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    Aug. 10, 1850. J gEfrg ZLt&iftt* 463f

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    MISCELLANEOUS. Among the visitors at Osb...

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    The Bishop of London is suffering severe...

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    The new President of the United States i...

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    The French Minister of War is said to ha...

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    A Daring Wholesale Robbery. A Robbery On...

    neighboured to make enquiries . The neighbours stated that , during ten or twelve days consecutively , they had observed seven or eight wagons , used for removing furniture , before the door of the hotel , and as each was tilled it quitted the spot . It was stated , on application at the porter ' s lodge , that the Count de Caumont had given orders for the sale of his furniture , as he was about to dispose of his hotel . The furniture was transferred to the Place de la Bourse , the most public and thronged part of Paris , and there sold by public auction . All this was done day after day , and the laden wagons passed through the most crowded thoroughfare of the capital , the Champ Elysees , the Boulevards , the Rue Vivienne ,

    and , finally , the Place de la Bourse . Not only that , but the furniture was declared to be that of the count , and sold at the mart as such . As a matter of course , great jirgains were going , and some articles that cost 25 , 000 f . sold at the auction for 5000 f . The more valuable and portable articles , such as plate , jewellery , & c , were not exposed for sale . These , filling not less than 14 chests , were sent off in a wagon on the road to Havre . The police set out in quest of the wagon , but with all their haste they arrived too late . The wagon had , indeed , arrived at Havre , but the chests containing the valuable articles had been embarked some days before in a vessel called Le Nicolas , which had sailed for America . It is

    necessary to observe that the purchasers , the auctioneers , the packers , and every one else employed all believed the affair to be a bond fide transaction , and never for a moment had the slightest suspicion of anything wrong . How could they ? All was transported from the Champs Elysees in the middle of the day , through crowded streets , and disposed of at a public auction in the most open and fair manner . The contriver and executor of this daring robbery is a young lad not eighteen years of age , the son of the porter in question . Some days since he returned home with a placard filled with the usual advertisements about the railroad pleasure-trains , by means of which the Paris Cockneys are enabled to take a Sundav trin to Dunkirk , Havre , Dieppe , and catch a glimpse

    of the sea , all at an unusually low price . lhe father and mother of the lad had never seen the sea in their lives . He told them with much tenderness of manner that he had contrived to effect some savings out of his weekly wages , small as they were , and he was determined to devote them to the amusement of his beloved parents . He kissed his mother fervently , and put from forty francs to fifty francs in her hand , and entreated her not to neglect profiting by those cheap and delightful excursions . The poor woman , rendered happy in the belief of the fondness of her child , ran to her husband , and , with tears in her eyes , informed him of what occurred . In a word , the honest couple agreed to profit by their child ' s goodness , and , on the following day ( Sunday ) , set out with hundreds of others for Dunkirk , where they

    were until a few days ago , still in the happy unconsciousness of what had occurred . The young man , who , no doubt , must have been leagued with others , set to work at once , disposed of the furniture as above-mentioned , left for Havre as soon as it was all sold , except the most valuable articles , and finally embarked in company with a young woman on board the Nicolas , bidding , no doubt , an eternal farewell to La Belle France . —Paris correspondent of the Times .

    Aug. 10, 1850. J Gefrg Zlt&Iftt* 463f

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    Miscellaneous. Among The Visitors At Osb...

    MISCELLANEOUS . Among the visitors at Osborne during the past week have been the Duchess of Kent , the Duke and Duchess of Bedford , Lord John Russell , Sir William Hooker , and Sir James Clark . Yesterday week Mr . B . Wyon submitted to Prince Albert models for the portraits in the medal preparing by him for the corporation of London , to commemorate the opening of the Coal Exchange . Madame Castellan , Signor Mario , and Signor Lablache had the honour of singing before the royal party on Monday evening . Signor Costa accompanied these artists at the pianoforte . During her Majesty ' s progress to Scotland in company with his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the royal childrenafter the prorogation of Parliament , the Queen

