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582 that it was reasonable that it should be answered. The question having been repeated, The witness said he could not say that he would submit to answer it, because it appeared to him perfectly inele• rant to the point. Ile came there for the purpose of defending his vote, and not to state the vows that were solemnly made by religious men. Being further pressed , he stat.e'd that he had no hesitation in saying that he had taken a vow of poverty, and chastity also. He declined to state what was the effect of the vow of poverty. He had as much right to the property in question au the Duke of Northumberland had to his landed estates. So far as related to the property for which they claimed, he a n d the other sistmeu lwrsons had full power to sell or do whoa they pleased with it, notwithstanding their vow of poverty. The Banister : What is the effect of the vow of poverty with r•spset•t to property ? Witness : It means this, that we make use of our pro perty for the benefit of our religion, and for the general good of society. Mr. Hermit:Lt.: Am I to understand from you that so far as reaped* property the vow of poverty has ISO effect whatever ? Witness : With regard to the law, the law has nothing to do wit► our vow of poverty. Mr. Itarmur.u. : I am tweaking with respect to the rules of the order. Witness : ion have nothing to do with the rule* of our order. But those rules ►bon't eioncent this property. Mr. Ilatisum.t.: Well, but I want to know what is the effect of the vow of poverty with respect to property in general ? Witness: I have come to defend my vote for this pro perty, and not to go into the minutia• of my convent. It it allgigloroll l to ask me sue t. a q u es tion. The Barrister: This rather alfeets the credibility of the witness, because in making the vow of poverty he says he has no ',ripen, whatever. Witness : Au ; we most have proiwiiv, or we eannot exist. We all have property ;we have what is called " pe•enlium," whieh is a separate thing from the vow of poverty. The Barrister: What makes it a " peculium " ? Witness: t ►ur own n•ivate fortunes, and any exertions of our own during our lifietimo•s. The Banister: Then 1 don't see what the vow of poverty weans. Witness : It comes to OW, that whatever we have will 1w left to our convent at our deaths, or to some gold purpose ; we cannot leave it to our friends or others. The Barrister: Then you have only a life estate, and that upon your own account of the matter. Witness : It frequently happens that when a gentleman beetients* a monk, with a tort lie rettervess a 'sealant poi , lion of it, and that he eau distribute as he pleases by his oval will. On (wing further interrogated the witness said the proceed* tlf this property which was the soilsteet of the claim to vote went at present to this support of 11w English mission, which was under the spiritual control of the superior. Ile added that the 111110)' with which the Iwo• petty was' bought was partly borrowed. In re examinal • ,by Mr. Charlton, witness said that Mr. Minolta and the other elainemis named in the deed could dispose of the property nm they tl 'hi proper. Mr. ItaummEs t. said he apptv.lientled it was lett neeesssry for him to take up the time of the court on this stistietst. It appeared that, under the vow of poverty taken by religious pertains, such persons could not possess any property in land whatever. Any property which WAS conveyed to them went to the benefit of the society to which they belonged, anti they had it in evitlenee that this particular property WAR efinVey..4l 41 the elnimants as trustees for the benefit of the English mission. Mr. Lowe had stated that it would KO hi that mission at the death of the parties, and, sup• posing that were so, the present claimants hind clearly only life interest in the prperty, and, instead of an inten•st of 40a. a year each being nap tinito to give them a qutilitlett• lion, it was necessary and thee isriqwrty should Is• of the at 1111 l value of 1704. at the least, which was not the ease. The Barrister said the question was as to the Is netirial interest. The elanteints had never reeeivetlatiything front tlw property. The evidence entirely (141011 1111011 Bud point. and he should strike Oleo 11111111.:4 of the elotimants out 011 that &vomit. Claim disallowed tweonlingly. • 11F.1.1(1101. 7 S TRACTS LICENSED IN ITALY. THE following is a specimen of the trotettrwhich are circulated in Tuseany will t let or hindrance:— " A relation made by sl ur Lord .11'411M t'hriat to the Sister* Elizabeth, Martha, and Itrith.tet, desirous to know %Mlle ptirtit'lllSlN of his 1114.i4.11, w h o apps ared to them after they had finished their prayer. and said: '" My sistem know ye first that I bail 119 Wows in my face with the palm of the hand. and three blows with a list on my mouth. When 1 was taken in the garden, and sin my way to the house of Atms, I fell seven time's, and was dragged along the gro i 1 110 • i•s. 1 bail !NO blows on my hawk, and thirty-two strokes on ray leg... I was lifted up by my beard, and by the hair of my head. thirty-two times. I hrd one moiled blow. At the pillar I bail 6,0414 i lashes • I emitted ft ant month 1•21; sighs. I was la. eerateti in binding thirty-three times. 1 had 100 p oa ciarep, in my head. Oit the cross I had three mortal wou nds. They spit in my face thirty-two times. They inflicted on me . 