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A Cot. Ettas, AiIen.-We have heard one an- ecdote OfAllea, which we believe has not yet Aaenin print. Mr.B. an attorney of Vt. once received from some person in Boston, note nfhand for eco against Allen for collection. 1t being inconvenient for nm at that time to tpay the note il was sued. When the case came on for trial. Allen employed lawyer to get the action continued until he could raise the money to settle the demand. and accord ingly the attorney. as the readiest means of accomplishing this object, determined to de nv the genaineness of the signature. This would obige the plaintiff to produce the wit ness to the note; who. residing in Boston, could not easily be brought forward on the instant. The effect of this maneuvre would be to cause the plaintiff to postpone the trial till next court.

 When the case was called, Allen was in remote part ofthe court house, and to his ut ter astonshment heard his lawyer gravely de- nysthe signature of the note. With long and erect strides, he rushed through the crowd and confronted the amazed 'limb of the law rebuking him in voice of thunder. {" MT. ,----------, did not hire you to come here and aie--that is a true note-l signedit-rll swear it--and I'll pay it. want no shufiling, want time. What employed you for was to get this business put over to the next court ;, not to come here and lie and ,iuggle about it." The result was that the postpOnemeut of the claim was amicahiy arranged between the two awyers.-Easternp paper. ... |.

 BISHOP DUBOIS vs. THE THEATRE.-lt is with much pleasure we record the pointed misrepresentation expressed by the Roman Catholic Bishop Dubois In regard to Theatri- cal exhibitions; not only because such sent- ments are altogether becoming minister of religion. but because the influence of this high ecclesiastic over large mass of thea tre-goipg people is very great.

 A pOmpous advertisement had appeared in one of the papers. signed by 27 persons as Committee of Arrangements. the object of which appeared to be, to compensate the Manager of one of our Theatres for having agreed to appropriate the proceeds of the first nights representation of Mir. Peppers . Irish Historical Drama, to the Trustees of St. Johns (Catholic) Church, Newark, to enable them to complete their ediiice.

 In day ar two after, the Editors of that paper received letter from Bishop Dubois, declaring the designs of collecting funds fnr building said church, by means of theatric al exhibition, to be "A sCANDALoUs CONVEX ION OF THE SACRED WITH THE PRoFANE." He says it cannot be passed over in silence, or regarded as the result of ignorance; for the proposition was made tn him and his Vicar. General by the therein named Trus- tees, and was REJECTED WITH INDIGNA- TIoN." He protests against it as a scanda lous abuse of the crust rcposed in said Trus- tees," and entreats Catholics not to coun- tenance it, for if money SO raised ShaH De Gp- piled to that purpose, he wiU neUer consent to the church being used for the purpose cf acor- ship.-N.K Obs.

 RELIGIOUS ANNIVERSARIES IN LONDON.

 The following brief but interesting noti- ces of the May anniversaries,wec copy from tho Commercial Advertiser.

 BRITISH & FOREIGN BIBLE SocIEUY.- A great crowd was present at this interest ing meeting. The chair was taken by Lord Gambler. His Lorpship addressed the meeting, and after some pertinent re- marks said:

 ''It must be the greatest source of joy & gratitude to them to think that they had, through the medium of the British x Fora eign Society, distributed, since the com- mencement of its labours, no less number of Bibles than 5,5OO,OOO, both British and Foreign copies, and that its funds had been so extensively employed in doing that work which was so calculated to make men wise, good and happy. Great, indeed, has been the benefits conferred on mankind by this B Society and he might ask them what state would not many thousands of their fellow creatures now be in, had it not been for the existence of the Society.

 The Rev. Mir. Brandon, the secretary, read the Report by which it appeared that 5000 copies ofthe Polish Testament are printing at Berlin; that the Turkish Bible had been completed GOO copies of the New Testament had been published at Shultzbach. The Finish Testament vas in good progress. 1000 copies of the ancient and modern Testament had been sent to Greece; it had also been translated in the Albanian language. The total num- ber of bibles distributed the past year by the society was ls7, l62, ,and of Tesiaments 19o, JOS, being circulation of bibles and Testaments amounting to 42,622 over the distribution of the former year.

 The receiP.s of the year amounted to Hslc00, ,roS 1860, 900. Af'er the report was read, the meeting was addressed by Lord