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The ex-King Louis of Bavaria, who recently at- tained his seventieth year, was, a few days ago, waited on at his chateau at Ludwigshoe, in the Pal- atinate, by a deputation from Strasburg, in which place he was born, who paid their respects to him on the occasion. The King received them most kindly promised to visit their city, and related to them a curious circumstance. At the time of his birth, in August, 1786, his father, who was then only Prince de Deux Ponts, commanded the Alsace Regiment in the service of France, which was in the garrison at Strasburg; and a few days after the birth he was astonished to see that all his grenadiers had cut off their beards and moustaches. Oil in- quiring why they had done so, one of the men stepped forward and said that they had determined to beg his acceptance of a velvet mattress for the newly-born Prince, and that they had stuffed it with their beards and moustaches. "I have the mattress still," cried the King, "and will show it to you." The mattress was produced, and the King added, I do not think that there is in the world a bed which can be called more strictly military than that." THE ROYAL MARRIAGE AT BERLiN.IVritina of the royal marriage in Berlin, on Saturday, the Times" correspondent speaks of the popularity of the Prussian royal family "It would be difficult to find, even in any secluded private circles, two young persona brought up so devoid of the many failings and faults that attach to high birth and royal expectations as Prince Fredrich Wilhelm and Princess Louisa. Ofthe latter, as the bride of to. day, it may, of course, be permitted to feel and speak warmly, since all brides are, by prescription, young, lovely, and interesting, and it celinly is not necessary to be a Prussian for one to reeog'^ nise in her all the highest ideal that a bachelor's enthusiastic fancy ever pourtraycd of a bride.: One reservation, however, I must make, that I may not fall into the error of indiscriminate flattery and exaggeration; she possesses no transcendaut beauty, but in its place a sweetness of expression that is worth far more, as indicative of the heart and feeling within. The three-quartcl- length por- trait that Winterhalter has painted of her, and may, perhaps, be known to your readers, is liko her in every respect except the hands and arms, which are not well painted, and have been copied from some dairymaid model. The bridegroom, the Grand Duke Frederic William Louis, of Baden, Duke of Zachringen, is a man in the very prime of life, having just entered his 31st year, good- looking, with a manly bearing, and the expression of his countenance shows the strong good sense and the firmness of character that ho has already evidenced in very trying circumstances. It was before he came to the throne as regent, in the place of his brother, who was found to be hopelessly deranged at the death of their father in 1852, that the rebellion in Baden took place, and was sup- pressed mainly by Prussian military assistance, but since then he has had no less difficult a conflict to fight out with the Roman Catholic Church in his dominions, whoie intrigues and resistance to the ruling power, as the secular head of the state, have been unmaskedly fostered by Austria and Bavaria. On his official entry into Berlin yesterday morn- ing he was received at the terminus of the Pots dam Railway by all the general and staff ofifcers, as well as the municpality of this capital. From all I have heard of him, those who have come into contact with him have had nothing but was credit- able to relate of him." MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON THE RIYER AVONd -On Saturday last, a melancholy accident occurre- on the river Avon, near Bradford, Wilts. Taunr er, a tradesman, carried ou business as an ironmoiige aud being of a mechanical turn, had devoted some time to the construction of an engine by which to propel a small rowing boat. Having succeeded in his object, he has sailed in his boat occasionally on the river. On Saturday he took Mrs. Tauner (his wife) and only daughter, about 3 years of age, out with him on an excursion to Stavertun, about one mile from Bradford. They steamed up there safely, but on their return, near the Wood," about three-q uarters of a mile from home, aa accident occurred. By some means, Mrs. Tauner fell overboard, and her husband, in his en- deavour to rescue her from drowning, sprung to the side of the bout, which being very crank* naturallv :D y crati k nat-,ira l l y rendered more so by means of the engine, capsized, burying himself and his helpless little daughter under water. No one was present to witness the deplorable calamity, except a shepherd's boy, too youug and lee- ble to reuder any assistance consequemly, after a short struggle, the father, mother, and child, sank to rise no more. A shooting party were not far from the spot, and were attracted thither by the agonised cries for help of the deceased, but ere they could reach the boat, the unfortunate family had met their uutimely grave. The accident took place about six o'clock in the evelliug-lr. Tauner about two hours before being in his shop serving customers. A search was at once made for the bodies, which were found, brought to their house, and laid in shells. Besides the Htde girl who thus met her death, Mr. Tauuer has left one boy, an iufant about four mouths old. This catastrophe has thrown a gloom over the town as both Mr. Tanner and his wife were considered most amiable persons. Mr. Tanner was not more than SO years of age, and it is worthy of remark that his frieuds had frequently urged him to learn the art of swimming before he commenced his excursions; aud, had he done so, this calamity might not have hap- pened. OUTRAGE IN h yo.A Dublin paper states that a savage assault was made on Wednesday week, in Boffin Island, Mayo, by a large party of Mr. Henry Wilberforce's tenantry, on the rector of the parish, the ltev John Lyuch, Mrs. Lynch, the Rev. Archi- bald Robertson, curate of Fraukford, and his wife, Dr. Sharkey, of Ballinsloe, and two mission agents in the employment of the Ladies' Island Society. When Mr. Lynch and his friends were preparing to lea\ c the island, where they had been for several hours, a mob of at least 100 persous assembled at the east cud, and amid jolla and curses, ferociously assailed them with vo 1 ys of stones, which they had previously collected for the purpose, calling them devils, jumpers, end other names, and swearing they would murder them for daring to come into the i81ud after having been denounced by the priests. With great difficulty :\lr.! Lynch and his friends reached the shore, after in vain ren?r?'rattug with their assailants. Mr. Lynch, on whose arm Mrs. Robcrts-on was leanius, was twice I tuockrd down one of the neents had his clothes cut I with stones, and another had two ribs broken.
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A THg Bmri OF PASSAGE. I .nWIf.l!, awjy, tnou summer Bird. For Autumn's moanin voice is heard. In csrusnqa wild and deepening swell, Or winter s stern approach to tell Away for vapours, damp and low, Are wreathed around the mountain's brow, And tempest clouds their mantles fold Around the forest's rU"It ¡wlrl! Away! away j o'er earth "nrl sea, This land is now no home for thee! Arise, and stretch thy soaring winlr. And w ek, elsewhere, the smiles of Spring ? The wanderer now, with pinions spread Afar to brighter climes has fled, Nor casts one backward look, nor frrieves For thoso (lear eroves whose shade he leaves. Why should he grievo;-thebcaiii lie loves Shines o'er him still, where'er he roves, And all those early friemlw are near Oh ? deem not that the tie of birth Endears ns to this spot of earth For, .wheresoe'er our step1* may roam, Tf friends are near, that place is home:- Jf 0 matter where our fat» may guide us, » If those we love are still beside us.
