The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-12
Foreign NIiscelIany.

Joseph Ettenreich the citizen who assisted in Sc
euring the assassin on the occasion OF the late at
Tempt upon the life of the Emperor Of Austria, has
been raised to the dignity OF knighthood.
Mr.. Cass, the Minister of the United States at
Rome, when at Paris on Saturday week, jumped into
IKE Seine, near the Pont 'NeEf and rescued from
drowning woman who had fallen in.
Aympius, the son of Tartar chief, and late an
officer in the Russian army, has been lecturing at
Leicester, England on the customs, manners, and
agion Of Independent Tartary.
At q quarter before two o'clock on Wednesday,
Che 18th nst the first railway train crossed the river
Boyne, Ireland The train consisted of an engine
and tender rs tons; four ballast wagons, each laden
with six tons Of iron rails and between foryfve and
fifty laborers each, so tons; total rs tons. The
widest span crossed was so feet The detection was
only threeeighth Of an inch.
A fine specimen Of the American "shore lark was
recently obtained at Fey, Yorkshire, England, and
1t is said that only two birds of this kind are known
10 have been previously captured in Great Britain.
Two specimens Of the Indian papaw, which were
exhibited in the fruit tent at the show Of the London
Horticultural Society, at Cniswick, on Saturday,
been seen in England.
The mortality of London for the week ending
May l4th was considerably higher than is usual in
1he middle of May but it exhibits reduction as
compared with that of the preceding week. The
numbers of deaths registered in the last three weeks
were ,0s9, ll59, and 099. The mean temperatures
in the same times were 42.5 deg 47.9 deg and 45.3
deg. The depression Of temperature at the end Of
April followed by an increase Of mortality at the
beginning Of May.
Lord Robert Crosvenor furnishes to the London
Times the following extract from a letter, dated
Venice, May 6, written by a clergyman who is tray
elng with his lordships son:-"We had the strctest
search made into every article Of baggage, including
desks hatboxes, and papers Of all descriptions, both
mt the frontiers, and again at entrance into
Venice; we are told that this will be repeated both
ut Trieste and Vienna. 1t seems to be done merely
for the purpose Of vexation am assured none but
English (not even Americans) are so tormented and
at would be ridiculous were it not 30 annoying for the
officials who read your letters are so grossly ignorant
that RS journal was gravely pronounced to be q
German manuscript"
return has just been issued, by order Of the
:, House Of Lords, England of British ships employed
Yin the trade Of the United Kingdom in the year 1852
compared with the year 1851. nlS5l there were
1874 ships employed, of 3,360,935 tonnage, and
14l 937 men were employed; while in 1852 the YES
GELS numbered II 49, the tonnage $3.50 1884, and the
men employed exclusive of masters, 159 563.
The committee ofthe Sailors Home in Well street
London docks, have published an interesting sheet,
giving tabular representation of the produce OF
gold from the dggings brought to the Sailors Home
by seamen during the last twelve months Tin
amounts above f100) Eleven sailors have brought
home amounts ranging between two and three hun
dred pounds; ten, sums between three and four
hundred; four, sums above four hundred and under
five hundred. One Brown brings over an even five
hundred pounds; but six hundred, with or without
its decimals, is not found in the list Two obtained
1850 each two 9940, one 81 1886, and the most pros
porous f2 ,284.