... SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE AMERICAN QUARREL AS AFFECTING ENGLAND, —Both the American Confederations profess a strong desire for the sympathy, if not for tbe alliance, of England. Some leading politicians iu the North think that their object will be secured by the bluster which is so inseparable from all their political and diplomatic traditions, Mysterious vengeance is threatened against any ...

... Recent letters from Florence and Rome represent a very hostile feeling in the Italian populations towards the priests, or rather towards the clerical hierarchy, oil account of the injunctions of some of the bishops forbid- ding any' notice t& be taken in the churches of the grand national festival of June 2. Thursday last was one of the great festivals of the church—Corpus Domini day. The ...

... The Pope's Illness.-A letter from Rome of the 16th inst. savs: On Tuesday next the Pope will probably be conveyed to his country house at Castel Gondo fo. At court and elsewhere alarming rumours about his health continue. What is most dwelt on is the gradual weakening of his mental faculties. As to that I am able to assure you that the Pope's illness is in fact rather morl than physical, and ...

... iTOWN HALL.—WEMTMDAT. [Before the Hon. W. P. RODNBY, Rev. JAS. FAEQTTHAR, and J.C.Hn.i,, T.DAVlEs, and F.H.WILLIAMS, Esqrs. QUARBBLSOMB NBIGHBOU K8.—Thomas Dempsey and Margaret* hia wife,, were charged with having, threatened and abused Richard Probert, at Llanarth, on Sunday, the 26th of May. From the evidence of prosecutor it would appear that, on the morning in question, he caught the ...

... EPITOME OF HEWS. Meteoric dust occasionally falls on the decks of vessels in the middle of the Atlantic. Besides a variety of mineral oxides, it has been found to contain as much as per cent. of organic matter, and often infusoria. Experiments lately made at Pittsburg, U.S., on the strength of iron compressed by cold rolling, show that the operation imparts to this metal a strength of about ...

... CATTLE MARKET. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, JUNE 10.—Trade ruled slow for Beasts at 3s 8d to 4s lOd. Sheep only in moderate demand at 3s lOd to 5s 2d Calves wanted at 4s to 5s 4d. There was not much demand for Lambs. ...

... IT IS stated that a courit r arrived on Monday at War- saw, bearer of the Imperial decrees gnmting reforms to Poland. These reforms are said to make satisfactory concessions to the country. Their publication is expected very shortlv. ...

... jrOREIGMT ITEMS. THE revolution in Honduras has been quelled by the Government. THE trial of Mires has been postponed to June 25. A FKTLNCH gentleman, M. Jacquet, lately died at Rouen, leaving all his fortune to a lady in Paris. Strange to relate, the lady died about the same hour, leaving M. Jacquet all her money. The heirs of both are to contest which was the survivor. THE Spaniards appear ...

... SAVAGE DOGS.—The practice of permitting dogs to roam about during the hot weather-or indeed at any other time—without being muzzled, is very reprehensible, and deserves, to say the least, severe eensure. Last year a man in the neighbourhood of the Kymin bill was severely bitten by a ferocious dog, and suffered considerably fiom the effects. We trust this will act as a caution to owners of ...

... FRANCE. iTHE NEW CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE.—The Presse has a leading articlo. recapitulating the principal points of a remarkable letter from Frankfort lately ad- dressed to the Daily Neivs, which denounced, as to bti apprehended, a new confederation of Rhine, of which the members would be the French Em p s r and the minor states of (Germany. While disclaiming any knowledge of the political ...

... ROME, MAY 26.—Tiie Badget of expenses of the Papal Government for 1861 has been covered bv the sale of the Campam Museum to France. General Goyon has restored the money bearing the effigy of Francis II., which he had seized on the frontier, believing it to be destined for the reactionary bands in the Abruzzi. The acts of Monsignor de Merode are, it is thought, carrying the Papal Government ...

... THE EAST INDIA LOAN BILL.—On going into committee on this bill, Sir 11. WILLOUGHBY indulged in some strictures on Indian finance, expressing disapproba- tion of further loans, and doubts as to Mr. Laing's statements of the estimated revenue and expendi- ture. Colonel SYKES, while admitting that the re- quired loan was necessary to enable the Secretary for India to meet his engagements, ...