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SELF RELT A NOR. Tney Rave me advice and council in store. Praised me and honoured m, more and more Sftid that I only should "wait awhile." Offered their patronasro too, with a smile. But with all their honour and approbation, I should, Ion? ago. have died of starvation; Had there not come an excellent man, Who bravely to help me alons becan. Good fellow I-he ot "in till' food I ate. His kindness and ear^ T shall never forsret; Yet I cannot embrace iiiin-tliouizh other folks can, For I myself am this excellent mail HEINE, «r»<w • T IT is good for a man that he should bring his opinions into occasional conflict with those of other men: that he should regard those opinions from o.ther points of view than what his own mind can furnish of itself; that ho should look upon them as others look upon them and either be strengthened in his own impressions, or suffer those impressions to pass away; in either case be- coming mentally and morally advantaged. SYMPATHY.— To find one who had passed through life without sorrow, you must find one in- capable of love or hatred, of hope or fear-one that hath no memory of the past, and no thought of the future—one that hath no sympathy with hu- manity, and ho feeling in common with the rest of the species. <:> THERE is a way of doing good in the world, on a Emall scale, that is scarcely appreciated. A man tvho educates one child faithfully, may effect a work of greater henevnlpnce than one who has won the name of philanthropist. The love c^ncen'ra'ed on a family may produce richer fruits than that which embraces the world. Its action is more in- tense and invisible, but its results may go abroad and leaven the whole mass of a community. DRESS AND rEmT.-Gir(ml, the famous French painter, when very young, was the bearer of a let- ter of introduction to Lanjuinais, then of the council of Napoleon. The young painter was shabbily attired, and his reception was extremely eold; but Lanjuinais discovered in him such strik- ing proofs of talent, good sense, and amiability, that, on Girard's rising to take leave, he rose too, and accompanied, his visitor to the ante-chamber. The change was so striking, that Girard could not avoid an expression of surprise. "My young friend," said Lanjuinais, anticipating the inquiry, II k .:J' h. Itswe receive an un known person according to his iaress-we take leave of him according to his merit. THE INTELLECTS "OP CHILDREN.—Grown per- sons arc apt to put a lower estimate than is just, on the understandings of children. They rate them by what they know; and children know very lit- tlQ, but their capacity of comprehension is great. Hence the continual wonder of those who are un- accustomed to them, at the old-fashioned ways" of some lone little one, who has no playfellows— and at the odd mixture of folly and wisdom in its sayings. A continual battle goes on in a child's mind, betwoen what it knows and what in com- prehends. Its answers are foolish from partial ig- norance, andwise from extreme quickness of ap- prehension. The great art of education is so to train this last faculty, as neither to denreas nor over exert it. The matured mediocritv (ftdany an infant prodigy, proves both the degree of expansion ta which it is possible to force a child'3 intellect, and the boundary which nature has set to the suc- cess of false rultvire.Ifrv. Norton. MEMORY OF MUSIC.—The readiness with which the memory lends itself to the service of music, is is another standing phenomenon pecniiir to her. By what mysterious paradox does it come to pass that what the mind receives with the most passivity, it is enabled to retain with the utmost fidelity, lcying up the choicest morsels of musical ent rtainment in ita storehouses, to be ready for spontaneous perform- ance without our having so much IB the trouble of summoning them? For not even the exertion of our will is required a thought—ay, less than a thought—the slightest breath of a hint—is sufficient to set the exquisitely sensitive strings of musical memory vibrating; and often w i know not what manner of an idea it is that has just fluttered across our minds, but for the melody, or fragment of- a melody, it has awakened in its passage. By what especial favour is it that the ear is permitted a readier access to the cells of memory, and a stenJior lodging when there, than of the other organs ? Pic- tures, poetry, thoughts, hatred, loves, promises, of course, are all more fleeting than tunes! Those we may let bo buried for years; they never moul- der in the grave; they come back as fresh ns ever, yet showing the depth nt which they have lain by the secret associations of joy or sorrow they bring with them. There is no such a pitiless invoker of the ghost of the past as one bar of melody that has been connected with them there is no such a sigh escapes from the heart as that which follows in the train of some, musical reminiscence.— Quarterly Review. G5PLEASANT INCIDENTS OP INDIAN LIFE.—My wife and I were sitting after tea playing at back- gammon, and enjoying the cool breeze that came through the open Venetians, whon suddenly it be- gan to rain. In an instant the room swarmed with insects of all sorts. There was a beautiful large green mantis; and as we were watching his almost htiman motions, a grasshopper and a large brown cricket flew against my face, while a great cock- roach, full three inches Ion-, came on my wife's neck, and began humming about her head and fnco, and dress; the flying nnt, which emits a m:st nauseous effluvia; and the flying hu go, Haclt. and about tho size of an English one, which, if you crush him, will make your fingers smell most dreadfully for many hours; and with these our clothes were covered, and we were obliged to keep 1 brushing them away from our faces, but with very gentle handling and then came two or three hornets, which sent Mrs. Acland to bed, to get under the mosquito curtains, where none of these horrid creatures can get at her. I sat up trying to read, but buzz came a mosquito on the side of iny face, up went mv hand with a tremendous slap on 'the cheek to kill the tormentor, and hUZ7; he went on again. Then I felt something big bury- ing itself in my hair, and then came buzz on the other side, and then all round. Presently, with a loud hum, a great rhinoceros beetle dashed into my face. I now began to take some of the animals I out of my.hair; and the first I touched was a fly- ing bug; the stench was dreadful. I rushed out of the room, brushing the horrible creatures from I my hair with both hands. I.nearly fell over a toad, on which I trod, and reached my bedroom to find eighteen or twenty great toads, crouched in differ- ent parts of the room, and live largo bats whirling round and round the bed. Having washed my hands in Eau-de-Cologne. I quickly undressed and fell asleep. In the course of the night a troop of iackalls surrounded the house, and by their fright- ful yells soon drove away all idea of rest; and then about four o'clock, as wo rere just dozing off again, comes the roll of the drum and the loud voice of the trumpet, the tramp of the soldiers, the Lnng, and all the bustle of the parade; and as •iojjft. ft." thi^ s is over. cornea the changing guard, and the VihouMer harrms," and the qUick rnarrcb; J ;ear our houses, and so wo got up.—-Rco. 1V. I,Vtlsofl. ALPINE FLOWERS.—The Alpine flowers have a remarkably deep and vivid colouring. The most brilliant elites and reds, with a rich brown shading • are observable amidst the white and yel- "ow flowers of the low countries, and these tirits i'fepwise seem to assume a purer and more dazzling i ew. A. '1 h f "mein these high regions A simi l ar richness of 111\81n. 0. h r r 1 d. olourin" is met with in the vegetation of Polar dr- cO ourt.n, 1 1 fi ifts, where the hues not only become more fiery, trtC w .J h. fl butun d ergo a complete alteration under the influ- 111 un err> 1. ht .J th f of the constant summer lisht and the rays of he midnight sun, white and violetbeinz often deep- ened inio a glowing purple. The alpine plants %ftei? grow.in dense masses, and their extiaorrlm- irv splendour of colouring lends consequently that ma°"ic charmtp.the fresh green turf winch r nd rs LhQ pasture-lan<i8 -ofv the Jligh Alps so famol. Their balsamic fragrance is no Ipss remnVkable and rharactemtic from the brilliant auricula down to 'the violet+scented moss {gyssus eobtlm.) t1 is strong •• aromatic propei'tyi^widcly prevalent, and far more uajghm in the lowlands: As further characteristics of thf- Alpine Ff.)ra may 'l)(? "MOD tit)ned the a bsence .1( mants possessing narcotic or highly poisonous •ijiialities, the marked distinction of species which 'xigt.the comparative variety of hybrids, 'he bit- ?'' taste nnd astringent properties of many plants nt tbed?roptrdon nf«tpm n?l folingo t i !hf 1; xurinneo, of the blossoms.