Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-03
Foreign Gossip.

During late representation at London
Lyceum, q singer who was executing a
solo, sang it fiat, when a gallery visitor
Immediately whistled the tune correctly,
and the singer went back to the sharp,
much to the amusement Of the audience.
Liszt has been decorated by the Pope
He has received SO many honors, it is said
this new decoration will have to be worn
on his back.
By the new constitution Of Venezuela,
slavery is forever abolished in that coun-
try.
London papers complain that nothing
has yet been done toward applying Mr..
PeabOdy's gift of $500, 900 for the improve
ment Of the poorer classes of dwellings.
The Committee having the money in charge
are strongly denounced in some quarters.
1t is expected that Alexandria, Egypt
will be lighted with gas in about eight
months time.
A letter from Egypt says, "Tbe cattle
disease has broken out in Cairo, Ghlzeh
andsin, the Said. Up to this time the au-
thorities admit that the loss amounts to
100000 head, which cannot be replaced
under $50 piece, or cost Of $4,000, 600
sterling; but it is not probable that the
loss in animals will finally be made under
e12, 900, 900, and the Nile has already de-
stroyed moro than sl,0O0O0O sterling
worth of property"
Eigbty-One millions of copper coins, of
the value of Sl,G0O,OOO, have been struck
at the Strasbarg mint, to be used as cur
reney in Greece.
In recent history Of England from the
fall Of Woolsey to the death of Elizabeth.
written by Frouse, are published letters to
Boutwell,, which have been found in Spain,
and if genuine, prove beyond all question,
that Mary Queen Of Scots, designed and
caused the death of Barnley, her husband.
The progress of liberal institutions in
Italy is attended with remarkable change
in its architecture. In Florence the old
streets were dark and narrow; the new
are sll wide and spacious, and the resi-
dences and churches are now built to admit
abundance Of light and air,
Krupp, the great steel manufacturer Of
Germany, who has an agency in this city,
is manufacturing cannon Of immense pow
er. These are inch bore, made of cast
steel, and throw q 800 pound shell of %
inches in length, or 45O-pound shot, with
a 50-pound charge.
Absolutely correct pictures are said to
be impossible with photographers. The
lens magni6es the objects nearest to it,
more than those more distant. Thus the
hands, feet, nose, &C., are out Of proportion
compared with the eyes and face. Colonel
Wortley, who has been lecturing on the
subject, recommends the plan of taking the
head and shoulders only Of the size of
shilling, and carefully vignetting it, with
always a plain background.
The last fashionable production in Lon
don in the book line is the nperfnasd aI-
nanac."
The best coal in London is sold at Sc per
chsldron. A splendid Coventry poplin
dress cests, in the same city, $40.
1t is reported in Paris that Lord Palmer
ston will soon pay a visit to the Emperor
Napoleon at Compiegne, and that he will
there meet King Victor Emanuel, who, it
is known, has accepted the invitation sent
TO him.
Mrs. Somerville, now in her eighty-third |
Tear, has completed work on the solar
spectrum, heat electricity, the correlation
If forces, and the constitution of minute
.toms, animal, vegetable and mineral.
This lady, in physics and astronomy, is
probably the most learned woman of the
'ge.
By means of the spectrum analysis, a
lew metal has been discovered called indi-
N, which is distinguished by very bril-
isn't blue ray.
The viceroy Of Egypt will soon have a
apitsl Of nearly 81, 600, 0OOin steam pIows
q his own estates alone, and is about to
orm model farm on large scale, under
be direction ofan English sgriculturalist.
Coal is waiting in PcnnsyIvania for a
lse-in the rivers. II the rivers don't
Ise, prices do. .sa.H a1