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      he predicted the proximate downfal of Protestantism * saying that ere long it will have disappeared from the world as completely ag the heretical sects of the Arians and Manichaeans . " The Americans residing in Rome strongly object to Dr . Hughes ' s , of New York , having assum * d the three cornered hat , purple stockings , and gold chain of a monsignore , on his arrival at Rome ; it being considered beneath the dignity of an American citizen to out on any other garb than that of hi * own country , aptinciple on which the diplomatic representatives of the United States act in defiance of the Couf t etiquette of European ; Governments .

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      The French netvapapers are full of the one great topic —the German affairs . New attempts have been made to open subscriptions in behalf of the President : and again the President bas put his veto upon them . It might be just as well not to test the liberality of the Parisian shopkeepers too far . Infinitely wise to take the will for the deed . General Narvaea arrived in Paris on Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . The Sardinian frigate Governolo , laden with the articles of Piedmontese industry for the exhibition of Hyde-pafk , sailed from Genoa on the 12 th , after a slight accident , which caused a delay of 24 hours . Owing to the bigoted inhumanity of the priesthood , a poor girl of Chambery , who had died by taking poison and was denied the rites of sepulture , has been just buried publicly in the cemetery by a crowd of people , who shouted " Vive Siccafdi ! " A bas la culotte ! " " A bas

      les pretres ! A letter from Vienna , in a Belgian journal , says : — " The Austrian Government a long time ago forbade all persons to wear articles of dress or ornaments indicating political opinion . la spite of this some pupils of the Polytechnic School persisted in wearing their hair extraordinarily long . They were a few days ago ordered to get it Cut ; but as they did not at once obey they were stopped the day after by the police , as they were leaving the school , and taken to a large room , where a number of hairdressers soon reduced their flowing locks to almost puritanical dimensions . The ministers on learning this event strongly censured the imprudent xeal of their subordinates . "

      The Breslau Zeitung says that behind the negotiations on the subject of Denmark and the Duchies , Prince Schwarzenburg was carrying on with Count Spinneck , the Danish Minister , during the late diplomatic visit of this Minister to Vienna , other negotiations still more important , viz ., a commercial league between Austria and Denmark ; a modification of the Sound duty in favour of Austria ; and , at Russia's requirement , a plan for abolishing what is called the Democratic constitution of the Danish kingdom . All the Hungarian refugees , excepting twenty-five or

      thirty Hungarian servants , most of whom intend returning to Austria , have left Shumla for Constantinople . It was arranged that all of them should sail for Liverpool , and each person received 500 piastres as a present from the Turkish Government . When the ship sailed all the Poles left with her , but the Hungarians could not be induced to go on board , a certain Dobakai having informed them that disturbances were about to take place in France , and that they would probably again find work in their own country . As the Magyars have spent their 500 piastres , they are in a sad state of destitution .

      Intelligence from Bagdad states that there has been a great deal of fighting between the Arabs and the Turkish Nizams . Five hundred of the former attacked two hundred Turkish horsemen . The latter charged them , killed thirty men , and wounded Sheik Aeail , their chief , and pursued them as far as Ahamar , thirty hours distant from Bagdad . The Hong-Kong papers relate that two Swedish missionaries at Foochow , returning from a vessel with a small amount of money for their personal wants , were attacked by pirates . One ( Mr . Fast ) was killed , and the other was severel y wounded , but escaped by jumping into the water and swimming ashore . The Chinese authorities were very prompt in discovering the perpetrators and inflicting punishment .

      The Calcutta papers contain an account of the murder <> f a poor American out of employ who had for some weeks been living at the Ice-house on the charity of Mr Ladd , the ice agent , and wan found dead in his bed , "tabbed in twelve or fifteen places . For a day or two the inimler was enveloped In mystery , and the wildest suspituons were formed . At length the police scented out 'our seafaring men , three Americans and an Irishman , "gainst whom circumstances bore most damning evidence . 1 he desi gn appears to have been to carry off the cashbox ° i the Ice-house , in which , however , they did not « uceeed , and they seem to have made no secret of their intentions among their companions in the " punch-houses . " yne of them , a boy of somo seventeen or eighteen , has , > t In Haiti , confessed to having himself actually perpetrated the murder .

