The Aberystwith Observer

'FOREIGN rrEMS, CAPTURE OF TETUAN. MADRID, Feb. 7. Tetuan has been taken by the Spaniards, after a battle which, was fought on the 4th. 800 large tents, forming the five encampments of the enemy, the artillery, camels, and all other equipage of the Moorish army have been taken. The brothers of the Emperor took to night, and, a summons having been transmitted to the enemy to surrender Tetuan within 24 hours, a deputation from the city came into the Spanish camp to beg for mercy, as the Mussulmans had com- menced pillage and slaughter in the town. The Division of General Rios entered the place without any opposition, and was received with manifestations of joy. Immense Douular rejoicings are taking place at Madrid, whXTs splendidly illuminated. The acclamations are general, and preparations are being made for grand public fetes. NICE, Feb. 7. On Sunday last a spontaneous manifestation took place in the French theatre, where the air of Reine "Hortense" was unanimously applauded. Yesterday 1,500 persons were pre- sent at the iloyal Italian Theatre. A. manifestation was pro- voked by the performance of the Royal Hymn, which had ¡}een announced in the playbill; 450 spectators, consisting only of soldiers and Italian functionaries, shouted a 'great deal, hut half the audience remained silent. The boxes were empty.. NICE, Feb. 7. (MciTurtn) At the theatre last night the national song was repeated three times, and was received with shouts of The King for ever!" "Italy for ever!" "Nice Italian Perfect order prevailed. HUNGARY. VIENNA, Tuesday. The official Wiener Zeitung contains the following:— "At fl which took place on Sunday evening Tatd in bJie Hungarian Theatre at Pesth the national 'Rakoesy dance' was demanded. The students of the University took no part in the manifestation. Three workmen em- ployed in a machine manufactory were arrested, and, in consequence of their liberation being insisted upon, a body of soldiers who had been kept in readiness were sum- moned, and restored tranquility without recourse to arms. Dancing was then resumed." t On Sunday last in all the churches of Paris, the priests, 'following the orders of the Archbishop of Paris, read the last encyclical letter of the Pope. The Archbishop has also ordered public prayers to be offered until Easter, in orae that His Holiness may overcome the tribulations P Seditions to which the Church is now exposed. I. afr c"X"i.SS st AniliassaiiCTot Austria, with whom he Uad a very long con- I ference. The Monit&iir of Sunday last contains numerous nomina- tions of Sardinian officers to the Legion of Honour, and announces that 2,00!'military medals have been granted by the French Government to Piedrnontese non-commissioned officers and private soldiers. The Emperor of the French has just given another pledge of peace, which might with equal gracefulness and reason he" reciprocated by England. It is announced in the Moniteur that the contingent for the army of the class 1S59 is to be reduced from 140,000 to 100,000 men-a very notable diminution of the empire. This, indeed, is but a practical corollary from the commercial reforms about to be inaugu- scated in France, and seems to complete the proof that the Jpolie/ of Napoleon III. towards this country is one of settled ■peace and amity. It ought to exercise a wholesome in- fluence on the Budget and Service estimates.

? ROASTED ALIVE !—At New Orleans a lady, siamed Franke, went out, leaving two young children foi charge of the nurses. The nurses, doubtless think ing the children were safe from harm, on account^ of the fireplace b-, v>g protected by a high fender, which 'Was fastened W. the mantelpiece, locked the room in which they were, and went out in the street. One of the children, two and a half years old, left to itself, attempted to climb up on the fender for the purpose of taking something off the mantel, and in doing so fell ihside between the fender and the fire, and was thus roasted alive. The cook heard the cries of the child, but having just seen the nurses in the room concluded that it was nothing serious; and thus the poor little creature was left to be burnt to death. THE DRAMA KEALISED.—A curious circum- stance occurred in Paris in the course of the perfor- i Clance of the piece called "L'Histoire d'un Drapeau" Iaot the Cirque Imperial. The incident is as follows :— One of the scenes represents a number of soldiers of the B^^nblican army in Egypt, exhausted with fatigue and over- CQjne with heat, grumbling with their lot, when General Brvranartp nrrives and pacifies them. They, however, point m ML one of their comrades a young volunteer, who appears on the brink of death and the general orders that le shall be conveyed into his own tent and receive every 1\ attention. The soldiers applaud, and the public follow the Sxample- On the evening in question an old man in the gallery, on seeing the young volunteer removed to the tent, jumped up and cried out with great emotion, It was I it tv-as I!" ,He then related to the people near him that the ncident in the drama had really occurred, and that it was ie who had fibred in it. On the conclusion of the perfor- nance a sort of ovation was paid to the old man. CARRYING JJOKE Too FAR.—The Courier tie Lyon" relates the sad results of a practical joke. An apprentice or tnat city, who had been 'out catching frogs i weeK> £ °ught several home alive, ana, to I play hit" brother a tricfe, three of them in his bed. in the jn'iddle of tne nig^ ^jie frogS> finding the bed too warm, ? §? (iut> and one of them happened to crawl on' *be la'1 *ace and awoke him. Feeling something c ?M ancl clammy on i-tjs cheek, the lad was ri Ireadfully fvf^htened, and leaped out of bed, calling f 'or help. When his parents came they found him I ying on the liioor ™ st;rong convulsions, which were, '.owever, reliev ed by proper treatment, and the boy as since resumed_"1S usua 0ccupation, but has lost ie faculty of speech- A FJBENCH MOTHER LYONG ribunal of Correction,ai ± J«at. tried a silk inder, named Tronel, and her workwomen, %ied D.aroue, for a series of atr^us cities exer- ted on the apprentices of tl Their oftence 's brought to li"ht by the dedti ot one of their Ytims. On the 22nd of Deceither c°:emissary of tlceof t he quarter was informed named JWiva,;„ 14 years of age, has jf t J>een by ^dentally- falling from a fourth fiow* On ]Wroceedin:g to the spot to inquire c^">e of th<accident, 1e was told that the poor girl ov-i ba^ced neiielf with lc >oking down into the court-yard, |U on ^tfrogaAing the deceased's fellow-apprentices tnt ra.cr, ^as folly e»t&, blished that the poor girl had tnrown «erelf from thv- window in a fit of despair, brought i 3 ?y ths cruelties of the two prisoners. Witnesses ^°'ed that the prisoner Trowel'was in the habit ot 1 tfiplie^u^' ili'-tre £ >t;ing her apprentices, and several ot fatter-deposed that their mistress gave them such MfT,o°-d~ e°nld not eat it. She beat them tK„ stifles, pj-icked them with needles, and tortured i bad*4 m 1Vepy way s^e could think of. The prisoners -day attempted J» seat the deceased's sister on < -day attempted J» seat the deceased's sister on a red-hot iron stove, but the girl's desperate struggles and cries made them at last desist for fear of alarming the neighbours. The Tribunal sentenced the prisoner Tronel to the maximum of punishment, five years' im- prisonment, and her workwoman to one year's im- prisonment. "AUSTRIA LEARNS NOTHING, FORGETS NO- THING.By advices from Milan we learn that the Austrians are constructing four new forts round Peschiera, where a large hospital has been established. Sixty-four rifled cannon of large calibre have arrived at Mantua, and have been placed in the fortress of the Quadrilateral. Heavy rifled bronze cannon have been substituted for the cast cannon. Great military pre- parations are being made, and arrests continue every- where. General Hess has been pensioned. This does not appear as if Austria were going to let Italy have her own way just yet. How THE SENATE BEHAVES IN AMERICA!