Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-03-29
FOrcien Ifctns.

! After the ensuing 9th Of April, there will b.
but two British ministers abroad with the ranl
of Ambassador, namely. at Paris and Con
stantinople. The Paris embassy is reduced
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year. Th,
! Madrid mission is reduced from &c, ,0O0a yea
and $500 for house rent, TO $4,000 year
aud f700 house rent The Vienna mission
from 10000 a year, and 1000 house rent, t.
$4,000 year, and &9O0 house rent, Tht
Consul General Syria and Algier have ais
been abolished.
During the years IS49 and $780, three
/ hundred and t%enty-three houses, have beer
demolished in Paris for the sake of improve
ments. The average price paid by the city
to the owners, was hundred and fifteen franc:
for one metre. The total outlay was 2s,999,
o09 francs.
| Dr. John Pye Smith, the eminent non-con.
formist divine, is dead. His father was q
bookseller, and the son was originally destined
TO the, same pursuit. He was educated al
Rotterdam College His after life was prin.
cipally spent as the President of Homertor
College, from which he only retired a year
ago DIR. Smith wrote several works on the
Socinian and Arian controversies and on the
connection between Scripture and the science
of geoligy. DIR. Smith affords standing evi.
dence that magnificent advances in science
may be connected with fervent deYotons and
eminent paactical religion.
CASTELAR, has taken a benefit at the Italian
Opera House, in Berlin. The Court, the
corps diplomatique, and all the distinguished
personages connected with art and science
were present. She sang many different parts
among which were "Zerinia," 'Semiramide,'
and HAmina," with an air from Aubur's "En
FAINT Podigue."
An interesting account Of the operation O.
testing the galleries Of the Crystal Palace, tir
the presence of the Queen, Prince Alber
and a distinguished party, is given in the
columns of the illustrated London News
The first experiment was made by placing &
| dead load of forty-thousand pounds, consisting
of three hundred -workmen, on the floor ad-
joining approaches; the second test was that
of crowding the men together in the smallest
possible space. In both cases no effect was
produced on the flooring. The third expert
walking first in regular step, and afterwards
in irregular step, and afterwards running over
the floor, and was also satisfactory. When
the fourth experiment was made the same
body of men closely packed together, jumped
up and down for some time The greatest
amount of defections was found not to exceed
a quarter of an inch at any interval
Fifteen cases from Greece are on their
route to the great Exhibition An Albanian
dress worth two thousand francs,is said to have
employed in its preparation fifty persons for
three months.
In consequence of the broken state of his
health, which has been produced by recent
beFeavements, Hallam, the historian, desires
to retire from the Vice Presidency the So
ciety of Antiquaries. an Office which has been
efficiently filed by him for more than thirty
years.
The sale of season tickets of admission to
the Exhibition, has commenced. The first
days sale realized E5,5oO.
The Queen, on behalf of the Prince ot
Wales, has presented TO the metropolitan
ConYalescent Institution, the sum Of two hun.
dred fifty guines. The Board of Managers
have placed bed in the Asylum, at the dis.
posal ol his Royal Highness during his life.
The sport of hawking lately took place al
Doncaster, ON the race ground. Nine pigeon
we're killed.
Velvet bracelets and necklaces arc much in
vogue. The shades preferred are coral red,
garnet, China rose, ard above all, black vel
vet They are clasped BY diamonds, or mar.
castle.
Young ladies adopt the valois or Maria
Stuart taste of dressing their hair. The Valoi
style has the hair parted from the forehead
and raised by a comb made for the purpose
The ends fall in curl or ringlet behind the
ears, on each side. Puffed 6dndcaur are very
fashionable The Maria Stuart coiffure ha.
the hair parted as for 6andeaur, and raised OF
small comb, which sustains the roleau of hair
The Queen of Spain has conferred the title
of Count upon NJ. Salamanca, the Director O
the Madrid and Arangui Railroad.
1t is thought that the growth of fax vii
be made to succeed in Ireland.
There is a startling, at Lincoln. that can no
only whistle tunes, but can declare the name
of the songs This whistle over, he will say
That's 'Bonnets o'Blue,' my boys" Taking
short rest, he will continue, Lets. have "rht
Girl left behind me, f" and then proceeds Il
whistle the tune.
In the last seven years, there were, in Eng
land, ten thousand one hundred bankrupt
cies,
The efigy of Lord John Russell has beeI
burnt at Tralee, in Ireland, amidst noisy de
mons.rations,
Late from Oregon.
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