The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-27 00:00:00

OF ROMISH TOLERATION.—A letter, dated
7 12, says :—" A Tuscan noble, a descen-

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dant of one of the first
ciardini, was suspected, from his intercourse with certain
sli families here, of imbibing peculiar opinions on
ins matters—among others, of a desire to read and
Bible. No direct allegation was preferred
t he was watched by the police, his habits
s haunts sought out. Aware of the

actised towards him, he gave up many
)urse which might encourage these suspi-
ome time back lived in a retired and se-
. A few days since, however, the gens
.ed his house at noon, and found him, as

they heard they should,' actually reading the Bible.
He was at once arrested, and conveyed to prison, and
thrown into the cell with felons of the lowest class—a
sink of filth, infamy, and debasement, of which I will not
attempt to give you a description. The most barbarous

of our gaols, a century back, would be a model peniten-
tiary in comparison with an Italian prison ! Here he still
remains. I do not believe that any specific charge is
preferred ngainst him." The crown of England has the
honour of being represented at Florence by Richard Lalor
She.. Our countrymen are, surely, wiser than to be
deluded into the imagination that this can be the cause of
civil or of religious liberty !
FEMALE COSTUME IN THE UNITED STATES.-Our
columns have already noted the revolution of female dress
which has lately sprung up
,in the United States. Our
last files of New York paper give one or two further il-
lustrations of the new `rage." An Oswegoo juurnal says,
--itement was produced at the steamboat
e yesterday, at the appearance of a
with the short Turkish dress. They were
'ling in company with gentlemen, and were evidently
*ion. A revolution in female costume is
--ation. There can be nothin., more
drabbling dresses which sweep

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the- streets and steps wherever ladies move. As a matte
of personal comfort, the Turkish dress must be most
agreeable, in addition to its beauty." During an anti-
slavery convocation at Syracuse, again, " Mrs. Burleigh
and the two Misses fin:Leigh, the wife and daughters of
the poet Burleigh, entered the meeting. They were
dressed in the new costume that is now being adopted by
the ladies. The upper garment was close fitting, and
rerched to the knees. Underneath was a close trousers
reaching to the ankle. The feet were enclosed in buskins,
and gipsy straw hate crowned all. The eyes of the meet-

ing were immediately turned towards the ladies. They
walked up leisurely through the aisle, took their seats
upon the platform, and entered into conversation with
Abby Kelly, George Thompson, (M.P. for the Tower
Hamlets,) and Wrn. L. Garrison." . .

A PARISIAN TRICK.--The concierge of a house in the
quarter of the Gros Caillou, who is a shoemaker by trade,
has long been in the habit of persecuting all the residents
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a-ho would not emp

rd at I

G— was in particular made his victim,
man's annoyance became so intolerable that M.
resolved to try to get rid of him. He wrote anonymous
letters to the concierge, stating that all the occupiers of
the house were dissatisfied with him, and that if he did
not amend they would take vengeance on him. The con-
cierge treated the letter with contempt. After a while
another letter was sent, threatening to put him to death
if he did not forthwith cease his annoyance. But of this
also the concierge deigned to take no notice. Three days
ago he went with some friends to drink at the barrier,
and on his return, at a late hour, by the outer boulevard,
he was stopped by a mar. in a blouse, who seized him by
the throat, threatened him with a dagger, and cried,
" Infamous concierge ! if you do not give up your place
within a fortnight, you shall be put to death !" The
concierge, terror-stricken, fell on his knees, and took the
required oath. His assailant released him, and turned
away, but just at that moment the concierge heard the
steps of a patrol, and began to bawl lustily for help.
The patrol came up, and arrested the man in the blouse.
On being taken to the lock-up the dagger was found in
his possession. 13) a sudden movement the prisoner's
beard was touched, and as it was a false one, it fell off.
The concierge then, to his surprise, recognised M.
who stated that his only object was to frighten the con-
cierge, so as to get him to leave the house ; but he was
detained in custody to answer the charge of having made
menaces of death with arms in his hand.—Gazette des
Tribunaux.