1,(101) wounds. The soldiers who took me wet.' :I sit. They who carried ma bound were three. I shed blood 88,411 drops. ""rhotw who shall say seven Paters. or seven Aver every day, for the spitee of twenty-three yeant and twelve days, winch finisher tie: number of the drops of m y bl o od, 1 will do for them live graves in favour of their soul. " The bast : 1 will grant them plenary indulgence, and remission of all pins. " "rite twvond: The pains of Purgatory shall not touch them. " The third: if they diet lx.fere the time oboe said, I Mill du as lilt neve finished. THE PRESS. " "The fourth : I will grant to even• one of them as if he were a martyr, and had shed his blood fur the faith. " The fifth : I will come front heaven to earth, in the hour of his death, to have his soul in my arms, and all of his house, and all het relatives to the fourth degree ; and if they be in Purgatory h will carry them thence to enjoy the celestial country of eternal life.' " This relation was found in the Holy Sepulchre of Jesus Christ our Lord ; and whoever shall carry it on his petsson shall be free front the I►evil, front sudden death. and front other had deaths ; and if a pregnant woman has it on her she shall have an excellent delivery; and in those houses where the said relation shall be found there shall be uo evil ; and whoever has it on during forty slays before death shall have the grace to see the glorious Virgin Mary. Amen." Then follows an account of "the five greatest pangs " of the Virgin Mary ; and at the loot of the broadsheet, which is printed in wrtieheil Italian, is an imprint—" In Ferrara ► ed in Hassano. (,'on Licenza dei Superiori." c l ortign anb t °lonia flttilignut. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. PARLY, October .20. TIM festivities at Compiegne continue to attract the uninvited as well as the more privileged guests. The Emperor passes through a crowd of curious in truders on the way to and from► the forest, on his shooting or hunting expeditions. Certainly the warmth of their acclamations must be pleasing, and perhaps even useful, in driving the game towards a central point. Iler Majesty the E►npress assists at these ►►port+ in a char-a-bane, with:some ladies of the Court. Lord Cowley, Marshal Narvaez, anti Baron de Rothschild are always of the Emperor's party. The rest of the guests have other shooting-grounds allotted to them. The Princess Mathible has arrived on a visit to their Majesties. The Minister% of War, of Foreign Affairs, and of Justice, have also arrived, as well as Prince Napoleon, accompanied by his aide de-camp, Colonel I►ieutarest. Preparations arc being made at Fontainebleau for the reception of their Im perial Majesties. Besides the electric telegraph or ganised between the palace of Compiegne and Paris, a service of state messengers is established on the line of railway, to convey despatches to and from the cabinet of the Emperor day and night. The 3/onifear of this day contains a report to the Emperor from the Minister of the Marine and CAI nies, M. Theodore Ducos. It is of a congratulatory '4)1", setting forth the increase of the navy and the diminution of expenditure. The number of sailors at sea sin board vessels of the Imperial navy, or in the different seap►ris, has attained the average of :13,675 men. His Nlajesty (re •ks the minister) had only one fleet of eight line-of-battle slaps ; now two squadrons of fourteen men-of-war (without counting frigates and steamers) are alloat. six n e w stemat-ships, built after the model of the Nnju►b' u n, have been put on the stocks, and will be launched by the end of next year. Nine more mixed vessels will be ready at the seine period. No supplementary credits for extraordinary expenses have been de manded or rendered necessary; all the charges have been supported by the ordinary resources of the budget. t►n the expenditure of Isret there is a saving of to millions of francs. The minister proposes to carry over :► minions to the year 1553, to Meet the increased demands for that period, which, together with the eets 11111 l ties he has introduced into even• branch of the to rviee, will, he is confident, enable him to cover all the expenses of his numerous ser %lees, ordinary and extraordinary, without making any appeal to the treasury, and to refund the 5 mil lions remaining to the public account. Several arrests have lately been made. Among others, M. Charles I►elaeluse, formerly commissary general for the !department of the Nord, and con demned by the high Court 401 Versailles to t ratisport Ile was arrested in Paris, where he had arrived from London 011 a 1111 0 45101110 4 delegate of I Ant-Ito:lin and the central European committee. The docu ments found at his abode clearly show the delusion an d i g norance of public feeling in France under w hich the prescripts are acting. They have cont promised many persons boat in Pails and in the departments, and occasioned the arrest of people who by no means had either cognisance of these pro ceedings, or had 41114111111gi'll their feolish and despe rate en terprises. M. tionalchaux, formerly Minister of Finance under the Ilepublie, was arrested, and also M. Charles de \'au•enne and M. I%larchais. They have been since liberated, nood l ing h av i n g b een r oun d in their dwellings to bear out the accusation of their belonging to secret