The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-18
FURTHER NEWS BY THE ASIA.

anu IN loAO was Js0]s ,oo< kottouai saAou out fot
consumption 3.54l ,545; in l646, $3.50, 946 gallons
bonded; 4,235, 066 taken outs in l6l7, 5.29l 400
bonded; 1888 ,624 taken out; ia l84S, 6,5i5, 1t
bonded; 4,6l9 ,346 taken out; in 1919, 1884 ,65e
bonded. and 5.253, gil taken out.
The total amount which will be required to meet
the expenses Of the naval department of Great
Britain in the year l85l-52 is f5,727 ,259. The
last vote (for l650-5D Is, 9O6 1852, and there
fore the nett decrease in the present estimate is
xl7l 1921.
The total number OF persons who visited the
British museum in 1874 was 685 GA in I845, $780,
COL; in 1886, $40 ,965; in lS47 1877 1886; in l84S,
979 ,O73; and in 1850, 1908, 1868. The number OF
visits TO the reading room was about 1850 in 1910;
% 800 in 1925; 65 1867 in I84S 10 37l in l549; and
1883 in 1850 The number Of visits from artists
and students to the galleries Of sculpture for the
purpose OF study was in 1881; 4,938; in l84l, S.
655; and in 1850, SSH. The number Of visits TO
the print room in 1892, 4.4O0; in 1912, $751; in
1874, 1898; and in 1850, 3,745. The total income
of the museum for the year 1850 was <55, $3.50 It's
ld' and the actual expenditure x47,s63 s. lOd;
leaving balance Of cash in hand of q, 1913 lis 3D.
The estimated expenditure for the year ending
Lady Day, 1852, is <46,474.
The consul generalship at Mosquito will proba-
bic be abolished; Mr.. George Aiken, a resident
merchant at that port, has been appointed her
Britannia Majesty's consul at San Francisco.
The total receipts of the corporation for preserv-
839 ,66S lis; and in 1919. cal, 1888 50. Sd. The
disbursements during the same period were in
l848, f35,734 los. I'd; and in l849, g34 1894 l5s
Cd.
The estimate for the English contract packet
service of the post Office department for the years
l651-52, is 3727 ,425, to which is to be added
ES2 OIL for Queen y vessels employed in the sery-
ice, making the total estimate xS09, 496 The last
vote for the financial year ls50-5l was f74G, 1886
The total number of persons, not within the
limits OF any parliamentary borough or city, who
rated to the relief Of the poar of England and
Wales for the year I849, at the annual value of
EGO and upward, and under ESQ, was 349 ,249
The number Of parishes, townships. &C., not
within the limits ofany parliamentary borough or
city, is l3,26s and, in England and Wales sep
aratey maintaining their own poor, is ASST.
Mr.. Potter, of the board of trade. has reported
that the working classes expended annually on
gin, beer and tobacco, 957 100000
A parliamentary paper contains return of all
matters disposed Of in the court of chancery i'm
each year, from the I'd Of November, l84l, 10 the
Cd Of November, 1850 The total for l842 was
1925; in lS43, 6.s73; 1914, 1853; l845, 1884;
1876, 7,725; 1847, 1899; lS48 1899; l849, s,697;
1850, 1856 The accountant generals return for
the year ending LIST Of October shows a disburse-
ment from the suitors' fee fund OF fl27 ,235 S.
Sd. and that the stock accumulated was 60 $685.
22S I3s. Id
turing lo4J anu lS0U, 325 houses were demOl-
ished to make room for improvements, in Paris;
Of which SO were in the approaches to the Hotel
de Vile, and SO in those to the Louvre. The av-
erage price paid by the city to the owner was d 5
francs per metre; the total outlay was q, 500 900
francs. These houses had formed about 4S45
abodes or lodgings, occupied at an average by
three persons each.
The estates Of the following gentry and clergy,
lately deceased, have paid probate duty on
amounts under;--I. Cook 9i20,OOO; |. Arch
bell, 100000; G. II. Haistwell, $40 900; D.
Monypenny, f25,000; |. Brown, eco, 900; Rev. /.