      1 lie Cape Town Mail fttatcs that upwards of sixty . if , ( ( lmi lies have left a village near Cape Town declaring that they had been called to their own land witness some wonderful prophet , who can spread a n upon the sea and stand on it—plant a grain of KaHir < j ° rn which in a few hours will grow up and yield abun-« " » ee of grain , —and raiso their ancestors from their graves . " A serious election riot took place in Kingston , Jamaica , ou the 27 th of January , in which Mr . Maclean , , ' "' ° > the parish , was killed by the mob , and several persons dangerously wounded .

      I he steamer John Adams struck a snag in the Misnis-• Ppi about throe weeks ago , and 123 lives were lout in unHpqdon ,.,, . The cabin parted from the hull , and the al . m » Wl > Ut own in llboilt * ixtv f <" of * ater . flho had » uout ninety or one hundred deck passengers , a few of hill ? y Were aaved- * bS Cftbi » . » breaking from the "mi , separated in the middle , which doubtless was the

      tause of many of the cabin passengers saving their lives the ladies in the cabin were all saved , after beinJ manv hours in the water . Owing to the early hour at which the accident happened , almost every one was asleep and it being so sudden , few were able to get sufficient clothin * to cover themselves , and many of them are indeed in a inost destitute condition . The deck passengers were Cahfornians , and German and Irish emigrants , who were going to Cincinnati . The populatio n of the state of New York by the new Census will vary very little from 3 , 100 , 000 , probably ranging a few hundreds under that amount . It is generally conceded that the total representative population of the United States ( composed of all the " free persons " and three-fifths of" all other persons " ) will be about 23 , 300 , 000 . F ;

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      From an advertisement in to-day ' s paper it will be seen that the London committee of the National School Association have commenced the campaign . Secular instruction in free schools , supported by local rates , and manag-ed by local authorities , is the fundamental principle of the association . Those who feel an interest in the cause have now an opportunity of promoting the good cause by subscribing to its funds , or otherwise aiding the committee . A meeting took place at the Town-hall , Manchester ,

      on Wednesday , the Dean in the chair , upon the subject of education On the plan first drawn by the Reverend C . Richson , to carry out which the following were given as the commencement of a subscription : — Sir J . Kay Shuttleworth , £ 500 ; Messrs . W . Entwisle , £ 500 ; S . Fletcher , £ 500 ; J . C . Harter , £ 500 ; R . Gardner , £ 500 ; E . Tootal , £ 500 ; R . J . Jones , £ 500 ; W . Slater , £ 500 ; W . Neild , £ 500 ; J . R . Barnes , £ 500 ; Dean and Chapter , £ 200 ; John Peel , £ 500 ; J . Westhead , £ 100 ; Dr . Wood , £ 250 / and J . A . Turner , £ 100 .

      A public meeting was held in the Town-hall of Little Bolton , on the 10 th iftstant , on behalf of the National Public School Association , Mr . Robert Heywood in the chair . Dr . John Watts , of Manchester , was the principal speaker . After Dr . Watts , the Reverend Dr . Beard , of Manchester , addressed the meeting for about an hour . Dr . Watts then resumed . The rules and various other papers were distributed to the audience as they went out . The area in front of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , at the top of Liidgate-hill , was opened to the public on Monday , by order of the Dean and Chapter . Many persons availed themselves of the privilege of promenading within the enclosure , and of inspecting at leisure the elaborate details of the noble structure . Three gates are thrown open for the ingress and egress of visitors , and two policemen have been appointed to keep order .

