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ascertained , placed himself before the horses and refused to let the carriage proceed . The outriders immediately interfered , but the man stood firm and resisted , and he was consequently arrested , and will undergo an
examination . . „ . The Infanta D ona Josepha , sister of the King of Spain , who has been recently residing at Valence for the benefit of her health , is about to proceed to Italy . She will be accom panied by her brother , Don Francisco de Paulo . _ . _ . A letter from Seville announces that Princess Clementine of Orleans was shortly expected in that city , on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier . Upwards of thirty Arabian horses , purchased for the Queen of Spain in Africa , have been landed at Marseilles , whence they have started for Madrid . Each horse , on reaching the Spanish capital , will have cost , it is asserted , about 25 . 000 f .
As an Austrian steamer was conveying the Empress Mother , grandmother of the present Emperor of Austria , the A rchduchess Sophia , and other distinguished persons from Pola to Trieste , on the 24 th ultimo , during a fog , it ran down and sank the commercial steamer Amelia . Fortunately , no lives were lost . At the time of his abdication , King Charles Albert assumed the name of Count of Barge . The municipality of Barge , desirous of perpetuating the memory of this fact , has decreed the erection of a marble monument to the late King in the principal church of the town . Kossuth , through M . Breisach , had been offered a free gift of a hundred acres of fine land , in the vicinity of New York , by an American gentleman . The Forrest case has been again before the courts , but with no result . Father Mathew had administered the pledge to 2500 people at
St . Louis . When Mademoiselle Rachel was lately at Carlsruhe , an aged and infirm Jewess called on her , and , after stating that she was in most indigent circumstances , gave her convincing proof that she was sister to the celebrated actress ' s father . Mademoiselle Rachel made her a present of a gold watch , and agreed to allow her a pension of 900 f . a-year for the rest of her life . The Commendatore Caiupana , Marquis of Cavelli , well known as the proprietor of the tinest collection of concluded
Etruscan antiquities in the world , has just a match with an English Catholic lady , Miss Howies , whose ancestors were distinguished as partisans of the Stuart family , and lost the title of baronet on that account . The marquis has purchased a palace in the Via del Barberini , which he is fitting up for his bride in a sumptuous style , and where his interesting and valuable Etruscan collection will form a rare ornament . The bridegroom is nearly forty , whilst the lady is in her twenty'seventh year , and is possessed of an income of £ 2500 per annum .
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The Ami de la Religion contradicts the report given by several journals , that M . de Montalembert , who is now at Rome , has been charged with a secret mission by the President of the Republic . The report is , nevertheless , generally believed . All Paris went to the Champ do Mars on Sunday to witness a tournament , Roman chariot races , a race by the Clan Lochleven , " and a variety of other amusements provided by the managers of the Hippodrome . The day ' s entertainments were concluded by a balloon ascent , certainly one of the most extraordinary that has sis yet been devised . It was announced that Madame
Poitevin would be mounted on a real live bull suspended from the car of the balloon ; the lady personating Europa and the bull representing Jupiter . The bull , however , proved to he merely a bullock , on whose broad back sat Madame Poitevin , crowned with roses and chid in a white dress , over which was thrown a purple velvet cloak embroidered with gold . The balloon passed over the Invalided , an immense crowd witnessing its progress . The lUsorqimento and the Concordia of the 2 nd instant , contradict the statement that the Pope has issued a bull excommunicating the kingdom of Piedmont . They say there is not the least truth in it .
The Cortes were opened on the 31 st ultimo by the Queen in person , with the usual ceremonies , the members oi the two Chambers being convened to meet iu the new palace of the Congress . A telegraphic despatch from Trieste announces , oti the authority of letters from Damascus , of the 10 th ultimo , that an insurrection had broken out in the latter place and at Iloran , in consequence of the military conscription , but that it hud been immediately repressed . The people had , however , closed the gates of Bdlbee . The Emperor of Russia proposes , it is said , to have a tunnel bored under the Neva , similar to that executed by Mr . Brunei under the Thames . M . Alaric Falconnet , a celebrated Trench engineer , has been , applied to to furnish plans Tor this undertaking .
From Nova Scotia we are informed that Earl Grey had notified to the Provisional Government that tho British Government will grant assistance towards building the Halifax and Portland Railway . Earl Grey , it is said , approved of the enterprise , and expressed a belief that Halifax would ultimately become the chief port for transatlantic communication . The Arctic , steamer I ' rom New York arrival at Liverpool on Monday night , with papers of the 27 Ui ultimo , after a passage of ten days . The intelligence she brings adds nothing , either politically or commercially , to that received by the Fairopa . Some fugitive slaves had been arrested at Duston , after much opposition , which , it was feared at one time , would bo . attended with bloodshed . At Chicago resolutions had been passed nullifying the Fugitive Slave Law .
