The southern press., 1851-04-24


.W From the budget of foreign news.
brought over by the Pacific, We take the follow
ing items:
A return to Parliament has been printed,
showing that on the 25th Of March, last year,
there were 27,35l boys in the warehouses; Of
England and Wales, and 22,s3s girls; making
50.sl9; being decrease Of II per cent. on the
number in ls49. The illegtimate children
amounted to l2,69A, of 8,s74 of whom the
mothers were in the workhouse. The deserted
children. whether by father, mother, or both,
amounted to 1884, and those whose fathers
were transported, or suffering Imprisonment for
crime, TO l,328.
A dispute has arisen between the p .trarch Of
the Greek church and the Catholic Bishop Of
Beyront, in Syria, respecting their Jurisdiction
The court Of Rome being referred to. decided
in favor Of the Catholic Bishop. The Patriarch
has protested, and his party declare that hence
forward they will never submit to any dec sion
of the Apostolic legation in Syria.
Moxon announces the memoirs Of Words
worth, by Christopher Wordsworth, for Tues
day. 10Th April,
The Spanish commissioners, appointed BY the
royal decree Of the 26th ult TO proceed to Eng
land, France, Germany, and Belgium, in order 10
study the different railway systems, and the
dcvelopement Of material interests in those
countries, left Madrid on :he first Of April
Augusta Talbot, scion Of one of the most
illustrious of noble English families, and whose
residence in convent has lately profoundly ex-
cited the public mind, thus concludes letter 10
the lord chancellor: -; After Easter shall
be ready to yield myself, and again enter world
whose charms can never value" This letter
was, however, written from the convent. The
gentleman, whose marriage with Miss Talbot
has been obscurely hinted at, was the younger
brother Of The Duke Rochefaucauld.
Ida Pfeifer arrived recently in Berlin from
voyage round the world, performed mostly by
land. The unweariei traveller, who was COM
PEELED by the war now raging in kaffrnria to
abandon her visit thither, intends to 90 TO the
Gninea coast 10 collect natural specimens for the
European museums.
The political sensitiveness Of the Prnssian
authorities has been recently tested by the in
tended production Of Mnsanielio nt the Berlin
Italian opera. A government official attended
the grand rehearsal and, fearing that the effects
Of the music might operate prejudicially in the
present state Of the popular mind, prohibited tho
performance. To this circumstance Is owing
como 10 London and appear in Masa~ielfo.
which is being got up for him n her Majesty's
theatre.
In the French Assembly, NJ Chavses La
grange has presented IS petitio m, containing
near 5000 signatures, prying for the vs-sstab-
shmcBs Of universal suffrage. Ntk
Psblic attention has been greatly exsi'ed
there, in Constantinople, BY the discovery of an
immense treasnrs Of Greek manuscripts, Of the
highest antiquity, found BY learned Greek Of
the name Of Simonides, in cave sitnated At tho
foot Of Mount Athon. According to this nc
count The importance Of thia discovery . jnral-
culablc, since il brings to light vast quantity
Of celebrated works quoted by various sneient
writer's, and hitherto deemed entirely lost
They furnish, AZ may be imagined, nm extensive
list Of proper nnme~, calculated 10 throw great
light upon many obscure peviods of history.
Among these precious volumes, which are CON-
po.ed Of very thin membranes, (the nature Of
which IL not stately filed With characters. some
are calculated to give a complete interpretation
Of hierogyphic writinQ--ths fortunate discov-
erer having already snccessfu:ly applied them 10
the Interpretation of the Inscriptions engraved
on the obelisk Of the Hippodrome At Constant
noPle.