The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-19
FOREIGN JOTTrNGs.

Napoleon has given up all hope of maintain
ing civil Government in Algeria. 1t is placed
entirely under martial law.
The variety Of pursuits IN populous commu-
nitieS is sometimes illustrated curiously by ad-
yeTtiSements in the newspapers. We notice the
following in the last London Athen@r-, -
"As sycnETANT AND LiBRARIAS.-A gentIsmanly mAa
o. ability having euted an ensasement n ocilAnS
IeLiHg his SERVICES In similar capacity Address ALrHL
We should like to know who that general Is.
AN English critic, reviewing the work Of
Michael Chevalier on Mexico, Of which he evil
IDENTITY entertains no great opinion, replies TO an
assertion OF the author that tie Americans would
like TO see a monarchy in Mexico, that "a section
In the North is ready 70 make peace with tho
South on any terms, TO unite che two armies and
nayies, and TO drive the French out of Mexico,
and the English out Of Csuads, and to annex the
two States"
Manchester, having been made an assize town,
has erected a Hall OF Justice on the most msgni-
hcent scale. IL contains, besides the courts q
magnificent ball for waiting suitors and witnesses,
a charming library, fitted with little recesses, In
which the members of tho bar may quietly read
their briefs apart from the rest Of the ROOM con-
sultaton-rooms, dining-roOms, private apart
ents for the judges, and all the appurtonauces Of
great club. Tho style Of building is described
~ "Vcnitia1 Gothic"
"A critic objects TO the phrase of lone genera
tlon succeeding another" He contends that this
son, and adds -
There Is doveta process which Il might take the dlf-
tSsy When one senerasUn succeeds % Il
third which belongs half one and half to the other
thirds tho other on The member OF dovetau
generation may count as to fame either with the
other, according to circumstances II he be reformer
lie" ''''' '''N '"'"' '' ''''A" "'" VI
1t Is still debated whether the moon inAu-
ences the weather, the more rigidly scientific
denying its influence. but the weather-w wise in
sistiDg upon It. A recent work by SaXby, one OF
the latter school, lays down this rule, that there
is always atmospheric disturbance when the
moon crosses the earths equator, or Is as her
greatest distance from IL. That If the period OF
new moon occurs near either of these periods, Il
has marked influence on the weather, which is
greatly increased il at the same tune the moon be
| in perigce.
The number of chAracters In Chinese is
| under two thousand. of which two hundred and
fourteen are called radicals or keys, which have
| both a meaning of their own when standing
alone, and are also Joined with others which are
! merely phonetic or representatives of syllables
| (of which the number in common use Is about
one thousand and forty to determine and dis
tinguish the meaning OF the latter. For instance,
| suppose particular symbol to represent the
] syllable "boX"-a sound of which the multifa-
Tious meanings in English can only be known
| from the context the addition of q key or radi.
cal sign, signiiyiDg house, wood, &C., indicates
which OF the senses is to be taken.
An expedition has been organized by the Co.
| lonial Government and colonists of Vancouver
Island, for the purpose Of exploring the northern
and central paris OF the island. These parts have
never beeu surveyed, and are practically un-
| known. In addition to fixing the topography OF
the island, they are TO look out for open ground
for settlements, and for indications Of gold, cop
per, and coal. The party Is under the Leadership
Of DIR, Robert Brown, OF Edinburgh, who has
made himself favoFaby known in the colony as
| a man of practical science. He Is accompanied
| by Mr.. John Leech, as engineer and surveyor
! Mr.. Frederick Whymper, an artist; Mr.. J. Buttle
| assistant naturalist, and by six pioneers, who
! are all picked men. The expedition was to have
! started on the 9th of June, from Victoria, in q
! gunboat, 10 the mouth of the Cowtchan river
/ from which place explorations will be com,
| menced.