The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-03-06

I requested the visitor to take the weed from IN
mouth lest he should teach the other monkeys bad
habits"
The extraordinary aud astonishing feat Of walking
| 1000 miles in 1000 hours has been completed by
Mrs Harrison, 40 years OF age, upon the Leeds and
Whitehall road
A terrible coal-pit accident, accompanied by fear
fl loss of life, occurred In the vicinity OF White
| haven on the 18th ultmo. A eoiliery called the
Dukes Pit, exploded in the lowermost gallery, where
no fewer than 10 miners were at work, all OF whom
were killed.
The Earl Of Stradbroke backed himself, for a wa
ger of ESQ with Captain Burne, TO kill and bag
three braces Of pheasants, flying shots IN the day
with single ball, which his lordship did win ease
killing birds out Of n Shots the last two being
right and left
great curiosity has lately been discovered in the
library Of Emanuel College, Cambridge play, on
the subject Of Richard Ill written in Latin, an an
tecedent to Shakespeare. II has literally been lent
to the Shakespeare Society, with permission to Tran
scribe II.
The longest rope in the world was, last week
made at r. s Newa and Co.'s patent wire rope
| works, Gateshead II measured six thousand yards
ia length, and was in piece. II is longer man
any other rope hitherto made by thousand yards
IL was made for the Durham and Sunderland Raii-
way. -
Me- Packenham the newly -appointed British Envoy
Talbot, from Portsmouth, on the 18th ut II is stated
that he carries out with him full instructions to nego'
tate a settlement of the Oregon Territory. After
landing the English Ambassador at New York, the
Vestal will proceed to the Brazls.
The Bengal Government has reported to the lndi-
an Government at home, in answer TO their long
pending inquiry, that no pledge whatever was orig
naly given for the annual money payment OF 6,OO0L
to the Temple Of Juggernaut and consequently that
there is pretence for its continuance Its own
landed WILL Of course, continue but its own
yoares and patrons must henceforth supply The need
| full, and not the British nation.
curious reversal of legal proceedings occurred al
| Carlow Quarter Sessions Sub constable Blundell,
of the White Mountain station accused one Farrell
Of assaultng and stabbing him with his own bay net
| 1t came oLt that Blundell himself it was who had
been guilty of the assault and stabbng the two were
made to change places and the constable was senten-
| ccd to four months imprisonment.
A recent letter received from the Nautilus men,
tons the success which has attended the efforts of
| private individual, NJ Jaunet in the cultivation OF
the tea plant in the island. Chinese laborers have
been hired TO assist him in the farther culture OF this
important plant; the expense to be borne by the Co
lonia Government others have also been engaged
! for a similar purpose in the Queens Botanical Gar
| dem
In cons, quence Of the extension Of possessions
in the East Indies, and the opening of the ports in the
Chinese Seas, large supply Of shipping has been ad
vertsed 10 be ready to start in the course Of the
suing month. The number Of ships announced to
leave for Madras Calcutta, Bombay, Australia, Chi.
ma, Hong Kong, and other parts of the east amounts
| TO above CO.
The Commerce announces the intended marriage Of
the Duke of Nassau to Russian Princess, on the
2sth ut, and adds, the Emperor Nicholas is by de-
grees ENGRAVING his family on the German prime pail
ties. He has air, ady contracted family alliances wl
Prussia, Bavaria the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and in
short time Russian Princess will be united to the
| heir TO the throne of Denmark.