New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-05-28
NEW ORLEANS:
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY %, 1862
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brought by the steamer Africa

The Rajah Of Coorg, a potentate from the Wester
yona nas arrived IN England bringing b
uilental manners The Kajah is accompanied BY hi
court martial held on the surviving officers Of N
.ased steamer Birkenhead has acquitted them Of al
The price to be paid the Chrysta Palace edce /, un
be 10000 Since the contract was
the have it is said been tempted BY still highe
ouers than that for their bargain but have refused
saougn by the sum offered them they realize yer,
handsome profit It Is intended las we before statedl
seerect the palace in the neghborhood Of London ans
az oydennam None however, have been decided on.
FRANCE.
" wednesday, the 9Th May the anniversary Of thu
death Of the Emperor Napoleon; than usually i'm
posing funeral service was celebrated In his honor n tn
Chapel Of the nyades At an early hour the constitu
ted bodies Of the State all atred in their official cos
fumes assembled in the ohape which hung cntrel,
black for the OCCASION At eleven o'clock precisely Thu
PRESIDENT OF the Republic arrived He was accompanied
~ the Minister a War and escorted by detachment
ulassier lie was received at the gate of the Church
by the Governor Of the Hotel and the high
State by whom he conducted with ali due cereuo
~ y seat reserved for him the altar The service
commenced, and lasted about three-auarters
Of an hour The President then with the same cere
monai conducted backto his carriage, which wait
lng In the Court of HONOR Here and as far as the
outer gate the old soldiers Of the Empire were drawn III
Two lines and they greeted the President as he passed
AID sne a an immense multitude had collected
anu louu and fregusnt acciamatious heard his
carriage moved on slowy-au pas-through the dense
since the frost on the night of the 10th before re-
ported) wine and silk have taken considerable rise ia
both in Paris and the Departments In the Borde-
the vines In the district Of Blaye the right bank
q the river have been much injured TINT not half
crop is expected In the Bias LaDgudoc at Pezeras
bonnie Cette and Montpelier it is equally bad and in the
Cher the loss Ia estimated at fourth the yines It is
believed that the mulberry trees had suffered with like
severity but the gentle rans that succeeded have
ss9red the leaves TO their natural color a
The silk weavers Of Lyons engaged with some actiy
ny fulfilling orders for the Worlds Fair at NewYork
inc events Of December died Saturday at Brus
sells Previous to his exit he was Mayor Of town in the
and has left 100000 francs to found an
agricultural school in that Department =
The Pays and Public have received first warning from
inc Minister Of Police for publishing de-
bates in the Corps Legislat The distribution Of the
emancipation Beige il stopped for the same reason The
Journal de Genera ID prohibited in France The Constit
tarl expresses profound astonishment the warning
given to the Pays
communicated note has appeared in the 1ogteu, to
announce that Of the tickets issued for the bali Of
tne lth at the Ecoe Mlitare would be admitted and
set Of fresh tickets of another would be dis
ribnted appears that this change the
Tor the ball occaoned the disappearance Of about
Ivy ticks from the place where they kept No end
of gossip is in circulation about this singular robbery
which was probably dictated by pecuniary speculation
pamphlet on the death Of the Duke Of Bourbon viii
appear about the 18th Of the present month will be
entitled Monseiger the Duke de Bourbon Historical No
ies q ne Ls and Death his Royal Highness by Count
rtenar 1t is stated that documents hitherto unpub-
shsd will be produced purporting that the Duke
~ not commit suicide. The work will consist of more
Suo pages and will contain several anecdotes
yet known, on the Emperor Napoleon and on the late
King Louis Philippe I n
Sixteen officers Of the Turkish army have arrived in
Paris toattend the grand military tse of the 10th
The Marshal Duke de Ragusa has saws the Constitution
e sum Of money for the purpose of estab
s ts be given two t. the author
self left some important papers strategy.
