Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-11-09
VOL. X-NO. 90.
FOREIGN ITEMS.


The March mail from China was lost by the
shipwreck of the Torrington.
Jenny Lind has gone to spend the winter in
Stockholm.
Lady Franklin has heard of the safety of hel
husband, and has been to Aberdeen to communi.
cate with the whalemen who brought the intelli.
gence.
A series of plays is again to be performed al
Windsor Castle.
The Pope has appointed a nuncio at Paris Of
the name of Garibsldi
There are twenty Protestant ministers in the
Dutch West Indies, supported by the govern
ment.
Some of the English papers are rather severe
upon Father Mathew for his alledged temporizing
with American prejudices.
An actress by the name of Warner, is highly
praised in England for her performance of Lady
Macbeth.
Mrs Trollop has written a novel, called the
sold World and the New"
We notice the death Of Lady BalleS widow OF
Admiral Ballet. She was the filth daughter of
Col. Philip Van Cortlandt, and descendent of
Oliver Stephen Van Cortlandt who was in this
country in 1929.
DR.. O'Brien, parish priest of Slane, ireland,
has left fortune of half a million of dollars.
Under the new bankruptcy law of England
the bsnkrupts family is supported until he has
passed his final examination.
A young artist named Fisk, while sketching
in the neighborhood OF Balmoral, performed an
act of galantry to the Queen somewhat in the
Raleigh style. Passing from the church to her
carriage, her majesty would have suffered from
the extremely wet weather, had he not politely
spread his cloak on the ground, over which the
Queen walked TO the royal coach.
silver penny of the time of William the lst,
IS worth eight shillings sterling.
Mr.. Towsca has ;aTented & method OF deter
mining the latitude at sea, by attitudes of the
sum- taken before after meridian.
An engraving of Abbott Lawrence appears in
the London News.
A new opera has appeared in Paris, called La
Fee aux Roses. The music is by Haleyy.
The births in London, for the week ending Oc-
tobar 9Th, amounted to 1926 Deaths 1911.
Among the leading republicans cf Rome,
were some of the most distinguished OF the no.
bllity, viz: Count SItir, Prince P!ombno, five
Narquissrs OF distinguished family, and "a score
of other titled persons.
The London Dispatch says: "Our brotherhood
OF race and institutions, is with the United States;
we think and feel as they do; our heart is right
with their heart"
The French ministry are about abolishing all
theatrical monopoies.
The Strait of Dardanellcs divides Enrope
from Africa, and untes the sea Of Marmora TO
the Archipelago. 1t is 50 miles in leghth, and
It's width varies from ten miles 10 less than one
mile. It's very strongly fortified.
\ little work in use among the Roman Catho-
lies in England, The Devotions of the Fair
Scapuiars," asserts the toilowin propositions:
/. The Virgin Mary is the Queen of Heaven.
?. She holds in her hands all the graces and
mercies OF God, and 10 true servant OF hers will
ever be damned.
The Earl of Malmesbarg has been WOUNDED
IN an encounter with deer.
Cockermouth hes been visited by severe
snow storm.
A report vas riff, Il the departure Of the stea-
mer, that the King of Naples has been assassina>
ted while proceeding 70 the thea!er OF San Car
los.
Perforated voatila:ing glas. is beginning to be
used the construction OF buildings
Mr. Osborn, OF the firm Of Monroe, Osborn s.
Co., resident in AK Ia Chapelle, has been ap-
pointed Consul General in Prussia
The Leipzig fair has commenced, and is
crowded with visitors.