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Italy ; how the Venetian republic manfully flung it back in the face of the Popedom j how even downtrodden and degraded Naples succeeded in resistance to the Spanish-born and papally-nursed tyranny ; how the Low Countries flung off the yoke of Spain , mainly in abhorrence of this inhuman institution ; how Spain itself sank into the lowest imbecility and decrepitude through its influence on the whole range of society ; and then , in allusion to the English Cardinal , after remarking that red hats and red robes ¦ were both significantly introduced about the same period that the red hands of the Popedom were first imbrued with inquisitorial blood , he went on thus : —
" On the 8 th of December this purple delegate of the conclave told his auditors in Southwark that no fear of the inquisition need haunt the English mind . It had never been introduced into Austria , whence he had just come-Bavaria , which he had just visited-or the Brazils . What dolts he must take you for , men of England ! Is the erection of a prison-house and torture chamber necessary for the exeroise in England of inquisitorial proceedincs ? Must an official costume distinguish necessarily the secret familiars of the holy office in London ? Is not calumny as crushing an engine as the rack ; and cannot the whispeiings of malignity be made as excruciating as the thumbscrew ? The holy office a few days ago placed on their « index' the book of a professor of the Queen ' s
Colleges in Ireland ; and would put the intelligent-writer in a kindred predicament if they could only lay their clutches on him . Is that any hint thatEngland is not to be annexed in the realms of Torquemada , when this Spanish cardinal shall have made himself at home in his London archbishopric , which he should have called by pleasant anticipation , not of Westminster but of Smithfield . No fear of the inquisition ! What were the words which fell from the mouth of this cardinal in the Spanish chapel with reference to a persecuted and ill-used man , once a Dominican in Viterbo , then a prisoner in the dungeons of the holy office , now in London ? Did not the inquisitor manifest himself in the expressions and hints made use of on that occasion ?"
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THE GRAY'S INN-LANE EDUCATION SCHEME . While a man named William Bristol , who is described as " a desperate-looking fellow , " was undergoing examination the other day for some small theft with which he was charged , Fisher , an officer of the detective force , gave the following graphic description of the educational system pursued at the long-established and well-known seminary for pickpockets , in Fox-court , Gray ' s-inn-lane : — " He had known the prisoner for three years as a member of a gang of daring thieves , and as the ' deputy ' or sub-landlord of a notorious den in Fox-court , Gray ' sinn-lane , which was known as the ' thieves' kitchen , '
which was the rendezvous of burglars , pickpockets , prostitutes , and pot-stealert , a regular receptacle of stolen property , and where nightly could be seen thieves , prostitutes , and beggars , of all ages and both sexes , huddled together indiscriminately ; there being , in some instances , eight or ten men , women , and children all in one bed together . Some short time ago he was on duty near Fox-court , and on contriving to peep into the * kitchen' through a window , he saw the prisoner in the roon with a line tied across it , and from this line was suspended a coat , in the pockets of which were placed pocket handkerchiefs . A dozen little boys surrounded the prisoner , and each in turn tried his skill in removing
a handkerchief without moving the coat or shaking the line ; if he performed the manoeuvre with skill and dexterity , he received the congratulations of the prisoner ; if he did it clumsily , or in such a manner as would have led to detection had the operation been performed in the usual manner in the street , the prisoner beat him with severity , having , on the occasion in question , knocked down and kicked two of the boys for not having exhibited the requisite amount of tact and ingenuity in extracting the handkerchief . There were , in fact , two kitchens , one superior to the other ; threepence was charged for a night ' s accommodation therein , and in the other the charge was twopence per night . The prisoner was the deputy' of both . "
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THE FUNERAL OF B E M . The Peati Naplo gives a minute account of the funeral of General Bern , at Aleppo . He was buried as a Moslem , having accepted the " true faith , " and with the dignity of a Pasha . His body , wrapped in linen , bound together at the head and feet , was placed in a rude coffin . During the preparations , a number of Mollahs murmured the customary prayers . At the head of the coffin an upright stick supported his fez ; the coffin itself was covered with a coloured shawl , and carried on two poles . A military funeral has never been seen in Turkey , mid , though ninny Christians were present , all the proceedings were marked
by an Oriental want of order . The French and English Consuls were invited by the Commandant , Kerim Paalia , with several officers , and a crowd of soldiers and spectators were ori the ground . Tho long eBcort was preceded by twenty or thirty Mollaha , chanting a dismal and monotonous " 11 Allah "; some of the Christum comrades of the late Genoral wished to enrry the body irom . tho gate to the burial-ground , but the Turkish custo m did not permit them ; everybody pressed round to bear the coffin a few steps , then yielding their places to others . Strong d « tuchmentH of troops ^ ere stationed along the route ; the soldier ** left their ranks to put their hands to tho coilin like the crowd ;
even old Kerim Pasha took his turn . Near the burying-ground the body was laid on the tomb of a Mahometan saint while some more prayers were said over it ; it was then laid , without the coffin , in a shallow grave , with the head towards Mecca ; the cords that bound the wrappers were cut , and the grave filled with earth , and the surface covered with a few flat stones . He was not more than fifty-six , though he looked much older ; his frame was weakened by wounds and the fatigues of the Hungarian campaigns , but his restless spirit retained its strength and elasticity to the last moment . After his apostacy to Islam he served the Sultan as zealously as he would have served any other cause ; and his zeal was encreased by an intense hatred of the Russians , to w"hom he hoped to render the Turkish army formidable by a better organization of the Artillery .
