Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-03-21
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pear from the American pross--its contents rem
dering lis publication in France, oven in any
of the nd jacent nations, impossible. This is the
Memories of NJ. de Maubrcuil. who played So
strange II part nt the fall of the Emperor Nupo-
leon, and who publicly struck NJ. de Tallcyrand
for having disowned him. These volumes are, il
is said, to contain an undisgnsed statement of
all the events of the tlmo-cvens in most Of which
the author took part, and all of which he wit
messed. NJ. de Mauhreuil, who has long since
changed his name, is, says the Paris corrcspon-
dent of the Illustrated AcwS, about TO come to
the United States for the purpose of bringing out
the work in this country.
Lord Brougham is about to print i'll the edi-
tion of his works now, in of publications the
whole OF the correspondence OF George Ill with
his Minister Lord North on tho subject of tho
American War II original letters wero lent by
Lord Glonberyic To George ", und never
turned. The belief il. TINT "thc first gentleman
III Europe" destroyed them. Lord Broughnm will
print them from copies made from the originals
by Sir james Macintosh.
1t hns been mentioned, rs II proof of the sin
certy and nmty snbsisting between the courts of
Nicnna and Paris, that the request of tho Empe-
ror of tho French Ia have the mortal remains of
hs relative, the Duke of Reiehstadt, transferred
to Paris, was immediately ncceded to by tho En-
perur Francis Joseph
-Punch, after several condemnntons from the
PrUssian courts of law, has been prohibited
throughout the whole kingdom of Prussia, by an
order from the Minister of the Interior, Count
Ncstphnlen.
1t turns out TINT book published in Amer
lea, called '.lt for Tat" in which some yiruont
abuse is layishcd upon England, is the work Of
nn Engshman.
In late speech by Victor Hugo occurs the
following, among other remarkable pnssnges:-
"Justlee isa atheorem; punishment as exnct ns
Euclid; crime hns it, angles Of incidence aud its
angles of reflection; and we men trcmble when
We perceive IN the obseurity of human destiny
the lines and figures of that enormous geometry
which the crowd call chance and the thinking
man calls Providence"
1t is in contemplation to introduce number
ri nghtingales into the Crystal Palace at Syden-
ham.
Nj DE Mmceourt, who is writing the history
oi his literary French contemporaries. gives some
ii them the credit of having very eccentric hnb-
it. Scribe, he suys, rlsos at five every morning
and works till noon without any interval. Bal
znc retired 10 rest every evening at six, rose Mt
midnight, aud wrote till ninein the morning. aud
after hreakiasiing rcsumed his pen ill three, when
n wink Of two hours, and dinner at five, brought
Inn again 10 his bedtime Alfred de Mussct,
whon asked for "copy" for the Rerue deS Deur
Nondes, would suy "Scnd mo fifty francs and
bottle of brandy, or you will have none" The
neM morning the prorerbe required, would be
finished, and the brandy bottle also. Alexander
Dumas sits i'll his shirt sleeves from morning I'LL
night, writing in II remarkably fluent manner,
without blot or efnsure, As mn improysntcur
Mcry is only second To Dumas. Ii is stated that
he wlotc play IN four days that had n run of
one hundred nights.
- fine swan was found recently in the Plnn
of 81 Denis, alive, but much exhausted 1t had
roundt. neck silver collar with All lnscI ption
engraved on it, stating that the bird belonged
Ia tit,, 1,nnin nnfI Irinap IIhlpulnhp. in l,prmuuV
In consequence of the grcat success obtnn-
ca nt Dresden 10y the "lEtoile du Nord,' NJ
Mevrrhccr was, on the 9th ultimo, called To the
Royul box, and received the cross of Commander
of the Order of Albert.
- The nayvee have commenced on the rail-
ways in the Crimea. They are ruddy with
health, and asionsh everybody by the labor
which they are enabled 10 get through; but there
is great discomfort among them ON account of
til lack to them Of an indispensable" element of
existence. The 'nnvvies' want their heer.--
Beer however, thcle Is none, and each fresh
complaint has been therefore mct by nn addition.
al supply of rum. Al this moment they receive
no less than our .ations of rum per day, md
thu. 50 far from satisfying the men, appears to
have led to some very mutiuoue proceedings
board the ships. The yost-marshal, Captain
johnson, has bad to deal with somo oi the cul.
pr;ts,
1t has been resolved that the monument TO
the late Professor Wilson should be colossal
statue of bronze. to be placed pedestal in
III, open air in some public situation in Edln-
burg. 1t was stated by Mr.. Robert Chambers,
thr honorary secretary of the general committee,
that the subscriptions already received, exceed
ed 100 and that the required would be
about Il300.
The bonbardmcnt of Sebastopo WIS to be-
gin rs soon all til, guns were placed and the
ammunition rendy Ii i, sad thai the English
linz alone will fire away l20 tons of shot in
twelve hours, and the French lines nearly 800
ton; 50 that any one may ealcuao the amount
required for an nces, ant bombardmcnt of nifty
or sixty hours. The English have already about
400 tons of shot and shell Mt camp, and when
about 600 tons more are added Ia that, 1T was ex-
pected that they would commence firing.
The distribution OF space in the French cx-
hibtion will hardly please English EXHIBITORS.
Engla has not tho place Of honor; this proml-
nence is given 10 the United States On enter
ing the building By the grand entrance the yisi-
tor at once advances into The American part of
the exhibitions: to the right is that devoted to
Great Britain; opposite Great Britain lies the
French space, with the great hall between.
The government of Holland is preparing to
send an extraordinary embassy to the Emperor
of Japan, in order to take advantage of his
friendly disposition towards Europeans. The
Dutch government hopes to obtain treaty of
commerce more advantageous than any 1T has
hitherto had.
Among the numberess new inventions of en-
gnes of destruction to which the war has given
birth, one much talked of at present in the scen
tifc world of Paris, is Il shell invented by NJ
Chaslin, Il member of the Council General of the
Yonne, which he asserts will not only double the
force of the powder used but, being without
match, will have the inestimable advantage of
falling on the spot desired without giving notice