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A consistory is to be held at Borne in the first fortnight of the present month , for the appointment of the batch of cardinals . The Romans regard with much jealousy the great number of foreigners to be admitted into the Sacred College on this occasion . As already stated , there are to be three French cardinals—the Archbishops of Bheims , Besanqon , and Toulouse ; three German cardinals—the Archbishops of Cologne , Innspruck , and the Primate of Hungary ; two Spanish cardinals—the Archbishops of Seville and Toledo ; one English cardinal—Dr . Wiseman ; one Neapolitan cardinal—M . Corenzi ; and three Boman cardinals—Monsignon Fornari , apostolic nuncio at Paris , Boberto Boberti , ? ice-president of Borne and the Comarca , and Pecci , the Bishop of Gubbio , who distinguished himself by his resistance to the revolution . A new creation of cardinals will take place in December . has made demands
The Ottoman Government energetic on the Bussian Cabinet to withdraw the Russian troops from the Danubian principalities , or to declare its intentions ; whereupon Russia has enquired of the Hospodars whether they consider that tranquillity is sufficiently reestablished to allow of the dispensing with this occupation . Prince Ghika hesitated ; but Strirbey , who is under the influence of Russia , demanded two years for reflection . Accordingly , Moldavia will remain occupied by 6000 Russian troops , and Wallachia by 7000 . Upwards of 50 , 000 acres of New Orleans cotton are said to be laid down this season within the Bombay presidency , or nearly double that of last year . The natives are using the saw-gins with alacrity , and all that is wanted to revive this branch of industry is the settlement of Europeans in the interior , and the sale of lands or concession of leases of large districts by Government . Here is a field for Manchester surplus capital
and enterprize . Gold washing has commenced at Adelaide with sufficient prospect of success to stop emigration to California . Experiments have been made on the sands from the bed of the Unkaparinga , a stream south of Adelaide , with a newly-invented machine , capable of washing from twenty-five to thirty tons per day . Two ounces of gold -were obtained from 1601 b . of sand . A newspaper in the German language , called the Sued Australische Zeitung , has been established in Adelaide , and appears to be conducted with great ability . It circulates chiefly among the German immigrants , whose numbers are increasing fast . A great storm occurred at Wuzeerabad , on June 22 , which has been most destructive to the newly-finished houses and barracks , scarcely a single one having escaped the loss of roof or verandahs , and windows and doors were strewn thick as strawberries anywhere but
-where they ought to have been . An hydropathic establishment is about to be opened by an English surgeon at Alexandria , on the Graefenburg system . It will derive its main support from invalids arriving from India . By the American mail we learn that Mr . Webster has had a conference with the Portuguese Minister resident in Washington , the result of which is the settlement of the disputed question : —Portugal to make provision for the payment of four claims admitted by Count Tojal in his note to Mr . Clay , the United States' Charge at Lisbon , and the reference of the General Armstrong to the arbitration of Sweden .
Letters from Richmond of the 22 nd ultimo , give the following details relative to a remarkable slave insurrection : — " An insurrection , in which 400 slaves were to be engaged , was discovered at Lowndes County , Alabama , last week . The rendezvous of the negroes was fired upon by the whites , killing one slave and wounding twenty others . The slaves then fled . It is said that the slaves were incited to the insurrection by an abolitionist , for whose apprehension a reward of 6000 dollars has been offered . Large parties are in pursuit of him . He is supposed to have fled towards Charleston . ^ A general massacre is supposed to have been intended . " Perhaps the most remarkable feat ever recorded in the way of newspaper enterprize was that which was performed bv the Associated Press of this city , a few days
ago , in boarding a steam-ship a hundred miles at sea , rifling her of what later news she had on board , and then sending it off on the wing of the electric telegraph , from Halifax to the Gulf of Mexico , a whole day and more before the steamer herself arrived at her wharf . When the passengers on board the steamer came ashore , some of them could not be made to comprehend that the news they brought was old news ; news that the Associated Press had got possession of two days and a half before they came in sight of land . —Neto York Ledger . The intended road across the Isthmus of Panama from Navy Bay has been commenced by the American Company , hundreds of labourers having arrived there from Carthagena and the surrounding country .
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There was a general delivery of letters and newspapers throughout the metropolitan districts and the provinces on Sunday . In the majority of cases the delivery commenced shortly after nine o ' clock , and terminated at half-past tcri _ m the forenoon ; and although in some instances it began rather later , in no case was ^ it permitted during the hours of divine service . It is generally understood by the authorities that no future moditlcations on points of detail will affect the existing regulations in the London district ( country ) department , though further orders will be shortl y issued with reference to the Sunday duty in many of the more distant post towns .
J . he new Wcsleyan Normal School and College in the Horaeferry-road , Westminster , has been opened by the Conference . It cost £ 30 , 000 . The building is very extensive , containing five school-rooms for children , dininghall , lecture , hall , and 120 dormitories for 60 male and 40 female students as teachers and attendants . The schools will accommodate 1000 scholars , and in the play-ground is n pyinnnsiiun .
