Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-09-22

4 the Grand Duke Michael, will arrive al Odessa in
the course of September, and that he will pro-
coed hence to the Crimea to inspect the army
there.
General Berge, who commands ut Sweaborg,
has been decorated with the order of St. An
i drew
/ ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 5.--An imperial ukase
has been issued, abolishing ON the proposal OF
Prince Paskiewitch, the Field Commissariat OF
l the army on active service-Commssar General
AnnenkoH resuming his former charge Count
| Nesselrode has received "permssion 10 travel"
| France.
The Moaiteur contains imperial decree
modifying the import duty on manufactured iron
and machinery.
The number of French troops embarked at
| Marseilles and Toulon, during the month of
August was 10000, and in the first four days of
the present month the number was no less than
| 5000.
| Great Britain.
| There is not one word of political news Of in
terest in the papers, il we except the rumor cur
| rent in the clubs that Great Britain intends to
call Naples TO account, and will make the recent
insult of the Neapoltan police to an attache of
the British embassy as the groundwork OF a
quarrel
The news of the death Of Abbott Lawrence
was received in England with every expression
| of regret and sympathy. On the 7th the Ameri-
can ships in Liverpool displayed their flags at
half mast.
Fergus O'Conner, the noted chartst, has Just
died, aged SO. For some time past he was under
the care of his sister, having been removed from
lunatic asylum He did not recover his intel
lect, but died complete wreck.
London papers contain severe editorials on the
uselessness Of the fleets. The maintenance and
cost of the Baltic fleet alone is estimated at $780,,
600 sterling per day!
The Queen and family are at Balmoral, Scot
land
Mr.. Naysmth's wrought-iron monster gun has
proved complete failure. Its immense mass Of
iron, when being welded, remains so long in an
ncanescent state that process analogous to crys-
talization takes place, and the tenacity of the
metal is destroyed, The experiment of wrought
iron ordnance is therefore abandoned.
An American book named +" Female Life
Among the Mormons, is reviewed by the Lon
don Times. The reviewer considers it altogether
apocryphal.
An ingenious trick has just come to light in
the Liverpool corn market. At this season the
gram dealers keep watchful eye on the barome-
ter, and for some time past it has been noticed
that the barometer in the Liverpool Exchange
Rooms has (mostly on market days. indicated
approaching storms, and consequently higher
prices. Watch was set and Spectator was de-
tected in the act OF tampering with the indicator.
Now the instrument is secured with bar and
paddock.
On January /, 1855, the total number of British
steamships was l,480, containing 29S,2l6 tons,
exclusive of the engine space.
Spain.
The subscriptions to the loan of $50 millions
now amount to lis millions. The reform of the
tariff is being compiled. 1t is proposed to reduce
the duty on cotton goods The duty on paper
and wood is to be suppressed.
Austria.
The harvest throughout Austria is about an
average, neither positively good or the reverse.
Italy.
The Pope is founding college at Rome for the
education of English clergy.
The town of Chivasso has been chosen as the
central depot of the Anglo-Italian legion.
Cholera still RACES in Central Italy In Northern
Asia the disease still RACES, although somewhat
abated in vrulence.
Russia.
Mercantile letters from st. Petersburg contain
no general news. The rate of exchange tends
downward; the heaviness is attributed to the large
amount of paper issued to meet the expenses of
the war. Expectations are general that the pa
per will be redeemed by the proceeds of a loan to
be raised when the is over.
The Nishni fair for manufactures and imports
is going off favorably, good prices being obtained
and debts being fairly paid.
Sardinia.
The Sandman Legation accredited to the Court
of Tuscany has been recalled, in consequence of
difficulties which have arisen out of the nomina-
ton of certain attache of the Embassy.