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THE VACANT SEATS . The number of vacancies , actual and forthcoming , in the representation at the present time , is unusually large even for the commencement of a new session of Parliament . The Daily News of Thursday gives the following summary of what had been done up till then : — " First , there is South Notts , for which the writ is actually out . North Notts , though not actually vacant , is about to have one of its seats vacated by the retirement of Mr Houldsworth , on whom age and infirmities are creeping . As yet the candidates for the forthcoming vacancy are not named ; and who they will be depends , probably , very much on the result of the neighbouring contest in South Notts .
" Next , there is a seat in Bedfordshire , also actually vacant by the death of Lord Alford in the prime of his life . All Bedfordshire would unite in electing Mr . Pym , but , though active in the discharge of the county duties of his station , Mr . Pym is content with a career of unostentatious local usefulness , and declines to represent Bedfordshire ; so Colonel Gilpin is about to be returned , to neutralize by his vote the Liberal opinions of Mr . Hastings Russell ; at least that is all known of him out of the county . In each of the three divisions of the realm a borough vacancy will occur as soon as Parliament meets . In Dungarvon , by Mr . Shiel ' s substitution of diplomatic for parliamentary life ; in Pontefract , by the elevation of Sir Samuel
Martin to the bench of the Court of Exchequer ; and in the Falkirk boroughs by the succession of Lord Lincoln to the dukedom of Newcastle . In two of them , Dungarvon and Falkirk , contests are probable ; in Pontefract no opposition to the only candidate who has hitherto been announced is at present talked of . In all , Liberalism is likely to prevail , however it may differ in shades or forms of expression , or the nominal party flag under which it is waved for individual success . At Dungarvon , Mr . Maguire , of Cork , is again a candidate , for at the last general election Mr . Sheil only averted his pretensions by a majority of 16 . At Falkirk , Mr . George Loch , a Whiggish Liberal , and Mr . James Baird , a Conservative Liberal , are the candidates .
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THE GREAT EXHIBITION . The Crystal Palace , which is now rapidly approaching completion , has had a pretty good opportunity of showing its power of resistance during the last ten days . The gale on Thursday night week , which was certainly a most violent one , spent its strength in vain upon the building , even in its present unfinished state , and with a considerable portion of the roofing at the eastern and western extremities incomplete ; and not a single square of glass , sashbar , or any other portion of the building , were either removed or injured by its effects .
Repeated objections have also been taken to the thickness of the glass , and several imaginative minds have already pictured to themselves the scene of dismay and confuHion which will probably be presented during the Exhibition , when some fierce hailstorm , having Bwept away the thin covering of glass , shall rain its hailstones thick and fust urjon the jewels . and silks displayed to admiring eyes , amid the shrieks and cries of assembled thousands of all nations , who will join their discord with the fearful rattling of the " Hailstone Chorus . " The
elements appear last week to have been anxious to have these points satisfactorily disposed of , for , in addition to the storm of Thursday , the numerous visitors to the building were , on Friday , suddenly roused by a most fearful rattling upon the whole of the roof and sides of the building , which proceeded from ono of the most violent hailstorms with which the metropolis has for some months been visited . As in the case of its " blustering" predecessor , we are happy to inform the friends of tho Exhibition that not ii single square of glass was-destroyed or injured by its effects .
Prince Albert , accompanied by Colonel C . ( jrey and Lieutenunt-Colonel F . II . Seymour , visited the building on Tuesday . The Prince arrived shortly after eleven o ' clock , and , having minutely examined the progress of tho works , expressed himself highly gratified with the very rapid progress which hud been made since his lust visit . The portion of tho truiiHcpt already completed elicited the warmest praise , and his Royal Highness considered thut wlun the whole xraa finished , and the scaffolding removed , tho effect would he exceedingly beautiful . Having completed the inspection of tho building , Prince Albert
presided at a meeting of the Royal Comissioners—the first that has been held in the Commissioners' office in the building . A considerable amount of business in connection with the Exhibition was transacted ; and among other things it was decided that a protective ornamental cast-iron railing of six feet in height , designed by Mr . O . Jones , should be set up round the whole of the building , instead of the dwarf iron posts and rails originally intended . The design for the railing submitted to the Commissioners is exceedingly light and beautiful , and at the same time admirably calculated for the purpose of protecting the building . The railings will be set up at the distance of eight feet from the building , and the police will patrol in the space thus provided .
