The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-05-12
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On the third day out, assistant engineer,
William Irving, was jammed to death be-
tween the escape-pipe and lever. He was
killed instantly. His remains were COM
nitted to the deep with appropriate funeral
ceremonies by The Rev. a. G. Coke. The
passengers Immediately contributed sum
exceeding $390sand placed it in the hands
Of Capt. Luce, to- be handed tothe mother
Of the deceased who lives in New York, de
pendent upon her son.
While the Arctic was withina few hours
! OF. Liverpool a'meeting Of the passengers was
held, at which handsome speeches were made
land resolutions Complimentary to the Ship
and the American line Of Collins steamers
were reported and adopted. s ~ f,s
2 The Limerick Chronicle saws, the Midland
Great Western Railway Board have taken
1000 shares In the projected steam packet
company between Galway and New York,
] The Rev. Peter,Wsrd, Z. lP., Aughagower,
Mayo, has lost more than two-thirds Of his
parishioners within the last few years by en-
ligrationto America.
The members of the Senior United Service
Club decided that all field officers, captains,
and commanders in the service Of America,
or other foreign states, who may come to
England on duty, or properly accredited to
their own minister or ambassador, shall be
admitted honorary members of the club, and
entitled to all its privileges during their stay
in England. a =.
| The Prussian Upper chamber has rejected
a proposal to open its sittings by prayer.
The Countess Hahn hahn, whose novels
were once very popular, has become con-
vert to the Roman Catholic Church.
A statistical work, just published, states
the number of Protestants in the Prussian
Monarchy at l0,0l6, 79S, that of Papists at
6,079,6l3. @ A
Several men have been arrested in Paris
for stealing Italian and Auvergrant children,
in order to make Partisan beggars of them.
In the city of Rome, which contains TO-
384 inhabitants, there are "a bishops, l.2l0
secular priests, 1892 regular priests, and j.
467 monks.
On the 29th ultimo the village Of Cozcra,
in the valley of the Blenco, canton Uri, was
buried under an avalance of snow, and twen-
ty-three persons were killed.
Letters from Berlin say, "As fruits of the
late war there are at present in the Romantic
and South-Sclavonic districts of Hungary
1000 widows and $4,000 orphans of SOL
diers, almost entirely without food, clothing,
or shelter" ~. sse ~a
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| Prince Leopold, Of Bavaria, and his wife
formally refuse to accept the crown Of
Greece foraafdr eldest son, after the death Of
the King Otho, unless Article 40 of the
Greek Constitution, which requires that the
King should profess the Greek religion, be
modified.
j The Russian Government has decided that
the thousandth anniversary of the Russian
empire shall be celebrated next year with The
greatest pomp in all the cities and large
towns of Russia. iel lr9s a- d
On the 9th ult., the line of railway from
Dresden to Prague, completing the southern
line Of communication with Vienna, was
opened. The Railroad runs from Dresden
Through the finest part of the valley of the
Elbe. a' - l
Letters from Egypt, dated March 49, de-
scribe in mournful language, the destruction
of ancient temples, &c and state that little
hope exists of preserving even the colossal
statute at Memphis, the finest in Egypt.
tits quoted as a proof of the progress Of
civilization in Turkey that the grand Seras-
kier, Mehemet Ali Pasha, who about seven
years ago had three of his own wives sewed
up in sacks and thrown into the Bosphorus,
has just handed over his brother to the police
for sewing up one of his 9r7.