The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-01-28
Foreign Items.

v9s fined S25 for 4 brutal assault ~ a brother
clergyman Who had kindly protected tho de-
| fcnd"nts young daughter when dca IA had de-
| priycd her uf her mother.
TuE Dose or CANrErruH, Commander in-
Chief of the British army, h.s Just issued some
very sensibc orders for the reduction " tho cx-
p"nscs f young officers, especially of those Just
entering cavalry regiments.
TnE CAPTAIN OF a DANisu s,uooSEp. was
killed, q short time ago by a heavy sc, which
carried away wheel and round house. and crush.
ell him against the skvlight, rs he schooner was
crossing Tyncmouth bar, England.
~ ONCr rITE MOST sICKLy CRY IN ruH woRLp,
IiVcrp, Ol, has now become the IN, I healthy in
consequence of the adoption Of scientific sanitary
measures. There has been a reduction of 30
per cent. in the rates Of mortality ~iIhin tho
past ten years.
Tux USuEAITuItsr CAPITAL CIrr IN ruH
WORLD is st. Petcrsburgh. But for the annual
immigration Of some 10 to 100 foreigners il
would be speedily dcpopulstcd, for ever since
l'o9 tho proportion Of births to deaths has been
/ as 2j TO II.
NEARLY ALI rHr srApr or CLERKS Of tho
kcd Sea Telegraph Company arrived at Malta
recently from Alexandria, in the English screw
steamer Rhonc, on their way homewariI from
which circumstances IL would appear that tho
cable has been abandoned for the present.
TuE CANADIAN Govi,nNMENr has given the lit
tic town Of Clifton bv NIAGARA Falls free decd or
town to Niagara river, anil from the whirlpool
| to the Table rock, on condition that IL shall 10
| cleared OF all buildings, and permanently kept
| clear.
TnE UNIVERSAL PRIVATE TKLFGraru COM
PANY Of London, has teen established 10 furnish
wires leading into the houses Of their customers
from any given point. Unlike tho electric tclo-
graph line, whose wires are buried under tho
street, these wires pass over the houses. The
charge is S2O per milo per aunum, for their use.
AT THE CRYSrAL PALACR, LONDON, there is
To be a registering water barometer, thrty-iiyo
feet high, more neat than the quicksilver baro-
meter yet a. truthfully Displaying TO tho unsci-
cntifc, the arNellOus changes which the atmos-
rhcro works on the mass Of the watersOn the face
Of the earth.
A rERRIHLE RSrLosIoS took place on tho 7th
Of this month, at the village Of Iangton, York
shire, England. The f., pipes had Gccn frozen
up, 30 that no water could bo supplied to tho
boiler OF steam thrashing machine, which
burst, killing one man on tho spot, mortally
wounding another, and frightflly sciliing four
others.
a Mn. HARTLEY, Of Southampton, England,
recently deceased, hcqucathcd =JUO.OU for the
building and endowment Uf literary institution
in that city. The will was III 3putci the matter
AZ length reached ChAuccry, and in that ,irrun,.
lOcu'iun court the sjOO.OOU Wis swcllrl down
To S2Oo.OoO which IL to be applied to carrying
out the tcstator = design.
IN i'FNNNfk, IN'lu ~ INN I'NnH> are wei
formed IN general. foolish notion prevails that
epilepsy is durable lv driuhiu, tho Llpol uf an
executed mnlCfar,Or. Capital uuu's shmcnt IN
Denmark IL hy dccaptntiuu hy sw0rl uEd block,
aud when an execution takes place, crowds oi
cpilrUtics stand cup IN hand around tho call ID
ready tUquaif the rcd hlouh as it flows from the
still quiycrins body of the mlciactor.
Ili,roHr ~ LIr.-A common phrl ,c in tho
letter Of an Italian tourist, TO the effect that
n mutual friend had rot been cen la public for
some time, and that it wts reported that tho
Marquis Of DUwnshirc chad thrown him over.
board, has been magnilicd into 4 story which
has gone the rounds of the EnSlih aud Amcri.
can papers, that an English nolplcman had
drowned young Navy lieutenant in the Bay of
Naples, for making love to his daughter
SISCp Tur RAILWAY MrRurr or VI. Prr~-
'or on the French Eastern Railway thcrc has
been perfect panic among railway travellers.
