The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-01-11
ForeIgn GIeanfnrs.

Engiana, puDIShed on Friday. the amount Of notes
in actual circulation, in the week ending Saturday
December !, including seven days and other bills.
was lily, lO9,2y2, an increase during the week OF
EJ63 the amount Of gold and silver coin and bull
lion IN the hands Of the bank, 8I6512 414, an IN
crease Of flS2, go.
According to the returns published by authority
Of the registrar general the number of deaths regis
tered in London, for the week ending December s,
was 1,053, being 122 more than the week before,
and l09 below the average Of the preceding five
tumns.
From parliamentary return, itappearz that from
May Q; 1886 TO August /, 184S, the number Of per-
sons convicted Of offences against the game laws
was IN Engiand, l0,494, and in Wales, 284
Z In the event q lord Denman retiring from ths
&qeen ,, Bench, sad Judge W., the other day,
to Sr Thomas, will you 20, Wildeg" HGewild,
indeed: not at all, assure you; Ill take 3 very
coolly, replied that learned parsonage ge.--,Sundag
Times.
Ihe Austrian government has purchased he raiI-
road between Vienna and Pesth for 600O06g a.
rms, to be paid by instzlments Of from eight 10 ten
years and to be rated at interest Of per cent
During the recent discussion in the French IeUin-
ative assembly, NJ coquerei the head Of the French
Protestants, maintained in answer to an assertion
that capisal punishment was justified BY Deuteron-
omy that that Justification not to be found i'm
the gospel
| A printed circular dated November 40. anuour-
Tidcofnbe Portion, TIverton, has gone over to the
Church Of Rome.
M. Verbeyst, the celebrated boob-soll9ctor. died
lately in Brussels, at advanced agu- He had
built up his house several stories almost as high as
church, and so arranged that it contained about
100000 Volumes
Information has reached us that it Is intended that
reduction shall be madein the number Of soldiers
and sailors required for the ensuing financial year,
-51.--Ustted Service Gazette.
An aftesian well was sunk in Leicester SQUARE
London, on Saturday, and continuous stream
poured forth to supply Buckingham Palace, etc.
The Oxford Herald states that distinguished
occupant of the judicial bench seriously contsm-
plates resigning, and devoting his life the church
as lay member.
The Chancellor Of the Exchequer has received
the remaining half Of Bank Of England note for
9500, to be paid into the Exchequer." He has al
SO received the remaining halves of two notes for
ESQ, sent ito redeem debt"
A party of forty Hungarian officers have arrived
at the port OF Leith per from Hamburg for
passage ri1 Glasgow to New York, being abeut
to emigrate to the United States of America.
Mr.. Mech, the weIl-known experimental agri-
culturist and free-trader, has confessed that at
present prices, farming will not pay. yOtsefi0Bist
paper. OF course he means with rents calculated
at famine prices, and with absurd and mischievous
restrictions on the proper cultivation Of the land
A letter in the Cork Reporter, speaking Of the
illustrous exiles, on board H NJ 3. Swift, men
tons 9 as specimen Of the restraint under which
they are kept that they not allowed "to par
ticipate in the usual ceremony Of shaving, etc,
crossing the line n'--E1 gliAt paper.
The Inverness Courier states that shepherd at
Strathspey lately found on the CairDgorn noun
ains eight nine Of the Cairngorn precious stones,
some Of them SIX eightinches in length, and al
most as much in circumference. ~
The executors Of the late Mr. Gabriel Wood have
handed over to trustees the sum Of G30, 600 Three
per cent. consos, for the erection and endowment
OF hospital in Greenock.
The expectation Of wheat from the kingdom of
Poland is prohibited after the LIST OF December.
On the marriage Of Baron Willy Won Rothschiid,
of Naples, to the second daughter Of Baron Anselm
Won Rothschild, of Frankfort, Baron Amsehil Won
Rothsehd, the head of the Frankfort firm, present.
ed to the youthful pair million Of horins, about
fS3,000 sterling.
coming session. to prove their sincerity in the mat
ter OF sanatory reform and in that Of education BY
abolishing the misunderstanding window tar, and
the mind duties paper.
lady in Port Glasgow bought some small whi
tlngs few weeks since from woman who came
to the door with them, and on cutting them up to
clean them, the girl found fourpenny piece in the
stomach of one. How it got there seems somewhat
curious CTeeaOck 4aUeTtiSer.
A letter from Hamburg, dated Dec. g. says:
" The Elbe is now crossed with sledges but the
ice is not yet very strong.n
On Tuesday last the body of Mr. Louis Henry
Shadwell, barrister-at-law, and second son Of Sir
Laneelot Shadwell, the Vice Chancellor OF Eng
land, found dead in ditch dividing Barn
Park, the residence of the Vice Chancellor, from
farm in the occupation of Mrs. Sharpe. He IS
supposed to have fallen in accidentally.
During the last month there was great mortality
among the officers Of the army. The monthly
4 IL
colones, five majors, four captains, nine euten-
ants, paymaster, four quartermasters three
geons, and one assistant surgeon
The committee Of the Salford town council, for
the management Of the corporation gas-works, re-
| ports, that Notwithstanding q reduction Of
| charges from 6s. and IS. to So. and As. per shou-
sand cubic feet there has been great increase in
the rental. Should they not have said, "in reass-
-q1sRce" of the reduction2
Bronzes, jewelry, and other works of art, to the
value of thirty million francs have been exported
from Paris within fortnight.
| On "Wednesday week, fine turbot weighing
J thirteen pounds, caught near Kilrayock Cas-
| tie, Scotland and within il was found an entire
I whiting 134 inches long, and weighing nearly
pound, with tsh-hook and part Of the gut attached
| in its mouth.
The Admiralty has issued orders to all the dock
yards, that in future iron vessels alongside in
proximity to vessels that eoppered shall be re-
hiSeSa, Al SdAsdAhe dCtiou HAetJ
to arise.
John ,Tollemaehe, Esq, M. P. for South Ches-
hire has just returned from agricultural tour in
the United States, with, it is said strengthened
convictions Of the necessity Of protection for
Cheshire cheese.
The Chester Courant states that Mr.. Adessey,
of Aldersey Hall, was much affected by the dis
astrous result Of the recent afray with poacheFs,
that he has given directions for the destruction Of
all the game on his manor.
Earl Stanhope has just addressed letter to the
editor Of the Morning Chronicle in which he draws
from the condition Of the laboring population, as
disclosed in the columns of that Journal the moral
that free trade is at the bottom Of the prevailing
wretchedness and desttution, and that nothing but
the restoration of full and efectua protection to
British industry can save the country from ruin,
final and complete.
The English Government has just entered into
contracts at Hamburg for the supply of salt meat
for the navy but the quantities to be supplied are
at least third below the usual average.
The Sunday Times states that Mr.. George
| Hudson, NJ p at one period the leader Of
| Methodist congregation. A female member
| having bequeathed him large sum OF money he
turned linen draper and afterwards railway specu-
| ator.
There is now residing at Wellington, Salop,
| man named William Ball, who weighs 50 stone,
measures 6 feet inches round the body feet
round the thigh, and % inches round the arm,
He has been very hard working man, and is