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Show THK CVPsY PAIU.MMKNT. The gypsy parliament whkli meet once in every wveu ye;.rs, and consisl fif delegates from all the countries o Europe, is expected to assemble sooi near Gron:ndt, in Germany. The kini of tbi-; nnir.adic race is one Jo.-cpl Reinhord, who has reached the vencr able age of nitiet y-cight years. il has bad seven wives, and is the faihe of forty-five chiMron. Our Amciieai idea ol t ho wlm!j gypy tribe rathe unfavorable. They are regarded g- n craiiy set of horse and c-hilure sieaiers. a-i Hw in numij.'rs, and with out oVganiisatioti or govern. mi)'. 1 fact, there are no real gyp-ics in tbi country-. Rut wc find that there ar in Spain about 4n.nnr'i( in Knglan more than 15, 1,1 11 1. while Au-tna ha 97,ia0, and Jloldavia and Waliaohi are the chosen homes of nearly LVJ,!"1 more. Their religion has been th subject ol' mueh unsatisfactory discu: sion. Perhaps ihe Hindoo savin.. "1 here arc seventy-two religions an a-halfin the world," the half bein the religion of the Jnats (or gypsies comes ad near the tiaiii as any. |