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Notes On Literature, Science , Music, Drama, And The Fine Arts.
It has been decided by the Council of the British Archaeological Association to hold their next meeting at Ludlow . Sir C . IT . E . Boughtou is elected President . The 20 th of July is the date fixed . Mr . Ilardinge , husband of Miss Belle Boyd , the Confederate heroine now performing at the Theatre EoyalNewcastlewas one of the by the
, , passengers ill-fated American steamer , the TEcen ' unj Star , who perished . The Eev . H . W . Cookson , D . D ., Master of St . Peter ' s College , lias been re-elected President of the Cambridge Philosophical Society for the ensuing year . Dr . Paget , Professor Challis , and Professor Stokes
are the new Yice-Prcsidents . A German lady , in good circumstances , named Schwabe , residing in Oxford-terrace , Paddington , jumped out of her bedroom window on the second floor , on Sunday morning , and , falling on some railings , was killed instantaneous ^ . Mr . John Bouse has appeared at the Theatre Eoyal , Sadler ' s AVells , in a new piece , called " Patience ; or ,
the Purpose of a Life . " The Loudon critics speak eulogistically of his humorous acting as TLLwj lt Ainslie , an old professor of philosophy . At the last meeting of the Academie des Science , in Paris , a chemist , M . Commaille , presented a report giving an analysis of cat ' s milk , by which it appears
that that newly-suggested beverage possesses immense strength ancl restorative qualities . "Mugby Junction , " it is said , will be the title of Mr . Charles Dickens ' s Christmas number of "All the Year Bound , " in whicli the principal topic will be the Staplehurst railway accident , out of ivhich Mr .
Dickens fortunately came scot free . The appointment of Judge Advocate of the Fleet and Counsel to the Admiralty , whicli became vacant by the sudden death of Mr . Phiim , Q . C ., have been conferred on Mr . J . W " . Hudd . eston , Q . C ., and member for Canterbury . Mr . Hudd . eston is a bencher of Gray ' s Inn , a member of tlie Council of Lsgal Education , and goes the Oxford circuit , of which he is the leader .
A special press organ , entitled Thc Newspaper Press , has just been registered at Stationers'Hall , by Mr . Alexander Andrews , the author of the " History of British Journalism , " as a medium of intercommunication between all parties associated with newspapers and interested in newspaper property .
Mr . Kopp has communicated to the Academy of Sciences the result of some practical experiments on the nitro-glyceriue used in quarries in France for blasting purposes . 1 , 500 grammes will detach about seventy cubic metres of hard rock . The niti-o-glycerine employed is heavier than water ; it mav be handled with comparative safety , but ' a violent shock causes an explosion .
THE PATENT . Don _ n . E- _ . oi _ .-rED NEEDLI :. —AA e would direct the attention of our fair readers , as also the clothing trade , to a needle which has been recently patented by Messrs . Hayes and Co ., Excelsior Works , Alcester . This is a very clever invention , and remarkable for its simplicity . The double point of the needle enables the sewer to pierce the cloth , and the needle being graduated to the eyethe sewer is enabled to withdraw it from the cloth
, without any strain upon the fingers , and thus prevents that muscular exertion which is so painful to many ladies on the muscles of the wrist and fingers ; the thread is also less liable to break , and the needle very rarely indeed ; hence , by its use we have both economy and comfort combined .
Meetings Of The Scientific And Learned Societies For The Week Ending Nov. 24th, 1866.
MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOV . 24 TH , 1866 .
