, 1863-12-24

| The gHi"ions, . leading journal at Turia,
| says =" Italy, furcsceing coming events,
must prepare to take up arms
The late Mrs. Trollope did not com.
| mcncc her literary career until she was
afty years Of age. She f2iled us millincr.
A letter from Rome, datcd November I'd,
| says there is but few Americans In that city
at present, owing to the high rate Of ex.
change.
| A new life Of Cicero, by Wm. Forsyth,
is said to present the orator Chiefly in thu
pleasing Light Of husband, father, brother and
friend.
Carlyle from his boy1ood has been an
;nyetcratc smoker.
| An opera called LIS IroWu., By Bcrlioz,
1ies been produced at the Lyric Theatre ID
Paris with great success.
~ n-Aialaale La Grange does not please the
Parisians in her representation of Norma.
-FlotoW's new opera Of "Naida" is in re;
learsal at Vienna.
| = The Paris correspondent Of tho London
| Spectator says In recent letter, TINT "every-
body IL Franco apppears to uyrcc On one
| pCint-that an irretricvable disaster to the
French troops lin Mcxico) Or o sar with the
United States would instantly sound the
death knel Of the Second Empire''
The consumption Of port wine in
England Las decreased since 1851 fully one
eighth, and it is fast getting into tile rank OF
liquor.
1t is asserted that in Maycncc, where the
annual consumption Of wine is three hun
dred and sixty bottles per adult, "gout, de-
lirinm trcmcns and liver complaint are quite
unknown" We arc not told what kind It is
that is drunk In aIayence.
Large quantities Of corn have been i'm
ported into Trance from England in order
"to amclioralc the quality OF French corn.''
a new pass through the Andes has been
discovered to the Southwark Of the city Of
Mendoza, in the same latitude with Gueuos
Ayrcs. It Is practicable for wheeled yc-
hicle. and will facilitate the traffic between
the Atlantic aud Pacific.
AN Israelitc has recently been chosen
Mayor Of Liverpool.
The speech Of the French Emperor was
telesraphed to the principal cities in Europe
in one hour and quarter. It contained two
thousand and forty-fo words.
The six hundreth anniversary of the
death Of Dante is to be comme,norated at
Florence in 1865 with unusual sole1nnities,
There is an American railway-car liue in
operation between the Place de ID Concorle,
Paris, and Seyree. One Of the cars recently
"colIdea" with carriage in which were
Prince Napoleon and his wife, and they were
was nearly destroyed, aud they had to get.
home the best way they could in cab.
Lady Clinton appears in the English d.
vorce court with petition for separation
from her lord. She had been left quite des-s
tit1te in tho world because she had refused
10 lire in the SAME house with her husbands
mistress, and she did not know what course.
TO take.
The number Of emisrants who left Liver
pool during tic quarter ending September
S0th, Was greater BY II, 500 than it was during
the same period in 1852.
Now that onr CT our countrymcn has
discovered 4 method of signalling by sun
Light, the English are proving by tie usual
quantity Of testimony that they were the first
discoycrers.
"A coin has just been discovered IN wood
near Etain, France. It bears the impression
Of the head Of Apollo, crowned With laurels
on one side, and on tile other person being
drawn in car By two horses, and iu large
Greek characters, the word Philippon. 1t
is d coin Of Philip II, King Of Macedon,
father Of Alexander the Great, who reigned
from the year $50 to 556 B. c. Thus the
money is upwards of Coo years old.
White porcelain refectors hare been
placed on the street lamps in Paris; M cx-
cellcnt plan, worthy of adoption In Chi
cago, for By It the light which passes up
wards and Is lost in space would be then
thrown down upon the street.