— A special Washington dispatch to the Neiv York Herald, dated January 20, gives the following photo- graphic view of the proceedings of the House :— The House has concluded its theatrical performance for this week, having taken but one ballot. The proceedings to- day were' characterised by language of the most vulgar Billingsgate, by appeals to the wildest passions, by pro- positions and denunciations unparliamentary, discourteous, and disgraceful. The galleries are daily appealed to in general terms by inflammatory arguments, and ofoen in language direct. To-day so loosely was the business of the House con- ducted that the members themselves presented more the ap- pearance of a disorganised mob in p, low pothouse than that of the greatest deliberative body in the world and, under the impulsive retort of a member from Arkansas to the remark of a member from Sew York, the galleries, from the example set them by the members, caught" up the fever of disorder and broke out into the loudest cheers. The clerk appealed to the people in the galleries to preserve order, rebuking the House at the same time for setting the example. Unless those who profess to represent the people can give better evidence that they are capable of governing themselves than they have done thus far they had better not attempt to govern others. A few more weeks of such bear-garden scenes as have been witnessed at the national capital will be sufficient cause for the people to rise, and, with a Crom- well at their head, drive the present disorganisers from the capital. ANTIDOTE EOA AHSENIC.- Dr. Blondlot, a mem- ber of the French Academy of Sciences, announces a fact which may be highly valuable in cases of poisoning by arsenic. After numerous experiments he has come to the conclusion that the slightest quantity of greasy matter in contact with arsenious acid will reduce its solubilitv to about one-twentieth of what it was before. This explains at once why, in certain judicial investi- gations, arsenic has been sought for in vain in the liquid portion of the food contained in the stomach, when it partly consisted of fatty substances, such as broth, milk, &c. It likewise explains how arsenious acid, taken in powder, may sometimes have sojourned a long time in the stomach before it produced any dele- terious effect, since in such cases its action was hindered by the presence of fatty substances. Jugglers have been seen swallowing arsenic with impunity, because, ac- cording to Dr. Blondlot, they had previously taken the precaution to drink milk and eat fat bacon. Hence it follows that in cases of poisoning by arsenic, fatty sub- stances may be administered as real antidotes, capable of suspending the action of the poison for a consider- able time, until more radical means of effecting a cure can be applied. AN AMER ICAN DOCKYARD STORY.—At the Ports- mouth, N. H., Navy Yard, the other day, the Com- mandant issued orders that all the cattle employed in the yard should be fed on cut feed, which was accord- ingly carried into effect-but an old ox, who had been educated on long hay, would not accommodate himself to the diet, and it was reported to the proper authority that the animal wouldn't eat cut food. Not eat it exclaimed the head teamster, with horror, by thunder! he must eat it; it's the Commodore's orders THE ENGLISH ELEVEN" DISSATISFIED.—The Rochester Union says that the Eleven Englishmen who came over here to prove their su] t l iorii v in cricket, have gone home to grumble at American hospitality. This should surprise no one. They were too low-bred and vulgar to appreciate genuine hospitality; and base their complaint, doubtless, upon the fact that American hospitality cultivates the social not the brutal instincts. Our English adopted citizens, who were generally their hosts, exerted themselves to their utmost to make their sojourn here pleasant. Nothing which gentlemen could do for them was left undone. If they were dis- appointed at not meeting with the gross hospitality which characterises the pastimes of "Billingsgate" or the Five Dials," (?) it is only to be regretted that their tastes run into such a channel. Englishmen here cherish a higher hospitality, and cultivate purer tastes. -Albany Joumal.-[It is quite evident that Jonathan takes his beating badly.] A FEROCIOUS BRIDEGROOM!—There wa.s re- cently married at Newmarket, Canada West, a drum- major, in full regimentals, with orange sash, sword, &c. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the bridegroom drew his sword from the scabbard, and giving- it into the bride's Ixand, said :— I now authorise you, my dear wife, to plunge this naked sword in my breast in case you find me unfaithful to the marriage tie now taken place between me and you, as un- worthy of a moment's longer existence hence, you will have this sword placed at the head of your bed at your service. All present seemed very feelingly impressed on the hearing of his heartfelt remarks, and so it ended. CURIOUS IMMIGRATION. An extensive Giij'o'i'fi,- tion of Belgian farmers has (says one of the Belgian journals) been taking place to France, chiefly to the de- partments of the Aisne, the Cher, the Indre and the Nievre. Some of these men have purchased land, and others have rented farms, and several of them are ac- companied by laoourers and animals they will require. A recent rise in the value of land and in rent in Belgium is the cause of the emigration. MAZZrNI ON hALY.In a letter to Mr. M'Adam, of Glasgow, M. Mazzini urges the importance of nationalising the Italian movement," and says:- Explain to your countrymen that our aim is unity—that there is the root of the question—that Italy will never be tranquil, Europe never be at peace, while that supreme aim of ours is not reached. Take up your Government's scheme of non-interference from foreign force in our internal affairs. But take it up in a sincere, complete, warning way so as to proclaim that there must be identity between Ministerial speeches and acts. I speak advisedly. Above all, urge, insist for the withdrawal of the French troops from Italy, but especially from Rome. What is the talking about non-inter- ference while 20,000 French soldiers are forbidding Rome manifesting her verdict about Papal rule ? The withdrawal as soon as the Pope's security would be guaranteed was pro- mised since 1849. It was promised again in 1856, on condition that the Austrian troops would withdraw from the Roman provinces. It is asked for by the Pope it is by the Italian people and since the war for independence it is a logical deduction as, since the Peace of Villafranca with Austria, it is an elementary political duty. Ask for it—petition, speak, resolve in every meeting foi'it. Home free is Italy one and the movement now going on amongst your Catholic population ought to stir up your Protestant believers to something like a counter demonstration. A BRILLIANT EXPLOIT.—The overland mail from Bombay brings detailed accounts of a decisive battle fought with the Wagher tribes by Major Honner, whose force chiefly consisted of native troops, about a thousand in number. He scattered and broke up the enemy, and took many hundreds of them prisoners. The Waghers held a very strong hill position on the Ubhpoora, and the strategic operations to dislodge and capture them were necessarily spread over a circumference of 30 miles, according to the official dispatch, though, if the extreme right and left posts were at that distance apart," the area must have been much greater. The whole operations appear to have been a model for bush fighting. This revolt of the Waghers does not seem to have had anything to do with the great Indian mutiny. MARRYING A RELEASED CONVICT.