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On one small property in the county of Kerry there were , at the beginning of harvest , twelve substantial tenants and their families , and now there is but one ; tho rest have all gone oft' to America , taking with them tho whole of their rents and value of their crops . The liberal portion of the Irish Catholics are all in favour of the new colleges . They do not hesitate to declare so openly—but if asked to say what they will do iu the event of the decrees of Thurles being confirmed by tho Pope , a definite answer is rarely given , koine , however , go the length of asserting that in such case a schism in \ heir church is inevitable . A Dublin weekly paper , called tho Liberator , which was started a couple of months ago as the organ of Mr . John O'Conmll , is dead . No publication took place on Saturday , nor is another expected , bo much lor O
Oonnclisni . „ , , , . ,. e ., At lhe weekly meeting of the board of guardians of tho Ballvni . ihon Poor-law Union , on . Monday , the chairman said ' that it was a painful duty to him to inform the board that one uf the applicants for admission to the poor-house that day was a magistrate for two counties , Mr John E . Nugent , and there was not a number of the board who did not dot-ply feel the unfortunate gentleman ' s reverse of fortune . Mr . Nugent , who is related to the first families in the county of Westmeath , had but a , short time ago an income of £ 1500 a-year .
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A public stm've was held at the London Tavern on Thursday evening by the friends and supporters of the principles of tin Anti-Church Association . After lea a meeting was held , over which Mr . Samiu 1 Morley presided . In opening the proceedings , the Chairintm
expressed his conviction that the Papal aggression—which was now « ' frightening the island from its propriety " — had been mainly produced , if not indeed invited , by the conduct of the Puseyite section of the Established Church itself . The general feeling of the other speakers who addressed the meeting appeared to be , that the recent measures of the Pope , taken in conjunction with the intestine divisions going on in the Church ' s own bosom , will tend to accelerate the dissolution of that union between the Church and State against which the association had so arduously struggled . In the course of the evening a report from the executive committee was read , announcing their intention to raise a fund of £ 1500 or £ 2000 for the publication of a library of works inculcating anti-state-church doctrines .
An association for improving the social and moral condition of labourers and others residing in the parishes of Windsor , Eton , and the neighbouring districts , has just been formed at Windsor , under the immediate auspices and patronage of the Queen and the Prince Consort , who have taken a warm interest in the success and prosperity of the association . The design of the association is to encourage among labourers and their families , and domestic and other servants , habits of morality , good order , providence , and industry , by the annual distribution of rewards in money , and appropriate medals . Medals will also be presented in special cases to the most deserving , by the royal president . The executive committee of London has issued notice to the local committees that all payments on account of the crystal palace now erecting n . ust be paid up within the next month and remitted to the Bank of England .
A large and influential meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures was held on Thursday , " to consider the plan of a proposed mission to the East Indies , the object of which is to ascertain , by an unbiassed but minute investigation on the spot , the real obstacles which prevent an ample supply of good cotton from being obtained thence , and the causes which impede the extension of our commerce with that country . " Mr . Bright made a long and able speech on the subject , and it was ultimately resolved to appoint Mr . Alexander Mackay , author of " The Western World , " as the Indian Commissioner .
The wife of a clergyman in Cheltenham intends to exhibit a lady ' s silk scarf made from silk the produce of silkworms kept in an open building in an adjoining county . The lady gives the following interesting account of its manufacture : — " Having resided for about threo years in a village in Herefordshire , the garden of which possessed a remarkably fine mulberry tree , I wished to give my family an idea of the habits and natural history of the silkworm , and the method by which silk is produced . With this view I procured a quantity of eggs early in the spring of 1817 , which were hatched about May , and I placed the worms , 2000 or rather more in number , in an outhouse in the garden . There they were attended and fed by myself and some of and in due time
the juvenile members of my family , they spun ; and , much wishing to turn the produce of their industry to some use , I directed my attention towards making the scarf which I have the pleasure to lay before you . The silk was wound from the cocoons by my daughter and myself on a winding machine , and afterwards I wove it into its present form . It has , consequently , never been in the hands of any manufacturer , and presents the same colour and quality as when taken from the cocoon . I may add , that the outhouse in which the worms lived had no windows to protect them from the weather , which was unusually cold for the season of the year ; as I think this point may illustrate the fact that our English climate presents no insuperable obstacle to the cultivation , of silk . The mulberry tree
was the common kind . ' The living of Alrrsford is now vacant by the resignation of the Earl of Guildfurd . It will be divided into three distinct benefices , under three incumbents , to whom the income from each parish will be respectively assigned . The ship Persia last week arrived in the West India Docks , from Ceylon , having on board two very fine young elephants , tho property of the commander , besides a
number of monkeys , owls , civet cats , porcupines , moose deer , &O ., consigned to tho Royal Zoological Society , Regcnt ' s-park . Tho animals are all in very fine condition . The elephants are male and female , about two years old , four feet high , and arc remarkable for their docility and playfuness . The shipping agent at Folkestone rcccis-ed on the 1 st instant , from Paris , an octobasse , which , we believe , is intended for that celebrated inventor of novelties to
delight , the public , M . Jullien . Tho wonderful dimensions of this instrument may be imagined from its height , being upwards of twelve feet , indopcMidcnt of the stand . The tones will be produced by pedals acting in circular pieces ( instead of the hand ) on the iingor-board . The magistrates at . Brentwootl held a second investigation on Saturday into a charge of felony preferred by a servant girl , aged Hfteen , against the Reverend It . A . Johnsione , who is rector ol u parish adjoining tho town . Tho preliminary depositions of the girl and Jior mother leave no doubt ui' the reverend g-eutlrman ' s gui . t , but they were not . forthcoming on his appearance before the magistrates . It is stated that the people , who are very poor , have left for London , and the police have been fruitlessly searching for them . The reverend gentleman was held to bn . ii , him . M .-If in C ~ > 0 \) , ami two sureties in 1 ' 2-JO eachto appear on Sat unlay ( to-day ) .
