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      The Recent Statement In Reference To Dr....

      A Sad Blunder .- Among the recent deaths in Prussia is that of M . Link , the senior Professor of Berlin University , celebrated as a botanist and writer on natural philosophy . According to custom , a funeral oration was pronounced over his grave ; but unfortunately the clergyman selected being a strictly orthodox pietist , and not being able to approve of the spirit of some of the writings of the deceased , censured them in most unbecoming language , to the indignation of the numerous friends present . in Brid

      A Noble Example . —The picture-gallery gewater-house , is to be completed forthwith , so that the collection may be opened to the public and foreign ¦ visitors during the Great Exhibition . As the scaffolding is only now being put up to begin the internal works , efforts will be needed to get it done . We hope other owners of collections and fine mansions will take the hint thus afforded , and set their houses in order . England has wonderful collections of works of art , but too many of them are sealed . —The Builder .

      Rural Orthoepy . —The assistant overseer of a parish in Gloucestershire attended a petty sessions , near Chepstow , the other day , with a list of defaulters to the poor rate , for the purpose of making out his " excused list , " and having it confirmed . The list , which was assisted by some quaint marginal references , among which " O . P . " was very conspicuous , was duly handed to the presiding "Justice ; " when the magistrate enquired , " Mr . . , what does this ' O . P . ' mean ? " The worthy parish official , with polite deference , rejoined , " On ' t pay , please your honour . " A Sceptical Austrian Emperor . —A German

      newspaper , in speaking of the alleged miraculous flow pi blood from the wounds of the Saviour in the Saturnin Chapel , in France , says there are persons still living who remember that the illustrious Joseph II . was a great disbeliever in miracles , and that he actually prohibited thes growth of a beard on a figure of Jesus Christ which i near one of the doors of the Cathedral of St . Stephen , i Vienna . He ordered a couple of sturdy grenadiers t ° mount guard on the spot , and so great was the fear which their formidable moustaches inspired that the wooden image did not venture to disobey the imperial mandate . It has long been a saying in Austria that Joseph was born half a century too soon .

      Priestly Proprieties . —The Catholic hierarchy is determined to make the outer man of the inferior priesthood what it should be , for the Consistorial Court of the Archbishop of Salsburg has issued orders that the tonsure is to be kept well shaved , and that the priest ' s collar is always to be . worn . The waistcoats of the clergy are to be buttoned up to the throat ; no blouse , pantaloons , or calabrese ( slouch ) hats are to be worn . A dandified cut of the clothes is to be carefully avoided , and when officiating the priest is to wear his clerical gown ( talar ); buckles are to be worn in the shoes on high days and holidays . Some hints are also given relative to the unseemliness of frequenting public-houses , stopping out late at nis ^ ht , and smoking .

      A Deliberate Assassin . —Last month , while divine service was going on in the church at Tapsony , in the Sumegh Comitat , a man called out to the organist to cease playing , as he was about to kill the parish priest and the schoolmaster . This was no empty threat , for , taking a . gun from under his cloak , he fired at the schoolmaster , but , fortunately missing him , the bullet took away the top of his chair . The priest , hurrying from the altar , called on his congregation 10 arrest the miscreant , but they declining to do so , because " he had not offended them , " left the church . As the assassin , who had reloaded his nun , still remained , the priest and the schoolmaster , taking heart , made a rush at him , and at last , with the assistance of ; i gentleman's haiduck ( a servant ) , succeeding in disarming him . lie is now in the county prison at ICaposvar .