—The Im- perial Court of Paris, has just given judgment on on appeal, in a case of great social importance, which has made considerable stir in French legal circles. The case is as follows :— A respectable girl, the daughter of a small tradesman, married a man who turned out to have been a convict. lie was some years ago found guilty as an accessory to a murder, and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment. A part of his punishment was subsequently remitted, but not until he had remained in prison eleven years. The wife had a fortune of 20,000f., a large sum for her station in life. When she found out that her husband was a released convict, she brought a sjut for nullity of marriage, and relied upon Art. 180 of the Code, which declares a marriage void when there is a mistake as to the identity of either of the parties. The Court of the First Instance declared the marriage good. Nevertheless, M. Bethmont, the eminent ex-batonnier, argued the case very urgently on appeal, and insisted particularly that since the law, in certain cases, actually relieved a woman from a marriage on account of a conviction for felony against her husband, it was to be presumed that when the fact of his having been a convict was concealed she would not have married him had she known it. The answer to this argument was that a conviction for felony, by removing the husband from the wife, renders him incapable of fulfilling the duties of a husband A released convict is under no incapacity. The want of knowledge of the antecedents of a man constitutes no mistake as to the identity of his person. The Court of Appeal, although it took time to consider, has confirmed the judgment of the court below. EARTHQUAKE IN TASMANIA.—A New Zealand paper says that on the 28th November, about five o'clock, a violent shock of an earthquake was felt at Circular Head, frightening the inhabitants out of their houses, in their night dresses, many expecting them to fall. The shock was preceded by a low rumbling noise, which lasted a minute it was then followed by a tremendous shaking. The course of the shock was from north to south, as nearly as could be judged. This was the second severe shock that had been felt within the last month. There was a severe shock on the Sunday previous, at three p.m., and there were at least two previous shocks during the night of the 10th of December, but not so severe as the one above men- tioned. There did not appear to be any disturbance in the electrical state of the atmosphere, as the apparatus at the telegraph office was not at all affected. LORD SEYMouR's CiGARs I-The sale of Lord Henry Seymour's cigars took place on Saturday, in Paris, in presence of a very large assemblage of lovers ) of the nicotian weed. The bidding was spirited, no cigar being sold under ten sous, and in several instances I at fifty sous each, even when the lot-s were large. If James I. of England could revisit the earth for a day, he certainly would wish to withdraw without delay in disgust at seeing his "Counterblast to Tobacco" so, completely disregarded, as that one individual should have accumulated, like the deceased lord, 16,000 cigars, and that other persons could be found to pay fifty sous a-piece for many of the collection VISIT OF THE ALL ENGLAND.—A New Zealand paper says The All England Eleven are prepared to make a voyage to the Antipodes, with a view to competing with Australian cricketers. Private letters have been received in Melbourne from England, stating that, upon certain terms, "the Eleven will take so long an ocean voyage, on the under- standing that they are to play a series of matches against the best teams the Australian continent can produce. The subject was to be very shortly brought before the public, and if the response be favourable, negotiations will be at once entered into. DESTRUCTIVE EAETBQUAKE IN THE STATE OF SALVADOR.—A letter from San Salvador, recarvei by the West India Mail steamer, reports the 0 3currence of a fearful earthquake in the night oi the 8th of December. It continued for 2 minujes ard35 seconds. At Isalco the parish church was destroyed, except a portion of the nave and the sacristy. Abo-it 40 of the best houses and a number of smaller ones weve de- stroyed fortunately no lives were lost. During the night several other shocks of more or less severity and duration were felt. One of them, more violent than the others, completed the destruction of some buildings that had escaped the 'first shock. Nanhuisalo suffered also, and soon after a destructive fire broke out, which burnt over 200 houses-thus in a measure destroying the whole place. On the night of the 10th there were two more severe shocks.

SlisaIIaittD»s tfrereral Site. CHURCH-RATE PETITIONS.-U r to the 1st Feb. inclusive there have been presented against abolition simply, 33 petitions, having 676 signatures :against abolition without provision of an equivalent, 322, with 7,694 signatures; against Sir J. Trelawny's bill, 99, with 3,477 signatures; in all 454 petitions with 12,047 signatures. The Nonconformist body has, with well- organised unanimity, abstained absolutely. In 1856, when they were understood, as now, to give the pre- ference to other modes of expressing their wishes, they presented 1,588 petitions, with 148,771 signatures. In 1858, about 1,900 petitions reached the Lords at three weeks' notice. It does not look as if the Church party, even with their ante-Christmas preparations, were likely to equal these results. LORD PALMERSTON SPEAK-NO PLAINLY.—The question which affects all nations less or more-that of protection to private propert at sea during times of war-is not favourably entertained by Lord Palmerston. A most influential deputation waited upon him on Saturday to make proposals for exemption from capture. It comprised the representatives of the commerce of Leeds, Hull, Belfast, and other towns. The Premier at once said he would not flatter the deputation by leading them to believe that he agreed with their views, and he candidly, though unreasonably, went on to contend that private property was amenable at sea in times of war, and he denied that it was exempted on land. CONSOLIDATION OF STATUTES.—The Lord Chan- cellor has presented to the House of Lords a batch of some half dozen bills for the consolidation of the statute law of England relating to —1, offences against the persen 2, larceny and similar offences; 3, forgery 4, coinage offences; 5, malicious injuries to property; 6, accessories to and abettors of indictable offences and 7, the repeal of certain criminal statutes consoli- dated and amended by the bills already mentioned. A FATHER AND HON KILLED.—The other day a carrier named Powell was going home from London to Sydenham in his cart. His son, Henry Powell, aged 15 years, was driving, in consequence of his father being the worse for liquor. When going down a hill, the horse ran up an embankment, throwing both father and son out of the cart. A roll of lead, which was on the top of the cart, fell on the son, who died instantly, and he was removed to the dead-house. The father also received such serious injuries that he died shortly afterwards. REPORTS OF INSPECTORS OF FACTORIES.—These reports were issued on Monday in the form of a report to Parliament. The total number of accidents arising from machinery., reported to the four inspectors during the six months ended the 31st of October last, was 2,083; of accidents not arising from machinery, 127. Within the same period 7011. 5s. fines, with 2901. 