The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-23 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

A le.tter from Amsterdam, 18th, states that &general
meeting of the Itoyal Institute had been held, and an
address voted to the King, praying him to dissolve
thrt body. The address is drawn up in the most re-
opeetftil terms, and stated that the grould3 of the ap..
plication are, that the slim of 10,00011. (20,000 fr.)
a year allowed by the State to the Institute is in-
aufficteot to cover. its4inost indisrennble expenin,

and that all its application.; for an increase to the
grant have been ineffectual. This step on the part
of the first scientific body of the kingdom had caused
a very profound sensation.

THE LADY OF MANY WILLS.
A lady, of considerable beauty and still young,
died a few weeks ago, says the Constitutionnel, at
the Batignolles. As she had lived alone, the juge
de paix of the district took possession of her furni-
ture and her effects on behalf of the heirs. Amongst
other things was a rather large collection of richly
bound books. On opening one of the volumes, the
juge de paix found a will : in a second there was a
second will, and in nearly all the others there were
others. Each of these wills was of a different date,
and each constituted a different person universal legatee.
These legatees were all young men—officers of the
army, advocates, shopmen, artists, actors, students,
architects, physicians—in short of every profession,
and of almost every class of society. Inquiries
having been instituted, it was ascertained that the
lady had married eight or ten years before, but,
being of a romantic disposition, had soon vio-
lated her fidelity to her husband, and having aban-
doned him, had
,indulged openly in intrigues with
every young wan who struck her fancy. Her re-
lations with each were, however, of short duration,
owing to the fickleness of her disposition ; but
having, it appears, a sort of monomania for making
wills, she regularly drew up one in favour of every
new lover. Each will thus set aside that which
preceded it ; but the last of all was valid. The juge
de paix caused the person named in this last one to
be sought for, and he turned out to be a young artist
without fortune. He was warmly congratulated on
.
his good luck, and calculated on being placed com-
fortable circumstances for life—the lady having an
income of 30,000 f. a year. But a few days ago the
husband presented himself, and destroyed all the ar-
tist's hopes by producing his marriage contract, which
established him inheritor of all his wife might leave
at her death.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDDIG SAT UItDAY, OCT. 18, 1551.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*229
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 39
Tubercular Diseases ... ... 199
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 97
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 36
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... •-• 129
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion...
.. 68
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• •.• ••• 14
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. '" 9
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 8
Diseases of the Skin, eze
Malformations..
Premature Birth
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden ...
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 2.5
Causes not specified

981
Deaths
in the
Week.
167
191
187
195
241