The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-31
.FOREToN NEWS.

We SlsS pSioW an 'ntcicsuhb heiah5~ "
late foreign news, prepared for the New
York Epening Post They will serve, we
hope, to divert the mind from the asperities
Of politics. ,
~ JOSEPH MAzziNI, one Of the Roman Trumyl-
rate, born in Genoa in 1909 and educated phys
eian The regeneration OF his country has been his
dream from youth He was early exled on account
of his liberal opinions went to Marseiles and there
published liberal paper for circulation in Italy was
Obliged 10 fly, and escaped To Switzerland There
he organized an expedition TO Savoy, which WINS led
by Romarino, and failed. He was driven out of
Switzerland, fled to England, distinguished himself
there by his writings his general benevolence, and
his love of liberty. He went TO Paris during the
revolution and thence TO Milan where The people
wished 10 make him dictator and resist the Austri-
ans when at their gates. But ii was too late. lie
again took refuge in Switzerland, from whence he
departed for Leghorn, where he elected deputy
10 the Constituent Assembly. From thence he pro-
ceeded 10 Rome, where he now occupies position
OF great eminence, He is much admired and beloved
by the English, and is celebrated for his eloquence, a
specimen of which we extract from his late address
TO tile French .alH
French soldiers' says RIazzini, 'bclore march
ing on an injured people, question that azure sky you
admire and envy, ask those time-honored monuments
oil the eyer-gorious past and they VIII tell you hey
have been sullied and too long suied by sacerdoal
despoism. Question our women and our youth, md
they will tell Of The seducons of the debaucherles,
of the barter and sale Of conscences and oil chastity
of which black clerical band Of impostors has made
them the victims. Frenchmen, your mission is o
work OF darkness"
- The Duke d Aumale is named as a candidate in
Algeria for the Legislative Assembly. The dkhbar
places him at the head of its list.
~ person was recently buried some few miles
from Edinburgh, under very singular circumstances.
The death and attendant ceremonies were duly chron-
icled al the time in our paper The individual had
an mr. inn 10 n ms
English burgh, and was well known MS highly re-
spectacle landed gentleman. Now, II would appear,
in consequence OF certain disputes amongst the heirs
aaw that tho title of the party to the male chaac-
Ter is doubted, and that notwithstanding the difficult
ties connected with the peculiar kind OF interment
chosen by the deceased the body is to be disnerred
in order TO prove the ser of the defunct NJ. P
The DIVISION ON THE NAVIGATION Laws
Among the peers present. or voters by proxy, or
pairs in the majority, were Is dukes Including the
Duke of Wellington Is marqnises CT earls, 10 Wis
counts, 81 barons, archblshops, and ID bishops.
In the minority, were II dukes, IL marquises, 70
eaIs, yiscounls, SO barons, and bishops.
PATERNAL MONUMENT TO I.oRp G. BEsrINoK
A monument ia 10 be raised TO the memory of Lord
George Benlinck, at the expense of the Duke Of
Portland, his father, on the spot where his son fel
liieess.
The Manchester Examiner describes iron
warehouse made in thai city TO be sent 10 California
The dimensions are length GO feet; width "a feet
10 peak of roof II feet, II was completed in fort,
night
- Sin HENny HARTLEY has published work
called Peregrine Scramble, and the Hon. Miss Sid
ney a novel called Sadness and Gadness
= SHERIDAN KNowLEs has written u book called
the Rock OF Rome, of a polemical character.
= The English government is about to contest
the Danish blockade on the ground of its inefh
cheney.
= American stocks are in demand in London
particularly Pennsylvania.
= The cholera is on the increase in Paris, but no
the number of deaths.
- Mr.. NAVAL, an American daguerreotypisi, Ii
astonishing the English BY he elegance of his like
nesses.
= The Chinese, according to Morrison, have
heroglyphical dictionary, composed II 900 years
before Christ.
"A curious affair has occurred in an English
Parish, Fen Ditton, near Cambridge. A gardener
named Smith, employed by the Rev, Mr.. James, the
Rector said something in his cups, disparaging 10
the character of Mrs. James, the Rectors wife, once
his house-keeper. She sued him for defamation
in the Arches Court, having jurisdiction in spiritual
matters, and he was ordered to read recantation,
after divine service. The lady was determined moi
TO forgive him, and the people about the place took
sides with Smith. The consequence was, a com
pete mob got possession Of the church, interrupted
the service broke up the pews, and pelted the cer-
gymen present.
Duke Of SAKE Cobnrg, brother TO Prince Albert, has
been produced with signal success.
"A German Opera company from Amsterdam,
has opened nj Drnry Lane, but not with the effect
anticipated. The orchestra was not good.
Mrs MowATT has been playing the character
of |" Virginia" from the French at the Marylebone.
The blockade Of Palermo by the Neapoans,
has not been carried into elect.
A legal gentleman of distinction in Dublin has
forged papers, by which he obtained possession OF
his wfe's separate properly, and then ran away.
Fort" cases Of vases, pictures, and gems from
Rome, sold by tn Revolutionary government, and
purchased by n company Of German Jews have
been seized at Paris and ii is said will be restored
to the eternal city.
The Art Union in London is becoming unpop-
ular. 1t is said 10 be managed by clique Of ira
ders men without education or knowledge of art
and il is proposed TO abolish it altogether.
We learn from she Ifrpcrary Free Press that
Brother Macarns, a Trappis monk Of Mount Mel
leray Ireland, has, daring tour in North America
procured two large tracts OF land for new establish
ments of his order, the one in Canada, near Kings
ton the other in Iowa, on the banks of the Missis
sippi
MADAME LArFARdE has petitioned tho Pres
dent of the Republic for communication of her sen
tencc, and the Council Of State will be called upon
to deliberate on her application.
The Court of Bankruptcy in England have de
cided that billiard playing If "gaming" within the
statute.
Two persons have been indicted in London,
one for stealing property belonging TO Lord Johr
Russell, and another from Sir Robert Peel
The PRINcE or WALEs's tutor, Mr.. BIucH, late
assistant master at Eton, has now entered upon his
responsible duties tutor TO the heir apparent
Mr.. Birch will reside with the royal establishment
and will of course, travel with his pupil from place
place. as her Majesty may foel disposed TO change
her residence. The Rev. X. Joynes has succeeded
Mr.. Birch at Eton.
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