The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-01-29

| lr''ASr ~ 80 RICH IN MErAILfc orEs tha
| .lhps in the channel Of Piombino have to alloy
| for the variation of the nceile. Sardinia has he
| gun TO utilise these mineral riches.
THrRE ARE 250.0O0 RrdeARs IN L,ypoN
who collect on an ayerg, S275 each an ther,
| are about 5000 who ives by crime Tbcs
are houses to teach the arr Of picking pockets
! and tic various oiLer crimes Of that character
whore the youth is made eypert by old and sc
ccmplishcd adopts.
rNBER oF MARBLE sIARs have lust bees
'ed up in the vestibulc Of the grand staircas.
Of the Hotel Dieu at Rouen, France on which
are engraved The names Of all the known bepe
f,ctors to the hospitals Of that city, from tho
l2th century to the present time. At the head
o' the list the name Of the Pope URBAty I'LL.
who filled the Apostolic Chair from 1885 Ia
49, in which year he died at Ferrara.
ACCoRrTNG To TABLES in the C1ioniS, tho
imports of merchandise into the port of victoris
during the month Of November last amounted To
90, 800, Of which sl39 6ls was from San Fran
cisco. The total tonnage Of vessels british and
forcgn) cleared from the same port during the
simc month, was o 9997, Of which g. 0ji (foreignl
was to Port Townsend, and I, 3j6 (also foreignj
was 10 San Francisco.
LoSpoS CONTAINS 5,279 public houses, 3,5f7
bccrshops, 2, 900 tea-dcalers and grocers, 1, 300
dairy men, |, $50 doctors, 800 undertakcrs I, $50
millinery establishments, 5000 attorneys, 9,90o
buriscrs, and 100000 servant girls. In London,
cN ~ brau,h ui any particular business s dis
tine ir,m ,v,ry other The attorneys and bar
~ "rs ~ law Eroccrs, who .cll sugar aud cof-
fee; tul aCtonigis, who trade only M tobacco
grcrn-a'rcccrs, who sell only vegetables &c.
IlE Srn,K ENCmASGE Is one Of the mott 70
III ,fk Illc features Of London wellth. The gov
eminent securities alone, and which constitute
the national debt, amount to 81, 300, 900, 00rs
the railway sto,k' to 81, 800 600, 900; thoss OF
the Bank u ENGLAND 20 $50 600 O0O: to other
hub q, EuED A. ing
$3.50 ulo hOO; aud b,s,c ~ this, there are shares
in canals, foreign lands, &C., to an almost un-
limited amount. The stock market is very sur.
csptillc of being influenced by political events.
Tho day that it was rumorcd that Russia and
France had formed an alliance, bonds &C., do
prcciatcd $3.50 900, 600 and seventy firms sus.
pended. ~
Hon IpLE.-At the entrance TO ilford Hav-
en-, En- land, on Christmas eve, gunner n med
BtRkr. with rope fastened to his waist, plung-
cd nto heavy sea to recover small boat that
had been carried from its fastenngs. The rops
proving too short another was added which broke
at the joining, and left the man, hampcrei, to
lc carried out To- scn, amid the cries of his wife
Fnd children. a Comradc named KAY, power
ful swimmer, plunged in to rescue him hut was
dashed l'C Ck sCuarlcss ly huge wave, 30 feet
high ulon the ro,k.. In u little while the body
| % the drowned man rose to the surface, and a
sea gull pcrchcl on its head and, in sight Of all
on shore, commenced picking at it until the ebb-
ing sea bore the corpse and its wrctched freight
! out Of sight. Two days afterwards the terror
stricken widow gave birth to another child.
USDETERRED ny rIIE FAILURE Of two pro
yious attempts, third attempt was made on tho
| 23rd Of November to assas assinatc General CAS-
MIA, President OF the Peruvian Republic and
10 proclaim General FISuIS CASTILLO in his
place. Al six in the morning Of the above datsY
the Presidents houss was surrounded by sol.
dicrs, commanded by Captain ENRIQUE LARA.
Some civilians also, accompanied the party.
The guard at the door was shot dead and tho
conspirators made their way to the Presidents
hcd room. H. was fired at but escaped un-
wounded to tho street. The Presidents guards
then rallied AMI six persons fell in the brief fight
that followed. The chief conspirator, LARA,
made his escape, and under the orders Of Col.
hEGrEpAs, who lives opposite to the Presidents
house, the soldiers who had been led against tho
President quietly shot their own officers and &
citizen who had accompanied theni.