The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-23 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

GERMANY.—The Augsburg Gazette announces the
formal conversion of the Princess Wasa to the Romish
faith at Morawetz, in Moravia, on the 4th.
DENMARK.—Negotiations are being carried on between
Denmark and England for the conclusion of a treaty of
commerce and navigation between the two countries.
ITALY.—lntelligence from Catania of the sth instant
states that the volcano, after being several days dormant,
had resumed its activity. There was a considerable
quantity of fire, or rather the reflection of it visible at
Catania, but the detonations had not been audible for the
previous few days.—The Hereditary Grand Duke of
Russia has arrived at Venice for the winter, and will be
joined there by the Empress. The Count de Chambord
and the Count de Montemolin are also to winter at Venice.
RUSSlA.—Letters from Kalisch state that important
movements of troops are going forward throughout the
entire kingdom of Poland. In Kalisch and its neigh-
bourhood, which throughout the summer have been void
of troops, an entire army corps is expected.
TURKEY.—A private correspondence from Alexandria
states that Abbas Pasha has shown no objection to render
the assistance demanded by the Porte, and has sent Ab-
dallah Bey to London to make the necessary arrange-
ments for raising the money.
AUSTRALIA.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steam-ship Chusan arrived at Sydney on the 4th of August,
and created a fever of excitement there. Considering this
was her first trip, and the first voyage of a steam-ship for
whose coaling the arrangements cannot have been per-
fectly made, she has done her work admirably. The
voyage has occupied only seventy-five days, of which only
sixty-five days were actually employed in sailing. Ad-
vices have been received from Sydney, rid Panama, to the
16th August. The production of gold in the various
mines of New South Wales appears to have been very
satisfactory, but there are no details regarding the chief
point of interest, namely, the extent of the yield at
Mount Alexander, in the adjoining colony of Victoria.
The quotation for gold was 655. to 675. per ounce. Among
the vessels which had lately sailed for England were the
Lady Flora, from Port Phillip, on the 4th August, with
77,559 ounces of gold, valued at £310,000 ; and the Fati-
ma, from Sydney, on the 15th August, with 18,550 ounces,
valued at £70,000.

MAD'LLE PICCOLOMINI, a young and beautiful lady, of
an illustrious family, and the niece of a cardinal, has ap-
peared as a prima donna at one of the theatres in Rome.
SERIOUS MISTAKE.—A Paris correspondent states
that during the recent disturbances, a newly-elected pro-
vincial mayor of high character was arrested in mistake
for his predecessor, a Red Republican, who had died, and
was sent off to Cayenne before the mistake was discovered.
EXHAUSTED BIRDS.—On the 18th and 19th ultimo,
the skip Marion, Bisset, from Bombay, when upwards of
600 miles from the land, was surrounded by a great many
birds, from the robin redbreast upwards to the heron, in
a very exhausted state, which must have been blown off
the land.

THE SEA SERPENT ONCE MORE.—The sea serpent has
.ively been seen ! at least so says Captain Valle,
commander of the ship Basham, lately arrived at Madras.

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The animal was estimated to he about 150 feet long, and
with a girth about the size of a barrel. The Basham gave
chase, but the serpent was in too great a hurry to wait.
HOMMOPATHY.—A " chair" of homosopathic medicine
is about, it is said, to be established in the University of
Berlin. As another medical fact, it may be mentioned
that a celebrated German physician is about to publish
here a scientific condemnation of the present loose
sleeves worn by ladies. He proves that they promote
rheumatism and all kinds of complaints.
COAL IN AUSTRIA.—The Austrians are much dismayed
by the sudden appearance in the market of good English
coal, which has found its way to Vienna over Saxony and
Prague. It appears that sLme English speculators have
opened a coal magazine in Prague, and it is confidently
asserted that a hundred weight of the best English coal
reaches Prague by way of the Elbe, for thirty-six kreutzers.
LONGEVITY.—There is a woman at Turin, horn on the
14th of February, 1750, and, consequently, in her 103 d
year. She has preserved the entire use of her faculties.•
At ninety she fell sick, and was taken to an hospital ;
there a violent fever brought her to the verge of the grave,
but, contrary to expectation, she rallied again suddenly,
and, the Resorgimento affirms, cut seven new teeth
shortly afterwards, which she has still.
ABD.EL-KADER.—The Akhbar, of Algiers says, " The
town of Broussa, which has been assigned as the residence
of Abd-el-Kader, contains the torah of Kheir-ed-Din,
the brother of Barbarossa, who is regarded as havine
been the founder of the Regency of Algiers. Thus the
remains of the man who put an end to the Arab or Berber
dynasties, and the mars who made such efforts to estab-
lish a dynasty of the same kind, will be on the same
spot."

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The Legislature of Maine
has passed an Act making telegraph companies liable for
errors in despatches, either in transmission or transcript,
to the amount paid for transmission to the place of desti-
nation in or out of the States. In case of unreasonable
delay either to transmit or to deliver, affecting the value
of the despatch, the amount paid is to be refunded. The
penalty for falsifying a despatch is to be from twenty to
100 dollars, and operators, agents, cleik3, and officers are
to be held liable for any fraud committed or attempted by
means of any telegraph.
THE BRIDE OF NAPOLEON lll.—The Baden corres-
pondent of the Cologne Gazette writes from Carisruhe on
the 11th instant :—" The betrothment of Louis Napoleon
with the Princess Carob of Vasa may now be regarded as
a certainty ; it has, however, as I learn from most trust-
worthy sources, only been brought about after the
conquest of great difficulties. Not only were high political
advisers against this match, but many warning voices were
raised among the family ronnexions of the lady to remind
her of the unhappy lot of another Princess of Baden. But
the policy of the Grand Duchess Stephanie, grandmother
of the young Princess, and the firmness of the bride, have
triumphed over every obstacle."
COURT-MARTIAL IN PARIS.—The court-martial on
Wednesday tried a young non-commissioned officer,
named Feilhaut, of the I2th Light Infantry, for embez-
zling the funds of the state. At the age of 18 he enlisted
in the army as a volunteer, and, being possessed of a good
education, rose rapidly to the rank of sergeant-major, and
in 1851 was placed on the lists of promotion to the rank
of officer. Flattered beyond measure at the idea of wear-
ing epaulettes, he, without waiting for his nomination,
ordered his uniform. A tailor made it on credit, but as
time passed away, and the promotion did not come, he
became clamorous for his money. The accused, to satisfy
him, borrowed the sum required from a Jew, at a heavy
rate of interest. The Jew left him no rest, and made him
pay heavily for the shortest delay. At length, terrified
by the threats to report him to the colonel, he falsified the
papers of his company, and by that means defrauded the
state of 100 f. He wept bitterly before the court, and made
a full confession of his guilt. He was sentenced to three
years' imprisonment.