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recently been committed on the Chagres river , where bodies of murdered men are frequently seen . The Papal power , in its aggressive character , has entered California . A bishop has been sent to that El Dorado , who , in addition to his spiritual duties , is to examine and exhibit the titles of the old Jesuit property in California , and who will , it is thought , lay claim to 150 , 000 , 000 dollars' worth of land , as the property of the early Jesuit missionaries in that country . " The Valparaiso papers , received on Thursday by the Pacific mail , bring accounts of a political outbreak which had taken place at Aconcagua and other provinces ra Chili The insurgents at first proved successful in their operations , and held possession of the before-named town for a day or two , liberating all persons confined in . the prison there . Troops were soon ordered out by the
authorities , the appearance of whom soon infused terror into the minds of the rioters , who instantly fled , or con--aled themselves . When these accounts left , tranivullitv was almost restored ; but so many secret cluba were at work to overthrow the Government that it was thought , unless the Ministry were prompt and determ ned , the disturbances would soon be renewed . Lima continues to be at the mercy of thieves , who are said to have plundered all the convents . There is not a night without four or five alarms . The Government , without means of repression , is unable to protect the citizens against these robbers—three hundred in number perfectly well armed and organized .
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A general meeting of delegates from the several branch Reform Associations in the borough of the Tower Hamlets , took place on Tuesday evening , at the Temperance-hall , Mile-end-road , for the purpose of deliberating on the steps to be taken to secure an efficient representation of the borough in the next Parliament . A resolution was unanimously adopted , recognising the importance of efforts tending to secure the election of Liberal members for London and Middlesex , and calling on the Liberal voters resident in the Tower Hamlets not to support any candidate for those places who did not come forward on the principles of the National Reform .
Association .- ^ A public meeting of the inhabitants of Marylebone was held in the large yard attached to the workhouse in the New-read , on Monday , to petition for the total repeal of the window tax . The meeting was attended by deputations from Islington , St . Anne ' s , and others of the metropolitan parishes ; that for Islington came in procession , many of the members wearing blue scarfs , on which were inscribed in large white letters , " unconditional repeal , " " surrender ; " the carriages which
conveyed these gentlemen to the scene of action were placarded with bills bearing similar mottoes . There were about 800 persons present , and amongst the gentlemen on the platform were Sir J . Duke , M . P ., Mr . C . Lushington , M . P ., Mr . W . Williams , M . P ., Mr . WMowatt , M . P ., and Sir De Lacy Evans , M . P . The chief speakers were Mr . W . Williams , Sir De Lacy Evans , Lord Dudley Stuart , and Mr . C . Lushington . Resolutions pledging the meeting to agitate for the total abolition of the window-tax were carried with great enthusiasm .
The annual soiree of the members and friends of the Whining ton Club took place at the club-house , Arundeletreet , Strand , on Tuesday evening , under the presidency of Mr . Charles Lushington , M . P . The handsome suite of rooms , which have recently undergone , the process of renovation , were thrown open to the visitors , and the large ball-room was decorated in a most elegant and attractive style . The walls of the various apartments were adorned with pictures , many of them the choice productions of the old masters . There was also an interesting collection of models and works of art , including specimens of electrotyping , and various articles of vertu All these objects served to occupy the attention of the company daring the early part of the evening , and ,
shortly before the hour at which dancing was announced to commence , Mr . Lushington delivered a brief congratulatory address , in which he stated that the period of his presidentship had expired , and he thanked the members of the institution for the compliment they had paid to him and Mrs . LuBhington , in according to them the privileges of life members . At ten o ' clock dancing commenced , and the amusements were kept up with encreasing spirit until a late hour . The attendance was very numerous , and amongst the company were General Sir De L . Evans , Mr . Douglas Jerrold , and Mr . C .
Knight . It appeared from a printed statement circulated on the occasion that the financial and general condition of the institution for the quarter ending December 25 , 1850 , has been more satisfactory than at any previous period . The number of members now on the books is 1637 , including 112 life members , and the number of subscriptions due at Christmas was 738 , of which , up to the present date , 368 had been renewed . On the retirement of Mr . Lushington , Mr . Monckton Milnes has undertaken the office of president , whilst many di « - tinguished numes have been added to the ' list of vicepresidents .
We perceive that a public meeting is to be held at the Hull of Commerce , Threadneedle-atrcct , on Thursday next , to cooperato with the Chancery Reform Association in itB effortti to obtain an entire revision of the "Miity practice of the Court of Chancery . The chair » U be taken by the Right Honourable Lord Ernkine , <*»< 1 the meeting will be addressed by other noblemen and members of Parliament . At the time of high water , about five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon , the tide rose till the river overflowed tho bitiikn in several places , and covered part of the Templc-Knrdenn to the depth of several inches .
Intelli gence reached Liverpool , on Thursday evening , V »/ tlu ! ^ Jllit ° d States Mail steam ship Atlantic , Captain , Went , which left that harbour on the 28 th ultimo , for New York , broke b 6 th her engine-shafts at sen , when nino dayn out , and was compelled to retrace her pasnuge . » ho did not arrive at Cork till last Wednesday . All the passengers nnd crew ureaafe .