2s. lOd. costs, were imposed as the result of informations and convictions for violation of the Factory Act. The great majority of these cases were the employment of children, young persons, and women, after six o'clock p.m. The district lately under the charge of Mr- Horner is now under the supervision of his late col- leagues, Sir J. Kincaid, A. Redgrave, Esq., and H. Baker, Esq. THE GAME LAWS. — 2,008 persons were com- mitted to gaol throughout the United Kingdom for offences against the game laws during the year ended the 30th of June, 1859. The amount of duty recovered for 358 double game certificate is 1,981l. THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING DRILLED AS A VOLUNTEER.—At the Montrose Volunteer meeting Mr. Davidson, auctioneer, who rose amid cheers in the body of the hall, made the following pithy speech, in which there is a good deal of worth Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I think this volunteerin' is a capital thing. I am now gettin' an auld man; but I can yet recollect o' the time when I served four years to learn to gang mysel' on the links o' Montrose. It's a cap- ital thing, lat me tal ye, for a man to learn the use o' his legs-to learn how to walk.—(Renewed applause.) I dinna mean-to walk this way and that way—frae ae side to anither, but I mean to say it's guid for a man to learn to walk upricht and straicht-forrit, to walk upricht -iii all his actions, and to walk straicht-forrit to meet the enemy—when he comes.- (Loud cheers and laughter.) There's something good, I say, in this movement. There's something good in an auld man like me bein' able to walk in a proper way. Tho' I'm an auld man mysel', I dinna gae knockin' an' rowin' aboot frae side to side upon the streets of Montrose,—(laughter) no, I walk sae straicht-forrit and upricht that I'm aften ta'en for a deserter.—(" Capital, John," great laughter, and cheering.) Yes, gentlemen, I say it's a grand thing for men, especially young men, to learn to gang their lane, because they're mair likely to walk straicht-forrit, whatever may come i' the way.—(Cheers.) To PHOTo&RApHERs.—The pretty and pleasant art of photography has become very popular in Selkirk, as elsewhere. A little knowledge of this art can scarcely be called a dangerous thing; and from all we hear, the practice of it in this quarter is likely to in- increase. Two country bumpkins, who had been get- ting their "likenesses" taken by a professor, adjourned afterwards to a public, for refreshment, and in discussing the "vittals," discussed also the secrets of photography. "What was the use o' 'im," says Sanders, "ga'in into yon black hole oot o'sicht?" I'm shure I dinna ken," quoth Jock; but he needna try to hide. what he's doin' noo, for a' body kens a' thing aboot it. It's nae use ga'ininto a corner wi't ony langer it should a' be dune afore fouk noo THE WORD OF COMMAND.—In his History of the Sunderland Volunteers," Mr. J. W. Summers passes under review the Bishopwearmouth Yeomanry Cavalry, under the command of Captain John Good- child, jun. :— On one occasion, the troop was ordered to attend a review of the Volunteers of the district, when the following laugh- able incident occurred. On the arrival of the troop upon the Moor, Captain Goodchild, who had been more accus- tomed to agricultural than military phrases, instead of giving the usual word of command to halt, shouted Vfoey, lads!" His gallant troopers hurst out into a laugh, in which the good-tempered Captain heartily joined; observing, "It is very well the General did not hear me." A GOOD WORD FOR NAPOLEON !—The ruler of France is said to have turned over a new leaf in the history of the Empire (remarks the Leader). It is, indeed, most true and as every leaf has two pages, so that which has obeyed the fingers of Napoleon III. presents more sides than one. On the first is inscribed Freedom for the National Industry; on the other Freedom for the National Church. Conscience and trade are alike called upon to discard the superstitious awe of foreign superiority by which they have long been enslaved. French skill, invention, and perseverance are called upon to rise superior to the fear of English competition; while French Catholicity is reminded of the essential distinction that exists between doctrinal communion with Rome and unpatriotic subserviency to her political errors. In both these great and vital interests of the people committed to his care, the restorer of the Empire seems to be animated with the ambition of raising their moral tone, by stimulating, in its true and legitimate sense, the national pride. As a practical philosopher he well knows the inestimable value of self-respect in a nation; and having revived the national confidence in its military prowess by the triumphs of Sebastopol and Solferino, he desires to develope its civil and ecclesiastical self-respect, by leading it to encounter without misgiving the peaceful competition of foreign enterprise, and to resist without hesitation the overweening pretensions of CJltramon- tanism. This is, indeed, to initiate a policy worthy of a great name—worthy of grateful remembrance. THE GUILLOTINE v. MATRIMONY.—The author of "The Season Ticket," in the Dublin University Magazine, draws the following amusing parallel be- tween matrimony and a guillotine incident which oc- curred at Madame Tussaud's Exhibition, in London :— Whenever I see a poor feller going to get spliced, it always put me in mind of a goney I met at Madame Toosore's exhibition. There was a guillotine there in the room of horrors, and a youngster examined it most attentively, and after walking round and round it, and looking up at the knite and down on the block, what does he do but kneel down and put his head into the hole to try how it fitted, when he caught a glimpse, as he turned round, of tke bright edge of the cleaver that was hanging right over him, sus- pended only by a string, and just ready to do the job for him. Well, he was afraid to move for fear of slipping the string, r-ind letting the cutter down by the run. The way lie shrieked ain't no matter, it was the naterallest thing in the world, and so was the way he called for help. There was a crowd round him in no time, you never see such a stir as it made, for in a general way it's a stupid place that, with people going about as silent as if they were among the dead but this set everybody a talking all at once. They thought it was part of the show, and that he acted his part beautiful, just as a body really would if he was going to be beheaded in airnest. So nobody thought of helping him, but let him screech on, as if he was paid for it, till at last one of the at- tendants, came runnin' up, secured the knife, got him out, and was begninin' to pitch into him, when the feller saved him the trouble by fainting. SHALL JUSTICE SIT WITH CLOSED DOORS?— Lord John Manners has introduced a bill giving the Judges of the Divorce Court the power of directing that any particular cause shall be heard with closed doors. Such a measure will, no doubt, attract the sympathies of a great number of people. It is at first sight an effort of morality and purity, and it is easy enough to stigmatise those who oppose it as partisans of indecency and epicures in scandalous details. But it will become the House of Commons to decide the question on reasonable and constitutional grounds, unmoved either by prejudices or sneers. Lord J. Manners would give the Judges a discretion in excluding the public. But it is certain the Judges must either hear every cause in private, and so make the Court a perfectly secret tribunal, or they must continue to hear publicly the very kind of causes which are the occasion of the present scandal. The Judges would never consider it consistent with their duty to hear any matters in private, except those which bring scandal on the public. Now, as these are always omitted from newspaper reports, the public would gain nothing by the change in the law. The usual run of divorce trials would be heard with open doors, as before, and the details would be spread abroad just as they have been within the last few months. Lord John Manners's bill must therefore either be nugatory, or authorise a system of secret trial, which the country would not submit to for a month. PECULIAR DIVORCE CASE.