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now actively employed with his projected " History of the American Revolution , " the first volume of which is far advanced in the stereotyper's hands .
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M . Charles Lesseps , director of Le Vote Universe ? , the new Socialist organ , has been arrested . He is accused of complicity in the conspiracy of Lyons . General Schramm , the new Minister of War , excited great indignation on Monday in the French Assembly , by affirming , in his objections to General Fabvier's motion for the liberation of Abd-el-Kader , that the convention by which the Arab chief was entrapped into a surrender was perfectly justifiable . The loudest marks of disapprobation burst forth from all benches upon this declaration being made . General Palmer ' s motion was lost by a great majority . The National Guard at Mulhouse has been dissolved , for having uttered cries of " Vive la Republique ! " at the time when the President of the Republic passed through that town .
The Cologne Gazette affirms that the Duke de Bordeaux has given the mot d ' ordre to the Legitimist party in France to employ its efforts in favour of those who desire to take advantage of the present crisis in Ger many to reconquer the left bank of the Rhine . The English world has been thrown into a state of commotion by the untimely death of one of its most fashionable members , in the flower of youth and beauty . The young lady was allied to several noble families ; and the mystery attendant upon the circumstances of her death renders the catastrophe doubly appalling . She
had been for some time past labouring under great depression of spirits , the result , it is said , of an unfortunate attachment , and had been in the habit of procuring slumber by means of laudanum . An overdose taken in an unguarded moment has been the cause of her demise , and has given rise to an enquiry of the police which , with all its train of visiles dumiciliaires prods verbaux , has harrowed up the feelings of her friends and relatives , and occasioned a publicity concerning the event most painful to the survivors . —Paris Correspondent of the Atlas .
The steward who lived with Lola Montes and Mr . Heald when they first went to Paris , but who left in consequence of a quarrel with the lady , returned to Paris last week , charged by Mr . Heald to arrange his liabilities and remove the furniture . It is said that the ex-King of Bavaria has intimated his intention of discontinuing the pension which the Countess has hitherto received from him , ami that she , " tired of this vain world , " is about to seek rest for her soul in a convent . Schiller ' s birthday was celebrated in Berlin on the 19 th instant , by a new prologue and the representation of the " Death of Wallenstein . " Some passages gave occasion to political demonstrations . The words , " Austria desires the war , " brought down a tumult of applause .
Mr . George Thompson , M . P ., has not been allowed to deliver his proposed anti-slavery lecture in Faneuil-hall , Boston , on the 14 th instant . The meeting was numerous , and became very disorderly soon after the proceed ings commenced , and , on Mr . Thompson ' s coming forward , the hall became a perfect bedlam of noise and confusion . He tried to speak , but in vain ; cheers wera given for the "Union and Webster , intermingled with groans , catcalls , and hisses . After remaining upon the stand for some time he bowed to the audience , and was about to retire , but his friends would not permit him . A chair was handed him , and he sat down fronting the audience . From this time the rioters had it all their
own way ; groans were given for John Bull—a ring was formed on the floor , and one or two commenced to dance . Abbey Kelly was called for and endeavoured to speak , but , after uttering a few sentences , stopped . The Reverend William Henry Channing next appeared , but his voice was drowned in hisses and outcries . The Reverend Theodore Parker next ascended the platform —he mutely pointed to the pictures of Washington , Adams , and others , and endeavoured to make himself heard , but the cries were redoubled . The meeting was ultimately dispersed by order of the City Marshal . Mr . Thompson intends to print the speech . Mr . Horace Mann , who has been most bitterly opposed by the Whigs , on account of his opposition to Mr . Webster and the pro-slavery measures of the government , has carried his election by a small majority .
The New York Herald relates the death in that city of Mrs . Bell Martin , who is described as " the daughter of the most wealthy commoner in England , Sir T . Martin , M . P . for the county of Galway , " and also as " the authoress of Julia Howard , a work of very great merit . " Mr . George Thompson . M . P ., was to have his " reception" on the evening of the 15 th instant , at Faneuil-hall . It was to be "A Gathering of the Friends of Reform , International Amitv , and Universal Emancipation . " The call was signedj ' * On Behalf of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society , " by a committee of five of its leading members .
A letter from Vienna denies that an attempt has been made on the life of the Sultan , but a widely-spread conspiracy of the old Turkish or retrograde party has bees discovered , and many arrests have taken place in consequence . Two of the principal attendants of the Sultan ' t younger brother are among those inculpated . The conspiracy was directed against the Reform party . The British Government having placed 40 , 000 Ordnance blankets at the disposal of the Danish Minister for the use of the army in Schleswig , the General Steam Packet Company have delivered them free of charge to th « Danish authorities at Tonningen . For this act of sympathy for the Danish nation the Count Reventlow , the Ambassador of Denmark , has conveyed to the Secretary of the company his warm acknowledgments .
