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JtmE 8, 1850.] «&* $,tU**t. ^_
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On the 15th, in the Canadian House of As...
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Funeral services were celebrated at Flor...
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A meeting of clergy and laity will be he...
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A Paris tailor, named Fabien, has just s...
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The Xalion Contains A Very Nervous Appea...
health and fortune to the end of his existence , he would effect no good at all commensurate to his own personal sa paupers in the workhouse of Limerick are in a tier feet state of insurrection , and all the military and police of the city are on duty to suppress their riotous conduct , at the head of which are the females of the establishment , seventy-four of whom have been already committed to prison . " The mayor and magistrates are on the constant alert , and the troops under arms , lhe rjaupers have destroyed all the locks , bolts , and bars of the workhouse , and go in and out just as they please . Sir Richard O ' Donnel , Bart ., has 400 acres of flax growine on his estate in the county of Mayo . It will be a most productive crop , and yield employment to a vast nU irishman , the organ of the Democratic portion of the Young Irelanders , did not make its appearance last Saturday , the proprietor having declared in his last number that he would resume the publication if ne obtained 3000 quarterly subscriptions in advance . The Freeman ' s Journal says that the Roman Catholic Primate has recently received a decisive letter from Rome declaring that Roman Catholic clergymen cannot bold office in , or otherwise be instrumental m advancing the project of , the Queen ' s Colleges in Ireland , and that the Roman Catholic laity are prohibited from sending their youth to those colleges for education . A mem orial , signed by more than a hundred noblemen and members of Parliament , besides a great number of deDutv-lieutenants and magistrates , has been forwarded to Sir George Grey for presentation to the Queen , praying for the establishment of a packet station on the coast of Ireland . ..
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On The 15th, In The Canadian House Of As...
On the 15 th , in the Canadian House of Assembly , Sir Allan M ' Nab save notice that he would introduce a bill to amend the << Rebellion Losses Bill , " to prevent persons actually engaged in rebellion from receiving com-^ The ' Nicaragua treaty has been confirmed in the American Senate by a vote of 42 to 10 .
Funeral Services Were Celebrated At Flor...
Funeral services were celebrated at Florence , and throughout Tuscany , on the 29 th of May the anniversary \ r tho fatal battles of Curtatone and Montanara , in wh ^ the best part of the Tuscan youth fell combating an pnpmv three times their number . SloHri . e ^ t ^ t ^^^ a '/ r ^^ s tobe arrested if found out of doors after eleven p . m . Priests ! surgeons , physicians , and midmves are ex"IS SS SbT ^ now closed from eight o ' clock at nigh ? tofive o ' clock in the morning , and unusual activity is observed among the French ^ troops . Tt is r > ronosed to confer on the King ol ^ aP" - ? titL of » M ? , st religious King , " on account of his devotl ° O ^ r ot Rome say s that crowds of people are i « . of ° Ma » lni and Protestantism are fur . ous at not ^^^ " ^ o ^ ^/ co ^ ng fe ^ LMe for the which prevailed under the late Emperors , Francis and FerSinand The palace or Scl . ii-brunn , where the court now resides is daily crowded with priests , monks , and 7 !??« £ « of all kinds . Four masses arc- read daily ; a ? , d on sSndfvs he devotion of the imperial family is SSISSSSES ^ ssssssEssas ^ AtCo ^ eVd the 1050 th anniversary of the arrival there £ «^^^ A ^ ° ^^ ' « o f t ) 000 P « 8 ' *™« - late Minister of War under the GSmTcen ^ ™»* " * ? ! "kUh Cacrm . in ^ cnirai vju d ' Constantinople immerii ^ to ^ Srtako ^ iTorgautotion of the TuAUh Ca The y insurrection in Kurdistan is not yet put down . Neither is that of Bosnia . nowmnrl . nf the ffra . Abtms Pasha has just received a new" » jrk oT the B ra clous favour of the Sultan who has -entliim Uneeinn length portraits of himself ^^^^ ^ bT ? rb ^ tatnfoft ^ in *?