The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-02-13
Items of Foreign News.

Joseph Ratliffe the chartist convicted the late
assizes of the murder of the policeman Bright, at
Ashton under-L Lyme, and sentenced to death, has
been respted.
On Saturday, the lad Maxim was hanged at York
for the murder of Esther Inman, at Leeds.
A California expedition has left Greenock, a num-
Der of ndvves' accompanying it, armed with a
due supply of spades and smelling pots
NJ. Bernard, socialist orator, has been convicted
of a libel on Gen. Lamorciere and fined 10Of NJ
Chauvelet, president of the club of Refine Blanche,
has fled from fine of 1000f for insulting the COM
missary of police.
The election of Lucien Bonaparte from Corsica
has been annulled in the French assembly, for If
regularities and frauds.
A Paris letter to the London Times says &c it is
satisfactory to find that for the last two or three
DAYS the president has made considerable progress
in winning the good will of the people. His fire.
qnent and unceremonious appearance abroad, his
affability and courtesy to all who approach him
and sort of of. hand manner both in public and
private, have earned for him small share of popu-
larity, even among those who considered that they
had some grounds for disappointment. Allowance.
besides, is made for the peculiarly of his situation
with very little real power, much responsibility,
and an assembly which is sovereign to embarrass
him, ii is now felt that his acts ought not to be
scrunzed with too severe an eye
The Roman chambers closed their session on the
26h ut., and tie decree for the conv0cation of the
constituent assembly was published at Rome Oh
tie afternoon of the Doth ut. The castle of ST.
Angelo saluted the event with lOl discharges of
cannon. and ,tN people exhibited great enthus-
asm. The Alba, Of the Both ultimo, says that the
communal council of Bologna have voted their adj
hesion to the protest of the Pope and that Journal,
which is attached to the democratic party, asserts
that this vote is likely TO lead TO dangerous
uuences as several battalions, all the people, and
many noblemen, have resolved TO give severe
lesson to the council for their presumption.
Letters from Gaeta say that several magnificent
presents had been made to the Pope on Christmas
day. The king of Naples sent him an offer ing of
100000 ducals, and the Queen of Spain donation
OF oOO0GO colonnates.
There is deficit of 40 600 600 of forms in the
Austrian budget for lS4S
Travellers who quilted Warsaw on the oath De-
cember state that on that day several cannon We're
placed before the theatre and that all the troops
were preparing to resist expected jnsurrection.
| In the governments of Wjatka Kasan, Simbrsk
| and Pensa, bands of armed peasants from 5000 to
5000 in number, are going about plaging. burning
and assassnating, and have fire to several
| houses In kasan, town containing 10000 souls
If this intelligence is confirmed, we may regard il
| symptoms of an instruction in the kingdom OF
kasan, If not in vet more extensive circle.
| Advices 10 the I'd November have arrived from
| the Cape of Good Hope. The legislative council
| met on the LIST. Sir Harry Smith, in his opening
address, observed that the Kaffirs of the eastern
frontier were to be compensated for loss of territory
! The vagrant Flngoes were to be restrained from
| wandering, and located. Restrictions on holding
| public meetings are to be removed, and municipal
laws amended. Sir Harry submitted a supplement
! tary estimate of f22 900. The colony, he said
was only chargeable with f10 900 for putting down
| the insurgent Beers. The Beers had been heavily
fined; they had already paid f6O00.