Mr . Paxton has addressed a letter to Lord John Russell urging strongly the propriety of throwing the Exhibition open to the public . He suggests that for the first fortnight the admission should be by payment , and that , for the whole term of the Exhibition , " one day in the week should be reserved for the higher classes of all nations who may prefer to pay for the exclusive privilege of admission rather than encounter the inconvenience of a crowd . " With these exceptions he thinks that the entrance ought to be made entirely free . The arguments on which he founds his application are so very cogent that we have no doubt they will have due -weight with Ministers .
Railway Traffic of Exhibition Visitors . —Mr . Thomas Miller , of Edinburgh , in a short pamphlet on the probable effects of the Exhibition on railways , puts forward some calculations , which railway shareholders will deem " very important if true . " He says the visitors will be —Foreign and Colonial , 2 , 000 , 000 ; English , Welsh , Highlanders , and Irish , 5 , 000 , 000 . The total 7 , 000 , 000 must , he says , all be travellers twice , coming and going : but he says they will be rated as separate
passengers for each hne over which they pass , by which , the aggregate of the year will be still further nominally en-creased . He takes the nominal total as £ 42 , 000 , 000 . The average fare from , the Board of Trade returns he takes at 2 s . per passenger per head , and the gross receipts at £ 4 , 200 , 000 . Mr . Miller takes the encrease of goods traffic at 50 per cent , on that of the half-year ending Dec . 31 , 1850 , which gives £ 1 , 500 , 000 . His total estimate for exhibition receipts is £ 4 , 700 , 000 , and this , he affirms , will have a great effect on the price of shares
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THE UCKFIELD AND OTHER BURGLARIES , AND THEFTS . The seven ruffians charged with having broken into the residence of the Misses Farncombe , at Dowr . land-house , along with a woman upon whom a portion of the booty was found , were brought up for final examination at Tunbridge-wells , on Saturday . All the prisoners , with the exception of the woman , seemed very reckless and indifferent . Two of the Misses Farncombe were in attendance . They seemed very nervous at the position in which they were placed . During the time they were under examination they studiously avoided looking towards the prisoners , and , as if still labouring under some apprehensions of another visit , repeatedly declared that they knew none of the persons who entered their house on the night in question . The butler , Thomas Wood , took his place at the back of their chairs , and occasionally repeated the questions to them . " Miss Susan Farncombe having been sworn and examined , said , I live at Downland-house , in the parish of Uekiield . On . the morning of Thursday , the 2 nd of January , about three o'clock , three men came into my room and demanded my money or my life . One remained atthe door , and one came to the side of my bed , and another to the foot of the bed . I wan alone . I gave him my purse , and , hearing my sister scream , I got out of bod and went to her . I think there were about four sovereigns and a half and some silver in my purse . It was a purple Bilk purse , with steel beads . When I came back I missed my watch . The men were masked . One of them wore u white one , I was too agitated to observe the colour of the others . I did not recognize any of the men . The men at first tried to prevent my leaving the room ; but when 1 told
them I was going to my sister , they allowed me to pass . So far as that went they were very civil . I found two or three men in my sister Mary ' s room , and they made the Baino demand . She told them her watch and money were on tho table . They took a box off the table containing sovereigns und silver . I cannot tell how much . They also took a trinket-box . They said they knew we had more money , and money they would have—that they wanted bread and cheese . One of them huw the key of a bureau in the lock , and went to examine it . They took £ />() out of two pocket-books , in notes , from the bureau . They scattered the other napcm about , the room . Out ) of them took my sister ' s gold watch . My sister Mnry hud some very valuable things , but 1 don ' t hoc uny of thorn here . [ The articles found upon the prisoners were lying before the witness on the table . I
" Mias himly Farncombo : There was a ring valued at seventy guineus . " Witness : There were Rcverul other valuuhlc rings and broodies . There wore : i gold chain mid Heveial gold ueala . One of th <; men uski'd for the key of the tiilver , und I Biiid it was in the butlt'r ' n pantry . One of tho men had a pinto ) in his hand . The men then It-. i ' i the room , and I remained with my sinter , who wan very ill and greatly alarmed . A mun remained at the door to keep guard . " Several articles of jewellery found on the prisoners were identified by Miss Kurncombe . 'At the conclusion of tho examination the chairman asked tho
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 25, 1851, page 75, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1867/page/3/
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