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      M . BroU , the ] ffiBtet 8 rof 7 uM « ice , wfflj ithdawthe aifc wafi-aerr -flas ^ S ^ Snce ^ m Orenaaa to Msdrid has been carriedawayby -the current on attempting to cross a ^ am ^ Ld all-driver , portBSoB , and passengersperished . poETtraAX . The Councillor ndefonso Leopoldo Bayard lias "been assassinated at his own door at night , by some one ^ shot him from the inside , and who had opened le door in answer to the Councillor 3 who was returnmg sr ^ W ^ t ^ sKS hold of a razor , and cut his throatjo fi ^ W * " * he is not expected to live . Report speaksjhig hly of M . Bayard ' s kindness and excellence of heart . DBNMABK . «!«

      The Provincial Diet © i J nas pasaeu , «» . , long debate , and by a majority of 40 to 6 , a resolution declaring its want of confidence in the Minister ScheeL A seeond resolution , carried by 41 to < votes , authorises Scheel ' s impeachment . A decr ee of the King of Denmark , addressed to the Royal Commissioners at the Diet of Holstein , annuls this resolution . His Majesty has also refused to accept any address . HOLI 4 A . NDIt is very agreeable to have to . announce ( says a correspondent of the Morm . iivg Post ) that the unhappy differences whiek lately existed between the Kong and . Queen have been arranged in a very satisfactory

      manner . ITALY . A demand has been presented to the Congregation of Rites at Rome for the beatification of Queen Maria . Christina of Naples , daughter of King Victor Emamiel 1 . of Sardinia , and first " wife of the reigning King of Naples . Her Majesty died in 1836 . . The despotic vagaries of King Bomba , after slackening for a time , have again commenced , according to an account transmitted by the Neapolitian correspondent of the Daily News , who says : — " The history of the police in this country must always form a subject of interesting inquiry , especially after its notorious antecedents . I am assured , therefore , that Bianchini is regarded aB the ad interim director of police ; Mazza still exercises wjiwoj ^

      puaeuec , . wyw »» w « . ... ~~ . —™ daloni and Gilardoni . Indeed , this triumvirate may be described a 3 being in opposition to Bianchini , who is really a gentleman and a man of mild character : by these it is said that his instructions are sometimes countermanded , and hence continual recriminations . - The prisoners of Montefusco—whence Poerio and his associates were removed to Montesarohio—have of late , for some reason or other , been treated more harshly . A few days Bince , an advocate named Bascone was arrested wita

      liberated from prison . i ± e was uniguonna and a number of others , amounting to thirty-five , in the month of October last . The charge brought against them was that they were members of the Mazzini party . Bascone and Miguonna , it will be remembered , were cruelly beaten before any trial . The former has juBt been liberated , nothing having been proved against him ; whilst the latter is still in prison . It is a singular fact that the very man , Pierrot , by whose evidence they were arrested , has himself been imprisoned on the ground of his being a Idberall , It will awaken your surprise when I tell you that a hero has been found to defend the recent actB of the Neapolitan , government . The name of this courageous individual is M . JuleB Gondon , the *¦> .. /* 1 . 1 IF .. ' -- - — Jl XL A J ? n &*« ¦» im * mil J rtl-fc 1 ^ A W \ AO lortu iu

      . _ . __ . editor 01 tue umvere , ana xnu wumu u . v u » n conducted his defence is in a series of letters to Mr . Bowyer , whose admiration of Rome and of Roman government and institutions created some sensation last year . " English Liberals will learn with pain that the editor of the Turin journal , tho Diritto , lias been sentenced to fifteen days' imprisonment and two hundred francs line for publishing iu his journal a severe article against Louis Napoleon . It is melancholy to find the only constitutional state of Italy thus abasing itself for the sake of currying favour with a powerful and desnotio neighbour .

      The Sardinian ambassador ia to leave Constantinople in a few days . The Journal de Constantinople states that he has been recalled by his Government to take part iu some important councils . He ia replaced in the Turkish capital by tho Charge d'Affaires . 'rcmiuosY . The Sultan has approved of tho project of roform in tho internal administration of the oinpiro , by virtue of which all Christians are to bo eligible to publio functions . This project contains uinoteon articles . All other disabilities aro to bo romoved , and tho Turkish administrations aro to be thoroughly reformed . Lord Stratford do Redcliffo haa drawn up a long document , ombody ing the general ideas of tho Christian powers on thin nubiocfc : this document , with a few modiflcationn , was accepted by his colleagues . I

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      Our Civilisation. A Family Murdered. A W...

