The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-21
FOREIGN GOSSIP


work, the volume will still be slight; not more than
nall the size OF its companion volumes The story
runs over four years, from 1893 l70l paints the
death OF the exlled King in his foreign home; and
the General Election of l70l. This part of the mar
rative, we are glad to say is nearly perfect Then
there Is break,-and from the rough notes left by
the historian, it has been possible to extract no
more than orlet sketch of the close of Williams
| reign ana llte These remains are printed as he
lett them; no connecting links attempted. no ref
erences to authorities verified and no ORIGINALS for
tne various statements sought. 1t has been deemed
ses' W leaVe all the responsibility with the dead
~. me ueea constituting the Guarantee Fund for
the International Exhibition of 1862 il being ver
| rapidly signed. Considerably more than one hmm,
| ored and fifty thousand pounds have been SIGNED
| Tor IN about ten days; several new names being
among the signatures. 1t is understood that the
commissioners have made arrangements with
Messrs kek and Messrs. Lucas Brothers of a verv
satisfactory kind. So soon the deed of guaran
tee is signed for an amount sufficient to allow of
tne BANK oil England advancing the sum already
hamed,-a quarter OF a mion,-the Commission
ers VIII sign contract, and place the execution of
the works in the hands of the two firms who hava
Jointly undertaken them.
curious affair occurred recently at Turin.
woman named Riberi went to a. masked hall with
out her husbands consent He followed her. and
entering cafe resorted to BY masouers after a
ball, supposed he had met her. Raising his hand
De attempted to strike her, but repulsed by the
Marquis de c., who in doipp so was in 'faot
protecting his own wife, for so the ladv was. A
scnli1e followed, and the Marquis suddenly seizpp a
SABRE from an officer present, struck Rberi blow
which caused his death in twelve minutes.
=, perfectly successful attempt has been made to
Illuminate the Courts of the Tuieries and the
Place du Carrousel by the electric light. The ee-
neraung apparatus Is placed in a cellar under Mar
shal atlantis apartments in the Tuilleries and
the illuminating power is so great that the ordina
~ gasilets seem absolutely lightess. The appear
ance of these localities every evening is that of an
animated fair. The cost of the electric light is
stated to be considerably less than that of gas.
Captain Howes, an American, recently sued the
Great Eastern Company for 81 500, as due him for
the use of his patent for reeng sails on board that
ship. The company defended the case on the pronnd
that Scott Sussell, the contractor was liable and
lney ly were not. The jury gave verdict for the
delendans, ana so they reef their topsais at Cant
howe's expense, and won't pay for it.
A law has been introduced into Parliament in 70.
lation to the burial Of deserters Unbaptised chill
dren are now frequently denied the right of sepuI
ture In England in the parish churchvards. The
Quakers ana hard snel Baptists suffer in conse-
quence indeed every non-conformist NAV bv the
canon law be denied a Christian burial
1t Is said that in Denmark carriage horses are
taught to step high by the substitution of magpifv
ing glasses for blinkers. They mistake every peb-
@ Dle ior boulder, and lift their legs accordingly
ms must be in the same place where green spec
tacIes are worn by jackasses, who thus sunpose
shavings to be wisps of hay.
1t having been officially announced that there is
no charge made for visits to the lforoue or Paris
dead house, 1t was Immediately noticed that much
larger NUMBERS OF persons than usual attend there
to make recognition of the bodies of the deceased
Ihelr anxiety being without expense, the crowd is
unusually great.
report has been recently presented to the Paris
academy OF ScleL ces on the deterioration of Epyp
tan wheat which has been going on during recent
years. The causes stated to be the want of new
seed, and the bad quality of the land selected for
| sowing wheat. "
-, nne idea is put forth in an English journal,
uhat IN our tunes ''maorities should rule by argu,
ment, and that in all their strength they shall
pause, conciliate and defer to the ultimate iudg.
ment of the impartial world" '7
| Spurgeon recently complimented Mr. Lavard
the traveller, by saying of him, after one Of his
lectures on Nineveh that such mans election with
such borough chad tendency to lift il ont Of its
| primeya mud" - "
Napoleon III. is charged by the London D;s,otcb
WIN an increasing annual expenditure of seventy
mhllons OF dollars per annum and an annual in.
| dollars. -A'''ionS Vi
The governmental expenditures of Great Britain
| are "Zno'ooo, more than million of dollars per
Gay. The people consume seven hundred Thousand
uoliars OF food per day more than their own soil
produces "A '''
AT six O'Clock, M, Ash Wednesday, a remark.
aoie darkness came over Northfeet, and lasted for
an hour. Men lost their way, and the cattIe ha
haved as if frantic with fear
The London Dispatch says there are more British
aumirals than ships, more generals than regi-
ments, more captains of artillery and engineers than
| guns.
heuter is the great manager of the news agency
Vi tue London telegraphc lines. So perfect and
rapid Is his system of correspondence, that the
press mas come largely to his support.
| olr arthur Cotton, an eminent en- gineer in India
says tnat to produce cotton in that country success
luhy VIII require irrigation BY means of cana
communication with rivers.
II is proposed to enlarge the epscopate in Great
| britain, the number, with but one exception
having been increased but once since the sixteentb
century.
MIR. Norman Russell is soon to deliver a lecture
of Naval Architects.
The Pontifcal debt is four hundred and ,birtv
| millions of francs. y
Abd-el-Kader is about to visit France (Which he
| loves so WELL" ~
The Levant Herald predicts general suspension
OF the merchants and bankers of Galata.
The Viceroy of Egypt has been spending five days
In prayer at the tomb of Mohammed.
:, The volunteer rife corps ofEngand now numbers
! 100000 men.
\, The French are very polite. The forgeries Of
Mires are called faur d'ecriture de commerce.
PEACE OR WAR?-The Republican journals are
expiorlng the puzzle of hoao to do It, and how not
| ." ehC mdtteT Ol OrC sumter. 1t must be
done, they reason, and it must not be done thev
ddepiy; ana the great question is, how to have it
oi aUne ana not 90 it. We wish them all JOY in the
t e1plorauon. .n The cruel Democratic journals tor
1are them with their recitations and philipics
agalnst buchsnan, because he did not do it, or
Know Know now TO 90 II or have it done for them The
legacy OF the riddle thus bequeathed to them, the
hepuoncan journals do not grateful heirs at all
appreciate If the President is wise he will follow
the advice OF friends as we'll opponents, for the
parties now against civil war, and of parting. if
part we must, in peace, are: The Aboi-
tionists, the Conservative Republicans, the
Bell and Everett Men, the Union Douglas
Men, the Secessionists, the Democracy in general.
All these opposite elements are combining for
Peace. Only the Greeleyites seem to be for
war, and as they are all peace men in war times
though '0ar men in peace times we shall be sure of
tnem, even, the moment they smell gunpowder.-
N. Y. Express.
FRENCH ACQUISITION IN CHINA.-The Boston Tra-
rener publishes the following extract from pri-
letter dol tad have -. o