The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-06-21

s assutss o. tinneu IRON spoons, and other urti.
cles o. the weight Of two pounds and a half,
SsonsasIlng o. three entire spoonhandles OF about
nve inches longs four half hundies. nine nails.
some 30 OF which were as large az q spike nail.
un1 naii o. the iron heel of shoe, a screw two
ana naif inches long, four pebbles the siz. nf
maze! nut, q metal button. and 4 nnant;,v ~
pennles. which the patient had been n The
naoit ofswallowing for two or three ,.a,.
psesious, ana which, i was apparent, had been
EARTHQuAKE IN SoUrH WAIr.Tb.
shock OF an earthquake was d;s,;nc,I. 81. ns no
inufsday morning in this town and ne;ohho..
nooa' - occurred from half past 2 to q auer-
Ter 70 9 A. M. II was accompanied bv mis-.
which many parties mistook for the fai,;nr oc
furniture IN some parts Of their houses. Man
persons got out Of their beds for the nn,nn.s
OF ascertaining whether anything in the street
produced tne strange effect. The bells in and
at the south wales Railway station were set
to ringing, while the windows shook v;olen,Iv
We have heard corresponding accounts from
Sketty, the Mumbles. and other places in the
immediate neighborhood; likewise from corres-
pondents at Meath, Aberavon and Bridge.end
80 that the shock must have extended over n
line of at least 26 miles.-Suaasea Herald.
FRANCE.
From France there is nothing of news except
that more eminent men are hying-Victor
Hugo the last.
The President will take up his residence at
ST. Cloud Immediately, and will come into
Paris to attend Cabinet Councils, and Recep.
tons, which will still be held at the Tuile.
ries. ss
Conyicts continue to be shipped off to Cay
enne. . -
The notorious Madame Lafarge, who has
been for some years confined in a maison de
sante al Reny, has received free pardon.
M. Hubner, the Austrian Minister in Paris,
will, it is believed, be shortly recalled at the
instance OF the Emperor of Russia. who con-
siders him too Jealous an agent of Prince
Schwarlzenberg's policy to be trusted near
Louis Napoleon.
The Cortes met on 2Oth May. The Court
das Autas bad died in Lisbon. His name ap.
peared prominently in public affairs for seve-
raj years past.
The Brazilian province of Parahiba is on the
quarantine list as ''iniected,' and Rio del
Norte as suspected"
Business was dull at Lisbon, with, however
tendency to improvement in wiue shipments.
The dificu between the ST. Ubes Salt Co.
and The Government, respecting the Salt mo-
nopoly, is still unsettled, so far as British
claims are concerned. A Lisbon correspon-
dent of the Daily Ners says 1.-The information
gave you in my last relative to the salt ques-
ton at 81. Ubes, has been confirmed bv the
publlcatlon OF decree conceding the Ameri.
can demand. This has cast the British Gov
eminent into the shade, and completely shows
that an Amercn claim has been promptlv al
lowed while British claim of similar nature
would fas II always isl be contested. Jona-
than has thus gone ahead and proved that his
is the "most favored ration in Portugal.
SPAIN.
A royal decree announces that Spanish and
foreign ships may touch at the Canary Islands,
in transit or stress of weather, during the
months of June, July and August of the pre-.
sent year, exemption six days from anchorage
or loading dues. Another decree places ST.
Gillian vessels on an equal footing with Spanish.
in Spanish port. M, -.
Government had received dispatches from
the Philippine Islands to 10th March. On
18th, an expedition consisting of one regiment,
two steamships and three ships. sailed from
Manila for the island of Mindanao. 10 erect
military works at Puerto Palloe for the defence
of that town. Great commercial advantages
are anticipated from the enterprise, which is
intended to open new market in Asia for the
trade of Spain. An expedition will also be
sent to occupy the island of JoIo.
ITALY.
Accounts from Piedmont state that parties
are agreed on the expediency of reducing the
army.
The Roman police are using every means
TO preventive introduction of foreign newspa-
pers into the Papal States. English journals
are charged letter postage by weight. q
A letter from Rome states that several meet
ings of Cardinals had been held Of late to dis.
icuss the question of the Papal army, and that
Gen. Gemeau, the French Commander. had
offered to introduce the system of conscripfion
into the Roman States, but hitherto the project
had not been received with favor. T. =
ECONOMY Is wEALTH.-FRANKLIN
Il CLOTHING STORE.-The subscribers, Mer.