      OUR CIVILISATION . A FAMILY MURDERED . A WHOM ! famil y—consisting of a wife and ***&*** children — has been murdered rn Portland-street , ° William Bousfield—a French polisher by bis ordinary trade , but w ho has recently been ^ p loyed chiefly aB a supernumerary at Covent Garden Tfaeatre , at a shilling or eighteenpemce a-night—is the murderer . He has the appearance of berng a dissipated man of about thirty-seven years of age ; but his acquaintances say that he is temperate in his habits . It is reported that his wife frequently upbraided him with being an " idle , worthless fellow , " and that he was jealous of her , and reproached her with being too free with the customers who frequented a little shop for the sale o f snuff , stationery , toys , & c , which she kept . On the night of Saturday lasi a neighbour went to this shop after it was closed , knocked at the door of the parlour oc-, -, - ^ -k m . 1 ji 3 . 1 ~ S « M ^ a nnH fnnoA n . rnl / iYV » n Jtsousneia jaio hxw

      —*——cupied *> y . amu . « u . u vu *>~ » , -, and asked to be served with some wood . Mrs . Bousfield replied in a cheerful voice that they were in bed , and she asked her husband to get up and bring the wood . He muttered something inaudibly , but did not riBe ; and Mrs . Bousfield said she would be up by six o ' clock the next morning . In the course of that night , however , she and her children were killed . The woman's father—a carpenter—lived in the same house ; "but neither he nor any other occupant heard the least disturbanc e during the night . On the following morning , about seven o ' clock , Bousfield went to the Bow-street police station , and told the inspector he had kUled his wife . The police were sent to the . -1 Tl .-i .-J . __ J 4-liai . n irt fho ha /» t TaTinllP . lncucaieu »««¦«) " ¦ »*¦ - j™—

      —nouse ne ., auu » •» ~—~— . , the door of which the constables broke open , tie dead bodies of the wife and two of the children were found lyin * on a French bedstead ; the body of the third child being discovered in a press in the same room . All the bodies were shockingly mangled ; tie bedclothes were saturated with blood ; smears and splashes of blood were found on the floor , on the door , and door-posts , and on articles of furniture ; and a I bloody chisel and razor lay on the bed . Medical assistance was called in , but it was too late . ^ In the meanwhile , Bousfield was searched at the station-house ; and while this was proceeding he threw h imself forward , and tried to strike bus head against the mantelpiece , crying , " Oh ! kill me out of the wav ! " He then added , " Fetch a doctor for my

      poor wife . " A wound on his neck , covered with blood , and another on Ms wrist , were discovered . Jones , the father-in-law of Bousfield , had paid , houserent , doctors' bills , and other expenses for the family , \ whom he had put iuto the business in Portland-1 street ; but it wo uld seem t hat Bousfield was in needy circumstances . The woman was twenty-eight years of age ; the children , respectively , six years , four years , and eight

      Bousfield was examined on Monday before the Marlborough-street magistrate , and was committed for trial . An inquest on the bodies has terminated in a verdict of Wilful Murder .

      The Latej Btjbglary At Portsea.—William ...

      The latej Btjbglary at Portsea . —William May , a man dressed- like a sailor , is now in custody , charged with being concerned in the burglary recently committed on the premises of Messrs . Emmanuel , jewellers , at Portsea . The Gold Robbemeb betwken London and PAM 8 . —A Mr . John Hall , who is Btated to be possessed of considerable property , has been charged at the Mansion-house with , having had in his possession an ... ~ ,, nnr > a < vf crrAA in V » ft . vs . auunosed to be a part of

      that which was stolen last May in its transit between London and Paris . A large amount of gold and notes wob discovered by the police at his house , While they were searching , he fell down insensible ; and , during his examination at tho Mansion-house , ho fainted . He had been in the habit of selling tho gold at the shop of Messrs . Johnson and Walker , goldrefiners , of Aldersgate-street . A remand was obtained by the police , and bail was accepted . Ocu Clerical Civilisation . —Archdeacon Sandford has published a charge in which ho makes somo very free , bufc extremely just , remarks on tho effect of mode ot

      > piety , or modesty , or discretion . If we would have the hearts of our flocks , we must be tolerant , even -of their prejudices ; if we would guide them , we masfe rail © ourselves ; if we would have them deferential , we must be ourselves subordinate . Above all , the laity must feel that the standard we propose to them we are willing , to have applied to ourselves . < Jreat scandal has been caused not-only by flagrant instances of clerical aniseonduct , but by the difficulty of dealing with these ; cases of notorious immorality have been left unpunished , criminous clergy allowed to retain their c ures for years , to the almost irreparaile detriment of the Church and religion , in consequence of the inadequate provision of the law , and the difficulty and cost of prosecuting the offender to conviction . Under such circumstances , it is idle to blaane Church authorities . The doctrine of the-Churchy as recited in he th Article , is indeed plain and peremptory , but in practice it is a dead letter . EEow can we ex pect parishioners to impeach , or churchwardens to present , or bishops to call offenders to account , when the result may onl y be a ruinous ex-Dense to themselves , and the evasion of the culprit