—Sketches of in I t&Alfs.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. I France. _h.- I the Paris correspondent of the i vmea says. I Understand that the entire number of ar- rests made on account of the plot discovered against the life of the Emperor is 49. Some of them were made subsequently to the night of the 16th inst. A portion of the prisoners were seized when assembled together, and others were taken at their own places of resi- dence. I hear the establishments are in pro- cess of formation at the French settlement of New Caledonia for the reception of political and other criminals." Spain. I Some of the Spanish papers received, state that Marshal Narvaez has permission to return to Spain, and is expected shortly at Madrid. —A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, an- nounces that there has been a terrible accident on the Aranjuez line of railway. Five persons were killed. It appears that on Friday night last, at Mad- rid, when the ministers assembled at the palace to hold a council, Senior Cantero asked the Queen's decision in the matter of the desamor- tzacion, and, on learning it, tendered his resig- nation, which was accepted. The government had authorised the Patri- arch of the Indies to return to Madrid. The East Despatches have been received from Lon- stantinople, dated the loth Sept. The squad- ron of Admiral Lyons has received orders by telegraph to remain, in consequence of the dis- pute relative to Bolgrad and the Isle of Ser- pents. The French ships arc also to arrive speedily. The Austrian troops, for the same reasons, will remain in the Principalities.—The Journal de Constantinople states that a serious conflict has taken place at Trebizomle. Eight Turkish sailors tore down the Russian flag from a merchant ship. They threw the Russian sail- ors into the sea. The Russian consul has de- manded the dismissal of the captain of the port. The sailors who made the attack have been publicly bastinadoed.-Troops have been sent by the Divan into the Herzogovina. Naples. The Debats, quoting from the English jour- nals the news of the intended naval demonstra- tion in the Bay of Naples, adds: 11 We arc in- formed that the place of rendezvous for the English and French forces will be at Ajaccio. To-morrow or the day after the French squad- ron will quit Toulon. One of the ships will carry a courier of the ministry of foreign af- fitirs, bearing instructions to M. Brenier. After the response, already anticipated, has been made to the demands authorised by these in- structions, diplomatic relations will be suspen- ded. M. Brenier will retire on board the al- lied fleet, which will make arrangements to re- main in the Bay of Naples, with the object of protecting the national interests. The King of Naples has left his capital and is sojourning at Gaeta; it is there, it is said, that he will re- ceive the reprosensations of the allied powers." It is said that in a few days the Moniteur will publish a note to show the object of the meaning of the resolution taken by the allied courts, and that note will probably be couched in terms of a character not to encourage any revolutionary movements. The Times' Paris correspondent writes: Premature intelligence of the withdrawal from Naples of the English and French lega- tions, and of the sending thither a naval squad- ron, was telegraphed from London to Paris, and produced a fall in the funds of about a quarter per cent. The above statement, how- ever, although at present unfounded, may very probclbly prove a shadow of coming events especially as regards the interruption of diplo- matic intercourse with the Neapolitan govern- ment, which it is thought will surely take place. It is difficult to predict the extent of the effect which this unfriendly demonstration will have on the public of Naples; but if carried further, and French and English ships of war appear in the bay, imny think that an insurrection may be expected. The King appears to be taking every precaution in anticipation of the rebellion against his government. The accounts that reach us from Naples are discordant as to the temper of the nation, but, after carefully weigh- ing them, and making allowance for partisan statements, one remains pretty well convinced that great discontent and a strong revolutionary spirit exist there. How, indeed, could it be otherwise under so oppressive and tyrannical a system? We shall see what effect the with- drawal of the ambassadors has upon King Fer- dinand. If none, England and France must necessarily, one would think, take a further step or their attitude will hardly be worthy of their position. The recall of the ambassadors is hore considered as beyond a doubt." A letter from Naples, on the 8th inst., states that by an express order of police the Sicil- lians desirous to proceed to Naples must here- after be provided with special authorisation to that effect from the government. This injunc- tion applies also to those already furnished with passports for the interior, or for foreign countries. Italy. I The Times has the following from its Paris correspondent:—" The letter from Naples re- specting the corporal punishment inflicted, by express order of the king, on political prisoner's at Procida, is re-produced by the Patrie. The reproduction of such a document in a French government paper i3 not without serious signifi- cance, as an indication of the course which that government has resolved to adopt. It is the first shot fired by the French press, and confirms what I have already told you, and now repeat, that the Neapolitan question is not goinp: smoothly, as it was recently hoped that it would do, and that France and England are fully de- termined not to leave their remonstrances with- out effect." Letters from Apulia, in the kingdom of Na- pJe, announce that numerous arrests had late- ly been made in Lecce. At Trani, in the dis- trict of Barletta, some of the most respectable inhabitants of the town had been thrown into prison under the most futile pretexts. Among them are several lawyers, one of whom, Theo- dorico Soria, is brother-in-law to M. Joseph Piasanelli, former member of parliament of 1848. and at present a refugee in Piedmont. Turkey -1 1 Speaking-of th-e union otthe JLMnubian I nn- cipalities, the Times' correspondent at Con- stantinople writes The decided opinion which several of the European governments have expressed on this subject, have induced the Turkish government to address a note to the cabinets of the powers which signed the treaty of Paris. This note is dated from the end of July last, and is in the form of a cir- cular, addressed to the Turkish ministers resi- dent at the different European courts. Although calm, and couched in friendly language, it is not without a certain dignity; and one can read, even through the polite language of di- plomacy, the resolution of the Turkish govern- ment not to give way on the question of the union." Sir Henry Bulwer had been presented to his majesty the Sultan by Lord Redcliffe. Russia. i T-fc 1 It is said that the Prince de l?gne, tne Bel- gian ambassador to the coronation of the Czar, has refused the decoration of St. Alexander Newski, on account of the higher order of St Andrew having been conferred on Prince Est- erliazy and Count de Morny.