The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-22 00:00:00

JENNY LIND IN HOLLAND.

lolls to common acceptation, Jenny Lind—
i' °'le feels a restraint in calling her by any other
IP that familiar name—has resumed professional life
-4 a;:.ine, in order to raise thereby an endowment fund
, Vv;„!'ospital in Stockholm. .
(tee,;:," hetarrival in Holland came the sad news of those
11°
;Ali,"); fearful inundations, which, in the provinces of
- '4(14;414d and North Brabant, destroyed about three
biterl -411 dwellings, and made 13 thousand of their halm-
tqiirj? homeless. On hearing the sad particulars Jenny
,‘'llt h'illreediately offered to give a series of concerts,
'ilh',ll.(3ats
.of which should be devoted to the Patriotic
1 Itiii' "Wbeing formed for the relief of the sufferers.
!Ii a;rst has already taken place at Amsterdam. As soon
44;4'1 Lind appeared in the concert room, the
9tti'ln-Iloe rose en masse, knowing no bounds to its enthu-
11Ittle,* When she had'
finished her part the orchestra
,
'ell " il) the Swedish National Anthem, and six child-
Il'ktit:ll,t4le most. distinguished families of the city ad-
tkit-e" towards Jenny Lind to ask her acceptance of a
t4t-tird, a bouquet, and a testimony of thanks on the
ti°, the audience, written in the Swedish and Dutch
.I,ilicfeuhaeB- It is proverbially difficult to move a Dutch
' ilitl,l,;'°o to tears or smiles, but on this occasion the au-
' ',ll, °II.? breath,
completely "beside itself ;" tears and smiles
.short- °reath, clapping of hands, stamping of feet—in
~'4ti every possible method that admiration could in-
"(tiv-°r giving itself expression was here alopted. It
11%d" l'equirtra far abler pen than that of your corres,-,
NCeot to describe "the power of her charmed voice.
lill4)Ltiling approaching it had ever before been heard. in
egoirrld• It is now become the turn of the public of
'l,e-1,_4'1(1 to undergo all the stages of the Jenny Lind
to atc The profits of her Ainsterdain concert amounted
It ° 4001.
ttaetrdam, March 19.
All

at 3 UL2 MALE CRIMINALS.—On Tuesday afternoon,
tt4thici.elock, a public meeting was held in Willis's-
ty In. aid of the funds of the London yeforena-
ioii I,`"' Adult Male Criminals, established in Great
~Itetz;ltreet, near Westminster Abbey. The chair was
•`'Y the Earl of Shaftesbury, and there was a
Ike attendance in the room on the ground floor,
~141.,‘`‘,.Lte89 as usual, being in the majority. It
the institution is now on the verge of bank-
,betit-flY' and that money is urgently wanted to meet pre-
lle `'nergenci and, in faceto cover outstanding bills.
btu of thee. 4 institution has already been explained.
is simply to receive into a house of refuge—
in fact, a workshop—applicants (liberated con-
4t' who desire to forsake their dishonest calling— there
ve,c-'3ttljcir sincerity_ by a fortnight's solitude and the
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07:tintonett fare, and then to admit.them as mem-
k4„ a community from which all restraint is banished
and cithe enforcement of strict domestic rule, religious
Nvtijetnentary teaching, out-door exercise, and access to
55 ejected library, being combined with instruction
arc4ll
useful trade. The result is that the premises
1,111, and that a large number of applicants for
a.ro necessarily rejected. The claims of the
114. ltu)11 to public fiirip-rt were advocated by the'noble
tll,ltin4u, Mr. Serjeant Adams, Mr. Bail, M.P., TO
gentlernen, and a resolution was paszecl pledging'
tiklittliveeti" to respond to the call made upon its libe-
l" A.:Collection was afterwards made at the doors.