The Lords of the Treasury have accepted the offer of James Laming , Esq ., to convey the mails to the Cape of Good Hope for £ 30 , 000 per annum , in screw-propelled steam-vessels , that gentleman ' s tender having been lower by £ 20 , 000 per annum than a tender from a Glasgow firm . Mr . Laming , it is said , will not limit the horsepower to 200 , but intends to have vessels of 2000 tons , with machinery of about one-sixth steam-power of the tonnage . It is rumoured amongst military circles that the Army and Ordnance Committee did not make their report at
the close of last session , although the evidence was completed , in consequence of a considerable difference of opinion which existed amongst the members . This , we believe , chiefly relates to the system of agencies . Sir James Graham was strongly opposed to the arrangement at present in existence , whilst the Secretary-at-War was decidedly in favour of its continuance . —United Service Gazette . In pursuance of ancient charter , the Lord Mayor and other civic authorities , proceeded to Smithfield on Tuesday , when the usual proclamation for holding Bartholomew Fair was made . The ceremony , although legally necessary , is now a mere farce . The " Fair " consisted of only three booths for the sale of gilt gingerbread , and some dozen barrows of itinerant dealers in apples , nuts , and children ' s toys .
There are now four seats in the House of Commons vacant by deaths , since the close of the parliamentary session . They are—the University of Cambridge , the borough of Poole , and the counties of Hereford and Montgomery . An experiment is making by the Midland Railway Company to carry first-class passengers at a penny per mile , and second-class at a halfpenny . So far it has proved very satisfactory , and , if it continue , it will be tried between Derby and Nottingham . Success here will cause a further trial . —Herapath ' s Journal , of Saturday . The Right Honourable Fox Maule , Secretary at War , has given orders that all those pensioners who had deposits in the Rochdale Savings Bank , shall have their dividend made up to 20 s . in the pound . Four hundred members have already joined the
Liverpool Freehold Land Society . The fourth annual conference of the Evangelical Alliance will be held at Liverpool on Tuesday , the 1 st of October , and following days . A log of mahogany was being cut into veneers , a short time ago , in the timber yard of Mr . Henry Deslandes , cabinet-maker , Jersey , when his attention was attracted by the appearance of a most remarkable and striking profile of her most gracious Majesty in a knot of the wood . The likeness is so true that all who have yet seen
it acknowledge the resemblance . W . B . Walton , a poor miner , living near Aldstone , was , last week , left by will , heir and executor to the property and estate of William Bell , Esq ., High Shield , near Hexham , estimated to be worth about £ 100 , 000 . The fortunate heir of this magnificent property is a respectable man , with a large family . A sevant girl , who had removed from a neighbouring parish to another , called , a few Sabbaths ago , upon the session-clerk of her former parish for a certificate of
character . The worthy official hesitated , demurred , and at last refused to grant the certificate on the Sabbath-day . The young woman expressed her regret , as , in her position , she had not time to call on a week-day . It was finally arranged that the certificate should be sent on by post , and , on the gentleman being asked if he would take the fee there and then , he at once consented , and the girl paid him a shilling . He strained at the work , but pocketed the wages , on the Sabbath"day . —Perth Advertiser .
The North British Mail , of Monday , mentions that forgeries have been committed by an agent in Glasgow upon an extensive tea firm in London , to the amount of nearly £ 1000 . The alleged forger is supposed to have sailed for America . An accident , occasioned by fire-damp , occurred at the works of Messrs . Kenworthys , Heys Colliery , Ashtonunder-Lyne , on Thursday week , by which three persons were killed . At the inquest the jury returned a verdict that there was no evidence to satisfy them how the explosion was produced . A very flue bloodhound has lately been purchased by the members of the " Association for the Protection of
Property in the City , Bail , and Close of Lincoln , and the Villages within Twelve Miles Thereof , " and an experimental trial of the dog ' s capabilities was made on Saturday last , on the farm of Mr . Godfrey Fothergill , at Broxholm , near Lincoln . Early in the morning of the day above mentioned Mr . Fothergill was kind enough to allow a sheep to be slaughtered in one of his fields . The skin , head , and entrails were left in the field , just after the mode adopted by the midnight marauders who have so often perpetrated their outrages upon the unprotected property of the farmers . The carcase of the sheep was carried a distance of about two miles , on the back of a man who had killed it , to tho shepherd ' s house . Some hours afterwards Mr . John Mason , superintendent of the city police , in whose care the bloodhound is placed ,
arrived at the spot where the sheep had been killed , and at once the dog was put upon the scent . The sagacious animal no sooner found himself right than off he started , turning and twisting along the circuitous path pursued by the shepherd who had carried the slaughtered sheep . Backward and forward he went , crossing in all directions , according to the route taken by the man . He went over fields of both fallow and stubble , and the superior scent of the dog in this difficult task soon became apparent , for in the end he reached the very spot where the mutton had been taken . — Lincolnshire Chronicle . A party of some twenty young men and women were enjoying themselves at a pic-nic party within the walls of Hastings Castle , one day last week , when a melancholy accident put an end to their mirth . After tea they were having a game at " whoop hide , " when n young
man , named Joseph Beck , to avoid being caught , jumped over the fence at the brow of the cliff , which rises perpendicularly above Saint Mary's Chapel , about 200 feet . He fell on the top of St . Mary's Chapel and was killed on the spot . Another of those melancholy accidents which have gained for the Ben Nevis a rather ill-omened reputation , happened there on Monday week to a young gentleman , named Henry Grant , son of Duncan Grant , of Newhall , Glasgow . He had started with a party of friends from
the Caledonian Hotel , to ascend the mountain , and on the way down , regardless of their remonstrances , preceded them by some distance . They followed more leisurely , and on arriving at the glen about eight o ' clock , were surprised at not finding him there before them . A search was at once instituted , and about seven o ' clock on Tuesday morning , his body was found lying on the foot of a precipice at the turn of the glen . From the injuries received the unfortunate gentleman must have expired instantaneously .
