New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-06-05
NEW ORLEANS:
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE s, 1862
Foreign News by the Cambria.

S~SASAA A'SWS ny LA6 SdulDIlds
inc Baltimore Sun contains the following telegraph alb
stract of the brought by the Cunard steamer Cam
bra, arrived at Halifax on the 18th ult
ENGLAND
The proceedings Of Parliament of considerable in
aerest motion made IN the House Of Commons OF
iuesday inqurng into the System Of education pursued
a. Maynooth College. An amendment was added to con
slider the bill to repeal The Maynoot College endowment
and all other grants for religious instruction
The resolution to abolish the duty paper newspaper
stamp and advertisement tax rejected
Australia
The wooen manufacturers alarmed at the prospect
OF a deficiency Of wool in Australia
The militia bill was still being discussed in Parliament
without any decisive action having been attained.
Tue Crystal Palace which purchased for 10000
rs TO be immediately regretted Mt sydenha for au cx
otto garden
Captain Howard, of the ship Renovation has made a
uepsion concerning the ships by him in the ice
supposed TO have been Frankr's He thinks they
whalers '
1t s rumored that Lord Genga succeeds Earl Kalhou.
sie as doTernorGeneral of India.
FRANCE.
The fete Mt Paris on the 10Th of May was purely mill
taiy consisting of GoO0O troops, with half million Of
citizens and strangers spectators
The Prince President Napoleon arrived on the ground
at noon at the head Of brilliant staff reviewed the
soldiers He presented standards to the Coloncls
mounted by the imperial eagle
Napoleon subsequently addressed the army saying that
the Roman eagle. adopted by the Emperor Napoleon
was the last striking emblem of tho regeneration and
grandeur Of France 1t disappeared with her nsortunes
ana ought to return when France had from
tlets, ana was again mistress Of herself seeming
longer to repudiatc her own glory.
hesume then soldiers. these eagles, not a menace
against foreigners but symbol of independence as
the souvenir of heroic epoch, as mark to each
regiment OF nobility and pledge die if need be- in
defence of the ebems often led by fathers VIC
This address Immediately pacarded throughout
the city.
The clergy headed by the Archbishop of Paris number
ing ooo mustered around gorgeous altar erected the
etd and bestowed blessings the standards The troops
linen aeled and the ceremony was concluded Two thou
sand crosses and medals were also distributed
The President well received the infantry cried
ptre Napoleon ~ the cavalry cried Yire rE,apeur
ana the operatives of Faubonge St Antoine the
trary notified their employers that they would work in
stead Of being present at the fete
The festivities continued indoors for three days and on
uesdy niteen Thousand attended grand ball ut the
Iuiefies On Wednesday banquet was given to eight
hundred generals and superior officers
The Minister Of the Interior has written to Arando
exemptng him from oath OF allegiance to the President
Gen Changarner has refused to take the oath of ale
glance and writing from Maines he saws that
speatedly attempted make him swerye from his duty
d lend himself to his ambitious designs lie also charges
him with having many times offered him the rank of Mar
shat and also another military title revived since
the fall of the Empire He also proposed endow it with
enormous pecuniary advantages He also Napo
leon Of perjury and congratuatcs himself that he was
proof against the Presidents brides
letter from Count Chambourg, calling the Legt-
mists to refuse to take the oath of allegiance attracting
great attention
AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA
The advices from Central and Southern Europe prnc
pay refer to the movements of the Emperor Of Russia
and his visit to Vienna The arrival at Vienna of Prince
Wndlsgratz and the Ban and the expected arrival the
Duke OF Bordeaux indicate that his visit relates bust
ness rather than pleasure
Among the names of twenty-six exiled Hungarians
publicly affixed to the gaows at Vienna appear the
OF Count Alexander Teleky and Count Pulzky.
Kossuhs relations arrived at Dresden the 5th inst
bound for Bremen
TUSCANY.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany has abolished the constu
ton and restored matters as they were in 1913.
INDIA AND CHINA.
