The North-Carolina standard., 1850-01-02
EoRR1eN ITEMS.

FOREIGN ITEMS. ~. y 5:
It IL said that Pasqnier, Mole and Guizot have Of
fered their adhesion 70 Louis Napoleon, and have re-
commended to him an instantaneous appeal to the
country. which, they are persuaded. would be met
by an almost unanimous reply in favor.of his becom-
ing Emperor as the great guaranty Of order and Of
prosperity This idea seems to gain ground, as the
only means Of preventing the impending civil war.
Mrs. Marsh, authofess of Emilia Wyndham, has
. new work Of fiction in press.
The vintage in Portugal has been 50 bad and the
loss of the crop of Indian corn so great, that the
greatest misery pervades the whole of the northern
provinces.
1t is said that gutta percha can be used for large
printing letters and that impressions be obtain
ed nearly as clear as the impressions from metal
types.
Mary Hewitt is translating from the Swedish
new work of Miss Bremers.
Mile Rachel, tits reported, will return to the French
stage; she is also expected to appear in London dur
ing the theatrical season.
Mad'lle Jenny Lind sang at concert at Berlin,
on the celebration Of the Queen Of Prussia's birth
pressly from Hamburg It is said that at Frankfort
she expressed her determination not to return to
England at present, but mentioned professional jour-
neys to America or Russia as possible. We are also
informed that she intends wintering in Berlin.
According to a catalogue of German newspapers,
just published at Leipsc there are at present printed
in Europe as many as 1853 German journals.
The Hall of Commerce, London, has been sold for
f44, 900. For the site alone, few years since,
f35, 900 was paid.
needlewomen, under twenty years of age, the aver
age earnings Of each being four pence halfpenny a
By the recent report of the London Commission
ers. it appears that nearly g75O,OOO have been paid
property required for Metropolitan Improvements.
fPIo hoo fA tk4p ro<
the proposed German Parliament which is ANNOUNCE
ed under the auspices of Prussia. civil war may
thus be engendered which will again embroil Eu-
| rope.
M. d'Hericour who has recently returned from
| Abyssina, has brought with him numerous speci.
mems of plant the root of which reduced to powder
| is said to be certain cure for hydrophobia.
1t is rumored that the Hungarian refugees are to
be sent to Bagdad.
The Queen Dowager, Adelaide, is not expected
Louis Napoleon is said to have already intimated
his intention to stand second time for the Office o
President of the French Republic.
| A bookseller of London recently bought lot o
books at an auction on examining them at his leis
| ure, he found in of the volumes, between some
pasted leaves, ESQ and two of .ElO Bank of Eng.
land notes.
committee under direction of the Czar, has been
appointed to report on the project of the French
chemist. Archerot, for lighting st. Petersburg with
ELECTRICITY. Experiments " oc uduo Ou d
scale in several parts of the city.
Mr.. Mappin, of Sheffield, has invented razor pos
sessing the keenness of the lancent point, while il
retains the temper and lasting qualities of the STEEL
The London illustrated News, of December the
1st says, that Mr. Bennett, of New York, has offer.
ed Jenny Lind 81 900 per night for 200 nights. II
| should be Barnum, of the museum.
Two ships, the Lord Gambia and the .Abram, have
recently arrived at Hull from Davis's Straits, but
neither of them bring any tdings respecting the arctic
expedition.
The new London Directory exhibits the following
| curious combination Of names and professions: A.
Boot Maker. Cutmore's Eating House. Drinkwa-
ter, Publican. Barber, Hairdresser. Cutbush, Nur.
seryman. Tanner, Leather Factor.
Two daughters Of the late Bishop of Norwich were
| recently received into the Catholic church. 1t is
stated that the real advances made by the Catholic
| faith at the present epoch in England, and among
the upper classes, are to much greater extent than
| supposed.
Premonitory Symphonic of severe winter have
| been observed in France and England.
Two Lilliputians, one aged five and the other
to rival General Tom Thumb in diminutiveness of
stature.
Several instances of insanity, and sometimes death
having been supernduced by the use Of chloroform
the leading members of the faculty of London have
discontinued it.
government functonary is engaged at Pesth, in
| compiling a history Of the Hungarian revolution
the secret archives Of Kossuth, Of which one thou
sand numbers have been found in cellar, have beer
eagerly devoted to this purpose.
The present Austrian army consists of sixfy-three
regiments of the line twenty battaons of grenaders
and about one hundred other regiments.