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The Week.
the earlier part of the day . We have to record , with extreme regret , the death of Mr . Frederick T . Fowler , manager ofthe Morning Herald and Standard newspapers . Mr . Fowler was extensively known , and in Cbe circles of metropolitan and provincial journalism his loss will be sincerely felt . Madame Louise Eollande de la Sange , who has for more than twelve years filled the office of French governess to the royal children , has just retired . It is well known that the Queen and her children have parted from this lady with real regret .
On the 21 st inst ., Bettina von Arnira died at Berlin , at the advanced age of seventy-four years . She was one of the shining stars of German romantic literature , and a genius from the cradle , her most remarkable work being a correspondence carried on with Goethe before her seventeenth year . Numbers of young men are now proceeding to India to join the several railway and other works , or seeking engineering employment . They are obtained on moderate terms . The distressed artillery officer , whose case was brought before thes
public by the Rev . Mr . Buck in a letter to the Times a day or two ago , ha received the substantial sympathy ofthe benevolent readers of that journal , who have sent contributions of money and comforts to a surprisingly large amount . This is , no doubt , attributable to an editorial note appended to the clergyman ' s letter , in which the editor of that journal vouched for tlie correctness of tht statement . A writ of ejectment has been served upon Lord Leigh , in respect of the Stoneleigh estates , at the instance of Thomas Leigh , of Darwen , and
Thomas Leigh , of Haigh . The case , we are informed , will be tried at the next Warwick assizes . His royal highness the Duke of Cambridge , as the general commanding-in-chief , held a levee on Wednesday afternoon at the Horse Guards , at ivhich there was a large attendance of officers . It is alleged that the government have completed a contract with with three large iron companies for a supply of 68-pounders as fast as they can be cast . An important contract for gunpowder has also been taken for the use of the army and navy . Westbar , a densely populated district of Sheffield has been the scene of one of
the most destructive fires which ever occurred in that town , rendered the more alarming by the suddenness with which it came upon the inhabitants of the neighbourhood in all its full force . The fire broke out on Monday morning early , and has destroyed more than £ 10 , 000 of property . On Saturday afternoon the first stone of the proposed national gallery for Ireland was laid by his excellency the Earl of Eglinton on the ground of , and adjoining , the Royal Dublin Society . The weather was inclement , and attendance not numerous . In Galwaya determination has to make Mr . Lever a member of
, sprung up parliament ; and Mr . Long has intimated his intention of retiring from North Wilts . Vice-Chancellor Wood has decided the question between the directors of the Great Northern Railway and the B shareholders , which has been long litigated , in favour of the latter . The A shareholders are not iu future to receive any dividends until the B shareholders be paid six per cent , per annum . The Africa has brought £ 94 , 918 in gold from the United States ; and a telegram has been received announcing the arrival of the Australian mail steamer Columbine
at Suez , with .- £ 75 , 400 , iu gold , from Melbourne . On Friday afternoon the remains of the late Henry Hallam , the historian , wore conveyed from Clevedon Court , the seat of Sir Arthur Hallam Elton , M . P ., nephew of the deceased , to a grave which , through a mysterious inversion of the common order of succession , had been already rendered classic ground bj the ashes of his two gifted sons . The funeral was strictly private The services afc St . Paul ' s continue to attract large audieuces . Lord Campbell , accompanied by some of the members of his family ,
was present at the special service at the cathedral on Sunday evening , occupying seats near those of the dean and chapter . Madame Goldsmidt was also present . Williams , has been filled up by the appointment of the Rev . John Hughes , The archdeaconry of Cardigan , rendered vacant by the death of the venerable John vicar of Llanbadarn-Faivr , and incumbent of the chapelrv of St . Michael , Aberystwyth . Mr , Hughes is looked up to as a father by the clergy ol Upper Cardiganshire , who hail his appointment to the archdeaconry with great gratification . At tho half-yearly meeting ofthe North Staffordshire company held yesterday , the report referred to a very marked improvement in the traffic , and
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The Week.
the earlier part of the day . We have to record , with extreme regret , the death of Mr . Frederick T . Fowler , manager ofthe Morning Herald and Standard newspapers . Mr . Fowler was extensively known , and in Cbe circles of metropolitan and provincial journalism his loss will be sincerely felt . Madame Louise Eollande de la Sange , who has for more than twelve years filled the office of French governess to the royal children , has just retired . It is well known that the Queen and her children have parted from this lady with real regret .
