The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-02
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The DIAMOND NECKLACE-The famous affair NJ
''the Queens diamond necklace" which made SC
much noise just before the outbreak of the rreat
revolution of 1889, is about to come on again before
courts of Paris, the heirs and representatives nj
Behmer and Bossange, the jewelers. who supplied
the necklace, having brought an action against the
helis and the representatives of Cardinal de Rohan
the Prince de Rohan, residing in Bohemia. 10
obtain payment for it out of the Cardinals estate
it having been confded to them by him. In this
action, some of the heirs Of other creditors of the
| cardinal have interviewed in order to obtain nav
ment of what is due to them.
| ARALwAY IN TURKEY.-The first railway in Tur-
key, that from Smyrna to Adm, which will be
about 20 miles in length, and which will omen ont
the rich plateau of Asia Minor has been beCnn
under what appears to be very favorable auspices,
considering the novelty of the undertaking and the
various problems which had to be practically solved
| The Turkish government and the local authorities
| have shown the best disposition to promote the
work and to prevent eXtortionate demands for the
requisite land; the natives after little instruc
! tion, make such good ''navvies that no foreiqn
labor will be required; and the middle classes will
| hngly become shareholders.
| SwINDLING IN AUsTRALIA.-Two months hack II
was mentioned that plot was in progress at Sidney
to obtain advances from the banks at that place on
forged letters of credit purportng to be from Messr
Barring. In that case the assumed name of the i'm
postor was F. A. di Miranda. 1t now appears that
similar attempt has been made at Melbourne bv a
person styling himself Lionel Levey the forged let
Icr purpOrIng 10 De- from MeSSrS. Smith, PaVne and
Smiths, upon whom he has given bills for f2, 900
The PRESS IN SPAIN.-The editor of the Epocn
mas been condemned to twenty months inprison-
ment, suspension from all functions and political
rights for the same period, and 1000 reals fine for
having libelled NJ. Collantes in articles on the
Valencia election, and the editor of the Diari
has been condemned to twenty-eight months
Imprisonment and :, 600 reals fine for the same of
fence.
The young Princess Royal of England is effectinp
a quiet little revolution of her own in the fearfuly
stiff style that formerly kept the Court circle of
Berlin in state OF automatic petrfaction, and roy
al hlghnesses, ladies in waiting, and chamberlains
are now seen to smile and look happy Just as if they
were really human beings like other people.
A letter from Kalisch, in the austrian Gazette
mentions, as an instance of the small number of
troops at present in the Kingdom of Poland, that
the important fortress of Iwangorod, one of the
first strongholds of the kingdom is only garrisoned
by single battalion of Infantry.
THE AUSTRIAN NATIONAL BANK.-Accordinp to tbe
advices from Vienna doubt is entertained that
the National Bank, which has suspended specie
payments ever since the Hungarian war, will be in
position to resume at the end of the present year.
Its stock of bullion has increased to 900 600 and
is expected steadily to augment.
Orders out to the 20 900 MAYORS of the various
communes in France to deliver no passport without
the personal attendance of the individual, whose
personal pecullarties are to be more carefully de-
picted, in the downright preRaphaelite STYLE spe-
clylng all the distinguishing marks of the physiog-
nomy without any idealized attempt at high art.
M. Liegfried Weiss, high authority on English
international maritime law, has shown in writing
that the capture of the Cagari illegal and that
1t is incumbent on the Sardnian and British Gov
ernments to resent the insult and to claim compen-
sation for the persons arrested.
The doctors of Paris have brought under the no.
tice of the Emperor the serious nroads made on the
faculty by the various professors male and fe-
m ma tin ol
but his Majesty declines interfering, referring the
profession to existing laws
A plot has been discovered among the convicts in
the Chafarinas Islands, the object of which was to
assassinate their keepers, and to escape into Mo-
rocco. The ringleaders in the affair were secured
and sent to Melilla for trial
The editor of the Brussels journal entitled the
Drdpea" has been sentenced to thirteen months
imprisonment and fine, for an offence against
the person of his Majesty the Emperor of the
French.
The Austrian Government has suppressed n Mao
var newspaper published at Pesth, on the pretence
that it was exciting discomfort among the old no
bllty by advocating the restoration of their feudal
privileges.
The Italian delegates have unanimously resolved
to issue an address to their exled fellow country
men, calling upon them to give an indignant denial
of their completely in the recent attempt 70 assassi-
nate the Emperor Napoleon.
Letters from Berne state that the Federal commits
Aid Society. All French refugees are to be confined
| to the interior.
| 1t seems that NJ Lamartine-why, nobody very
well knows-s still in such difficulties that there is
question OF selling his landed property by lottery
| or subscription.
According to the Swiss journals cardinals hat
is about to be conferred on Swiss bishop. During
the last three centuries only one prelate OF Swift
zerland has attained that dignity.
letter from Hesse states that the negotiations
! between the grand Ducal Government and the
| Court of Rome are advancing RAPIDLY and that the
puDhcatlon OF concordat may very shortly be eX-
| pected.
There has been a remarkable dearth of water for
some months past in all the Vienna wells and sci
enthc men are inclined to fancy that the recent
earthquakes have had something to do with it.
day or two ago some one carried from the Gal
lery of the Fine Arts, Vienna, picture by Adrian
Ostade, which is known as the "Newspaper Read
err" and is valued at $500.
The city of Hamburg has just repaid to the Aus
trian Government the first third of the loan of Il
millions of marks, contracted at the period of the
! late commercial crisis.
! Prince Jerome the Emperor Napoeons uncle, is
now suffering from aviolent attack of grippe which,
considering his advanced age, gives great deal of
uneasiness to his friends.
French advices state that the English and French
ENJOYS sent to China have determined to communi-
cate in future only with the Celestial Government
of Pekin.
The ambassador of Siam and his suite consisting
of 2S persons, have arrived at the Hotel du Louvre
Paris.
The Malta Times asserts that telegram has been
received from London ordering the defences of the
island to be put into an efficient state.
Amongst the persons recently arrested in France
is NJ. Gastineau, the editor of the Guttew de ST.
Quentin, journal of republican tendencies.
The Neapolitan Government refuses to give up
the Cagliari, on the ground that she was captured
as piratical craft, manned by piratical crew.
NJ. Adolphe Oder, son of the Paris banker, and
| brother-in-law of the late General Cavaignac, is
about to marry Mad'lle Roussel, wealthy heiress.
| According to the intelligence last received from
the Caucasus the Russians have gained fresh vic
tory in that quarter.
dispatch from Stockholm announces that the
King was about to depart for the south of Europe,
where he will make long soourn.
The French Minister in Berlin has requested
Baron Won Manteuffel to prevent attacks being made
on his Government by the Prussian press.
Prince Maharajah Dhueep Sing, ex-kng of La
| hore, had arrived at the Hotel du Louvre, Paris.