The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-08
FOREIGN GOSSIP


FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Inc Queen of Spain has offered the Pope royal
palace at Madrid.
Thirteen persons were recently drowned in a
steamer on the lake OF Constance in gale pv col
hsion with another steamer.
NJ. Lazan, the principal editor of the Rer,s M
nictpae, in alluding to the health of Paris. com
Pa,ns OF the establishment of its numerous factories
$50 tne crowded quarters in which the ouvriers
aooL "hen the cholera comes to Paris, for
e Ilch man carried off bv the disease there are
Danoar,mpo Nv" poor men At the present moment the
department of the Seine is BEING s,innndstad hv oil
the poor of France" 'ou " al
announcer scandalous case is before the ENGLISH
courts. Sir G. H. Rumboid nenhe of "a 'lsu J
clifie deceased has brought an acti" u nsiu hau @
ana Mrs F0rteath, of Bunny Hall Notts 70 80,
era property of Ct 900 year bequeathed ~ bor hu
MS iordshIp. The circumstances are curions
enough. The wife of Lord Radcliffe was a .o,J
lady of rank, who ran off with one of his
he then formed an intimacy with Mrs. Burtt. and
lett her this property at his DEATH Mrs. Burtt he
coming wealthy, married Mr.. Forteath, and thew
are living in style on her -gotton fortune The
VIII, 1t Is alleged, was fraudulently obtained.
The average height of Englishmen is five feet
eight inches; of English women five feet one inch
Marriages at Grena Green are no longer legal
e1eePt after fourteen days residence in the parish
""i'n VIII give time for pursuit of runaways.
cur i0us M anecdote is told of Francis H.. late
che hinlster OF Justice, wandered about Gaeta to
md his Office. Entering dismautled buildng be
saw a man sitting on pile of papers, who answer.
tie then asked where he corld find the minister of
war. Here" was the reply, "I am the minister -
adding: Grinding myself betrayed by every one
trusted, am my own minister of war in the
morning, chancellor in the afternoon, and prefect
OF ponce at night" 1t was, indeed, Francis H.
himself.
Professor Frankland has invented a gas-burner
W Mwnich nearly doubles the Illuminating power of
tne Jet 1t is accomplished by the use of two glass
ehmneys, one inside the other The heated air
between them rises to 5000, and is all that the let
can communicate with for combustion, which is
thus perfected. -
Auber published seven operas before he met with
success His twelfth work, "Massanieo," spread
his fame over Europe. He is styled the Walter
Scott of music
According to recent experiments Cf Professor
bond the light OF the sun is equal to that of four
hundred and seventy-one thousand full moons
Ihis is only half of the hitherto received estimate
of Wollaston.
canal tug-boat has been invented in England.
propeiIeo by air discharged under fiat bottom by
pump.
Mr.. Varley has contrved a new electrical ma
chine, consisting Of plate of hardened vulcanized
indla ruboer) ebonite), and a wooden ring conduc-
oGr. .Ii Inc exciting power is greater than that of
glass, as fifteen to twelve, and sparks are given out
sixteen to nineteen inches long. We presume our
india-rubber friends will soon add this to their
other numerous uses of this material.
The brilliant appearances OF the aurora are It
trlbuted by Professor Tynda to the presence or
nitrogen IN the atmosphere.
Lady Back, recently deceased, has left large
fortune to her husband, Admiral Sir George Back
the captain of Sir John Franklin in his eary Arctic
expeditions. Sir George has numerous friends and
acqualntances in this country.
The washerwomen of Paris had grand banouat
Ml-CaTeme. which Is ION boI;
The autobiography of learned and observing
lady, Miss Knight, is announced. She was the pri-
vate companion of the Princess Charlotte, and the
work Is exceedingly curious and amusing
The London Morning Chronicle is now sold for a
peany.
1t Is said of Mires, the Paris de(aulter that
many of his services have been highly beneficial
to his country, and that he disposed of large por-
ton OF his wealth in a charitable and benevolent
manner.
The new Dundee whalers are being fittedup with
screws aud steam engines.
There are nearly thirty thousand blind neonla in
Great Britain.
There yet living lime tree in New streeta
Shoe lane, London, called DR.. Johuson's tree once
on the property Of Mr.. S.rahan, his great friend.
Tins tree 1t is said, be was in the Eabt of looking
at and "hugging."
stored at considerable expense, to the condition
they were in during his lifetime
Chrlsty's Minstres have returned to London, af-
ter successful tour in the provinces They intro
Guce IN their entertainment comic version by W.
Brough of "La Somnambula." table placed
over grindstoue forms the bridge scene in the
last act.