A numerous and highly respectable meeting of the working classes was held in the Waterloo-rooms , Edinburgh , on Tuesday evening , to consider the subject of National Education . The chair was occupied by Professor Gregory , who , made a few remarks on the desirableness of a national system of education . He was followed , in a speech of great length , by Mr . George Combe , who proposed a resolution to the effect that " the meeting approve of the basis of the Association for National Public School Education in England and Wales , expressed in the following words : — ' The National Public Schools Association is formed to promote the establishment , by law , in England and Wales , of a system of Free Schools ; which , supported by local rates , and
managed by local committees , specially elected for that purpose by the ratepayers j shall impart secular instruction only ; leaving to parents , guardians , and religious teachers the inculcation of doctrinal religion , to afford opportunities for which the schools shall be closed at stated times in each week . '" This motion was seconded by Mr . James Simpson , advocate , and enthusiastically agreed to . It is proposed to establish in Birmingham a scholastic institution for the sons of ministers , no establishment of the kind existing in the midland counties . The thoroughly unsectarian nature of the proposal is guaranteed by the fact that among its supporters are the Reverends Angeli James and Brewin Grant , and Mr . George Dawson .
A " full meeting of the soap trade in Scotland" has been held in Glasgow to memorialize the Lords of the Treasury for the abolition of this tax on health , comfort , and commerce . Messrs . Marshall , the large spinners , at Leeds , state that flax grown in the East Riding of Yorkshire has been found fully equal to that produced in Belgium . The seamen of Shields , Sunderland , and other ports in that district , have struck work for an advance of wages ,
and in opposition to the " Mercantile Marine Bill , " the provisions of which they say are " degrading to the character and feelings of seamen generally , highly unnecessary in the northern ports , are a tax on our labour , and will ultimately entail slavery and misery on us as a class . " Some owners in Sunderland have paid the wages demanded , and sent their vessels to sea ; others have sent their vessels out in spite of the men , with crews at less wages . With the exception of a disturbance with a police boat , everything has been peaceable and quiet .
A new invention for filtering water has recently been patented . The idea is very simple . A hollow sphere of silicious stone , enclosed in a ball of iron , supplied with two taps , constitutes the apparatus , entitled " Foster ' s Patent Filter , " which exceeds in simplicity and efficiency anything before devised . Like Etzler , who turned the natural power of the waves to mechanical purposes , Mr . Foster attaches this filter to the service pipe , and makes the power which propels the water through the main to force it through a fire stone and porous sphere , by which it is filtered more rapidly and completely than by the imperfect percolation of the common filter . Water companies might fix these filters in every house , and secure , at & small expense , y ) erfectly pure water in every dwelling . Housewives will value a filter which fills itself , and by the operation of a common pipe also cleanses itself .
A lady who lately resided at Blackheath some years ago made a will in which she provided that £ 50 should be paid to her medical attendant on condition of his cutting off her head at her death , to prevent her being interred alive . It is stated that the proceedings against Mr . Sloane will be removed by certiorari from the Old Bailey to the Queen ' s Bench . Mrs . Sloane is not yet apprehended , but there is reason to believe that she will be in custody
before the trial comes on . A fire of a very destructive character broke out in Little Britain , on Wednesday morning , in the spacious premises belonging to Mr . Robert Whitaker , playingcard and pasteboard manufacturer . The total loss by this disastrous event must , at a moderate calculation , reach several thousand pounds . Fortunately , the principal part of the valuable designs , which have taken some years to accumulate , have been saved ; but for a time the whole of the workpeople—numbering upwards of forty—will be thrown out of employ .
A fire broke out on tho premises of Mr . Todman , chandler , in High-etreet , Stoke Newington , on Sunday night , and , although every effort was made by the firemen , the adjoining buildings caught fire , and were not extinguished till several houses were entirely consumed . It is not known how the fire originated . On tho same evening a fire broke out on the promises of Messrs . Furseell , biscuit bakera and confectioners , Cornhill . The ilre was eventually extinguished , but not till considerable damage had been inducted . In tho immediate vicinity of the Albert-gate ,
Flydopark , a building of considerable oxteut , for the Chinese nfew exhibition , i » now in courBeof conntruction . About the hour for the men employed at tho premises leaving off on Saturday a number of the bunds approached one end of the scaffolding on which they were at work ;» the instant they did ao their weight lifted a largo portion of the brickwork , as well an the stone cornicing , which caused tho . scaffolding and a greut part of the wall to fall . Five or six of the bricklayers and labourers were precipitated to the ground , amidst tho bricks , tUone work , and scaffolding . They were all more or less injured , two of them seriously and one dangerously .