& S b « t dress and Jj how such veneration for paintings . Tntland Tronps are being sent from Copenhagen to Jutland ^ where there is already assembled a torce of nearly IU . m The French Minister of Commerce has offercdlO . OOOf . to any person who shall discover a remedy for the conU gious d soasc now prevalent among h ° i » tt tinnbv the The Moniteur , in noticing the Ke ^ S ^^ Jof Minister of Commerce of a bill for the e * ™ " * ; ' ™ " ^ public ba'h » and washhouses for the " ^™ »« „ which working classes , gives an account of the ex tent owhitn fstablishmonts of this kind have bren U 8 P ' \ , * ^ "fl * " ^ and states that several towns in France ^ expressed a desire to avail themselves of a portion of the money
for which the minister has applied to the National Assembly , offering to complete from the municipal funds the amount that may be required . # M Emile Girardin was tried on Wednesday for having circulated a petition against the Electoral Bill without the printer ' s name being attached to it . He was acquitted ; but M . Plow , the printer , was condemned to pay 3000 francs and costs . By a decree of the Commander of the fifth and sixth military divisions , the publication and sale of the Mt / steres du Peuple , by Eugene Sue , is forbidden m the departments of the Rhone , Ain , Isere , Loire , and Drome . The translations have also been seized in Germany . A letter from Dreux states that all the crops , of every description , in that neighbourhood have been destroyed by a hail-storm . The hailstones were as large as pigeons eggs . .
A Meeting Of Clergy And Laity Will Be He...
A meeting of clergy and laity will be held before the close of the present month , in London , to pass resolutions with reference to the present alarming crisis ot the Church of England . —Morning Herald . The sixth annual meeting of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes , was held on Thursday evening in St . Martin ' Hall , Long-acre , Lord John Russell in the chair . There were also present the Marquis of Westminster , the Earl of Harrowby the Earl of Galloway , Earl Waldegrave , Lord Redesdale , Lord Ashley , Lord Feversham , Lord Ebrington , Lord Robert Grosvenor , M . P ., Mr . Pusey , M . P ., Sir Harry Verney , M . P ., Mr . Page Wood , M . P ., & c The body of the hall was well filled on the occasion , a great proportion of the meeting consisting of the working classes . lhe principal speakers were : —the Chairman , the Earl of Harro vby , the Reverend Mr . Champneys , and Lord Ashley . An attempt was made to disturb the proceedings by Mr . G . M . Reynolds , supported by a small body of followers , but the general voice of the meeting being against him , he was forced to remain silent . A meeting of the electors of Fmsbury took place at the Belvidere Tavern , Pentonville , on Tuesday evening , to take into consideration the present neglected representation of the borough , consequent upon the continued absence of Messrs . Wakley and Duncombe from their parliamentary duties . Letters from both gentlemen were read . From Mr . Wakley , announcing his intention (¦ provided no amendment took place in his healih ) to resign at the termination of the present session of Parliament ; and from Mr . Duncombe , announcing his restoration to health , and his determination at the close of the session to resign , and once more appeal to the suffrages of the electors of Finsbury . The meeting expressed itself satisfied , and passed a high eulogium on Messrs . Waklev and Duncombe . . A public meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor , Strand , on Tuesday evening , with the view of promoting the efforts at present being made to obtain a reform in the Court of Chancery , as regards the time occupied and the expense entailed in the prosecution of suits . Mr . G . Walter in the chair . Mr . Acland moved the first resolution , which was as follows : " That the Court of Chancery , which in theory is a court of equity , is practically an engine of unprincipled extortion and heartless oppression ? that many millions of property are cruelly withheld from the rightful owners by complicated and dilatory proceedings , whist injured