Father Kemp's cold Folks have left London
and gone on a tour in the provinces Mrs. Nichols
the principal solo vocalist, has brought again into
fashion, Vestris's once popular song: LAS thev
Marched Through the Town"
TJTCD,Dy
new edition OF JOunsuu's Dictionary of. tho
English Language" Is about to be issued in month
~ parts by the Longmans. founded on the edition
of 1773-the last published in Dr. Johuson's life
time-with numerous additions and emendatinns
by Il. u. Latham, F. r. S. 1t will contain such
new words as have lately been introduced into the
language and such old ones as although deserving
place, have been omitted in previous dictionaries
Ihe historical introduction will be brought down
TO the present time, and many omissions in the
original made good.
- A volume of prose and verse, entitled "Quips and
franks, by Thomas Hood son of the celebrated
hngiish humorst, is announced for speedy publica-
ton In London. 1t will be illustrated on wood from
designs by the author.
Among the works called forth by the celebrated
Essays and Reviews is one by the R=v. George
). Wlld, Iii. d., of the Established Church. showing
by extracts from their works that similar doctrines
have been maint by eminent dvines and Iivinr
dlgnltarles of that church. A reply to the auda7
ciouS heretica authors Of ''Essays and Reviews"
by the Rev DR.. Thomson, Provost of Queens Col
lege, OXt0rd, the Rev. Professor Ellicutt ID of
cambridge, the Rev. Professor Mansel B. D.. of
oxford, the Rev. George Rawlinson of Oxford and
other distinguished clergymen, is in preparation.
"History OF the Revolution in Europe in lS4S. -
from the pen of NJ GARNER Pages, will soon appear
in Paris 1t will consist of eight volumes divided
into four partsthe Revolution Of 1913: the Fall OF
the Monarchy; the oath of February, l84S; and the
| Provisional Government
The construction to be put on the will of the late
| Lady Morgan, which provided that Mr.. HepwOrth
| Dixon should be her literary executor with full
| powers to publish any or ali of her journals and
J correspondence, has been decided by the Vice.
Chancellor in favor of Mr. Dixon's property in the
| complete mass of her literary remains Such por-
tlons OF her "Autobiography" as she left near v
ready for the press may now be given to the world
valuable series of the earliest French poets is
row printing for the first time, reprinting with
revision, from rare manuscripts, under the direction
OF the Minister of Public Instruction Forty vol.
umes Will contain works of the CarlOvinGian cycle
and the fourth o. these has just appeared.
novel called ole Sorceer de Meudon" bv NJ.
Ellphar Levi, has been published lately which has
no less man than Rabelais for its hero and is an
enthusiastic attempt at life sketch of the great
humorist, founded on original research, and ex.
| pressed In the garb of fictitious narrative
Darwins theory of the origin of species is ad-
versely commented on in the opening treaties on
| comparative anatomy in Wagner's "Zoologica
| AnthrOpolOgical Researches" ~ de Ouatrefage,
!
| de3 Deuc Nondes.
! SUDDEN DEATH AT A MERCANuLE LBRARY.-Wm
! A. Chrisman wel-knOwn citizen of Philadelphia
! aged about thirty years, died very suddenly on
| Friday afternoon, at the Mercantile Library in
| Fifth street, below Chestnut of attack of the
heart disease. 1t appears he had spent couple of
| hours in playing chess, in the third-story room
| when, complaining of feeling unwe he descended
to the reading room, took seat by the table, and
few minutes afterwards fell to the floor Several
! persons went to his assistance, ana medical aid was
summoned Every effort was made to resuscitate
him, but without avail. His wife entered the room,
| for the purpose of returning a book and her criai
| can be better imagined than described, upon be
| holding the lielesS body of her husband who had
lett his home short time previous, apparently in
the enjoyment of good health.
ABANDONED SLAvER.-Capt. Malay, of the schoon.
er James Satterthwait. which arrived at this port
Yesterday from Philadelphia, reports having seen
on the 24th uts., about o'sock 4. NJ, off Double
! Head Shot Keys, bark abandoned. He nj once
altered his and stood for her. but was anti
! cipated BY the bark Glenn, of and from Portland
| bound to Havana, who had already boarded her
| and found her to be a SLAYER She had at the time
three Jibs and spanke set, and, Judging from the
course she lay in, Capt. Malay thought it was
| probable she had been sent adriit off Cardenas aC
| ter landing her cargo. When Capt. NJ. left her
captor was making arrangements to take the aban-
! doned bark into Havana.-N. o. Picdy.nle, ADrH 2
| PoroMAC FIsHERIEs.-The fishing season on the
Potomac river has commenced in good earnest. and
| though the number of nets are greatly reduced
from former seasons yet the tinny tribe must look
! sharp or the trap surrounds them and they find
themselves above water in full numbers. The sea
sons nave not been so remunerative of late years,
| and hence the reduction in numbers of nets. We
! do not suppose there are more than half as many
| shores on the Maryland side as heretofore From
all accounts however the.gilI-netS VIII De as nu-