The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-07-17

Y0xoien NOn1.
During 4 spssch delivered q
spaulding, England, lately at the in
auguration Of protection society for
young ladies' II was stated that in
London there are now 5000 houses Of
| i'll fame in Dublin SIS; in Edin.
burg 219; in Liverpool TOT, in Man
chester 400; and In Leeds 200. In
Liverpool the number Of houses is
said to have increased by 126in two
years.--The newest dodge for
turning a penny is that which the
Sixth Avenue railroad company in
New York are perpetratihg, namely,
letting out the PANELS of the cars for
tradeslnan 10 advertise their goods
some in painted letters, some in gold
leaf, according to pay --a------- Wash
ington Monument is now 1872 feet
high the workmen have been delayed
on account of raising additional der
ricks Three blocks have been re-
ceived this month..~one from Califor-
MIA, one from the highest peak of
Mount Otter, Va, and one from
the Cliosophic Society Of Princeton,
N. J.--AThe Falkland Islands
contain population Of only tfcenty-
screen men, women and children, and
yet the British Parliament lately
made salary appropriations to the off,
GERS Of the colony amounting to about
$14, 900 year. 1t is understood
that all the salaries are pocketed by
three or four persons. -A-A--.---a-T The
United States sloop-of.war Decatur,
now fitting out at the Charlestown
Mass J Navy yard, is to be command.
ed by Commodore White, and will
proceed to her station in the Gulf
Squadron as soon as she gets crew
-The late bills Of mortality in.
dictate 100 deaths a week in London.
That is 157 day, or about six and a
half an hour London is a great place
to live in, and it seems to serve to die
in also.-----The editor of the New
York Day Book has been held to bail
to answer Il charge of libel against
Stephen Bates, growing out Of a
publication in relation to the gam.
blers.--Mr. Bryant, Of the New
York Evening Post, has returned
from his tour in Europe and the
Fast. He arrived in the Humboldt.
--4-4The steamer Sultana was sold
at Louisville on the 18th ult., by the
Marshal of the Chancery Court, and
brought $4,000. The purchaser
was Capt Bentley, Of the Glendy
Burke.---A Swedish artist, Carries
man, has made new discovery
which he calls photochromography, by
means Of which he takes from 300 to
400 copies per day. Of objects in all
their natural colors.--a-=-aaA bill
abolishing capital punishment passed
the Senate of Connecticut On the 25th
ult. It substitutes solitary eonfne-
ment, with provision that the con-
vict shall not be bardohed Unless
new evidence of his innocence trans
pires. Roman sarcophagus
has just been discovered in London.
1t is large stone chest, in which was
a leaden coffin, containing skeleton,
imbedded in lime. The coffin was
sculptured and highly ornamented.
--During the year 1852, Of &c. |
135, 729 railway passengers in Great
Britain, ZIG were killed, and 4S6 in.
jured During the same year, IN The |
State of New York, Of I ,44O, 653 pas
24S were killed, and 269 in
jured---The Pope has ordered
the Roman artist, Jacometti, to exc
cute in marble statue representing
"Judas giving the kiss Of treason to
our Saviour, which is to be placed
in one of the upper halls Of the Vati-
can.---An English paper states
that Caroline Bronte, authoress Of
Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette,
thinks Of coming to this country shortly.
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The MECHANICS AND TRADERS
BANK.--This bank has been reorgan-
lied under the new free banking law.