The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-24
Foreign Items.
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The Queen of Spain has been reviewing her
troops at San lidefonso. The men received 5000
cigars as a mark Of the satisfaction OF their royal
mistress. ......' a
Fresh excavations are to be undertaken in the
! country lying between the Tiber aud the Garigli-
ono, where many treasures OF art and antiquity
have been already discovered. They to be
made at the expense of the Princess Of Canine, and
VIII be under the direction Of nj. Alessandro Fran
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A French Commissary Of Police, named Galerne,
has been found gully Of receiving brides, and has
been condemned to ten years OF imprisonment, and
fine Of 500 francs.
The Countess Casnr Batthyani has arrived at
Csurgo, in Hungary. Her object is, il is said, to
solicit the pardon of her husband. Count Szemere
(whoee letter against kossuth excited much at
tcntion,) and Count Batthyani, both Of whom are
now at Paris, are spoken of as having broken with
the revolutionary party. another Hunga rian, who
played Leading part at Vienna, and has since
been an exile in London, has asked permission to
return, and has made some curious revelations. 1t
Is To be hoped that the world 10 not destined to be
disgugted with instances of selfishness and du-
plicty, under the guse of patriotism, truth, and
courag..
The report that the Hon &. A. Murray had re-
med the office of British consul general in Egypt
Ia unounded.
The Royal Exchange at Dublin has now been
converted into the Assembly House, or place of
meeting for the corporation Ii was once the seat
vi active mercantile business.
The quantity of beet root sugar manufactured
this year In France is 81. 445, 404 kograrnmes or
I 1858 959 kiogrammes less than last year.
Opticians preserve peculiar of spiders,
whose webs they employ to strain across the eye
pieces OF important telescopes, fabric Of bu-
man construction is sufficiently fine for the pur-
pose.
A perfect ruby, fine in color and transparency,
Is much ess common than good Diamond, aud
when of the weight OF three or four carats, it is
more valuable than that gem.
Flounccs in organdi, ornamented with straw
fringe, are said to be fashionable for evening dress
The English acknowledge that America was the
hrst to appreciate, with due respect, the literary
abilities of w inthrop Mack worth Praed, the poet.
The dnarcharsts disnastrun, of Darlington, ia
undoubtedly the Uudora Cauadensis of the Cana
dan possessions, and has probably been imported
into England with timber. 1t fills small water
courses with its rapid growth, end seriously Injuries
the navigation of even large rivers.
cutting machines, which niince finely the hay,
turnIp5, nc, intended tor stock, have been intro
duced as Baron Liebeg has discovered that the ex-
cessive labor of the TVS in the modification of
food, wastes the muscle OF beast, and rctards his
progress.
survey of the Holy Land has been made by
Lieutenant Van dc Velde, formerly of the ROYAL
Dutch Navy. He has made many very interesting
observations.
fl,000 year in long annuites is worth .sG,S75;
in console. E33,333; in land at thirty years pur-
chase, E3O.OOO; in land for life, El9 667
The Comte Autouinc de Noalles, renowned in
Paris for his elegance and beauty, died very sud-
denly as he was about 10 drive TO Paris from his
residence, Chateau du Val, near ST. German.
Dr. Erb, of the University Of Heidelberg, ia
about to erect high tower at Bamberg, in Ba-
varia, in which will be electric clock time ball,
Sc, by which the clocks OF all the railways in
Germany will be regulated.
The grapes of Curinth attacked with dis
ease which has prevailed so extensively that the
yield this year will only reach IS 900 900 lbs, in
stead OF $1,000 600 lbs, heretofore; and that of
The ionan Islands will be 100000 lbs, instead
of IS 600 100 lbs.
company of African vocalisis has appeared at
the Strand Theatre
Beaucoup de bruit, point de fruit was the result
Of the opera of Pietro il Grande.
In England, customs and excuses are levied on
more than four hundred articles of daily use and
consumption
Hands are 30 scarce in many parts of Ireland
that many laborers are receiving 81. day for field
labor.
Four millions of are annually sold in the
Partisan markets, independent OF those furnished
for fees.
Isidore Justice de Robespierre, the last repre-.
sentative of name celebrated in 1885, died in
June, at Santiago de Chill, where he had lived
sixty years.
The works for the French Crystal Palace are to
be commenced Immediately, and will be completed
In two years.
Ramsgate, Dover, Whitby and some other towns
In England, have the power to demand taxes from
vessels which do not enter them, and which do not
even pass as closely as forty miles.
Large and extensive gold mines are said to have
been undoubtedly discovered on the Isthmus of
King of Raiatea, her second son King of Thiahna,
and her daughter Queen of Bolobolo A matrimo.
NAL alliance was in contemplation between the
latter and Prince Kahmehameha, of the Sand wich
Islands.
At the cose Of the examination of the Welsh
Educational Institution, at Laudoverry, Lady
Hall, vile of Sir Benjamin Hall, M. p, was pre-
sented by the students with testimo NAL of egard
accompanied with address in Welsh. Lady
Hall replied to them in Welsh, with various en-
remarks.