New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-02
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

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.,orh,.a individuals by suggesting anolner OF us
$500, % thu historical character OF the Bible.
~ ...nas TINS: The Bishop Of Manchester
made speech in which he said ina. al our noPe was
zone IL one line" Of the Sacred 'o'nihe "ere ue'
sl.r.d nntrustwortby. Bishop Coenso sprang at ms
,ro.h., If Manchester and called his attention TO
y ,;.;.,. y; G. where the statement that the hare
~, tbs end is placed upon the authority OF the
A,,n;obtv Creator Himself" Jehovah spoke unto
No.es and Aaron" Now, says the Bishop OF Natal,
N. hare does not chew the cud; therefore the Al
mighty could not have said so; therefore the state
men, that He did say so is untraaworthy. And he
.;tes Prof Owen, who kills the iuminating preten-
s;ops of the hare with a single blow. The Bishop OF
Manchester is not long silent; out no comes win
protracted and singusrly muddy reply, In when ne
takes the position rst that there is no necessity LOT
beevinpthe Bible TO aim at literal or scientifc &c
curacy; second that there is no certainty that 'he
hare was the animal really meant; third many eVou
men do still believe that tie hare chews the oao' oe
csnse she moves her mouth with peculiar mouo"
after eating; fourth, that the Vstcan n','u''
sives the reading which says that the mare does
sb.xv tbouoh the learned Bishop neglec's 10 s'o"
how tho, Il striking proof of the amman rum
-, boh;,. Nevertheless, there il the 'et'er' Ano
A.. seh, vas a very pretty fight between the TWO
n..ts,.-of Manchester and Natal But now sun
o,ha, conbat.nts oil the conservative side rush
~ A.. d.odlv nrint; Prof. McCau, name Of strength,
- ,hs Sooib African bishop bard on his ignorance
~ Hebrew, and quotes. as authority Tor the cud
.hswine theory, the opinion Of the poet Cowper OF
N;cbaelis Bochart, DIR. Gill, and Others the point
h.rg that if the creatures do ruIninae, they do
=, lsas, have the habit of bringing up part of their
Good short time after they have swallowed IT, and
chewing II over again; McCsul goes further, how
aver and boldly states that the Hebrew, properly
.,.,,a,ed does not say that the hare eers the cud
though what it does say be pegiecis TO inform us.
{" A Suffolk Citrate" next turns up aud shows that
,ha hare of the Hebrew 10 not the bare OF the En-
.l;sh and that the former may chew frequent cuds
,houoh the latter never Eliminates al ell; this Suffolk
=, eat, moreover, is determined to he armed at all
raints for he says that even il the Hebrew animal
and the English hare are the same there is eminent
sstborty for believing that the latter does chew the
cud But the most effective and unanswerable oil
all Co e,.so's antagonists 10 "a Firm Believer who
esys he does Mt like these apologies and attempts TO
explain the Bible. "There must be no admission OF
weakness, or we are lost 1t matters not to me that
Prof Owen asserts that the hare is not ruminanti
the Bible as we have it in England, says it is, and
tina, is quite sufficient" We have referred TO but
n few of the letters on this topic which have ap-
pssred in the English papers, but the head line,
Bishop Colenso and the Hare" is ss common there
% the "Win Saltpeter Explode 2" was here some
years ago.
"A case which. as reported, sounde like bur
ls,que, but yet which is said 10 be bona tide affair,
u found 10 the foreign papers, certain French actor
named vasin demanded $50 francs damages from
another actor named Narcisse. Narcisse made bis
defense; he played the parts Of lovers; these parts
compelled him to be passionate, enthusiastic he was
obliged 10 love women of all ages and Of every con-
dtion in life and even to love them persstenty and
actively sGmsims' f0E ri sRses % a aS
Iepulsve and annoying. ,and yet it had brought the
actor to grief. GLOW sof' asked the Judge.
"Why." replied the defendant, an. valsin demands
Of mo $50 francs for kiseng bis wife while playing
my role" Glow is this, n. vsls;n r. Why,
your honor there certain theatrical regulations
which are well understood: no actor, playing role,
shall really kiss lady; he shall only seem to DO 40.
Any actor who shall really kiss an actress without
her formal consent previously obtained, shall forfeit
Eve f,aucs and if he shall press her sincerely to bis
heart he shall forfeit two francs and half. Now,
ssid vslsiu, an. Nsrcisse has vigorously embraced
my wife ten times, and unmistakably kissed he'
twenty five times. VOLTA |" Narcisse, on bis side,
complained that Ac price was beyond all reason.
vslsiu held up Ii, law. Nareisse proposed to COM
PROMISE 70 Yslsin |. said "You say stole TWEEN.
ty-fys kisses from y,ur wifel' "Yes." Well,
I offer 70 return themP This ancient joke of the
revered Miller moved TIE Judge TO such laughter
that be adjourned the Court and INDUCED bis merri-
nent while Diminishing the sun
The municipal Governor o. Rome is drawing
attention to himself by his vgoros raid against the
beggas this class has for long tine been the pest
of natives and foreigners; the forme were beset in
their houses, their bells being pulled aLday with en-
iupudenee that nothing could sbash, abb the latter
no sooner set foot outside their door than hey were
surrounded by brigade Of mendicsnt tatSrdema-
Bons aud hideous cripples, who asked an aim and,
II that were refused, gave voley OF stones eov.
hatteucci began with DIE high priest OF mendaciy,
a certain Bippo, a creature without legs, but viii
worry nj mble hands and rascaly tongue; he was &C
custoned to perch himself upon the steps OF tn
"Trinits de Mont" and from thence to select th'
most promising looking stranger in the Piazza, whom
be would paddle alto, and haunt till be received
Gift. On one occasion, having been foiled 10y al
English lady, be pslted her with stones, and wal
thereupon arrested. Hence arose the war nov eoint
on against the beggas in which the latter are suffer
ing iynominious though sullen defeat.
Dion Boucicault, as it is pretty generally known
hss begun and proposes to carry on extensively
reformation in the London Theates, which have foi
= hong time been about equal to bandbox in point
Of ventilation, and TO Thrd-avenue railroad car in