, 1861-10-11


During :the late. restoration Of: Bnlw1ck
Church, 1ear Stamford, England, a 1arXenum-
beT Of tesco paintings we're discoVe3ed on
the walls Of the. nave and aisles; but owing
to the Ignorance OF the 1oxkmen and the neg
before copies Of them coul be taken. :.
= The Ma.sei]les Journals complain that their
city is infested with an audaeious end otga-
niEed gang Of thieves. who employ ep1es In
every street TO watch the police while they
gerpetrate their daylight 1obbe1;e5. 4 fex
man was entered. while he wa absent attend
Ing his daughters wedding, and stripped Of
every valuable It contained, a. well as sum
Of eight hundred francs in specie.
The Pontidca1 government allows, Gays the
youroal d. Has1s, its o1gan, the 0s'srvato.e Ro~
IA, announcing that the port Is blockaded by
Aus'risn, Russian and other vessels Of wnE;
that the Uuke OF Modena and the Grand Duke
Of 1uecany are in Venetia at the head Of 150,-
Omen, and that the AustrianB have thrown
bridges over the Po for the purpose Of enter
iEg Central Italy.
The whole Au6t.ralasian coast Is to be made
the subject Of a thorough scientific survey.
For this purpose, the British government has
contributed e10, GOO year, and levies an an-
nual tax On New South Wales Of e3. 800, Vic
toria the same, TaSmania and Queensland
each 81 500, and South Australasia, 1900
The Omnibus OF Naples states tEat General
Cialdin1 has clothed ten children of poor
WorKmen at bis own expense. and grnn.ed
passage gratis to Caprera to four members Of
the Society Of Workmen, in order to eonFa:
tulnte General Gariba1di on the occasion Of
the 7th Of September, the anniversary OF his
entry into Naples.
The Empress Of Austria is at present in
much better health tLG1 when she left home
for the Mediterranean. She will stay at Corfu
al winter.
All tie speeches Of the Count Cavour pre
abont to be published in volume by the Ma
hcnal Italian Society.
The national debt Of Sweden is only about
$1l 600 Coo, and by means Of q sinking fund
wnl be ext:pguished in thirty eight years. This
sinking fund is not provided for py taxation,
but comes cut Of the surplus revenue. The
brandy imposts make oneefourth the whole in.
come ofthe kingdom, amounting to "a, 600 600.
When the King Of Sweden attended the re-
view Of the British Volunteers at Alderehott,
he thue expressed his opinion Of the various
arms OF the service: THE artillery be regard
ea as superb, the cavalry filled him with
elow.'''
Statistics show that tobacce~smokirg is bs-
coming more general in most countries, and
that IN England it has Increased one quarter in
ten YEATS. The calculation also shows that as
tobacco contains, OF al average, three per
cent. of nicotine, 7,500, 600 kilogrammes Of tbat
poison are annually consumed. 4 few drops
Of it csuGe death.
The finance accounts Of England chow that
there VAS paid last year from the Consolidated
Fund 1928 GOO for salaries Of Judges, and
4G5, eco fer pensions to retired judges.
The Museum OF Sweden, at Stockholm, has
been presented by the sovereign OF the coul-
Try with large oiEpainting Of The camp o.
s1oFdalsha!EeD, near Dronthelm, executed by
his OWL hand.
Ihe Able Domerech has beec affordiug rare
sport to the Par!sians. Last year he had
printed, at the Emperor's expense, volume
containing 22S plates, fac ssxaiies Of some rude
drawings discovered in America, purporting
to be the we1k Of "les Peaux Rouges," wltd
119pages Of text, containing q learned notice o1
| the topography Of the Red Indians. It would
appear the AbDe dces not know German, for
to bis horror, Oh the publication IF the draw
ngE, they were al once seen to be the work 81
| RgIne German ch1d il the b2ckWoods, q:
amongst the designs occur several German
I woTGs roughly written and wrongly spelt
| Scme lines which the Abbe described as sig
| Dif}irg Divine chastisement by Lightning, The
child, BY an inscription, sestifes we're. .mean1
| fer Sausage!
| The town of Zurich, in Switzerland, ha.
made present to the sharp~6hooters ef tht
Canton Uni, Of 8 colossal statue Of William
| Tel, which has been placed On the exact epot
be 1o1shipped.
Il is proposed in Paris to reconstruct thu
| Parthenon Of Athens upon the hill Of Mont
ma1tre- Modern a1e5nologi5ts, aided by an.
cient and modern researches .fatter themselye;
that they arc able to effect this reconstruction
without neglccting even the most minute de
tail. It is proposed that the work ahalI bt
! executed by neaLE Of na5ional subscription
arpeIintended by committee, to be com
! posed Of Prince Napoleon, the Duke dt