—In the Divorce Court Dr. Phillimore has made an unprecedented application. The names of the parties to whom it referred were not stated. It appears that B, a wife instituted a suit against A for dissolution of marriage, on the ground of adultery and desertion. A made no defence; but C, a third party, having no interest in the suit, came forward as a guardian of public morals, and prayed that he might adduce evidence to show that B was an adultress. The Court refused the application. To allow third parties to intervene in a suit as a matter of right, and to say that one (tf the parties had been guilty of certain acts not imputed, by the other, would be attended with very dangerous consequences. It was impossible to foresee what might be the result. False charges might be made from interested motives, pecuniary or otherwise, or a sham case might be got up to blind the Court. THE RIOTS AT ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST, LON- DON.-It certainly seems strange that while clergymen in the metropolis are occupying the boards of the theatres, and attracting large audiences of attentive hearers, crowds of apparently the worst class of theatre patrons assemble weekly at the parish Church of St. George's-in-the-East, the scenes enacted there on each succeeding Sunday forming a prominent feature in the newspapers of the following morning. Last Sunday formed no exception to the rule, the scenes enacted being of so frightful a character that none who had the misfortune to be present will ever forget it. The rioting was most alarming. The violent conduct of the rioters completely eclipsed their efforts on the previous Sunday, the circumstances connected with which have been brought under the notice of both Houses of Parliament. The large cross over the altar, at which hassocks, cushions, Prayer-books, and Bibles were aimed on the previous Sunday night, had been removed during the week, and some of the smaller altar ornaments had been taken away. At the close of the sermon not 50 people left the church, and there was every desire to repeat the scene which was enacted on the previous Sunday evening of pelting the altar with any articles which could be conveniently hurled against it. Being unable to amuse themselves in this way, the people sang songs-some of them the Doxology, while fights were going on in every part of the building. The bannisters of the reading-desk were broken down, but the altar fortunately escaped. When this state of things had contined about half-an-hour after the close of the service, Mr. Inspector Alison entered the church with a body of police, and began the process of clearing out, an operation which lasted nearly an hour. CHEAP LITERATURE AND RECIPROCITY !—Mr. T. Hood writes as follows to a contemporary :— A few months since I was applied to myself to contribute to a new journal, not exactly gratuitously, but at a very small advance upon nothing, and avowedly because the work had been planned according to that estimate. However, I accepted the terms conditionally—that is to say, provided t'he principle could be properly carried out. Accordingly I wrote to my butcher, baker, and other tradesmen, informing them that it was necessary, for the sake of cheap literature and the interest of the trading public, that they should fur- nisli me with their several commodities at a very trifling percentage above cost price. It will be sufficient to quote the answer of the butcher :—" Sir,-Respectin your note. Cheap literater be blowed. Butchers must live as well as other pepel. And if so be you or the reedin public wants to have meat at prime cost. you must buy your own beastesses, and kill yourselves.—I remanes, &c., JOHN STOKES." MR. ROEBUCK AND REFORM.—At a meeting of the Sheffield Mechanics' Institute, the other day, Mr. Roebuck made a long address to the assembly, in the course of which he dwelt upon the advantages to be derived from mechanics' institutions. The hon. and learned gentleman said he was a working man himself, and proceeded to advocate the cause of the whole body, expressing his desire for their comfort, improvement, and prosperity. In reference to the Reform Bill, Mr. Roebuck said:— You are about to acquire—you will acquire-political power and then England will exhibit a scene such as the world has never yet beheld-a people governing themselves, having the power to do every possible mischief, but, as I believe, doing nothing but good. You will set the world an example but, in order to do this, depend upon it you must know the way to do right. I believe my fellow-countrymen wish to do right; the only difficulty in their path is their ignorance. I believe from day to day that ignorance will be dispersed, and that we shall see by means of institutions such as this, the rising generation from day to day acquiring knowledge, and becoming more worthy of the power which they are sure to attain. Now, let every man lay it to his heart to do in his circle what he can to avert the possible mischief and promote the certain good. Depend upon it, that the spread of education is the safety of this country, and so long as you promote education, so long you promote the security and happiness of your fellow-men. HINTS TO FATHERS WITH DAUGHTERS.—A writer in the Englishwoman's Journal very cleverly discusses the obstacles to the employment of women, and gives the following advice, which may be profitably studied by parents When a tradesman has no son, it would surely be far better that lie should bring up his daughters to succeed him in the business, than train them to the hopeless profession of a governess for the lar-e millinery establishments carried on by women show that, when properly taught, they are capable of conducting mercantile affairs. The obstacles to this social change are of two kinds imaginary ones proceeding from prejudice, and those which are of a solid nature. An imaginary one is the impression that no profession is genteel but that of teaching, and that a woman would lose caste who employed herself in any other manner. Small account should be made of this, however for prejudices will never long withstand the money test. If women found they could gain a comfortable subsistence in an ungenteel manner, they would soon abandon their fanciful gentility. LORD CLYDE ON RED-TAPEISM.—One important element in the official art "How not to do it "is the continued transference of blame from shoulder to shoulder (says the Lancet). Under the highest deve- lopment of the art, no one is ever responsible for any- thing. Deputy purveyor, when blamed in the Crimea, considered that the matter in question belonged to the purveyor-in-chief; purveyor-in-chief had applied already to the barrack-master; the barrack-master had re- quested instructions from head-quarters; and the clerks at head-quarters had forwarded his application to another department. All parties concurred in a game of battledore and shuttlecock, which passed the time, and-that was all. Thus the shell of public wrath remained suspended in the air, and has never yet burst upon any victim for fear of hitting the wrong man. Lord Clyde apparently saw enough of this system in the Crimea to understand that thus soldiers are starved, hospitals left bare, and armies ruined. He has in- augurated a wholly different method in India by a dispatch which, although somewhat lengthy, we have no other alternative than to quote entire, for it lays down in clear, concise language, the particular and personal responsibility of each officer in the forces for the well-being and right-doing of his men and subor- dinate officers. It does not belong to the situation" of a commanding officer to tolerate ignorance, sloth, or carelessness on the part of any of the functionaries connected with his regiment. This is the severest blow which has ever been aimed at that horrible system of departmental etiquette which has crippled the effici- ency of our public services, and ha-s cost the country thousands of lives in the field. POLICEMEN IN THE KiTCHEN !