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      •— . ¦¦ , ¦ . . . MEXICO . « m « rp- received this week informs us that a re"WffiS / SJKal of Mexico , which resulted in the r olotion at _ the cap ^ On the 23 rd ultimo . ^ Sf ^ cbegar ^ a ' partisaS of General Robles and G SSSined by the Constitutionalists of Jalapa ^ SS advanced ' upon the city . Zuloaga tried and Cordova , a egaray but failed , and was after-^ SSnd tntenceJ ' to death atPuebla ^ ut .. 2 ft iu tKty of Mexico saved him general Robles S ^ eased a ll political prisoners , and it was supposed SS « would be placed at the head ^ f the GovernlV AH parties , including the Liberal , were rejoicing S ViaS at the turn affairs had taken .

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      AMERICA . The America arrived at Liverpool on Monday with the Wew York mails of the 11 th . The weather in that city U verv severe , and it was feared that the rivers would Boon be dosed by the large masses of floating ice . On the 11 th inst . one omnibus driver was frozen to death on his box , and several others were reduced to a perfectly helpless state . , A bill has been introduced in the Senate by Mr . SHdell for au appropriation to facilitate the acquisition of the Island of Cuba by negotiation . The House of Representatives , for the first time m fifteen years , refused to adjourn for the celebration of the battle of New Orleans . ¦ ¦ lvania

      A bill had been introduced into the Pennsy Legislature to provide additional means for the extinguishment of the State debt by raising the rate of discount by banks , to seven per cent ., and requiring them to pay over one per cent , to the Commonwealth . ^ A special messenger from Kansas had arrived at Washington -with despatches , reporting that Montgomery , Brown , and their partisans were determined upon making a desperate stand . The action of the Missouri Legislature in calling out volunteers had caused great exasperation among them , and was likely to result in a-civil war . The Apache and Camanche Indians were committing depredations on the mail stations . The passengers ¦ via the Tehuantepec route failed : to make a connexion in consequence of the . boisterous weather in the' Gulf of Teliuantepec .

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      M ISC ELI . A N E Q U S . The Court . —Yesterday her Majesty received the congratulations of the diplomatic body , the Ministers , and a number of the nobility and gentry , on the birth of her grandson the infant Prussian Prince . Her Majesty and the Prince Consort , with their children , continue in good health , and take daily rides and walks in the ltome Park . The Prince hunted on Tuesday . The Duke de Nemours has visted- the Queen this week ; and among the other guests at the Castle wo find the names of Count Gustave Blucher , Lord Bagot , the Right Hon . Benjamin Disraeli , the Duke and Duchess Qf Richmond , Lord arid

      Lad y Colchester , Major Elphinstone , R . E ., the Karl and Countess ofDonoughmore , and Lieut-General Buckley . Prinob Alfred . —The Prince has been to Tunis , where he was received in grand style by the Bey . All the festivities that Tunis could afford wcra offered to him . The ancient ruins in the neighbourhood were points of attraction to the youthful visitor . On his re-, turn to Malta another grand demonstration of 11 unkeyisra which had been projected was nipped in the bud Py Major Cowell , wh ^ said that the Prince ' s duties must not be any further interfered with .

      Public HisAMCHf . —Tho Registrar-General ' s return wr the la « $ t week exhibits , a rather more favourable view of the health of the metropolis thiin the previous one . The deaths from scarlatina and diphtheria , bowever , had increased , being 111 , and bronchitis also was very fatal . The total of deaths for the weok was 1380 , and of births 1851 . Dr . Letheby reports rather favourably ofthc health , of the City , in which , however , tho rates of mortality still remain considerably higher than in other parts of England . ' .

      Civx 8 Ew . BRs . ~ -0 n Tuesday a court was hold for tho aespatcu of business . The chairman made a general statement of the financial business of tho court for tho put year . Mr . Harrison , a member of the Metropolitan Srii . « Works » complained that ho had , although in-« nectually , tried to " prevail on that board to carry out some necessary improvoraonta in New gate-at root , at ) h * : ^ ° * P en 8 e > wl > on it was resolved unanimously w » tt it be referred to tho improvements commlttoo to confliaer and report what further stops should bo taken w «» o matter of tho future imorovemonta which had

      oegn agreed to by the eourt . The engineer brought up » report on tho Omnibus Subway Company ' s plan , WWOU was adopted , and tho court adjourned . i . « w ? aiow 0 oujNO "'—On Tuesday a Special Court was « m to consider several lettors from Stv John ltennlo rc'H"vo * ° * proposed steam-boot pier at London-bridge , « wwr , the direction of the Thames Conservancy Com-Z i i ? n * * Wfl 8 m ° vod tha * the letters of Slr . J . Ronnio wa ti » e _ petitions on the subject be referred to tho Bridge « wuse Committee , and thut the committee have autho" , . consult engineers thereon , and to report to tho court , TUo motion was Io 8 t .

