American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-05-09


night, in the eightieth year of his age.
Sellers of Howard Street -four are asking
$4.31, but there are no buyers. Corn, white,
60 cents; yellow, $1,000 cents.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Our ample telegraphic dispatches Of yester-
day contained the substance of all that was i'm
portant The following items may, however,
be of interest:
New York, May g.
The Cunard steamship Europa, Capt Shan
non, reached her dock at o'clock this morning,
in eleven days and sixteen hours from Liver
pool, having sailed thence on the Goth of April.
Lord Langdale is dead.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
The following is entertaining, if not very in
structive:
The feeling in favor Of general holiday on
| the first of May gains ground in the city.
The programme of the arrangements for the
| exhibition was published, and had given salts
faction.
"a platform, with chair of state, will be
raised to the north of the centre of the tran
sept
"Her Majesty's commissioners will assemble
at half-past IL o'clock in the transept, opposite
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committee and the foreign acting commission
ers, in full dress, or in plain evening dress.
| "The Archbishop of Canterbury, her Majes-
TVS ministers, the great officers of state, and
the foreign ambassadors and ministers, will
take their places on the platform to the right
and left of the chair Of state, in full Dress also
at half-past IL o'clock.
"Her Majesty, proceeding in state, with the
royal family, foreign guests, &c., and her and
their suites from Buckingham Palace, up
Constitution hill and down Rotten row, will
enter the Exhibition building by the north en-
trance precisely at II o'clock. She will take
| her seat in the chair of state, and choir will
| sing God save the Queen
"Then his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
with the royal commissioners, will proceed to
the platform, and read and deliver to her Ma
jesty short report of the proceedings of the
commission, together with the catalogue of the
articles exhibited. Her Majesty will return an
| answer, handed to her by the Secretary of State,
and Prince Albert viii take his place again by
the side of her Majesty.
The Doyen of the Corps Diplomatique will
read an address to her Majesty on behalf of the
foreign contributing nations, which her Majesty
will answer His Grace the Archbishop of Can
terbury viii then say prayer, followed by q
short anthem sung by the choir.
the commissioners, turn to the right, move to
the west end of the nave by its north side, re-
turn to the east end of the nave by its south
side, including the south end of the transept,
and come back to the centre along the north
side of the nave. During the procession the
organs appointed will play marches, taking the
music up at the Queens approach.
"On her Majestys return to the platform,
the Queen will declare the Exhibition opened,
which will be announced to the public by
flourish of trumpets and the firing of royal
salute on the north of the Serpentine; where
upon the barriers, which had kept the nave
clear, will be thrown open, and the public will
be allowed to circulate.
"Her Majesty will return to Buckingham
Palace by the route by which she came. All
the doors, which will have been closed at half
past eleven o'clock, will, upon her Majesty's
departure, be opened again"
| Parliament was to reassemblc after the Easter
holidays, on the 18th, when the Income Tax
Bill, and other measures, indicated in the last
previous accounts, would be brought forward
and fully discussed.
FRANCE.-General NeWs.-[ Paris, Thursday
evening. The Assembly re-assembled to-day
motion for allowing newspapers to be sold
and distributed in the streets was negatived
by 403 to 226, and another motion for prohib-
iting the same was adopted without division.
The uncertain state of political affairs caused
complete stagnation of business at the Bourse,
and the funds are again lower.
A powerful advocate for the prolongation Of
the powers of the President of the Republic has
arisen in the Assembled Rationale, which receives
the contributions of NJ Guizot and other dis
tinguished statesmen who held office.
PoRTUGAL.-A telegraphic despatch, announc-
ing the failure Of the insurrectionary movement
in Portugal, was received at the Portuguese
Legation on Wednesday.
AUsTRA.-0ur correspondent says that a
change of measures may possibly be expected,
with regard to Hungary.
We learn from Berlin that Austria has pro-
posed, in case of certain events, to march
200, 900 troops through Piedmont.
1t is stated that the German Kingdoms will
terminate the Dresden Congress by recalling
their agents.
The 18th instant being the anniversary of
the return of the Pope to Rome, his Holiness
was waited upon by the diplomatic corps
| A radical demonstration, but of very insig-
nifcant character, took place at Genoa on the
14tb. The Government, in consequence, ex-
PEELED three foreigners who uttered sedtious
cries, and committed to the Castle of Alexan-
dria half-pay Colonel, who disobeyed orders
in being present.
TURKEY.-A letter from Constantinople in
the Austrian Ltoyds, says Kossuth still signs
his letters and documents as President Of the
Committee Of Defence Of Hungary. This is a
proof that he has not yet abandoned his pro-
jccts.