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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 44, 10 April 1863, Page 6 (Supplement)

CORRECT TRANSCRIPT OF THE SENTENCE OF HEATH PRONOUNCED AGAINST JESUS CHRIST. The following is a copy of the most memorable judicial sentence which ha? ever been pronounced in th* annals of the world, namely, that of death ngain-^t the with the remarks which the join-rial Le Droit has collected, and the knowledge of which must be interesting in the highest degree to every Chrisiian Uniil now we aTe not aware that it has ever lieen made public. The sentence is word for word as follows : — " Sentence, pronounced by Pontius Pilate, Intemlant of the Province of Lower Gail lee, that Jesus, of Nazareth, >hall suffer death by the cross ; "In the 17th year of Ihe reign of the Emperor Tiberiae, and on the 25th day of the month of March, in the most holy city of Jerusalem, during the pontificate of Annas and Caiphas ; "Pontius Pilate. Tntendant of the Province of Lower Galilee, sitting in judgment in th" presiderui-il sent of Ihe prtetor, "Sentences Jesus of >'<zareth to death on a cross between two robbers, as the numerous and notorious testimonials of the people prove " 1 Jesus is a mi-deader; " 2 He has excited the people to sedition ; " 3 He is an enemy to the laws ; "4 Pie calls himself falsely the Son of God. " 5 He calls himself falsely the King of Israel. "6 He went into the temple, followed by a multitude carrying palms in their hands ; "Orders the first centurion, Quirilius Cornelius, to bring him to the place of execution ; i: Forbids all persons, rich or poor, to prevent the execution of Jesus; " The witnesses who have signed the sentence against Jesus are : — " 1 Daniel Rebani, Pharisee ; "2 John Z n-obabel ; *' 3 Raphael Kobani ; "4 Captet; '• Jesus shall betaken out of Jerusalem through the gate of Iruenen." This sentence is engraved on a plate of brass, in the Hebrew language, and on its side are the following words : " A similar plate has been sent to each tribe." It was discovered in the year 1280, in the city of Aquila, in the kingdom of Napl s. by a search made for the discovery of Roman antiquit es, and remained there uniil it was found by the commissaries of the arts, in the French army to Italy. Up to the time of the campaign in southern Italy it was preserved in the sacristy of Carthusians, near Naples, where it was kept in a box of ehony. Since then this relict is kept in the chapel of Caserta. The Carthusians obtained by iheir petitions that the plate might be kept bj them, winch was an acknowledgement of the sacrifice which they made for the French army. The French translation was made literally by members of the commission of ans. Dennn had a Jac simile of the plate ingraved which «as bought l»y Lord Howard, on the eale of his cabinet, for 2890 francs. There seems t > be no historical doubt us to the authenticity of this. The reasons of the scn'encc oirfspnrid exaclv with those of the Wospe!, — Translated from the Kol- i nische Zeilwuj, ■

FEARFUL CALAMITY AT LOCARNO. A correspondent, witing from th« neighborhood of Lago Maggiore, gives us the following account of a terrible occurrence which has recently taken place at Locarno : — ■" This town is one of those pretty little half Italian half Swiss towns which line the north-west shores of the Lasro Majr. siore ; but. not being minutely described in '* Murray,' it is comparatively little known to the English tor vist who hurries past it lo the more fashionable Baveno or Belgirate. As the steamer floa's past, the traveller will notice a clean looking town, backed by a chain of hills, the most striking point in the picture being: fhe cupola of a fine old cathednl-]ooking church It. is of ihh building fiat J have <o c p°ak. The church of I.a Madonna del Sa-so. with its dome towering over the otbpr buildings, its coloured marbles, and its quaint old frescoes by Lnini, is the one sight of the little city. On Sunday, the Oth inst.. there was present in that churrh a great conjugation, composed, as is usually the case in this part of Europp, almost entirely of women. The men lounging about the piazza pointed out to one another the enormous qunnti'y of snnw which had fallen during the last six days and nights in an almost unbroken column. The landscape glittered in its white coverin?, an! even the buildings 0 ( the city looked like a scene in some fnn tastic play. Suddenly there was a dend. heavy fall. 'Evidently,' they said. 1 another distant avalanche ;' and then a scream and a munner of frrent horror, which spread through the quiet streets. All rushed to the spot, and found a scene which the letters I h»ive spen describe as horrible past all conception. The dome which covered the body of the rhurch had never been cleared of the constantly-fall-ing snow, and the immense weight accumulated was too great for thfi strength of the worn-out building. The whole dome gave way and fell upon the congregation, then kneeling in prayer. In thsit position fi ft y -three female corpses were found, after the ruins had been clearpd by the intrepid bravery and untiring labour of the inhabitants. One female, a bride of 20 years of nsre, named Bono, was alone ex- ♦ rirated alive, and was carried to her home with ' some hopes of recovory,' says my informnnf. but she had hroken one;irm and hnih her le^s. Onp old man, alone, perished among the fifty- three women who j fell victims in this awlul ruin." j I