-The metropoli- tan of Moscow, who crowned the Czar, re- tan of Moscow, '-kf-,tj est y a magnificent cro5s ceived from his Majesty a magnificent cross covered with precious stones. The question of the Isle of Serpents is by no means settled. According to late despatches from St. Petersburg, Russia. intends to prose- cute her claims to the rock, and is using every effort to induce other powers to make it a sub ject for mutual decision Then; ought to be no question whatever, that the Island of Ser- pents has traditionally. elon<iod to the power which holds the nearest continental land. The new Russian fl'ontÏer, t';ough extending beyond the Dneister, will tu.ike Russian ground at least 10 miles from the Island of Serpents, whilst it Is within .bout 20 of the mouths of the Danube. That fact alone ought to suflice. Our naval force has very positive orders should Russian troops again attempt to land. •v? T'.TH&CC??ONATYO?fE'fESAT Moscow. ,I ;—■ The second edition of the Times" has a let- ter from its special correspondent, describing the state visit to the theatre and the levee. He writes. According to the stories I hear, his majesty was very gracious to M. de Morny at the levee, and odftversed with, him-for some time. He alluded to the readiness evinced by France to conclude peace, and to remove all impediments to an entente cordiale. With Lord Granville he was, on dit, more reserved, and he is understood to have made some pointed allnsions to the attitude of the English Cabinet. We were tres lies in days "'gone by,' said his Majesty, 'but it is to be hoped that the estrangement will not continue.' Lord Granville replied in a low tone of voice. To Prince Esterhazy the manner of the Emperor was at first exceedingly dry and cold, but the veteran diplomatist spoke with such effect, and gave such assurances of the sincere desire which actuated a large party in Austria to return to tbeirpremiers amoitrs, that the Emperor was visibly moved, and held out his hand ere the prince ceased. When the Turkish minister was introduced he read at some length his letters of ereances, but the Czar became impatient ere the oonclusion, and dis- missed the envoy with a few short sentences. At the ball in the evening, the empress danced with M. de Morny, Lord Granville, and the Turkish minister. Shades of Mahomet, Slueman the Mag- nificent, and Selim the Terrible, what must ve I have thought when the ambassador of the Sub- lime Porte led the Czarina forth to the polonaise! The emperor danced with the Countess of Gran- ville, and was very gracious in his manner towards her." Describing the state visit t-1 the opera, the Times' correspondent says:—" It was almost. impossible not to give way to a thrill of admiration and sur- prise on entering the body of the house and tak- ing the first look into the pit. A Roman amphi- theatre was probably a grander, but it could not have been a more brilliant sight. A gorgeous and magnificent mob filled the theatre, but the arrange- ments were so good that there was neither hust- ling, confusion, nor noise. The grand ladies of the Russian court-the haughty old haute noblesse —were there, rich with the treasures won, in ages past, by their hard pated ancestors from Tartar, Turk. or Georgian. Some of these ladies arc very beautiful, but if there could be any portion of womankind which, as a rule, could be said not to be exquisite and of resplendent charms, it might be safely affirmed that they lived in Russia. Lord Granville was already in his box in the grand row on the left hand side of the Emperor's state box. M. de Morney and the French embassy were placed in the box on the right of the Czar's. It was past eight o'clock when the Emperor appeared, and the instant he was seen the whole of the house rose as if thrilled by an electric flash, and cheered most vehemently again and again. The Czar and the Czarina bowed, and every salutation was the signal for a repetition of the enthusiastic uproar, which at last the strains of God preserve the Czar" forced their way, and the audience resumed their places.
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%ysoBt.iAiaroirs^]!WS.. J TRADE STRIKES ASD PNTUHDATION.—-In icli- Vering judgment on Thursday, in the case of tho Wne men charged, at the Central Criminal Court, with intimidating the hands employed by Messrs. Young, shipbuilders, Limehouse, Baron Bramwell could not help saying it appeared to him that they had not been well advised in the course they had taken of pleading guilty to this charge, because it was perfectly clear that with regard to Gale, E. Hopper, Brown, Young, and Mumford, they must have been found guilty of an unlawful conspiracy to deter people from entering the service of the pro- I' secutors, and also to induce persons who had made engagements to break them. It was perfectly in- tolerable that such, proceedings should be carried on. It might be that those who had pleaded guil- ty had acted in ignorance of the law-he hoped it was so-and therefore, acting upon the recommen- dation of the prosecutors, he would take the course that had been suggested, and order them to enter into their own recognisances to appear and receive judgment of the court if they should be called upon to do so. Having said this he would ask them to listen to a bit of advice which might be useful to them and others in a similar position of life. The law had been very rightly laid down that they had a right to refrain and refuse to work for any person except upon terms satisfactory to themselves. This was only reasonable, but they must remember at the same time that they had no right whatever to coerce and intimidate olhers from accepting em- ployment, and it was clear that such a proceeding amounted to the mose insufferable tyranny. In these times, when everything was done to remove all impediments to commerce, when ancient corpo- rate rights were abolished for that object, and when working men were allowed facilities, by the aboli- tion of apprenticeship and other similar rights, it was intolerable that any set of men, for their own selfish purposes, should set up a tyranny of such a description. For his own part, he would much rather live under one intelligent despot, whose knowledge of the world and whose education would induce him to exercise his tyranny at all events in a sensible way, than be subject to the tyranny of a set of men who did not possess any of those quali- fications. He should be glad to know what the defendants would siy if the agricultural labourers of the country, a class which they no doubt consi- dered infinitely beneath them, so far as intellect and education are concerned, if the^ were to as- semble together and pass resolutions that they would only work six hours a day, and endeavour to coerce, and bribe, and intimidate those who would not join them ? He was sure they would say they were a set of stupid, ignorant fel- lows. Society at the present day would not tole- rate such proceedings. The noblest aristocracy in the world had been obliged to give up the privi- lege they enjoyed of taxing the people's bread for their own benefit, and persons in the, condition of the defendants might rely that similar proceedings on their part would not be permitted. THE SCENERY ABOUT TUIJIV.—The resident in Turin, when in search of something to gladden his eye and repose or elevate his mind, has a resource I the equal of which is found in few places. He can go to any commanding point of the Ilill of Turin across the river, to gaze at the panorama of tho Alps. Tho nearest and best position is, perhaps, the terrace of the convent of the Capucins of the hill. Therefrom you receive the most agreeable impression of the city of Turin itself; indeed, you are led to suppose that few cities are more admira- bly laid out. The uniformity of Turin is a uni- formity that pleases in a map or a model, and in a bird's-eye view. The. towers and spires, rising on all bands, break the straight lines. Even the unwieldy castle, w ith the observatory, seems a fine feature. But what makes the scene so pleas- ing, and realy gives a wonderful character to the city, is its magnificent portion on the edge of a plain covered vith trees and woods, and dotted with houses and villages, and intersected by large ave- nues, stretching out like the ribs of a fan, in all di- reetions, up to the foot of the Alps, which rise ab- ruptly, like stage mountains, from the green level in one wide semicircle, all round from Mon Viso to Monte Rosa on the right. But you do not imme- diately conceive the noble grandeur of the scene Those must be lofty hills, certainly, but you have nothing to compare with them. fhe sun is perhaps behind the convent tower, and overhead i3 nought but a formless solitude of light. You bring your glances near, and look over tho parapet down the steep green slope, half concealed by chesnut trees. There is a road at tho bottom, on which the people look very small indeed and, after a slip of land a fringe of houses, there is the broad river, with a sort of tiny gondolas passing to and fro in the shiny reach, between the bridge of iron and the bridge of stone. The Valentina Palace out there to the left, among groves and avenues, is already a distant ob- ject. The city, which is yet more than a league in circumference, may be taken at a. glance. All the palaces and borgoes in the environs, though visible, seem far off. The great cemetery is reduced to a little inclosure. The Veneria cannot be made out. Where the plain begins to undulate, forms have ceased to be distinguishable. Colours, faint and melting into one another, alone are visible. It is no haze, but distance, that maket all outlines indis- tinct. But you lift up your eyes, and there, close by, as it were within reach of the hand, arc wild slopes, and valleys, and rocks, and white peaks; and then at length you know and feel that those slopes are provinces, those valleys plains, those rocks huge deserts, those woods primaeval, forests, those white peaks measureless expanses of snow and ice. TUB COLLISION NEAR HOLYHEAD.