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      led a very godly life , was on her death-bed , a few days since , she desired that some one should pray with her . The curate was sent for , but he commenced a fierce tirade against her respecting her past life , and positively refused to pray with the dying sinner . We presume it was because she was a sinner that he would not pray with her ! Some pious neighbours gave the consolation ¦ which the clergyman Tefused . The woman died , and the clergymen of the place again took upon themselves to judge her , for one shut the gates of the churchyard entirely against her ; the other refused the corpse entrance into the church , though he read the service over her .

      A letter from Saragossa relates a ghost story devised for monkish purposes : —In the neighbouring town of Alagon , a detachment of gendarmes , consisting of a corporal and three privates , quartered in a deserted convent there , were aroused from slumber on the 27 th ultimo , by loudblows upon the door , which were repeated every night with impunity , notwithstanding the efforts of the men to discover their source , until one of them , on being roused up , called out to the unknown , "If you come from God , tell me who are you , and from whence you come ? " Whereupon a hollow , melancholy voice replied , " I am the soul of Matea Perez , who has been suffering thirteen years for want of a mass . " The gendarme asked the intrusive in the

      spirit if it had any relations , and was answered same lugubrious accents that it had a brother living , and that any one who pleased might offer up the required mass . Other questions were put , but no answer could be obtained . The next day the gendarme went to the curate , and , on finding the decease of Matea Perez duly entered in the parish register , gave him ten rials to perform a mass for her soul , which was attended by an immense concourse . The corporal of the detachment reported the circumstance to his commander , and an officer was despatched to Alagon to make enquiries . The gendarmes have since been relieved , and it is generally supposed that a trick was played upon them by some one well acquainted with the interior of the convent .

      The newsvendors of Manchester and Salford have formed an association to watch over the interests of the trade . A few days ago a clerk in one of the public offices in Madrid exclaimed in a cafe that his dismissal by the Government would cost five thousand lives . On being reproved for what appeared to be an unfeeling fanfaronnade , he replied that he only intended to express his intention of turning doctor . m A gentleman who conveyed one bottle of whisky the other day from Cork to Bristol , as a passenger in the steam packet , had to pay a penalty of £ 10 for the smuggle , or in default to enjoy three months' recreation on the treadmill . . _ .. .

      La Patrie tells a story of a dispute between an English traveller and a douanier respecting the admissibility of M Soyer ' s mastic stove . The douanier contended that it was hardware prohibited by law . The Englishman assured him it was his kitchen , and seeing the customhouse officers looking rather incredulous , he quietly fixed the stove—lighted a brass lamp—produced from a kind of book one or two raw cotelettes read y egged and breaded , threw them into a microscopic fryingpan , and served them up in about a minute , to the great astonishment of the spectators . The douanier was not proof against this demonstration and the stove was allowed to pass . _ _ _ in les have latel rise to

      Two tragical events Nap y given much gossip . A very lovely girl of seventeen threw herself from one of the windows of the principal hotel at La Casa , where she had been sent for change of air . Her parents , in consequence of an attachment she had formed for a youth not approved by them , had forced her to enter a nunnery and to take the veil . Soon afterwards her father died , and , knowing that her mother would not have opposed her wishes , in despair at having yielded , and thus deprived herself of the power of marrying her lover , she determined upon the fatal deed . Fortunately , there are now some hopes of her recovery , and her friends are trying to obtain a dispensation of her vows , under the plea that she was not of age to take them

      The other case is that of a German gentleman who was found dead in the sea , a few yards above Amalfi . He had been staying at the Plotel des Capueines , and was found drowned , without his coat , early in the morning . It is strongly suspected that he was murdered by some persons connected with the hotel . Several persons have been arrested and the house shut up . A vessel belonging to the Clyde was wrecked on the island of Coll , on Monday week . The moment she struck , her masts all went overboard with the shock , and the vessel almost instantly went down . Eight seamen were observed to lower and get into a boat , but they were instantly swamped , not a soul of those on board were saved .

      Two respectable farmers , from the parish of Manafon , Montgomeryshire , of the names of Goodwin and Newell , while ' bathing at Towyn , on Monday evening , went too far into the sea , and not being able to swim , lost their footing and were drowned . The sea was quite calm at the time and it was low water . Several other persons were bathing at the . same time , and it being so fine and the sea so smooth , no one for a moment thought the unfortunate men were in danger until too late .