A singular accident occurred at the junction of the Derby and London and North-Western station , Birmingham , on Thursday morning . Between three and four o ' clock , after the mail train left for Gloucester , a goods train passed over the viaduct which crosses Lawleystreet , when an explosion took place , from what cause is not known . With the exception of the stoker of the goods engine no person connected with the train was seriously injured . But the results have otherwise been fearful ; the parapet wall and masses of brickwork were propelled from an elevation of fifty feet , and lay in large masses , showing the violence of the shock .
A youth , at Durham , while visiting Womb well ' s menagerie last week , laid his hand upon the paw of an African lion , which was protruded beneath the bars , a familiarity which the brute resented in a fearful manner . . With the quickness of lightning the animal laid hold of the unhappy intruder by the hand , and drawing hi m close against the bars of the cage with his other paw he fastened upon his head . The cries of the lad instantly attracted the attention of the keeper , who flew to the spot , and after severely beating the infuriated brute upon the paws , compelled him to relinquish his hold . The whole proceeding was the work of a moment , but the unfortunate lad retains traces of his fearful rencontre which he will bear with him to the grave . His head and both his hands are lacerated in a terrible manner , and he has also received several severe scratches on the throat
and neck . A quarrel took place at Liverpool , on Saturday , between two men who had been at a penny raffle . A man , named Callaghan , complained that the winner of the prize , named Caffray , had acted unfairly . A scuffle took place , and Callaghan threw a brickbat at Caffray . which struck the latter behind the ear , and caused his death . An inquest was heldon the body , and a verdict of manslaughter has been returned against Callaghan . The jury appointed to enquire into the murder at Jersey , of which we gave an account last week , has returned a verdict to the effect that the woman was murdered by her husband . afternoon communication
In the course of Saturday a was received to the effect that Mr . Joseph Harris , the missing Post-office inspector , was actually in Scotland , well in health , and in the highest spirits . Ogle Wallis , formerly a cornet in the 12 th Dragoon Guards , who has been twice remanded on a charge of assaulting Henry Coplestone , landlord of the Queen ' s Arms , Bath , and Ann , his wife , with a razor , with intent to do them some bodily harm , was brought up for final examination on Monday . The mayor said a great deal had been said about a razor and cutting and wounding , but they had no evidence of a razor having been used . The magistrates inflicted the highest penalty in their powera fine of £ 5 .
, A Mr . Blurton , residing in Newhall-street , Birmingham , who has been in the habit of walking in his sleep , left his bed about a quarter-past five o ' clock on Sunday morning , opened the window of the attic room in which he slept , and precipitated himself to the ground . In his descent he fell against the dining-room window , which partly broke his fall , but he came with great violence against the spiked railing in front of the house and was much injured . A miner at the Frongachlead-mines , near Aberystvvyth , having placed a lighted pipe near three barrels of gunpowder which they were about to use , an explosion took place , by which one man was killed on the spot , and two others so much injured that they died in a few hours .
A bull in a wild state broke out of the estate of Sir William Middleton , one day last week , and made its way through Coddenham and Crowfield , and onto Debenham , running at everything in its way . Many persons had very narrow escapes from injury , several having to turn into the fields with their carts to avoid an upset , and others to climb trees for safety . It was shot by Mr . B . Chevallier after having travelled about ten miles . An enormous fish , weighing upwards of 1001 b ., called 13
the maigre ( sciocnaquila ) , was caught last week off nxham Roads by some fisherman of that port , and sent by railway to Billingsgate market on Saturday morning . This fish is generally abundant , according to Mr . Xarrell , on the southern side of the Mediterranean ; but is also caught off the shores of Spain , France , and Italy . It is < Te « arious in its habits , swimming insnoals , making a purring noise loud enough to be heard from a depth of twenty fathoms ; its capture , however , is not a very easy task , from its great size and strength .
, The guardians of lhe Steyning Union have ndvcrtizod for a potter at tho JShoreham wmUhouse . lie i * to be able-bodied and single , and his salary ( beyond lodgings and rations in the workhouse ) is to be £ 10 per annum . Out . of this remuneration he is to iiml his own clothes . Till- Uekfield guardians have advertised for a nurse , who is to devote her whole lime to her duties , and such other duties as may be required by the master or matron , and the remuneration is to be board , lodging , aud . C 7 a-ycar .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 9, 1850, page 776, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1858/page/8/
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