William Coates , an innkeeper at Darlington , having fallen into a state of despondency , owing to his discovery of the infidelity of his wife a few days previously , put an end to his life on Sunday night by blowing his brains out . In his pocket was a letter addressed to the coroner , in which he alluded to his intended act and the cause , and requesting that his possessions might be divided equally between his two children . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " Louisa Dorvil , aged thirty-two , the wife of a labourer , died on Sunday last , from severe injuries she received in
a murderous attack made upon her by her husband , with a scythe a few weeks previously . She had asked him for some money , as he was returning from his work , and he offered her 5 s ., which she refused to take , as he had received 20 s . for mowing . She continued to ask him for more money , till at last he became so irritated that he caught hold of the blade of a scythe with both hia hands and struck her across the head with ail his might , by which the skull was fractured . An inquest has been held upon the body , but was adjourned in consequence of the absence of the only person who had witnessed the murderous assault .
A man named George Burley was committed to Norwich Castle , on Saturday , by the magistrates of Thurlton , near Norwich , for the wilful murder of Caroline Warmes , aged thirteen , by beating her skull in with a blacksmith's hammer . The dying declaration of the unfortunate girl was to the subjoined effect : —George Burley had been a lodger of her father ' s three or four years . They resided at Thurlton , and she was in the habit of sleeping in a room adjoining his bedroom . They had never quarrelled , nor had he made any improper overtures to her . On Friday , the 23 rd ultimo , about six in the morning , she was in bed in her own room awake , playing with a cat , when he opened her door , and , entering , asked her if she and
was going to get up . She said , " Not just yet , " lay down , and covered over the cat , not wishing him to see it . He immediately came up to the bedside and struck her two heavy blows on the side of the head , and then caught her up in his arms and carried her down stairs , where her screams attracted the attention of the neighbours , who came in and found her covered with blood . At the time he struck her she did not know what it was he struck her with . She afterwards saw , while in the kitchen , that it was a large hammer . The poor girl died of the injuries on the following Monday . Burley absconded , but on the following day was apprehended . Nothing is known regarding what made him attack the girl .
At the meeting of the Repeal Association on Monday , the week ' s collection of rent amounted to £ 8 . Mr . John O'Connell announced that , unless within four weeks some arrangement could be made to meet the responsibility of rent and taxes for Conciliation-hall , he could not , in justice to himself and his family , continue to incur the expense of keeping it open . The Association would be enabled to enjoy the use of it , provided the people gave the means of paving about £ 60 rent and £ 30 taxes .
The alarmists and croakers in Ireland are in a sad dilemma . All the crops are universally admitted to be of the best that have been produced for many years ; and the potato , that according to the prognosticators of a dearth , was the other day totally gone , proves never to have been finer in quality nor so abundant in quantity . The finest potatoes that were ever used in Dublin ( a comparatively dear market ) are now selling in abundance at 3 d . a stone . ...
Mr . Smith , the magistrate of Clarr , who has tee a charged with a conspiracy to get his mother murdered , has been admitted to bail by one of the judges of the Queen ' s Bench . The Armagh Guardian states that on Friday morning upwards of fifty persons from the county of Fermanagh , consisting of farmers and their families , all Protestants , with scarcely an exception , proceeded from that city by the early train to Belfast , on their way to " the land of the West . " ... with visitors
The excursion trains have filled Killarney from England and other distant places . Ihere never was a season when these beautiful lakes and surrounding scenery were so thronged with strangers . One night last week the proprietor of one hotel alone was compelled to fit up thirty-six beds for temporary accommodation besides his ordinary supply ; and on all the other hotels there was a similar pressure . A poor-rate collector , named Kelly , in the county of Galway , and a man named Murray , his assistant , were _ ' i _ . u . >* An nn ' \ X 7 *»< 3 n <» ariflv \ uat hu a . nttrtiv whose *** . •>» . ^ ....
_ BO severely ue » wc «» uu »» . »» . » v . ^^ « , — r— - ^ cattle they had seized for rates , that they are both said to be in a dangerous condition . It appears that the cattle seized , belonging to some poor people , were grazing on some waste land , and that they were not seized for any rates due by the owners , but by the proprietor of the soil and under these circumstances they were rescued , and in the conflict Mr . Kelly had £ -50 in bank notes taken out of his pocVct .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 7, 1850, page 560, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1852/page/8/
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