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Church Missions Society . The Conciliation Hall erected for the Repeal Association is now used as a corn store . Irish tenants are fellows of infinite wit in inventing means to defeat the law . A man named Spellman was ejected by . the Sheriff from a farm , near Ballinasloe . Though far behind in arrears , he claimed a right in his own ' eyes to a quantity of potatoes , and oats which he had " sown before the ejectment took place ; and on Sunday last the peasantry assembled to do him justice . Between eight and nine o ' clock in the evening , about two hundred of the
peasantry of both sexes appeared on the grounds , and , being prepared with reaping-hooks , horses , and carts , in less than half an hour everything was removed . The movements were performed with regularity , outposts being placed in a circle round the lands , and at a convenient distance , to prevent a surprise . When the complete removal of the crops had been effected , those assembled were treated to a plentiful supply of poteen , after which they danced a number of jigs and reels and peticotees in all the wildness of exultation at their success over the unknowing landlord .
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Edward Thompson went into a pasture where a savage bull was confined , and after irritating it by throwing stones at it , and drivin g it about , actually attacked the infuriated animal with a " bull-stick "—a stick shod with iron , used in coercing these animals—and entered into a sort of single combat with the ferocious bruto . The bull rushed at its assailant , and gored him to death . Tho gigantic group of " Sir Robert Peel , supported by the allegorical figures of Commerce and Art , " intended for a public site in Manchester , has just been cast in one huge of
piece bronze at tho Pimjico foundry . A snako going at largo nbout London is , like a " lion among ladies , " " a fearful thing . " Tho Daily News haa the following : — "A reptile of tho snako species was encountered last Saturday by Mr . Suthorin , one of tho parochial medical officers of St . Pancraa , under tho following singular circumstances : —As that gentleman was , on tho day in question , making his usual sick calls in Agartown , his attention was attracted by a lion in tho yard of ° no of his patients' houses quito paralysed , and a short instance from it discovered a largo serpent , which had evidently stung it , and which was then in tho act of duckin
g water as it dripped from tho tank . Acting upon his Jjrat impulse , dictated by personal fear , and anxiety to destroy tho roptilo , which measured full a yard long , Mr . fcuMjerin hastened to arm himself with a weapon , but , upon returning , ho only arrived in time to hco it dart into ft hole under tho wall . Every ctlbvt , wan mado to discover 110 localoof tho Minkobut without avail . It is conjectured ' ¦ "lit it has its rotreat in an adjoining dung-hoap . Tho discovery has created tho gi-en ' toat dread in tho noiHibo urhood . " h
I ho Aztco . liilliputiariu , as they aro callod , aro announced , w « see , to loavo for . Dublin at tho ond of this week ; thoso 110 navo tho euro of thorn being anxious to tent their P I > ii iirity in tho Irish jriotropoli . s whilo tho Iniluntrial J'Mulntion ih still opon . Wo aupposo that hmnanilv in all y licconl , no development will attract everywhere . * At "V ral , ( i , if tho people of Dublin prove but half an curious j'oiim-ning those diminutive mortals an tho London public " } vo proved to bo , tho A / . toes will not havo to complain <> 1 wan I , <> f patronage .
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Satukdav , September 21 . '" 3 Mornlncf Herald lian private information ; thai ! "' ^ ' '" irleH llolham ban secured f , he free navigation of ¦» ° I ' aramii and Uruguay , won KVltii , to nil nations . If , "PPuar . H to us difficult ; to neenro anything- " for over , " " » i a ( South American liopublio , changing i ( , govor-1101 ( 1 ( IlliI . V » » iid nluiout hourly , ih tlio other party to tho < : «» vonUon .