A Marsclcs lawyer very lately entered an unpc.
cupied car in a nj ;ht train, At the next station,
another traveller, muliled to the eyes, took his
seat. Each eyed tho other suspciousy, aud
each iurtively handled his pistols On stopping
for Refreshments, few miles onward they re-
cognizcd each other as ncighbor' and enjoyed a
hearty laugh at their mutual scare.
A UoRWRIE CATASTroTIIE OGCURREp in LON
don early ON Monday morning, Jan. 9Th. Three
reforming lions escaped from their dcn during
tho night, and on stable hIlp'r going into tho
theatre before daylight, til, most f,r"cious one
sprang on the unfortunate uhn, took hold of him
by the stomach, and when tEOCkEIT, "tho lion
tamT," arrived, the brute was carrying hlI
about the stage, shaking sm as dog does ~ rat
4 COZ KIrr rushed on the ion with pitrhiUrk
and beat him on; when carried Ou', tho poor uLsn
yas dead. C.OCKEIr secured all Tho lions safely
/ IN their dcnG.
WiHS T'IH EMrERoR OT RuSSIA was OF hi,
j way to Poland, for the famous Warsaw int 'SvioS
II with his brother Of fastria, General OriSAAS,
Governor Of Radon, nearly fell victim to ! hoax.
While awaiting the arrival Of tho Empc SUr the
} General received Al order to change tho uniform
of his police and pat them in the GaribAdian red
shirt flo executed the order, and only learned
u tbat il was hoax barely In time to, save him
from receiving sho Emperor at tho head Of a
Gar ribaldian band, a sight which, assurodly,
wouid have boon anything but pi.asing to the
\ ausOcrat.
So sEvER2 WAS THE COLD in England, from
Christmas 10 the 7th inst, that on ths latter
date the Sacpcntine, IN Hyde lark, LoIldon, re-
i sembled the frozen Seva Of Rassa. The ice wa.
about inches thicf, and at o'clock that even
I ing, 100000 yerstns were on the illuminated ice
tents sere filed with possons gotting refresh
i ment, and as almost all the CISwd, whether
i bkating OF walking cati led colosod lamps, the
/ sens was truly spenid. Sone thousands ro'
1 maincd all night, ani tho LSadon papC!S de
scrile the scene Us having 20 equal since the
I frost Of 1872, when an OK was roasted whole on
! the river Thames. Several serious, bat not fatal
accidents occurred.
THE sIAvE FOPUI. iTIoS ~ CHSao, the great
l possession of the lcrtlpucsc, in North Africa
! | some time since revolted and got cOnplete pos
l session Of the capital, st, Salvador. On th,
9 i 10th Of September last they were attacked b,
, i Portugsese troops uuder Captain AspRAnE, an,
, ] after tremendous battle Of eight hours duri
/ ton the unhappy blacks were utterly defeated
: with a frightfui loss in killed and wounded
, / The captain demands renforcemcnts from Portu
l gal, and promises to keep the blacks in subjoc
tiOn. He strengthens his demand by statin
that the copper mines Of Beribo, which durin
the revolt has been in possession Of the black
I are as abundant and rich in their yield as tn
q famous Burra Burra mines Of Australia.
THOMAS WM. BowLBY, the correspondent q
= / the London 7iaoS, who was killed by the Chi
l. nesc near Pekip, was born in Gibraltar but oiI
o | Gated in England, at county academy. IoN
A / TAYLOR, the dramatist, was bis chum at school
BowIBY studied law for some time, but in lSl
! was engaged for the London Times, rs spcci'
i correspondent, and sent to various parts of Tn
10 / contnent-particularly Hungary. Subsequent
> ly, he was connected with JULIEN In his musi
;, | cal enterprises. lie was about year age re
"a | engaged by tho Times to proceed TO China a
special correspondent. The terms ef his agrcc
ment were l.5O0. a year, with liberty to dra'
10 upon the concern to any amount that might b
10 required for the efficient discharge Of his duties
~ Mr.. BowLBY proceeded to China in the sam
~ | steamer as Lord ELaIS and Baron GRos wit
!. whom he was shipwpcked. Mr.. BowLBr wa
a 43 wears old, and has left widow aud childre
- -. L.. .afs