to Lord Hardwicke ' s statement , He thought it unwise to publish the figures , but they were at the noble lord ' s service . He could prove that Great Britain Avas superior to every other country in material , ships , officers , and men . Lord Hardwicke also said that the British navy had done little or nothing to bring the Russian war to a conclusion . He maintained that historians would have to record that

      the Russian war proved more than anything else the great maritime power of England . It must be recollected that foreigners were supplied with the greater part of their moans of transport by the mercantile marine of this country , and it was idle to say that our ships were inefficiently manned . He could , however , understand a Cabinet Minister saying those things , because he wished the country to grant larger supplies for tho maintenance of the navy . He agreed with the noble earl that the navy must be increased ? ho was not satisfied that it was large enough ; but what they had would defy competition with any other navy .

      Fusion or Law and Equity . —Sir Richard Betholl , as president of the Juridical Society , has inaugurated tho fourth session by an address upon tho fusion of law and equity . Ho prefaced his remarks by alluding to the inupproprintonoss of the expression embodying the sub ^ jeet ho was called upon to discuss , as , conveying no definite idea to those unconnected with tho legal profession , and who could not possibly understand , that those two portions of jurisprudence were not oiiJy distinct but antagonistic . Tho present doublo system was chargeable

      not only with injustice in the shape of expense and delay to the litigants , but also with proving injurious to the development of tho philosophical study of jurisprudence and ouglit to bo at onco and for ever done away with . Front n total and immediate- reform , ho expected not only a grout public good , but n » i Mtldition to tho dignity of our courts of common law , a groat advancement of juridical science , und tho elevation of tUo mind and the enlightenment of the intellect of tho members of tho English bar .

      ensued it was stated that Mr . Kebble had resigned his deputyship from feelings of " disgust" at the conduct of Ms alderman . Deputy Lott sought to propitiate the coizrt by calling to their remembrance , as " ¦ fathers ol families , " the beautiful Christmas juvenile party which the late Lord Mayor got up after his accession to office . After some further discussion , the motion was agreed to ; and Sir B . W . Carden , when he contemplates his vote of thanks emblazoned on vellum , will have the gratification , of associating it with a discussion which unequivocally revealed the emptiness of the compliment .

      The Great Bell , of Westmg £ NSti : r . —The great bell of the clock of the new palace at "Westminster has , at length , been finally hung in its appointed position in the clock-tower , and was on Thursday rung for the first time in its new position . The first strokes seemed to create an immense sensation in the streets below , and upturned faces , dotted all over Palace-yard , with a good sprinkling of loungers who came out from Westminsterhall , at once showed the interest that was taken in the great bell ' s maiden speech . After the first attempt by Hr . Denison the bell was struck slower but with greater force by two or three workmen , and this elicited the whole of his tremendous tones to the greatest extent

      till the sound was something almost awful , floating about the tower and slowly dying away like the note of a soft trumpet , till it sank to a deep rich hum that hung about the bell long after the stroke had ceased . From the experiment made the necessity for increased supports to the standards was at once apparent . We believe that these strengthenings will consist of wroughtiron brackets passing from the collar down the main standards , which , while allowing enough play for the whole mechanism , will check the jerk of the collar on the standards , and stop a vibration which would otherwise be dangerous to the cast iron . When this has been done the clock will be hoisted to its place , and the

      bells at last left to their long duties . Crystal Palace . — The prize show of canaries and other birds is to open on Monday , in the tropical department of the palace . . The great basin in this part of the palace is also at present in great beauty , tenanted not only by strange forms of nyrophoeaj , loti , and other ¦ water plants , but also by myriads of gold fish , tortoises , and other creatures of the water , among which is the remarkable mud-fish from the African rivers . Mr . Kidd , the well-known writer on song-birds , will give some lectures explanatory of the birds during the continuance of the show .

      The Leviathan . —The prospectus of the " Great Ship Company ( Limited )"—the buyer of the Great Eastern steamship—is at length definitively issued . The Eastern Steam Navigation Company , after expending G 40 , 0 OOA upon the great ship , and incurring a debt of about 90 , 000 l , finds itself unable to complete and equip her for sea . Many of the present shareholders are willing to subscribe further funds , with a view to realise their great object , but , in order to avoid legal difficulties , it has been determined to form a new company . The capital is fixed at 330 , OOO £ , which is estimated to be ample to complete the vessel , to fit her for sea , and to provide working capital . Very large estimates of profit are put forward , especial stress being reasonably laid upon the low cost of tho Great Eastern , as she now lies , to the new company . The shares are 12 . each , and it is estimated that

      about 100 , 000 will bo available for distribution amongst tho general public , after making allowance for the amount already allocated , including that apportioned to tho holders of shares in tho Eastern Steam Company . A Cool Escape . —Such a wild beast is not a thing to fly from on tho wings of fear . If one did avoid it , when encountered in the opon air , it would rather be after the fashion of a late earl , of whom I once heard the following story : —Ho was a largo man , who , in speaking , wabbled like a turkey-cock , and thus ho related hit adventures : " What do you think ? " ho said , entering tho library of Duflloton ITouso ono day , about forty years ago— " what do you think ? As I waa walking along tho Strand this morning , not far from Exeter 'Change , I met a tigor ! " " A tiger I God bloas mo . f What on earth did you do ? " "Do ? ^ I callod a haduioy-couch !"—Dickena ' a Household Word *

      Couux ok Common Council . —At a Court hold on Thursday , Mr . Kenrna moved the adoption of a vote of . thanks to tho late Lord Mayor of n similar nature to that which was pftsacid by the Court of Aldermen ; that is to Bay , ho \ vn « thnnltod for tho dignity and impartiality with which ho had ¦ discharged his magisterial duties , for his punctuality nml courtesy , for tho support ho had given to ocluoatioiml and

      charitable institutions , and for his " generous hos pitality . " Mr . Parker , late under-sheriff , in thi exuberance of his gratitude , declared that " n < Lord Mayor had ever given such splendid entertainments . " This created some confusion which was increased by Mr . Anderton wishing to know where Deputy Kebble was , that gentleman being the deputy from Alderman Carden ' f ward , and therefore the proper person to . move a vot € of thanks . The answer was that he was but ol town , but in the course of the angry discussion which charitable institutions , and for his " generous hos

      London and Middlesex Ahcilixm-ouigal Ci < du . — On Monday the London and Midillesox Club had a dinner nt Poelo ' d Hotel , Mr . Deputy J-ott , F . S . A ., iii tho diafr , whon a report was mado on tlio oiiolont buiiaing at Stopnoy-groon , called King John ' s ralaoo , now In miiid process of demolition . „?„?„ Sm Alk . xandku Cockho «» .-Wo wgrot to state that tho Lord Chief Ju-tloo of tho Common 1 loasis again so seriously indisposed as to bo uuablo to attend court .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 20, 1858, page 1263, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2269/page/23/