    , will honour two of the Cabinet ministers , Lord Carlisle and Sir George Grey , with a visit , staying a night at Castle Howard , Yorkshire , the seat of the Earl of Carlisle , and remaining a night also at Falloden , Alnwick , Northumberland , the seat of the Home Secretary , Sir George Grey . —Observer . The Lord Provost of Edinburgh has received a letter from the secretary to Prince Albert , intimating that her Majesty will visit Edinburgh on the 29 th of August , and that on the following day ( Friday the 30 th ) Prince Albert will lay the foundation stone of the National Gallery on the Mound . f Prince Albert has fixed the 25 th of October as the day for the banquet to the Lord Mayor of London , at York .

    It is said that Prince Albert will be removed from the Scotch Fusilier to the Coldstream Guards , and that the vacancy in the former will be filled by the Duke of Cambridge . A vacancy having occurred in the High Stewardship of Windsor , in consequence of the decease of the late Duke of Can ) bridge , the mayor and corporation of Windsor , in whom the appointment is vested , have just unanimously chosen his Royal Highness Prince Albert to fill the vacant office , who has thus become a burgess of the borough .

    Mr . Thorburn has been commanded by the Queen to paint a pictorial group of Prince Albert and the Duke of Cobourg . The Prince sat on Thursday and Friday week , and Mr , Thorburn proceeds immediately to Cobourg to tukc sittings from the duke .

    The Bishop Of London Is Suffering Severe...

    The Bishop of London is suffering severely from erysipelas in the lower limbs , and intends to repair to the mineral waters of Germany in hope of obtaining relief . Tbn Karl of Lincoln arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday last , in his yacht the Gitana , from a lengthened

    cruise in the Mediterranean , and a journey through . Egypt , Arabia , and Palestine . We are told , and we are disposed to credit the statement , that Lord Torrington has been recalled , and that Sir Emerson Tennent is not to return to Ceylon . If our information is incorrect , Ministers will , course , so far befriend their proteges as to contradict it . If it is correct , it will be judicious on their part to announce the fact immediately , in order that the public mind may be tranquillized in so far as such a partial and incomplete act of justice can restore it to a sense of confidence and security . —Daily News . _ _ . . _ . .

    The Vice Chancellor of England ( Sir Launcelot Shadwell , ) continues seriously indisposed , without the slightest hope of being able to resume his legal functions . It is said , and generally credited , that Lord John Russell does not intend to stand again for the City , and that this may in parf account for the lukewarmness which he has recently betrayed in asserting the wellfounded claims of his ill-used colleague , and in forwarding the enlightened (?) views of his constituents—Morning Chronicle About 120 pictures , collected in Italy and elsewhere by Lord Ward , have been placed in the great room of the Egyptian Hall . We believe it is Lord Ward ' s intention to make them accessible to the public . — The Builder . Hardwicke

    The Queen has appointed Mr . Philip , architect , to be Treasurer of the Royal Academy , in place of Sir Robert Smirke , resigned in consequence of continued indisposition . The Lord Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh presented the freedom of the city to Lord Gough , on Monday , in consideration of his military services . In returning thanks for the honour , Lord Gough said several very flattering things of the people of Scotland , and of his old fellow-warriors belonging to that nation . On Saturday Lord Northland , who had resigned on account of ill-health , was re-elected for Dungannon without opposition . This was the result of a compromise between the rival parties in the borough , one section wishing to return Mr . Alexander , whilst the other sought to bring forward the Hon . Stuart Knox .

    The Pope , to express his sense of Mr . Newman ' s services in the cause of theology , has conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity by diploma . The Standard having asserted that " Mr . Disraeli is not nor ever was a Jew , " a correspondent of the Morning Chronicle testifies that the Member for Buckinghamshire was at one time a Jew ; at least that " he became a Jew outwardly , according to the customary and prescriptive rites of that ancient persuasion ; for a most respectable gentleman ( connected with literature ) now deceased , has been heard to boast a hundred times that he was present at the entertainment given in honour of the ceremony . " The Limerick paper announces the death of the Earl of Dunraven . His Lordship was in his sixty-second year , and he is succeeded in his titles by Viscount Adare , M . P . for Glamorganshire .