The war ships of France and England have passed the Dardanelles . . Such is the important intelligence from Constantinople to the 14 th . The Times' version of the fact is as follows : —" The combined fleets in Besika Bay have been compelled , on the representations of the Divan , to despatch two ships' each , to Constantinople for the protection of the French and English residents in that capital . " The Morning Post account is somewhat different in facts and indications . It says : "The state of affairs was , at the latest dates , so menacing-, that the English and French Ambassadors had used the discretion vested in
them , and had required six men-of-war , three English and three French , to pass the Dardanelles . Accordingly , on the 14 th or 15 th inst ., the ships in question had anchored in the Sea of Marmora . This important step was necessary on eveiy account , and especially to give a strong moral support to the Sultan , who needs such aid , as well against internal fanaticism , as against external aggression . By this time the whole force has followed the six men-of-war , which were but the vanguard , and at the moment at which we write we may assure the public that the combined fleets , under the command of Admirals Dundas and Harnelin , are riding at anchor in the Sea of Marmora . "
The movement is wise if well-used , for it gives the Western Powers a position of great advantage , and brings them nearer to the actual ground of quarrel . But if subservience to Russian power , which once kept the fleets at Besika , now brings them to Constantinople , France and England have been made but the tools of the Czar , and the entry of the Dardanelles is but the counterpart of the passage of the Pruth , Meanwhile the two armies face and watch one another . By the last accounts from Wallachia , the Russian troops - have abandoned their camp near Bucharest , and moved higher up on the bank of the Danube , and the Turks had made a corresponding movement on their side of the river .
Louis Napoleon and his vyife arrived at Arras on Thursday evening on their way to the north . Yesterday morning they continued their journey to Douai , Valenciennes , and Lille . French war ships are on the move . We hear from Dover that yesterday , at two o ' clock , a squadron of French vessels , consisting of four line-of-battle ships and two screw steamers , passed close by our shore , and were stated to be bound for the Downs . The Moniteur announces that the Queen of England has designated the Earl of Lucan , the Marquis of Worcester , Lord Bingliam , and Colonel Dupuis to visit the camp of Helfaut to compliment the Emperor .
Austria has resolved to reduce her army ! The companies of infantry are to be reduced some 1 . 80 to 120 men ; others from 120 to 100 men . The regiments from the military frontier now stationed in Italy have been ordered back to the cantonments . This is really u move towards fortifying Austrian power on its eastern frontier . The crown of St . Stephen—borne in stately procession—has reached Vienna , and has been formally received by tho Emperor .
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Tho Dulco of Cambridge has arrived at Olmutz . The Kinperor of . Russia ' s ( laughtor , tho Duchess Olgii , Hailed / or <) nl , end IumI ovoning . Tho Oouiitoss of Neuilly ih to leavo Clareinont thin morning for Southampton , on tho way to Lisbon . Mr . Norton ban writton a roply to Kir John TJailoy ' s loiter . Mo ( ionics thai , ho ever HHnauhed hi . s wife : ho forced from tho drawing-room Mrs . Norton's ' maid , but did not lay bin band on hit * wifo . Ho also jmstiiies his having coun ( ormnn < lo < l Ibo order for tho children's removal : and Sir . John ltailoy himself had refused to bo responsible , for tho possible eonHoquoiiooH of ( heir removal . Mr . Norton then stal . on , that on former occasionH Sir John Uailoyliad volunteered opinions ugainst Mrs . Norton , had volunteered to act arbitrator , and treacherously botrayod his trust by allowing Mm Norton to print Mr . Norton ' s private lot ' tors : in short , "had become completely ini ' utuulcd by a beautiful and talented woman . "
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ST . GEORGE WITH THE DRAG ON . There is a refinement in laziness known only to those who indulge in ifc very much . Thomson , the poet , who was seen eating peaches off a tree , with his hands in his pockets , no doubt felfc the enjoyment of that extremity of indolence to a decree which surpassed the imagination of any casual visitor to his Castle . In like manner the English people may contemplate itself , and watch with voluptuous interest the excessive amount of provocation which is needed to rouse it to a sense of its own indignities . Romance tells us in old tales how the mere report of a wrong would call forth the champion from his home , carry him to
the utmost bounds of the known world , and present danger as a temptation instead of an obstacle . The existence of a dragon in Cappadocia was a positive attraction to St . George , our patron—a form of temptation to a tour which was irresistible . The lady who was destined to be the food of that dragon had charms , no doubt , but the true knightly impulse was to attack the dragon for the dragon ' s sake . No doubt the monster held most heretical opinions ; and in prosecuting his journey to Asia Minor , St . George regarded himself as a missionary for overcoming the enemy of mankind and suppressing the flames of unbelief , as well as those which issued from the throat of the monster . There is
not the same temptation at the present moment . If the modern St . George be drawn to the Turkish dominions , it is no longer to put down the dragon of heresy , or to carry on a war of propagandism . Quite the reverse . The dragon has now become the ill-used victim of the Northern . Bear . His religious opinions are uttered with moderation ; he is forbearing to his neighbour ; and in truth is more Christian in his spirit than the Orthodox Greek Christian , on . whose behalf the Bear professes to speak . But the remarkable fact is , that St . George has undertaken the mission , and yet cannot screw his zeal up to the point of setting out .
