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Dec. 21, 1850.] &ff$ 9L$&1tet> 919
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Respecting the rumours of a matrimonial ...
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MM. Ciary and Lemulier have presented a ...
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We understand that much uneasiness and d...
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It Is Rumoured In The Legal Circles That...
He has not , however , that we are aware of , ever had a cure of souls ; and except in the capacity of examining chaplain , which he has filled more than three years , he is entirely unknown in the diocese of London . The reverend gentleman labours under the suspicion of being inclined towards Tractarian opinions , but he has been so little before the public that the justice or injustice of this charge is a matter difficult to decide . " A gentleman , writing from Florence , says : — " I was surprised to see in Galignani a letter contradicting Lord Harewood ' s assertion , that the use of the Bible was prohibited by the Roman Catholic Church . Pio Nono has
actually put the Bible in the index amongst the prohibited books . I saw the order myself ; and here the confessors now ask their penitents if they have read and have the Bible ! and , if so , they make them give the Bibles up before thy will grant absolution !! Only yesterday a man was summoned to the tribunate here , on the charge of a Bible having been found in his carpet-bag at the Custom House . He was asked if he did not know that it was prohibited ? He answered boldly that he was a Protestant , and that his religion enjoined him to read his Bible . They would not return it to him however , and he was told to call again . I have no doubt he will be punished or persecuted . "
The Dublin Evening Post says , " We have heard that the sons of two legal dignitaries have gone over to the Church of Home . The departure of one is certain—we are as yet unaware whether the other has taken the final step . It is said confidently that an Irish earl and his lady have passed the Rubicon . We have heard of some others ; but , as we can hardly bring ourselves to believe the statement , we shall not even make the most distant allusion to the parties . " An Irish paper says that ' Archdeacon Manning , a High Churchman , has , on his departure from the Anglican Camp , capitulated to the Patriarch of Constantinople—in short , that he is about to become a member of the Greek Church ! This Church is acknowledged to be Catholic by the Pope—although schismatical . "
Colonel Muir has resolved to give his casting vote to Mr - Sheriff Alison , as Lord Rector of Glasgow University - Lord Northland has finally determined to resign his seat for the borough of Dungannon . An address to the electors has been issued , in which he thanks them for having reflected him in August last , when his resignation was tendered , but announces his resolution to retire at the commencement of the next session . It is stated that his brother , the Honourable Stuart Knox , will appear as a candidate .
Four seats in the House of Commons are now vacant ; little interest , however , appears to be awakened by the pending elections . Mr . Alderman and Sheriff Carden has been invited to contest St . Albans with Mr . Jacob Bell , the wealthy chemist of Oxford-street . At Pontefract , the Honourable Beilby R . Lawley , son of Lord "VVenlock , is alone in the field . Mr . Bromley , the member for South Notts , having resigned from illness , Lord Newark and Mr . W . H . Barrow are spoken as candidates . Ayltsbury is solicited by Mr . Sergeant Byles and Mr . F . Culvert , Q . C .
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Respecting The Rumours Of A Matrimonial ...
Respecting the rumours of a matrimonial alliance which the King of Denmark has been said to contemplate , the BorsanhaUe states , that the princess mentioned is the sister of the Prince of Hesse , heir apparent to the Danish throne , and , by a former alliance , son-in-law to the Emperor of Russia . The superb church built by the King of Bavaria at Munich , and dedicated to St . Boniface , has just been inaugurated by the Archbishop of Munich and Freysing . His Majesty was present at the first ceremony of baptism performed there , and held the child , which was that of a workman , at the font .
The Legitimists pretend that Count Mole has decidedly come over to them , and that there are not in the Orleanist party of the National Assembly more than forty or fifty who are not at least half converted . M . Thiers , they admit , will not listen to any of these propositions , but they assert that General Changamicr is less difficult . They say that when Louis Napoleon was a candidate for the Presidency , he told one of their leaders that his mission was to reestablish order , and that if he should fail in this , with the powers of the Republic , he would go to the Count de Chambord , and say to him , ' * Sire , you only can save France from anarchy . Come and take possession of your throne and reckon upon me as one of your most devoted subjects . "
The Nepaulese Ambassador arrived at Bombay on the Oth on his way from Suez . Tidings of the death of his kinswoman the Queen of Nepaul have thrown him and his suite into deep mourning . In two churches in New York the clergymen " have done nothing but christen children with the name oJ Jenny Lind for the past two weeks . " One threatens to resign , unless the custom is abated .
Mm. Ciary And Lemulier Have Presented A ...
