Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-03-05
INTERESTING FOREIGN ITEMS


The winter in Palestine is cf unusual seye-
rity; snow covers the mountains to a depth
| Of nearly four feet.
-Odilon Bar.ot has been chosen to fill a
| chair in the academy of Moral and Political
Sciences, made vacant by the death of NJ
Polodeau. The choice is anything but pleas.
| ant to the Emperor.
The we'll known antiquarian and linguist,
Professor Lspsius. at the instigation Of the
Chevalicr Bunsen, has completed an alph abet
Containing the sound and letter of all the lam
geages in ths world.
Several ablo divers from London and Paris
have jus passed through Lyons on their way
to the Crimea. They were joined by one of
| th, most experienced divers Of that city.
The Spanish Minister of Grace and jus:
lice has announced that the newspaper, the
Cotoiico, should be prosecuted for having put :.
lished the Pope's Bull on the imm alculate con. .
ceptiOn before it had received the sanction of
the government.
From the official tables just published of
the state of the Prussian mercantile navy, it
appears that the total number of their ships
amounts to only 829, ofan aggregate tonnage
OF l33. 800 lasts, equal to 267 900 tons. The
greatest ship owning port is Stettin, with 157
vessels; Stralsnnd owns 108; Dantzic, 1O5;
Barth, 81; and Mcneil 76. The rest are dis
tributed among Fl ports The average size of
the vessels is about 329 tons.
I'm consequence of the liberal sentiments
| contained in the leading article Of the third
number Of the West Prussian News a new pa.
per just started at Dantzc, on the question,
us Russia 10 be considered as state of Eu-
roper In which the question is answered in
the negative, and proofs brought forward to
sE DIV that in its nature and institutions, it is
moro Asiatic than European, the Russian con.
sui denounced it by the telegraph to the Cars
| envoy at Berlin, who complained to the mia
iste- Of the interior, and effected the total sup
preston Of the paper.
The London Morning Advertiser says
"Jenny Lind has entered into An ongagem ,nt to
revisit Eogland, in her profession capacity
From religious scrupIes, she has determined
never more to appear before the public under
any circumstances which could be construed
into giving her sanction to theatrical or opera
tic performances. she has further resolved,
that all her future exhibitions before the
public shall partake, more or less, of the
character of Sacred Music; and with this view
she has, we are ipf,rmed, stipulated that she
shall sing only in Exeter-hall. She is expec.
ted here some time in the month of April
Our readers are aware that Jenny Lind ia nov
the mother of two children"
Europe will seon be governed by sover.
eigns, all of whom may reckon their birth from
this, the nineteenth century. Thus, the En-
psIor Of the French is 46 years of age; tie
Emperor of Austria "a; the Sultan 81; the King
Of Bavaria AZ; the King of Naples A.; the
Queen of Spain "a; the King Regent of Portu.
gal 40; the King of Denmark 46; tho King of
Greece 40 The Queen of England is Only SO.
Only the Emperor Nicholas, the King of Prus.
STA, the King of Sweden, the King of the Bel
gans and tho pope were born in the eighteenth
century