Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-05-08
SUMMARY OF FosEsGN NEWS.

DISSENT FROM THE ROMAN CHURCH IN GERMASr.-
The Roman Catholic priest, John Ronge, in Upper
Slesia, accommodated for having written bis cele-
br~tea Ieste- che Dio,of TIeFss WHICH ne oe-
nounces the late exhibition Of the holy garment, has
addressed pamphlet to the lower orders of the Ro-
clergy calling upon them to unite their exertions
with him in the pulpit ard in the confessional chair,
against the Ultramontansts and the Bishop of Romes
In order to found, by council and synod, national
German Catholic church, independent of Roman darks
ness lie wants to abolish aurlcSlar confession, the
celebration of the mass in Latin the making Of pros
eytes by money the qualification of the lower clergy
by the commands of the higher hierarchy and, at
the same tme he asks for liberty otEnk and to IN
vestgate for every clergyman, and permission 10 mar
ry for all priests. The police have seized the PAM
phlet The priest CZERsKI, who stands at the headof
small German Catholic community IN Schneidmuhl,
in Prussia distributes the holy supper in both forms,
without auricnlar confession, and reads the
cording to the recognized Roman rule, but IN Ger
man, and emitting what refers to the saints and their
intercesson In Brcrnoerg, the excitement in favor
of the New German Catholic Church is very great,
and from Kongsberg an address has been sent to
[Ozersk signed by fortythree OF the most influential
men IN East and West Prussia including several pro-
fessors of the University, the chaplain of the garri
son, teachers and directors of Schools and several
members of the upper law courts.-Loadon Morning
i Chronicle. 81
sFLooD AND DREADFUL INUNDATIoN.--A letter from
Macao published in the foreign papers, gives an ac-
count of the overowng of rivers in the north of Chi
ma before which the European foundations that have
been recorded during the last few years shrink into
relative lnsgnIfcance. On the shores Of the Yellow
Sea the phenomena took the character of second
deluge Whole provinces, with populations resPec-
lively larger than of the second class Kingdoms
of Europe were almost entirely submerged. The
retreat of the waters left corpses in thousands.
i Touching episodes given pictures Of this
awful calamity. On the river Yange Use found
To- Aoatrp Be xrbfob -frhop M
discovered to contain the bodies of young children,
whose mothers, when all hope for themselves
gone. had committed them to these floating arks, as
last slender chance of salvation Upwards of
teen millions of human beings, escaped from the in
undation, have poured themselves over the adjacent
provinces, beggared of al things and crying for
bread. =
German journal states that during late celebra-
ton of anniversary at KGnigs5erg, a young law
yer, when under the influence of w;ne spoke disre-
specially of the King Of Prussia, for which of
his Malestys officers called him out At three ex-
changes of shots the lawyer fired in the air. every
time retraeting his expressions but his adversary,
unmoved by the noble conduct of his opponent, fred
fourth time and MORALLY wounded him. When down,
the lawyer dragged himself TO the foot of the officer
and said Sir, congratulate you; you have your
captaincy This dying stroke Of wit, however,
;, brought vengeance the assassin, for the
: King, on being made acquainted with the whole of
the circumstances so far from promoting his officer,
broke him, and dismissed him with disgrace from the
e service. is .,~ -
POPULATION OF fRELAND.-The population of Ire
land for the last two centuries and half stands
follows, according TO the most approved estimate
which we have been able TO discover AT the close
of the last war, in the reign of Elizabeth the total Of
souls did not exceed 100000. Tiey estimated
, previous to l64l at 466 coo 1872 at I,lC0000 I;
in 1895 1884, 122; in 17l2 2. cog. 094; in 1726
at 2, 309 126; in 1871 at 20l0 221; in 1854 at 2,
372 634; TIT at $500 $50: in 17SS at 100000;
i'm 1892 at 40sS, 226 in 1905 at 1885. 456; In 1914
at 1897 $50 in 1921 at 6,S0l ,S27; IN 1881 at T.,
767, 401. They are said to be now over e,0OO,000.
: THE UNICORN DIscovERED.-A recent number of
the journal Asiatque' published in Pars,) states
that Mr.. Fresnel the profound OrleEtalist now
French Consul at Jedda, in Arabia has published
notice of the existence of tie real Unicorn in the
f wilds of Hadramant. This strange beast has SIN
E gle horn attached to lis head by joint, through
which ii can elevate or depress its horn at pleasure
remarkably confirming Psalms 60 40, where it speaks
of the 'horn being erated like the horn of the Uni
!. c0rn.''
A new Arctic expedition is to be undertaken, the
command of which will devolve upon Sir John Frank
lin, with Capt. Crozcr as second. The Erebus and
Terror have been towed up to Woolwich and fit
ting with propeller force their way through the
j ice in Rafins Bay. They viii still be able TO take
years provisions. The intended route is through
Barrow Straits, between Cape Walker and Bankes's
Land and thence to the Continent of America to the
III Westward oil Woollason Land
The influx Of the Jews to the Holy Land has been
very great Of late There is no mere room in Jeru-
salem for them; they have already spread part
Of the Turkish quarter. Jaifa has been selected by
them for the establishment of oshiba. and several
Rabbis have been appointed for that purpose Many
new corners have settled at Jafa and all along the
: coast. tf
II Rev. sydney Smith died at his house in London on
s the evening of Feb %. The Morning Chronicle re-
marks upon the that the country has lost OF
the clearest and the wttiest of its writer's and hui
manity mas lost of its most powerful and yet least
+ pretending advocates,
wooden hand and arm las been invented in Par
!, is, by which one can open watch, use knife,
! scratch the head and pick up pin from the floor,
without any assistance from the other hand This is
said to be applicable in al cases when sny portion OF
4 the arm remains.
ID PARIS PuBL1cATIoSs.-The number of all the Jour-
mails and periodical collections published IN Paris
Il 439 of which 42S are in the French language in
the Polish, in English. in German. and one in
a Spanish.
; The Board established In England BY a patent du-
ring the Pitt administration for opening the letters
of foreigners suspected of having reasonable des
against that or foreign governments, has been abo
l. ished. e-l
ID Lord Brougham is preparing life of Voltaire He
" Is writing it in English and French and the work
to be brought out in two languages, simultaneously IN
Y London and Paris.
u Miss Osborn, the fashionable daughter Of Sin
John Osborn. recently arrested and held to bal
10 in London, for stealing jar of Potted meat
an Paris. by the last census contains million OF in
an b,bitans Every twenty minutes death and brit