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      Rkrsonal News And Gos8ip. The Chinese Pa...

      S ^»^?^^^& r ^ s ^ to ihfch the public were not admitted . . They are ten in number and consist of the coronation carnage of Charles X ., the carriage used at the baptism of the King of R ome , the carr iages called the Topaz , the Victory , the Turquoise , the Brilliant , the Cornelian the Amethyst , the Opal , and the funereal car of Louis XVHI . " We are informed by a private letter from . Rome of the 8 th that Count Alexander Calandrelh , Minister of War during the Republic , condemned to imprisonment for a long term of years , is immediately to be released from confinement on the intercession , as our cornrapondent is informed , of Baron Usedom , the able Minister of Prussia , to the Holy See . '

      - [ The Times announced this in a very formal manner in fat type at the foot of the leading articles . ] A small agitation is going on respecting the celebrated Cleopatra needle at present lying buried in the sands at Alexandria . One of the correspondents of the Times suggests that Stephenson , now in Egypt , should be employed by the Government to raise it and ship it for England , that it might be erected to the memory of the gallant Abercromby . Another , who signs himself ' Taylor Effendi , " suggests " that this celebrated monolith obelisk , nearly 70 feet high , of Thebaic granite , should be raised on a pedestal of some 30 feet of British stone of the same character , on the four faces of which should be recorded in sculpture , metal , glass , or enamel , the flags or ensigns of all the nations of the earth , while at the four corners should be raised colossal statues

      representing industry , skill , science , and art , to be given as orders , by way of prizes , to the competing sculptors of every country in the Exhibition itself . " When Captain West arrived at New York with the steamer Atlantic , his friend Jenny Lind was one of the first persons to step on board . A New York correspondent thus describes the scene : — "By a happy coincidence , Jenny Lind was approaching the city from Albany while the Atlantic was coming up the bay . As soon as she landed , she heard of the steam-ship coming , and drove immediately to the pier of the Collins Steamers . As soon as the gang plank was fastened , she hurried aboard , and was the first to welcome her old friend

      Captain West . The scene is described as having been very interesting . It is strange that Jenny Lind should have been one of the last to say good bye to Captain West in December , and the first to greet him on his return . Jenny Lind attracted a good deal of attention on board the steam-ship and at the wharf . Some say she sails in a week or two for Europe , while others report that she will remain here till next spring , but give no more concerts . The gossips , too , are again in a fog about her reported marriage with Belletti , which is believed by sensible people to have neither happened nor to be likely to happen . She is now living quietly at her old lodgings in Brooklyn . "

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      The Neck, And Replied, " If You Will Pul...

      the neck , and replied , " If you will pull up your dresses to a proper place about jour necks , your skirts will hang no lower than mine do . "—{ Hartford ( U . S . ) Times . ) Two youngsters of this hybrid genus were lately driving out in the environs of one of the western cities , and having occasion to cross a plank-road , they were trotting briskly along , when they were suddenly arrested by a toll-gate keeper , who demanded the toll . " How much is it ? " demanded they . " For a man and horse , " he replied , "it is fifty cents . " " Well then , get out of the way , for wo are girls and a mare ! Get up Jenny , " and away they went leaving the man in mute astonishment . New York Express .

      A newspaper , published in Springfield , Massachusetts , stated the other day , that two young ladies of Kiisthanipton , in that state , who had appeared in what , is termed the Bloomer costume , were waited upon by the pastor of the church to which they belonged , and informed by him that if they persisted in wearing that description of dress , their connection with the Church should cease ; or , in other words , that he would expel or excommunicate them . [ If the girls had any spirit would they not excommunicate the priest ?] The Cincinnati Free Press states , that there are now wo American papers advocating the new style of ladv ' a dress . J

      BLOOMER GOSSIP . Three ladies in the " Bloomer " costume , according to the Belfast News Letter , made their debut on the promenade near that town on Sunday week . The " Bloomer , " in each case , consisted of a satin visite of cerulean shade , an inner tunic of the same material , but of a different tint , and loose muslin trousers , fastened considerably above the ankle—somewhat after the manner of those worn by Turkish belles . A young lady recently apneared at a ball in a neighbouring city dressed in s ' jort skirts and pants . The gentlemen admired her neat and comfortable dress , but several ladies accused her of being immodest . She turned to some of them whose dresses were quite low in

      Crime In Tiik Un.It.Lil) States, (-'Rime...