      Unitauianism . —An important theological question has been brought lor decision before the Prussian Upper Tribunal . A man in Konigsberg was condemned for " bluNphemy against God , " in consequence of irreligious expressions regarding the person of Jenus Christ . The Court of Appeal elecid cd that in this case no " blasphemy against God" had been substantiated , because , even , according to the second article of the apostolical confession of f : » ith , the person of Christ is not identical with the Deity ; the elcfenelant could , therefore , only have been condemned for " outrage against the- Christian religious

      Kocie-tie . H . " The public prosecutor has applied for cassation of thin judgment , on the plea , " that , according to the doctrine of the Christian Church , Jesus Christ not only possesses all the distinguished properties ( iiusgezeichneU : KigeiiKchaflcn ) of God , but , in one and tin ? Haine ; with God . " I ' iik Law Cuuitrn oi" Knmi . and . — The * Dtiili / News , in noticing some church appointment , niiule by the Bishop of Winchester , complains of it as a peculiar hardship , that , the parishioners were not . consulted . Why should they be ? Will the Daily tXcw . s tell us that ? Do they pay him anything ? Do they ihink to have a . spiritual guide ; and teacher maintained ( or their advantage out , of national funds and have the free choice of him

      too ? Church congregations , it in said , ought to have , a voice in the selection of their clerical pastors . What . entitles them to expect it . ' Where ; they pay the minister there is sense and justice ; in the complaint . Where they are ? content . te > be spiritually fed lit the public ; e ; xpe-nse ; , what right have they to eluirn liberty ? " Begguin must not be choosers ; " and it . is , to say the least , indecorous to " look a gift horse in the mouth . " Let . the laity of the Church of Kngland take ; their losses with their gains . They have their incumbents fe > r nothingif the-y are ; worthless , they are ; at le-nst eejual to what is given for them . For e > ur part , we se-e us strong an objection to surrender Church property to the irresponsible . e ; ontrolo ( ]> uri . sli congregations as to any oilier body . What belongs to the nation ought not , to be handed e ) ver without conelitiona to 11 sect . — Nonconf ormist .

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      To Readers And Correspondents. It Is Imp...

      TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it encreases the difficulty of finding space for them .

      [The Following Appeared In Our Second Ed...

      [ The following appeared in our Second Edition of last week . ' ] POSTSCRIPT . Saturday , Jan . 11 .

      The Adjourned Meeting Of Protestant Diss...

      The adjourned meeting of Protestant Dissenting deputies was held at the King ' s Head Tavern , m the Poultry , at two o ' clock yesterday , Mr . John Remington Mills in the chair . It will be seen from a parapraphin another part of to-day's paper , that the previous meeting , held on the 4 th instant , was adjourned on account of the conflicting opinions expressed in the concluding clause of the committee's report regarding " the Papal aggression ; " and that in consequence an amendment , made by Mr . Cunnington , to the effect that the last clause be expunged , was not put from the chair . Mr . Kilpin said as the objection was chiefly to the last clause of the report , he would propose the following amendment : —

      " That this meeting , while it records its continued and unmitigated opposition to all penal enactments on account of religious opinions , at the same time deems it to be the bounden and especial duty of Protestant Dissenters to resist by every legitimate means the encroachments of the Papacy in this country , believing it to be the sworn and determined foe of civil and religious liberty ; and this meeting further considers that it will be the duty of this deputation , immediately on the

      reassembling of Parliament , to meet for the purpose of expressing their views on the present aspect of Popery , especially its recent aggressive policy , and by it petition both Houses of Parliament to protest against any legislative encouragement of that system , and particularly against the continuance of any pecuniary grant towards its support , either in the United Kingdom or its dependencies ; and that it be an instruction to the committee to call a special meeting of the deputies at an early period after the meeting of Parliament . "

      After some discussion , Mr . Cunnington s amendment was put and rejected , as was also another , deprecating any attempt by legal enactment to prevent any portion of her Majesty's subjects from following out that form of Church government which they may prefer , and at the same time declaring that " it is wrong on the part of any Government to foster or support by its connection with the State , or by State endowment , any ecclesiastical body or institution whatever . This amendment having also been rejected , that of Mr . Kilpin was carried alter some discussion .

      The Premier Has Addressed Copies Of The ...