      A meeting of the committee and subscribers to the fund for perpetuating the memory of the late Duke of Cambridge was held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Monday . The report stated that the total subscriptions amounted to £ 2400 , and the committee recommended as the most appropriate monument to the memory of H . R . H . the late Duke of Cambridge the erection of houses for the reception of widows of non-commissioned officers and privates , to be designated , " The Cambridge Military Asylum . " This recommendation was unanimously adopted . It is said that a free gift of land will be obtained for the purpose in the neighbourhood of Kew .

      A discussion took place at the Marylebone vestry , on Saturday , regarding the conduct of the Reverend Mr . Bacon , of All Soul's Church , who refused to afford religious consolation to a dying woman when asked . In defence of the clergyman it was urged that the sick person lived in another district , and that it was contrary to the orders of the Bishop of London for any clergyman to officiate out of his own district , unless at the solicitation of the pastor of it . Mr . Hume , M . P ., said if that was the system it was high time to alter it . A motion for a committee to investigate the matter was lost by a majority of eight .

      A lady and gentleman , whose names have not transpired , set out to visit the British Museum , on Wednesday afternoon week , leaving their family to expect their return shortly after tin * usual hour for closing that establishment . As midnight arrived , and brought no tidings of them , one of their friends proceeded to the Museum and arouse Mr . Hawkins , one of the officers attached to the institution , and a search was commenced . At one o ' clock in the morning they were found locked up in the medal room .

      A gentleman , while walking in the grounds of a noble family near Worcester the other day , observed a pheasant pecking on the ground , and , watching the bird for a minute or two , he saw it tumble over an if shot , lie walked to the spot , and found ttie bird dead ; there was a sprinkling of peas on the ground , of a rather auspicious appearance He picked one up , anil to his nurprise discovered that it was threaded with bristles , cut short , but still long enough and sharp enough to stick iu any bird ' s throat ttiat tried to swallow the bait , and ho choke it . —

      Worcestershire Chronicle . We understand that Mr . N . Tuckett intends to cover a largo barn , 110 feet lonft , and 28 feet wide , on his farm nt Hcuvitree , with a glass roof , after the model of the palace of glass . The expense will not be above twothirds of the cost of ttlate , and he anticipates several advantages from tin ; novel roof ; among others , it may be applied to the drying corn during a catching harvest . The com can lie placed iu tlui barn immediately upon being reaped , where it will have the benefit of the sun when it shines , be protected from the showers , nnd ulno dried by artificial heat , if required , an . I then stacked in ricks under a covered stackyard . This will enable the . land to be immediately ploughed up , and sowed with turnipN or rape , which will prepare the land for another cureul crop the following year , no that ho anticipates three crops in two years . — - Westetii Ttth&s . A Kteam-engind , weighing only three-quarters of an

      ounce , is being exhibited in Yorkshire , in full motion . It is intended for the Great Exhibition , and has been made by an ingenious workman in Saddleworth . Such is the extreme mildness of the Reason at Dunoon that Mr . Robertson , of Gowan Bank , West Bay , was able to furnish a lady with a small basketful of gooseberries to send to London last week . Two bears , forming part of Hilton ' s menagerie , in Liverpool , contrived to break from confinement about eight o'clock on Wednesday morning , and forthwith exhibited their awkward erratic propensities , to the dismay of

      a vast number of persons who were proceeding to business . The carmen who ply in the vicinity of St . John ' s Market , immediately congregated in great strength , and , headed by the bears' keepers , gave chase ; the animals , however , were not to be taken without trouble . One " dodged about" up and down the streets in the neighbourhood , and set off at full speed up Mount-pleasant , but was finally captured in the Prince ' s-park . The first exploit of the second bear was to kill and partially devour an unfortunate dog which he espied within a few yards of the caravans . The pause in his career occasioned by this act led to his speedy capture .