      CRIME IN TIIK UN . IT . lil ) STATES , ( - ' rime in " the Stilton" is of a very different character from crime among iih . It acldom arisen from

      "Vance or covetousiie . HS—very rurely from poverty— - a "d nearly always from personal pique . There in a dash of tragic romance about it , a recklessness oi ' <; «>» Nequenccn , which shows how little life is valued Hinongom- traiiHiitlantic brethren . Take the following a « "pt'cinienH : ¦¦ - A intal a ( liny occurred in Richmond on July 2 !) , in ™ "u h David B . Richmond , <> f Canada , was shot by one "ir ^ cvvK , in a quarrel . At . ' Detroit , on Anoint II , Mr . ^ ii'xander Ury . u- wuh fatally Mubbod l > y bin father-in-law , no !„ ,,, eustody , , 1 ,,, ! , ^ u i ' UII ) ily quam . | . ()„ the llii . "' - ? " Iy ' a " """" 'd Alfred Ro . se from out II " i Wh ° hu < 1 l )( ' ' H ( » m ; w > 'nt intoxicated throughuie day , become rather annoying , and was put out of

      doors by a grocery keeperr From the grocery he went to Mr . Chiles ' s . hotel near St . Louis , where his conduct compelled Mr . Chiles , also to expel him with some slight violence . Rose paused a few moments in the street , and , with a large knife in his hand , returned upon Mr , Chiles , who was sitting in front of the house , and suddenly plunged it into his breast , near the heart y Mr . Chiles sprang up , exclaiming , ' I am a dead man . ' The murderer immediately ran off the steep bank of the river , and , falling in , was drowned in a few minutes . Mr . Chiles died on the following morning , leaving a wife and six children . He was a citizen of high standing , and universally esteemed . At Versailles , Kentucky , Mr . Carter shot Mr . Baford dead , during a quarrel . The wearing of concealed weapons is the one great evil of the southern and south-western States . "

      But the most fearful story we have to relate is of Texan growth , and reads like a volume of romance condensed into a paragraph . The narrator is the Texan State Gazette : — " A negro rode up to Mr . Baker ' s , at Galveston , abou sunrise , July 11 , and inquired the way to a neigbbonr ' s house and was invited by Mr . Baker to alight until the family were done breakfast , to which they were about to sit down , and the negro did so . About this time Colonel E . S . C . Robertson rode up , and , upon examination , found the negro waa a runaway , and , he and Mr . Baker tied and placed him in the hojlse . Colonel Robertson then left ; soon after which Mr . Baker met the negro at the door , he having cut himself loose with a large butcherknife which he held in his hand . On Mr . Baker ' s

      attempting to retie the negro , the latter grappled with and commenced stabbing him . Mrs . Baker seeing her husband in this perilous situation , ran to his relief , when the negro stabbed her , the knife entering just above the left nipple , severing the arteries of the axillar , producing haemorrhage and almost instant death ; and after stabbing Mr . Baker four times , thrice in the back near the spine , and once in the side , the negro got on his horse and fled . No one was present during the horrid tragedy , except five little children , whose screams soon assembled some of the neighbours . Medical aid was immediately summoned to Mr . Baker , but there is not the most distant hope of his recovery . A large number of our citizens immediately armed themselves and went in pursuit of the murderer ; but at our last accounts from the scene of the murder , he had not been arrested . "

      Suicide And Attempt To Murder At Tottenh...

      SUICIDE AND ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT TOTTENHAM . A desperate attempt was made to murdrr two respectable women , mother and daughter , by a German named Carl Ragelaek , at Tottenham , on Wednesday . He came to England some twelve months since with a recommendation to Mr . Broad , clerk in a bank in Lombard-street , and has since resided with that gentleman ' s family at Tottenham-hale . He is said to have had an attachment for Miss Broad , whose father , however , objected to their union , chiefly on account of the disparity of their ages , Ragelaek being 35 years old and the young lady only about 20 ; added to which he had on several occasions evinced symptoms of a disordered mind . About three months back he disappeared from home in an extraordinary manner , and nothing was heard of him for a considerable time , until at length he wrote from Liverpool to Mr . Broad , who went to that place and brought him back . On Wednesday , after being in London during the day , he returned about eight o ' clock in the evening to Tottenham , and had scarcely entered the house when screams and cries of "Murder" were heard , and immediately afterwards the two women , who were alone in the house , ran out bleeding from various wounds . Mr . Ryan , the railway station-master having entered the place , found Carl Ragelaek lying dead in the parlour , and a daerger covered with blood lying beside him . He had attacked Miss Broad with the dagger , inflicted a slight stab upon her body , and a more serious wound upon her hand , with which Bhe had endeavoured to ward of ! the blow , and her mother on hastening to her assistance , hearing her cry out , waa attacked , and received a rather severe stab in the chest . The two women them ran out and fell fainting on the road , and Ragelaek turning the weapon against himself , plunged it nearly to the hilt into his abdomen five or tux times . Mrs . Broad and her daughter were placed under the care of Mr . May , a surgeon ; they are expected to recover . Ragelaek was conveyed to the White Hart , near the railway station , to await the inquest ; and on stripping the body on Thursday , to place it in the coflin , a belt was found round the waist containing upwards of £ 100 in German money , besides £ 7 17 s . English in the pockets of his clothes . The dagger which he used is nine inches long , with a black handle , apparently of foreign make , and it is stated that he had another instrument of the same kind , but more handsomely mounted , in his possession .