—Wo have intelligence of another serious shipping disaster in the Channel. Early on Sunday morning the Imo- gene, an iron ship which sailed hence on Saturday, for Pernambuco, was run into, about 20 miles to the westward of Holyhead, by the Falcon screw steamer, from Cork, and sank very soon afterwards. The ship, and a valuable cargo which she contain- ed^are uttoily lost, but the Captain (Williams),, crew, and six passengers, including two ladies, were saved by the boats of the Falcon, and brought to Liverpool. A passenger on board the Falcon gives the following account of the disaster:—At three, o'clock on Sunday morning a fearful collision.took place close to the Bargy Diglits, between the Imo- gene, of this port, Williams, master, bound for Per- nambuco, in the Brazils, with a most valuable ge- neral cargo, and the steamship Falcon, Ilynes, master, on her passage from Cork to Liverpool. Up to the very moment of the collision the passage oft he steamer was all that could be desired, the sea being unusually calm, with but a very light breeze blowing. At the hour mentioned she was steaming away gallantly, under full canvass, at the rate of about 8 knots per hour, when, all of a sud- den, a terrific cmsh was heard, followed by a si- multaneous and heart rending shriek from the emi- grants on board (about 80), who cried out "The steamer is blowing up," and rushed about her decks in wild confusion. The steamer struck the Imo- gene on the bow, making a hole of such magnitude that her forecastle was speedily filled with vaf.rj the ?'amer had half her side taken away, but being uninjured in bottom or machinery. The Imogine bad been sailing on the windward tack, and dis played three large lights in her rigging. The steamer had al o lights on board. The moon was shining brightly at the time, and scarcely ft wave- let was to be seen on the sea. The loss of the un- fortunate Imogene was soon ascertained to be ine- yitable, and Captain Williams signalled the Falcon to come to her relief. The small boats of the stea- mer were immediately launched, and put off to tbo rescue of the crew of the Imogene, which was now fast settling by the bead. Thev succeeded in about an hour in lodging every one of the crew on board j the steamer. Captain Williams was the last man to leave his ship, which he had scarcely done when I she sank. Not a particle of the cargo, which was valued at about £ C0,000, was saved. There were j two lady passengers on board the Imogeno, one of whom lost L,2,000 and the other E700. The Imo- geneVas 386 tons regisrnr:o"Ehewas a new "Vessel 1 on her third voyage,. The cause of the collision is involved in a question of steering, both parties, as usual, maintaining that they were in the rIght: course. As no lives have been lost, the. case will resolve itself into a eivil action for damages, so far as the owners are concerned, and the board of trade will doubtless have an investigation into the matter.. • j RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF HOUSES BY THE COUNTY COURT.—Inj; the new County Courts Act, about to come into force, there are several clauses of considerable importance to landlords, as leading to the recovery of premises where the rent does not exceed £ 50 a year, in a summary manner, and pre- venting actions of ejectment in the superior courts. Where the term has expired in property where noi- ther the value of the premises nor the rent is not more than £ 50 by tho year, a plaint may be en- tered, and in default of the tenant giving up the same, the bailiff may enter and give the landlord possession. In plaints for the recovery of posses- sion the plaintiff may recover his rent where the same does not exceed 150. Further, the act pro- vides that, where there is half a year's rent due, and the landlord has a right to re-enter, possession may be given by the county courts. HORRIBLE REVENGE.—The editor of the Utica Herald says that he once knew a wild widow who cut out her daughter in the good graces of her lo- ver, and married him herself. To obtain revenge f. r this mean unmotheily trick, the daughter set her cap for the young man's rich father, (of whom he waS the only heir,), and actually married him and had children, to the infinite annoyance cf the ether paities. '< OF,-§IR ;^ia»KLlN.—Capt. Pe^ .Mvy IN .!» has arrived at Aberdeen with the Ly Franklin, says that during t^-tkne ho was in Iro- garth's Sound pursuing the winter whale fishery, ■ he was-told by some of the natives that they had been in company, during their excursions to the north, with a number of Esquimaux, who had seen a long way off, in a north-westerly direction from Hogarth's Sound, a circular tent erected on the ice. They had taken from it at their first visit some bright metal, and on their second visit, some moons afterwards, they had seen two white men in the tent. It was reported among the natives that these and others had perished from hunger. So far as Capt. Penny can judge, it is thought that this may refer to the same party from whom Dr. Rae had the silver spoons, &c., which identified the white men with Sir John Franklin and his party. THE RAJAH OF PUTrFALA.-Soine time since the Rajah of Putteala favoured Calcutta with a visit, and it was said he even intended to proceed to Eng- land, bu't was deterred from doing so, and scamp- ered back to his dominions, in consequence of hear- ing what appeared to be a well-founded rumour, to the effect that in his absence his state was to be annexed. His short stay in Calcutta—where he had the opportunity of observing bow a gover- nor-general and other men in high office worked from early morn to dewy eve-appears to have inspired him with the desire of doing likewise- the desire possibly being sharpened into activity by a wish to stave off absorption, as he might reasonably suppose even the annexing government of India would not extinguish a reforming rajah. His highness has retained the services of a Sikh who speaks English correctly, makes chemical ex- periments imperfectly, is translating into Oordoo Brande's Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences," and is in training as a photographer; he has or- dered a pair of 20 inch globes, a double-barrelled air pump, a quadrant, and treatises on astronomy the use of the globes, and logic. NATIONAL SUNDAY LEAGUE.-The annual meeting of this league was held at St. Martin's Hall, Lung Acre, London, on Monday evening; the meeting was not numerous. Mr. Win. Duttice was called to the chair. The secretary read the annual report, which stated that the object of the league was to procure the opening of the British Museum, the National Gallery, and similar institutions, on the Lord's Day, and mentioned that committees had been established as auxiliaries of the league in Camdcn Town, Clerk- eawell, Mile End, Beihnal Green, the Burough, So- ho, and other metropolitan localities; that the organ- isation, too, had extended into the provinces. It also mentioned that the friends of the league had inter- fered at the meetings called by the Lord's Day Ob- servance Society, and out-voted the promoters of tticin. It likewise referred to the labours of the Sunday Rest Association, in looking for the opening of those public establishments on each of the ordinary week days. but considered the character of tho association was not such as could secure the co-operation of the league. The report attributed the defeat of Sir Joshua Wahnsiey's motion to the pressure exercised on members by the constituencies. The friends of the league—which now numbered 1,999 members— had presented 158 petitions in favour of the motion, bearing 27,251 signatures. This report was adopted, a committee of management nominated for the en- suing year, and the proceedings brought to a close in the usual manner. MALICIOUS POISONING OF ANTM,LS.