The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-01-25
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Lure News.'

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ting office.
The Times has the interesting infor-
nation that an event will take place a.
bout April next, chat will add a new
member to the Royal family.
A paragraph in the Madras Gaz-
cite, OF Nov. 2G, mentions that the
Marquis de Lisbon, a young Portu-
gucse nobleman, serving rs nlidship-i
man on board tie British ship-ofs,
war, Hastings, WAS accidentally shot
dead by Prince Earnest, Of Sane Leit-
ingen, also serving rs q midshipInan
lin the same ship. The young men had
been hunting, and the Prince, in sport,
snapped gun at his friend, believing
it to be unloadcd.
An extract from u letter dated Lis
bon, Dec, 90. says that Mr.. Hcald,
Lola Montez's husband, went to
sea in one of the vessels Of the Royal
Yacht Club, having in his company Il
beautiful young lady. The yacht loun-
dcrcd insight oi'the British war steam
or lnfloHible. which instantly manned
q boat, With fourteen hands, to res
cue them. Not only were they I'M
successful, but all hands were drowned.
A tragical event has been made
known at Lloyd's, to the effect that,
on goth Of October, mutiny broke
out among IL party Of Chinese on
board the British bark Gertrude, from
Annoy to Havana, and that seven
teen Of the Chinese had been shot by
the captain aid crew. Tie bark put
into Singapore, when, from the iuves-
tigatiun that was held, it appeared
that what the captain took for IL NUT
my was merely a row among the
Chinese, but, having 10 Interpreter
on board, the Cinnamon were unable
to make themselves understood.
FRA>cE.-Ihc Emperor has not
forgotten to partition out the royal
residences among his family. The
Palais Royal, which belonged TO Lou
is Philippe, is TO be given to cX-king
Je One; the Elysce. formerly in
habi,cd by Mnrat, King Of Naples, is
to be the residence of Prince Muir
at, his son; the Grand Duchcssc
Slcphanic. Of Baden, is to have apart
mcnts OF the Elvscc; and the Primo
rsse &atldc, will occupy the Pa
| Wilton dc hlarsan, in the TuiIcrics,
| formerly the chamb,rs Of the ouch
css Of Orleans. Besides this, Prince,
| Napoleon Jcromc's son, is to have
100000 francs per annun, and the
Princes Ma;IilLc, 100000 francs.
There are SO many rumors rcspec.
ting the Empcror's matrimonial
views. tl.n, it is hardly worth while to
notice them. The latest is, that the
Du;cIess S,cphanie aud Prince AIur-
ut are now on II mission to Dusssl-
lort, to solicit for Napoleon III, The
hand Of the Princess S,efhanic Fred.
eric. Wiihcl zine = fle. 79l.lf
honzo!lcrn, q Young lady in heiE
sixteenth year, and near related to
the Murat family.
Il is denied by the Moniteur, that
government intends to lega'izc lot
series or gaming houses
| No gold or silver coins of the En-
pire have yet been issued.
poEruGAL-AlvccS from Lisbon
dated 2Oih, G!t. announce that Roy
tal decree had been published, re
dGcimg al the debts OF Portugal to
| one cons,lida ed debt Of three per
cent after lsl Jan. 1858. The an
noumccmcnt has excited :nuch alarm on
iihs London, 'Clangc-thc five and
four per ccnts, which constitute the
main portion of the debt, having been
taken up in England.
BELolvM.-l'hc death Of Kos
sutl's mo her. at Brussels, has Civ
Ell rise to explanations. Some nm
! PLEASANT rumors are atloat respecting
the refusal of the Belgian Govern
mcnt tu allow OF her sou 5 coming 10
tha, country unless he consented to lie
constantly accompanied during his
stay in Belgium by ro'cc officer. 1t
is understood that the venerable Ia
dy herself urged her son not 20 submit
10 so degrading condition.
AUSTRIA AHD GERMANy.--Wc read
in the Cologne Gazette that the
French Government is doing every
Thing it can to effect commercial
treaty with Germany, founded ON
mutual cone ssions. If Germany. and
particularly Prussia, does not set up
too high pretcntions, a treaty between
FrcEce and the Zollvcrein may be cx-
pcctcd.
The Zoll Conferences are still 60
ING on at Vienna, but all impenctra-
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