      The Premier has addressed copies of the following letter to his supporters in the Lower House : —'' Downing-strect , Dec . 28 , 1850 . —Sir , —I take the liberty of informing you that the meeting of Parliament having been fixed for Tuesday , the 4 th of February , business of importance will bo brought forward withsut delay ; I therefore request yemr attendance on that day . I have the honour to be , Sir , your obedient servant , J . Russell . " A public meeting was held at the Court-house , St . Marylebone , last night , for the purpose of receiving and determining on the report of the Metropolitan Sewers Reform Committee , for preparing the heads of a bill to be submitted to Government and urged on their consideration through the medium of a deputation . Mr . Toulmin Smith gave a brief report of what the committee had done , and submitted the following heads of a bill for carrying out administrative arrangements .

      " I . Making Districts . —A representative Ixxly —< I by the * liouHi-holderti of p ; u ikIics within a given range : —to have the special duty of making diHtrictH . " 5 * . KsHCMitiul » of Diutrir . t . s . — No district to contnin Iohb than 100 , 000 , nor more ; than l . » 0 , 00 () inhabitants . Kadi eiis ' . rict to bei divided into . wuriln . each Containing not 1 < ihh t . luiii JiOO , and not more ( liun 1000 innlo uilnltH . Those ; who Inivti occupied in the ward for a j ear and a day , nlmll lit ; electors for the ward . Kach ward to have two or more repi cHcntatives annually clionen— lint ri'tiliifilile—to u district , council , for cai rying out all local purposes . That , it , be an express duty ol one or mire of the rt' |> rc .-sentutiveH of each ward to meet , in open nieetiiif } I he inhabitant h of their ward once every niont . li at least—t . o l ; iy lirfore them tli <; proceedings of t . lie district council , and to receive any ceunplitiiitH or migge'stiniiH . " . ' ( . ( , 'tiintiinat . ieniH of District : * . — A general council for all purposes , where combination is needed , t" he lonmd of two jx ; ihciiim elected ouL of il . s own body by each dintrieitcouiie-. il . "

      Lord Diielley Stuart sheiwe'el that the ; Cre > wn-npp <> intcd CnmmisHioncrs gave ; ne > satisfaction . Several either speakers corre > hora . teel his state-me'iits , anel it was ultimately resolved to accept the stateme-nt laid before themeeting by Mr . Toulmin Smith , as embodying the enily principles on which a ine-asure relating te > the sewage ; of the- metropolis e : e > ulel be ; re-ce-ive'd . The IiiHt examination of Captain Warner took place in the Court of Bankruptcy yesle-rehiy . The ; balane ; e :-she < tt , which extendeel over twenty years , contained Home rerinnrkiible items . From the 1 st of January , 1831 , tei the . ' ( 1 st . of Octeiber , lHf > 0 , he appears to have received fre > m vurieniH partieH £ . ' {(» , {)<)() . Of this £ 10 , 800 wan iidvuncrd by the Karl eif Tiilbett , lienn time to time , to assist in currying out his experiments ; £ | , ' {()() from Government teiwarein the ; expeiiHe e > f the ; experiment sit Ciuinodc Chase ; anel the- feillenving gifts : — King William the Fourth , £ 1000 ; Duke of Uuccleudi , £ /}()() ; Sir Fraiiew

      Burdett , £ 700 ; Captain Britten , £ 1000 ; Captain Collins , £ 500 . Between 1830 and 1846 he had made many experiments upon which he expended £ 12 , 077 . These experiments , he says , were made " at the request of the late King , the Government , and many noblemen , and gentlemen connected with Government . The result of these experiments was generally highly satisfactory ; and on two occasions a day was appointed on which final arrangements were to be mad * for patting Government in possession of my inventions , and for securing to me the consideration , viz ., £ 300 , 000 , and an an nuity of £ 3000 . I attended these appointments , but nave never been able to get any arrangement concluded . " Mr . Lawrance , who appe ared for the assignees , said there was no objection to the bankrupt ' s passing his last examination . He believed the official assignee was satisfied .