—The Cardiff watch committee have called upon an inspector of their police force, to resign under rather singular circum- stances. Some time since the inspector called upon one of the chief pawnbrokers in the town to inform him (the pawnbroker) that a desperate gang of burglars were in town, and that he had received private information that they meditated effecting an entrance to his house, and, if necessary, murder all the inmates, so as to en- able them to carry off as much as possible of the valuable jewellery, watches, gold ;iid silver goods, and moneys they could find. The inspector promised, if the matter were kept secret from his superintendent, that he would take care the thieves were frustrated. Two detectives were accordingly quartered in the kitchen nightly—hot suppers, &c., being provided, duly washed down with potations pottle-deep; a watchman was also stationed outside the premises at a salary of ll. weekly. This went on for a month, when, no burglars appearing, the watchers departed. But worse consequences ensued; the pawnbroker's health was sadly shattered, and being brought nearly to the brink of the grave, explanations arose which led to the inspector being arraigned on the charge. He defended his conduct, alleging that he had been apprised by a female convict of the intended robbery, which had really been prevented by his precautions, and that his conduct had been entirely bona fide. The inquiry re- sulted in the inspector being called upon to resign at once without any notice, on the consideration of three months' salary. FALSE IMPRISONMENT.—In the Court of Ex- chequer, a grainer, named Haven, has recovered damages from a hop-grower in Kent, named Thirkell, in an action for false imprisonment. Defendant had lost a sovereign, which he suspected plaintiff and another of having taken, and taking the law into his own hands, he handcuffed them together and drove them off in a chaise-cart to a neighbouring magistrate. He also searched them, and finding a sovereign on one of them took it, and never returned it. An assault was also alleged. Baron Martin, in the course of his summing up, said it was for the jury to say whether the defendant had acted bona fide in the character of a constable. If they thought what he had done was partly as a man who had lost his money and wished to get it back, or that he had been acting wholly for that purpose, then he could not be said to have been acting as a constable. The jury almost immediately found a verdict for the plaintiff for 251., adding that the defendant had not been acting as a constable. THE PRINCE OF WALES IN THE HUNTING FIELD.- The Prince of Wales has taken the field for the first time in public with the South Oxfordshire hounds. The Earl of Macclesfield, who hunts his own hounds, tcok the Prince,- it appears, under his immediate care." The run was the finest of the season, and we are in- formed by the newspapers that the noble earl, with a touch of courtly flattery, presented the prince, who was well up at the death, with the brush, a compliment which his Royal Highness appeared to appreciate, and no doubt will preserve as a pleasurable reminiscence of his first day with the South Oxfordshire hounds." His Royal Highness rode well and boldly, and his appear- ance in the field was hailed with great delight, and may be regarded as an epoch in the history of this great national sport, and as an omen of its future prosperity. TALES FROM OVER THE BORDER. — The Border Advertiser relates the following:— Natural history has been getting a little rubbing-up, from the visit of Edmond's fine collection to Selkirk. A dashing young draper was doing the agreeable to a couple of buxom belles on Wednesday night, and enlarging upon the animals and their qualities as they viewed each compartment. The llama attracted their attention and their obliging cicerone, not to be in fault, looked above the cage and spelled "agerie," not observing that it formed part of the word "Menagerie." That's the agerie,' said he in the bland- est tones imaginable. The young ladies thought the pretty creature very like a llama but their guide knew better, and for aught we know it is still the "agerie" to him. Another of our "fair flowers" was discussing with her neighbour how she was to get admittance, and resolved the problem by saying "she would tak' a cat." She had heard if she took a cat to the lions, she would get in gratis! THE WAY TO Woo AND WIN.—A soldier, recently returned from serving in India, arrived here the other day on a visit to his friends (says an Arbroath paper). He intimated to them that he had a longing for matrimonial life. Women are inveterate matchmakers, and his sister-in-law said she thought she could provide him with a spouse. So said, so done: she introduced him to a female friend of her own. An hour's time sufficed to fill the heart of the soldier, who had been so long surrounded by dark Indian maids, with love for his fair Caucasian townswoman. The proclamations were at once settled. Sunday was but two days distant. They were then proclaimed; and on the following Wednesday the minister made her "bone of his bone." May the marriage in haste ne'er be repented at leisure! THE SIOUX SCALP.-A boy, seated with several other persons of various ages round the fire, was holding it on a long stick. On looking more closely at the dis- gusting object, I was surprised that it did not appear so repugnant as I had imagined. The scalp was carefully extended on a wooden ring, and so copiously adorned with feathers, gay ribbons, tinkling bells, fox and other tails, that the bloody skin and hair were nearly entirely covered. The boy held it in bis arms, as little girls do a doll, while the grown-up people were dis- cussing the events of the war and the mode of capture. The trophy was fetched during our presence by other parties, who also wished to enjoy the bappinecs of fondling it for a while at their fire, and listen to the accurate account of tho foray.—A ohl's J, unaerings Hound Lake Superior.

THE POLICY OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE. Lord Cowley has communicated to M. Thouvenel (the French minister) a project of tin* English Cabinet for the definitive settlement of the Italian question. This project contains the following points :— 1. The principle of non-invention to be applied absolute sense. 2. Venetia to remain apart from all negotiations concern- mg new territorial arrangements, and to continue under the Austrian rule. 3. The inhabitants of Central Italy to be again invited to vote on their own Constitution,, Should they pronounce themselves for annexation with Sardinia, the latter Power to be authorised to accomplish their wishes. 4. Sardinia to abstain from every measure destined to favour the annexation until the new vote of the Italian States has taken place. 5. France to withdraw her troops from Rome and from the other parts of Italy,, M. Thouvenel, after having received the orders of the Emperor, declared that before giving a definitive answer to the propositions of the English Cabinet, the French Government thought it indispensable to be in- formed of the views of Austria.

