The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-19
FOREIGN ITEMS

PEDESTRIAN FEAT BY THE DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER.
On the 26th the Duke and Duchess of Manchester
left Tomnadon in Glengarry, to proceed to visit
Lord Malmesbury, Achnacarry House. They set
out on foot, expecting to overtake their ponies and
were accompanied by guide. When about half
way the guide was dismissed, the Duke conceiyinp
that he was sufficiently acquainted with the path
over the hills. Unfortunately, however, his Grace
turned to the left instead of the rgat hand, and
came down upon Loch-Lochy, instead of Louch-
Arkalg. The journey, however, was proceeded
with, ans about eight in the evening the Duke and
Duchess arrived at Achnacarry, having travelled
from twenty to twenty-five miles of rock, bog and
steep corries-a pedestrian feat which probably no
lady OF the peerage ever surpassed.-Inuernesg
Courier.
The North China Herald says rOpium is becom-
ing the inter crop of several Of the Chinese pro-
vnces, where the country produce is fast suppressed
ing the Turkey and the inferior classes of the Malwa
drug. 1t is largely used for admixture with the
dearer Patna and Malwa The Juice has an acrid
taste. In cultivation the Chinese look more to
quantity than quality"
SUBTERRANEAN FIRE IN BELGIUM.-The Union, of
Charleroi, in Belgium, says: ''For some days,
and especially for some nights past, flames of a
blueish color t. be in the neighborhood of
the village of Fasoe, and they leave after them a
strong sulphurous smell. They come from the bed
of coal called the Grande Masse, which has been
burning under ground for about forty wears, in
spite of all efforts to extnguish check the con-
migration. The soil above the Grande Masse
tans numerous crevices from which puffs of heat
often come the crops it ripen two or three weeks
sooner than on other land, and in winter the snow
always melts; whilst from abandoned well smoke
continually arises. This subterranean fire. the on
ly one which exists in Belgium, is said TO have
been wfullv occcasiOned bv some of the inhabi-
tants of Falsoe, act of spite to other inhabi-
tants of the village for having extracted more coal
than the former thought right-the pit being com
mon property
Intelligence has been received that the Duke of
Anhalt small Protestant State of the Germanic
Confederation, has just restored to his people
preventative institutions, of which the duehy had
been deprived since l849. The new constitution,
however, contains clause which excludes Jews
from the representation.
Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt performed at a
miscellaneous concert, in Dublin, on Monday eve
ming. The Freeman's Journal saws that the an
pearance of the fair singer created quite a scene
all the vast assemblage seeming to bend forward
whilst peal after peal of welcome greeted her.
party of ten gentlemen, among whom were
Marshal de M'Mahon, General de Fremont, Count
de Castries, &C., recently assembled at the chateau
of Count dEpremesnil, at Praslins (Loiret), for a
shooting excursion. Between breakfast and dinner
they killed 252 head of game--244 partridges, six
hares, one rabbit, and one teal.
The AUsrRGANs SIDE WITH Tue CHINEsE.-Under
the head of China, the Austrian Gazette publishes
an article from which we make the following
tract:
''lf any Russian Ambassador should take it into
his head to enter the Thames with fleet of war
vessels, or if French Envoy were to enter the
Scheldt with strong squadron, all Europe would
would bless the arms that opposed such an attempt.
Now, the English and French have been attempting
to do this very thing in China, and the Chinese
government has only done its duty in resisting
them This was evident to everybody all over the
continent of Europe from the very first, and even
the English are now beginning to see the matter in
the same light. While they are enthusiastic in
favor of nationaities in London, and stand forth
as their champions in France they tread under
foot natiOnalites which had literature when the
English and French clothed themselves in skins,
and civilized Europe did not know what writing
was. No one can have the right to force another
to trade with him, and every may shut his
door when he peases. But they say to the Chinese,
'Rascals, you must like us; you shall trade with
You must receive ambassadors, though you
know well enough they only spies who want
to discover your weak points and open the way for
US to the very heart of your empire. The resist
ance of the Chinese against Europe springs from
truly national sentiment and it will not be easily
overcome. Is new against China to be un-
dertaken by Europe? If France and England were
to set about it together, should another
version of the Crimean war, and England would
again have to take the second place. The French
would have another opportunity Of discovering the
defects of English military organization, and the
Asiatics would also learn to know them. The
French transports which would pass through Egypt,
and would find themselves in relation with the
English possessions in India would not be very ad
vantageous to English interests, and those who
! ase the outcry that Lord Palmerston wishes to
throw himself and his country into the Of the
Emperor of the French, do not meet with deaf ears
The English are now more moderate because they
feel their weakness.