    Mr . Gorham was , unexpectedly to the general public , " instituted " to the vicarage of Bramford-Speke , by Sir H . J . Fust , at the Prerogative Court , on Tuesday , before whom he took the customary oaths . During the sitting of the House of Commons on Saturday , a stranger was observed below the bar , to whom several members paid marked attention . On enquiry it was ascertained that it was the Reverend George Copway , otherwise Kah-ge-ga Gah Bouch , an American chieftain , who has visited England on his way to attend the Peace Congress at Frankfort . Twelve years ago he was the chief of a tribe of Ojibbeways , and a hunter in the woods ; but having visited Illinois during the years 1838 and 1839 , he was educated at the expense of some benevolent

    persons , and baptized , when he returned to his nation , determined to labour for the elevation of the Indian people . Having devised a scheme with that object , he is now seeking the means of carrying it out , and hopes to raise funds in Europe for the purpose . His project is , that the Indians of the north-west , consisting of about 100 , 000 souls , shall be granted for ever about 160 square miles of territory , between the falls of St . Anthony and the west of Minosotah , and by giving them a permanent settlement in this land , induce them to become farmers , and learn the arts of peace and civilization , and it is understood the American government is favourable to the scheme .

    The New President Of The United States I...

    The new President of the United States is spoken of with great respect by all parties in the United States , and he must be a man both of talent and integrity . The humbleness of his private life is strikingly exhibited by the fact announced in the American papers that his only daughter is teacher of a public school at Boston ! The American papers received this week contain lengthy accounts of the pageant solemnizing the obsequies of the late President Taylor . Business of all kinds was almost entirely suspended , and the most prominent buildings were decorated with black and white . In these solemnities all persons participated , without distinction of class , party , or religion . The procession was believed to be larger than any previously seen in New York . The proceedings terminated with a grand funeral oration .

    The President will start on his journey next Monday , accompanied by the Ministers of War and Public Works . Hia itinerary seems to be settled in the following order : —First , he will go to Macon , and from thence to Lyons ; Bpsancon and Strasburg are the next cities to be visited . Then the President will proceed to open the railway from Metz to Nancy ; after which he will proceed to Cherbourg . The plan of visiting Marseilles seems for the present to be given \ ip , in consequence of the ill blood bred by the dissolution of the Board of Health . The journey to Toulouse is said to be put off until next year .

    M . Thiers arrived at Brussels , from Paris , on Wednesday week . Soon after his arrival he was admitted to a private audience by his Majesty the King of the

    Belgians ; at the conclusion of which he paid a visit to Prince Metternich , who is still residing at Brussels . M . Thiers' intention is to proceed to Germany on a tour . General Lamoriciere has gone to Switzerland , where he is to have an interview with General Cavaignac . The former is said to be the bearer of an important document , signed by many of the principals of the Republican party , acknowledging General Cavaignac as their political leader , and pledging him their warmest support should he offer himself as a candidate for the Presidentship of the Republic . . . . __ Am __ the

    A long letter from the pen of M . Guizot , assigning motives of his refusal to appear as a candidate of the Institute for a seat in the superior council of public instruction , is published by the Esperance of Nancy . The principles enunciated by M . Guizot lead directly to a separation of church and state . M . Berryer , M . de Larochejaquelin , and all the chiefs of the Legitimist party are about to start for Wiesbaden , to pay their respects to the Comte de Chambord . M . Guizot , M . Duchatel , M . Salvandy , and other Orleanist chieftains , are also about to proceed thither . This projected pilgrimage gives great offence at the Elysee . The law journals of Paris have lately been taken up

    with the indictment against M . Libri , for thefts of rare books and manuscripts committed in various public libraries . The publication in extenso of the indictment at this moment is done by desire of the tribunal , as an answer to the assertion of the friends of M . Libri that he was unjustly sentenced . The indictment relates the way in which M . Libri was first apprised of the discovery that had been made . He was at the Institute on the 28 th of February , 1848 , when a short note from the editor of the National was put into his hand , informing him of the discovery , and advising him no longer to disgrace the Institute with his presence . M . Libri took the hint , withdrew from the institute , and twenty-four hours afterwards fled from Paris .

