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      ^ n 7 a composed persons different creeds , hare tTken energeSc steps , with the view to put an end to my detention . They havehad several audiences with Dr . Bach , the Ester of the Interior , butwith no more favourable result than a promise of further examination into the matter when the necessary documents are got at My punishment , therefore , is in / ull force , while , according to the admission of the Minister , my crime " doubtful , and while I could be kept under as strict surveillance at Vienna as at Briinn . I have not the least doubt that they hope to render me completely submissive by starving me out As to starving me , they can easily accomplish this for I have only my poor savings as a temporary means of livelihood , and I am hindred by brutal force from earning anything . I can assure jou thry will never succeed in procuring a voluntary submission .

      " If the Free Congregation of Vienna is to retain the last remnant of vitality , and to serve as a bulwark against the fanatical proceedings of Jesuitism , and to be an example and support to the other oppressed congregations of Austria , it is my duty to persevere and suffer like a man , and better men than my oppressors are must help me . It would remove a heavy weight from my heart , and lighten the severe trials and struggles which I must encounter , if I knew that my wife and child were friend

      in a place of safety . Do , therefore , my honoured , look out for some means of succour for them . I can do nothing for them , fettered as I am . The Jesuitical clergy have gone so far in their proceedings of terrorism against me , that they have , even in the hope of persuading me to yield , intimated that they will never cease till the complete ruin of my fortunes are effected ; till the education of my boy , eleven years of age , has been undertaken legally and officially by the Government;—until , m short , he is thecclesiastical 01

      placed for education in one Of e aens vice , a seminary of the Jesuists . ' How can I prevent this Satanic plan ?—a proof of their dexterity in carrying it out they have already given me—how can I prevent it , otherwise than by the removal of my boy from Vienna ? "It breaks my heart to say so , but even my wife should be removed . Her continuance on the scene of these sorrows endangers the energy of that resistance which I must offer to our enemies . She writes a fine , almost a manly hand , knows French , Italian , designing , painting , and music , thoroughly . She is as clever in all domestic duties as in the accomplishments of a lady , and possesses

      a rare activity . With such qualifications , whatever may be her place of sojourn , surely she could earn sufficient to maintain and educate our child ? I beg to add that we are beyond the everyday prejudices of social position , and that we know how to maintain the moral dignity of humanity in the lowest situation of life , as we have hitherto done in the sphere in which we hare moved . If my wife and child should be obliged to remain at Vienna at this critical time , may Providence spare the aggravation of my wounded spirit from seeing them fall victims of this inhuman persecution ! prepared though I am to drink the bitter cup I see prepared for me , to the very dregs . '

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      THE SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN . Tidings now and again arrive from the northern regions , of the progress of the searching expedition among the icy seas and snowy shores around the North Pole . One such far-off voice has arrived this ¦ week in the Bhape of a letter from Captain Parker , of the T ruelove whale ship , giving an account of Captain Austin ' s expedition up to the 13 th of September , 1850 , brought by Captain Ord , of the Tyne , of Berwick-upon-Tweed , which ship arrived at that port on the 6 th instant , from Davis' Straits : — " Davis' Strait * , July 24 . 1851 . " My Lords , —May it please your lordships to receive at my hands the inclosed testimony , received on the 12 th of July , of the American searching vessels , of the account of their voyage in search of Sir John Franklin . On the 13 th of September , 1850 , they left all the searching vessels at Cope Martyrs , Corr . wallis Island , they not being enabled to pursue any further westward direction from that dale . A harbour called the Assistant Harbour , discovered by Captain Oinmanney , three miles south of Cnpe MartyrR , waB the place in selection by them to winter in . The bay ice was forming very strong » t that time , yet the Advance and Rescue were determined to proceed homewards : but , unfortunately

      however , a gnle sprang up and drove them up Wellington Channel fifty inil « B , and afterwnrds they were frozen in . I have not yet been enabled to gf t fiuther northwards than the Devil ' s Thumb , and the time being limited for my sojourn in that , quarter , I cannot give you any more pai tieulnrn , excepting that the two American ve ' serls and the Prince Albert were left by us near the Duck Islandx , the wind being south-west and Mowing strong at that time . The American schooners have left aome drnpntches for the Admiralty at . Sievely , which in due time I hone

      will be . received . At thin date I am oil" Stolntinburg . The ice in my voyage northwards Beemed to be very light , hut 1 could not f > et through it in time . The American Captain l ) e Huven told me that the winter wan very mild , and thut he can give no further particulars respecting Sir John Franklin thun the irclohcd uccouitt . He Hitid he w ; ih determined to go to the seat of search aguin , after having wintered ; and all the documents received from the Admiralty and nthcrtt I gave to him . ' * I remain , my Lordn , your lordnhips' niont obedient Hervant , " John 1 ' akkku , Maater . "