During the performance of the marriage ceremony at St . Giles ' s , Camberwell , on Wedneaduy week , between a lady , tho heiress of Home property , and a clergyman , a most extraordinary scene took place . While tho parties were at tho communion-table a man , who hud been in the body of the church , rushed towards them , and commenced tearing the dresses of all he could get near , * The alarm was no great that cries wer © made for the police , nor was it without
difficulty that ho was ejected . As soon as the madman got * into the churchyard , and was released , he ran away at a tremendous pace . He is said to be related to a respectable tradesman in Southampton-street , and has for some time been very eccentric in his manner . At West Houghton , near Bolton , demands have been made upon an aged w idow and three other householders ( two of them in very humble circumstances ) , amounting altogether to the pitiful sum of 4 s . 8 | d ., for church-rates . For this paltry claim four chests of drawers were seized , valued at £ 17 , and sold by auction ; and this notwithstanding goods equal in value to the demand might easily have been taken from the shops of the parties . About the same time , a Quaker in Preston had three pigs seized , worth at least two guineas , for a claim of 2 s . 2 d . for tithe .
A gentleman in Kirkaldy , Scotland , has trained a couple of mice , and invented machinery enabling them to spin cotton yarn . The work is so constructed that the common house mouse is enabled to twist twine and reel from 100 to 126 threads per day . To complete this , the little pedestrians have to run 10 $ miles . A halfpennyworth of oatmeal , at Is . 3 d . per peck , serves on e of these treadwheel culprits for the long period of five weeks . In that time it makes 110 threads per day . At this rate a mouse earns 7 s . 6 d . per annum . Take off 5 d . for the board , and Is . for machinery , there will arise 6 s . clear for every mouse annually . The mouse employer was going to make an application for the lease of an old empty house , which would hold 10 , 000 mouse mills , sufficient room being left for keepers and some hundreds of spectators . —Eastern Counties Herald .
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The inaugural banquet of the Lord Mayor of Dublin took place in the Mansion-house on Tuesday night . His lordship awaited his guests in the reception-room , and gave each a cordial welcome . The Lord Lieutenant , attended by his aides-de-camp , arrived about half-past seven o ' clock , and was escorted to the room where the company had assembled by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the aldermen and tawn councillors , who were attired in their robes . The whole of the speeches made in the course of the evening were of the most flattering and complimentary description . The Lord Lieutenant described the corporation as representing " the wealth , the intelligence , the respectability , the opinions , and the interests of the second city in the empire , and which may well challenge comparison with any municipal body that ever was , or is ever likely to be called into existence . " No allusion was made to political questionsor to the abolition of the Lord Lieutenancy .
, The project for founding a Catholic University in Ireland makes very slow progress . At the monthly meeting of the committee , held last week , subscriptions were handed in to the extent of £ 1600 , and it was arranged that simultaneous collections should be made on the 17 th of March to place the project on a more solid basis . It is evident that the Catholic laity do not participate in the enthusiasm which the Catholic clergy display . An Irish paper states that , at the inauguration dinner of the Mayor of Kilkenny , Alderman Smithwick , in the course of his speech , said that , as regarded himself , he was not so ambitious about hia country as others . All that he wanted for Ireland was an Irish King and Queen , and an Irish House of Lords and Commons .
The lead mine recently discovered near the town of Galway has now a number of hands employed on it at full work , and the results promise to be highly profitable . The nephew of Dr . Higgins , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh , has been appointed master of the Longford workhouse , with , a salary of £ 50 per annum , and rations . As Mr . James Hagerty waa returning from Killucan to his residence at Knockshobawn , one night last week , he was attacked b y an armed party of eight men . He nstantly drew a large clasp knife from his pocket with which he cut and hacked away at his opponents so vigorously that they were compelled to retreat . The struggle was a desperate one , and it is supposed , the
majority of the ruffians were severely wounded . Mr . Hagcrty had upwards of £ 200 on his person at the time , and there can be no doubt but robbery was the object of his assailants . A very unfortunate occurrence took place at Cahirciveen on Saturday evening last , which , it is feared , must terminate fatally . Mr . Maurice O'Conncll , M . P ., a Mr . Twiss , and some other gentlemen dined together at Fitzgerald ' s hotel . Some discussion arose after dinner between Mr . Twias and another of the party . Tho person with whom Mr . Twisa had the diBouasion left tho room . When he had gone , the latter observed that he
had never seen a duel , whereupon Mr . O'Connell said he would show him the way , and got a pair of pistols that had been for seven months in Dublin . They took one each , presented at each other , and pulled the triggers , when unfortunately the pistol Mr . O'Connell had , happening to be loaded , the ball passed through the right shoulder of Mr . Twiss , and lodged in the other , causing the most frightful suffering , and inflicting , it is greatly feared , a mortal wound . Dr . Crump was called in at once , and the wounded young man made a declaration that the transaction wuh purely accidental , stating that he would not die in peace if ho did not make a declaration to that effect .
For several years back one of tho most miserably poor of the poor of Skibbereeu wuh James Kane . He contrived to eke out existence by disposing of u fow boned and old rag » , and , now and then , a handful of grass plucked from tho roadside ; but at last his precarious means of livelihood utterly failed him , and he was driven to tho shelter of tho workhouse . This poor man , according to a Cork paper , is now on hi « way to London , In company with an eminent solicitor , to receive a legacy of £ 10 , 000 , and property to the amount of £ 600 a-year . It appears thut an undo of his mudo thin large fortune in buHiness in London , and that James is his next of kin and h « ir .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 25, 1851, page 79, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1867/page/7/
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