we read in the Cpnstitto,nel: The public revenue is
an increase Of 50ooOoOf compared with the cores
81 last year It appears that the increase
in April was still more considerable 30 h ~
The Austrian Lloyd contradicts the report that Austria
and Russia had protested against Empire in France
lE ITALY *
The frequent representations Of Foreign Ministers at
ameoration in the treatment Of political prisoners
Lighter chains substituted the heavy irons that
We're before used and has been sent to the
penal islands to Hibernate those who have had no trial and
are ignorant Of the offenses charged against them
Death has taken away another of the wretced insru
ments Of Neapolitan tyranny Navarro the notorious
President Of the Criminal Court died on the ed ult If
is feared that Morel another perverter of justice will
succeed him. in which repetition of Naysrras judi
ciai atrocities may be looked for. -
SWITZERLAND
notification has been made to the Swiss residents in
Paris that subscription has been opened at The swiss
Legation toward paying off the debt of the Sonderbund
RUSSIA
The Emperor Of Russia, by recent ulase epacts that
Jews who may undertake to colonize the Steppes shall
receive each $50 silver rubes and be allowed to employ
Christian aborers Both they and their employers shall
SWEDEN.
The Swedish corvette Antelope has returned to Gotten
burg after thrtyseven months exploring voyage round
the world She h4d discovered between Loo.C6oo and
JAPAN three islands not laid down any map They lie
in lat 20 deg NJ and between 1923 deg and 100 deg b.
from Greenwich The Antelope named them Prince o.
cars Islands.
The perpetrators Of all the opposition journals in Madrid
have agreed suspend publication for three months from
9Th instant and have appointed committee to watch
and Tn onfor
cuon against them whenever they come within any
the rigorous conditions of the press law They have
adopted this curious course in retaliation the nume
Gus prosecutions to which they themselves have been
exposed |
Government has ordered the Of the Diaso
de "a Mariana Of Havana and has Withdrawn the subsidy
hitherto paid to La Crosica, of NewYork
Ministers have before them at large number
military schemes
Private letters from Madrid the 3Oth state that it is
generally believed in that city that the press having been
completely sacrced the next encroachment the Con-
sttution attempted by the Government will be the sus
pension Of the electoral franchise No definite resolution
has however, yet been determined on although the
subject had more than once occupied the attention of
Ministers 1t has been generally agreed that new cleo
toral law should be introduced but serious difference
exists in the Cabinet as to the form to be given it. It
is admitted that it would be dangerous for Ministers
meet the present Cortes and consequently that nothing
remans-for the Government but coup defat to relieve
them from their difficulties, unless the Queen
should make Of those sudden changes in her policy
which she is remarkable In the meantime some Of the
adherents recommended movement In
Saldanha As for Queen Isabella it Is believed in pot
cal circles in Madrid that she has given full powers to
Bravo Murilla to act as he plcases. 70
AUSTRIA. 80
Great misery exists at present among the population
engaged in lace making in the mountain villages Of b.
hema The people descend in bands upon the low coun-
to beg for subsistence many perishing Of hunger
the wayside l
The Russian Emperor announced for the Sth but it
Is probable that he will arrive somewhat than is
Baron Mayerndorf will go to meet his i'm
peria master on the 4th The Grand Duke Constantine
and the Grand Duchess Alexandra already on their
way here from Trieste but the younger princes Nicholas
and Michael who going to the South Italy were at
Bologna the 2Sh of last month 1t is understood that
The Emperor Nicholas has expressed wish be received
without pompor ceremony and orders have given
prepare the summer palace Of Schonbrunn in all haste
It presumed that Francis Joseph will take his Industrious
guest there should the weather become more favorable
This is simply return visit say the many Matters
great political import about to be discussed OBJ
the few and need hardly observe that the proba
bility is that the latter right.
Notwithstanding the positive assurance Of men oceS
that the understanding between Austria and France ID a.