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      a coat at that prioe ?—Prisoner : Seven hours , your worship . Alderman Wire : And who finds the trimmings ?—Prisoner : I do , sir . Alderman Wire : What do they come to ?—Prisoner One penny , sir . Alderman Wire ( to witness ) : What is a coat worth when finished ?—Witness : From 3 s . 6 d . to 4 s , Alderman Wire : And what do the materials cost ? Witness : About 2 s . 6 d . Alderman Wire : Did prisoner give you any security in obtaining the work ?—Witness : She did , sir . Alderman Wire : Would it not have been better for

      Mr . Kaye to have applied to the security , instead of bringing her here on such a charge ?—Witness : It is Mr . Kaye ' s intention , I believe , to apply to the security . Alderman Wire : Under the circumstances , I shall discharge the prisoner ; but she must not make so free with other persons' property in future . The worthy Alderman then directed the officer of the court to pay the amount the goods were pledged for , and she was liberated forthwith . Contrast the case of Jane Maskell with this of another unfortunate , in the lowest stage of degradation .

      Elizabeth Durant , a notorious prostitute , who appeared twice at the Thames Police Court last week , was charged on Saturday , with drunkenness and riotous conduct . She was found lying in St . George ' s-street , screaming and bellowing . On being taken to the station-house , she tore every rag off her , and used most disgusting language . Elizabeth Durant : " I ' ve been transported for seven years , and am a returned convict . I ' ve had six months , three months , a month , twenty-one days , fourteen days , seven days , and three days . When I left the Model Prison . I had £ 22 given me for good conduct . Though I am only eighteen , I have been up and down the world these eight years . " Mr . Ingham ordered her to pay a fine , or be imprisoned for fourteen days . She was then locked up by Roche the gaoler , on which she again tore every rag off herself , and was ultimately taken away in the van in a state of nudity .

      In connection with the Ranelagh affair the following is interesting : — Mr . Robert Dalyell , a solicitor , was brought into the Westminster court , charged with obstructing the officials at Westminster Abbey . William Foster Owen , one of the constables at Westminster Abbey , stated that Mr . Dalyell had presented himself at the entrance gate of the chapel in Westminster Abbey at the instant it was ordered to be closed , and placing himself in the opening * resisted its being shut , and set the man who had charge of the chapel at defiance , upon which he was taken into custody .

      Mr . Dalyell said he felt much hurt at being removed in so shameful a manner without having for one moment done anything to deserve such treatment . He had gone to the Abbey with two French friends , to show them the building , and , understanding that somemoney was to be paid for seeing the chapel , he pressed forward with half-a-crown in his hand , which he offered to the verger at the gate . In doing so , he was slightly pushed against him by the crowd . The man was then very insolent , and violently pushed him back . He wasthen taken by the collar and turned out , and threatened to be taken up if he did not go away . He considered this conduct so unjustifiable that he himself desired to be tiiken into custody , in order that lie might make a , complaint of the ill usage he had suffered . He begged the magistrate would hear the evidence of his two friends ,, who would state the manner in which he had been , Irontod

      Mr . Seeker ( the magistrate ) said he did not require any further evidence ; he would take the defendant ' s account of it , and would assume that the verger had behaved ill in thrusting him back ; still it was the duty of the constable , when he fancied that a fracas was likely tohappen , to interfere and prevent the scandal of such a scene in the sacred edifice . He should , however , at once , discharge Mr . Dalyell , leaving it open to him to apply for a summons against the verger if he thought lit .

      M I S C K Llan E Ous. The New Council Of...

      M I S C K LLAN E OUS . The new council of the National Reform Association met on Tuesday . It is intended to hold great demostrations , beginning with Manchester , in September . A full meeting of the Royal Commissioners was held on Tuesday , at which Prince Albert , Karl Grunville , and Lord John Russell , were present , and it wan decided to clone the Kxhibition on Saturday , the 11 th of October . The distribution of medals—one of which will be presented to every exhibitor—will not take place with any public ceremonial . Tho Tenant-Right Conference in Dublin , under the preuidence of Sharman Crawford , has agreed to a bill to be introduced into Parliament by that gentleman next

      Under the heading " The Kapionage System , " Limerick Reporter contains the following announcement ,: — " We understand that the resident magistrate at Killaloe has made a report to the Castle of the observations alleged to have been made on Sunday by the Right Reverend Dr . Vaughiui , Bishop of Killaloe , when addressing the people on the subject of the recent penal enactment . " The question of the combination laws in ntill agitated . Mr . Perry ban supplied the Daily News with a case for an opinion , and the Daily News has delivered itself of the required opinion . A' meeting has been held by the working men at Manchester , and there it was proposed to raise the legal point , at issue in the ( iuccin ' rt Bench . Dr . J . () . Brown and Mr . T . Itudull have opened a Phrenological MuHiiem in tho Strand , containing more than four thousand casts and crania . Dr . Brown delivers

      gratuitous lectures on Ihurudayn . AccountM of tho harvest are htill favourable . Tho weather continues ub unsettled and oapriciouB an ever .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 23, 1851, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23081851/page/9/