      through the want of precision in the law ? . . - . For myself I will only say that the committing cases of clerical delinquency to a commission exclusively ^ or mainly composed of clergymen , seems to me objectionable . It is , I believe , generally held that the clergy as a body are not good judges of evidence ; at least , we have the recorded opinion of a distiuguistied legal aut hority to thia effect . And though I believe that in our anxiety to avoid an appearance of partiality , we should be apt to go into just the opposite extreme , it would be nearly impossible for us to escape a suspicion of favouring the accused . " When the Church is thus painted by itself , how are we to wonder at dissent in its manifold si lapes ?

      The Pjiisqns of England . —The twentieth report of the Inspectors of Prisons in England -was published last Saturday . It has reference to the prisons in . the southern and western districts , and mentions some disgraceful cases of mismanagement . At Brecon ., one of the prisoners was so depressed in spirits ^ from lo ng confinement that he w as excused from hard labour at the request of the inspector . In the Cardiff county gaol , the accommodation is most inadequate , and the prisoners are all associated together , without any work , iu the most demoralising manner , in utter disregard of the law . At Haverfordwestgaol , the greater humanity of the French law of I imprisonment for debt is forcibly called to mind , w-hen ! it is found that an old man of seventy years of age 1 a ini - ^ i . « j ;« « r » rtiortTv > a mnann "fm * 2 Y flfir > fc f ) "I ^ L 1 ^ j 4 RTiGL

      interest . The gaol of New Radnor is a disgrace to the nation , and , although it ought only to used as a house of tempoTary detention , prisoners have been kepttliere a whole fortnight . The " airing yard " was found to be occupied by two donkeys and a large hog , ib being , too , evidently their ordinary abode . At the new prison of Wellsthere is no convenience for prisoners seeing their legal advisers in private— " a defect" ( remarksthe report ) tc of very serious magnitude . " At the Eseter barbarous tice 01 oubtiu

      county prison , the prac a . ^ prisoners' hair too short is condemned by the inspector . At the Exeter city gaol , the system is abominably defective , and rather adapted "to foster ¦ than to repress the growth of crime . ' At Plymouth the large accession of prisoners for refusing to go to sea after signing articles is noticed , and at this prison a prisoner contrived to escape through , a hole twelve inches long by six and three-quarters broad . At Tiverton , a debtor complained of the chaplaui for refuBinc him the privilege of having one of his own books to read . This work , 30 dangerous iu the eyes of the chaplain , turned out to be Milton ' s great epic , whereupon the inspector reversed tho rev . gentleman s uuuouiuuiv ^«^^

      J 3 aD MONEY . —a very . ~» accusation against an innocent porsou , in couuoxion with supposed bad money , has been revealed withiu the last few dnjtf iu the law courts An action has been brought in the Court of Q » eeil % ^^ against a shopkeeper in tho Regent Circus , fox tho fa lee impr isolvmeit of Miss Slim « roavoa , a daughter ^ Rtt ^&^ T ^^

      uot bo carried off iu custody ; but the ^ shopman thought it was necessary to make " an . example , and Miaa Greavoa w » conveyed to the Btataon-hou B e . At Sit however , it ww ' dtacovered tbat the money , af ter all was not bad . Tho coin had been accidentally ptced in contact with qulokdWor , had got covered with that metal , and in conBequouoe ^ pr esented a greany appeomnoo , and sounded dull . At tho Btatipn-Souse , Mfafl aroavoB was Bubjooted to great indignity . She wiw stripped , In order to find if sbo had any more f » l 8 o coin about her ; and her mouth was violently ononod , with tho same view . The defendant * pleaded iu oourt that they had publiahecl mi apology Iu the

      olorioal delinquencies , naid tho best puuislnug thorn . He observes : — " Had we , the clergy , boon more blameless in out- lives , more apost olic in our labours and demeanour , more free from tho taint of fillhy luoro ; had our walk and toaohing boon bettor oxponontis of the Chriatiau Church , we should have had fewer adv ersaries to c ontend with , more Iriends to x-ally round the causo wo advocate In it mooauro wo aro Buffering , and the C hurch with ub , for tho fauilts of our own order . And it would teach w & caution , ovon in thiugs apparently iudifforont , if wo boro m mind that whilo toy orvrnostueBS aud charity , aud a holy foar of offondiug-, wo may uphold tho onuno of God ' s Church and truth in tho wornt of tuno »; bo dooa it Buffer in tho estimation aud affootiou ottno pooplo by uny apparent dofloionoy on our part in

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 9, 1856, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09021856/page/7/