suitors , reduced to pauperism by unwarrantable extortion m the shape of costs , inger out a hopeless existence in our poorhouses and Kaols , or seek relief from their grievous wrongs by Suicide . That this meeting considers that the continuance of such a court is a libel upon Christianity , an outrage upon society , and a disgrace upon the legislature and government of the British empire . ' Dr . Ogilvie seconded this resolution , which was earned unanimously . Other resolutions pledging the meeting to support the associaUonTaiit atingWa reform in the Court of Chancery , "The ^ inuafmeeUng of the London Charity Schools took place on Thursday at St . Paul ' s Cathedral . The circular has gone forth to summon the British Association to meet at Edinburgh , on Wednesday , the 31 st of July , under the presidency of its founder , bir David Brewster . —Scotsman . The annual national archery meeting , hitherto held at York and Derby , is to be held this year in Warrender Park , Edinburgh , in the month of July . The operation of floating the third great tube of the Britannia-bridge across the Straits to us position lietween the towers of the bridge is to take place on Monday , the 10 th inst ., the next spring tide . A vacancy having lately occurred in the office of subinspector ot f » etori ?» in the Midland di . tr . ct ; , Sir George Grey has not filled up the place , and has ordered the duties to be performed by the other sub-inspectors . In the Court of Exchequer , on Thursday , Sir Fit « roy Kelly in a five hours' " uninterrupted flood of unpassk > ned argument , " moved , on behalf of the B . j hop of Exeter for a writ to Sir Herbert Jenner Fust and to the A ? oTbShop of Canterbury to prohibit them tacarrjnj into em-et the judgment ot the Judicial Committee it to Privy Council in the matter of the appeal oi the Reverend Cornelius Gorham . The court took time to " ^ Ic ^ Jri ^ ftf ^ he City of Glasgow screw steamship , from New York , in Hi days , has ^ f '""^" ' he satis Vie . ion to ail parties mierested in cxtrnding the communication with America ; the fares by tlm ; vesfU bring little more than half the sum chanced by the Cunard and Collins lines . It is Been that , J * »« h ™ f * P ; sages be maintained , she will be likely to n ^*" , ® * reduction in the existing scale which has bee so 1 ong uph .-ld withour . alteration , , and which c ™\^ ° ™ ± competition from iho American side has not disturbed . City article of tha Times . , , T ?« , ef A fire rook place at the extensive ™*« ° *•^ London Water Company , situate on , ' i " * " ^ Ijj river Lee , at Old-ford , near Bow , Middlesex , by which
the whole of the interior and roof were destroyed The machinery of the engine sustained very considerable injury partly by the action of the fire and partly from th ° e a ia !; UP the Liverpool Zoological Gardens was burnt to the ground , on Monday night through some of the fireworks which were displayed on that evening drop , ping on the thatched roof . Several of the birds were scorched to death . , ., , _ 11- __ . A fatal explosion has taken place at Ushworth Colliery , near Gatesh ? ad , Durham , by which fifteen persons ; have lost their lives , and five others have been dreadfully injured . It is said that the mine has been worked by the long wall system , which is more dangerous than the pillar working . On Tuesday a public meeting was held at Newcastle-on-Tyne to adopt a petition to Parliament to appoint an inspector of mines , and the petition is now in the course of signature . . At an early hour on Saturday morning , a man having the appearance of an engineer took it into his head to close Temple-bar , and with a strength and adroitness that were perfectly marvellous , with a single swing at each , drew both the ponderous doors closely together , ana thereby prevented all ingress or egress to or from We City . The police succeeded in forcing open the halt door on the north side , but the other half baffled all their efforts till they obtained the assistance of the strong-armed fellow who had closed them . ?! ,. «« Mr . Robert Dundas lone , a solicitor , aged thirty-three , drank prussic acid , on Thursday week , to escape , from pressing monetary difficulties . out to
A Paris Tailor, Named Fabien, Has Just S...
