Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-08-13
INTERESTING EUROPEAN ITEMS.


the contents of the hive The mode of administration
to burn it while dried state and cause its fumes
to be inhaled.
statement has been published to the effect that's a
large supply Of guano has found on On island the
Indian Ocean, between Maurtius and Calcutta aud that
some of the samples brought home of superior
quality The island stated to be twenty miles long and
broad and covered in every part Should the
pectations thus raised be fulfilled it will be serious
matter for Peru.
Two hundred and sixty bags of native wild cotton
from Paraguay have been received at the Office Of the
Manchester Commercial Association. Mr. DaADBE, Of
Manchester, is now in South America making inquiry
into the sources Of cotton supply It is said that this
cotton grows penuly and is perennial in the interior
OF Paraguay and that can easily be reached by river
communication. Il M s ..i
The s.kss = stockton still upsstsaed Ths~ork-
men Offer arbltrate their demands but the employers
refuse to assent to this mode Of settlement
grand review of the feet at Spithead by the Queen
is spoken Of take place in the beginning Of August
Twenty war, carrying 423 guns are to
take part in the manuvres OF these vessels fourteen
have auxiliary steam and six padde-wheel steamers.
An unsuccessful attempt to launch the new 9o-gun
ship Cesar was made at Pembroke July 2l. The ship
slid along the ways about half the distance, and there
stuck fast, where she still remains.
Camp of Exercise, similar to that now on Chobham
Heath is to be formed in the Curragh Of Kildare Ireland
this fall.
The operative carpenters and ioiners Nottingham
have banded together 70 resist the Introduction of
tisng machines and refuse fix any work prepared by
seam-power, with the exception Of door boards The
employers are, in the mean time compelled to submit
O'CoSSELL's house in Merrion square, South Dublin
for forty years the residence Of the late Lberator
sold the other day for $780, OFARRELL Barrster
The house was miserably out Of repairs.
Credit is yielded in Paris the London announce
Of the discovery at Constannople of conspiracy
against the life Of the Sultan The sovereign is thirty
years Of age and has fifteen children his eldest
was born II 1850.
In the appeal case of the foreign correspondents Of
which frequent mention has been made the Court of Cas-
Il
their appeal have after three days trial. adjudged Caus
sdiere Pya Bochet, Louis Ayril and Rouges all ab-
sent to ten years imprisonment ten years surveillance
and six thousand francs fine each and the Others except
Meret and Langene to various terms Of Imprisonment
from FIVE years TO six months.
committee in Capetown offers reward Of 81 900 to
any who will find gold field in the western districts
of South Africa The reward is be paid till g. 900
is extracted from the discovery.
Letters from Chrisana mention the opening of the
Norwegian railway the first line introduced into that
country the 4th Of July the Kings birthday. The
section completed consists of thirteen miles The entire
length of the undertaking from Chrtiana the Mosen
Lake is fortytwo miles the whole of which will be fin
ished by the end Of October bringing, it is said about
one-h of the property and twenty-five per of the
population Of the Kingdom for the first time into direct
communication with the capital and seaport.
Mails of June 18th from the Cape of Good Hope have
been received Nothing disturb the peace
happily established not only within the colony, but along
its borders. Gen. CsrHcArrs proclamation, dated May
14th that the rebellion IS entirely extinct and
I
As regards Prussian politics the perfect calm pre-
walls The King is rurazing, the Ministers dispersed
their homes and the Court has separated The ZolI-
Vcrein conferences drag slowly on, but nothing Is made
known Of their transactions.
From Vienna d7th) dispatches received by mail say
that ST. Petersburgh aivces altogether pacific The
Gar thought 70 have accepted the proposals of
France for the settlement of his dispute with TurkeY
NJ de MErEYDoRrF Russian Minister at Vienna on the
9th presented to the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH letter
from the Car containing the most pacific assurances
The greatest confidence in the maintenance Of pre-
vailed at Vienna and the final settlement of the dispute
expected by the end Of August 1t thought that
he Austrian Cabinet having at length become alive
The dangers that would grow of war; really using
their endeavors to bring about settlement
Dispatches had been received on the 2lst at Vienna
direct from bucharest They stated that the Turks had
made preparations to the Danube Their forces
being concentrated at Shumla and they were en-
gagged in Pravadi town between Shumla and varna
letter from Constannople of July IL says, however,
that instructions had been sent to 0mer Pacha ordering
him TO destroy the bridges the Danube The Rus
slams ave built permanent bridge over the Pruth at
Leowa, and making military road into the interior.
Adyices by mail from Constantinople to the Sth
They mention only that frequent conferences taking
place between the Dvan and the Ambassadors Of the great
European Powers. The Porte had given the Austrian
Ministers all the satisfaction sought for the late assassn
ion Smyrna Three Of the assassns, all Italians, had
been arrested but the fourth, Hungarian who actually
stabbed the victim, had escaped
The Paris Presse that the draft of the mediation
proposed BY France and England sent from st. Pc
ersburgh Constannope the 9h for the purpose Of
eing communicat ted to the Dvan The from Con-
tantinople was daily expected to reach Vienna.
PREVENTION OF FORGERY AND CoUxrERFErrING.-It has
lready been stated that paper, with novel kind os
has been produced in England, which will
fectuay prevent the forgery and counteretng Of pr
ate bonds, checks and bills bank notes. sc. IL in
ented by officer Of the Bank Of England, and be-
it, something like it. has been used for the issues
4 that bank The London Times states that the nven-
ion, after much labor and palms. has been perfected and
hat paper marked has been adopted by several public
companies in England and the continent 1t IS said
likewise to be adapted to ornamental well practical
purposes Portraits, landscapes, any other suoects
be given is stated with the same effect as IN the
ierman porcelain pictures the graduated thickness OF
he paper at the various parts Of the design, creating
when is held to the light the requisite effects Of light
md shade
singular fraud has been discovered IN the construc
ion of the Nelson monument in Trafalgar Square Lon
lon The bronze bas reliefs not made of honest
METAL but of compound partly Of plaster Of paris and
partly inferior metal They also found to be short
weight The contractors tried and sentenced to
hort imprisonment for the fraud 1t detected by
Of an anonymous letter written to the authorities
by the wife Of one Of the contractors in feminine pet.
EN1opArroy-The southern aud western journals state
hat emigration has received on additional impetus
Gently The Galway Mercury says; Emigration
% be on the increase Of late in this part Of Ireland.
Amongst the large numbers who have left by the trains
iaiy during the present week was batch Of Claddagh
ishcrmen" The Limerick Examiner writes: The
age Of emigration is not only in this port but
seems on the increases every other day ships depart
ng with their fullest complement Of passengers, and
many disappointed for want Of shipping accommoda
ION There about half doren fine emirrant. ships