New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-28
Foreign MISCELLANY.


From document just published it appears that the
total super6ces Paris comprised within the octroi wall
(abou 81 square mles which is equivalent to SO mil
lions of square yards The number Of streets passages
courts etc. is 1904 The length of the streets is
round numbers 2e5 kilometres about 22s miles Ii put
in line after another they would be long the
railway from Paris to Poicters.
Madame Bocarme trying in vain to dispose of the
grounds and chateau in which her brother murdered
An unsuccessful attempt to sell them by auction having
been made some time ago. they were again put up
Gently in eighteen lots. Not single offer made for
any of the eighteen. The whole then put up in
lump and after some delay bid was made the part Of
Belgian deputy of 300 0O0f 1t accepted provision
ally and if in the final adjudication better offer is
made, the transfer will take place. n
We extract the following from Charles Levers new
book The Dodd Family Abroad ''To train for
the continent you must begin early Teach him French
when child let him learn domnoes four and smoke
cigars at six wear acquered boots at eight and put his
hair in paper at nine eat pums for dinner and
pistol and cool hand with the rapier then he
finished and fit for the Boueyards-a nice for the
saloons. 1t is cheap, there is doubt but costs
good deal of money to come at the economy
The Kingdom Of Sweden has national debt whatever
The present Duke of Wellington has declined to be adj
dressed by that title until after the funeral of his Illus
trious parent
| One of the greatest Russian painters Bruoff who
painted the Last Days of Pcmpeii is dead at aucian
| near Bome.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk have been entertain
del Castle.
Mile Wagner, the celebrated singer as fond Of aa
in which city She has already been engaged in two Law
suits
The Geographical Society of st. Petersburg about tc
send mission to Kamschatka the Kurie Islands and
Russian America to study the Foras and Famas of t1ose
regions
Baron Rothschd, it is said will follow the precedent
set by Mr. Soomons, and brave the penalties of the
statute against the Jews by voting in Parliament the
| election of speaker
| Walter Logan & Co., South American merchants in
London have failed for 100000 having been forced to
suspend in consequence Of partner who lately
itted to their houses at Lima, having gone to the
United States with large amount of money.
The late Welby Pugn, the artist was remarkable for
his intense devotion to his art and great love Of
for, but Christian architecture and boat.i'
| Thomas Thompson, of Edinburgh, u coadutor of JEFF
frey sydney Smith and Lord Breugham in the establish
ment Of the Edinburgh Review, died the I'd inst He
was prominent member Of the Scottish bar.
In France the mania for railroad speculation is unaba-
ted and prices of shares continue to rise daily. The
of the transaction shown however by
the high rates Of interest paid to carry the works
settlement to settlement
4 NJ IIusemann late Austrian Minister at Washington
has been provided with office in the Ministry of For
egu Affairs at the Austrian capital 1t would seem
therefore settled that he will not return to Washington
The last remnant of the o'Connel property in Kerr,
sold lately ut Tralee, under order of the Encun
bered Estate Court But two lots remained to be sold
the net aggregate yearly value of which about 2C
the brought by the sale $3.50 the plrchas
} ors being unconnected with the family.
Paris letter gives hope to wine drinkers that tn
beverage will neither be very of inferior quail
Ly The crop of sweet acorns is extremely abundant il
France this year and agricuursts say that when tn
good and plentiful the wine yield excellen
in quality, if not remarkable in quantity.
The police Of Toulouse hit upon clever expedientlate
y to discover the residence of burglar known to be
completely with large gang but who obsnatcly refuse
to make known his domiciI. He marched all owe
town, strongly guarded, and preceded BY a erier VIII
, from time to time exclaimed, Does aHedy know TIL
!' At last hardresser declared that be had see
him enter house No. TO- in the Rue Pharaoh. His roo
was found by this means, and an immense quantity
|
ets' tools, captured
Among the offices held by the late Duke Of Wengto
was that Constable TO the Tower Constable by the
to be term Of high dignity although has ate
to designate of the petest municipal appoin
ments What the Constabeship of the Tower is its dl
ties and its pay we find stated in the London Daily New
which to think that the opportunity of the
ought to be improved to abolish absurd customs and
useless sineeure. But find that Lord Combermere h,
had this nice thing" given to him. and the econom
question has to be postponed perhaps to another gen
ration, although the Constable is rather aged
The Tower of London is ancient royal fortress nj
subject to the ordinary control of the army office II
garrison the immediate control of the soyereig
tits Queen Vctoria particular fort all the orde
Used by direct mandate, through the Secretary
Of War and not from the Horse Guards the Ordnance
e the heads of the military service To carry on th
1T Government there is Constable with his deputies at
cost of $1,000 say $4,000 year Of these only one
putty is resident, and his duty is to take Il
a. key He is therefore sort of gate keeper and this
all the duty done for which the country pays $4,000 p
ID annum The ceremonies amusing. Every night ii
guard watchman turns out at midnight in processic
to the office Of the Mayortha is the title The call
Of made Who goes there! y! keys is the reply VIII
keys2i "Queen Vctorias keys Pass, Queen vi
of torias keys God Queen yictoriai'-and Il
10 night work is The Mayor takes the keys and
superors who there get salaries for dol
less Among tho well paid officers about the row
is physician for State prisoners although there has
been there since Sir Francis Burdett and one sr
one el0 salary for to pull bell whore there
s Parliamentary committees have several times
ported that these costly ceremonias with such excee
at pay for doing nothing at all ought to abolished at
death of their holders but it has never been done
EEE---H
ne SCENES T.aiaIAyv H.1L-There was q mass meeti
In of the democrats Of NewYorl in Tammany Hall, o
90 night last week. andrew II Micke in the Chair and
Evening Post has descriptions of queer whit
we copy:
We Charles oConnor the Chairman of the Judicary Co
vention then rose to read the report of that body w
received without objection until he reached the nan
Ire when there loud pervading expression OF d
satisfaction The hses and groans were as
prevent anything being heard in quarter Of the roo
In the midst of the confusion young man from the u
40 Ward, who, told, was the brother ot one OF
led young killed in the Aster Place riots rose behind
10 Chairman and moved that the name Of Robt. Dillon
stricken from the ticket Dillon having been Of tn,
| who in common with number of our citizens signe
os card inviting Macready the repeat his eror
nnce of Macbeth the Astor Opera House which eau
the fatal riot which followed.
This motion aggravated, if possible, the general q
fusion The then put the question the auden
ved asking those in favor Of striking Mr. Dons name
the ticket to say @aye.', The response seemed to
,al. unanimous The mover omitted to submit the negat