New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-26
FOREIGN ITEMS.

Prepared for The Tribune.
John Ronge the German Catholic Reformer
b IecturiDg at London in bis native language
The Spanish Government is now negotiating
new concordat with the Roman See. 1t is to
contain 40 articles three of which, it is said, will
sstonsh all liberalists.
"A shopkeeper at Birmingham announces his
business comPrehenaively, thus "B. Hawkes.,
manufacturer and importer Of almost all kinds OF
articles Of necessity for health aud Of luxury for
pleasure and happiness, for all the ages Of man
for morning. noon and night"
The orthodox length of a sermon at the Royal
Chapel Of Queen Victoria is twenty minutes.-
George ii fixed this, as he could not stand
longer discourse without going TO sleep.
lin the year 1850 the harbor Of Constantinople
was visited by one American ship, tuns 24s; lib
Kpglish, tuns 264,lsl; HEnseatic, tuns 1888 /;
sa7 Austrian, tuns 25l, 1902 Belgian, tuns $685.
la French turs A 53s; 2,O47 Greek, tuns 397,-
ass; 20 Dutch, tuns $3.50; sc Neapolitan, tuns
1881; IS Prussian, Danish, and Mecklenburgian,
TINS 1850; 50 Sandman tuns IL, AIS; 5SS Rus
sian, tuns unknown 81 Swedish and Norwegian.
tpns lo.o9o 80 Tuscan, tuns 1881.
AT the University Of Berlin there are now in
all the faculties 2,lO7 students, at Bonn Oil, at
Breslau 500, at Erlangen 3s7, at Fseiburg $50, at
Giessen 4l3, at Gottingen us, at Griefswslde ls9
at Halle 597, at Heidelberg 557, at Jena 35s, at
Leipzig 9O2, At Marburg 263, at Munich 1886, at
Tubingen Soc at Warzburg 67s. Total IL GAS
Al Berlin .here are 35l foreigners, at Heidelberg
$40, at Gottingen Sll, at Munich 202.
An interesting collection of Autographs was
cold ct auction at London on the I'd inst Letter
ofBeethoven brought sl3 One of Edward Burke
on the Catholic question, slo so one Of S. T.
Colesidge, sl4 q collection of letters by Philip
Doddridge, most Of which had been Published,
ss'i "a Official Letters OF Marshal Ney, SIS a
Leaer Of Plus TX, Sc Signature Of Arch.
bald Angus, who married the WIDOW of ] ames Nv
oil Scotland, % co. A Letter Of the Regent Nor.
ton, ss; Letter Of Cardinal Bestoun, - ;
the Original Manifesto Of the old Pretender James
III to the English people shortly before the
attempt Of the Prince Charles Edward, SIS a
private Letter Of the same personage, els.
In Holland there are l25 monthly aud IA
weekly periodicals.. or these 80 are devoted to
Protestant theology. to Catholic, to theology
IN general without distinction Of doctrine, to
]Rdsism, 4 to Law, 4 to Industry and Commerce,
2 ts Military Science, to Architecture, 3 to Ma
val 6airs, to Natural History, 4'to Botany, and
Asricph ure. s to Medicine and Surgery, to ye.
,erinary 8. fence "a to Pathological subjects to
Education 70 History, to Geography and Trav.
els. Is 70 Liter, ture and Criticism, &c One Of
the Pro.estsn. Tn, biological periodicals is publish
ed in French the re- vt in Dutch.
The Sword worn b, Napoleon at Marengo has
been bought by the Gear OF sO,OoO FoubleS' 1884,
oOo) The buyer already ha, A"ise collection Of
the relics Of the great soldier. L..
Cumming, the Nimrod who I ,".0 sOcn
quantities of wild beasts in Africa, b. 80, Ooen
IN the east of Europe killing stays and ,. os
He brings home to England collection OF
worthy Of his fame. al
"A Sandman steamer has arrived at Spith.
bringing 500 packages Of statuary, gold work. We.
vet, silks, &c, to be exhibited at the Worlds
Fair.
Lat year there were in London 4l2 bank