, 1859-11-28

aaout tn commence their campaign by soiree
~ 1he fh1lharmonic Hall, Mt n hich Messrs, Cob
oen and Bright will be present, The soires !.
lux, ,nsea's!l 20 be followed BY public meeting in
Is expected to preside.
At public meeting held in DradGnrd rno
over which the Mayor presided. it was resolrci
70 ra'sc a subscription io- the PURPOSE Of erect.
ing public drinking fountain 10 rcrnatua.e
the memory Of the late Mr. Thomas Beaumout.
surgeon Of Bradford. The dccctsei va, dis
former. 49,
The Franklin relics are On exhibition in
London. AA
a paragraph has appeared in several jour-
Desiot had sold bis famous violin to II. Wien.
awsk', Tor sum Of a0,000f. The pretended
sale was merely IN offer made under the follow
ing circumstances Tho two yiotiuiste bappen-
'ns to meet last summer at Ems, II. Wicnawski,
alter playing gu II. de Beriot's violin, in his
apartment, IN the presence Of Piatti and Selic-
mann: asked him if lc felt inclined to sell t.
Yes, answered II. dc 1eriot, *but not for less
than ~ ouf.' Thereon u. Wienawski expressed
ns desire to purchase it. notwithstanding 1l,e
high price, and II. de- Deriot having assured him
that he SHOULD be most happy to see tie instru-
meht IN s's possession, the young artist asked
permission 10 delay his tinal nswer till the com
ing wintcr, after Lis return from St, Peters
burg
The total coinaoe ot 4bo por., Xiv. ,1r
tie last fifteen vesr. bas ccr ~ 'aa a.s au1n .a
E7s,4:s, SIS. Of This e73.77..CI3 was mid
- 4,5iv.:;>s silver. and E16G,6G7 copner. The
amount coined cacl year has varied considcra-
bly, Thus. ia 1850 ,hc tota! was Fl ,G2l $50, and
in 1858, E12.GG4,1a5. Last year 1he a1nount
coined again fell 10 II, ,oeo,3 The ro,d coined
reached its maximum in 1853, and its min;mum
in 1858; tho silver coinage was greatest in 1855.
and smallest in 1875; und the colper coiuage
was ou'y .445 in 1850, while it was Isl ,53s In
4o''4.
Tho Loadon -Acndemv Of Sciences hare re-
ceived detailed accounts Of IN aurora which &C.
Cured on lhe It'll. of October. beinr III. Third
remarkable one this year. Il became yis;b5e At
Nantes about 7 p. H., and was observed at Mou.
Inns iu lis fullest GLORY half IN hour 1.tcr hv II
1aasseoht.
-nr. Hills, who was consecrated Bishop Of
British Columbia few weeks aro. was 10 lcare
England for his distant diocese ia December.
"A c3mu,;,,ce has heon forn,ad ~ ,.;ra .
fund a. to erect snrne f;st;nc n,ena-;., =, ~
town of SniIshr rr;c' c,n;S,s .i.a h ~ ~ .he .t
pirth o. the lamented Sir John Franklin, where
n ~ earnest Years we're spent, and where many
!raenas ' oi ms youth still bear in happy rccol-
ton Of brave unJ ,,ood man sA'&e o'7'0'''
I'll. ,,,,s;c;.n. I'D .,,r r c,-
Hospital luye awarded the Astiey Cooper prize
Of $500 to Dr.. Crisp, for his essay on .'Thc
Structure and Use OF lie Thyroid Gland."
The udyiccs received from, different n,r+s
of the Continent seem To 1oriode nn earlv W;ns
ter. Na'ler hea'J falls OF SNOW ilare already
occat1eo , IA me fas &c Calais and Brittany, rs
wen M as IN tGe neighboEhood Of Roucn, !iayre
1Iains uiso states that 50 much snow vas nerer
Tenenoefca IA tue Alps ut talsTeason; Mount
5oaPet; ana me g!ler mountains round sallnes,
Ill the 1ura, are likewise covered with snow.
Mir. Roger is almost sufficiently recovered
to resume his duties at the Grand Opera, Me-
artir;aI I9nd ~ nnrf i,ppea I'm VIII dn
~ aa,aaai Ill., ~ r. ~ ~ ls sa1a, Us neA'!h
sI,rsan sn., ~ ioss VI ~: naau1a one; ne VIII
,ss spp.A' 'oon l" ooe u LIZ 'oos1 Popula1 Guar
os'e's
The election Of Lord Rector Of Edinburgh
University Was 10 take place on the 12th iust.,
and among the names likely to be fixed upon