societies or . being illegally pea_ sew:Ndi ot • arms. A new method of painting has been discovered and employed by the celebrated Horne• Vernet. It con sists in mixing the colours with olive till. When the picture is painted the back of the canvas is covered with a coating of fuller's earth, which draws the oil SATURDAY, through and absorbs it entirely. The painting is thus reduced to the nature of a paste. The fuller's earth is then removed from the canvas, and a coat of linseed oil is applied k always at the back) ; the colours, in their turn, imbibe this oil, and all the mellowed tones of the old masters are obtained. Both French and English in this country are anxious that some public honours should be granted to the memory of Lieutenant ltellot, of the Freudh navy, who perished so nobly under the shadow of the British tiag. A national testimonial to this gallant and meritorious Frenchman will wipe out many an old prejudice, efface many an old long-rankling grudge, and tend to unite the sympathies and good feelings of two great nations. BRUSSELS, October ..tte King Leopold, the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, and Princess Charlotte, left to-day for Ostend, where they are to embark fur London, on a visit to Queen Victoria. M. Adolphe Barrot, a younger brother to MM. Odilon and Ferdinand Barrot, and formerly French Representative at Naples, has at length arrived at Brussels, to occupy the post of a French Minister Plenipotentiary at this Court, to which he was ap pointed severalmontha ago. M. Adolphe Barrot was received the day after his arrival by King Leopold, with whom he dined at Laeken. His presence, it is to be hoped, will give more regularity to the diplo. made intercourse between the two countries. A rumour, which I believe to be unfounded, was afloat for some days, that his arrival has already been the occasion of a threatened ministerial crisis, in con sequence of the claims, of which he is said to be the bearer, concerning the commercial negotiations now going on without much hope of ultimate success, and the attacks of which the French Emperor has been the object in the two or three Republican papers yet surviving in Belgium. In consequence of previous remonstrances from France, a special law was passed last year by the Belgian Chambers visiting with severe penalties press offences against foreign Sove reigns. This law, however, does not appear to bate given satisfaction, not only at Paris, but even at the northern Courts, because it stipulates that judicial prosecutions will only be commenced on a special request from the diplomatic representative of the injured Sovereign. M. Barrot, it is said, is instructed to request a modifiention of the law, in such way that the suit may be peremptorily ordered by the local courts without any intervention from the foreign diplomatic agent. The great importance of this change is evident. It would, by leaving the whole responsibility of the step to the local authority, give the foreign t;overinnent a right of complaint in case of non-prosecution, and transfoim the matter from a judicial proceeding into a diplomatic question. The Belgian Government pleads the impossibility of ob•• taming a more stringent law from the Chambers, and cites the example of Sardinia, where, at this very moment, a suit is commenced, on the express request of the French Minister, against the Republi can deputy Brofferio, editor of the nice della Libertu, for a sheeniest+ amid: against the Bonaparte family and both Napoleons. The Belgian papers never went so far in their attacks, and, moreover, met no echo in the public mind—all the Republican organs dying away successively, from want of subscribers and sympathy. The demands presented by 111. Bar • rot were also, amidst much personal sympathy for the King, mentioned in the autograph letter of which Prince Chimay was the bearer ou his return from Lille. There is, as I said before, another difficulty, namely, the pretensions of the French Government in the commercial negotiations. Events have re moved the great stumbling-block with which the Belgian Cabinet had to contend, in the fOrced re• newel with the German Customs Union of the tree y which will expire on the ;11st December next. Aft rropositions iiet.ert ant changes in the tariff of the /ollverein having been rejected by the Berlin Con ference, anti among them the Prussian proposal f r a reduction of the duty on iron, no other alternative is left to Prussia but the prolongation for a year of the existing convention with Belgium. Not so with France. She claims all the benefits of the conven • tion of le-15, which was accepted by Belgium under precis% circumstances as a partial remedy to the distress of Fl antlers, but the stipulations of which lime not, at the present hour, the same importance so as to counterbalance the very heavy terms she was obliged to submit to at the time. Not content with this pre tension, France requires the execution of the con vention (not yet retitled) on mutual copyright with out compensation, Belgium claiming a guarantee for the continuance of the existing privileges in regard of coals and iron. which have at the present moment the same importance that the linen trade hati nl 1845. These are very serious difficulties, which it is little probable the Ministry will, in the long run, be able to resist—at K ast in its present composition. -.1