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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-23 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL..

place on the 26th of August, off Criston Islands, by being
driven ashore during a gale. She had a large number of
passengers, twenty of whom are reported to have perished.

FRANCE.

THE POPE AND pi hNtil RZPVIIW.—The Papal i In Cephalonia five persons engaged in the late iusur-
question nearly wrecked the French ministri!".st WcFIC• rectlon (tw have,
e of them a priest) we circle, beet?
m. Thiers had drawn up a report, recommending the AS banged, and several others (amona thAi..! •
to accent the terms of the P-
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-to Home he thinks essential to the Catholic wot"
The Assembly was evidently disposed to adopt
reCOM-
fiendation ; but Louis Napoleon is deter7,lnedio enforce
the terms named in his letter to Ed-i.ar
tdsters stand by i and lig mi-
Ile wilt stleceed, we hope. Thiers's
Move i's made, not for ear' ;or the " Catholic world," but
for the sake of thP Orleans family, whom he hopes to
bring in under 'cover of a rupture between the Assembly
and the Prluee President. The old Bourbon party are
h'iso li;oiclag 'to a disturbance as favourable to the chances
of their idol, " Henri V." They, therefore, denounce
the president; and, as an union between England and
France is likely to defer the moment of their anticipated
triumph, they and their journals are as bitter against
England as malignity, mendacity, and small-mindedness
can make them.
A DUEL IN PARIS.—In the National Assembly, during
the progress of the discussion on the Roman question, a
!quarrel ensued between M. Thiers and M. Bixio, who
charged the former with having said, on a former occa-
sion, that the election of Louis Napoleon to the Presi-
dency would be a disgrace to France. M. Thiers having
denied that be had ever said so, and M. Bixio having re-
affirmed it, the two legislators went to the Dais de
Boulogne together to settle the point with pistols.
Strange to say, they missed each other, but both balls
seem to have struck the point in dispute, as the palpable
lie which lay between them had completely vanished after
the discharge.
Lord Brougham left Paris, on Sunday, for his seat at
Cannes.
A French swgeon in the hospital ,of Toulon has been
condemned to one month's imprisonment, and dismissal
from the sort ice, for abandoning his post on the outbreak
of the cholera.

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...ee editors of newspapers have

ueen transported.
PRUSSIAN IRVINGITES.—The sect of the Irvingites has
acquired such a rapid increase of numbers of late in Ber-
lin, that the attention of the church authorities is begin-
ning now to be directed to the sul)ject. The number of
the members is given at one hundred, and the augmenta-
tion to the previous insignificant amount has been as-
signed to a visit from the two so-called apostles, Barclay
and Carlyle, both Scotchmen. A Mr. Smith, from Eng-
land, has had the dignity of prophet conferred upon him ;
and an "angel' has been elected from the three presby-
ters.—Daily News.

ROME,

A letter from Remo of the 6th inct states that apart-
ments are actively preparing in the Vrxican, which induces
the public "to suppose that the Pope will soon return. It
is-believed. however, that the ;Papal Court opposes his
return until the French shall have retired from the capital.
'The Pope -is said to be looking remarkably fat and
well, and to be doing full credit to the luxurious living of
the Neapolitan court.
The 'Pope has agreed to some modification of the
amnesty: the only members of the Government to be
excepted from the amnesty are the Cabinet Ministers.
'There is to be no preventive detention for political
offences, and a certain number of the members of the
Assembly 'will be pardoned. This is all the French
-diplomatists could obtain. Rome is calm, but the
French troops are becoming exceedingly discontented.

An aide-de-camp from the. Emperor of Russia has ar-
rived in Paris, and has had an audience with the Minister
of Foreign Affairs. The purport of the communication
from his kuperial Majesty, it is said, was, that he should
consider the entrance of a French fleet into the Darda-
nelles as a declaration of war.
The treaty between the courts of Austria and Prussia,
for the Commission of the 'Empire, has been duly ratified
by both parties.
The Emperor Nicholas has sent Gen. liaynau the
insignia of the Order of St. Andrew in diamonds, accom-
panied.by an autograph letter-
The Turks are making active _preparations for the worst,
in case of a breach with Russia. The greatest activity
prevails in repairing the fortifications of Constantinople,
and raising new defences. Thetroops, &c., are engaged
night and day.
A letter from Vienna statesthat Bern, Dembinski, and
several of the insurgent chiefs, have not only embraced
Islamism, but have entered thnTurkish army. Kossuth,
at all events, remains true to his faith; but it is strange
indeed that in the nineteenth century a man should be
called upon to decide between his faith and the scaffold.
Kossuth's family consists of his mother and four sisters,
his wife and three children.
The Cologne Gazette states that Gen. Been having em-
braced the Mahomedan faith received the name of Amu-
rath, and was immediately raised to the dignity of a Pasha
'with three tails.
The crown of St. Stephen and royal insignia of Hun-
gary are being conveyed, it is said, from Widdin to En-
gland-
The dowry of the Countess Batthyani, amounting to
7,000,000 dollars, has been been confiscated to the
Austrian Government. In compliance with the last
wishes of her husband, the countess will leave Hungary
and proceed to Bavaria.
AUSTRIAN MASSACRES.—The execution of the thirteen
Hungarian generals at Arad is confirmed. Four were
shot and nine hanged. The particulars of Count Bathy-
ant's execution are also given. The wounds which this
unhappy nobleman had inflicted on himself were of such
a nature that he was at first expected to sink from the
loss of blood; but although his aim at self-destruction
was defeated, he escaped the ignominious death of hang-
ing to which he had been condemned. About twelve
hours after he had committed the deed, be was shot. He
walked erect to the place of execution, and, although pale
and haggard, ho shouted "E/ijen a noza," (Hail, my
fatherland,) just ere the ball of the sharp-shooter struck
his heart.

STATE OF VIENNA.—A feeling of depression is preva-
lent as well in the city as on 'Change. The hotel and shop
keepers, however, seem to be of opinion that matters
will soon assume a more favourable aspect, for they are
preparing for the winter campaign on even a grander
scale than usual. it is a remarkable fact that in such a
large city as Vienna there has never been until now an
hotel of the first class. At last a certain M. Munch has
put an end to this reproach by opening an hotel which
casts everything of the kind which we have hitherto seen
here completely into the shade. Not content with intro-
ducing all the comforts and luxuries of the day into his
establishment, he has erected a machine for winding his
guests up to the different floors, after the American
fashion. In the theatres all is dull, and the glory has
departed from even our Court Theatre and the Opera,
which institutions were once the pride of Germany.
A MoNsTEnWEDDING.—There was recently, in a country
town near Prague, a monster wedding. No less than
_fifteen Jewish couples were married in one day ; and the
solemn ceremony was assisted by their children and grand-
children. The following is the solution of the enigma:—
Hitherto the number of Jewish families permitted to live
in Bohemia was limited by a cruel law to 8000. Hence a
large number of clandestine marriages had taken place
among the Jews. Since, however, the emancipation of
the Jews became the law of the land, and these oppressive
restrictions as to marriage were removed, many of the
couples who had been clandestinely married were anxious
to have their marriage contracts legally acknowledged and
their children legitimatised.