On the 21 st inst ., Bettina von Arnira died at Berlin , at the advanced age of seventy-four years . She was one of the shining stars of German romantic literature , and a genius from the cradle , her most remarkable work being a correspondence carried on with Goethe before her seventeenth year . Numbers of young men are now proceeding to India to join the several railway and other works , or seeking engineering employment . They are obtained on moderate terms . The distressed artillery officer , whose case was brought before thes
public by the Rev . Mr . Buck in a letter to the Times a day or two ago , ha received the substantial sympathy ofthe benevolent readers of that journal , who have sent contributions of money and comforts to a surprisingly large amount . This is , no doubt , attributable to an editorial note appended to the clergyman ' s letter , in which the editor of that journal vouched for tlie correctness of tht statement . A writ of ejectment has been served upon Lord Leigh , in respect of the Stoneleigh estates , at the instance of Thomas Leigh , of Darwen , and
Thomas Leigh , of Haigh . The case , we are informed , will be tried at the next Warwick assizes . His royal highness the Duke of Cambridge , as the general commanding-in-chief , held a levee on Wednesday afternoon at the Horse Guards , at ivhich there was a large attendance of officers . It is alleged that the government have completed a contract with with three large iron companies for a supply of 68-pounders as fast as they can be cast . An important contract for gunpowder has also been taken for the use of the army and navy . Westbar , a densely populated district of Sheffield has been the scene of one of
the most destructive fires which ever occurred in that town , rendered the more alarming by the suddenness with which it came upon the inhabitants of the neighbourhood in all its full force . The fire broke out on Monday morning early , and has destroyed more than £ 10 , 000 of property . On Saturday afternoon the first stone of the proposed national gallery for Ireland was laid by his excellency the Earl of Eglinton on the ground of , and adjoining , the Royal Dublin Society . The weather was inclement , and attendance not numerous . In Galwaya determination has to make Mr . Lever a member of
, sprung up parliament ; and Mr . Long has intimated his intention of retiring from North Wilts . Vice-Chancellor Wood has decided the question between the directors of the Great Northern Railway and the B shareholders , which has been long litigated , in favour of the latter . The A shareholders are not iu future to receive any dividends until the B shareholders be paid six per cent , per annum . The Africa has brought £ 94 , 918 in gold from the United States ; and a telegram has been received announcing the arrival of the Australian mail steamer Columbine
at Suez , with .- £ 75 , 400 , iu gold , from Melbourne . On Friday afternoon the remains of the late Henry Hallam , the historian , wore conveyed from Clevedon Court , the seat of Sir Arthur Hallam Elton , M . P ., nephew of the deceased , to a grave which , through a mysterious inversion of the common order of succession , had been already rendered classic ground bj the ashes of his two gifted sons . The funeral was strictly private The services afc St . Paul ' s continue to attract large audieuces . Lord Campbell , accompanied by some of the members of his family ,
was present at the special service at the cathedral on Sunday evening , occupying seats near those of the dean and chapter . Madame Goldsmidt was also present . Williams , has been filled up by the appointment of the Rev . John Hughes , The archdeaconry of Cardigan , rendered vacant by the death of the venerable John vicar of Llanbadarn-Faivr , and incumbent of the chapelrv of St . Michael , Aberystwyth . Mr , Hughes is looked up to as a father by the clergy ol Upper Cardiganshire , who hail his appointment to the archdeaconry with great gratification . At tho half-yearly meeting ofthe North Staffordshire company held yesterday , the report referred to a very marked improvement in the traffic , and