Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-24
THE WEEKLY STAR.
Interesting Foreign Items by the Afric.

| ut1l COHlluueu III SCOllauu.
The Queen-mother of Spain is now in
London. During the absence Of the royal
family Queen Christina has paid a visit
to Windsor Castle.
The young Lord Afford, who, by the
recent decision Of the House of Lords, has
oeen put in possession of the Bridgewa-
ter estates of 10000 year. is only IL
years OF age. His grandfather, Earl
Brownlow, is in his 18th wear.
The ex-reyal family of France, now 50.
Journlng at Claremont, haved made ar
rangcmentS for leaving England 70, tn
with, on visit to Queen Donna Maria
and the King Consort Ferdinand of SAKE
Coburg,) at Lisbon. The illustrious ex-
lies, including the eN Queen Marie Anne
he, the Prince and Princess de Joinvillc,
the Duchess Of Orleans, the Count dc
Paris, and numerous suite, W i'll embark
Tor Portugal, at Southampton, on the
| 18th instant.
FRANCE.-A rimor has been gaining
ground that the Government WAS about
to negotiate loan of 500, 1000, 100 francs.
This rumOr was inlustriously used on the
Stock Exchange, but the bctter-int. rm,d
declare that there is no truth in il at pre.
! sent.
/ The 1ldlne, Of Lamans, learns that
Ledru Rollin is dying of neuralgia.
The elections which took place on sun
day last for members of the Corps Lcgis-
latif have terminated in favor Of all the
Government candidates. Numerous alb
stentions took place amongst the electors,
particularly at Orleans, where in five cam
tons of the town 5000 electors abstained
out of 9969.
In reference to the Eastern question,
the Emperor is said to have declared,
very recently, that nothing would induce
hlm to engage i'll war at the present
moment; all his energies being directed TO
procuring food for the people: and fur
ther, that he would devote the last franc
In the treasury for that purpose.
ITALY.-The Venice official Gazette
contradicts the runors of scarcity, and
says that so large quantity of corn has
arrived at Venice, that the authorities are
at a loss where to stow it.
From Rome We learn that the Journey
Of the Pope to Cas!el Gardollo has been
postponed in consequence, it was believed,
of the arrests which lately took place,
several of the persons imprisoned being
known to his Holiness. The number is
said to be 200.
The Sanitory situation Of Rome is truly
deplorable. The population is decimated
| by an endemic fever; the hospitals are
crowded with sick, and several houses in
the vicinity had been rented to accom-
modate the patients.
Commodore Vanderbilt, by somewhat
singular coincidence. arrived in his Yacht,
the North Star, at Civita Vecchia. just as
the discovery of supposed Mazzini con-
spiracy had thrown the Papal Govern
ment into state of terror. The police
of Civita Necchia, staggered by the i'm
posing size of the steamer and the num-
Der of persons on board. Immediately
concluded that it was an American sym
pathiZing expedition, and refused the
Commodore permission to land. After
two or three days of useless negotiation,
the North Star proceeded to Naples,
where-at least so the newspapers say
she was also an object of suspicion, and
had eventually to seek refuge at Malta
On the 22d ult., the yacht arrived at the
Bosphorus.
GERMANY.-A despatch from Genoa
dated the 9th inst, contains some curl
Gus details with respect to a meeting of
the secret society called "Youns Ger
many" The object of the meeting was
to count the number of members, and to
re-organize it on the basis of the society
called ssYoung Italy" 1t was ascertained
that the number Of German conspirators
amounts to above 100000, but that only
| $4,000 pay their monthly contribution of
slXpence. The latter are in general ope-
ratives, and men of determined resolu-
ton. The meeting commenced with
speech against the traitors and informers,
and 4 resolution was carried to establish
secret tribunals to try and punish any
member guilty of betraying the secrets
of the confederacy. 1t was stated at the
meeting that the revolutionary spirit had
subsided considerably in Prussia within
the last two years, but that it still exists
in full vigor in the Rhenish provinces.
THE VERY LATEST.
We give the following important de-
spatch from second edition of the London
Times, with recommendation to receive
with caution whatever is published exclu-
sively in that paper and Immediately pre-
ceding the sailing of mail steamer for
America =
"PARIs.-It was positively stated to-
day, Thursday, Sth, at the Russian En-
bassy at Paris, thot tie Emperor of Russia
had refused TO accept the mobilization. 1t
was added, that when the Emperor was
informed that the Porte had modified the
note of the Vienna conference before ac-
cepting it, he observed, in a tone of much
moderation, that he would willingly
make concessions for the express purpose
of meeting the wishes Of the European
Powers, but he would not humiliate him.
self in the eyes Of the world by submit