, 1861-03-28

The emancipation Of the serfs in Russia will
be finally effected by an ukase in the month oi
March.
The CdIedOnian Mercury celebrated its goth
anniversary by giving fac simas reprint Of its
first number, the Msreurius CdLedORiu&
Tho English newspapers teen with melan
chOly narratives Of deaths amongst the poor from
exposure to the cold. .....
ore Of the Rothschilds has Just brought out q
work entitled, "Ihe Merchants Manual" OF
which 10000 copies were sold in few days.
Because bear would not fight bull recently
at Havana, the diSgustcd officials mucted the
Snowman who owned the former Of heavy fine
There are thirty newspapers published in Bra
Zil, but none Of them contain any independent
ideas, but merely news paragraphs, government
proceedings advertisements, etc.
The Madrid EpOea gives currency to report
that the MoOrs not having fulfilled their treaty
stipulations, Spain was about tO occupy the prin
cipal forts in Morocco.
The first negro slaves directly imported into
Cuba were forty negroes brought from the Cape
de Verde Islands in 1862. They were sold fOr
about $50 or 500 each
Immense activity exists at the Toulon arsenal,
as IL the French Government intends to send
thrty-four ships to sea, together with twenty
steelcad frigates.
France is said to be making extraordinary
military and naval preparations. The excuse is
the manacing attitude Ol Germany toward Dem
mark, and the speech Of the King Of Prussia.
The London Posts Paris correspondent says
the opirIon gains ground that the terms inii, atrd
by the friends Of Garibaldi rather give new
guarantees of the peace of the world than tend
to disturb. ......... ..-t -#'
Its a historical f,ct that the notes Of the
Bank Of En.l md circulated frr GO years with
out any attempt b, ing made TO counterfeit them.
In 1853 the first attempt at forging them was
made by linen draper in London.
The Russian Government has contracted with
the Thames Iron Works Company, London, for
an iron. .cascd f. gate Of $3.50 tons and Of great
be furnished from year to year.
A grand matrimonial burrau which has been
in successful operation in London, has just been
exploded through the unfortunate marriage, By
its agency, of n young lady Of high family to a
returned convict Of gentlcmanly exterior.
The great novelist, Dickens, indulges in some
petty aifIctations; flag waves above his house.
top. like the Queens Over Buckingham palace,
as signal TO all interested that the distinguished
occupant is at home .... ..-r .r ..
Several large toraIcs, chiefly OF a lislt blue
color, have recently been brought to light and
| are exciting much interest in MelbOurne. Every
day aifhrds fresh evidence that Australia will Le
found in precious stones as well us in gold.
The Geological Garden in the Bois de Bcu.
/, lognc, Paris, has recently been enriched by two
magnificent LorhOpheres, from the Hima'aya
mountains, the dazzling plnmage Of which has
procured them the name Of the Gold bird.
In Denmark the Minister cf Marine has ordered
the equipment of twenty-five steamers, and the
| reserve corps ri sailors are nrlrrrd to assemble
1 by the 2lSi Of March. A Committee had been
appointed To purchase gun boats. l7'F.
Alexander Dumas does not seem to lie treated
with very great respect In Italy. The Turin
G.tsefte recommended that he should he expeiled,
and nov the Peoples Gasdte turns him into bit.
ter ridiculc.
Count and Countess MORtemolin died at Trieste
on the 81 b ult., within q E.w hours Of each
other. Count Muntrmolin was son Of the In
fnt Don Carlos, who for many years asserted,
arms in hand, bis claims to the throne Of Spain.
A maxim Of Ferdinand Of Spain, the husband
Of Isabella, has recently been discovered among
his papers addressed Il to one Of the Eng.
lish Hcnrys: ALWAYS ruin your opponent In
the opinion Of the world before you 50 to war
with him." .,....
A firm In Newcastle. England, have received
an order for the manufacture Of an engine, ten
der, and suite Of state carriages for the Egyptian
PaSha This is the sccong order; the first were
utterly destroyed by luggage train on the Egyr-
lion railway.
| Sweden contains eighteen cotton mills, run.
ming 10000 spindles. They produce yearly
about twelve million pounds Of cotton thread,
being thrce-F"ur,hs Of the entire national con.
SUMPTION. The tariff on cotton thread is fifteen
per cont, aifarding adequate protection 10 the
native manufacturer.
Lord Rnssmorc, Of Roscommon, Ireland, Is
dead On the night his father died, Sir Jonah
Darlington states, q supernatural visitor notified
the members Of his family. who were travelling
in Eurore, by knocking stealthily at bed room
door and crvirC " "RnssmOre dies" When the
mails from England arrived, the nocturnal mes
sage was confirmed. ItF|HH
Some Of the grand people Of Paris have had
their gardens rOoied over with glass, and con-
vertcd, with the aid of hot air and extensive i'm
portatiNn of flowers into "the most charming
OF winter ParadseS," where they receive their
visitors anil g;vs i CANT little Je'es eidmp.tres
to the er 1t Rmia ation Of those who are invited,
and the equally great despair Of those who are
not .ssr-s.-. Ha. H.r.r.t4Ts ssr.l,s.r .rI...r
The London Court Journal states that great
sensation has been caused amongst the princi-
pal jewellers by the Introduction Of 4 %seented
diamond" The stone has been recently dscov-
cred in Ava, and las the same value as others,
the same transparency and brilliancy, and the
same weight; but It possesses the most extraoF-
binary quality Of emitting very agreeable Odor
under the influence Of high empera,ure-such,
for instance, as is more frequently than agree
ably felt in ballroom
A strange circumstance is mentioned in let
ter from Paris, nf the death Of an old lady, aged
eighty, named rankOuckc. who was the printer