The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-02-15 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

TIIE RECENT CHARGE AO &INST. DR. HENSEL.— The committee acting on behalf of Dr. Hessel, who was wrongly charged with being concerned in the Coram-street murder, to take charge of the subscriptions made for him by the public, have receit ed £l,lOB 18s. 21. The highest sum on the list is £25, and is an anonymous donation. There are five sums of £2O, three of which are sent by Germans and one by a reverend English baronet. The rest of the total is subscribed by English and Germans in pretty equal proportions. Dr. Hessel expressed his deep appreciation of the kindness which had been shown him by the people of England; and after briefly speaking of the shock which so terrible an accusation had been alike to him and his young wife, he said he should send half the money to his father and invest the remaining half for the benefit of his wife. He also intimated his intention of acknowledging his • gratitude to the English nation by a letter to the newspapers.—lt is to be hoped, says the Morning Post that the public interest aroused by the case will not be allowed to subside without producing such an improvement in the conduct of preliminary criminal inquiries in this country as may prevent such a blunder for the future.  Efforts are again being made for the purpose of inducing the Government to take possession of the famous monument known as Cleopatra's Needle, which was presented to King George IV. by Mehemet Ali, and now lies buried in the sand on the banks of the Nile. Plans have been pre. pared and submitted to the Chancellor of the Ex • chequer, by which Cleopatra's Needle could be tranapnted from its present position and placed on any site along the Thames Embankment for about £15,000.  A young lady, whose success as an actress competen judges confidently promise, is to make her first appearance on the stage of the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool, in "Romeo and Juliet," which has been settled for production at this house some time next March. Nina Temple, the nom de guerre of the dabutonte, will commence her histronic warfare in the character of" Juliet." The " Claimant' will be tried in April by the following judges :—Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, Mr. Justice Lush, and Mr. Justice Quoin. Mr. Justice Archibald was one of the counsel originally engaged in the case, and consequently will not now be able to sit. Mr. Skipworth, the gentleman who took so deep an interest in the affairs of the "Claimant" as to subject himself to a £.500 fine and three months' imprisonment in the City Prison at Holloway, is not allowed to rest tranquilly in his confinement. Several persons have written to say they wish to join in a national subscription for the payment of the fine, in recognition of what they describe as his " patriotic " conduct. He states in reply to some of his friends, that had he "more money than he could carry," he would not pay the line, and as in his opinion the question of the legality of his imprisonment has become a national one, he hopes that no one will pay the amount for him.  A correspondent of the Daily New reports a hoax which was played on Dr. Cumming. The doctor was announced to deliver a lecture at Folkestone, on Wednsday, at three o'clock in the afternoon, mi "The Pope and his work in England." as he entered the hall, a telegram, just arrived from London was presented to him, lie at once proceeded to the platform, opened the telegram, and read it aloud. As far as the words could be caught, they were l'rivate telegram from Kome.—The Pope died at ten o'clock this morning." The effect cannot be discribed. Those present were confounded. The lecture was softened down to a mild and not very forcible retence to the solemn event which had just been announced. The evening papers were sought for with avidity at all the libraries, and the whole population, including it large number of poor Irish, were greatly excited. A WA RN