The India mail has arrived with Trieste and Calcutta
dates to the 9TH of April and China to the 18th of March
New outbreaks had occurred in India, and an exped
ton had sailed to attack rangoon.
ARRIVAL THE RAIAn OF Coonc IN EseLAsp-The
Rajah of Coorg principality of ndostan West
crn Chauts arrived the 9Th Instant at Southampton
lie came over to England to have his daughter educated
singular and interesting event in the history the ma
tive princes of India The Raah ate and drank with tho
passengers during the voyage His daughter intel
Major Drummond as his guide His servants six in
number The Rajah and his daughter left southampton
with Major Drummond and his family, by early train
on the 9th to take lodgings at Miyarts Hotel previous
his taking private residence The Rajah and the Major
returned to Southampton in the afternoon and the whole
OF his family and suit proceeded to London by the
train.
The Rajah's wives left the Euxne steamer completely
yelled Monday night at o'clock, and were conveyed
to adley's Hotel in closed carriage They were met
ut the door of the hotel by the Raah of his prn
cipal attendants who both held umbrellas over the heads
of the ladies they alghted As they aghted
they took the umbrellas themselves and completely
screened themselves from view During the process
of them was obtained and it noticed that the
lady had thin gauze veil her face and fine black
eyes, The lsajah was exceedingly anxious that
should observe the ladies' and appeared agitaed until
they were safely in their apartment His agitation
great when he had conducted them up stairs that he
could not open the door of the apartment and imagining
it locked he requested that the gas should be ext
gushed the passage where they standing which
Immediately done, The Prince has given up his caste
He is pensioner of the East India Company and has
been residing at Benares on an allowance of fl2 900
year,
Yesterday the Rajahs six servants who by his DESIRE
observed most strictly the rules Of their CASTE had eight
pounds Of food allowed them, which consisted of rice
air at the back of the hotel They eat but meal
day. and their drink is water They in fact Oriental
yegetarians and tetOaler At night they sleep in the
passages under the tables in the hotel The Servants
id llindoos and among their baggage large
number of native cooking utensils and quantity of East
ern food As soon as they arrived at the hotel they made
preparations for cooking their meal They wanted to cook
by the side of stream of water but this they could not
be accommodated with They very busy in the court
yard of the hotel in the evening about o'clock, in Gu
lnary operations Previous to lighting their fires they
carefully washed their hands and feet and then com
menced laying out their stores of provisions which
sisted Of number of small bags of rice by the side of
which was lemon After lighting their fires with wood
blowing them with their mouths at the time stirring
vigorously their food which smering in brass pans
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FIRE-WElLs IN CHNA.-A writer in the Mobile Adyer-
tiser gives the following
Some two hundred years ago =, Lemedo French mis-
sonary in China made the following statement in work
upon China Just ms we nave wells from which we
draw water thus the Chinese have wells from which they
draw fire. In many parts of China they have but to bore
hole into the ground and they have flame strong
enough to cook anything by it.'
Although Aristotle speaks of similar phenomenon in
Persia the same is observable in certain coal mines,
particularly Italy in the Apprentices this statement of
p Leinedo regarded one Of the many apocryphal
tales which current about this littleexpored coun
try But modern observation confirms it, MIR Panther,
in his excellent work upon China, that this surprising
geological phenomenon very in many parts of
China and is used there for the most different purposes
even for the melting of metals In Canton he says there
are many houses in which such fire is continually kept
Ernipg and used for illumination and cooking, The
only trouble in procuring it is to bore hole in the
ground when by approaching light to the opening the
ms rnites and you have fire. varying in intensity
eorng to the size of the hole The Chinese convey this
cas- into their by Of bamboo canes and use
E Sr illumination This light is entirely smokeess and
il similar to our gas light Mr. Panther cites ocular
witness Mr. Tonpere who says that the poor in the win
tar often bore holes the sand about foot Deep ignite
them with handful of straw and then warm themselves
az them Thresholds from which gas issues the Chinese
call hong Using, literally hre-Wells