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Severe orders have been issued by the Fr...
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The sham Convocation of the clergy, whic...
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A Curious Accident Took Place At Lyons D...
the theatre the first representation of " Lohengrin , a new opera , by Herr Wagner , with a prologue written for the occasion by Herr Dingelstedt . —Weimar is now accessible by railway from Ostend . The Sub-Prefect of Sartena , in Corsica , has been condemned to hard labour for life for having formed part of a band of robbers and assassins . Signor Bianchi Giovini , an exile from Lombardy , and at present chief editor of the Opinione of Turin , has been ordered by the Sardinian Government to quit the country , on account of the articles he has written against Austria and the Pope . _ .
The Pope has established , at his own cost , a chap - laincy in the French Church at St . Louis , at Rome , for the celebration of a daily mass for the repose of the souls of the French soldiers who were killed in the attack on that city , and the first service took place on the 10 th . The New York Post states that , on the recent elevation of Mr . Webster to the dignity of Secretary of State , Sir Henry Bulwer addressed to him a most felicitous note of congratulation , expressing the satisfaction with which her Majesty ' s Government , and all other Governments of the world , would feel on learning the fact .
It appears that some individual ambitious of notoriety has become enamoured of the good name and reputation of our townsman , Herman Melville , the author of Ornoo , Typec , Whitejacket , and other works , and has been so far successful in his attempts to pass himself off for that gentleman , in remtoe parts of Georgia and North Carolina , that persons near the scenes of his exploits have been induced to correspond with the Messrs . Harpers , of this city , Mr . Melville ' s publishers , for the purpose of getting reliable information on the subject of this stranger ' s claims to the authorship of Mr . Melville ] s books . It is believed by many that Herman Melville is the assumed name of the author of Ti / pee , & c . This is not the fact . Herman Melville is the real name of the
writer of those works . His residence is in this city , where , we believe , he was born , liis father , Allan Melville , a merchant of great probity , has not been forgotten by his contemporaries in business in this city thirty years since . —New York Journal . Facts have just transpired which go far to show the utter falsity of Professor Webster ' s confession as to the disposition of Dr . Parkman ' s body , and by which he attempted to show his want of premeditation in the killing . A student at the medical college has disclosed that at the time of the murder , while he was in the dissecting room entry , he distinctly heaTd sounds of
something being dragged over the stairs leading to Professor Webster ' s lower laboratory , which he has now no doubt were those produced by the descent of Dr . Parkman ' s body . An examination of the sink in the upper laboratory , described by Professor Webster as the one he used for the dismemberment of the body , demonstrates its positive incapacity for the purpose , it being of very small size ; and , furthermore , the hand hose which the professor speaks of in his letter of explanation to the council , as used by him to convey water to said sink , has been measured and found to be a couple of feet too short for that object .
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Severe orders have been issued by the French Prefect of Police for the seizure of all prints of a Monarchical or Legitimist tendency . During the last week more than 20 , 000 portraits of the Count de Chambord have been seized and taken to the Prefecture , and the zeal of the police agents has been carried so fur as to seize prints representing Charles X . and Louis XVIII . Several amateurs of painting , who have recently visited the galleries of Versailles , have remarked that the large pictures placed in the recently-constructed Salles of the Croisades , Constantina , & c , are in such a damaged state that , if immediate steps be not taken , it will be difficult to preserve them from complete destruction .
A telegraphic wire having been sunk in the sea and " Canal Grande " Venice , successful experiments have been made between the railway terminus and the residence of the Governor . The popular excitement still continues in Piedmont . An imposing demonstration was made at Alexandria on the evening of the 9 th instant , under the windows of the Pores Servite monks . The populace did not commit any acts of disorder , but gave the Government distinctly to understand that the time had arrived when a religious order who consume without producing anything can no longer be tolerated . The solemn obsequies in honour of M . de Santa Rosa were celebrated at Turin on the lJJth instant , by the Fourth Legion of the National Guard , to which he belonged , in the church of St . Thomas . Nearly the whole of the Fourth Lcuion attended . The llritsscls Herald states that the artistic value of the works of art contained in the churches of Antwerp , eleven in number , is , by the late financial report of the province , estimated at 49 , 7 G 3 , 000 f ., nearly two millions of English money . Letters fiom Madrid announce that tho conferences for tho arrangement of tho debt continue , but that no settlement has hi en rfleetcrt . A return of cigars sold by the Austrian imperial mi nopoly hurt recently appeared ; tlie consumption throughout the cmpiic is about a thousand millions yearly ; of this number Vienna alone consumes fifty-two millions . During ihe last , ten years the consumption of cigars has increased nne hundred per crnt ., and that of tobacco tor pipes proportionably diminished . f A desperate Mirny occurred at New York on the 3 th m « t . ant between the police and . a mob composed of tailors , in which some lives were lost . The disturbance was caused by tho tailors attacking Oie house of a man who was said to be working at piic . es below those Usually charged . liv a recent , order issued by the Postmaster-General of the United States all correspondence lor editors and publishers of newspapers printed in the States of the Union is permitted to pass postngo free through the
The estimate of the deaths from cholera , attheHavanna , vary from 25 to 50 per cent , on the whole of the negroes employed in sugar and coffee cultivation . In consequence of this fearfui state of affairs the holders of sugar are keeping back supplies , it oeing impossible to supply the necessary amount of labour between the present time and the period of the sugar harvest .
