New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-13
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The Great EAsrEHs.--The public will be pleased
to learn that the directors Of the Great Ship Com
pany have decided upon immediately cgpan1Atine
the whole of the work necessary to lit tie Great
Eastern steamer for sea, as TO meet the reanire-
ments Of the Board Of Trade and have seiectsd
Mr.. Charles Langley, thoroughly practical ship
builder, Of Deptford, to do all that g required To-
the ship, and Messrs. Summers and Day, Of South-
ampton to complete the machinery. earefai
examination has been made of all parts OF the ship
by Captain Carnegie, Mr.. Brereton and Mr.. Lung.
ley and Of the machinery by Mssars. Penn, Field la
at Deptford, this day, nfonday) to enter upon the
work of the completion.
Among the runors that circulate in Paris are
these: That the Emperor Napoleon consents that
Piedmont shall annex Tuscany. but that The King
shall appoint Governor; that NJ Cavour insists on
sending troops to take possession of the R0magna
that the Emperor has consented, on condition that
the King shall govern in the name Of the Holy
See; and that TO this proposition the Emperor has
not received an answer.
A communication from FIensboufg Of the 10th
ult.; IN the Pi7tssidH Gazette says The assembly
Of me states Of sehleswck yesterday discussed the
address Of devotedness which the minority had
proposed r. present TO the King. The address
was strongly attacked by M. Bnchwold amidst the
loud applause Of the Assembly Of the tribunes and
was rejected by majority OF 20 to H..
The Porte has recognized Michael Obernrwich
as successor to his father, Milosh Prince Of serya
The Weekly Register announces the receipt Of q
donation Of flo0o from the Dowager Duchess Of
same paper announces the Inauguration OF gene
raj collection in England similar to that in Ireland
and states that . pastoral from Cardinal Wiseman
Whose health y irnprovingl u about to be issued
The United Service Gazette says that Prince Al
fred s being brought up in the service precisely
the same as if he were the son Of private gentle
man. 'sHe messes with the midshipmen, keeps
his regular watch, dimes occasionally in the ward.
room, and takes his turn to dine with the captain
He Is treated by his messmates as, in all respects
one of themselves; Is called TO order By the
caterer, and runs the same risk of being made the
subject of practical joke as any other young
gentleman - himself, however, being generally
pretty forward in the business of playful mischief.
Upon one question, that of smoking, the Young
Prince is sternly denied the privilege INDUCED IN
by other officers. That growing weakness Of the
age most mischievous in its consequences. partic-
larry when carried to excess, Is prohibited as far
as Prince Alfred is concerned, and upon one occa-
sion, we believe, his royal highness had his leave
stopped for fortnight for being detected in the
act of blowing cloud.sn
Fossil elephants, the remains of which are found
abundantly in the upper tertiary strata Of England,
formed the subject of lecture lately delivered in
London by Professor Owen. The fossil elephants,
or mastodons, found in England are principally
distinguished from the living species by their dent
ton, particularly by the difference in their tusks
The mastodon had two tusks in the lower jaw as
well as in the upper, the teeth were smaller and
more numerous, and there was marked difference
| in the form of the transverse ridges of enamel
Numerous fossil bones Of elephants have been dis
covered IN the upper strata OF America but these
| animals had only one tusk in the lower jaw The
first tusks Of the young animal shed, like the
milk teeth in front, and the subsequent ones arr
produced by the gradual formation of the substance
Of the ivory which, from being pulpy, hardens al
/ 1t grows. Professor Owen mentioned the circum
stances Of an iron bullet having been found i'm
4 bedded in the center Of an elephants tusk withou
any indication how it got there, and said the bal
must have lodged in the pnlpy part Of the .tnsl
having formed round it, in the progress Of growt
the ball had been pushed from the root OF the tus
to its center.
1t is proposed to establish in Liverpool at attol
| neys' clearing house and change. The object
to transact such professional business, inter se
can be conveniently done in the society's rooms
thereby saving much loss Of time now incurred b
the members individually in going to, waiting al
| and returning from the respective Offices of men
beers Of the society; the repeating such calls j
case Of absence or engagement OF the member
called upon; and the interruptions by such call
to interviews with clients, and other current bus
Il ness of the members called upon. Such meeting
would tend to afford ready means of negotiating
mortgages, sales and other transactions heretofor
in great measure driven into the hands of nor
professional men, by the want of some such facii
ty for such negotiations as is proposed to be affort
ed; and to afford more ready means of that inte
change of experience on points of law and practic
!, between members which, it is believed, alread
! exists to some extent, but which, by the facilit
proposed to be afforded, it is believed may !
: largely extended, to the mutual benefit of Il
> members of the society.
1t is said that the Earl Of Carlisle is anxious
resign the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland, but til
! vailed upon the noble Earl to awat little longer
The Opinion Rationale of March 18th says:
We are informed that Prince de la Tour a
yergne, our Ambassador at Berlin, has receive
y instructions enioning him, in case of protest
Prussia against the annexation Of Savoy, to decla
n that France will, after that annexation. do VIII
. Prussia and Austria have done, when the Frent
government protested against the incorporation
8 the free city of Cracow to the latter Powerful
is to say, that France will simply receive the a
| of protestation.