Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-28
Foreign Items.

presence Vi Loia Iuontes, VINO, III is SAID, Is
married for the --? time. The present
worse half is, it is said, a gold digger. whom
the Countesse de Lansleld picked up at Grass
Valley, and whose millions she proposes 10
dispose of in the French capital; this done, the
the gold-digger will doubtless be disposed of in
his turn--que ne nous aegdyde pas.
General Lamoriciere is said to have written
a singing letter to M. de Morny However de-
graded you may be- writes the famous repub
lican General to the President of the Leeisa
tive Assembly, " if you are not a coward Isl
cous a'etes pas an lache,) will still do You the
honor Of cossing swords with you, if you will
come here. l cannot enter Frances but you
are at liberty to go abroad"
The severe etiquette Of the Sultans, which
has already received more than one rude shock
since the commencement of the present.war
is destined. 1t seems, to experience one still
more startling. Abduel Medjib (says a letter
published in Gazette du Midi has made
up his mind to offer his arm to the EN-.
press of the French when she arrives before
the Palace Of Balti-Lman; to present her to
the first Sultaness There are seven who bear
this title, and who take rank according to the
order of the birth of their children) whose face
will be unveiled Four young ladies, chosen
from the best Armenian families, and speaking
the French and Turkish languages, will also be
lplaced at the disposition of the Empress as in.
terpreters and ladies of honor. Magnificent
presents, among them a side-saddle adorned
with precious stones, will also be offered by the
Sultan to the acceptance of her Imperial Ma
jesty.
A ST. Petersburg letter in the Patre notices,
as remarkable circumstance, that since The
commencement Of the war all the French and
English journals which used to be overloaded
by the censors, have been allowed freely to
enter the capital, and to lie about on the tables
| in all the cafes. The London Punch and the
Paris Charivari, with their broad caricatures of
| everything Russian, are now the favorite read
| ing in St. Petersburg Nicholas L.. suddenly
doing violence to the habits of his whole life,
| and reversing the established policy Of the
empire, ordered shortly before his death tie
| free admission of all foreign journals without
| distinction, and Alexander H. has hitherto
| sanctioned the continuance of the innovation.
| The object of the new measure is supposed 10
be to excite the orthodox nobility against the
infdel enemy "You see how they insult your
Emperor and how they speak of yourselves"
The censors, from old habit, sometimes scratch
out few lines; but, as general rule, all the
Paris and London papers may now be seen un.
mutilated.
1t is said by some that the Exposition de
fIndustrie will not have received anything like
the whole amount of the objects to be exhibited
before the end Of May or beginning of June,
but that it will nevertheless, open on the day
appointed. Another report states that the
Emperor in conformity with the appeals adj
| dressed to him by certain members of French
| commerce, more especially in the Fpubourg
| st. Antoine, has expressed desire that sup.
phmentary, gallery, to supply the want of space
complained of shall be added; and if the diff.
l. pu1 los nrp fba
this work can be surmounted, it is probable
the opening of the building win be deferred
/ till the addition can be completed.
| 1The "AnseI Gabriel" IN Prison-A Mob.
John S. Orr, alias the "Ange Gabriel"
seems to have met with rather poor reception
on his return to his. native country after his
visit to the United States, where be remained
| long enough to disgust his friends by his in
| flammatory harangues. 1t appears, from the
| London Nesos, that he has Just been sentenced
| to prison for sixty days AT Grecnock Scotland
for creating breach OF the peace by holding
forth on Sundays in the streets, after being
cautioned by the authorities.
His imprisonment, it appears, caused much
excitement, and large mob having gathered,
attacked Roman Catholic Chapel, and after
doing it considerable injury broke in the win
dows of the clergymans residence, and those of
the school and the teachers residence attached
to the church. The militia was ordered out as
soon as possible, bat on their arrival they found
that the mob had dispersed. Sum-
Hen- The ancestry of the late Daniel Webster
is now settled Joshua Coffin esq.,, the his
torian of Newbury, has article in the April
number Of the Ne,c England Historical and
Genealogical Register, which gives the result of
recent Investigations in England. These re-
searches prove that he was descended from
Thomas Webster, of 0rmsby, in Norfolk, Eng
land, who died at that place in 1854. Ormsby
is small town of less than 1000 inhabitants,
situated not far from Forwich, and about l25
miles northeast Of London, and near the coast
OF the North Sea.-Neac York 1dvertiser,
DEATH OF COURIER BELL,"-The London
Nescs announces the death Of "Currer Bell
Charlotte Bronti) author of "Jane Eyre
SHIRLEY" and "Villette." The announcement
will be received with regret in this country.
She was the last survivor of three wonderful
girls, the daughters Of clergyman who, now
very aged and iufrm, survives his wife and all
his many children
TOTAL EcLrrsE OF THE Moox-In the even.
ing aud night Of Tuesday next, the LIST Of May,
there viii be total eclipse Of the Moon tie
whole Of which viii be visible in South America,
and in all of inhabited North America east Of
the Mississippi, but only the latter partin Cali.
MIA, and Oregon. The eclipse will take place
in tho mean time as follows: Eclipse begins
May /, Oh. Ism. p. m. Total eclipse begins
Ion, 81, p. m Total eclipse ends ill., SIM,
p. m. Eclipse wholly ends May 2, LII, 2m, a. m.
The eclipse begins on the eastern side Of the
moon, 23o from its norlhermost point
SAIL VERSUS STFAM--rhe clinner eh;n Non
pareil, OF Philadelphia, Captain Dunn, made
the passage from the Capes Of the Delaware to
Liverpool Docks in thirteen days, equal to
twelve days from New York, or eleven from
Boston--bcing about the fastest passage on re
cord.
EnIGgATioy.--The Commissioners of Emf
grafton report tho total number Of alien emf
grants arrived mt New York. during the present