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      We are glad to hear that the Educational Conference to be held in October next , is exciting interest in the minds of many zealous friends of education in various parts of the country : and that expressions of sympathy with the objects of the Lancashire School Association have been , and are being received by the committee , which are alike encouraging from their sources , number , and character . At an influential meeting held in Leeds during the present week , delegates were appointed to attend the conference , and lesolutions were adopted : — " That they be instructed to advise that the Lancashire Association merge into a national association for the establishment of a system of secular education ; " and ,

      " That in the event of a national association being formed , this meeting pledges itself to form a branch committee , to cooperate in carrying out the objects of the association . " Liverpool , Birmingham , Sheffield , and numerous smaller towns , have already expressed their intention of sending representatives ; and several gentlemen , well and favourably known to the public , have expressed their desire and their intention , to be present if possible , if only in their individual capacity . The general committee of the Lancashire Public School Association are to meet , we hear , on an early day , for deliberation and arrangement in view of the prospective important extension of their sphere of operation .

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      THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CONFERENCE . Signs of unity among the people are specially gratifying . The power of unity indicates the discipline of a party , just as capacity for association is a mark of civilization . The Democratic and Social Conference reported in this paper last week , is an instructive instance of practical fraternity new among the English . As each publicist has his department , and ought to find coadjutors numerous enough to carry his objects without calling assistance from other

      fields of agitation , the necessity for union is perhaps not a hopeful sign ; but the desire for union indicates self-control and the right capacity for action . That the " representative men " at this Conference happen to be those most closely connected with the people , strengthens the hopeful inference to be drawn from such an assembly . If they represent no wealthy or recognized social influence , so much the more striking is the public improvement which their delegation implies—because they are exponents of those classes who have hitherto manifested the least

      ability for unity—that fundamental lesson of power , which the crafty have learned so well , and the oppressor has practised so long . The sub-committee appointed to draw up the programme of unity agreed unanimously at their first sitting that there should be a full amalgamation of the different parties represented . The Social will soon also , with us of England , be allied to Political agitation . It matters little that this alliance may prove but an effort—the effort is a fact of no mean significance . It matters little that the attempt may end in present futility . If the toot slips to-day it will be planted again to-morrow , and again and again , till that step is taken which will never be retraced . I ON .

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      THE WORKMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS OF PARIS . Having just returned from a visit to Paris , undertaken with the view of ascertaining the actual state and past experience of the workmen ' s associations of that capital , where I had introductions which enabled me to become acquainted with the inner life and every-day proceedings of those institutions , and to obtain documents of the highest authority respecting them , I trust that the folio wing brief account of their

      past sufferings and future prospects will prove of service to the cause of Association , by affording useful information to those Associations already commenced , and by encouraging the working-men of England to attempt the only certain and efficacious mode of emancipating themselves from their present dependent and precarious state of existence ; as they will see by the following details that men generally considered inferior to them in manual skill and labour have

      been enabled , under difficulties far greater than are to be met with in this country , to raise themselves from the dependent condition of servants and journeymen to that of proprietors of large and nourishing establishments ; that their success has been owing entirely to thair energy , patience , and unconquerable faith in the Association principle ; that in many instances , relying solely upon their own resources , with no other aid than that of the pawnbroker , they have burst asunder the chains that bound them to the Ixion wheel of toil , and built upon the rock of Association a house and refuge for themselves .

      Before entering upon a task which is full of the most pleasing reminiscences , every step of which will bring to my memory some instance of kindness or attention experienced during my visit , I cannot refrain from taking this opportunity of publicly acknowledging how much I am indebted to the exertions of my friend JJerard , 'he Oerant of the Tailors ' Association , who spared no trouble to introduce me wherever it might promote the object of my enquiries ; to citizen Nadaud , representative of the people , who obtained me invaluable documents and other useful information ; to citizen Giland , also representative of the people , whose little work on the Associations Ouvridres has been of considerable

      service to me , and to many others whom space alone prevents my mentioning . The two latter are men of whom the working class may well be proud ; the one making himself respected in the Assembly by his deep sonorous voice , rough manly eloquence , and shrewd sense , the other winning the en teem and affection of his friends by his gentle , unassuming manners , his clear perception and love of truth , and the poetical fervour that pervades his writings and conversation . Both have lived by the hard labour of their hands , both have raised themselves to an honourable position by their own sterling worth , and have known how to maintain that position by a calm , dignified bearing under the aggravating insolences of the exquisites of the Right .