MM . Ciary and Lemulier have presented a proposition to the National Assembly to have the price of meat fixed by the municipal authorities . In connection with this subject the Pa trie of Tuesday says : — "A fact has this day uken place wliich may become the prelude to one of m most useful ameliorations , by contributing , in a great measure * , to give to the people / ood at low prices . I ) urinp : the day the Prefects of the Seine and of Police , the President of tho Municipal Council , and different chefs do division assembled at the Hotel de Ville . The serious and delicate question which formed the subject of their delil ; erniion was the monopoly of the trade in meat socuvfd by the privileges accorded to the butchers of Paris . Not a voice was raised in favour of the maintenance of this monopoly , the abolition of which was , in a measure , decided upon . "
The French Minister of Commerce and tho Minister of Finance have nominated a committee to enquire into the depreciation of gold and the causes which have produced
so much perturbation in the exchanges , with the view of putting a stop to the uneasiness felt on this subject . The responsible editor of the Democratic Jurasienne had been condemned by the Court of Assizes to six months' imprisonment and 200 f . fine , for having published a blasphemous article attacking the divinity of Christ . When the article first appeared , the Bishop of St . Claude solemnly condemned it , and a religious ceremony in expiation of it was celebrated at Salins , the town in which it was published . The Vote Universal was seized the other day for the publication of an article entitled * 'La Loi d'TJsure , " of a feuilleton called * ' Les Contrats Sociaux , au XIX . Siecle . Les Petit Enfans . " The responsible editor is to be prosecuted under the double charge of attacks on property , and of exciting hatred between the different classes of citizens .
A lamentable accident occurred on the French Northern Railway at Pontoise , on Sunday night . It appears that the hurricane was ragimr in that part of the country with such violence as actually to force the engine of the Calais train off the rails , and , in consequence , a collision took place with the train which was on its way to Paris . Fortunately both trains were going slowly ; but , nevertheless , many carriages were broken , and several persons severely injured . Happily no lives were lost . The Wanderer , of Vienna , states that Bavaria , Hanover , and Saxony , have declared themselves in favour of the establishment of a popular Chamber , in connection
with the Executive Government of the Germanic Confederation . A young actress at Berlin , Mademoiselle Tech , was a few days ago found dead in her bed ; and , a post mortem examination of her body having been made , a large quantity of arsenic was discovered in her stomach . Not a paper of any kind was found in her apartment , and all her numerous theatrical costumes had disappeared . As it was known that she had been intimate with a young man named Hennequin , also an actor , the police sought after him , and discovered that he was living under an assumed name at an hotel . On entering his room they found him in bed , suffering dreadful pains , caused by a dose of arsenic . He had , however , not taken enough to cause death , and was sent to the hospital . A letter from Rome , of the 3 rd instant , in the JRisorgimento of Turin , announces that the Austrian troops were , on the following day , to resume all the positions they had formerly occupied at Perugia and other places of Umbria and of the Marches . The persons accused of having burnt several confessionals in the latter days of the Roman revolution have been sentenced to fifteen , years' hard labour . Ciceruacchio , who has absconded , is one of the condemned . The affair of the burning of several cardinals' carriages is not yet concluded . The first electric telegraph in Spain is to be laid down on the Aranpiz Railway , now open . Part of the apparatus is said to be on the spot , and the rest is on the road .
The Petersburg Gazette of the 1 st instant publishes his Majesty the Czar ' s ukase abolishing the line of customs between the kingdom of Poland and the bulk of the Russian empire . The Vienna correspondent of the Times speaks of some interesting circumstances relative to the conspiracy recently discovered at Constantinople . By a singular chance the Sultan himself found certain suspicious documents in the room of one of his adjutants , the Bimbaschi Mustapha Effendi , who was arrested , with twelve other persons of high standing , in the seraglio . The
conspiracy was directed against the Sultan and Reschid Pacha ' s Cabinet . Abdul Assis , the Sultan ' s brother , if not actually a sharer in the conspiracy , certainly connived at the revolutionary movements which have so fortunately been brought to light . The Sultan ' s physician , an Austrian , was sent for by his imperial master , who , after dismissing his first chamberlain , conversed with the doctor for a whole hour . The same evening the latter left Constantinople for Trieste with his wife and family . The disciple of JEsculapius , whose monthly salary was 9000 piastres , was in the habit of receiving very costly presents from his munificent employer .
A tremendous fire broke out in Constantinople on the 4 th instant , in the extensive glass and porcelain government manufactory , which caused damage to the amount of £ 150 , 000 . The latest accounts from Singapore , which come down , to November 7 > state that a memorial to Lord Palmerston had been adopted by the Chamber of Commerce with reference to the failure of Rajah Brooke ' s mission to Siam . The conclusion of the Chamber is that , looking at the similar failure experienced by the Envoy from the United States , it would be vain to attempt at present to establish more intimate relations , except by a resort to hostile measures , which they unequivocally deprecate .
The latest accounts from the Cape of Good Hope state that almost the whole of the colonists have recorded their approval of the conduct of the seceding members . A private letter mentions an attempt to get up a public expression in favour of the Government , and against the seceding members of council . The thing was such an utter failure , that probably tho local press took no notice of it whatever , and hence no account of it ever reached this country . On the anniversary of the birth of the Queen of Portugal ' s cousin , Don Fernando , Captain d'Assis e Silva his shithe
made arrangements to Rive a party on board p , Donna Maria II ., of 32 guns , at Macao , on the 29 th of October . A number of civilians from Macao , and the officers of the United States sloop Marion were invited . At half-past two o ' clock , p . m ., the ship blew up with a fearful explosion , entirely destroying the vessel , and all on board , except the captain ' s son and some twelve or thirteen men , who were taken out of the water by the boats of the United States sloop of war . The number on board at the time of the catastrophe could not have been far short of 300 souls . An experienced naval architect of New York is now
constructing a yacht schooner , of about 150 tons , which will be present on the Thames during the Exhibition of next year . He has carte blanche from the gentlemen to whom she will belong ; and is so confident of rendering her the model of perfection which they wish for , that he contracts to build her without charge , if she do not prove to be faster than any other which may be brought forward in competition . Three of the largest Western steamboats have been sunk on their passage from Cincinnati to New Orleans . A steamer was burned at the mouth of the Potomac , on the 28 th ultimo , and eight persons , including the captain and the mate , perished in the flames .
