New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-09
PERSONAL.

charges of corruption and beinous crime that have Teen
against the pous monks and mothers Thf true
story regard to the Convent of St. Ambrogo simply
inculpates Mother Agnes, who put on the garb OF
great sanctty visions dreamed dreams, and went
into raptur,s and ecsaces, and caused many OF her
own community and others to believe in these wonder
full indications Of holiness But the Holy See. with
that watchful which distinguishes it, appointed
commission to examine into the matter, and the result
was the detection of her mpostures and hypocrisy AS
| fraud is permitted TO go uDpunished she was
sent prison for long term and died before the expl-
ration of her sentence II subsequently discovered
that some of the nuns had retained sundry articles
which had belonged to their superioress- believing
in her sanctty-nd bad exposed them as relics for the
yeneraton Of the novces. After repeated warn gs,
the convent was suppressed last Easter aud the nuns
dispersed among the other converts of their order.
A memorial, bearing several thousand signatures,
was recently presented to the Commissioners OF Me-
tropolis Roads of London praying them grant con-
tinuation of Mr.. G. f. Trains line to Shepherds Bush.
The number of passengers carried by car ON week
days and two Sundays, the Vctoria-sreei live,
since its opening, On the 18th ut amounted to 81 800
| On the Uxbrdge road and Marble Arch line the two
cars running on week days, and the three, and occa-
t!Ouall1 lOuI, OH Ho'O y'N'"S" AN'N'~ -
| eI2O per week. which, at I'd. per head, makes the
| number Of passengers amount weekly 10 ll,fOO Inc
traffic on the latter line has much increased during
the past week that an extra carriage has been put on
] for permsn mt running.
Tie condition of Queen Victoria ID now exciting
| more than usual interest. An American IN London,
who is likely to be well informed observes, IN recent
letter, that Her Majesty s in a State of insanity, and
very little hopes entertained Of her recovery Ihy
talk Of having her 90 TO Germany. I hear it talked
that there will probably be regency just after the
death of the Duchess of Kent, it talked" that
the sight Of her mothers eless form was tue Queens
first face 10 face experience Of death; that she took the
hand OF the corpse, which raS rithdrarn, an event
which produced the most unhappy effect upon Der Ma-
iesy. Should the rumor Of the welnformed AmeH-
can be accepted as at east p .usibe, much light may
be thrown upon the devious path of recent British
| legislation.
| The vegetarian wherry-rnan ID. u. Martin, ar
rived in the quiet Of the Delaware, at Phlladei-
| phia, on Thursday last Since the 18th of May, when
be pulled away from Boston, be has been buiirting the
waters of the Atlantic Of Long Island Sound the lari-
tan and Delaware in 4 skT twenty -ono feet long by
twenty. nine inches wide. just before reaching New
York he experienced a very heavy storm, and was
obliged to back bio boa Tor nearly thEee miles at great
risk. The ereatest mileage in any one day was from
! Holiness Hole, near Boston, TO StoningtOn eighty
mies. Martin intends to take trip mp the Junilia
cenal next and in the course OF time will whit tho set
Of war all alone in HE little boat as the pro-
/ ceeding would be q fafe one.
! Among the bequess Of the late " J. Bowdteh, OF
Boston s to the proprietor OF the Boston Athenarum,
| \ copy of Marco Polos Voyages, published At Venice
| a apfi.uf friutIuU
the President and Fellows Of Harvard College cory
of Murphy = Arabian Antiquities OF SPAN to The Cor
p,s,tion history # the Massachusetts General los-
pal. published for private distribution by Mr. Bow
ditch at the cort of - lOO In the codci occurs the
| following:
fldi5 oc OGDEN Leg FUND the iuconc TO be
pied ard doa, ing the eIrense' oi wooden le fo psei"
wlo ave obliged 'aJin, gutsoa; la tAo d''i
button this Income should ds'ie that fem patient sod
be pse,nei 10 mal',, sad young patients to Old one'
County Cayan, Ireland, is large contributor to the
fund in ali Of the cause Of the Hon. Mr5. Yolverton
In letter acknowledging the receipt Of Il moie,y Of
cIOO, this lady says that hem las now become cause
of money re,sps justice. The appeal to overthrow the
verdict will be heard the latter end Of May or june
next II it be properly met have very little fear
but their efforts now turned To oyerwheim me IN
expense Of the Scotch suit, OF the most unheard-o
|
and no one knows save those who have suffered how
| much money it takes to unmssk one cslumny.'
During a late midnight debate in the House OF
| Commons, Mr.. Andrew Stuart one o, the members for
Cambridge voted with the Opposition. IL has since
come 10 light that he was absolutely at the time
siding at private insane asylum, under certificate
from the phy s!cians that be dangerous to himself
and others. The Commissioners in Lunacy are pre-
II Il l.,.l 10
serted that the Conservatives, wirhing TO bring up
every man to the division, eoniryod to get Mr. Stuart
out of his asyum for the evening
"A ballet, having Uncle Toms Cabin for 4
basis i. an attraction in Genoa. UIclo Tom ia Eadng
his Bible when a scene opens, representing vision Of
| Heaven, and u cong il given with an acconpanimen nj
on harp of Il thousand strings and tho prma donns.
who sings il comes forward in white cotton wrapper.
The ballet ends with grand ball where the white
females have for partners a raft OF enry-headed
negroes, in white craysts aud wastcoas, and "gong
it" in real yrgnny" style. This is the Italian idea
of emancipation, progress and paradise.
The appearance in England of the Gorills and Mr..
Du Chailu iis eXploiter has much excited the popu-
lace The Gorilla is 70 BE- the lion Of the season. Yet
the prudent Brtish but that there IL touch
Of extravaganza about it, and also about the whole OF
Du Chailius narrative. Meanwhile Professors Hurley
and Owen are engaged in controversy AS TO the con-
formation Of the Gorillas BRAIN Owen is supposed to
have blnndered about the overlapping of cerebrnm
and cerebeluu, which eXeiies surPri'e in scientific
circles.
AT private dinner recently given in Washington
General Scott ID reported TO have made speech, the
"ponts Of which were that this war il against
brotbers, and it was his desire that MS little blood as