The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-01-13
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lPnEPARED FOR THE N. YORK EVENING Posrl
The Pope is now residing in one Of his
palaces, near Rome.
Mr.. Paxton desires to convert the crystal
palace OF the exhibition into winter garden
for the English, as soon as it shall be no Ion.
ger required for its. present use,
< The royal Standard Of EnGlana Us itbirtv
feet long and eighteen feet deep. 1t is Of
strongly wrought fine silk, and was manu-.
factured by Mr.. Mills, at q cost Of 9200. ,
The Dahlia was discovered III Mexico, by
Humboldt, in 1898, and sent by him TO the,
Botanic Garden at Madrid, where it received
its name inhonorof the.Swedishl naturalist,
Dahl. Ss4' -
Accounts have been received at Marseilles,
of serious insutrection at Palermo, on the
9th ult.
Vice Chancellor Sir A, M. Lolfe, will be
raised to the peerage,,a as Baron Glenworthy-
Alderman manufacturer isconstructing
musical bed for the exhibition. When the
occupant enters it., soothing airs. will be
emitted +ts4fG 39 fit7 &t4t3H
"A local preasher Of the Primitive Metho-l
dist society has been dismissed his circuit
for 'coniufing." The said con;nring con-
sisted in practising phrenology and mesmer-
ism. 2 ls fq3Hy eitf 4sGua Bsl1a iaz1fE
Large quantities oflchestnuts are now i'm
portcd into England from the continent.
The fcur-de-li8 was mace the ornament Of
the northern radius of the mariners compass
in compliment to Charles of Anjou; (whose
device It was,) the reigning king of Sicily, at
the time when the Neapolitan Gioja first sup.
piled that instrument in navigation. lIgv7
The cry of Celtic destitution, says an Eng
lish journal, is again heard. The Western
Highlands of Scotland are without a supply
of food for the winter. lH
Speaking Of the reception which Mr..
George Thompson met with in Boston, an
English paper says that the Yankees totally
repudiated any moral obligation to under
stand Mr.. George Thompson at all. 1t adds,
'The incident shows for the thousanth time,
how little the Americans have learned to ven
crate real freedom of discussion or even Of
no ught." y2 y
There are eleven hundred and ten stesm
vessels in the mercantile navy Of Great Brit.
ain, and three thousand accidents have oc-
Cured to steamers and sailing vessels in the
last three year S. aa ,ttyNs ~ = H'
Darrynane Abbey, the former home Of
OConnell, has been the theatre Of a sheriff's
sale! The whole of the household goods was
sold for a little more than 1884 !! The fur
niture of the Liberator's own chamber and
state bed sold for f3 IS. Cd.
Robert GilfIllan, author of some beautiful
Scotch songs, died lately. reE.T tteA
A clock is in making for the Great Exhibi-
ton, which will 60 for 426 days without
/ winding. 1t only occupies in standing, eight
| superficial inches, and the motive power is
only "a pounds. s.eel. y
S 'Henry the fourth has been played before
: the Queen at Windsor Castle.
a A London paper says that America is the
i land of promise for dramatic persons Of any
# note or talent. They obtain treble the amount
J. of salary to what could be got in this coun-
q try, and still more, they are generally paid.
The Marchoness of Douro, daughterinlaw
: to the duke of Wellington, is considered the
: most beautiful woman at the English Court
The Duchess of Sutherland was at one time
the belle, but she is now passc, being, perhaps
twenty years senior to theyoung marchion'
e ess. .,.-.- --..--- .-.,,...,.,,
II The French have become so skillul in weay.
: ing, that Englishmen, are in no great request
. The English weayers at ST., Pierre, Calais, q
: few years back, earned excellent wages, bui
at present it is difficult even to find employ
e Queen Victoria had not one penny private
IS fortune when she came to to the throne; hel
father died over head and ears in debt.