The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-03 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.)

THE BELGIAN RIOTS.

The scenes which took place in Brussels
during Thursday and Friday, have been re-
enacted in the provinces.

FRANCE.

The Paris Three per Cents closed yesterday
(Tuesday) at 69f. 35c.

Charges of bribery have been brought against certain members o f
the Canadian Parliament for securing the passage of fait railway con.
tracts and charters. It is said that proas,in one instance alone,have
been obtained of bribery to the extent of half a million dollars. The
Canadian representatives must have been taking a lesson from the
American Congress at Washington.

A BABY IN REGIMENTALS.—A letter from St. Petersburg, of the
15th, states that the new-born Grand Duke has been named chief o f
the 2d battalion of Riflemen, of the regiment of infantry of Tobolsk
The young prince has also been inscribed on the muster rolls of the
Regiment Preebajenski; of the let Regiment of Artillery, and of the
Rifle regiment of the imperial household—all these troops belonging
to the body guard. The gallant officer is exactly two weeks old !
UNION OF SAXE Comma AND Goerse.—A letter from Gotha of
May 27th, in the New Prussian Gazette, says :—" The common diet
of the duchies of Gotha and Coburg pronounced to-day in favour of
the complete union of the two duchies. The only modification intro-
duced into the government bill is the insertion of the two articles of
the constitution which lay down that the duke, or in default the
regent, of the duchy, shall give written oaths of obedience to the
constitution, before any "other government act. After this vote the
diet was prorogued for an indefinite period by the minister of state,
M. von Seebach."
PoAeursso EXTRAORDINARY.—On Friday last, says the Sherborne
Journal, Mr. R. Burge, of West Holm, near Wareham, having been
told by a keeper that he had several young foxes on an elevated
mound on his farm, proceeded to dig out the family, when no less
than seven fine cubs were, after considerable labour, secured. A well-
stored larder was discovered, in which were deposited eight hares, one
pheasant, a brace of partridges, one stoat, one ferret, and four rats
all fresh and apparently very lately captured. The whole family have
been presented to Mr. J. C. Radcliffe, who is rearing them up for the
purpose of amusing his sporting friends during the next hunting
season.
THREATENED INVASION OF NORMANDY.—At the last meeting of
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Society of Antiquaries, hr. Bruce state I
that an archceological excursion of some duration was projected, in
which, he believed, 'any member of the Newcastle society would be
allowed to join. An invasion of Normandy had been plinned by the
Sussex Archaeological Institute. A steamer wan to sail from New-
haven, and if a landing were effected at Dieppe a week would be
spent in ransacking Normandy. Master Lower, he hoped, would be
the Master Wace of the enterprise, ind indite a poem thereupon; and
the facts of the invasion would be pictorially handed down to posterity
by the facile fingers of certain Lewes Matildas.— The Bui'der.
Six ROBERT PEEL.—The race for the Derby has caused quite a come
motionsmong the sporting fraternity, and has been most disastrous
to several eminent disciples of the turf. A paragraph has appeared in
several pap3rs stating that a "certain wealthy baronet had lost
4'50,000 on the race." Another paragraph says that " Mr. Robinson
lost the same sum. Possibly some of your readers may not be aware
that the "certain wealthy baronet " and the apocryphal" Mr. Robin-
son " are one and the same person, and that both are wall known ice
Sir Robert Peel. Indeed it is quite Certain that if Sir Robert delivered
the celebrated Saltiey lecture, " Mr. Robinson " was present. Fifty
thousand pounds is rather a large sum, and the " certain baronet,"
though he may be ever so wealthy, will find that a few such Derbys,
and another journey or two to Russia, will considerably diminish the
family estate. Sir Ilo'sert, by the way, was shining with great splendour
a day or two since at the marriage of one of his cousins, and proposed
the bride's health at the wedding breakfast with an emotion that was
most patriarchal. The certain baronet's old flame—to wit Lola Montes
—is lying ill at St. Louis, and was daily expected to end her extraor-
dinary career in a most exemplary manner, Lewin; repented of all
her sins and vowed entire reformation if she should recover.—London
Correspondent of the Birmingham- Daily Mercury.
REAL A FFLICTION.—An application was some time ago made to Mrs
Beadon, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, London, for some
assistance for a poor man named Bray; and Mr. Beadon, having
satisfied himself that the case was one of real distress. directed that
a sovereign should be given to the applicant from the box, and further
promised to see what could be done towards purchasing a horse as
the best means of enabling the man to maintain his large family. On
morass,. Mr. Beadon received the following letter eir,—.l hope
the communication I am about to make will, through the aid of the
press, gain public attention and incite the benevo ent to do good in a
cause worthy of their consideration, I waited upon you three weeks
ago to acquaint you with the case of William Bray, of 17, Avery-row,
Grosvenor-square, formerly a gentleman's servant, and now in great
poverty and distress, owing to these afflicting circumstances :—He
has had born unto him by his wife eight idiot children, three of whom
are now alive —one a young woman, 17 years of age, who can neither
speak nor walk : she has no power in her hands, and has to be fed
and treated like an infant. Two boys are similarly afflicted, and the
poor wife is worn to a complete skeleton in her anxiety for and con-
stant attention upon her offspring. Latterly, through the affliction
in his family, the husband has not been able to obtain a site Won as
coachman, but through the kindness of a friend he purchased a horse
and cart, and started work as a carman ; when, to add to his mis-
fortunes, the horse died shortly afterwards, and a sec )nd animal he
contrived to buy, which steered the same fate, leaving him withou
power or means of earning a livelihood for his family. After making
known the above, and your worship's having made inquiry, d
afterwards handed Bray £l, I have by exertion raised £5 63 6d, which
I beg herewith to hand you, hoping the same may be Increased. by
the benevolent.— W. G." Mr Beadon said he was very glad to receive
the money for the poor man, as he had ascertained by inquiry that it
was one of the most distressing cases that had ever come before him,
and certainly one that well merited the sympathy of the public. The
money already raised would go towards a fund intended to place the
poor man in such a position as would enable him to maintain his
family in some degree of comfort.
M. DEMETZ AND THE REFORMATORY COLONY AT METTItAY.-31.
Demetz brings very pleasant accounts from Mettray. The colony was
never, he considers, more prosperous or more hopeful with regard
to its future existence. A large portion of the land cultivated by the
young colonists has lately been purchased by the Societe Paternelle
for the colony by means of shares, several of which have been taken
up by his English friends. The present number of youths at Mettray
is 710; 1,400 have already left the colony, nine-tenths of whom have
become honest and industrious members of society. M. Demetz is
now engaged in erecting the house, which is to complete the building a
of the colony according to its original design. It will be devoted to
i
the preparatory school, that most essential element in his wonderfu
success. The new building will be able to contain thirty-six pupils,
in three divisions—trade, agriculture, and elementary instruction'
This enlarged accomodation will enable M. Demetz to educate (as he
has long desired) all his assistance at Mettray, and thus to prevent
any from being employed in the colony, on whose peculiar fitness for
their calling he cannot fully rely. The colony originated in this way
—A
short time since, a very benevolent French Gentleman, who an-
nually bestows large sums in charity, asked M. Demetz's permissions
to lay before him a scheme for profitably employing the pamper
children of France. M. Demetz consented, and a meeting was fixed
and three hours was spent in discussing the gentleman's plan. On
rising to take leave he said to M. Demetz, " When a man consults his
doctor, he gives him a fee ; when he consults his lawyer, he gives
him a fee. The time which you have bestowed on me is most valua-
ble to Mettray; therefore, you must permit me to give you a fee ;"
and, putting a packet in his hand, left the room. On opening the
envelope, M. Demetz found notes for 5,000 f. (2001.) Shortly afterwards
the same gentleman visited Mettray, spending some days with M
Demetz, and thoroughly inspecting the colony. At his departure he
said to M. Demetz, " I gave you a fee for the theory of your institu-
tion; you have now shown me its practice, permit me then to offer
you another. The difference in the amount wiil indicate my appre-
ciation of ptactice above theory," at the same time placing in the
hands of M. Demetz a packet containing 10,000 f, (4001.)