      A Rahe l ' uistBR .-T-A Western paper contains the following advertisement : — " Wants a situation , a practical printer , who is competent to take charge of any department in a printing and publishing house . Would accept a professorship in any of tlie academies . Has no objection tp teach ornamental painting and penmanship , geometry , trigonometry , and many other sciences . Is particulariv suited td act as pastor to a small evangelical church , pr as a . local preacher . He would have no objection to form a small but select class of interesting young ladies , to instruct in the highest branches . To a dentist or chiropodist he would be invaluable , as he can do almost anything . Would board with a family , if decidedly pious . For further particulars , inquire of Colonel Buffalo , at Brown ' s Saloon . 'Boston Journal .

      iNTEKpiCTEr ) French Priests . —The Telegraph correspondent at Paris write 3 : — " The number of these clerical black sheep is exceedingly large , and it is constantly being augmented . The subject very recently engaged the attention of the Council of State , when it declared that the total number of interdicted priests in Paris alone is at this moment from five to six thousand ! The presumption is that these men have been drummed out of the clerical army for mere infractions of rule , and for offences chargeable in part to temperament . And what , it will be asked , do they work at for a livelihood , when their sacred calling is taken from them ? To this of course no general answer can be given . Your readers will , however , be surprised , we doubt not ,, to learn that many of them become either waiters or cabmen ! Persons who are familiar with this subject declare that several hundred men now follow these occupations who

      once wore the clerical garb . Indeed , I have some friends who will never hail a cab ^ except on a rainy day until they have found out whether the driver ' looks like a . priest . ' In cafes and restaurants no such research is possible . There you must be served by the first attendant Who chooses to wait upon you . But the friends just alluded to are very shy even there of the garqons in waiting , and always void those who are heavy-looking , flat-footed , thick-featured , or blear-eyed . I am told that another occupation of the interdicted pr iest is that of the compositor , though , as the art of printing cannot be learned quite so quickly as cabdriving or attendance in taverns , it is scarcely probable that many adopt this calling . That there are some , however , who handle the composing-stick , and set up pages of ' bourgeois' and ' pica , ' is undoubted . "

      A Speculation ion English Actors . —A letter from Paris says : — " We . continually ; hear that an EnoUsh company is coming over here ,. but it never comes . Yet , if moderately clever and liberally organised , it might have a fair chance of success . There are hundreds of studying Frenchmen who would be glad to have an opportunity of taking what may fairly be called theatrical lessons ill English . And then , of course , the Court and its flunkeys would patronise les ¦ i milfus , if onlv to . show their familiarity with a foreign tongue . Still " , - after all , the speculation is ^ perhaps too venturesome , and so no French or English Mr . Mitchell attempts it . That the Parisian prejudice against our talent has been decreasing of late years is , I think , indicated bmore than one circumstance . V \ e have seen .

      y Intelv how well a Miss Thompson has teen received ± > y the public of the Grand Opera , and how warmly the Li-clcrcq family was greeted at the FreT Catalan last voar . Then—will it be believed?—there is an English clown called Boswell , at the Cirque , who has been a regular member of tho company for several years ! Another fact , oven move striking , is , that three young musicians , also from perfidious , Albion , have succeeded in Obtaining a good reputation here , to which ^ their undeniable talent justly entitles them . Thu Messieurs BhWield—for that is their name—are three brothers , tho eldest of whom plnys the piano , tho second the harp , and tho youngest that instrument so softly harmonious in skilful bands , I mean the concertina . The performances of this trio always attract a crowded and brilliant

      audience in Paris . Tub Winter in New York . —Tho Times correspondent writes : — " Only two days ngo wo were envelopcd in mi almost impenetrable fog , ans « ng from the watery suow disappearing from tho streets . . Now the accounts of Aratio travellers read like refreshing pictures of tropical life . Fancy ft day when the mercury but onco , and then for a few minutes only , rises even a half-degree above zero ; the heavens clour , sharp , and cold as crystal s no cold winds blowing , but the still air cutting keenly with onch ' breath ; women : all housed oxcept such ns neccsbity drives out ; men muffled to the oyoa in furs , hurrying to cac « nt ) the frost that has already seized upon tho oars and noses of more than ouo ; ucarcoly a private carringo seen anywhere ; tho omnibus drivers dismounting whenever chance offers , to avoid rrcesdng on their seats ; the windows of the shops covorod with tho frost either shooting its crystals in oxnulsito forms over tho superb panes , or covering thorn

      with donee massos of opnque white , in-doors gvoivt fires U | tt » ln » J in the gi-utoij , tho hot- ^ ir furnaces pouring ovj t heated blasts that dissolve into steam m the morning sunlight , tho water-pipes and tho gas-inytora ft-eo » lng Jn snlto of nil dare , nml tho Inmates crouchine round tho fires In a vain effort to koop warm . If you con from

