Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-08-06
FOREIGN MLSCELLANy

OtatiStlcdl SOlHrcSS, Ny TeduluR paDer das
ted to the subject of statistics, weiehtv s -,
full of matter, and yet treated in styie wv ~
pular enough to arrest the attention cyan ~ '.
those who have little taste for the conn. y
atiyely dry details of figures. lie comb,,si,
very successfully, all that could be noss;n
urged against the science, that it led n D.!
theism, inasmuch as the moral and nhvs ~
world resolved itself into a mere scbeyma s J.
numerical expression; or to fatalism, bv =. v
venting human beings from exercising f ss
choice Of action, and predestined them n
given course of action, whether for sood !.
for evil. us the power of God" asss
the Prince destroyed or diminished bv WI, y
discovery of the fact that the earth reo ~ We
three hundred and sixty-fye reyoln,;aa,s
upon its own axis to every revolution ROM, s
the sun, giving us many days to our vss w..
and that the moon changes thirteen lin,
during that period, that the tide chsDs.'
every six hours. that water boils at q ,s s'
perature of two hundred and twelve deo,s.
according to Fahrenheit, that the niaS,,
gale sings only in April or May, that
birds lay eggs. that one hundred and !,
boys are born to every one hundred girI,
Or is man less free agent because il l.,
been ascertained thata generation lasts ahr
thirty years, or that there are annually ~
ted at the post-ofces the same numbe, i
letters on which the writer had forgotten !.
place any address"
At meeting Of the Statistical Congress,
London, Lord Brougham, the chairman. 81,
that he wished to make an observation :
ale regretted very much that Mr. DsD,.
the Minister for the United States, was \,
present, because it appeared that reuuI
which he had made at the opening meetir,
on Monday had been attempted to be turns.
into something disrespecttul to the Amer;
can Ambassador. He could only say he w..
very sorry that remark should have been !.
misconstrued. lIenever intended to say an,
thing that could possibly be painful to on
kinsmen in the United States, for whom /,
had the greatest respect, though there wa.
subjects upon which he and they differed.
When he saw DR.. Delaney respectful.
colored gentleman from Canada, in the room
he had merely mentioned it as statistic
fact, which it was, and fact, he nigh, b.
permitted to add, of no small importance
lie only called the attention of Mr.. Dallas /,
it in the same way as he would have invite.
the attention of their excellent coleagu.
from Brazil, without the slightest intenta
of saying anything disrespectlul to the Ba
zilians. lie hoped that Count de Repolts
would also accept this explanation, as th.
Spaniards had persons of various rscesa
their possessions in the New. World"
The London Times says: "The unseem!r
brawls which have for so long a time disgrace.
the Parish Church of st. Georges in-.he.Esa
and rendered the proceedings the scandal d
the district, and, indeed, of the MetropoE,
are now in fair way of adjustment. Wha
the House of Lords could or would not d,
what the Home Secretary had not the pOws
to do, what the Bishop Of London decline.
to do, has been voluntarily conceded by tt:
incumbent, the celebrated, or rather motor
GUS, Rev. Bryan King himself-he h.
agreed to vacate his post, and successa
has been found in the person of the Rs,
| Septimus Hansard, who is described as $
hard working curate in one of the dlstrt.
of Marylebone, sound and Liberal Churca.
man, unconnected with either of the tFl
parties which have occasioned or fomeuts!
the late disturbances. But Mr.. King b.
not resigned-hc is too wise to take thatsls;
lie merely retres for twelve months ''ior Il.
subsistence Of the present excitement, as We
as of recruiting his health, which, as m.I
we'll be supposed, has been sore y taxed !!
the prolonged anxiety of the past month.
What if the disturbances are renewed tn:
time next year, when Mr. Bryan King fol-
of vigor and increased obstinacy, returns %
the care of his rebellious tiock?"
There are twenty thousand Chinese ssE''
now in Peru, and the demand continues
The last cargo of those coolies Mas laDdsi
about month ago, and they sold for tqG'
hundred dollars each; the term Of seryltuc'
being eight years; the wages, four dollars :
month, two suits Of clothes in the year. 40!
two pounds otrice per day. 1t costs the rs
der about thirty-fve dollars to land chIni
man on this coast, and as he is pretty certsl
of getting three or four hundred dollars 10
him, the profits are enormous. A Callao le:
in the Charleston Mercury says 1.-THE Chln;'
men are induced TO come by small ad'sl@
of money! fortune in their eyes for q NAL
is the cheapest prohibition in the cele:'A
Empire, and labor is worth but little to h'H
there.
We recently referred to the feeling create!
in Eng land by the course of the House q
Lords on the abolition of titles bill. ArsP.
etition of the same thing, the refusal to a'o'
ish taxes, which the House Of Commons Dc
eide ought to be abolished, serves to VIDE
and deepen the contest between the w
houses or rather to create an issue betweet
the people ON the one side and the House Q
Lords on the other. The contest can hard!
fail to be watched in this country with U"
deepest interest.
According to the last advices from Sou'l
America, Chile continues prosperlng. sn.
improving. More mines have been dis'V'
cred, and further works Of internal improve
ment are projected. The arrangement y.
the United States claims against Peru !, y
progressing at snaiPs pace. 1t Is HssI
to be long time before the affair is Seles,
The war between Bolivia and Peru had w.
commenced, though both sides were prepss.
ing, and expecting it, as they had been ~
several months past,
There is q scheme before some OF the arr.
cracy, Of means and great influence 10, 70 " !,
on foot a national subscription, osten:ot
develope MIR. Clare's patented ideas ID 'p'
al shipbuilding-in the construction ~
craft capable of steaming q knots al, nV =.
proof to fire, water and wind, to take y
Queen to New York in six days, ana w.,
Palmerson round the world in sixty uS.
which his lordship has promised he WIZ
with the inventor.