The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-19

Edinburg would receive
The " Seven Ages of Man." better known per-
haps, than any other portion Of Shakspeares multi
luminous creations is said not to be original idea
The trustees OF the British Museum have recently
acquired rare and curious impression from wood
block representing the seven ages OF man in series
OF quaint figures in the costume Of the middle of the
fifteenth centuryOne hundred years before the birth
OF Shakespeare.
Miscellaneous Items
The Piedmontcse Gazette, of the 30th ult pub
fishes the law ordering the construction of four
eiectrotelegaphic lines viz one from Genoa to the
zana; another from Chambery to the frontier of
Genoa, by AK and Annecy; a third from Novara to
the frontier of Switzerland, Brissago by Pei
lama and lntra; and lastly, from Genoa to the
Nice.
We read in the Giornale di Roma, that on the
the oath ult. the magistrates of Corr and veletri
paid their respects to the Pope at Anzio; after which
ms holiness proceeded on horseback to Nettuna an
estate belonging to Prince Borghese, and returned
that same evening. The French officers of the
Meteore again had the honor Of dining at the papal
table.
letter from Jersey, says the Patrte. informs us
that island is not less than eighty. One of them,
named Ribreault has just been the object Of mea-
sure very rarely adopted in England: he has been
expelled from the island by the Lieutenant Governor,
with the sanction of the Home Secretary, for having
publicly used abusive language against the Queen of
England.
The Empress of France has founded prize for
each exhibition Of the horticultural Society of the
SeineetOise, which she has taken under her patron
age. The floral exhibition which this society has
prepared in honor Of her Majesty, opened Sunday,
the 9th instant in the park of Versailles on which
occasion the grand waterworks played, by order Of
the Emperor.
The King and Queen Of Hanover leave on the l4th
instant for London, passing by Calais. In traversing
the French territory they will preserve strict incog
nito.
The accounts Of the German emigration of this
year state that it is greater than that Of last The
parts of Southern Germany.
AT the sitting Of the Paris Academy of Sciences,
on the oath ultimo, M Arago informed the Society of
the discovery OF another small planet of the tenth
or eleventh magnitude seen, in the course Of the last
month, by NJ. Luther, of Bonn, in Prussia
The Lincolnshire (England) Chronicle says:-
Mrs. Wilkinson. of Eynesbury, near st. Neot's, COM
pletely lost her sight twenty-five years ago. notwith-
standing the best medical aid. About six weeks
she sustained injury by the fall, but the shook
casioned by it seems to have led to the recovery Of
her sight day or two after this accident occurred
Mrs. Wilkinson fanced she could see little, and
stated to her husband. At first he was, naturally
enough, inclined to doubt the fact; but her sight
daily grew BETTER and she is now enabled to distn-
guish colors and to see pretty well. The joy of Mrs.
Wilkinson and the different members Of her family
old she has just been enabled to look upon for the
first time.
The German papers give an account Of an Austrian
lady who is charged with electricity that sparks
are constantly giving out at her finger ends 1t is
seldom that a lady is found sending sparks away
from her. though it is common attribute of the sex
to attract sparks, and even to twir them round the
finger with the utmost ease We suspect that the
count in the German papers is like the electric lady
herself, little overcharged.
The Glasgow papers record the death of Colin
M'Nab, the steersman of the steamer Clydesdale,
which was burnt some years ago. MNab, on that
OCCASION kept his post while his hands and feet were
burning, until the vessel moored, and the pas
sengers carried safely on shore. He has efta family.
The soil of Siberia, at the close of the summer is
found still frozen for ftysix inches beneath the
face. and the dead that have lain in their collins for
one hundred and fifty years. have been taken up I'M
changed in the least.
One pound of cotton, which formerly could only
be spun into thread of los yards long, can now, by
the application OF steam, produce thread Of 1877
miles in length.
The human voice has been heard across the Straits
Of Gibraltar distance of more than ten miles.
This only happens in peculiar states of the weather
The sound of military band has been heard at a
distance Of seventy miles clear frosty morning.
Much sympathy has been excited in Glastonbury,
formerly sadder emgrated to Australia four or
five years since, and left young woman behind in
tending, if fortune smiled to return at subsequent
period to claim her as his own. Having, by success
at the diggngs amassed considerable sum of
money, he returned to fulfil his pledge His arrival
however, was only just in time to receive the expir
ing breath of the poor girl. She just able fee
bly, to utter few words in his ear, and died the day
after.
The gold dust found in Coromandel Harbor, New
Zealand, is said consist Of faky gold, of pale
| lemon color, largely intermixed with auriferous
quartz, the separation having been effected only by
| washing in the simplest manner. No very accurate
boo 1aop oh lint 10 IN ho fraa
from any alloy, except silver, Of which it contains
portion. The quartz is stated to be highly aurife
ous, and from its great frablity, may be separated
| by crushing, with great facility
kThe word "tariG Is taken from fortress which is
Situated on the Straits of Gibraltar, promontory,
which, from its position, is admirably adapted for
commanding the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea,
and watching the exit and entrance of all ships. 1t
was the custom Of the Moors to watch from this point
all merchant ships going into or coming out OF the
| Midland Sea; and issuing from this stronghold, to
levy q certain fixed scale OF duty on all merchandise
passing in and out of the Straits and this called,
| from the place where it was levied "tara" or ia
rn;" and in this way we have acquired the word.
Civilization is spreading-H elsngfors the capital
of Finland, at the northwestern extremity of the
Russian Empire, has now an Exhibition OF the Fine
| Arts" II consists Of only fifty two paintings, and
nearly forty of them have been supplied by the young
ladies Of the town and neighboihood II will, there
fore, hardly stand comparison with the exhibitions
of Western Europe; but, considering that until re-
Gently so little OF the arts of design was known In
Finland that even the sign boards had to be painted
abroad the show however modest, does credit to the
people.
A silver cup and tea service have been presented
to Thomas Lye, senior Jockey OF England, by q few
friends in Manchester the place OF his nativity, rs
tribute of respect for his talent, high Character ant
long services upon the turf.
After seven years toll, and many unooled.io
Obstacles the revision (rather the re-transation)
the holy scriptures into the Chinese language, has
been completed at Shanghae, by the Rev. DIR. Med
hurst and Messrs Stronach and Milne, arenta OF th
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