The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-10-11
Foreign Items.


We notice that Queen Victoria, during her re-
cent visit to Scotland made her first appearance at
Aberdeen in a Paisley shawl. =
1t is said that in Lyons suicides are following
each other with frightful rapidity. as many as
four ina day have occurred, and they attributed
to pecuniary distress.
The act Of Parliament which permits the estab-
Iishment of diplomatic relations with the Pope,
iorbids the receiving Of any ambassador in return
who is in holy orders.
The King of the Belgians has refused to receive
the French Minister, because he was once a shoe
maker in Brussels.
In consequence Of the frequent collisions of rail-
way trains on curves, signal has been invented
IN England, which promises good results 1t is
worked by crank, which moves wire on poles
like the electric telegraph, and operates at dis
lance Of three-quarters Of a mile If train ap-
proaches, the lookout turns the crank, and signal
Is made at the distance mentioned, and there is
time TO stop before any danger occurs.
The castle where the Queen of England is re-
siding, was once the seat of Sir Robert Gordon. II
has been leased for twenty-seven years by Prince
Albert. The description of the condition of the
place when the royal family took possession of il
would make chapter in one Of James novels.
The furniture was ancient and all untouched, old
pictures, dimity hangngs, an old piano. and an old
bagatelle table, were there in full keeping, with
tiled floors in the halls, and old fashioned frepaces
with iron bars to burn wood, and figures of knights
doing the mantepiece duty of the Caryatides.
Mr.. Macready, when taking leave of the Liver
pool audience, previous to his embarkaton for this
country, said his professional tour in the United
States would be :" Short
A family of Africans, Bushmen, is exhibiting at
Edinburgh.
Such is the improvement OF trade in Yorkshire,
that large number of American orders will re-
main unexecuted, from the pressure Of work in the
factories.
Ences comet is expected to arrive at the point of
its orbit nearest the earth on the 18th of October at
forty millions of miles distant 1t will be barely
visible to the naked eye. It's period is 1910 days
The Irish remittance letters sent out for this
country are now all opened and examined by the
postmasters, to see what sympathy" goes along
with them
The increase Of American ships in the trade of
the United Kingdom during the last year is noticed
in the English papers. 1t has gone up from 50 900
to $4,000 tons.
song in honor of Robert Owens return from
the United States has been written and published
by a lady, Mrs. Capt Greenle The first line is
Hail, hail, our Victors safe return.''
There is a rumor the Pope is about to abdicate
DIR. James and his wife, missionaries from the
United States, were recently lost in a vessel off
Hong Kong
The number of persons who have travelled on
the British railways the six months previous to the
10Th OF June, was over twenty-six millions
1t is asserted that Dr. Palev's celebrated work
on natural theology, is wholesale plagiarism from
the Dutch of DR.. Nieuwentyt.
The Italian Opera has Just closed a most snc-
cessful season at Dublin.