The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-07-22
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TIE London zines, in closing description
of queen Vic ria's visit to the Leviathan,
wh9a took pla, on the 29th ult., says:
Z The Roy al arty, on leaving the ship, were
i roTyd back . victuslling yard, experience
ing IN their ~ the common fate of all who
now naviga - Thames between Bsttersea
aud Graves at Her Majesty was perforce
coubelled " he'd her bouquet to her face, and
the f,hole pc tylwere exceedingly pleased when
thek reaches aa shore" s
lie men, ,irs of Rachel, by Madame de
b. :, in Eosbsh, is creating quite sensa-
tioI. at Lord in. and is destined to create an
eqG / one 81 Paris, when translated and pub.
lisk herep- The authoress, Madame de Bar
rery Cuban ltdy, who has lived much in the
| UD, ed States, and ia well known in American
-cirf es in Pars, was two years ago the editor
of ne little "a lerican paper started in Paris
by : tr. Fleiachs ann.
I Vienna let er writer says: "A gentleman
yes srday gave me some interesting informa.
tor respecting the formation of the crews of
the Russian shii of war. On an average. one
thi. of each CT w is composed of Jews. Those
per ecuted PEG, e do all in their power to avoid
the conscriptioS bat they are seized, and put
on board ship, because they cannot 80 easily
deS Tt from to, navy as they can from the
arr ~ My informant also observed that the
ine de of a Russian msn-ofwar was exactly
lik an EngEsh prison or hospital ship, except
in egard to Gle ,nliness. The men, said he,
hi og their 40, Is and look disconnected, and
ass they wire On short commons 800 days in
hSyear.'"
he Itahe journals express great displeas'
urt at the french Government having Just
Cal sed the Descent from the Cross" of Dan.
iels de Volt n, to be removed from Rome for
Pc is Th cture, which, according to con-
no lseurs, b 70 other rivals at Rome than the
TT ns6gursJs of Raphael, the st. Jerome of
Dc ninichino I'D the Madonna of Fuligno, had
be- ordered rom the celebrated painter by
HI ena Orsm Sho made present of it to the
CT rch of tn trinity. "At present." says a
Re- nan joqrt, the misfortune is irremedia.
biz and the gnifcent picture is on its way
to. 'aris."
| The jealo expressed in British journals, in
re, ,tion to French naval armament, has
ev, lently ez < ID some amusement in France.
TT. Paris c. ,spondent of the London Globe
WI ties SIP iarles Napier, who makes such
iss about 9 10000 seamen that France
be 'on her DO, ks might read with some profit
a : lensihle m. Gle in this mornings Chart
I'd /. The French themselves perfectly under
|
CO ntry can re}s on, and the Jolly tars on paper
ar standifg oke among the initiated. When
it known th< threefourths of the men on the
lis never sou. led yard.arm or climbed rig.
| gi at all, th gallant admiral will take his
gr g in quif, Every cook and waiter on the
ri! ir stesmtoss, every clerk at the water side,
ev ~ 6shermt, who casts q net or even drags
a shpond, evty bathing house man at Deppe
or 8oulogne, II who gathers Holsters or rakes
fof oysters, or rubs for seaweed on the beach,
is at once 81 ,oked as an A. B. mariner.
Cl uiUari dee 'ibes Paris cockney engaged
i'm angling foI yudgeons, whose calm sport is
int ,rrupted by Government official, who, reg
isar in hand enssts on booking him as
fs. erman, an. consequently liable to serve on
a han Of war
( Che higher relies of London have been pro.
70; ndly move recently by the conviction of
Ii ly Dinorbe of the crimes of libel and per-
| ju ,. She is he widow of rich lord, who
m! FRIED her, ben poor Irish girl, for her
20 tn and bes ty, he being old and ugly. The
mi rriage was nhappy, and he soon died, leav-
| I'M daught whose paternity scandal puts
in ioubt. H estate was to fall to his daugh-
tel provided. ,is nephew, Mr.. Hughes, the
let al heir, she d die childless. To accomplish
tn result, La. Dinorben attempted to prevent
th marriage Mr.. Hughes, by sandering him
| in series of ,onymous letters to his affianced
br de, in wlit, she accused him, in the viest
language, Of 7 orts of disgraceful crimes. Mr..
HIghes pros Ted her for libel, and the let
tess were pr 1 to be in her hand writing, and
in her own t nony, connected with the case,
it vas prove hat she committed perjury.
The confer ce Of the great Powers at Paris
hts been in aopted and disturbed by the dis.
cesery that tria has been anticipating their
atsion, for = own selfish purposes and has
CT ncluded i,parate arrangement with Tur.
key, by whjt - she agrees to send her troops
in o the pro- .ce of Bosnia in case of an insur.
reation of th Christian subjects of the Porte.
Austria is b ager to get possession of Bosnia
az Russia q Wallachia; and the other Pow.
eth cannot'c, sent to her surreptitious arrange
n'snt withou SLOWING the defeat of the prin.
ci3le for VIII the Crimean war was fought
L le Powers so differ as to the union of the
D>nubian 7vinces-France and Russia ia.
wiring their MON, and Austria, England, and
I }rkey, OPT ing it. There is little prospect
Il at the p ers will agree upon any basis
iich will Ally secure the independence OF
T ,rkey, or tect her from the avarice of her
powerful ~ ,bors.
The rec % yreat fire at the London Docks
was msdes9 disastrous by the explosion Of
lstge quat : of saltpetre stored in the ware
b buses. - tal explosions occurred of great
p'wer, col r ely prostrating the massive walls
O. the bu 8 ,ys and shaking the city like an
e,rthquss : Several lives are supposed te
lave beer ! The question as to the explo
ssreness .itpetre seems to be thoroughly
settled by = sinstanoe. N.
Queen 81 ,,ria recently visited the great shiE
Iseviathan, d expressed her admiration of it
Everybody, fact, is greatly impressed by it
bat the csy lists are cautious, and the schem,
FIR raising 100000 for its completion hal
filled. We tar that the Portlanders will no
sac the b sip this year. If
Queen Y oria has long shown an aversion
, r. Buckng n Palace, which has puzzled tn,
court COS il II 10 explain. IT now appears tina,
} tie buildu fss infested with rats and bugs
. livery after - to expel the vermin has proved
ensscces' Z, The rats have got into the new
. ballroom. I'd every apartment displays the
tonders # insect world. III
, : Three h sand FIVE hundred children anG
, No hund-e4 sdults recently sang at the Crys
ftl Palace variety of psalms, hymns, &c
they coS4pt d the "Tonic Sol Fa Associa
t.on." So
1t wor EN- that the spirits have done q
andson < 1g for Mr.. Hume, the American
edium, has figured 80 largely in Paris
, ~ way sg him into the good graces oil
tie nobiS According to Paris writer, he
i; engae3 Mile. Krol, sister. Law Of the
l.ount G. - Kouchelef Besborodko, gentR
Iamm. q e sbanabre ofthe Emperor of Russia
sad VIII : Irried to her on the 18th of the
esett = y. The intended of the medium
.. j to be =. Sed by the Count, who, according