The Press.
London, England, 1855-01-27 00:00:00

Visallama.

PEREIAPS the oldest tree on record is the cypress of
Somme, in Lombardy. It is supposed to have been planted
in the year of the birth of Christ, and on that account is
looked on with reverence by the inhabitants ; but an an-
cient chronicle at Milan is said to prove that it was a tree
in the time of Julius Cesar, B.C. 42. It is 123 feet high,
and twenty feet in circumference at one foot from the
ground. Napoleon, when laying down the plan for his
great road over the Simplon, diverged from a straight line
to avoid injuring this tree.
Tun Tanis " Domino; " is by some erroneously stated to
come from the French language, in which donnas signifies
" give me," others from dunan ( Saxon)," to thunder ;" but
the true origin of this expression owes its birth to one Joe
Dun, a famous bailiff of Lincoln, so extremely active, and
so dexterous at the management of his rough business, that
it became a proverb, when a man refused to pay his debts,
to say, " Why don't you Dun' him 7'—that is, " Why
don't you send Dun to arrest him ?" Hence it grew into
a custom, and is now as old as since the days of Henry
VII.
A LETTER FROM ST. SEBASTIAN states that that place i 8
completely encumbered with wine preparing for export to
France. Upwards of 2,000 barrels have been shipped
within the last few days, the greater portion for Bordeaux,
and the remainder fur Dieppe. The freight is 2tsf. to the
former, and 40f. to the latter port. The price varies from
eighteen to twenty reals the aroba (sixteen litres ).
ODESSA only sixty years since was a miserable fishing
village, whereas now it possesses 80,000 inhabitants. In
1793 it was a roadstead, where a dozen boats might be seen
anchored; now it is visited yearly by 300 large ships,
and upwards of two thousand coasting vessels. In 1813
the importation was so trifling that it was not mentioned
in the statistics of the empire ; whereas at the present
moment Odessa imports annually twenty•three millions of
silver roubles, and exports to the value of eight millions.
Three men have made Odessa what it is—its founder, of
! whom little is known, named Ribas y Boyans ; the Duke
! de Richelieu, the refugee and future Minister of Louis
XVI 11. • ' and, lastly, Count Woronzoff.
THE PARIS TRIBUNAL OF CORRECTIONAL POLICE lately
tried a young married woman, named Slosaard, and a
Spaniard, named Fonerra, for adultery. Letters were
produced and circumstances were related which left no
' doubt of their guilt. Amongst other things, an amusing
mishap was related. One night the lover climbed by
means of a rope to the balcony of the woman's bed-room
whilst her husband was asleep in bed, and she joined him
there. Whilst they were in tender confabulation the hus-
band awoke, and, hearing their kisses and soft conversa-
tion, seized a large suck, crept to the balcony, and gave
him a sound beating. The unfortunate wight, climbing
over the balcony, attempted to descend by his rope, but
his coat caught the gas-lamp, and he hung suspended.
His situation was for a time critical, but a police patrol
coming up rescued him, and carried him off to the guard-
house. The tribunal condemned both the accused to six
months' imprisonment.

COLONEL JAMES ROBERTSON CRAUFIIRD, of the
Crenadier Guards, is appointed to succeed the late
General Du Plat as Military Commissioner of Great
Britain to the head-quarters of the Austrian army,
and will have the brevet rank of major-general whilst
so employed.
A DEPUTATION of the warehousemen and clerks em-
ployed in the city of London waited upon the Lord
Mayor on Monday, and presented his lordship with a
cheque for 1,4181. 10s. 7d., in aid of the Patriotic
Fund.