—At the Devon county sessions, held last week, before Lord Courtenay, chairman, a farmer, named Hole, who resided in the north of Devon, was charged with maliciously poisoning a donkey with corrosive sub- limate. It appewftd that ika priwaar- heltl three- fourths of a pasture field, and had been anxious to get the other fourth into his possession, but it was refuged by the owner, who lot it to other persons for the pasturage of cattle. The prisoner was very much annoyed at this, and several times threaten- ed to do" for the animals which were driven into the field in question. Soveral had died under sus- picious circumstances, and ultimately a donkey expired suddenly, which led to an investigation. The tongue and other portions of the animal were sent to Mr. Herapath, the analytical chemist, of Bristol, and he declared that the donkey had been poisoned by corrosive sublimate-a few grains of which were sufficient to kill a man. Some pieces of bread were in the prisoner's house, which were proved to contain corrosive sublimate, and the pri- soner had been seen to drive the donkey in ques- tion into a linhay just previous to its death.—The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen- tenced to six years' penal servitude. LORD JOHN SCOTT.—The Nortlt British Daily Mail states that at a meeting held last week in Melrose, to receive Dr. Cumming of London, Lord J. Scott delivered a violent speech against th e po. pish tendencies of his own relatives. His lordship has of late been withdrawing some of his tastes for otter-hunting and the turf, and cultivating a liking for tract distribution and ultra-protestant doctrines. He is the best speaker in the Harden clan, and it is really a triumph to get this clever, rattling ora- tor out of the way of grooms and kennels into the arena in which ho can show up" the Romish co- quettings of the circle in which he now moves. The Marchioness of Lothian will not thank his lordship for another picture of her popish tricks among the weak females among whom she moves. -Dairy News. A DISTRESSING CASB.—At the Southwark Po- lice Cuurt, Elizabeth Ann Holwell, thirty two, was indicted for the manslaughter of Elizabeth Anne Hotwell, her child; by neglecting la.au.pply it with proper nourishment. The prisoner was a,married woman, but separated from her husband, who made her an allowance weekly. She had four children, the youngest of whom, whose death was thef subject of inquiry, was between four and five months old. The prisoner and her children occu- pied a room in a house in Thomas Street, Lock's- fields, and- it appeared that in the afternoon of the 20th Ail-ust, in consequence of information that was received by Cook, the parish constable of New- ington, lie went to the prisoner's room, and found her lying on a miserable bcd, with the child in question dead by her side. There was no furni- ture, and the place presented the appearance of the most wrytched misery; and the prisoner was in an almost torpid state, and it was with great difficulty that she could be aroused. In the room was found a bottle that was labelled poison." The prisoner stated, that it was her intention to destroy herself by taking this lotion. It appeared, that, at this time, the prisoner was receiving four- teen shillings a week from her husband, and the case for the prosecution was, that she was ad- dicted to drunken and intemperate habits, and that she, in consequence, neglected to supply the iufaut with its natural nourishment, and that she had there- by caused its death. The evidence went to show, that at the time the child was found deal the pri- soner was in a condition to have supplied the child with nourishment, if she had been minded to do so. Several witnesses were called for the purpose of show. ing that the prisoner bad been constantly in a state of intoxication for several days before the death of the child, but their evidence failed to establish the fact, and the jury returned a verdict of Not Guiity. NEW FITANTSI,ATION OF THE BIBI K.—" A Can- terbury Incumbent, writing of the present transla- tion, observes—" The simple fact is, that since it was executed a vast num ber of mallllscripls-somc ex- tremely ancient—have been discovered and examined aud thus the means afforded of setting forth a much more correct text, and consequently a much more cor- rect translation, than was then possible. Under such circumstances is it, or is it not, a worthy design to enable the common people to participate in the fruits of a century and a half of learned labour ? I should have thought that in a protestant country there would have been no hesitation about the answer; but un- happily we have fallen upon times when it pays much better to inflame Protestant prejudices than to act out Protestant principles. That the knowledge both of Hebrew and Greek is far more accurate at the present one who has more than a schoolboy's knowledge of either will deny." "A Clergyman," in answer- to the ob- jections of Dr. Cumming, urges that unless the Church publish a new version, there will soon be a variety of versiona." In contradiction of the assertions of Dr. Cumming, lie states, with respect to the present translation—" The forty-seven men (not fifty four,as Dr. Cumming states, for seven of the fifty,four died before the work commenced), who published our pre. sent version, were, indeed, able masters of the Eng- lish language and of the art of translation,; but they were not critical scholars. The Church of England possesses a body of men in the present day who arc infinitely superior to the-translators of James the First's reign, in a knowledge of all those niceties of the He- brew and Greek languages on which a faithful trans- lation must mainly depend. The real truth is, unless the Church of England will publish an authorised version of the present translation of the Bible, there will very soon bo a variety of versions, and those ver- sions—however stained by individual instances of un- fairness-will in many respects be superior to our present translation and they who resist all. attempts at a revision by authority of the Church incur the fearful responsibility of exposing God's Word to the certain danger of a variety of erroneous inter- pretation." A child fell overboard from the fore part of one of the Hyde and Cowes boat on Wednesday, aud with singular good luck was swept by a wave just without the paddle-wheel. The sea was very rough at the time, but the cap tain of the steamer tore off his coat and shoes, jumped overboard, picked the child up, and thus saved it, • STARVING TO DEATH BY DIRECIION OF SPIRITS. —•She Dayton Gazette (0.) deiails a vry remarka- bbmstance of.mmomania, wlu has jnst been terminated in that city, in the ?seof the Re?Jo- shM Upson, a Universaliat cleilg?man, who died at twelve o'clock on the previous Sunday night, ile has lived in an almost skeleton condition, abstain- ing from nourishment for fifteen, twenty, and even thirty days in succession. He has maintained and believed that he did this under the direction of the spirits, who promised by this course of discipline to develope him into a more extraordinary medium than has hitherto been known. He lived under the impression that hundreds of disembodied spirits were constantly talking with him, directing him, encouraging, rebuking him, prescribing what he should eat, what he should say, foretelling every day the least change in his physical condition, and punishing him severely when he refused to act in accordance with their directions. The same paper says-" Professedly by their information, he point- out with singular accuracy many of the symptoms that would manifest themselves in his own case, sometimes for weeks before they actually occurred. With limbs hardly larger than an infant's, unable to rise from his bed, and frequently suffering ex- quisite tortures, yet supported, as he said, by the spirits, he exhibited the most extraordinary hope, cheerfulness, and enthusiasm. The spirits con- stantly signified to him that he should recover to fulfill his mission, to afford a wonderful specimen of a spiritually developed man, and proclaim the truth to a world sunk in doubt and unbelief. In this the spirits were mistaken, but there is not the slightest reason to doubt