A THELLUSSON WILL BEFORE THELLUSSON! The Dutch papers are now discussing an extraordinary will, made at Amsterdam 150 years ago, by an exceed- ingly wealthy Mynheer, an Israelite, named Jacob Pereyra. Out of the immense wealth left by him he only allowed 20,000 guilders annually to his widow and children. The remainder, consisting in Dutch East India Bonds and other securities-then considered as safe as valuable,—he left in trust to the wardens of his synagogue, who, after 150 years, were to convene by ad- vertisements in the papers all his descendants, and after rendering them an account of the stewardship before the judges, were to devote 100,000 guilders to the endowment of a certain charity, and then to divide the remainder in equal proportion between the heirs. The 150 years will expire in February, 1861. Meanwhile, the descendants of Pereyra are summoned to appear before the Lords Judges in the Chamber of Justice at Amsterdam, on the 7th of June next, at eleven o'clock in the morn- ing precisely, there to receive a full and faithful rendering of the trust. The formalities of the law are of course complied with, but it is well known, as in the Thellusson case, a sad disappointment awaits the san- guine heirs. The accumulation of the immense wealth of Pereyra will hardly be sufficient to meet the first charge of the endowment. The greater portion of the securities, which for more than 50 years after his death paid 40 per cent., have dwindled down into almost worthless paper. The bankruptcy of the East India Company in 1775, the revolution and French invasion in 1795, the loss of colonies and trade, the war taxes, and the disastrous annexations to France, have done their work. The settlement of the national debt at the Restoration in 1813 completed the ruin wrought by the previous calamities. The wealth of Pereyra, instead of attaining in 150 years the colossal dimensions ex- pected by the testator, has shrunk into a mere nothing, thus pointing once more the moral so impressively taught by the Thellusson will. For the information of those of our readers who may be unacquainted with the facts respecting the celebrated Thellusson will case, which was one of the most remark- able testamentary documents ever executed, we give the following particulars Mr. Peter Isaac Thellusson, an affluent London merchant, left 100,0001. to his widow and children and the remainder, amounting to more than 600,0002, he left to trustees, to ac- cumulate during the lives of his three sons, and their sons then the estates directed to be purchased with the produce of the accumulating fund to be conveyed to the eldest male descendant of his three sons, with benefit of survivorship. This singular will, being contested by the heirs-at-law, was finally established by a decision of tlie House 01 Lords, 1805. Mr. Thellusson died July 21, 1797,^ and froni that time the stock may accumulate to a period oi about 120 years, and amount to 140,000,0002. sterling. Should no heir then exist, the whole is to be applied, by the agency of the sink- ing-fund, to the discharge of the national debt.

EIGHTEEN PENN'ORTH OF SNUFF. The following advertisement lately appeared in the Halesworth Times: PPROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT.—Persons in search of em- ployment, either as a source of income or to fill up their leisure hours, may hear of such, by which means 21, to 41. a week may be realised in town or country by either sex, station in life immaterial, by applying to MK. H. HAKVEY, 35, Upper Belgrave Place, London, enclosing eighteen postage stamps, with a stamped directed envelope for reply. This notification was given to the repoi ters by the magistrate of the Westminster Police-court, Mr. Paynter, to whom it had been sent by a gentleman who had tried the experiment of writing to Mr. Harvey and enclosing a fee of eighteen postage-stamps, to see what would come of it. Nothing came no reply to the first letter; nor any to two others afterwards written, Mr. Superintendent Gibbs, B, sent by Mr. Paynter to look after Mr. Harvey, of course discovered that "no such person as Mr. Harvey, resided at 35, Upper Belgrave-place, Pimlico." The Superintendant was, however, informed tnat letters addressed to that gentleman were regularly fetched away by a man well known as one of the gang of persons who had for a length of time been carrying on a system described as "of this sort; which may perhaps be supposed to mean a system of obtaining money under fa'se pre- tences. ,)*'Mr. Harvey, of somewhere else than 35, Upper Bel- grave^ Place, Pimlico, London, and rejoicing peradven- ture in an alias as well as an alibi, must not be indistinctly pronounced a rogue. He differs, at any rate, from a common rogue, and though he may be deemed an uncommon rogue, there is some doubt whether he is exactly a rogue in law. Those who send him eighteen postage stamps, and receive no reply are answered by his silence. By saying nothing, he tells them that he has got the stamps: which would have been returned by the Post-office, if he had not received them. They are thus instructed that, if they are seeking a source of income, they may find it in postage stamps, and that, if they wish to fill up their leisure hours, they may follow his example, and employ all or part of the time at their disposal in putting advertisements such as his own in the provincial papers. Are the pretences on which money is thus obtained false ? We must recollect the lesson inculcated on our youthful minds by the copy-books, and Con- demn not hastily.Punch.

