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out considering his conduct in refusing 70
his colleagues any Independence either
e~xpedient or just. 10

many, 10 which h%ydrophobia was, accord
ing to the statement. cured by the use'of'
that terrible drug. curare, which paralysesr
the motor nerves, though without affect-
ing the sensitive nerves., and so stops mus
cular CONFUSION, was given in Wednes-
days Times. The somewhat daring ex-
pertinent was made by Dr. Ofenburg. who
treated the case at Munster, in Westpha-
la. The patient, a peasant girl, was Bit
ten by a mad dog on 23rd July. 1874, but
the symptoms of h%ydrophobia did not
come on till the 10th October. when NOR
phia and ch'oroform were tried 10 vain.
DR.. Ofenburg then injected tn ee ceuti-
gramWes of curare, an injection five times
repeated, though not always in quite
equal quantity, during the next IL hours.
The commissions began to diminish after
the second Injection, and soon disappear
ed; but then began the paralyses of the
muscles OF the chest, so that the woman
bad to be kept alive by artificial inspira-
ton f; but after nearly nine hours from
the first injection the paralysis diminished,
and from that time the recovery was rapid
except one slight drawback, treated by a
new injection, and 10 q fortnight she was
quite we'll again. The remedy is a terri
Die one, but the disease is still more SO,
80 that the success of any remedy will be-
to the public a relief.
The special correspondent of the Times
at Rome gives a curious sketch of the Car
dinaIs likely to be of consequence at the
next Papal election. The most influential
are said to be Di PIetro, a Roman noble
f72, noted for extravaganza Di Lucas
a learned Slcilian. possibly tinged with
Liberalism; Mertel, a ''natlve Of Allu.
miere,'' a great %jurist. II years old, aud
zone eft the wisest ADD most moderate men
of the Sacred College; - and Nina. q
Roman of a moderate spirit and inclined
to compromise. Cardinal Bonaparte,
with a reputation fora ability, has since
the fall of the Second Empire kept almost
entirely out Of sight /; whilst Chigi is .
dip!Omatist, intent on correspondence with
the great, but believed to desire the Papal
Throne. Pecci, the Camerlengo, is q
Roman OF 81, b!ameless and moderate;
whilst his immediate rival, Panebianco,
considered in many quarters the mot
probable of all candidates, is held in Rome
to bo q monk, obstinate, gloomy, and
fanatieal, with a temper hardened by
Aleeplessness. which in him amounts to q
disease. These sketches, it should be
understood. only profess to represent popu-
lar opinion in ROM. where the bad quail
ties of a Cardinal, whose character may
be q good one on the whole, are very care.
fully noted. That hebit will cease by.
and by, now that the favoar or wrath ofa
Cardinal no longer brings to anyone ma
terial advantage or detriment.
IRtsH AND FRENCH FREEMAsoNs.-The
Gland Lodge of Freemasons in Ireland has
passed the following resolution -" Whereas.
the Grand Lodge Of Ireland has received Off.
cial notification that the Grand Orient Of
France has altered the 6rst article Of its Con.
~stitution from its previous for N, and omitted
therefrom, as ons of its fundamental principles.
belief In the existence of God and the i'm.
morality of the soul, the Grand Lodge Of Ire
land hereby resolves that the Grand Orient Of
France having. by such alteration, rendered
admissible as member of lodges within it,
jurisdiction persons whe do not believe 10 the
existence of a personal Deity, has th ereby
caused a breach in the foundations Of ancient
Masonry. and acted 10 violation of the h-st
great principle of the order. and therefore the
Grand Lodge Of Ireland hereby declares that il
cannot continue to recognise the Grand Orisst
of Franco as q Masonic body. and It hereby
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