The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-12-24

An attempt has been made by some Italian
refugees to assassinate the Pope.
| M. Pauwels, the machine-maker Of Brussels,
has just sent from Antwerp to San Francisco, in
California, complete hotel consisting Of forty
rooms with beds, chairs tables, etc. all in cast
iron. The whole takes to pieces when desired
| The London papers speak highly Of new in
vention by Mr.. Hall, by which the combustion of
coal in steam furnaces is rendered perfect pos
| sible The floor Of the furnace consists of long
bars inclined at considerable angle and slowly
moved backwards and forwards in certain order
| by means Of eccentrics working on the same axle,
which act upon teeth, with which the bars are sup
piled. The machinery is said to be simple and ef-
fective
| On the LIST Of November there were $50 persons
in the jails of Ireland committed dangerous lu-
natics.
The Limerick Examiner says: " There is a lady,
at present an inmate Of the workhouse here, whose
husband high sheriff Of this county few
| years back"
There is an oak on the domain of the Grand
| Duke of Hesse Darmstadt which is believed to be
thousand years old; its trunk measures thirty-six
feet in circumference 1t is the oldest tree in Ger
many.
It is proposed to establish a new college for poor
scholars at Oxford. The amount required is stated
at 630000-a portion of which has already been
subscribed.
1t is estimated that not less than twenty-five
millions Of pounds sterling of foreign capital have
been invested in English securities in consequence
of the disturbed state Of Europe during the last
eighteen months.
A government expedition has been sent out to
explore the Pmienta, a part of the mountain chain
| OF the COrdiieras, with view Of ascertainng
whether there exists in that region city, and
people, with whom no communication has yet
been established.
Clifden House. near Maidenhead one Of the
magnificent seats Of the Duke Of Sutherland, has
been partially destroyed by fire. Some Of the
choiceT specimens of the immense collection Of
paintings have been saved. Clifden House once
belonged to Frederick Prince of Wales. It was
erected by George Viliers, the favorite Of Charles
the Second.
1t is stated that the hangman of the Mannings
will probably realize f150 by the sale Of the clothes
of the wretehed culprits. He received seventy
guineas from Madame Tussaud, for the suit in
which Rush was executed and she is reported to
have made elj00 by the exhibition Of her wax
model Of Rush, in her famous gallery.
DR.. Scoresby in recent address at Whitby,
Yorkshire expressed his confident belief in the
safety Of Sir John Franklin and his companions,
upon the supposition that had there been any ca
tastrophe, some few of the one hundred and forty
scientific and hardy voyagers would certainly make
their way TO some fishing station.
A meeting was recently held in London, advo-
eating the abolition Of capital punishment. Sew
eral judges, Mr.. Golden Mr.. Ewart and other
members of Parliament were present. The ques-
ton is to brought before Government speedily.
Mr.. Macready has been recently performing il
Birmingham, before crowded houses. His recep
ton was most enthusiastic
At Stockton upon-Iees, a theatrical piece ha
been produced called " Rush or, the Staufeld EIal
!, Murder" in which all the shocking incidents
that horrible affair are represented not emitting III
/. disgusting exhibition Of the execution.
Mile. Jetty de Trefz is the star of the presen
season at Julien S concerts.
8 A Post-runner at Orkney, near Berwick who's
daily travel foot thirty two miles, with abou
eight miles of additional of ferries-lately died. II
had been thus occupied during period Of twenty
nine years, and consequently had trayersed in al
, $4,000 miles by land foot and 10000 miles b.
sea across ferries, making total Of 10000 miles
A copy of Doomsday Book" has lately beel
presented to DR.. Shepherds library at Preston, b.
Mr. Pedder, the Mayor of the town.
Mr.. T. P. Lewis son Of the celebrated comedian
has bequeathed $4,000 to the National Gallery O
London, with the request that his fathers portal
{ may be there exhibited
7 DR.. auckland, the geologist, proposes-a plan 70
$ supplying London with fresh waterin any quantity
I by means of an open canal, which should reeeiv
the rain water from area of some :, 800 squar
miles, which flows into the Thames nea
Henley.
1t is remarked that on the recent observance O
the public thanksgiving day in England, there was
hol 8G instance OF ponce interference or afres
in London-a fact unparalleled even Sabbath
On that day $1,000 was collected at the variou
, churches in contributions for the poor.
, Her Majesty's ship Pandora arrived at Ports
5 mouth from the Pacific few weeks ago, with golt
dust to the value of elOO,0OO on freight
Mr.. D'Israei has stated that the lands of thu
United Kingdom mortgaged for an amount two
thirds great the national debt And the in
terest on these mortgages, and the interest on tn
national debt and the support of the whole govern
ing arstocracy, comes upon the back OF the laboreI
There are now on the English navy list 1914 ad
mirals, 5j4 post captains, SIG commanders am
1888 leutenants. During the struggle with Ma
poleon the number was only SO admirals.
MIR. Paxton, the eminent horticuturist has pre-
scented to the Queen leaf~o the gigantic waite
D lily, from the Berbice river named alter her Ma
! jesty, 4" Victoria Regia." The plant has bee
reared and lowered at Chatswerth, in the shor
space of three months. Its bulk-is so enormous
that one of its leaves has supported, it is said,
+ young lady standing upon it in the water.
The Roman Catholics observed a day of publ
thanksgiving in their churches on the 25th
November, on account of the disappearance of III
pestilence. No member of the Catholic clergy il
London, had died of cholera
Il A splendid exhibition Of French industry, inclu
d ding superb furniture, tapestry, jewelry, &c, wa
n recently opened to the British public at ID Georg
t. street, Hanover Square. Among other curiou
| works OF art, We're magnificent mlssal made Il
> the Queen of Spain, and some splendidly carve
1t lme-wood book covers.
Astroogy and superstition seem to be still ri
e wita certain classes in Great Britain large ed
u ton Of Tadi1iel's Prophetic Almanac for 1850
containing numerous predictions Of great interes
1t having been already sold.
Is The new British navigation laws, it will be r
L collected, take effect January lst 1850. This wi
N work great revolution with respect to freghts,
=, The last British Navy List states that there a
y, GIL vessels, large and small, in the British nav
j Numerically, this is the largest naval force in 4
n world, but the list includes various craft to gre
!, extent useless
of The products Of the principal English coal feel
s. annually, are as follows Lancashire, 10000
ar tons Wigan, 100000 tons Bolton, 10000
of tons; st. Heens 100000 tons.
A private letter from the DardaneIles, Of the 6
r. inst, announces that Sir Wm. Parker anchored
that day in the bay of Sari Sigur, below the inn
Ct castle of the Dardanelles, with his heet. 7
N French feet, under the command Of Admiral D
e ehesne, at the islands Of Omae on the 7h III
~ Messrs. George and Sir John Rennie have
ii eeived orders to build and fit with their engines
ee handsome steam-yacht for the Emperor Of Russ
ar She is to be $50 feet long, with draugh Of on
M four feet, and calculated to seventeen miles
- hour.
m, Messrs Smith O'Brien, Meagher, McManI
and Donohoe reached Simons Bay the II
September, on board the Swift, Capt Aldham,