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      The premises belonging to Messrs . Wigan and White , hop-merchants , in Duke-street , Borough , were totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning . The fire was discovered in the kitchen at a few minutes past three , and the inmates had scarcel y made their escape when the whole house was in flames . The buildings destroyed covered nearly a quarter of an acre of ground . A large warehouse , at 34 , Eastcheap , occupied by Mr . Joseph Prime , cheese-factor , and Mr . John Roberts , spice-merchant , was totally burned on Thursday night . The damage is said to reach several thousand pounds .

      Mr . and Mrs . Sloane remain for the present in Newgate , where the term of their imprisonment will probably be undergone . It is said that Mr . Sloane , while undergoing imprisonment , will not be allowed to follow his profession in any way , but will be subjected to the discipline in force at the gaol within which he may be confined . The Earl of Stamford and Warrington was summoned before Mr . Bingham , at Marlborough-street Police Court , on Wednesday , for refusing to maintain an illegitimate child , of which he was alleged to be the father by Mary Ann Parkes . The young woman gave her evidence in the most straightforward and circumstantial manner as

      to what had taken place between her and the noble lord , which was corroborated by that of a confederate named Jane Lewis . On cross-examination , however , their testimony was considerably shaken , and the evidence for the defence left no doubt as to the charge having been got up for the purpose of extorting money from the defendant . So strongly persuaded of this was Mr . Frazer , who appeared on the part of Mary Ann Parkes , that he abandoned the case , and recommended that the parties should be indicted for conspiracy . If the Earl of Stamford took further proceedings , he should do all in his power to assist him . After some conversation the two women were remanded on a charge of perjury and conspiracy .

      Mr . Stone , property tax collector for the parish of St . Mary , Newington , has been apprehended on a charge of defalcation in his accounts to the amount of £ 1500 . It i . s said that his sureties will not be able to pay a farthing of the money . W . G . Smyth , surgeon , who stood remanded from last week on various revolting charges , w . is finally examined , at Lambeth police-office , on Thursday , and committed to Newgate for trial . In the course of the examination the eleventh witness proved that the prisoner asked her whether she could not bring him some other girls , and promised her a shilling for every one she might bring .

      David Brooks , a deaf and dumb vagrant , waa taken before the magistrates in the Isle of Wight , last week , on a charge of having been found lying on the pavement ' in a state of intoxication . On searching his pockets a . memorandum-book was found in which he had kept a regular entry of what he had received in each town . In twelve days he had collected £ 10 13 s . fid . in the islands of Jersey and Guernsey . Hyde contributed £ 1 , and in several other towns the sums varied from 5 a . to , 'Ms . aday . Having promised ( in writing ) to leave the town forthwith , he was discharged . Patrick Lyons , who was apprehended in London last week , on a charge of having murdered < i girl at Warringten , has made a statement regarding the affair , in which he throws the whole guilt of the murder upon bin wife . He has been committed to take his trial at the next Liverpool assizes .

      A man named Clark , residing at Bath , has been taken into custody on the charge of having murdered his wife . The poor woman waa Maid to have been much addicted to drink , which had led to frequent quarrels between her and her husband . Mr . Kd ward Francis Kuowles , aged fifty-one years , late Commissary-General , committed suicide , on Sunday , by swallowing a large quantity of prusHic acid . He had been compelled to resign his oflice after Nerving nine yearn in the West , Indies , in consequence of ill health , and returned to England iu October last . He was in very lowtspiritu lately , in consequence of the death of a

      daughter , who died from injuries « he had received from fire aiiout three months since . Uin mind was i » 1 ko troubled by hid son leaving Kuglitixl for Bierra Leone , at which place one of his sons died about five years ago He frequently said tiince bin nun ' s departure , that if any person told him that , his Kim wan dead , he should drop down dead . He went to bed in hit * usual health on Bunday night , anil the next morning ho was found ( lend in his bed . A bottle , which had contained prussic aeid , was found upon a table near the bed . A letter was also fbund , in which he stated bin intention of committing self-destr notion .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 22, 1851, page 173, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1871/page/9/