The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-05-01
FOREIGN NEWS.

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England.
Nothing OF Importance has been done in the
Ditisn FarilamentN
Lord 9ehn hussell is on visit to the manufac-
tusers OF Manchester where he has been received
VIZ, ~ 1'aIaue
Isas Io se-Loss cI lsissAs
lne dispatches Dfleny announced, ter
llD,S vsl'ea me Enghsh and lrsn coasts
~ y, se oos q n1arcn iast, wnicn resulted IN lear
ucl9h e sh'pplng ana human me- IN the
cAahlels e ana Afish sea. 1he hurricane has been
ene q t1e ne most disastrous occurring or many years
ias ts .ns n.,nslous snlp~rsess chIonicea IN
l hons sas 1t'snasu with such Yes
REy,ns pst~seh Sork sa ana A1onuoh, wrecked on
us on p, asa.gass, having aoou. <Vo per-
sS.ls oA p9a5o ail oi which are supposed % nave
!elislie1. Ane spot wnere tnis wreck TOOK place,
II I. oe y ..s os. dangerous On me Engs1 coast
y was within lew cables length that Gernian
enlgra9L ship went to pieces in October last, when
nearly svo lives We're lost
Along tne Lincolnshire Yorkshire, Northum-
eo15', amos. inhumelaoie are re-
po1tsu. Deswsen tnifty and ioIiy coasElng vessels
MeIe ul.seh ashore ana q me puik oi them nave Pc
come wfecks' ny the lynemousn a aconsidera6ie
huil.Def 4, o. vessess were driven ashore some on
,ne bound rocks beneath Iynemoush castle.
anu any otnels on me sanos. In number there could
n.y. @ nasc oeeh less tnan tnifsy' ana those wnlcn
struck on the rocks became total wrecks Az Sun
oeflano neaaly ear siInllar scene was witnessed As
e ~ ~ q coilaers were running LOT
f ~ % en a. .s eneIancs
~ ~ te yHs tnsle Wete numerous coilslonss ana
.'.s nasoc among even nose tna1 haa gos INSIDE
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n ny Commissioners Tor promoting the Exhibision .
of 1851, have had under their consideration the
subject Of the prizes to be awarded to exhibitors,
and have resolved TO take immediate steps for hav-
ing medals struck Of various sizes and different de-
signs i being their opinion that this IS the form in
which It will generally speaking, be most desirable
that tie rewards should be distributed
A fine ship, named the Howard Of nearly 1000
tons burthen, was lost near Liverpool with cargo
E15,000 and eco, 1000, At daybreak on Sunday
morning the crew were seen ciinging to the rig
gng, and the life-boat stationed at Southport inn
mediately went to their aid. The poor fellows
were brought ashore IN very exhausted condition.
and one q them, John Smith, who bad been pre-
vonsly III sank under his intense suffering, Their
case mas excited much commlsseraton.
The London Standard says that the mpnifcens
expedllloH q Henry drlnnell, in aeareh Of Sis
John Franklin, has excited the highest admiration
aud the deepest gratitude in England. Sir John
Ross Is about lifting out an expedition for thl
Arctic. lhe utmost exertions are being used
night and day, to complete 1t by the 24th Of April
relays OF workmen being employed upon the two
steam vessels, which are progressing very fast 1
Is c9nndentiy expected that the totila viii cleal
the Shetland by the first waek in May.
Mr. Murdoch, the accomplished American CO.
medlan, Will shortly make his appearance at one o
the Rrlncipal London theatres He Is well studied
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