The course of recurrent submission is distinctly marked . In tho first place , Rngland declared that Russia had no right to dictate to the Porto tho government of its own subjects , which was a matter that must bo left as one concerning tho dignity and independence of the Sultan , liusaia insisted , and in order to obtain a " material guarantee , " invaded tho Dunubian provinces . St . George then considered , publicly , whether that act of warlike invasion was n ' * casus
belli ; " and having consulted tho precedents , ho at last reluctantly mado up Win mind that il was such ; but ho still persuaded the Sullan not to act , upon it , and the descendant of Suladin acquiesced . The IfrigliHh and J / rench fleets word advanced to Bo » iku Bay , as a kind of Het-ou "; RnsHia having dniwn tho sword , St . George put his hand upon his own hilt . . Russia , rated him . for that act of " aggression , " and tit . Gcorgci , who Juih grown very reasonable and exact in his expressions , took groat pains to explain Llwil ; fho act of advancing his iloot to ivn ofllyiiig post was invasionof
not equivalent to tho warlike , Turkish territory - . . Russia then hinted that if who could not obtain her material guarantee , h 1 io / should advance to Constantinople , a eiroiiniHlanco winch rendered it desirable to get her out of Turkey if possible ; and two other " Powers" were asked to help Kmnco andEnglaiuI to exeeulo that work peaceably . They tried their hands , they wrote a joint Note , which whs so composed , that Turkey , who was to be defended , and . Russia , who was to bo arrested , both construed it to mean that tho sovereign influence of the Czar was to be recognized iu Turkey—exactl y tho thing which tko
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Jullien has won a complete triumph in New YorTc In ' addition- to his own troupe of fine musician ? , he has engaged some of the cleverest companions of Lind , and Parodi , and Sontasr ; and with this combined army of artists , has taken New York by storm . His concerts are given'in Castle Gardens—a castle built in the Bay of New York—one hundred yards from the Sea Park ( " the Battery" ) of the city , with accommodation for ten thousand persons .
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Trade is dull in Manchester . The abstinence from business to a great extent arises from a desire to better comprehend the difficulties which really have to be met—to see to what extent the drain of gold will carry the rate 3 of interest , and to watch the result of the present extraordinary movement among the operatives , as well as to postpone engagements as much as possible , the better to be in a position to meet the chances of war . Hera-path ' s Railway Journal reports the following : — " We understand the present learned Solicitor-General , having observed the infamous abuse of power by some directors , and the impossibility of the honest shareholders coping with boards , will introduce a bill next session very much to enlarge the powers of shareholders . "
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The Ranker ' s Circular usefully examines the various published estimates of a defieiencv in grain . Some havo said that an importation of eighteen million quarters of grain will be requigd ; but in the year 18 < f-7 less than five million quarters - ' flf " wheat and flour sufficed to meet tho wide deficiency of that year . In July last year the paunera relieved in Eno-lnnd nnd Wales numbered 800 , 172 ; this year they were but 743 , fi . 'K ) . The " able-bodied pauper" list shows a move sfvilnni ? decline ; last year the July list was 124 , 883 , and this year but 17 , 002 .
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Iiivon Mr . Booker has given up " talking politics . " At tlio Herefordshire show , on Thursday , his discourse was of" liny , corn , cider , and hops . " The Lords of the Admiralty arrived at Quecnstown , on Thursday , just in time to allow tho First Lord to be present at the ceremonial of laying tho first stone of tho Victoria-pier—a new pier for the use of the royal navy . Tho event was independent of tho arrival of the official tourists , and the coincidence gave a happy eclat , to the proceedings .
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The report of all thn Irish crops—excepting tho potato—is satisfactory . Tho loss of tho potato is ' estimated at one-fourth of tho whole crop . Tho cholera is decreasing in Newcastle ; the deaths , daily , have fallen to fifty-nine . In CJatcshead , also , thu mortality is on the decrease . There havo been " four or five" deaths in Hull , and one in itawniiirtm , ( Yorkshire . )
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Tiiere is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —Da . Aenolb .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 24, 1853, page 923, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2005/page/11/
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