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A MIRACLE.—The Unirers contains an article in honour of Sainte
Colette, from which we gleanasnpeacchacoiut:tweafs
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the miracles
air,
worked by the latter. It must be confessed that St. Cupertino, the
last hero of the Univers, whose
utterly crushed by the superior power of Ste. Colette : " Ste. Collette
performed in the convent she had founded at Poligny, in the Jura, in
1417, one of the greatest miracles effected since the time of the
apostles. This miracle was witnessed by an innumerable crowd,
and is testified to by ten authors worthy of faith. Ste. Colette had
gone from Poligny to Besancon on business. She there knew, by
revelation, that one of the nuns of her convent had just expired in
Poligny from the results of a fault which she had not posssessed the
courage to confess. She learnt that for her sake the judgment of
the unfortunate creature had been suspended through the inter-
ce,sion of the Holy Virgin, and that she would be brought to life
in order to confess her sin, and obtain pardon. The saint at once
despatched a courier to Poligny to forbid the burial of the nun before
her arrival. The curiosity of the town was excited by rumours. The
saint had already recalled four dead persons to life, three at Besancon,
odenleayato Lf ofonisir-led-Sayaus.lnieTrn.e Tdheaedsaniunnt rweataurinnethd
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aanfteorpena
coffin, where everybody could see her. Such was the crowd which
assembled from the town and neighbouring villages to meet Ste.
Collette that armed citizens were compelled to keep open a passage
for her. Night and day the streets we e filled, the doors and windows
occupied, the church and convent surrounded by the people. In the
morning, the civic guard broke upon the window et the 'sacristie,
through which the saint entered, accompanied by, all the nuns and
their confessors. She approached the dead body, and, after a short
prayer, commanded it to rise in the name of Christ. The dead nun
mncontinued
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rose at once and knelt before the grand altar. At this miracle the
crowd which occupied the church was seized with terror and fled ;
for
alset several hours
nn
an indescribable disorder and tu-
pray, and then confessed aloud her
fault. After receiving absolution, the nun thanked the saint for
having saved her, and avowed that but for her intercession she must
have been lost. Then, recommending herself to the prayers of those
present, she relntered hercoffin and once 131.Q111 eXpired. '