The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-17

NEW 1OhA aEnAAU, I.
An Extraordinary fIsns aafvro has bean exhibit
ed N Cuba. IL consists Of pup Of largo size nav.
irg 10 head eyeb, nose and mouth cenpisteiy hu-
nsD. Is had also an srm CT assel over the breast
sDd The other mspeDded over tbe head. The hind
legs, extremely diminutive and very neat, wsre
psced perpendiculsriy, bike th,sc u praacing
A large and magnificent broase Inscription has
q Ds ss o.
Beliot, Tho died In tbe Pola seas during voyage
In search OF Sir John Frsnkiip Tho inscription Is
10 French and Eegiish, ard Ii surmountsd By the
LAID s''A' AmS q ffAA00 AA0 ''0'A arms o. E's
An employs In the Navy Department at Paris,
having recently hsd cssion to move 90 ne old doou-
mtnts connected With the ccnis ssrvice. disturbed
. wasp, which had probably como over vith and
bad nestled among them. The insect attacked him
and stuDg him IN the under lip. and 20 veuo nous
Was tho sting that the man became i'll and finally
cied nom the effects q It.
A gold vase. presented to Mr.. Smith O'Brien by
bis countrymen " Austaha. II exhibitirg ct Nc.
CoSr's Rue de l'Ecuyer, Paris. It forms gigantic
cup aud cover. % centiuetres high, and weig hing
near four kllos Il L. Of the purest gold. and is
intended TO be sept to tho Paris Exhibition. as
specimen Of Australian produce and manufacture.
Its va!ue 10 estimated as 20.00Ofr.
n. Matmoud, director OF The Observatory ct Cairo,
In Egypt, who. during bis residence In Europe for
6CicAstuV puEDObS6, passed. some 0W6 IN br036e6,
has lately forwarded memoir on the Jewish cslen-
dar, which ID reported by n. Quitelet Is q romarka
bic production, formed on an e0tItely neE plan. M
Msbmoud bias also promised that Ash0mstaa
calendar shall fellow the above.
Further Inquiries made by the Papal police in
Italy about tn man who lately attempted the life
Of the Emperor Napoleon, show that his real name
10 Snesio, and not Piauori. He had beeu condemned
Briasbella, and for arson committed at Foguano,
but succeeded In making his escape from the prison
On the occasion Of the fste Of st. Bouiiaos (Juue
Prince De hwaIzenberg hes o'nvoked all the
German Bishops, to assemble In that place for the
first three weeks of this month. At this meeting.
the peudiDg questions concerning the relations Of
the German Episcopscy with the public authorities
viii be discussed.
The Mercantile Marine Fund of England, under
the act which came into operation on the LIST nst
under the Board Of Trade. Last year the fees on
TIE examination Of masters and mates produced
"a $50; on engagement OF crews, fl2,3A s.; on
the discharge Of Grows, ELL BIT L. Cd and on re-
nexsl Of certificates, fll6 8s. Cd.
A workman at Vieszon. having lately been unSor-
clothing, sssked one Of DIS earsupon the game. He
lost It, and his antag onist. like another Snylock &C
tually proceeded to cut CT with pair OF scissors
thai which had become forfeited to him. Toe pc.
lice had arrested him for the inhumsn act.
Ac 'ordipg to statement of semioficial charac
ter, l62, 900 French troops have been sent out to
the OIimea and Turkey since the Commence
met OF tre war. OF these 100000 are now avails-
casualties and the deaths BY ordinary mortality the
sick and wounded now In hospital.
The Grand Council Of Ticne, in iss sitting OF the
22d Of May, passed bill concentrating all authority
over eccesiRti:al matters In the bands Of the State
astical poser. The Archbishop Of Milan and
Bishop OF Como had previously protested against
the bill.
number OF beet root sugar manufactures at work
IN France, at the end of April ast was 208, being
80 less than at the corresponding period Of last year.
Tie quantity OF sugar made WAS 43 ,955 $40 kilo-
grsmnes, bling decrease Of 81 55l ,945 kios, as
compared with the same period of 1854.
M. Hulot, one Of the chiefs In tbs electrotypic
department. of the Mint Of France, has discovered
that the newly discovered metal, aluminium, may
replace plstins IS an ement of the galvsnic pile,
and that this metal having zinc as an electre mega
tive element gives rise to considerable dissngage-
nent OF hydrogen for several hours.
letter from Toulon, announces the sailing Of the
French ship Of the line, Tsge, with an enormous
the Crimea. The ships OF the line Louis XIV. and
Fltuus, the steam frgate Canada. and the sailing
fiieate Nemesis likewise left with considerable
body OF troops.
The con ession Of railway destined to uuite the
piled for by Mesers. Wasing Brothers, Of London.
TOTS railway, ming junction with the State line
at LuttIe is intended to run by Niveee and Hal to
Hendeileuw, on the Brussels and Client line.
The distance between Paris and valenciennes is
about to be greatly diminished. tbs government
having sanctioned the construction Of . railway
from saint Dennis to Creil BY Louvres, Marty ID.
10 already actively employed in the undertaking.
It WIS lately popular ruyacr at Madrid that the
imsge Of the Saviour. in the Church OF st. Francis
Of Madrid had sweat blood out Of grief tor the sale
q inc church properly; some parsons sir@sd inst
declared that they had seen its eyes move.
The telegrspbic lines on the Danubian Prn cipali.
ties are expected to be complete by the end Of the
present month. The electric wire viii then con-
meet Jasy with Galatz and Bucharest, Galatz with
Ibrsila, Giurgevo with Bucharest, aud the latter
town with Cronstadt, in Transylvania.
At the Paris Exhibition there are no less than
3s8 exhibitors Of musical instruments. or these
four only are from tho United Ststes The
lie grstuitousy. On such days the number of visit
ers exceeds $4,000.
Returns published by Lord Panmure show that the
number OF British soldiers taken prisoners by the
Russans is 49, Of Nn'm 10 are Officers and 10 ser
taken prisoners by Lord Raglan's army il TAG, Of
whom As are officers.
There are so 900 blind persons, of both sexes, in
France. Some time ago, charitable young Lady
for blind sirls and The community has re ,ently be-
come religious one, under the title OF The Blind
Sisters Of st. Paul."
The Gear Alexander has caused the pamphlet en-
titled "The Last Hours and Dying Words Of the
Emperor Nicholas" to be translated into several
Oriental Languages, and printed at the government
press.
The British army in the Crimea, on the nth Of
May. including sergeants drummers, and rank and
arms (not including drummen), 1927; sick Of oil
ranks, II, 2l2.
The gross revenue Of Canada for 1854, was Ell y522
OF. In l849 il was E513 431 1850, f704 234; 1851,
fs42 ,1s4; 1852, f1,153026; 1853, 81 $40 $50. II
has tripled In six years.
Il was lately said in Paris that . contract had
been entered Into between the Ottoman government
and NJ Lionel Osb0Yn for the establishment Of Q