New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-22

.ro,s5 free copvsyancs Of 20 tans Of rice
80 bi,euit in their ship the rAy, 10 tue suffer
eTs rom famine at San Nicolas, one Of she Cape
&c Verbs. N.,,,I;.
.,n srnv being an increase Of 5000 since lsi-
-Cpbeo. ia Piedmont uas on the 23th uls Wis
tied bv a cloud Of butterflies of various coloofs'
/ They settled in myriads on walls, trees &c
/ They are supposed to have been gathered To-
getber by uhirl Winds IN Africa, and - nave oeeh
/ driven over to Europe by the same agency.
The manuscripts and books OF the poet fray
/ COMPRISING the original manuscripts OF tbs rle-
ev," the Long Story" the original oorresPond
/ ence. and thai between Gray and Mason, uPon
which the latter founded bis memoirs OF Gray
have. il is stated, come into the hands oil Messrs
sotheby the auctoneers go
| W estminster Abbey was open to the public
without charge on Monday asst, and will SO con-
| tinue. ",
"A FIRE occurred on Saturday night at the Wal
/ lpeford road station of the Great W estern Halt
way, by which a considerable amount OF property
| was destroyed
ON Tuesday the Government balance sheet
for the wear ending the 5th April last wac print
| ed On the 5th April last year the balances IN
the Exchequer were 4S754,939 l5s liz and on
the 9Th ult they were tIs79,67l los 9it The
/ excess of income over the expenditure IN the
wear was 20 926lsl 2s I'd.
"a return to Parliament is printed, from which
iteppears that In the yesr ending 5th anuarg ast
/ the dutv was paid on % Js5 gallons Of proof
spirits FOR home consumption in tho United King
dom. The duty paid wss s,467 l9s.
The Perth journals announce q revival OF the
shio building trade at that port several vessels
are on the stocks.
Fleetwood now possesses population OF
3373 reeust s33 in 1871; and Stockport IS, s33,
against so, GEO in le4l.
-In taking the census the police found dwell
ing in one house in Limerick 30 persons
The EXHIBITION is producing effects even IN
Spain the papers OF which are hiled with Englsh
advertisements addressed 10 Exhibition visitors.
The Chevslier Girometti has forwarded from
Rome work OF art, which, il Is said, will be I'M
rivalled among the productions Of modern gem
Ansrsvers The stone is an Oriental cornelian,
of extraordinary Iize end beauty, being OF three
strata. aud about by 3 inches. 1t Is said to
have coat the chevAlier 10 less than ak hundred
dollars The subject selected by the artist is a
repettion OF the celebrated sardonyx cameo IN
the Paris collection, representing Ptolemy III.
Pbiladelohus, and his wife ArsinOe, whose beauty
was such that she vas worshpped after death,
under the name OF Venus Zephyritis The gem
cost several years Of labor.
On W edu eeday, the cup day. 20 less than
10000 persons were brought into Chester per
reil~sy alone, and il is estimated that at least
| $4,000 persons were present 70 witness the cup
race The aggregate receipts of the Grand
Stand exceeded those o; the former year by
about $50 the receipts OF 1850 being II Jos,
and Of ISL, tl,s55 1875. l0d.
The Earl Of Belfast has expressed himself
favorable to the establishment OF Libraries for
the use Of the industrial clasSes, and has prom
ised TO deliver course OF lectures IN aid thereof
The following toast was given after the din
ner at QueenstoD Canada, last week 4" Dam
your canals, blast your furnaces, sink your
cOsl pits, down With your railroads, away with
your electric telegraphs and over with your sus-
pension bridges.
"A petition to Parliament to compel doctors to
! ,t~a4r in Eng liah in
LstD, is now ia course Of signature
"A splendid specimen OF the ribb0n.tisb, l23
feet long, by 70 inches broad and deep, was
lately caught Oft North Berwick.
The Grampaps are at present covered with
snow, and vegetation generally in Scotland
has been checked by the late unreasonable
westher.
-ViscouDt Porsonby late Ambassador At
Vienna, has been placed on the first class list
OF retired DiplomaIists, on pension Of t2,5O0
! per aDuUm.
Mr. Peto, Mr.. Brassey, and Mr. J. Z. Ricar.
DO have got the contract for the railway under
taken in Norway. IL is to run from AXE Meuson
to ChTistana. 1t is expected to be opened in
"A parliamentary paper announces that the
Ium required to be voted toward defraying the
expenses Of the Ksilir war for the years ls5O-5l
and 1851 - is estimated az $500 900.
The amount Of rail way calls payable in the
month Of May is t263,495 against Il ,Os3 800 for
the cOrrs sponoiIg period Of last year OIL Oss
in the sane month Of ls49 3246 SAG in l54s :;
and t3.440615 in ls47
At this moment two Of the best newspapers
Ia tho British West Indies-Ao Ming Journal
in jamaica and the West India in Barbados
are 50, el and edited by gentlemen Of color
| "A helHman, who has been on a visit TO some
| friends a. Liverpool, has Rsiounded the townG-
men by his huge dimensions Arthur Galley 10 a
farmer % years OF sge, feet inches high, and
! weighs Il stones
The census recently taken in France showsa
total population Of 80, 900. The number of
! foreigners domiciled, of all nations, exceeds
| 100000 of these upward OF $4,000 are English
in various parts OF the country, which is consider
ably less than previous to the revolution, when it
| exceeded 1900
Great activity, says the Preston Chronicle. at
| present prevails in the building trade, from the
| number of houses nov being erected, and the
preparations for Others to be built in different
| pErts of the town. Many additional brick crofts
have been taken, in anticipation of large de.
msnd for bricks. A very great number of plots
have been sold as building land
! The Bessrs Cloves have addressed q letter
TO the competitors. &c, in their employ ment,
thanking them for their exertions 10 the getting
| up Of the Official Catalogue OF the Exhibition,
and stating thar, on some convenient lay in June,
| they will present every man and boy in their EN-.
| ploy ment with q copy Of the catalogue and q
ticket Of admission to the Exhibition
Letters from Vienna Of the 29th alt, state,
on the authority Of the general correspondence,
! that & convection has passed between most of the
! German Governments. by which il is resolved
THAI in future passports delivered by British On.
yoys or oonSus will not prevent their bearers liz.
bility to expulsion bat that that privilege shall
only attach TO passports signed by the British
| Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The PresbHrg G0zette publishes letter from
| Vienna Of the goth ut stating hat the Emperor
ef Austria has, for some time past exhibited
! symptoms of pulmonary consumption.
Rev. Henry Burgess, Of Blackburn, has
nearly com leted translation from the Syriac,
Of the Fessal Letters Of st. Athanasius
-Gorgey, the Hungarian General, lives al
most ike hermit at Klsgeniurth; be appears
IiffIa in mil Ill -