      these fragments fill up the picture , you may form a correct idea of what New York was yesterday and is today . . : ¦ ¦ , - ' ' . , ¦; ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . . ¦ ¦¦¦ . ¦¦ . . - .. ¦ ¦ Mr . Basil Baker . —The death of this gentleman took place on Tuesday , at Liverpool * The immediate cause of decease was rheumatic gout striking to the heart ; Mr . Baker , who was deservedly respected both in social and professional life as a good actor of the old English school , was fifty-four years of age . He was married twice , the survivors of his family being a widow , three young children , a son in the customs at Liverpool , and a daughter—Mrs . Crellin— -formerly well-known on the stage as Miss Fanny Baker . During the greater part of his professional life Mr . Baker resided in Liverpool , but during the Vestris and Mathews regime at the London Lyceum theatre he was a member of their dramatic corps .

      The Gbeat Eastern . —The preparations necessary for fitting the Great Eastern . for sea have at last-been decided on . The contractors are to commence their work on the 15 th of February , and are bound under penalties to complete all in five months from that date . The first trial trip will therefore take place about the middle of July , when it is intended to run out from Weymouth to the middle of the Atlantic , and try the ship under all possible conditions of sail and steam . The Napoleonic Foible . —The Napoleon of peace has no great aversion to war . It offers him various attractions . It will gratify the army , occupy the attention of the nation , and will give him an opportunity of acquiring glory , which he believes indispensable to his

      dynasty . Personally , one of his most eager desires is to command an army in the field . Changarnier said that Napoleon III . thought himself the first general living ; the officers of the Garde Imperiale , who manoeuvred under the Emperor ' s own command at Chalons in 1857 , do not , it is pretty well known , share that opinion , neither do those military men who had opportunities of studying the plans and suggestions for operations which he sent to his generals in the East during the war against Russia . But Napoleon III . is known to attach more weight to his own opinion than to that of all the world besides ; and , if he believes himself a military genius , it is probable that nothing short of defeat would weaken that conviction .

      The " Distressed Artillery Officer . "—This gentleman , whose case was brought before the public by the Rev . Mr . Buck in a letter to the Times a-. day or two ago , has received the substantial . sympathy of the benevolent readers of that journal , who have sent contributions of money and comforts to a surprisingly large amount . This is , no doubt , attributable to an editorial note appended to the clergyman ' s letter , in which the editor of the great journal vouched for the correctness of the statement . The Tt-RK in Lisbon . —A hurdle race on the English system took place in the Campo Grande last Sunday .

      The race was organised by a committee of noblemen and gentlemen , at the head of whom was the Count de Farrobo . The affair attracted a large concourse to the Campo , among whom , of course , was Dom Fernando , who is an inveterate sight-seer . The . races went off very well ; but it was a pity that one or two of the jockeys were not better mounted ; there being few horses fit for the hunt or steeplechase in Lisbon . Among the riders were . Messrs . Shaw and Herbert , English residents here . The whole affair was admirably conducted , and is likely , to lead to other and more complete exhibitions of our national sports in Portugal .

      Ratin g ov Officers' Quarters . —A deputation from the Woolwich Local Board of Health waited upon Lord Hardingeand Sir B . Hawes at the WarOflfice , oil Saturday , relative to the refusal of the Government to pay taxes for the quarters occupied by military officers . It appears that in consequence of such refusal the Local Board of Health . has refused to permit the public roads to be opened for the purpose of supplying gas to the . Artillery Barracks and tho Military Academy . After some discussion , Lord Hardingo stated that he was favourable to tho payment of a fixed sum in lieu of a rate , and such a course he should recommend General Peel to adopt .

      Death of M ! r . F . T . Fowler . —We have to record with extreme regret the death of Mr . Frederick T Fowler , which took place on Tuesday morning , after a brief illness . As manager of the Morning Herald and $ tandavd newspapers , Mr . Fowler was extensively known , and in the circles of metropolitan and provincial journalism his loss will bo sincerely felt , We express only a general sentiment when wo say that this event has produced a vory melancholy impression upon those classes with which Mr . Fowler was more immediately associated . This Queisn ' s Fnicxcm Govkuness . — Madame Louise Rollando do la Sango , who has for more than twelve years filled tho odlco of French governess to the royal children , has just rotirod . It is well known that tho Queon and her chlldron have parted from this lady with roal regret .

      „ Madamio von Abnim . —On the 21 st inst ,, Bettina von Arnlm died at Berlin , at tho advanced age of seventy-four yoara . She , was . one of . the shining etara o < German romantic literature , and a genius from , the cradle , her most remarkable work being a correspondence carried on with Qooilio before her seventeenth year .

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      I ^ ^ a . JAKi ? A ^ 29 , 1859 . ) THE -Ii E A B E B . 137

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 29, 1859, page 137, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2279/page/9/