A Paris tailor , named Fabien , has just sent Haiti the mantle which the Emperor Soulouque purposes wearing on the day of his coronation . It is of crimson velvet , shot with gold , and is richly ornamented with precious stones . The price of it is £ 2000 . Dr . Macrae , civil surgeon at Howrah , has , according to the Indian Times , discovered a new and most successful mode of treating cholera patients . He causes them to inhale a certain preparation of oxygen gas , which communicates a strong stimulus to the frame , ana finally throws the patient into a refreshing sleep . On awakening , he finds himself restored to health , with the exception of the general weakness which always succeeds any physical prostration . t i « . At Hopperton Wakes , last week , there was a match at tea-drinking among " the ladies " for a new dress , lhe conditions were , that the one who drank the greatest number of cups in twenty minutes was to have the prize . A young woman of the village , who came ten minutes after the party had sat down , was declared the winner , having drunk twelve cups in ten minutes ; of course the tea was seasoned with " Jamaica cream . ' — lork Herald . Mr Aaron H . Johnson , who went , out to California in the barque Suliote , about a year ago , from Bangor , was in this city on Wednesday . He had made the passage round Cape Horn , amassed forty-four pounds of gold dust , and returned to his native state , via the Isthmus , in about a year . He realized most of his wealth from the manufacture of shingles , to which he applied himself exclusively while in California ; worked his passage to Panama as fireman of the steamer , footed it across the Isthmus with his effects in a pack upon his back , got passage in the steamer to New York as fireman , & c . He has not shaved himself since he left home . — Portland { V . a . ) Advertiser ofMay 10 . ,-,,,. ,- T ¦ n -k , — A young Neapolitan , named Rulli , alias Luigi Barbara , who served during the war as an officer in Garibaldis corps , fell in love with a young Roman lady . On the departure of Garibaldi ' s legion from Rome , the lover assured his mistress that , if he survived , and the fates permitted , he should not fail to return and marry her . He arrived , God knows how , at Constantinople , and succeeded in obtaining a commission in the iurkish army , and , more still , got permission to return to Rome for his carasposa , who finds him doubly enchanting in a 1 ez cap and Turkish uniform . He is to be off again in a day or two , but meanwhile he proudly struts the streets of Rome , protected by the insignia of the Sublime Pqrte . — Roman Correspondent of the Daily News . Every one who has passed through St Paul ' s-churchyard to Cheapside , on a rainy day , must have noticed the llindoo crossing-sweeper , who , for years past , has stationed himself at the north cast angle of the cathedral , ready to receive the most trifling donation in remuneration for his services . A day or two ago he was at his post as usual , when the attention ot the Nepaulese ambassador , who was passing at the time was attracted towards him . His excellency entered into conversation with him , and the resultwas that he was seen to scramble into the carriage , and take his scat by the side of his excellency , who immediately drove off . It is stated that our ex-cro 88 lng sweeper is engaged during his excellency ' s stay iu this country , to act as interpreter to him and his suite . . An account of Mr . Prince , of the Agapemnno , is given in a short pamphlet written by Arthur Augustus Rec-s , minister of the Froe Chapel , Sunderland 1 his gentleman was , it appriirs , for seven years , 1830-43 , the bosom friend of the " Servant of the Lord , " from the time he entered as a student at St . David ' s College , Lampetcr . During a portion of this period he describes his hfe to have been most r-xen . pl-uy . " The forenoon was given to study , and tho rent of the day to prayer , the Bible , and meditation . " The life and writings of Gerherd lernteegen fell into his hands , and soon u cluinge was perceived in him . Ue \ n came more Uesirous to perform the Divine will even in the minutest affairs of life . At length he determined not to say or do anything without Rome intimation from above . " For example , " writes Mr . llces , «• if Mr . Prince were about to take a walk , and there were eve-ry appearance of rain , he would not carry out his umbrella without first seeking the Divine will . no soon abandoned his own judgment altogether , and , from believing that he ought to renounce it , he came at last to believe that he might act contrary to it .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 8, 1850, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08061850/page/9/
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