Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-05-03
Foreign Items.

Ireland Notwithstanding the curse of previous
oIlghts, Is becoming one great Potatoe field,
ana TO The neglect OF everything else but barley
and oats. Grass lands, parks. demepses. every
available nook, have been cut W for the recon
ION Of the seed, 1t is calculated that potatoes
wIIl be sold for penny stone. Our news
rom Ireland, we are most happy to state, shows
genera improvement Of the country,
ne aDoIiton OF the Lord Lieutenancy is
talked OF III Ireland. This was first sugge.tad
by the Marquis of Wellesley in 1893 who
represented TO the English Government the fol.
y OF Keeping up, an enormous expense, a num-
Der OF public Offices in Dublin and recommend
ed the consolidation of the revenue, excise and
stamp departments Of Dublin with their cores
pondIng Offices in London-the abolition of the
| ehure Castle staff, and consequent transfer Of
'he IRISH bushes ; to the Home Office, with an
additional Secretary Of State for Ireland having
seat IN Pariament-and for the purpose of
making the Irish Judges of that day more amen
able 10 public opinion, he proposed sending
them on the English circuits, and letting the
English Judges 60 the Irish circuits. Ireland
Will hardly consent to this
The Liverpool Mail pronounces the letter Of
SIR Henry Bu!wer to the Ser. Of State declar-
ing 'hat The increase Of duty on Iron would
produce very disagreeabe effect uDon the
pubic opinion of England, an epistle Of match.
less impndence,' and what is more, an unautbor-
lzed misrepresentation.
The London STANDARD says that the mum fl.
cent expedition OF Henry Grnnel our Princev
Merchant IN search of sir John Franklin. has
excited lhe highest admiration and the deepest
gratitude IN England. Sir John Ko.s is about
iltung out an expedition for the Arctic.
klng Ohio Of Greece, is troubled at the state
OF relations between himself and Great Britain
and has said that he would pay $4,000 TO get
RIA oft. The British Minister refuses TO set.
tIe tie question as one of debt. There is
french Minister at Athens, acting as mediator
between the two pow ers in the settlement of
the question.
Faustin the First has sent Minister to Ber-
lin where the Envoy finds His Majesty berles-
qued at the Theatre. An Ambassador had been
accredited at Hamburgh
Portugal, it is said, has offered 20 settle Amer.
Ican claims by arbitration. The priva,eer Gen.
armstrong; destroyed at Faval IN 1914 VIII
"'' be Pa'd tor. a. that ve>s"l first fired into an
ana "a i b"t and killed une persons.
4 .''! II Ah- 'cf"@, travelling IN Arabia,
IA ae' Il bo-d by Ia" li.dou,ns. and the Con.
81" "' caro- mad procured redress
T., steam irigate Alssis,lupi. which clear
@" az Naples, Feb. %, with Mr. Marsh on board
Tor ConStannope, attracted great attention.
Every attention was shown the officers.
Mrs. Head (Lola Montes) is in Paris. Mr..
Head was reported to arrive at the Chateau
Beaujon,
AT one of the French debates, Jules Favre.
principal rhetorcian Of the Mountain, moved, as
an amendment to the appropriation bill for the
clergy, mat parish prists should no longer be
removable by the bishops. The parishes in
france are thirty thousand three thousand
nave curates whose tenure is for fe or good
behavior, aud who are subject to the councils
alone; the rest-the twenty-Seven thousand
are supplied with humber ecclesastics-sur-
rogates-depeudent on the will Of the preates.
eighty-Slx IN alone for each DEPARTMENT.
The amendment was rejec led-433 nuvs, 1872
ayes.
Lord Cough received most brilliant enter.
ti'lhnent on has return from India by the East
INDIA company. Lord Cough va, 3 wears in
India, during which he conducted the war A.
ga'nst the Chinese Empire, and in the war which
aided to Great b itain the territories of Pun.
Jtuo. Lord Hardlnge said at the festival III At
uongh mad fought more battles and won more
victories IN India tAaA any genera! WAo ever pre-
ccdcd him. ~