The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-05-26
NUMBER 81
Foreirn Items.

The " Worlds Fair is the all.absorbine
topic among the nations Of Europe, as well
as the crest Of mankind One day aickets
of admission are eagerly sought at E5 S.,
while the original price is GS 3s.. and then.
lat the intefcession Of Prince Albert, the
price was reduced TO The original price, and
the extra money returned TO those who pur-
chased during the excitement
BY the consent Of Mr.. Grant, the owner,
Powers statue Of the Greek Slave, is incln.
ded IN the American display, and occupiesa
place In the main central avenue Of the crssl
| tai Palace.
Only three deaths have occurred during
the building Of the Crystal Pulaee the last
one was by The falling Of . glazier through
the roof.
| The Eondon newspapers are filed with
Dlisf'ltgrcstcd suggestions One recommends
\ that all the gefltlemrn pc decorated witH
scarlet and white or a silk sash '.for the BEN
l left Of dealers in silk and ribbons;" and
another, in the Birmingham interest suggests
that they appear in blue coats und gilt"
buttons.
The French are determined TO have the
next ''Industrial Exhibition" at Paris, while
tbs said that nothing is heard of an Exhibi-
tion in New York.
The Bank Of England has given notice
that they will buy and sell American gold
coin, and that they will buy at SO I6s Sd
per.ounce, the rate Of English gold being
f3 us Cd.
| The crush" across the Atlantic continues,
from Ireland, with unabated vigor, The
district Of Thurles and other parts Of Tippe-
rary, ale represented as quite deserted. Four
hundred immigrants leave in single week
from this district. On the 22l ultimo, five
emigrant ships left Waterford, with 2o00
souls aboard. In Mayo county much alarm
exists that the country will be left without
hands to till the ground. From Westport
and Castleba5 shop-keepers, farmers and
able bodied labofers are flying, as from the
plague; cultivation of the land is neglected,
and the population seems limited TO the in9
mates Of the work-houses. II is officially
announced that the Lords of The Treasury
have consented to advance 1000 pounds to
the Diage Union, for promoting . .pduptf
emigration" A Galway paper says that, id
every nine families out of ten, one or more
Of their numbers are preparing to 90 to IA.
merica; and that the worst feature is, that
those going are, the Industrious, the owners
OF some capital. the ble-bodied, leaving be-
hind the poor and helpless.
The Price of Prussia, brothet and heif
|apperent to the King, his wife and family,
are at Buckingham Palace, on visit to
Queen Victoria.
4 The Printing stablishme nt of the Impel
rial Government, a; Vienna, occupies 1000
feet OF counter in the Crystal Palace. This
is the largest printing concern in the world.
Among the specimens are examples in pho
; tognphy, chronolithogaphy, and chemitypy,
The latter is new discovery, by which the
long-sought for means of printing copper
, plates like wood cuts have been achieved.
One Of the most remarkable Of the many
books is that in which Auer's collection Of
Isome 400 languages appear, and this is ac-
lcompanied by the actual steel punches OF
the individual type, asa proof Of the enor-
nous resources of the establishment in VII
Jenna.