The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-08-01
From the N. Y.-EUscing Post
Foreign EtcEnS.

Palmerston to grand banquet IN honor
of his recent "acquittal." "
The medical Times says the largest fee
on record is that received by Mons. Felix.
He operated for fstula in aao upon Louis
XIV; his fee was 10000.
The celebrated DR.. Buckland, the emf
nent geologist, Dean of estminister, and
private friend of Sir Robert Peel, Is, it Is
reported, bereit of his reason, and in close
confinement in lunatic asylum near
Oxford.
Madame Pasta, now sixty years of age,
has consented 10 sing at i concert in Lon
don, on the 10Th instant, given in aid of
the Italian exiles. The ..eyent'' is excl
ung a great sensation in metropolitan mu-
slcal circles.
Mr.. Gibson, Of Rome, now in England
has received an order for colossal group
III marble, Of figures of her Majesty, sup
ported on either side by Justice and elem
ency. The figure of the Queen will be
ten feet in height, and the side figures
eight feet This group viii occupy n
place in the houses of Parliament
Lady Cas,lereagh, daughter of the Earl
Of Roden, Grand master Of the Orange
men, and wife of the son of the Marquis
Of Londonderry, has joined the Roman
Calhohc Church. Another lady, hardly
less conspicuous, Mrs. Wilberlorce, sister
ln-aw 10 the Bishop of Oxford, has also
become 4 convert 10 the same communion.
The export trade of England is largely
Oh the increase the present year.
RUSSELL, the chartist, has been pardoned
by her Majesty.
A vessel has sailed from the Clyde for
San Francisco. A part of her cargo con
sists OF coal and iron houses. The latter
are now unsaleable, unless the last fire
has produced a new demand.
There are now five kinks and five GEN
eral assemblies of Presbyteriaus in Scot
land. They have the same doctrine, dis
cipline and worship, and yet are at sword s
points.
The French Navy, at the present mo-
ment, contains only l45 vessels.
Lord Brougham, at a recent meeting of
the society for the amendment of the law,
announced his intention of visiting the
United States in the month of February
next.
Lord Palmerston has made an apology
TO the Prussan government, for the eX-
clusion of its minister from the House of
Lords, through the rudeness of Lord
Brougham.
In St. Petersburg, 69O,5OO bottles Of
Champagne are annually consumed.
Cod lHer oil has risen in England from
R2O to a36 per ton.
One million two hundred and sixty
Nd iSI A.
ted States since 1925.
child, seven years old, deliberately
drowned itself at Newark, England, be-
cause it had been severely whipped,
Small frock coats, of ladies' cloth, short
skirts, long waists, violet and blue colors.
are now worn by fashionable gentlemen
in Paris. The dress coats are short and
narrow skirted, and long in the waist
White hats, with large brims, are also in
vogue.
Another miraculous image of the Virgin
has been discovered at Fossombrone, in
Italy. The Madonna rolls her eyes like
a wax doll, and performs very wonderful
cures.
The London Dispatch says the United
States is the last place of resort for all
European rogues.
The London Illustrated News has an
engraving of Sir Robert Peel on horse
back, as he appeared at the time of the
accident.
England is pressing her claims on Por-
tugal for indemnity, well as the United
States. 1t would be rather funny TO see
Lisbon bombarded by combined Ameri-
can and English squadron.
Eihu Burritt has proceeded 10 Frank
fort on the Maine, where the Peace Con-
gress is to assemble. While we conc lude,
from experience and history, that gene
raj alliance for peace is not very probable,
yet it is pleasant thing that there are
PhlIanthropists who will advocate good
cause, even If they never hope 10 succeed.