      Before speaking of those associations which are engaged in whut may bo termed the useful and necesHury arts of life , I shall give a short account of those which furnish its luxuries and embellishments ; for it' it can be shown that associations of trades depending on the middle and upper classes have succeeded , it may be easily conceived what can be done

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      Mr . John O'Connell ' s receipts at Conciliation-hall , on Monday , amounted to six guineas and a few pence over , being a diminution of about twenty-five per cent , on the return of the previous week . The Lord Lit-utcnant of Ireland will leave Dublin on the 9 ih of next month , on his visit to the north , and will , in the first instance , proceed to Crom Castle , the « eat of the Earl of Erne , and thence will go on to visit the Giant's Causeway and other interesting localities in that neighbourhooff , en route to Gannn Tower , the marine residence of the Marquis of Londonderry . He is expected to arrive at Belfast ubout the 12 th of the month .

      Various accounts from accurate sources give a decidedly favourable report of the potato crop throughout Ireland . Kerry and one or two other counties are exceptions to a considerable extent . It is the opinion of many expeperienced farmers that the blight has ceased , at least for the present . Nothing is yet known regarding the proceedings of the Catholic synod at Thurles . It was expected that if they came to any decision on questions of much general interest before Thursday , the result would be intimated to the public on that day . The Clare Journal states that the system of outdoor relief is now totally discontinued in all the unions throughout that county .

      Thomas Dunne and Thomas Delany , rather comfortable farmers' sons , were paying their addresses to a fascinating young woman of the name of Miss , who , besides her other accomplishments , possessed . it is said , a hundred substantial charms . It is said she paid more attention to Dunne ' s amorous protestations than she did to Delany s , who , at perceiving this , became annoyed , and jealousy of course , and with it revenge , jrrew in his bosom . On the night of the 13 th instant , as Dunne was returning to his home at Timoneyhe was attacked by Delany , when a

      , warm conflict took place , in which Thomas Dunne was so severely beaten that his life was endangered , and but little hopes are entertained of his recovery . The Lord Mayor of Dublin presided at a meeting of the depositors of the Cuffe-street Savings Bank on Saturday , when it was resolved that such parties as had speculated on the wants of the poor depositors , by purchasing their bank books at a low rate , should only be the which had thus

      paid in proportion to sums they given . The Lord Mayor said he knew an instance where a passbook representing £ 50 was purchased for £ 2 . Now , he would give notice to the purchaser of the pass-book that all he should receive from the fund would be £ 1 , with legal interest thereon , to be computed from the time of the purchase . The balance would be given to the original depositor , if aiive , or to his heirs , in the event of his having ceased to exist .

      The NetiagJi Guardian states that the sub-sheriff proceeded with a party of police on the 15 'h instant , to the lands of Clonoulty , in Tipperary , and evicted forty persons for non-payment of rent .

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      POST OFFICE NOTICE . General Post-office , August , 1850 . —The instructions , No . 21 , 1850 , which have been in force since the 23 rd of June last , relative to the Sunday postal arrangements , are now cancelled ; and the regulations laid down in the previous instructions , No . 1 , 1850 , a copy of which is annexed , are to be reverted to on and from the 1 st day of September next , and must be carefully observed in every particular until further orders , all modifications on points of detail being reserved for subsequent consideration . — " Copy of Instructions , No . 1 , January ,

      1850 : —On and after Sunday , the 13 th instant , all postoffices in England and Wales will he closed to the public on Sunday from ten a . m . for the remainder of the day , except in those cases where the delivery commences from nine and ten a . m ., when the office must continue open for one hour after the letter-carriers are despatched ; and except , also , in those cases where the delivery commences later than ten a . m ., when the office , having been closed at ten a . m ., must be reopened for one hour after the despatch of the letter-carriers . On and after the same date , no inland letters will be received on

      the Sunday except auch as are prepaid by stamps or are unpaid , for the deposit of which the letter-box will be open , as usual , throughout the day . Until the closing of the office at ten a . m ., or during the subsequent hour after the despatch of the letter-carriers , foreign letters may be prepaid , postage stamps may be obtained , and letters may be registered on payment of the usual registration fee ; strangers , renters of private boxes , and those who reside beyond the limits of the letter-carriers' deliveries , may also , while the office is open , obtain their letters ut the office window . Except at the times above-mentioned , no letters or newspapers can be delivered from the office on the Sunday .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 31, 1850, page 537, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1851/page/9/