The insurrection at Aleppo has been completely suppressed . The Governor , whose supineness led to the massacre of the inhabitants , has been dismissed , and Mehemet Pacha , late envoy to London , appointed in hie stead . The march of the Russian troops is said to be a reality , 200 , 000 men are to take up their winter quarters in Poland , and to march against the Rhine early in the spring . The latest accounts from California state that the gold harvest was coming in , and that extensive shipments may be expected for several months . New placers are still discovered as the old ones are exhausted . This will continue to be the case till the whole surface of the gold region is thoroughly sifted .
The Emperor of the Brazils closed the Parliament on the 11 th of November , with a speech from the throne , in which he spoke of the restoration of tranquillity in the provinces that had been disturbed—of the disappearance of the epidemic fever which had affected so many placesand that he should continue to use his best endeavours to maintain pacific relations with all foreign powers , peace being indispensable to the prosperity and liberty of nations . A despatch from Kanseville , in the United States ,
states that a tremendous conflagration has occurred m that region , caused by the Omaha Indians , who set on fire the dry grass on the prairie . The wind was very high at the time , and the flames spread with such rapidity that a great many of the fences , outstanding crops , and some buildings , for miles around , were enveloped in one sheet of fire . The Indians , just previous to the conflagration , were discovered in the act of setting fire to the prairie in a number of different places . The Omabas inhabit a portion of the Missouri territory , some sixty milos above Fort Leavenworth .
A great fire broke out in Fredericton , New Brunswick , on the 11 th instant . Upwards of one-half of the city was burnt , including a large portion of the best buildings and places of business , and the spacious Wesleyan church and parsonage . The fire broke out in a barn near this church . The Catholic chapel was on fire , but saved . The insurances were considerable . The steamer Telegraph , while on her passage from Philadelphia to Baltimore , burst her boiler , on the 7 th of November , and nearly twenty persons were killed . Considerable excitement prevails in the Brazils in consequence of the hostile movement of the Argentine Government towards that of the Brazilian empire : and the result has been that the diplomatic agent of President Rosas has demanded and received his passport to return back to Buenos Ayres .
The Brazilian war steamer Urania arrived at Rio , on the 7 th of October , having on board 208 African slaves and the crew of the brig llolha , all captured at Macahe " . On the same day the celebrated slave-merchant Joaquim Pinto da Fonseca was arrested and placed in close confinement , it being discovered that he was the owner of the brig Rolha , captured by the Brazilian war steamer Urania . There has been another capture by a Braziliau steamer of war , off St . Catherine's , of a brig , with 120 slaves on board .
Private letters from the Pacific state that three menof-war , English , French , and American , have been engaged in a joint expedition to Huahinc , one of the Society Islands , to demand reparation for damages done to the interests of the subjects of the above powers and for the wanton destruction of their property . The result of the expedition was most satisfactory , apologies having been tendered and indemnification made . Frederick Douglas has been delivering lectures against the fugitive law in various parts of the United States , and he is said to have been well attended , and to have produced a favourable impression .
A couple of extraordinary human curiosities have recently been exhibited in the United States . They consist of a boy and girl of an almost extinct race of Central America . They have been well described as the most outre looking objects ever brought to that country . The boy is 32 inches in height , and weighs 161 b ., and in the opinion of eminent medical authority is about ten years old . The girl is 28 inches in height , weighs 141 b ., and is believed to be about eight years of age . Their heads arc not larger than a new-born infant's , and they may be almost said to be destitute of foreheads , while their noses are finely developed , straight and long , and project at a well-defined angle . Their eyes are full , darkand lustrous . Their heads are covered with strong ,
, dark hair , which descends forward nearly to the eyebrows : the face very sharp , the upper lip projecting , and trie chin receding in a corresponding degree . They are said to belong to the surviving remnant of an ancient order of priesthood , called " Kaanas , " which , by constant intermarriage within their own caste , has dwindled down to a few individuals , diminutive in stature and imbecile in intellect . Their heads and faces resemble exactly the figures on the bas-reliefs on the temple ruins described in Stephens ' s " Central America . " These children arc lively , playful , and affectionate , but all attempts to teach thorn a word of English have hitherto proved unsuccessful . They can only utter a few gibberish sounds .
The editors of the Corsaire and the Opinion Publique were found guilty on Friday of publishing a libellous article against the President of the Republic , M . Laurent , the editor of the former journal , was sentenced to six months' imprisonment , and 2000 f . fine ; and the editor of the latter , in consequence of extenuating circumstances , was sentenced to three months' imprisonment , and lOOOf . fine . The author of the libel was fined 2000 f . and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment .
