The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-08-30

STEAM on COMMON ROApS.-The new act
for regulating locomotives on turnpike and
other roads in great Britain. viii come into
operation on the first OF September. Three 4
persons are 10 work locomotive. and one \
20 precede il on foot with rel hA-,. - no.
tice OF it, approach. on a turnpike road .
or pubic highway locomotive Is not 10
proceed 81 i greater speed than four miles
an hour. and in city. town, or village al
not more than two miles an hour. The act
Is only 70 continue in force for TWO Years,
and may be regarded as an experiment
on locomotives npIblic thcroughfares. both
in the metropolis and IN the country
DANGEROUS FRoSAUTIcs.- The last Euro
pean mail brings an account or startling
balloon accident which recently occurred
In Ireland. \ Mr.. Cogswel, accompanied
bv ten persons made an ascension from
Belfast. b. some means the valve become
disarransel and would not work properly.
4 peril0us descent was the consequence.
Eight OF the passengers managed 10 escape
from the ear. hut not without severe lnla-
r!es, Before the remaining TWO could land,
the al ION again ascended aud had not
! since been heard Of
\ New INCUBATOR There j. also a new
natent Incubator on view. which decidedly
/ ecIpses the poor old EccaleOhion. once OF
Leicester square. Il matches all kinds of
eggs-goose. duck, guinea hen, pheasant
and partrilge-intO yOungof the respective
| kinds very successfully. Tie apparatus :
neither complicated nor expensive, and The
nroprietor guarantees 10 hatch rear AM
produce a fowl ready for the table, price one
shilling
| An IMMENSE RooF.-The Budding Nsr
states that the large root which covers TIE
Imperial Riding school Moscow, hitherto
The largest in the world, is about 10 take III
position rs second on the list, rs IL Is lnten
ded 10 cover the new London terminus %
! the Midland Railway Company with
wrought iron roof of 30 feet clear span
being i've feet wider than the Moscow rool
THE ITALIAN CAPITAL The municipal
authorities OF Florance have decided IN IA
? vor OF combination of English and ltalia
interests for the enlargement and improve
ment Of Florence rs the new capital ot II
! ally. The concession includes free gran
/ OF 4 large tract of land for buildlng pui
b poses. together with the right OF constru,
b ton. al liked remuneration az prices, q
i public Offices and various other buildings
: required by the Italian government
r TIE REBEL HEGIEA.-The Madrid jouI
D. mails state that the number OF America
. families coming from the South OF the In
= ted States TO seek repOse n Cuba Is aue
a meuting every day. Many OF these vOlui
d tary eXlles are capitalists, others eAceiei
e wOrkmen: some again are perfectly ae
; quainted with agriculture. and all can brln
{, an important contribution TO the prosperi
i of this island, and 10 lis wealth, already S
remarkable
T A GRAVE-DI6GER' STRIKE. The fofr4t
sls SaOne e I0irr SAYS: " Sepuichral new
Il reaches US from Autun; the grave digger
u have struck The people of Autun mus
&c not. therefore die, unless they wish the
r. bodies 10 remain unburied. We see u
3 other way of opposing the preniensions
"a men who live 10y other peoples death. sue
II 4 result rs this was scarcely supposed wOu
u be produced by the law on coalition.
I. THE PEIScE AND HIS TN. The Prince
= Wales. one OF whose titles is the Duke
a Cornwall, has been visiting his eXtensu
p Cornish estates. accompanied 10y the prii
7 cess. Dressed in miners clothes, the
l. went down the Botallach tin mine, which
Ie one OF the most remarkable mines M j.
t, gland.
'e NATIONAL PORTRAIT EXHIBITION. A y
n tiOnal Portrait Exhibition is TO be held ne
ii year in England. The Earl of Derby. vi
v whom the idea appears 10 have originate
$, would admit either portraits OF emine
~ men, though hy inferior OF unknown artist
or portraits by eminent artists though
,e obscure or unknown individuals