      The pcrHoim named in the following extract formed part of the expedition , Mr . M ' Donnld was assistant-Kurgeon of the Tenor : — " [ Memorandum from Captain Parkrr , of the Truelove . ] " 1 . On the 20 th of Augunt . I 860 , traces were found to northward of Port Innis , Wellington Channel , confirming those previously found at Cape Kil « y by

      Captain Oraraanney . These consisted of fragments of clothing , preserved meat tins , andI scraps of papers , one of these bearing the name of M'Donald , medical officer in the expedition . " " 2 . On the 27 th Captain Penny ' s parties reported craves . These were at once visited by Captain de Haven , Mr . Penny , and Dr . Kane . They bore respectively the names of W . Braine , B . M ., and John Hartnell , of the Erebus , and John Torrington , of the Terror , the date of the latest death being April 3 , 1846 . Added to these sad but unmistakeable evidences were the remains of the observatory , carpenters' shop , and armourers forEe . Upon the hill side and beach were fragments of with stacks of empty meat

      wood , metal , and clothing , tins Everything indicated permanency and organization T here can be no doubt that the cove between Cape Riley and Beechy Island , facing Lancaster Sound , was the first winter station of the missing vessels . On the 31 st of September the impervious ice of the Wellington Chann el underwent a complete disruption , and by the fith several vessels penetrated to the Cornwallis side . Such , however , was the impenetrable character of the pack in Lancaster Sound that by the 10 th of September the entire searching equadron were again concentred about eight miles south of Griffith ' s Tsland . This was the furthest westing attained by the American expedition . The latest dates from Commodore Austin are of the 13 th

      of September . They were then in momentary expectation of making winter quarters , and it is probable that a small harbour , discovered by C aptain Ommanney about three miles east of Cape Martyrs , will be the haven selected . Thence the American vessels , while proceeding homeward , were frozen in opposite Wellington Channel , drifting during the ensuing winter from a latitude of 75 . 25 throughout the channel and sound into Baffin ' s Bay . Their liberation , after much exposure and trial , took place on the 10 th of June , 1851 , at a point south of Cape Walsingham 65 30—a linear drift exceeding 1050 miles . The commotion of the ice with its attendant uncertainty was their chief source of trial . Every officer and man had inarked scorbutic disease , but no deaths have occurred . The crews are now refreshed , and the expedition is endeavouring to regain the seat of search . —I have , &c , m "E . K . Kane , Surgeon to the Expedition .

      The daily papers of Friday publish the Admiralty despatches from Captain Penny , of the Arctic Expedition . They contain a detailed account of the operations of the searching squadron ; but the main results of the search are given above . We shall , probably , give a condensed summary in our next .

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      HIGHGATE COTTAGE GARDENS . On the very top of Highgate-hill , beyond the church , passing by the pond , and through an avenue to the left , across the road connecting Hampstead and Highgate , is an inclosure of six acres . It is situated on a gentle slope , and looks westwards and northwards over one of the most richly wooded and luxuriant spots in the neighbourhood of London . This small patch of land , such a piece as might well be spared from many a large farm , is the garden

      allotment ground of the labouring-men oi Highgate . Nothing could be more happy than the selection of such a locality . The gardens stand in the free , fresh , open country , and have all the advantages of air , sunshine , and a widely spread landscape . No bare brick-walls inclose them , the breath of heaven plays unimpeded about tht m ; and the tenants have , in addition to the pleasure derivable from the possession and cultivation of their allotments , the enjoyment of a wide ex panse of the most beautiful woodland

      scenery . The credit of establishing these garden allotments is due to Mr . Harry Chester , President of the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution , who , in company with Mr . James Beaumont , another gentleman of that neighbourhood , hired a piece of ground in the spring of 1847 , for the purpose of letting it in small plots to labouring-men , as cottage gardens . The rents , which are at the rate of from £ 4 10 s . to £ 6 an acre , have been bo punctually paid by the tenants , that not a penny has been lost since the beginning . Among

      the tenants at the present time are one blacksmith , one carman , six shoemakers , one ironmonger , seven coachmen , one omnibus driver , four tailors , nineteen farm-labourers , four carpenters , fifteen gardeners , one smith , one cabinet-maker , one hair-dresser , one paperhangcr , one pork-butcher , one donkey owner , one broker , one ostler , one watchman , one tobacconist , live bricklayers , one fishmonger , one farrier , one washerwoman , one painter , one lodge-keeper , one police-sergeant , one attendant on u lunatic , and one rat-catcher .