territory of the United States , provided such correspondence relates exclusively to matters connected with their respective newspapers . Editors in California receive 6000 dollars a-year ; city reporters , 3600 dollars ; marine reporters , 6000 dollars ; foremen , 5000 dollars ; and compositors , 4000 dollars ( £ 800 a-year ) . These are the actual prices paid by the Pacific News for the daily matter prepared for that paper . The expenses for the year reach 100 , 000 dollars . One of the best indications of the general character of the American population that are now flooding the banks of the Sacramento , is the number of charitable institutions that are springing up daily . There are in Sacramento city three Masonic Lodges working under the Grand Lodge of California . The Odd Fellows' Association in Sacramento city is also very large .
The Sham Convocation Of The Clergy, Whic...
The sham Convocation of the clergy , which is annually convoked , by a royal writ , when Parliament assembles , " to consult on the more weighty affairs of the Church , " was prorogued on Wednesday with the usual forms . A soirde , under the auspices of the National and Parliamentary Reform Association , was held at the New Globe Tavern , Mile-end-road , on Wednesday evening . The chair was taken by Mr .. George Thompson , M . P . Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P ., was also present , and many of the leading and most active of the Reformers of the
Tower Hamlets were conspicuous in the proceedings . Music , vocal and instrumental , introduced in the intervals between the speeches , invested the occasion with more than ordinary amusement . Notwithstanding the state of the weather , the soiree was most numerously attended . Letters of apology were read from Mr . Cobden , M . P ., stating that he had gone to Frankfort to attend the Peace Congress , as also from Sir William Clay , and Mr . J . Williams , who regretted that they were unable to attend from other causes . The chief speakers were the Chairman and Sir Joshua Walmsley .
Another deputation has waited upon Lord Seymour at his official residence , Whitehall place , at his lordship ' s request , to present the plans and explain the site , locality , & c , of the proposed park . His lordship , in the course of a lengthened interview , stated that the difficulty which the Government felt in entertaining the project was the want of funds . He said he could not consent to take the necessary outlay from the land tax , and explained to the members of the deputation that the resources for the formation of Victoria-park were the proceeds of the sale of Stafford-house . Battersea-park had been a matter of considerable trouble to Government , and if he took an active part in favour of the project under consideration , he was fearful of being overcome with difficulties .
A public meeting of the members of the Wesleyan body was held at St . Martin ' s-hall , Long-acre , on Tuesday evening . The meeting , which was densely crowded , was composed of those parties who are opposed to the _ proceedings of the regularly constituted Conference in its expulsion of preachers , office-bearers , and others . In order that a proper decision might be arrived at relative to the course to be adopted in the present state of connectional agitation , delegates had been sent from all parts of the country to attend " The People's Conference . " Mr . W . Phillips , of Bristol , who was called to the chair , said he was present in London as a delegate , having been appointed by the suffrages of about 2400
members of the Wesleyan body in his locality . It had been a matter of great , regret that the Conference had refused to hold interviews with the delegates sent to London , and thus open a path for the settlement of the grievances of which the reform party complained . ( Hear , hear . ) The chairman proceeded at great length to explain the grounds of complaint against the Conference . The meeting was also addressed by the Reverend James Bromley ( who was expelled by the Congress ) , Mr . Wild , Mr . Martin , Mr . Everett , and several others . No formal resolutions were submitted , but the delegates recommended that all pecuniary supplies to the Conference should be stopped—a proposition which was received with
shouts of applause . The annual meeting of the proprietors of Drury Lane Theatre was held in the saloon on Tuesday , Mr . B . B . Cabbell , M . P ., presiding . Mr . Burgess read a report , which stated that the committee were unable to offer any remarks in reference to the success of the dramatic performances which had taken place in the theatre since the last general assembly , although from the circumstance of the lessee having announced his intention of continuing the performances next season , they presumed the result had equalled his expectations . The lease granted to Mr . Anderson had three years to run , and would expire in June , 18 o 3 ; the lease granted to Messrs . Jullien and Gyc would expire at Christmas , 18 . 53 . The committee were happy in b-ing able to report that the value of the property had been maintained , and that the rent ngieed unou had been punctually paid by the lessees . From
the financial statement submitted , it appeared that the receipts of tho past year , including a small balance in hand , had been £ 1392 Is ., and the payments £ -1299 Ms . lid ., leaving a cash balance of £ 292 9 s . Id . to be applied to the liquidation of the expenses of the current quarter . To tnc renters the sum of £ G" 0 had been paid , being at . tho rate of £ » for 131 nights . The amount , due to the Duke of Hertford hud been reduced by about £ 300 . The report was adopted .
