The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-07-01
Foreign Items.
From die Epening Post.


The Historic Times says the fact cannot
be concealed, that new struggle between
anarchy and order is at hand in Europe.
Many Of the English newspapers seem
to take it for granted that Cuba has already
been captured by the Americans, and a.
buse us accordingly.
Sixty.two thousand pounds have been
subscribed towards the projected Industrial
Exhibition of 1851.
The health of the city of London remains
good.
A bottle Of Egyptian perfume, 1900
years old, ispreserved ut the Alnwick Mu.
scum, and still retains its odor,
The Liverpool Aviary has been burned
to the ground by an accident, from the dis.
play Of fire works. Several rare birds
were scorched to death.
Railway shares in England are ugain
advancing in price.
Numerous bets have been lost on the
speed Of the steamer Viceroy.
american plants were the principal at
traction at the recent exhibition of the Bo.
tanical Society, in Regents Park.
The change in the electoral law of
France will disfranchise about four mil.
lions of voters, but no one can tell whether
these will be the socialists or their oppo.
nents. The law itself is SO badly drawn
as to make it difficult of explanation or ap-
plication. Mr.. Dupin, the President ofthe
Assembly, has said it will require another
law to tell what it means.
Lord Palmerston recently stated in de-
bate, that "the tribunals in the United
States were more open TO obtain Justice
and right than the tribunals in some states
Of Europe" He might have said in any
states Of Europe,
The mail bags brought to this country
by the Viceroy, were put on board of her
by the Sheriff Of Galway, in person.
The Emperor Eaustin's coronation man.
tie has been completed for him by Pari.
sian tailor, at cost of $4,000.
1t is again reported that Lamartine is a.
bout TO proceed to Smyrna, to take possess.
sion Of n tract Of land he has obtained from
the Sultan on favorable terms.
The Emperor Of Austria has had another
narrow escape from death. Being al the
port OF Trieste, attending some feet evolu.
tions, cannon heavily slotted was fired,
and a ball passed very near his person.
The Lord ChaDcellorof England, Gotten.
ham, has been created IN Earl. "
The Dutch government has established
IN embassy to Norwoy and Sweden. The
ministerial Copenhagen is accredited only
10 Denmark, with reduction of salary.
The incumbent is the Chevalier Martini,
formerly in this country and we'll known
to many ofoT readers. n
Lucien Bonaparte is ut Berlin.
Thaddeus Of Warsaw was written by
the late jane Porter, when she was only
twenty years Of age.
The authorities Of Brussels have forbidden
the sale Of fly paper. considering il dan.
gerous article to others than flies.
A medical man, a Chatham, has pub.
lished statement, that he has known sew.
erol severe cases Of cholera produced by
eating American cheese.
The Madonna, ut Rimini, has lately
taken 70 opening md shutting her eyes
and weeping, and the Pope has ordered
that fact T. be recorded. e.
Verdi Is writing new opera.
General Rumigny, formerly aid to Louis
Fhlllippe, has been cited to appear in the
English Court Of Bankruptcy.
Louis Napoleon iinds il impossible to
live under 100000 per annurn. We re-
member the time when he had nothing bu,
Ham, and got on better then thnn he does
now. a a
SiIksucks are now worn by gentlemen
abroad. ~
AMadlle. Vnndcrmnrsch has opened q
strange exhibition 10 Baker street, London,
--of sleaFned birds.v The company pre-.
sent choose cards-put private marks upon
soyefeigns whisper words to one another,
and the like, when the birds in question,
nt the, command Of their mistress, hop out
ofthe gclden cnges in which they are placed
andselectthe slucidasions from tray Of
tablets, with the oxuttnoss Of wizards. Tho
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