The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-19
EnglIsla Items.

The Earl of Macc!e s~ield:and lady Frances Allen
are dead.
The Marquis of HeItford It # John Wilson Croke or
f5O,OOO.
The standard for recruits is reduced to five feet
and a half inch. This looks desperate. This looks
DoN'r We want more troops,-and the
want Is likely to increase go long as the numbering
Indian policy OF our extlrpating rulers Is persisted
In. In Ireland the recruiting sergeants can get no
until they get Justice, "Don't Enlist" ''Don't enlist,
until we get good food and franchise" ought 10 be
the cry in England British Statesman, March 10.
Baron Jacques Levavasseur, OF RoueD, who was
one OF Its greatest manufacturers and s~hipowners,
died three days ago, at the age of ~, leaving a for
tune estimated al 2 OO0, 900 francs. Ii is said that
atihe time OF his death there were 30 of his ships
on the sea.
The electrical eel that created such sensation in
England, is dead
The Earl Of Dalheusie il to beGovernor of Ma
dras.
The Chartists are erecting a monument TO Radi-
cal Hunt.
LITERATURE -" Trever Hastings or the Field of
Ieweksbury," is the title of a new novel by Major
Michel also, &c Widow and Her Daughter by
Hook. Mr.. Colburn has also Just published-l Fas.
cination, novel editedby Mrs. Gore, 3 vols. 2 Ad.
ventures Of Sir Henry. Morgan the Buccaneer, a
Refer" &c, 3 vels. 3 The School for Wives, a
novel, by the authoress of Temptation" 4 Anne
boleyn, an historical romance, by Mrs. A. 7. Thorn
son, 3 vols; s., The Man Of Fortune, a tale by Mrs.
Gore, 3 vols. "Godfrey Malvern, I" by the author of
Royston Cover. Fathers and Sons by Hook.
THEArRcALs-- Celeste is making a second large
fortune in England. There is a talk of Taglioni
coming to this country. The Liverpool mail says
of her -
programme Of the director of her Majesty 9 Theatre, we
have heard, intends to visit this country early in June,
her ensagsmen, az the Imperial Theatre Of ST.: Peters.
the dramatic circles to have declined 100 from Mr.. Cal
craft for dancing one week at the Dublin Theatre, and
L 800 for one week 1.-THE Liverpool, last year, will pro
badly dance for q limited number of nights at Covent.
garden.i the managers OF the German Opera should in
troduce ballots at that house, and subsequently visit
some OF the principal towns, and perhaps the Un'ted
States, previous to her retirement from the stage.
Rubin and Lablache are both out Of England.
Tamburlnl and Grlsi are not at the Queens Theatre
(Opera House). Grisl is about TO be confined.
The anniversary meeting Of the friends and up.
holders Of the Covent Garden Theatrical Fund took
place at the Freemasons' Tavern The donations
Of the evening amounted to seven hundred pounds.
The dinner was well attended-chair filled by the
Duke Of Cambridge.
The musical season has now fairly commenced in
Londors The Italian theatre has opened, with an
opera bearing a new title by Donizetti; the Ancient
Concerts have resumed their accustomed career: and
the Philharmonic Concerts entered on another wear
OF existence on Monday last.
On the SSh day Of February last Mdlle. Rachel
attained her majority, and became independent
Of the parental authority. The first use she made of |
her liberty was to renew her engagement with the
French Theatre for twenty years. Besides a part
s~ntiere, which has been accorded to her as a testi.
mony Of the relief her ~exertiens have afforded to the |
exhausted treasury in the hour ofneed, she receives
~. 900 francs, or about fl7O0 from the funds which |
the government grants to that theatre, with the pro-
viso, that should the Chamber of Deputies cease TO |
allow it, she can annul the engagement, excepting |
the administration should agree 10 continue the same |
annual sum out Of their private funds. BY tn, con-
tract she is only bound to play fifty four times in The |
nine months the theatre is open, six performances