The southern press., 1851-08-13

Dor. has Destroyed the grape crop, and the price
OF wine has rten Ia consequence.
The AssepRgee Nafionals states that General
Cavaignac hashnnounced his intention Of with
drawing his pftensions as a candidate for the
Presidency of the republic. aThe wish" was,
on the part of the writer, athe father to the
thought" for the Bulletin de Paris author-
tatively contradcts the rumor.
AUSTRIA.
The Milan GaSelte of the 10Th Of July con-
tains proclamation by Marshal Radetzky, aleg-
ing that fresh attempts are making at insnrrec-
tion, and that htis prepared to adopt very rigor-
GUS measures. He adds, that in the present State
of things, he is ompeled to revoke his promised
meiorations OF he state of siege, and to keep
1t up with all The severity required for the
maintenance ofnrder against its enemies" ~
Vienna correspondence, under date OF the
10Th of July, staes that per cent. loan of
80 millions of fiorps was concluded on the Oath,
between the house Of Rothschild and COM
pany of bankers. The exact conditions were
not known
The Cologne Glzette states, on what it repre-
sents to be good authority, that the protests of
France and Englnd against the entrance of
Austria, with all har States into the Germanic
Diet was not rejected unanimously the ministers
of Holstein and Luxembourg having been of
opinion that it ought to be accepted.
SPAIN.
The Heraldo of Madrid saws, that Mazzini
has circulated proclamation in Spain, calling
upon the friends of liberty to be prepared, " for
the hour of Italy's regeneration is at hand"
DEsMARK.
Two Englishmen, Messrs. Sheppard and Bot
ton, have received charter for the construction
of submarine telegraph between the Danish
islands and the Duchy Of Schleswig ~, n
The Senate Of Hamburg has placed revere
and almost prohibitive restrictions on the trans
port of emigrants by the agents of British ship
owners. The senate has also requested the
Prussian government to adopt similar restrictive
and hostile measures, and it is stated that the
city of Bremen proposes to follow up the ex.
ample set by the city of Hamburg
GREECE.
1t appears by the following article, which we
extract from the "Courier d'Athens,'' that the
in Greece, which has been so fire.
quently spoken of, remains almost unchecked -
A band of brigands recently stopped the mail
from the bags all letters which enclosed any bank
notes. Two Of the robbers had their faces black
ened, and the whole of them were very well
dressed and armed with costly weapons. Eighty
travellers have been stopped ard robbed on the
same road. On the Sd, Calamata, accompanied
by so brigands, attacked the village of Cheimer-
the inhabitants who had last year denounced him
to the authorities.
Con the following day he went to the village
Of Kampia, and after robbing all the inhabitants,
set fire to and destroyed it. He told the villagers
that he had procured list of all traitors, and
of all those who prosecuted the brigands, that
he might chastise them at his leisure In order
to inspire his victims with greater alarm he told
them, AT the village of Kyriacochori you will
find Capt. Protopapas, and at Selma, Col Phar-
makis is quartered; go and ask them to assist
you 60 brigands attacked the village of Gous-
tariza, and robbed all the inhabitants, and the
village of Merali has met with a similar fate"
TURKEY.
A telegraphic despatch from Constantinope
of the 18th of July, in The Kolner Zeiiung, an
nounces another confagration in that city, by
which no less than IA houses were reduced to
lshes. @
EGYPT.
The Viceroy has made final arrangements for
he construction of railway between Cairo and
and has signed an agreement for
hat purpose with Mr. Borthwick, who is there
On the part of Mr.. Robert Stephenson.
1t is calculated that the line will be completed
IN about two years and a half. The whole length
will be about l30 miles, and it will cross the
Nile at the barrage, where a substantial bridge
s already nearly finished, having been made by
French engineers with the object of damming
the Nile for the better irrigation of the land.
The differences existing between the Sultan
md the Viceroy Of Egypt, have been nearly set
lied by the latter agreeing TO introduce certain
constitutional reforms proposed by the Sublime
Porte.
FROM THE EAST.
The overland mil brings advices from BON.
bay to June 25th, and Calcutta June 18th The
rainy season was proceeding favorably. move
nent has taken place at Calcutta, with the view
of placing British and American vessels trading
with that port, on more equal footing than they
1t present occupy.
The following account Of hail. storm, taken
rom the Bombay Times, throws our Western
lail-storm stories in the shade:
vi Sipy Szuy All EXTRAORDINARY Idil OF ice Oc-
.urred near Bangalore, during a storm of thun-
Ter. lightning, and rain. The hail-stones which
IT first made their appearance, were about the
'ize of lines and oranges, and broke through
.he tiles and roofs Of houses, and destroyed gar.
lens and fruit trees. Some of the hail stones
found next morning, were rs large as goose
eggs, some as big as pumpkins-ohe block.
found In dry well, measured four feet and
half in length, three in breadth, and one and
half in thickness. twas probably the result Of
The cementation Of several of the smaller
pieces into ore lump, although the fall Of pieces
Of ice Of this size is not unfrequent in India.
In the reign Of Tippoo Sultan piece was
found the size Of an elephant, which took sew.
eral days TO melt; in 1926, piece of similar
size fell in Candeish in 1893. block Of ice,
mass Of cemented hail-stones, was
found near Dharwar, measuring twenty feet in
Col. Ogilvie, Judge Advocate General, died at
Poonah on the 18th Of June, Of paralysis, sue
,eeded by gangrene. lie was 81 years old, and
had been 45 years in India.
COLLISION AND Loss OF LrFE.-It will be re.
that tho steamer sEnrona xybap ,,oo.