      At the Central Criminal Court yesterday , Mr Huddlestone applied to the court to give the amount of recognizances that should be entered into by Theresa Sloane , the wife of George Sloane , against whom the grand jury had returned a true bill , for ill-using their servant , in the event of her being taken . The Chief Baron directed that Mrs . Sloane should enter into a recognizance of £ 500 , and that she should also find two sureties in £ 250 each . A fire of a very serious character took place at five o ' clock yesterday morning , in the extensive cotton-spinning establishment of Messrs . Wallace , Waterhous e , and

      Thompson , situate in Chepstow-street , Oxford-street , Manchester . Notwithstanding the utmost exertions , the entire building was soon enveloped in flames , and very soon after became totally destroyed . The building was insured in the Phoenix Fire-office for £ 6000 . The stock was insured in the West of England Fire-office for £ 4000 , the Alliance for £ 4000 , the Royal Exchange , JC 4000 , and the Manchester Assurance , £ 4000 —making a total of £ 22 , 000 . It is said that the loss will exceed the amount of insurance .

      The Newcastle Chronicle says : — ' * Reports have reached Newcastle that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is willing to reduce the tea duty ' 3 d . per pound on the 5 th of April next , and 3 d . each year for the ensuing three years . ' The duty on tea is now 2 s . 2 d . per pound , so that by this plan it would be reduced to Is . 2 d . per pound in and after 1854 . "

      The Ministerial Crisis In France Is Ende...

      The Ministerial crisis in France is ended at last . The Moniteur of yesterday contains the President ' s decree and signature for the following appointments : —Foreign Affairs — M . Drouyn de Lhuys . War-office—General Regnaultde St . Jean d'Angely . Marine and Colonies —M . Ducose , representative of the people . Public Works—M . Mague , late Secretary of Finance . Commerce—M . Boileau , member of the Municipality and Department of the Seine . Of the late Cabinet Baroche , Fould , Rouher , and Parrieu , retain office .

      Another decree , which is countersigned by the Ministers of the Interior and of War , revokes the decree by which the National Guard and the troops of the First Division were united under one command . This decree abolishes the post hitherto held by General Changarnier . General Perrot takes the command of the National Guard . The troops of the First Division will be commanded by General Baraguny D'Hilliers . General Careles will retain his

      post . The Commander-in-Chief , General Baraguay D'Hilliers , has addressed a general order to the army of Paris . He explains the object of his mission ; he protests that he will maintain the discipline which his predecessor has established ; that it is his intention to uphold the authority established by the Articles of War ; that he will respect and cause to be respected the rights and powers established by the Constitution , and that he will give his energetic support to the authorities in the execution of the laws .

      M . de Remu 8 at's motion in the Assembly on Friday , that the members should retire to their bureaux to name a commission to prepare resolutions necessary under the present circumstances , was carried , notwithstanding the explanations of the Minister , by a majority of 330 to 263 . The Assembly accordingly retired to its bureaux at half-past five o ' clock ; a good denl of confuBion prevailed in the Assembly after the Minister had left the tribune . On Thursday evening M . de Broglie gave the Club of the Pyramids an account of the interview between the ; President and the chiefs of the majority . He- declareel that the language of the President was vc ; ry parliamentary , that he expressed a desire to act in accord with the * Assembly , but insisted on the dismissal of General Chungurnier . These cxplanatienis are ntiiel to luive causeel much sensation . In

      private conversation M . de Broglio spoke in more discouraging terms . Ho said that the Assembly was almost annihilated , and that the President whs master of the future , if he knew how to use his power Avith moderation . In the Assembly the cxcitcment is subsiding . In the City of Cologne , once the head quarters of tho Catholic movement , the ultra-montane candidate for the ollice of Firht Burgomaster had only one vote in the municipal council , while his Liberul exponent had twentyeight . This looks like reaction . " General Hem , " Hays a letter fre , m Turin , dated Jan . 3 , " died lit Aleppo , em tho Hth of December , after a short illness . lie died a Mussulman , und thus received all the honours due to hit ) rank "

      Ihe chief actors in the proceedings at Rome , in May , 1 H 11 ) , when the confeHHieinals of the churches were burned , have received sentence , Ciceroaeehio and Carbonarelle * , have been condemned to fifteen months of fe > rced labour .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 18, 1851, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18011851/page/10/