Tuesday , Nov . 20 th . —INSTITUTION OT CIVIL ENGINEERS , at 8 . Wednesday , Nov . 21 st . —SOCIETY OF ABTS , at 8 . Wednesday , . Nov . 21 sfc . —GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY , at 8 .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COI ' ET . —The Queen , with Prince and Princess Christian , drove in the grounds on tlie 7 th inst . Her Majesty drove on . the morning of the Sth inst ., accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice , and attended by A'iscountess Jocclyn . The Queen drove in the Home Park in the afternoon by their Royal Hihnesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold . Her Majesty ,
g with Princess Louise , attended by A iscountess Jocclyn , drove in the grounds of the Castle on the morning of the Oth inst . Tho 9 th inst . was the birthday of his Royal Hig hness the Prince of AA'ales . The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian , drove in the grounds in the afternoon . Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Christian went
out riding , attended by the Hon . Mary Lascelles and Major-General V . Seymour , CM . The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Christian , accompanied by Count Gleichen , and attended by Lord Alfred Paget and Lieutenant Haigh , went out on a shooting excursion . Her Majesty held a Council on the 10 th inst ., at oue o'clock , at ivhich were present the Duke of Buckingham ,
the Earl of Bradford , the Earl of Derby , aud the Right . Hon . S . AAlilpole . Her Majesty drove in the grounds in the afternoon , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise . Lieutenant-Uencral the Hon . C . and Mrs . Grey had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family . The Queen , his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh , their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Christian , Princess Louise , Princess Beatrice , and Prince Leopold , aud the Ladies and
Gentlemen in Waiting , attended Divine service on the 11 th inst ., in the private chapel . The Hon . and A ery Rev . the Dean of Windsor oliiciated , and administered the sacrament of the Holy Communion . The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian , walked and drove in the grounds on the morning of the 12 th inst . The Queen drove out in the
afternoon , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise . Her Majesty , with their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Christian , walked and drove on the morning of the 13 th inst . in the Home Pari ; . The Queen drove out in the afternoon with Princess Louise , and her Majesty , accompanied by her Royal Highness , drove out in the morning , attended by the Hon .
Mary Lascelles . GESEIUL HOME XEWS . —The weekly return of deaths in the metropolis for the past week , issued by the Registrar-General , shows au improvement of the public health , the number being 71 fewer than in the previous week . The mortality from cholera and diarrhoea , was about the same—100 , as compared
with 101 . The deaths from the two forms of the epidemic in the hist five weeks respectively were 25-1 , 199 , 111 , 101 , 100 " The majority of the deaths from cholera have lately occurred in AVoolwich , ivhere 73 persons have been cut off in three weeks . In a supplement to this return thc Registrar-General describes the peculiar circumstances of AA oolwich , and attributes the
outbreak to the insuflicient water supply , the dirty and dilapidated condition of the houses of the labouring classes , and the unhealthiness of their sites . He adds : "The question of the sites of dwellings for the working classes is one of the most
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notes On Literature, Science , Music, Drama, And The Fine Arts.
It has been decided by the Council of the British Archaeological Association to hold their next meeting at Ludlow . Sir C . IT . E . Boughtou is elected President . The 20 th of July is the date fixed . Mr . Ilardinge , husband of Miss Belle Boyd , the Confederate heroine now performing at the Theatre EoyalNewcastlewas one of the by the
, , passengers ill-fated American steamer , the TEcen ' unj Star , who perished . The Eev . H . W . Cookson , D . D ., Master of St . Peter ' s College , lias been re-elected President of the Cambridge Philosophical Society for the ensuing year . Dr . Paget , Professor Challis , and Professor Stokes
are the new Yice-Prcsidents . A German lady , in good circumstances , named Schwabe , residing in Oxford-terrace , Paddington , jumped out of her bedroom window on the second floor , on Sunday morning , and , falling on some railings , was killed instantaneous ^ . Mr . John Bouse has appeared at the Theatre Eoyal , Sadler ' s AVells , in a new piece , called " Patience ; or ,
the Purpose of a Life . " The Loudon critics speak eulogistically of his humorous acting as TLLwj lt Ainslie , an old professor of philosophy . At the last meeting of the Academie des Science , in Paris , a chemist , M . Commaille , presented a report giving an analysis of cat ' s milk , by which it appears
that that newly-suggested beverage possesses immense strength ancl restorative qualities . "Mugby Junction , " it is said , will be the title of Mr . Charles Dickens ' s Christmas number of "All the Year Bound , " in whicli the principal topic will be the Staplehurst railway accident , out of ivhich Mr .
Dickens fortunately came scot free . The appointment of Judge Advocate of the Fleet and Counsel to the Admiralty , whicli became vacant by the sudden death of Mr . Phiim , Q . C ., have been conferred on Mr . J . W " . Hudd . eston , Q . C ., and member for Canterbury . Mr . Hudd . eston is a bencher of Gray ' s Inn , a member of tlie Council of Lsgal Education , and goes the Oxford circuit , of which he is the leader .