Wgrain, f14,0OO; and Rev. A Butler, ETA 900
The personal property of the three following, re-
Gently deceased, has paid to the government to-
gether for probate duty, el7,75O; viz. c.. Ark
wright on 100000; S. Salter on 1850 900; and
Lionel Lyde on $500 900.
The total net revenue Of India for the wears
l848-49 was els, 500, 1913. The estimated rev enue
for 1880 is G20, 498,4 Ala The actual charges
IN India during the same period were Gig, $50 2l5,
and the charges disbursed in England, f3,Ol2 ,9Os
The charges for l64950 stated to be E20, 400,
$780, which will leave surplus OF Ell ,662
There were in the British navy on the LIST OF
January, 1850, 3,l75 officers, of whom 628 were
in commission, 1896 receiving half pay, and 34s
in the coast guard. The total number of admirals
in the service in 1923 was 81; vice admirais, SO
and rear admirals Co. In 1850, the number Of ad-
mirals was 30; vice admras, As; rear admiraIs,
75 On the LIST of January 1851, the effective
forces stated in the army for 1851, dis
tributed as follows In Great Britain, 81 ,l6l; in
Ireland, 81 24l in the colonies, 35, Ol9; in India
81 ,030; total, Ia $50. Officers, non-commissioned
officers, trumpeters and drummers are excluded
in the report; but a ratio of to will give, as
nearly as possible, the proportion.
A distiIling apparatus has been tried on board
one fthe naval yessels 1t produced 2l0 gallons
of pure water in five hours.
h,,r, tbo
imported into the united kingdom.
AT public sale at Aleppo Of portion of Gen.
eral Bem's effects, considerable anxiety was felt
to obtain souvenirs of the late general. An odd
cotton stock, worth 4d, sold for 9s >; cotton coat
worth 25s., sold for 55s.; pair fur lined mex
pressibles, worth 30s., sold for GO; common cot
ton nightcaps, worth 3d., brought l6s broken
common china cup, value 3D., sold for 20s.; an
old pillow case, value Is, brought IS, a cravat,
Is, realised 20s.; pair of leather straps, value
Id sold for 3D., &c.
The HuNGARiAN REruGEEs IN LoNpoN.-In
large dilapidated house, numbered Al Turnmlll
street, Clerkenwell, in very wretched condition,
exist nearly sixty of the officers and soldiers of
the great Kossutb, and the late General BEN, mis-
erably lodged, mserably clothed, and miserably
fed-vctms, In short, 10 hunger, cold, and the
want Of every necessary Of life Some of these
brave and suffering sons of freedom were also en-
gagged under Mazzinl and Garibaldi.
Monster TABLEcLoTH.--M. Soyer has or
dered from the celebrated firm of Jeifery, Nor
IRISH, & Co., Compton House, Liverpool, table
cloth one hundred yards long, which is to cover
the principal banqu citing table in Soyer's uniyer-
sal symposinue at Gore House.
Tue DIPLonATIc SERyIcE.-Thc following
ductions have been made in the expenses Of the
diplomatic service, to take Effect from the 9th Of
April next,--There are to be in future bat two
British ministers abroad with the rank of ambss-
sador, namely, at Paris and Constantinope. The
Paris embassy is reduced from 10000 to $4,000
year. The Madrid mission is reduced from
1000 year, and $3.50 for house rent, to $4,000
year, and 600 house rent.
The Vienna mission is reduced from 9,000l
year, and 900i. house rent, to 5,000l, year, and
1901. house rent. The secretary of legation at
Vienna to have 550t. instead of 90Ot hitherto
paid to the secretary of the embassy. TINS re-
ductions, in addition to the abolition ofthe oonau
general at Syria and Algiers, and other reduc-
tons, will effect n considerable saving in the ex-
penses Of the foreign office.
a consistory was held at Rome on the l7th
ult., in which the Pope delivered an aocgton on
the religious affairs of Switzerland. His holiness
complained bitterly Of the oppression which
weighed on the consciences of Catholics in that
country, in consequence Of the conduct Of the