Mr. Upson 3 sincerity. Though the victim of what seems to us a delusion, he was, we have reason to believe, an honest and good man. l' "A A PROJECTED RiVAL TO THE nIES. "—A meeting for the purpose of carrying out the above singular project was held at Swansea last week. The Rev. David Thomas, of Stockwell, in the course of explanations, said: People did not now read volumes, but pamphlets, and especially news- papers—so much so that the daily Times has been called the Bible of England—hence its influence was immense. They all knew with what ease the Times ignored great questions-how it blew hot or cold on several fundamental points—how it could turn round—it was not, in fact, guided by the pole star of honesty, recitude, and human j ustico. Any scheme, therefore, which would improve this state of things was worthy the attention and respect of every man who loved his country. Mr. Thomas then proceeded to explain the nature of the proposed scheme. It was the establishment of a first-class newspaper, to be ^called the Dial, which would bo formed under the Limited Liability Act. The speaker then read copious extracts from the pros- pectus, after which he remarked that failure was almost impossible. Tho paid-up capital would a- mount to no less than £500,000, and this amount would buy not only the best type, the best piper, the best ink, but it would buy the best talent, tho best brains, and the best experience. But not only had they the advantage of this large sum of money, but this would he subscribed by about 100,000, all of whom would naturally be inquiring for the Dial. Tho principles were enrolled in the deed of settle- ment, and therefore, nothing could be put in the paper incompatible with tho prospectus. The scheme also secured another thing, that the paper should be of a high moral tone. They did want a paper which should be primarily swayed on public questions, not by a sordid calculation of profit or loss, but by consideration of right and wrong. The schemo would be a national one it would take in men of all classes. On the board were as many churchmen aa dissenters. Although the paper had only once been advertised, they had already got E 10,000, and he believed that in three months the whole of the shares would be taken. The scheme was secured from all monopoly by no one person being allowed to take more than ten shares.—A' re- solution was carried, expressing concurrence in the proposed national newspaper league.—Carmarthen Journal. THE LATE LORD SHREWSBURY AND JOliN SAD- LIER.—In the Dublin paper, the" Tablot" of Sa- turday, a statement appears which, if authentic, relates a fact about the late John Sadlier that can hardly fail to surprise the world even with refer- ence to that notorious individual, as evincing in a very striking manner the extraordinary amount of confidence which he contrived to obtain in all cir- cles. The statement is as follows: A will has been discovered amongst the papers of the late Earl of Shrewsbury bequeathing his estates to the late J. Sedlier absolutely and unconditionally. The ex- istence of this will was unknown to Mr. Sergeant Bellasis and Mr. Hope Scott (the executors of that nobleman) until the last few days. It is of a date anterior to the will in favour of the infant son of the Duke of Norfolk, and is understood to have been made previous to the short stay of the earl in Lon don when he took his seat in the House of Lords. The subsequent will was not, however, made, in consequence of the public exposure which followed the suicide of John Sadlier; but beforo returning ahroad the earl was advised by a dignified ecclesi- astic to place his affairs in the hands, and seek the counsel of, Catholics of known probity and honour, and we believe that the executors of the existing will were recommended to him. The earl, however, never made these gentlemen acquainted with the disposition he had previously made of his property, and it is understood that he overruled the advice they tendered to him in many respects, and especi- ally in not leaving anything to his nearest relatives. The intention of the earl was, that his property should be applied by John Sadlier to charitable and ecclesiastical uses, and no plausible reason can bo alleged for his choice of the person to whom he con- fided the distribution of his property except that his own solicitor and the solicitor of John Sadlier were one and the same person. It is, of course, not to be supposed that this gentleman was acquainted with the Sadlier frauds, or even with the facts of the speculations in which John Sadlier was in- volved. And it is probable that so astute a man as Sadlier would, so far as possible, keep from the knowledge of his Catholic solicitor everything which would tend to lower his opinion of him, and seek other and less scrupulous advisers to carry out the details of his frauds and speculations. AGRARIAN OUTRAGES.—The Carlow Post men- tions the following atrocious act:—On Saturday morning a shot was fired in the house of Mr. Sam- uel Thorpe, at Grangeford, in this county, by one of a party who were passing in a car. The gun was loaded with small stones and shot, but we are happy to say no inj ury was done. We believe that what prompted the parties to this vile act was a misunderstanding which existed betweon this gentlemen and some labourers relative to the cut- ting down his corn with a scythe instead of with a hook. Two persons have been arrested on suspic- ion—We regret (says the It aterford News) to leain that some miscreant has written an anony- mous letter to the estimable lady of Nicholas lower, Esq., SnowhiU, threatening the de- struction of her lite, if, in the.words of the notice. "h d'd t h she did not part with that murderer, Patrick Hogan," who is now acting as steward at Snow- hall. The notice was in the shape of a note, en- closed in an envelope, badly written, and bearing the >\ aterford postmark. CHARGE OP ATTEMPTED MURDER.—At Wor- ship-stroet Pol ice Court, London, on Saturday, a middle-aged man named William Smith, was char- gcd with having attempted to murder William Ward, a master cabinet maker. The prosecutor, who appeared all bound over the head with stick- ing plaster, said he had been to a public-house where he accidentally met the prisoner. The lat- ter accosted him with You don't know me?" to which tho prosecutor replied, "I don't want to know you," upon which -the prisoner rapidly drew a pistol from the breast of this coat, with the re- joinder, "This will make you know me," and de- liberately levelled it at his head. Witness imme- diately seized him by the arm, which diverted tho aim, and hastened through the side door into the street, but was closely followed by the prisoner' who pursued him to the house of one of his friends in which he obtained protection. Finding, how ever, that he remained outside, in manifest watch for him, witness at once sent for a policeman but the prisoner had disappeared before he arrived Next day he returned to the public-house, and found him standing at the bar in the same portion as before. Witness was in the act of stealthily re5°at™S> 7 hen :he prisoner rushed towards him with the pistol 1 his hand, when he presented wIthm a foot of his head, and drew the?- but the cap fortunately exploded withou? t ignf§ng the powd The prisoner then closed with hSf and deat ? him several terrible blows on the bare head, with the butt end of the pistol, inflicting four severe wounds, from which the blooa'strea""cd d ur h. r b t h h. LU own hi?ace; but with the assistance of some of th bystanders the weapon was forcibly wrested froX:: hIs assailant, who was ultimately given into cusZ tody. It appeared from the priini-. to the police when he was apprehended that be dS not deny havm attacked the prosecutor, and that he would do so again. He charged the prosecu- tor wi?i having seduced his wi?, and since his discovery of what had taken place his wife K ieC°T Td' On l^e pistol being .earched no Jess than 35 shots were found In it. The prisoner was committed for trial. There are at present in Italy 311 newspapers partly po iticai, partly scientific and artistic. Tim> are distributed over the peninsula in the Mowing way :-b5 appear in Lombardy, 87 in Sardinia, 5 m Parma and Modena 33 in Tuscany, "0' } l I d Y. o50 o m t lC apal dominions, and 56 in the King- d?ft?n?r? ? ? ?