A shock of an earthquake was felt at Bajgneres , in France , a few weeks ago , and was accompanied with a rumbling subterranean noise , resembling thunder . The shock lasted about two seconds , and appeared to go from the north-east to the south-west . The following night another and stronger shock was experienced . It was preceded and followed by a very violent wind . The atmosphere hadbeen for some time very heavy and stormy . There was one at Lourdes at about the same time , and
another was experienced some hours later at the same place . At Argeles , also , a shock was felt , and it was much sharper than the others . It lasted five seconds , and shook the houses . The terror of the inhabitants was very great , and they all rushed to the street . — Galignani ' s Messenger . More than 3000 Roman silver medals have just been discovered by a poor vine grower in the neighbourhood of Nismes , in a field belonging to him . They were enclosed in an earthern urn . Another small urn was near it , containing 162 medals of pure gold . The latter , town of
which weighed 867 grammes , were sold to the Nismes , and to some amateurs , at the rate of llof . per ounce . They consist of 2 of Julius Caesar , 14 of Trajan , 26 Vespasian , 5 Nero , 17 Antoninus , 16 Domitian , 11 Adrian , 3 Commodus , 5 Lucius Verus , 10 Faustina , 1 Faustina , 2 Septimus Severus , 1 Plotinus , 1 Lucilla ( the wife of Antoninus ) , 1 Nerva , 1 Sabinus , 1 Didius-Julianus , 1 Pertinax , and 2 of Aurelian . Out of the silver medals , only 1500 have been saved ; the others were melted down by a silversmith , to whom they had been sold . _ _ _ .
The body of a workman employed at Narbonne was a few days since dragged from the river Aude , at Cuxacrives-d'Aude , a village a few miles from the town . It presented more than fifty wounds . The deceased had been bound with cords , his skull had been broken with a hatchet , his throat cut , his bowels ripped ud , and he had been stabbed in different places with horrible ferocity . The murderers have not been discovered , neither is it known what was the cause of the act . # # Several copies of the proclamation of Mazzini have been seized at Leghorn . __ .. _ .
It is stated , in a letter published in the Risorgimcnto of Turin , that cries of " Down with the government of priests ! the Emperor forever ! " were raised at Ravenna on the night of the loth . A similar demonstration took place at Bologna . The Berlin police have prohibited the performance of a piece at the Wilhelmstadt Theatre , entitled " Ferdinand von Schill , " founded on the adventures of the lieutenant of that name , who led a desperate expedition in the war of Liberation in 1813 . The allusions to the present state of affairs were too exciting . has
The editor of ' the Constitutionnette , Dr . Heym , received orders from the President of Police to quit Berlin within twenty-four hours , and not to reside within the distance of 140 miles of the capital . The purchase of cavalry horses is still continued very actively in Austria ; 40 , 000 have been lately purchased ; 60 , 000 more are wanted . The country is so exhausted of men that , in order to procure the required number , the Government has been obliged to lower the regulation-height of aBoldier in the new recruiting going on . At Frankfort , on the 24 th , the quarrels between the Prussian soldiers and the Austro-Bavarian patrols resulted in blows . On either side some few wounds and arrests were made .
The ex-Emperor of Austria , surprised to find , in one of his visits to Venice , that no monument had been erected to the memory of Titian , ordered , at his own expense , the construction of one worthy of the immortal painter . He left the Academy of Venice the choice of the ortn of the monument , and of the site on which it should be erected . The Academy confided the monument to one of its members , M . Zandomeni , professor of sculpture . This gentleman ' s design is on rather a colossal scale ; it comprises a large statue of Titian between two allegorical figures , one representing the sixteenth century , the other the present one ; near the Titian rises another figure intended to represent Universal Nature ,
and indicating , we are told , that Titian was capable of representing Nature in every form ; and ,, in addition to this group , there is a figure of the Genius of Painting weeping , and another of a woman , who represents the city of Venice , placing , in tears , a crown on the artist ' s tomb ; finally , the basso-relievos which are to decorate the pedestal , represent the first composition of Titian for which he gained a prize when a pupil , and his last unfinished painting at which he worked on the eve of his death ( both of these are in the Academy of Venice ) . The monument is to be placed in the church of St . Mary of Frari , near that of Canova . It will be inaugurated in about a year ' s time with great pomp .
The King of Bavaria has formed the gigantic design of causing to be executed a series of pictures on subjects derived from the annals of all times and all nations—the whole being destined to form a sort of pictorial universal chronology . Kossuth is said to be confined to his bed by a fever of a typhoid form . Sir Stratford Canning has returned from his excursion to Mount Athos . Lady Canning has caused the monks of the Holy Mountain to break their vows . The brotherhood allow no female , nor any creature of that sex , to
enter their boundary . Cows , hens , geese , &c , are all banished . Sir Stratford , however , was accompanied to the Mount by his lady and daughters . The monks dared not send them back , neither did they make any remark when the whole family entered the first monastery . They received the ladies with great courtesy , offering them refreshment . So it was in the second , but in the third the friars remarked that females % vcre not admit ted . However , on learning that the two other monasteries had ' - / -. fringed the rule , they consented to receive Lady Canning and her daughters . —Brussels Herald .
An incident , the consequences of which might have neon serious , signalized the return to Constantinople of . Sir Stratford Canning , who had been making an excursion of some weeks in the Archipelago , in an English steamer . On reaching the Dardanelles , after sunset , Sir S . Canning , anxious to reach Constantinople , wished to force the passage ; signals were made to him from the cnstles , but he paid no attention to them , and hoisted the English flag . The batteries fired , and two heavy balls entered the side of the steamer . Sir S . Canning then decided on waiting until the next morning , expressing , however , his satisfaction at the precision of the fire of the Turkish artillery !
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Nov . 30 , 1850 J tRtf $ lit abet . 847
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 30, 1850, page 847, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1861/page/7/
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