The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-01
Foreign Items.

QUEEN VIcroaIA is still in Scotland, Willing
away the time in rural enjoyment at BalmoraI.
On the lth she was present at the gathering OF the
clans at Balmorals where some $4,000 people as.
/ sembed.
| The Archbishop of Canterbury has given great
offence 10 large body Of the clergy, by denying
the exclusive necessity Of ordination by the reg
ular bishops othe Queens church, and thereby vir-
tualy overthrowing the sacerdotal doctrine OF the
| apostollcHl succession of the bishops.
The accounts Of the general extension Of the po-
tato rot are confirmed, also of the grape rot in
| France and Italy; in England the same rot, or
| rather blight, prevails among the grape-vines.
Advices from the Mediterranean mention the
failure of Messrs Peter Clarke and Co., firm hav-
ing establishments at Corfu, Zante Cephalonia,
and Patras. Their liabilities are stated at E35, 900,
and the cause of their stoppage said TO be their
connexion with Mcssrs. Casteli & Co., upon whom
| they are creditors for E24 900.
The Times says that, Judging from the letters
| from Germany. the result Of the subscription
| Tor the Austrian loan has been Encouraging. At
| Vienna 1t Is certain that not much more than
t5OO,OOo in any case will be taken for real in
vestments, and there very little oepect OF
success at Frankfort, Amsterdam, and Brussels.
Another son of Victor Hugo has been condemned
| to nine months imprisonment in Paris, and fined
2OOO francs for an article on the expulsion OF for
eigners from France.
The Italian Congress of Potentates, with the EN-
peror Of Austria at their head is assembling at We
roma. The King Of Naples has arrived to meet the
Emperor after his military tour. The Pope is re.
| Duke Of Tuscany, the Duke of Modena, and the
Duke of Parma, have arrived.
| A speck OF war is beginning to arise in Eastern
Asia, IN the vicinity of Persia. The origin of the
contention Is the occupation Of Herat, the king Of
| which is Just deceased. Dost Mohammed is one
competitor, Russia another, and Persia another.
The Persian government has sent an ambassador
| extraordinary to England on the subject, who has
Just arrived. by the latest accounts the Russians
| bad marched force of 8 900 men upon Aserabad
and had seized upon the city, from whence they
were on the march in direct line TO Hcrat, the
country in dispute In 1888 there was war in this
| same region, in which Dost Mohammed, the Rus
| sians, Persans, and English all mixed up.
On that occasion il cost the English twenty millions
of money and thousands of lives in the celebrated
expedition of Lord Auckland TO Agh anistan, in
der to keep out Russia and put the native prince
on the throne of Herat.
With regard to the Australian gold regions, the
London Netos states that the intelligence creates
at present feeling Of anxiety rather than any
fixed impression Of the definite results 10 be OBJ
tanned 3" In its beginning, however, the Ophir of
Australia s more pregnant with great expectations
than the I'll Dorado ofthe West. AS the discovery
In the American or Feather creek indicated the
productiveness of the basin of the Sacramento so
does the discovery of gold in Orange river most
strongly suggest the like productveness in all the
ahiuents OF the Murray, nor are there wanting
rumors Of further discovery going beyond surInse
II this expectation be true, the Australian gold
gion will be as much beyond California, or any
other gold region known, California is beyond the
Attaian district, the Ural, and Virginia Extending
from the back of the Moreton Bay district TO the
back OF Victoria province, the heads of the Murray
cover an area of 500 miles from north TO SOUTH by
2O0 from east to west, constituting total Of l60 900
square miles, four fire times the extent Of The Cali
fornisn Ell Dorado Roada give the coast population
access by comparatively short route to every part
oil the district, and steamers running from AIDE
laide round to Moreton Bay connect every port
As the kanak Of Hawaii is attracted to San Fran
CISCO so the Maori of New Zealand, and the Ara
foras of New Caledonia and the neghboring group,
ton Bay. An intercourse already open with Can
ton will bring Sydney into rivalry with San Fran
cisco for Chinese emigrants. Flour will not have
to be brought from the other end of the world, as
from Chile, no provisions from Honolulu, while
the operation ON the flour trade by Australia may
give TO Tasmania like benefit to that experienced
hv rhile