EPITOME OF NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Edward Phare and Gordon Hires, mates of the American Barque Anna, have been committed to the South- ampton gaol, for transmission to New York, for trial on the charge of murder. They were removed from the court amid the execrations of the populace. The Civil Service Gazette says that Mr. Gladstone will introduce his Superannuation Amendment Bill at an early period of the session, and that it will contain a clause rendering it compulsory on those who have passed their sixty-fifth year, except in special cases, to retire on their pensions. As a young lady was walking in the neighbourhood of Aigburth, Liverpool, a few days ago, a stray Minie ball struck her dress and perforated a hole in it. The rifleman who fired the shot was not discovered. Mr. Hubbard's Church-rate Bill allows dissenters to claim exemption from church-rates by notice to the church- wardens. Such persons will not be qualified to attend any vestry meetings. Church-rates will be levied as before on those persons who shall not have claimed exemption. Mr. Barnum was nearly suffocated to death re- cently, at New York, by the fumes of a furnace. On the authority of the Court Journal, "officers of volunteers rank with the officers of Her Majesty's regular and militia forces as juniors of their respective ranks, and as such are in duty bound to stand up when The Army and Navy' has been drunk and in case of no senior being present, to return thanks." A roll of bank-notes, said to amount to £3,000, was found a few days since, at sue of the stations of the Bristol and Exeter Railway. A stockbroker at Vienna suddenly left the Exchange, last week, under a presentiment of misfortune, and on reach- ing his home found the house full of smoke, and stumbled over the dead body of his wife, who had been burnt to death by her clothes taking fire. The Court Journal is responsible for the following detestable pun :—" Why is Lord John Russell like a Wood- cock ? Because he bores the Commons with his bill." The Friend of India states that the Rajah of Kup- poorthulla, who recently married a Christian girl, has established a mission, to be supported entirely by himself. He is also studying the Scriptures, with a view to baptism. This is the first instance in which a native chief has established and supported an entire mission on his own estates. The Court Journal says that the only son of the Earl of F a few weeks since, enlisted in the 11th Hussars, much to the vexation of the noble earl. The reason assigned is quite of a private nature. In future, all regimental colours are to bear the crown at the top of the staff, surmounted by the Lion ot England. Several regiments have already been supplied with the new colonrs, the 100th being the first. The last printed pages on which the eyes of Lord Macaulay rested, were those of Thackeray's story in the first number of the Cornhill Magazine. 262I."13s. 9d. is the amount raised for Mrs. Thomson, of Pollockshaw, daughter of Burns. Part of this money has been invested in a small property, which will yield a yearly income of 201. to Mrs. Thomson as long as she lives, with the reversion to her family In addition to this settlement, the old lady has received 501, in cash. A shrewd writer in Fraser's Magazine says :—"You remember how Sir Bulwer Lytton, as he has himself grown older, has made the heroes of his novels grow olderparipassu. Many years ago his romantic heroes were lads of twenty; now they are always sentimental men of fifty." About 300 girls are¡ employed in the laboratory department of the Royal-Arsenal, Woolwich, in making cartridges. As many of these were compelled from poverty and other causes to remain in the establishment during the day without food, Captain Boxer, R.A., superintendent, has obtained permission to fit up a cooking apparatus, and mea- sures will be adopted to supply a meal of soup, &c., at the charge of three-halfpence. One of our Stockton stationers informs us he sold 187. worth of valentines in 1859. The course of true love must have run both smooth and deep in this town, to cause so great a demand on this commodity.—Stockton Gazette.—(It has run deep, certainly, into the pockets of its votaries, remarks the Gateshead Observer.) The absence of legitimate employment has probably made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and as many suicides as despair. The master builders of London are still determined to hold out against the workmen who yet remain on strike. In the report of the committee of their society just issued a detailed history of the contention is given, and the public is informed that defensive operations on their part must be continued, on account of the attitude assumed by those who are the leaders of the operatives. The Turkish Governor has ordered the sale of 41,000 kilograms of brass cannon, to contribute towards the with- drawal of the kaimes from circulation.-Would that all the nations would sell their weapons of war, and turn their swords into ploughshares Among the commercial meetings held this week, in London, that of the Great Ship Company was the most interesting. The public will be gratified to learn that the report submitted to the meeting, proposing an entire change in the directory, was adopted. The magnificent ship will now, we have no doubt, be sent out on its mission-first to America, and afterwards, in all likelihood, to the Indian peninsula. The value of the guano used annually in Great Britain is estimated at 4,000.0002. If it be true that Jupiter is in the habit of making men the authors of their own ruin-driving those mad whom he wishes to destroy-it is to be feared that Jupiter has some evil intention respecting Francis Joseph of Austria. All the historical symptoms of a doomed dynasty are now manifesting themselves in Vienna.-Tim,es. In London, the members of the Inns of Court Rifle Corps are graciously styled, by a discerning public, the Devil's Own The American Guano Company are offering guano from Jarvis Island, in the Pacific, containing 70 to 80 per cent. of phosphate of lime, at 61. per ton, in New York. There is in London a "six foot" volunteer corps, to be called the Volunteer Guards," consisting of gentlemen whose height rendered it inconvenient for them to enter a regiment where the average stature of the members was considerably less than their own. There is a good deal of bitterness of feeling existing in Victoria between the contractors for the Sandhurst Rail- way and the masons employed on the line, who have been on strike for some time upon an eight hours' movement. A Lyons paper has an amusing story of a miserly person, who, to save the expense, undertook to sweep his own chimney; but in making the etsay stuck fast in the flue, and had to remain in his awkward position some hours. His release was ultimately effected at the cost oflOf. There is in Liverpool a society with the express object of suppressing vicious resorts. Branches of it might well be established in nearly every town in the kingdom, seeing the scope there is for such exertions. Mr. Richard Sutton, of Beckingham, has died under most melancholy circumstances. He drank ale night pnd day, emptying an 18 gallon cask in five days and on the day before his death drank a pint of pure brandy At the in- quest a verdict was returned m accordance with the above facts. Dr. Todd, the eminent physiologist and physician, has died in London, having fallen a victim to his ardent pursuit of his profession. Dr. Todd was the author of several very excellent medical works, and was highly respected in his profession. Mr. J. H. Perry, a surgeon residing in London, has recovered 100Z. damages from a gentleman named Hill in an action for false imprisonment. The defendant had given Mr. Perry in custody for indecent exposure in close proximity to a railway carriage in which Mr. Hill's wife was sitting. It is said that Lamartine has accepted, at last, the magnificent offer made by the Emperor of payment of all his debts, on condition of his consent to receive the title of senator, with the income belonging to the office The United States have had, within the last twenty years, as many as thirty sculptors and painters resident in Italy. At the beginning of the present year ten sculpture studios in Rome and Florence were occupied by Americans. The territory of Savoy contains 186 square miles and 550,000 inhabitants the County of Nice, 68 square miles" and 210>0 inhabitants. ° mues» The Government have issued another order respect- ing the disembodying of the Militia. Only two Irishandone English regiment are to be disembodied forthwith,' and the remaincer at sucli intervals as the authorities at the War oftrl^Ctl wT^Pen<l m great Leisure u^on tlie return oi troops from India and foreign stations. ferred^iw-.Qrv? that HerMajestv has graciously con- the title o f Eaid of Dudley. ard' henceforth bear The pjM't'c de la Loire states that the workmen en- gaged at La Lazaire in new-sheathing the ship Laurence, re- cently returned from Reunion, found a fragment of the horn ot a sword-fish, which had penetrated to the depth of five inches into the keel, after passing through a sheet of copper as thick as a two-sous piece. The Emperor Alexander, in consequence of the iim- tense cold, would not suffer his troops to assist at the reli- gious ceremony of the blessing of the waters of the Neva. This is the first occasion on which the troops were not pre- sent. During the reign of Alexander I. and Nicholas the troops were always present, no matter how severe the cold. A camel belonging to some circus proprietors gave, birth to a fine male last week at Edinburgh. So far as we know, this is the first instance of the birth of a camel in this country. The "welcome stranger" has been christened; "Young Edinburgh," and naturalists and others are invited: to view it. The parents were imports from Arabia. Among the miscellaneous business of the short sitting of the House of Commons on Monday night was the third reading of Mr. Ayrton's Newspaper Bill. Thus the worthiest security system, waich clogs a free press, is at an end, for w< 3 can scarcely suppose that the House of Lords will reject tit e measure.