Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-03-16
INTERESTING FOREIGN ITEMS BY THE
pECIRIC

Punch, after several copdemnatious from
the Prussan courts Of law, has been prohib-
tied throughout the whole Kingdom of Prus-
STA, by an order from the Minister Of the In.
terror Count Westphalen.
"A fne swan was found recently in the
Plain Of St Denis, alive, but mach exh austed
1t had round Its Heok silver COLLAR, with an
inscription engraved on IT, staring that the
bird belonged to the domain of Prince Hohen.
lobe, In Germany.
1t has been mentioned a. proof of the
sincerity and amity subsisting between the
courts Of Vienna and Paris, that the REQ uss,
Of the Emperor Of the French to have the
, mortal remains Of his relative, the Duse de
Reichstadt, transferred to Paris, was imme.
diatsly asesdea to by the Emperor Franci.
Joseph.
Tho distribution Of space In the French
exhibition will hardly please English OK.
hi bitors England has not the ace of honor;
| this prominence is given to the United States
On entering the building by tho grand en-
trance, the visitor at once advances into the
| American part OF the exhibition; to the righ
Is that devoted to Great Britain; opposite
Great Britain lies the French space, with the
great hall between.
A trial Of a newly invented self breech
| loading and primipg oarbine has been made
at the School Of Musketry at Hythe, in Eng
| land. Sixty shots oan be fred from thi:
| weapon in seven minutes; out Of that numbe
| at range of 100 yards, ~ struck tho bulls
eye. Total immersion in water of the car
bine, loaded, did not affect its explosive power
the fusee being readily discharged The "a.
pidity of the firing did not produce the slight.
est arrangement, the piece neither requiring
| oiling nor cleaning
- The bombardment of Sch astopol was to
begin as soon as all the guns were placed and
Inc ammunition ready. The English lines, il
was calculated, would FIRE away 40 tons OF
| shot Ia twelve hours, and tho French nearly
800 tons.
- The navvies have commenced on the
railways In the Crimea They are rudy with
health. and astonish every body by the labor
which they are enabled to get through but
they lack their indispensable element of exist,
ence-beer. The navvies grumble consider
ably, and each fresh complaint is met BY an
additional supply of rum. They arc now 70
csiVing four ratlons of rum per day, and this
SO lar from satisfying the men, appears to have
led to some mutinous proceedings on board the
SHIPS The provost marshal, CapA johnson
mas had to deal with some Of tho culpris
Among tho numberless now inventic ms Of
| engin's of destruction to which the war ha.
n
the scientific world of Paris, 10 a she'll invent
ed by N Chaslin a member of the Council OF
the Yonne, which be asserts will not only
double the force Of the powder used, but, be.
ing without match, will have the estimable
advantage of falling on the spot desired with
out giving notice to the enemy by that stream
| OF light In the air which accompanies the pre-
| sent she'll, Ignition is brought about by q
chemical process which is said to be 80 com
pie'ely under control, that a shell may ex
plcde, according to the will Of tho protector
either in two minutes or twsnty-fo hours If
ter It's being projected Thus it would be pos
| sibie to throw any number of sbelIs successive.
~ upon given point, and to adjust the perioc
OF their explosion, 50 that all should burst a.
the same moment. This shell would explod,
as certainly under water as on land, and it 1:
asserted thai the principle will complete th,
idea ofthe toufe.S 0sphlztants, which hitherto
have not been very Elective