The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-12-30
.NUMBERi.ill89,,,
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PREPARED FOR THE N. YORK EVENING PosT.l
- The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Nayis
Egatlon Company are noyx contracting to-build
two paddle box steamers, each $500 tons
burthen and 800 horse power TO convey the
ln'lia mail between Southampton and Alex
Eandriaa These vessels will be as swift as the
small packets that run between Liverpool
and America, and the passage between South
hampton aid Alexandria will be reduced
from l6 TO 10 or II days, including stoUpa
ges at Maltasand Gibraltar. A eommunicaL
ton with Gibraltar will be effected in four
and halt. days, and with Malta in eight
days. Letters from India, which now reach
Southampton about the 25ih and 26th 6f The.
month, will then arrive in time I'd be- an
swered by the India mail that leaves London
by way Of Marseilles, on the oath Of the
month " y HA 9ih tA hi.sNilD " YS'H
The cost Of obtaining patent for ENGLAND;
Iis clio; for Ireland, Gl35; for the whole
British Empire and its dependencies, G375;
bsing three, times more than ,theicost qof a
sipilar 81 privilege in any other country in the
The will Of the Ex-King Louis Philippe,
has Just been proved in the prerogative Court
Of Canterbury. Louis Philippe bequeaths
allhis property and securities ingiEngland,
Sicilyand America, to Her Majesty, the .Ex-
Queen, The castle and estate at Eu, and the
estates at Treport, are left to the Due de Me-
liiours The will is written in English, ana
signed "Louis PhilIippe.p After the death
OF the Queen the property is TO be divided
among the grandchildren. 4 .t,saa, ID, -
s One pair of ratswith their progeny will in
three years produce as many as 646,806 rats,
which will consume day by day, as much
food as ga $50 men, leaving eight rats to
starVe.41t III g ysIlt ioel9is slli s9Flq on
q The total receipts Of all the boroaghs in
England and Wales, during the year ending
August 3lst, l649. was fl ,24l ,655, wig
G224, 1923 borough-rates and f907, ,3l7 from
other sources, The expenditure within the
same period was 9l, ,lT0,0l9; the balance'if
the treasurers,ShandS was fT9, ,509, and the
balanee dueito the treasurers Ell ,232.gn 9H
mThe proprietofs Of the inn, where Gen.
! Haynau retreated,, when,ihe, was mobbed,
knownas .sHaynau's Refuge, have become
bankrupt. The reason Of this was, that
crowds Of visitors coming TO view the prem
ises, the usual customers for lunch and din
ner fell. off, and the keeper of the hotel was
i9iii1Se y consequent ~ YFsIia $50 sQ1u uawss
# improvements are 10 be made 10 consid-
cradle extent in the city Of London. Fur
naces and fire7places, used in manufactures,
are to be compelled to consume their own
smoke, --nuisai1ces' are to be removed, and
part of the area around al St. Papl's to be laid
into the public thorouggstiares ugsiares ,,,uiS saY
Tie French Government have .recenalyor-
dered that the white paint used in public
buildings, shall henceforth be made Of white
zinc, and not Of white lead, as white lead is
believed to bs pernieious TO health. sliaasa2
( Ills in contemplation, in Edinburgh TO
employ paupefs in the chltivation3of waste
lands 20 {iirsy ili10g hua 9rn5bem
The Registrar General has drawn up d
schedule fos the ensuing year, in which eve
ryEnglish householder will be included, in
which name rank, profession, etc., and
ry particular will be demanded, Persons re-
fusing to- give information will be fined
@o,4 vaa Il 4 sahds,g9d ;Sga 100 nj
. y \
sudden increase flf q the deaths, N Ion
don, has 3eens n s9pSerYea and greater mYrtal-
ity than at any tima since April ast, Disease
of the organs Of respiration, and consuinp-
ton, are the most prevalent. 'Nf y !
h., ACCORDING 70 Inc return pI we Deet-root
sugar trade IN France, there We're, IN October
last, two hundred and sixty three nianufacto
tries atiworl1, which had made about eight
kmillions twoshundred and. sixty,eiaht thou
sand k;loorammes of s,,ger which, was rafh.
er n,nr, t6an at J,a sar,S l,,err;cA
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.'so. nii'''oNs sostiil y, hii
s!aiilhiss, " i'edtl1 seVeli nuiiqisdz itioesaho
Kllogrammes less etnan lIast year. yhf AVID
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Dr.: Pusey, and some OF his associates,
have addressed letterdo dhei General Con-
.Iiyention of the Episcopal Chuohin the Uni
ted States of America, ,intimating that The
expression OF The full concurrence of the
7 AmericaY, CLERGY WITH ths y;s,ys fnterf,i;Y,ed
In, +he,, ,on,i5 ba ~ tho b;ob1.t, ~ 81, :,
,ot,tast iii, ha~as;, orS
!" ~ ''''''i''i''i0S'i" sili
IpnTlere are in England Iao trainers ia0
- = - -. Pc. - ~, ~
| 3 600 thoronsb bretl horses m trr;n;nr Tho
stal,es. with ali their dedrct;ons an,o,,ot 81,
~ fonc thh9 NJ iFcSSt " "i
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