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EPITOME OF NEWS. There are four daily journals in Calcutta. Colebrookdale has resolved to establish a school of Design. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has deter- mined to be enthroned by proxy, but it is not yet known upon what day. The number of English and Scotch settled in Ireland is now more than double what it was ten years ago. Salisbury cathedral is undergoing repairs. Her Majesty has sent a donation of tlOO towards the restoration of the Chapter-House. The Prince of Wiles, it is said, is called by his sister, on account of his peremptory manner, Mister Upper Crust." I The exhibition at Rome of raw silk, silk tissues, and woollen cloths, made on the Pontificial do- minion, opened on the 15th instant. Captain W. Peel. C. B., has been appointed to the command of that magnificent screw-frigate, the Shannon, 51. The Dowager Lady O'Brien, mother of Lord Inchiquin and W. S. O Biien, Esq., is danger- ously ill at Dromoland. suffering from injuries sustained by a fall. Lord and Lady Brougham are surrounded by a select party at Brougham Hall, Westmoreland. The noble and learned lord completed his 71)th year on Friday last. The Englishman announces the arrival of Mr. George Thompson in Culcutta. It is understood that he is there on commercial, not political busi- ness. The sheriffs' inauguration dinner will take place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on Tuesday next, the 30th inst., and will be carried out on a scale of almost unprecedented splend- our. Mountjoy, the petestrian, has commenced walking thrice per day from Huddersfield to Brad- ford and Back a total distance of û6 miles which he is to continue till Saturday morning. A Waterford paper states that what it believes to be the first drawback that city ever received from the British Treasury, arrived there on Friday last, in the form of a contribution of towards the completion of a public park The festival of the three choirs Worcester, Hereford, and.Gloucester has been held this week at the last named city. There has been a large and fashionable attendance, and the festival is re- presented as having been perfectly successful. Three hundred and ninety men of the British. German Legion embarked on Saturday in the transport Alma for Canada, in which colony grants of land have been made to them. On Tuesday, a mill belonging to Mr. Thomas Livsey, at Rochdale, was partially destroyed Ly fire. The damage is estimated at from to .,£5,000. The Rev. Walter Scott, on his retirement from the Presidency of Airedale College, Bradford, has been presented with a timepiece and a purse of five hundred guineas.—Gateshead Observer. The Notting Hill residents, to be secure from the visits of burglars, have resolved to provide a watchman of their own, who is to be suitably pro- vided with one of Colt's revolvers. There is a rumour in London that Alderman Salomons is likely to be re-appointed Lord May- or of London, at the election which will take place next Monday. A small piece of paper linen, moistened with spirits of turpentine, and put into a bureau or wardrobe for a single day, two or three time:, a year, is a sufficient preservative against moths The Jedburgh circuit, as well as that of Dumfries, will be a maiden one on this occasion-a rather important appeal case being the only bus- iness coming before the judges. Lord Carlisle will leave Ireland about the mid- dle of October for England, where, it is said, he will reside for some weeks. Mr. Horsman will act for him in his absence. Mr. Churchill, who was secretary and assistant to General Williams, at Kars, and throughout the Asiatic campaign, is appointed Her Majesty's con- sul in -Bosnia. The Mayor of Birmingham has issued cards of invitation to more than three hundred and fifty gentlemen of the town and district to a banquet at the new Music Hall on the 13th of October. The Canadian Free Press says that the Rt. Hon. Robert Lowe, whom it entitles one of Her est's executive councillors, and a dignitary of the press," has arrived at Donegan's Hotel, Mon- treal. The Free Trade Congress at Brussels is in full blow just now. The number of gentlemen who have given their adhesion to the principles of the Congress is nearly 600. None of the details of the proceedings have reached us. Among the attractions which Brussels offers at this time to visitors is a magnificent organ, for the Cathedral Church of Murcia in Spain, the front of which measures 43 feet and the extreme height 65 to 70 feet. A Matrimonial Alliance is understood to be arranged between the Hon. Captain Fredrick Fitz- clarence son of the late Earl of Munster, and hi" cousin, the Hon Miss Sydney,eldest daughter of the late Lord De Lisle and Dudley. Lord Raglan has gone on a visit to thp Earl Beluchamp, at Madresfield court, Worcester- shire. The nuptials of his Lordship and Lady GeorgIana Lygon will be solemnised early in Nov- ember. A weekly penny paper is published at Leam- Ington, over the leading article in which the Edi- tor prints this modest announcement—" Th" writ- ers in the Leamington reserve the right oj translation." A telegraphic despatch received from Berlin, states that on Saturday evening the nuptials of the Princess Louisa of Prussia with the Grand Puke of Baden were solemnised in the Royal Seiiiuss with all the prescriptive solemnities. The Northumberland magistrates are procuring returns from the police authorities in the towns ot that county, with a view to form the necess.uy data for apportioning police-officers to the varioui wards of the county. The YorTcshireman states that the tenants of Sir Charles Slingsby, Bart., of Knaresboro, have this week been served with notices that their future rents will be increased. In some cases the ad- advanca is trifling, whilst, in others, the present rents are stated to be nearly doubled. Miss Twentyman, a Liverpool lady lately de- ceased, and who when alive was distinguised for j her benevolence to local and other charities, ha bequeathed to various schools, charities, and public institutions of the town, £1,300, in sums varying from to The whole property of the Wolverhampton cor- poration is now under seizure by the sherifl, In payment of the claim of Mr. Hughes, civil engui- j eer, who was employed in getting up a wafer- works project, for which the corporation failed w secure an act. The debt and expenses amount to £.1,485, and there is no fund out of which to pay it. A layman gives a deplorable account of wasted means in a Somersetshire parish: The pay i5 throughout In inverse ratio to the work done. The dean and chapter do nothing at aH. and get ?- th layman. farms ? tithes and makes ahout £ J»o^0n0o; the vi.car gets £130 and gives a title; ?' i| curate gets .l!>30 d d 11 curate gets jgM, an d does all the work 1 A well-known bookworm on the banks of the | wear whose name we forbear to mention, one night dreamt that he was reading a fascinating new work and being enraptured with a subline I pasSage in one of its pages, he thought he would 4 double down the leaf, so that he might readily turn } to it again. In the morning, when he awoke, Ie found that he had made a knot in the tail of hi* ni.ghtshirt! —Gateshead Observer. In one of the parishcs on the east coast of Sutherland the congregation, until recently, was composed of two families-one of whom, however, has now gone over to the free church. The flock of the parish minister at the present time is com- posed of the other family, consist ing of tw0 elderly maiden ladies, whom he still addresses, much to their chagrin, as My bre hren." Between noon and midnight. OH Saturday, the pay-omce of the 66th Regiment was robbed ?. £90 In Pymouth Branch Bank of England notes, an in sovereigns. The small tin cashbox 111 which it was contained was found in the pan of a cloet used by the ofifcers' servants, the rivets t which fastened the lock having been neatlv punched in, and all the contents removed bat. n banker's cheque. t Her Grace the Duchess-Dowager of Argy?' ho has lately renounced the errors of Protestant' ism, received the holy sacrament of confirms^" on Saturday last, at seven o'clock a.m., at 1 Cathedral of St. Andrew's, Glasgow. Her Gr? I subsequently heard mass and participated '?"' m| holy communion. Th?celebrate on the occaslOl y was his Lordship the TUght Rev. Bishop h; f dock, V.A.E.D.-?? ?? (Romau Ca?!" paper).