      Several interesting tacts , illustrating the moral and social benefits which these gardens have conferred upon the neighbourhood , were elicited at the annual distribution of prizes . This meeting took pluce in the Gate-house Assembly-rooms , on the 18 th of August , when Beventy-six out of the eighty-three tenants sat down to tea , muny of them with their wives and families . In the course of the evening an interesting conversation took place on the benefits of the allotment system , in which many of the tenants took part , giving the result of their experience . One speaker , a nhocmaker , who paid a rent of 6 s . a year , and about uh much for manure , said he had a wife and four children , und on his little plot of ground he grow sufficient vegetables , potatoes excepted , to serve his family all the year . He was often in his

      garden at four or five o'clock in the morning , and never was in such good health as since he had taken to gardening . Another allottee said that one result of the system was its tendency to produce good fellowship among the working-men . " They studied each other ' s gardens , asked questions of husbandry , took instructions from each other , and performed a thousand little acts of mutual kindness . " A call having been made upon the wives to state how the gardens affected them , one woman said " she had seven children ; her husband was an omnibus-driver , and was on the box every day , from eight o ' clock in the morning until ten at night , all the year round ,

      rain or sunshine , summer or winter , Saturday or Sunday ; he was very fond of his garden , and got up at five in the morning to work at it ; he found it good for his health . Before he had a garden he never had much appetite for breakfast , but now he could eat well , and she never knew any one enjoy a breakfast more than he did . She had plenty of greens and peas and onions , and her dinners were both cheaper and nicer than before her husband got his allotment . " A second woman , with a child in her arms , said " she considered the gardens a great blessing . She had got eight children , and she never bought a bit of vegetables . A little meat went a great way when it was properly cooked with abundance of vegetables . Children did not require much meat .

      Before he had a garden , her husband used now and then to go and smoke his pipe and have a glass at the public-house ; he never went there now ; he preferred the garden , and he was a happier man for it . " Another portly and comfortable-looking matron said " she has twelve children . Before her husband got a garden she paid about 4 s . a week for vegetables ; now she did not pay Is ., perhaps not 9 d . a week all the year round , and that only for potatoes . She had all other vegetables out of the garden ; and , though she had twelve children , was able sometimes , when peas were in season , to make a present of a few pecks , fresh gathered , to a friend in town . " A number of other speakers gave testimony of an equally favourable character of the many benefits derived from the Highgate cottage . " O si sic omnia . "

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      THE MIRACLES OF ST . SATURNIN . A trial for pretended miracles has been added to the wonders of 1851 . Rose Tamisier , the woman arrested on a charge of having by a pretended miracle at St . Saturnin , near Apt , committed what the law calls " an outrage on objects of religious worship , " was brought to trial a few days ago before the tribunal of Correctional Police at Carpentras . The indefatigable go ? sip , Galignani , has given a piquant account ot the affair .

      Rose is described as extremely pale , her features being strongly expressive of mysticism . Her bearing is modest , and she dresses in black with a nun ' s cap . Her age is thirty-three . The couit was crowded to excess , and the famous bleeding picture was placed behind the judges . It was proved by several witnesses that Rose had always pretended to possess the power of working miracles . To one witness she once showed a letter which nhe said had been written by a person who could neither read nor write , and that person she declared had been miraculously endowed with the faculty of writing in consequence of her prayers . To another witness she asserted that she

      had on a particular occasion been surrounded with great light from heaven at Cadenet . To a third she said , that she had once , when in the Convent of Sallons , planted a cabbage by command of Heaven , and that in a few days it grew to such a vast size that all the persons in the convent were able to make a dinner of it . The cure of Saignon deposed that he had known Hose Tamisier for fifteen years , and had always noticed in her a marked tendency to piety and mysticism . In August , 1850 , she told him that she had miraculously received the sacrament in the parish church ; and on going to the tabernacle of the altar he found

      that the consecrated water had disappeared . On two subsequent occasions the consecrated wafer again vanished , and Rose pretended that she had again miraculously communicated . He , therefore , removed tho key of the tabernacle , and forbade her to approach the altar ; he also directed his vicaire not to say mass at the principal a'tar ; but , nevertheless , the consecrated wufer was again taken away , and ho could not discover that any second key to the tabernacle existed . On going to the church oiks morning he was surprised to find the tabernacle open , two candles on

      the altar lighted , and Rose prostrate on the ground . In answer 10 his questions , « he said that the candles had become lighted of themselves , that the tabernacle hud voluntarily opened , that nhe hnd fV'lt herself fixed to the ground at noiiic distance from the altur , and that the ron «<< rat « d wafer had tlion advanced slowly to her mouth . About the name time Hho protended to have marks of « iiiirariiloua character on hor breast , and to provo Una assertion she produced her linen , which bore sometime * stains representing the Virgin Mary , and at others a crown of thorns . Ho took measures to ascertain whether « ho had not bo marked her linen , but without success .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 13, 1851, page 867, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1900/page/7/