The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-20

tended Befand He also delivered letters TO the court
which had been written to him by Beand giving an ac-
count of the progress OF his operations The last OF
these letters concluded follows Is II has succeeded at
last the trial has been made and me effect is rghtlul
The letters in the handwriting OF the Countess. She
has last confessed, after obsnaely denying Tor long
time, but che throws the blame on her husband who
compelled her by threats OF death not to prevent the
crime. The Count still persists in his denial.
From Boston Times.
A Look Boston In Old Times.
A friend handed 10 US the other day the 69oh number
Of the Boston Gazette bearing date "irom Monday,
March 10, to Monday March 20, l73a" and being con-
sequeny, Of the venerable age OF upwards OF one hun
dred and eighteen years about the size OF an ord
nary sheet OF letter paper, and all lis contents could with
out difficulty be got into column OF our smallest type
The first page commences with an announcement OF the
arrival at Boston the previous day, "about noon, OF
Captain John Romans, Sin about six weeks obey didn't
stand upon week two, less, in an Atlantic
voyage in those slow iimes) from London" Almost
the of the first second. and third pages IS taken up
with the "advces from Europe, the Americans OF those
days being fond OF European news as are thelr De
scendants. The first thing is, "Hs Most Gracious
Malesy's speech 10 both houses OF Parliament on Janu-
ary Is, 1928" "His Most Gracious Majesty" was
George has been dead these ninety years and more
His speech contains the usual amount OF soap and
shows that royal speeches have not changed much since
that time" +" His Most Gracious Majesty" was then IN The
sixth year OF his reign and continued on the throne LOT
almost twenty eight years onger The house OF otua't
then in existence, the Old Preiender as he was
after wards called, being in his year-his Oldest
son. who made dashing figure in l745-A6 being IN
his thirteenth year. and his youngest son about seven
years old George III, whose obstinate temper and mar
row mind were 10 have great effect the British
empire and particularly on the American portion OF II,
was born until more than five years later The house
OF Stuart is utterly extinct, the Old Pfeender hav-
ing died some eighty six years since, Charles Edward
more than sixty years since, and the Cardinal OF
York (Hrnry Benedict Suarp almost hall century ago
George Ill. after reign OF almost sixty years. has been
dead more than thirty one Yeas.
Aner the Ioyal speech come foreign advices" from
various parts OF the world heaped together almost as I'M
me hod,eay as the contents OF modern .elesraphlc
| das he first ia from
that the burning mountains IN the neighborhood oil
Prague had continued fame out in terrible manner"
The compiler then makes Jump clean out OF Chrislen
DOM bringing up al Oran, in what is now called Algeria
and giving account OF great night between the Span
iards and the Moors, in which the former obiansd a
dear bought victory; which victory however, II should
seem would have been dear any price, seeing that
the Moors were assembling again near Oran. One IS
quarter OF the world in day by the French. whose
conquest of Agers has turned to be the most costly
PRACTICAL joke that has been seen in age: From Oan
taken Turin, the editor apparently having be-
come sick of "paynim" anos; but he does not find a
very Christian welcome in the capital OF the house OF
Savoy where he learns " that one Noo, who had been
In prison seven years on an account OF having poisoned
bis wife, admitted to bail; when, fearing the fact
| might afterwards come out he procured about forty
persons 10 be assassnaed, who bad either aided him
IN the mHrder or were acquainted with IT, Complaints
being made OF fresh MURDERS Nolo was again taken
up and threatened with the question upon which he
confessed he had been concerned in more than 40
murders, OF having poisoned his wife, and destroyed
child about four years old, by splitting 1t IN two OF
having buried priest alive, poisoned boy who
the conhdsnt of his crimes, and once, avoid paying
poor gardener his debt, ordered him to carry sack full
OF stones 10 throw In river, which, being by Nolo las
tened on his back, drew the poor fellow along with H.
Truly most truculent fellow and quite beyond the mark
OF the ruians OF these degenerate days We recommend
his artistic TO the special attention OF Mr. DeQun
cey when he shall write his thild paper on murder con-
sidered as OF the fine arts. From Carthagena We
learn that two OF the gacys OF the knights OF Malta bad
been drubblng the Agernes-o Barbary, not OF Rhode
Island There is some unimportant intelligence from
Kari audac ffDm tat hgf
man Emperor continued TO hold frequent cabinet councils
upon the present position OF affairs; but the difficulties
that bad been anticipated in Italy bad been got
through the mediation OF the King OF Great Britain Let
tiers from Berlin and Lepslc accounts OF the death Of
the King OF Poland the immediate of whose demise
that he stubbed his toe" Under the head OF Lon
dom have obituary notices OF several llustrous per.
sonages, among whom is Christopher Rawlinson, de
scendant in the female line from General Monk, the
sorer OF the house OF Stuart in 1860; and is stated that
Mr. RawlnsoD ordered that his wood coffin should be OF
heart OF oak, and covered with red leather The death OF
ylscount Tornnston George Byng) is mentioned. He
was a great naval hero IN his day, and commanded
that fleet which had so much to do with preventing the
OF OF the mos, determined efforts made
by Louis XIV TO restore the house OF Stuart lie
made Vscoun Torngton Tor having destroyed the Span
sh flee, off Cape Psssaro-a victory that prevented the
success OF some oil the great schemes OF Cardinal Abe
roni The deaths of the Earl OF Montgomery and Penn
broke, and of his lordshp's coachman the day
On is not stated whether, usual, the coachman went
before the EARL are dwet upon, twenyihree lines being
gwen TO the nobeman and ipo to his servant, who had
been in bis employ for fifty years 1.-THE father OF the
city" OF London, Sir Gilbert Healhco,e reported the rich
est commoner IN Great Britain, has place in this obituary
column, and SO has Mr. Wooson the author of Dsooses
on Oar Sapiours Miracles. The promotion of Sir Charles
Wager 10 the place of First Lord Of the Admiralty. re
Torngon, deceased is published, and also the election
OF Jonathan Belcher, OF the governor of Massacbu
sets, TO masiership OF arts, in full senate Cam
bridge" Then we have the London stock market from
which we learn that the 9Th Of February Souh Sea
stock ranged from l04l TO 1906 Alter this co mes "jum
bed up" mess OF marine news from New Hampshire and
Salem then the announcement that John Jeky H. son OF
the late collector OF Boston, TO succeed his father be-
cause OF his father having well filled the place. which
shows that even custom house officers good deeds can
live after him. despite the dicium OF Mr. William Sbaks
peare then are on ds about the appointment OF some
body TO holy ORDERS the sailing OF this and and fo,her
Boston ship from London, the burning OF widows house
(nohng saved and no INSURANCE.. of course the execu
uon OF an Indian who bad killed Mr. John Rogers-no
him OF Smlhheld and anti Maihusian memory--and an
account OF the deposon mot to- though probably
sworn att OF the Sophy of Persia by his generals. who
also put out his eyes and "sent him into an unknown
exile declaring his of six months king 10 hi. stead
The gratifying intelligence that the mortality in London
greater than II had been at any time since the plague
is rhen Afforded to the undertaking interests We then
have three paragraphs Of Boston ship ne wsavas and
clearances-fom which infer that the trade OF the
place has somewhat increased since that time The ad-
vertisenents follow, being just bakers dozen and one
over IN number. The first relates to lottery in New
Hampshire. The second notifies the world that Mr. |
Peter barbur anxious to sell his house and land su
ate on the north aide of the Town House in King street
The third shows that the best of hard metle plaes