By a telegraphic despatch received at Boston on the 4 th instant it appears that a lunatic asylum was destroyed by fire at Augusta , state of Maine , and several of the wretched inmates had fallen victims to the flames , it being impossible to rescue them . It is supposed that upwards of twenty thus perished . A destructive tornado took place on the Mississippi River and the adjacent country on the 30 th of November , causing more damage than has occurred on the Great Western Valley from a similar cause for many years .
In the town of Cape Girardeau , Mobile , just telowot . Louis , seventy or eighty buildings were destroyed , comprizing some of the largest warehouses in the place . ,. A Catholic convent and the Baptist and Catholic churches were levelled to the ground . Two large electric telegraph masts were snapped off like pipe stems . The loss of life is not yet ascertained , but it is supposed to be very large , as numbers must have been buried beneath the ruins of the fallen buildings . Many were injured and had narrow escapes with their lives .
We Understand That Much Uneasiness And D...
We understand that much uneasiness and dissatisfaction has arisen amongst many of the policy holders in the Equitable Insurance Office , arising out of the fact , that a plan has been resorted to by the directors , the effect of which , it is alleged , is to appropriate immensely large bonuses to a few early policies at the expense of the modern assurers . The effect we have heard of the new arrangement has been to reduce the business of the office by two-thirds ; and grave doubts were thrown out at a
recent meeting by parties interested , as to the authority of the bye-law under which the appropiiation had been made to a very large amount , some £ 2 , 000 , 000 . _ Reporters , we are told , are not admitted to the meetings . When so large a capital is involved , it is likely , we think , to injure the reputation of the office , —certain it is that , the law laid down by Sir Edward Sugden was disputed by several speakers of learning and ability—and that much dissatisfaction is prevailing .
St . Stephen ' s , Walbrook , that magnificent and enduring monument of the genius of Sir Christopher Wren , will in a few days be reopened for public worship , having undergone various improvements and alterations , with a view to restore the church to that state in which the great architect originally left it . A meeting of the parishioners , convened by the East Pancras Parochial Association , was held at the vestryrooms , on Monday evening , for the purpose of taking measures for the prevention of unnecessary Sunday trading , and to take into consideration the propriety of cooperating with the promoters of the bill introduced last session into Parliament by Mr . Charles Pearson
with that object . Very few persons were present . Several respectable ratepayers , carrying on the different trades which are generally called into action on Sundays , addressed the meeting in support of the measure . The chief arguments used were the necessity of rest on the seventh day ; but apart from any religious restriction , and disclaiming and repelling any attempt to make the measure one to compel Sabbatical observances , which one or two persons were desirous to do , the majority declared they would resist such an attempt to the uttermost , and would rather forego the present proposal than accept it under such a condition . Some of the speakers wished the custom of paying wages on Friday to be adopted , in order that the whole of Saturday ' s market might be open to the working classes , but the general feeling , although approving the proposition , was to
confine the measure to its specific object—to prevent unneccBsary Sunday trading . It was alleged on all hands that the great majority of shopkeepers were desirous of keeping close shut on Sundays , but that it had been proved experimentally that it was impossible to effect the object by voluntary agreement ; for when such agreements were made some of the subscribers would always break through them , secretly at first , but soon openly ; and general weekly custom was thus withdrawn from the shops which were closed to those which gave accommodation to buyers on the Sabbath . A committee of thirty ratepayers was appointed to cooperate with , all the tradesmen of the metropolis , and to draw up a petition to Parliament , and to use such means as should seem best to secure the passing of the bill as speedily as possible .
A special meeting of the Society for Irish Church Missions wa 8 held at Exetcr-hall , on Tuesday . The Reverend J . Gregg , of Dublin , and Dr . M'Ncile , of Liverpool , were the chief speakers ; the latter was received and heard throughout with most enthusiastic applause . A case was tried in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , London , on Saturday , to recover the value of certain packages sent from Liverpool to London by the London and North-Western Railway on the 27 th of July last , and
which was delivered to a person who had assumed the name of the person to whom they had belonged . The damages were laid at £ 1000 , but it was understood that the real amount sought to be recovered was under £ 900 . The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff , thus finding that the company had wrongly delivered the goods . The late regulation , requiring that all letters collected from houses and small hamlets situated at a distance from any receiving-office should be pre-paid by stamps , being found inconvenient to the public , the Postmaster
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 21, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21121850/page/7/
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