The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-21 00:00:00

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

ANOTHER PLANET has just been discovered bY
Goldschmidt. It is to be called Lutetia. Ana erie 11:1
THE NORTH PACIFIC FLEET, of 1852, of 4",-(,10-'
whalers, it is ascertained, comprises not less than ,"
dred and eighty-six ships. c Ottlt
A COLONY OF BIZOOMEHS, from Boston, ,-fliten o
Wished themselves near Conway, U.S., some ""
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twenty having hired a house there for the season.s" h
time is said to be spent chiefly in sporting, '
fowling pieces.

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MORE GoLn.—The New York Inquirer says--- jo—ce of
covery has been made of gold mines in the pro time ncl
Chiriqui, about 300 miles from Panama. In active, °'
the Spaniards, it is said, these mines were product
a city of 40,000 inhabitants existed there. fial d tI i
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THE PRINCESS MARIA PICCOLOMINI has --e,t 0,
embraced the operatic profession, and forms 10'400 of
Opera Company at Rome. Her voice is a ''rf oleo
great extent and sweetness. Her father is chief goof iiS
the most illustrious families in Italy, and she has a
a cardinal. S'
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THE SIAMESE TWlNS.—Messrs. Eng and Cllany g 131161 P
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hers are now living at Mount Airy, Surrey -
Both are married. Eng has six and Chang fiv,,e.cei h,e,411'
In North Carolina two children, similarly unl'Veri eat
the sacra, or lower extremity of the back, were gi; arc
to by a stout negress of 31, in July, 1851. The,oosl;ids
cessarily somewhat difficult to manage, as the, fl'iv
back to back on one seat. and must take it by, to:0c
is to walk forwards, while the other must loco s'
wards a la militaire.

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A CAGED VENTRILOQUIST.—The New rers'oencritft
of Commerce descAbes the capture and incarcer,ea,o,
ventriloquist oho was found " drunk and
disorlbe
the streets of Boston. When caged he shook 1.00 ti;o
grated doer, and set up a most hideous noise in 0006
of wild beasts. Had there been a menagerie ,s°s. tl3l/
cell, the effect could not have been more life
roar of the lion, the growl of the tiger, the °ln? OW
panther, the screech of the wild cat, the hiss adjo rem
pent, were all heard, and the prisoners in the deiro' lee
cells begged to be released, lest they should be flegiity
EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA.—The Hong h7°lol
of October 19th, says that in June last an ow votrA'nose:,
are said to have been destroyed ; 300
quake occurred in the province of Ken- 000bor
felt for fifteen successive days. Upwards of 2'1'1017191;
of the 1.10, e
perished, and 400 others were seriously hurt:hot liforet;
peror, in noticing this calamity, commands '; fear dek4
the distressed districts. During the
taxes in money and in grain for the eresell„"he ire
mitted, and that a supply of money and grain nort,"naKfs
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0 e 5, toe too
month there were several slight shocks of ;so ciej es
experienced in Manilla. On the 16th, at (sfestr°looljf
the evening, a shock occurred which nearil overof,
city. Many houses were entirely thrown &wee' je7,40
rendered unsafe to inhabit. Two churches ,cerithe bo es
one of them the fine church of the company etistore;Bli4
pines. The palace, the town-hall, and the c
are so much damaged as to be uninhabitable. , 00,4
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were lost, and one person wounded.
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HOMICIDE BY A DUKE.—The Duke "le "ea°
under arrest in his palace at Gensano, for lafoeoPogflig
own cook. On Sunday evening a number %Oita 6, l'est
collected under his windows, singing and re,,isper bet ie
a noise that he sent out to desire them to uter 05004.10,
request was not only neglected, but his 1)(1 aolctigotl3°
by the mob, so that the duke seized a 811,11'd
he thought, which his friend Signor Calza ii,eweaamo
and went to the window for the purpose 01.,, loov„aatets;
crowd with it. Unfortunately the piece the 0."-05/10,
ball, and when the duke drew the trigger ichoieopaitt4
passed through the bead of his under coavhesnot
then coming in from a shop in the town' 000'044,
the duke on learning the accident was thestiope„,a,
duchess, an English lady, rushed down to o,oo,s.ettrioe
the dying man, but in vain. As the I°oo 00100'
of liberal principles, it has been surmise 4 tisegaVi
was got up on account of the influence IP4eiste
JacObini, and the brother of Cardinal Marilarpie
holders in the neighbourhood. Four gern 10"
pointed to attend the duke in his palace,
ou.itiea.
tarily given himself up to the police with I