A special press organ , entitled Thc Newspaper Press , has just been registered at Stationers'Hall , by Mr . Alexander Andrews , the author of the " History of British Journalism , " as a medium of intercommunication between all parties associated with newspapers and interested in newspaper property .
Mr . Kopp has communicated to the Academy of Sciences the result of some practical experiments on the nitro-glyceriue used in quarries in France for blasting purposes . 1 , 500 grammes will detach about seventy cubic metres of hard rock . The niti-o-glycerine employed is heavier than water ; it mav be handled with comparative safety , but ' a violent shock causes an explosion .
THE PATENT . Don _ n . E- _ . oi _ .-rED NEEDLI :. —AA e would direct the attention of our fair readers , as also the clothing trade , to a needle which has been recently patented by Messrs . Hayes and Co ., Excelsior Works , Alcester . This is a very clever invention , and remarkable for its simplicity . The double point of the needle enables the sewer to pierce the cloth , and the needle being graduated to the eyethe sewer is enabled to withdraw it from the cloth
, without any strain upon the fingers , and thus prevents that muscular exertion which is so painful to many ladies on the muscles of the wrist and fingers ; the thread is also less liable to break , and the needle very rarely indeed ; hence , by its use we have both economy and comfort combined .
Meetings Of The Scientific And Learned Societies For The Week Ending Nov. 24th, 1866.
MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOV . 24 TH , 1866 .
Tuesday , Nov . 20 th . —INSTITUTION OT CIVIL ENGINEERS , at 8 . Wednesday , Nov . 21 st . —SOCIETY OF ABTS , at 8 . Wednesday , . Nov . 21 sfc . —GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY , at 8 .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COI ' ET . —The Queen , with Prince and Princess Christian , drove in the grounds on tlie 7 th inst . Her Majesty drove on . the morning of the Sth inst ., accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice , and attended by A'iscountess Jocclyn . The Queen drove in the Home Park in the afternoon by their Royal Hihnesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold . Her Majesty ,
g with Princess Louise , attended by A iscountess Jocclyn , drove in the grounds of the Castle on the morning of the Oth inst . Tho 9 th inst . was the birthday of his Royal Hig hness the Prince of AA'ales . The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian , drove in the grounds in the afternoon . Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Christian went
out riding , attended by the Hon . Mary Lascelles and Major-General V . Seymour , CM . The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Christian , accompanied by Count Gleichen , and attended by Lord Alfred Paget and Lieutenant Haigh , went out on a shooting excursion . Her Majesty held a Council on the 10 th inst ., at oue o'clock , at ivhich were present the Duke of Buckingham ,
the Earl of Bradford , the Earl of Derby , aud the Right . Hon . S . AAlilpole . Her Majesty drove in the grounds in the afternoon , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise . Lieutenant-Uencral the Hon . C . and Mrs . Grey had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family . The Queen , his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh , their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Christian , Princess Louise , Princess Beatrice , and Prince Leopold , aud the Ladies and
Gentlemen in Waiting , attended Divine service on the 11 th inst ., in the private chapel . The Hon . and A ery Rev . the Dean of Windsor oliiciated , and administered the sacrament of the Holy Communion . The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian , walked and drove in the grounds on the morning of the 12 th inst . The Queen drove out in the
afternoon , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise . Her Majesty , with their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Christian , walked and drove on the morning of the 13 th inst . in the Home Pari ; . The Queen drove out in the afternoon with Princess Louise , and her Majesty , accompanied by her Royal Highness , drove out in the morning , attended by the Hon .
Mary Lascelles . GESEIUL HOME XEWS . —The weekly return of deaths in the metropolis for the past week , issued by the Registrar-General , shows au improvement of the public health , the number being 71 fewer than in the previous week . The mortality from cholera and diarrhoea , was about the same—100 , as compared
with 101 . The deaths from the two forms of the epidemic in the hist five weeks respectively were 25-1 , 199 , 111 , 101 , 100 " The majority of the deaths from cholera have lately occurred in AVoolwich , ivhere 73 persons have been cut off in three weeks . In a supplement to this return thc Registrar-General describes the peculiar circumstances of AA oolwich , and attributes the
outbreak to the insuflicient water supply , the dirty and dilapidated condition of the houses of the labouring classes , and the unhealthiness of their sites . He adds : "The question of the sites of dwellings for the working classes is one of the most