    The Madrid journals of the 1 st say that the Queen had on the previous day attended mass in the royal chapel to return thanks for her delivery . It was stated , it will be remembered , that the new English Minister would not arrive in Madrid until the Duke de Montpensier should have left . This turns out to have been a mistake , the Minister having arrived on the 29 th ultimo , two days before the Duke and Duchess left the capital . The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier left Madrid for Seville on the 1 st of August . _

    The Spanish Government has engaged Mademoiselle Alboni as prima donna for the Teatro de Oriente , at a salary of £ 800 per month , on condition that she sings twice a week . La Cerito has demanded 40 , 000 dollars , or £ 8000 , from the ballet company of the same theatre for an engagement of six months . General Narvaez has presented the celebrated dancer La Fuoco , with a diamond pin worth £ 300 . Garibaldi , the celebrated partisan chief in the late wars of Italy and of Montevideo , has arrived at New York . "

    Mr . Clay , the United States Charge" d'Affaires at Lisbon embarked on the evening of the 19 th ultimo , and sailed from the Tagus with the frigate Independence and steamer Mississippi , leaving a Consular Agent at Lisbon . The honorary diploma of Doctor in Music , awarded by the University of Jena to Meyerbeer , has been presented to him by a deputation composed of five professors of the establishment , having at their head the chief of the philosophical faculty , the celebrated mathematician , M . Charles Schnell . _ .

    The New York Tribune states that Kossuth intends going to America as soon as he is permitted to leave Turkey . Letters from Rome state that at the consistory which is to be held early in the present month , the Archbishop of Cologne , and the Bishops of Breslaw and Olrautz , are to be promoted to the cardinalate . Dr . Wiseman , the present Bishop of the London district , will at the same time receive the like dignity , but upon the express condition that he resides in Rome , which he has consented

    to do . Vivier , the celebrated horn player , is at present at Baden , giving concerts , at which Mademoiselle Jenny Lind is singing . According to the journals all the usual amusements cede to the delight of hearing these two wonderful artists . They were to leave in a few days for Liverpool , where they are to be heard prior to Mademoiselle Lind ' s departure for America . Mr . Price , a black man , of great intelligence , and member of the Jamaica House of Assembly , has been appointed a magistrate . In consequence of this appointment the Honourable W . D . Turner , custos of St . Catherine , has resigned his commission .

    The French Minister Of War Is Said To Ha...

    The French Minister of War is said to have renounced the project of establishing a camp at Versailles , in consequence of the opposition exhibited in the bureaux . This is a fact the more important , as everybody knows that the formation of this camp was a scheme greatly cherished by the President , but viewed with mistrust by Changarnier . Henceforward there can remain no doubt where the real supremacy in the state resides , at the Elysde or the Tuileries . The plan has proved abortive , because the Commander-in-Chief of the army at Paris was not consulted in the first instance . At the close of the debate in the French National Assembly on Monday , the Government proposal for

    abrogating the forced currency of bank-notes , and for restrictions as to the issue of notes , was adopted with but slight opposition from the Montagne . This return to cash currency seems to give general satisfaction , and to inspire confidence throughout the country . There have been serious riots at Marseilles , in consequence of the recent sanitory regulations . Riots have also broken out at Cannes . Lord Brougham would do well to write again to mon cher maire to take care of his chateau there . Paris was visited on Tuesday with a thunderstorm ,

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 10, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10081850/page/7/