The Mayor of Southampton has issued no less than 2- " j 0 invitations for hi * grand banquet , which is to take place on M . ondny . The Lord Mayor of London , Lord Palmerston , and many of the leading Whig nobility will be present on the occasion . The Lord Mayor of London
will enter the town in procession from Bishopstoke , escorted by yeomanry cavalry . The Commissioners of the Board of Trade have presented to the Salford Museum a number of casts from antique and modern statues in the British Museum . Among others are the following : —Statues : Laocoon , Apollo Belvedere , Fighting Gladiator , Dying Gladiator , Germanicus , Venus , Milo , Discobolus , Diana robing , Dancing Faun , Antinous , Listening Slave , Boy extracting Thorn . Busts : Ajax , Apollo , Clytie , Laocoon ; ten pieces of the five orders of architecture ; six pieces of the Parthenon friezes . This is a very valuable addition to the museum . The mere money value of the casts is said to be upwards of £ 120 .
A meeting of factory delegates was held at Manchester on Sunday , convened in accordance with resolutions passed at a previous meeting of the central committee for the protection of the Ten Hours Act , in order , now that the Government measure often and a half hours per day had come ijnto operation , to receive the resignation of the central committee , and to adopt whatever course might appear Expedient with regard to future operations . A report was read by the secretary , detailing the various subjects which had occupied the attention of the committee since its formation ; this was adopted by the delegates , and a committee appointed to watch the effects of the new act , to advise constantly with the tried supporters of the ten hours system , and to call delegates together when they see fit to consult as to future proceeedinss .
_ _ . The People ' s College , Norwich , has been reopened for the autumn session , under the management of a council of clergymen and gentlemen , whose high character and great experience will guarantee a faithful adherence to the principles and objects of the College . A singular discovery was made , last week , by some excavators who were employed in forming a new sewer from Orchard-street and Strutton-ground , Westminster . They came across a cesspool which had been closed for
many years , and there dug up a jar containing a considerable sum of money . A scramble took place , and it is , therefore , impossible to say what the amount was . It is remembered by some of the old inhabitants that between forty and fifty years ago a large sum was stolen from a public-house in Ann-street , near at hand , and as there was a hot pursuit , there is reason to believe that the plunder was secreted on the spot where the present discovery was made . and extraordinarch
An accident of an alarming y aracter occurred at the Bricklayers' Arms terminus of the South Eastern Railway on Wednesday afternoon . The porters were engaged in moving a truck on one of the turntables under the large shed which covers the station , when a train came unperceived upon them , and , running into the truck when in a transverse position , forced it against one of the pillars supporting the roof . The result was that the whole of the roofing , constructed of iron and extending over an immense area , fell en masse to the ground , burying beneath its ruins both men and carriages . It providentially happened that there vyas no passenger train in the station , and that at the time of the accident not more than half a dozen men were at
work in the shed , all of whom , with one exception , were protected from instantaneous death by the carriages around them . One man in attempting to find shelter under a gateway , was struck by a falling beam , and unfortunately lost his life . A gentleman , evidently a foreigner , discharged a loaded pistol through his heart , in Kensington-i-ardens , on Monday afternoon . The act was committed in the centre of a small clump ot trees , near the Round-pond . The report of a pistol was heard , and a person of the the unfortunate
name of Dunn , looking round , saw gentleman fall on the grass . He instantly hastened to the spot , and found the gentleman quite insensible , and bleeding from a wound in the left breast , over the region of the heart . One of the garden constables was promptly on the spot , and picked up a pistol which had been recently discharged . A purse , containing £ o in gold , and some silver , was found in the pocket of the deceased , together with a gold watch and chain , but no names or documents of any kind could be found . considerable destruction of
A fire , attended with a prcperty , broke out in the extensive range of premises belonging to Messrs . Johnson and Pask , builders and contractors , situated in Baker-street , Bagnigge Wellsroad The firemen did not succeed in getting the mastery over the fire until the premises in which it commenced weie burnt out , and nearly a dozen houses in Granvillcsquare partially destroyed . A fire broke out at the dye works of Messrs . Smith , ot Halifax , last week , from the over-heating of a flue . Ihe building in which the fire was first observed is situated almost in the centre of a stack of warehouses , forming one connected whole , but , owing to the substantial double walls by which it was surrounded , the flames were happily confined within its limits , though the erection itself is wholly consumed . The amount of loss
will be rather over £ / 000 . « ,,,,. The steamer Londonderry , from the Clyde for Londonderry , put back to Gnenock on 1 hurray , liavim ? been ashore on lUthlin Island about three o ' clock a . m . The night was very foggy , and the vsssel was proof cum * at half speed only , when she ran on the rocks , in « c nsenuence it is supposed , of the tide having carried her somewhat out of her course . She backed oft , when it was found that , she was making a consuleral-lp quantity of water , which , however , proved to be under what could be easily n . eted by the pumps .
Some fourt « en persons belonging to Liverpool , in rambling about last Sunday , took possession of an open boat which at the time was at anchor of ! the ioxtethpier' None of the parties , unforiuniUely , knew anything about the management of a boat , and as the day was exceedingly stormy , the position in which they had placed themselves became very dangerous . Having cruised about the river during the whole of the aftcr-
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 24, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24081850/page/8/
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