, 1866-01-06
FOREIGN ITEMS.

TINS process exactly one ounce Of sulphocyAl
fde Of ammonium.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
From our foreign files, Dec. l1.16]
Lady Anguish Gordon Ha11yburton. only
surviving child Of the large family of King
William ": Of England, by Mrs. Jordan, the
actress, died recently.
Prince Napoleon has taken no steps toward
n reconciliation With the Emperor HI r.
mains shut up in his own apartments most Of
the time.
The Papal Government has contracted =
loan Of nine million crowns with the house OF
The cutting Of Mont Cents is progressing
with such regularity md rapidity that there
Is every prospect of the railway being open
| for public trnftlc IN 1671.
The italian critics are grumbllng at Ade-
lima Patti because she takes too many uber-
ties with the music.
Prussia. daughter Of Prince Aibreeht and
niece OF the King, with Frederick Wilhelm,
Duke Of Macklenburg- -Schwerin, was solem.
nized on the 9th of December. One Of. the
gufties Of the evening Was the cutting up Of
twenty yards Of blue ribbon, supposed to DO
the BRIDES garter, and scramble for tha
| pieces By the courtiers.
The Alleghanians arc creating o decided
sensation In London with their bell.r1nstns,
| which Is novelty there
The late King Leopold Of Belgium appoint
ed his Queen and the Emperor Napoleon IS
| his executors.
The new Turkish loan Of six million pounds
| sterling hns been contracted with the Credit
| MohIlier, and was issued simultaneously at
Constantinop1e, London and Paris On the 18th
ult.
The following mourning orders we're issued
| at the Court Of st. James for the King Of Bel
gium, uncle Of Queen Victoria, Viz: The ID
dies to wear black dresses, white gloves,
b!aek or white shoes, feathers aud fms, pearls,
diamonds, or plain gold or silver orna-
ments. The gentlemen to wear black court
dress, with black swords md buckles.
The conrt to change the mourning on Thurs
day, the 18th inst, viz The ladies to wear
feathers, md ornaments, OF grey or white
dresses, with black ribbons, flowers, feathers,
and ornaments The gentlemen to continue
| the same mourning. And on Thursday, the
4th Of, January next, the Court to 60 out of
| mourning.
There was q wedding recently at the Berlin
Court, and the English and French amboasa-
dors with their ladies lett the banquet hall,
because they were assigned places by the
Lord Cham bcr1ain ut q lower table.
a,0o, COO francs were disposed of In prizes
on the French turf last year. The London
Star. Dec. II, says: Two French engineers,
| pupils Of the Ecole Centraic, hare just start
I'd for Judea In order to survey the line OF
railroad In course Of construction, and part
| Of which will soon be thrown open to the
public. We shall soon hear OF little boys
Shouting on the platform Of the Bethlo-
hem Station, La Patrit, 5ournal ds sotr, L
Moniteur, Morning Star; while at the Caper-
mann terminus, Guinness stout and Yorkshire
hams viii 1nyigorate travellers on their way
| to Jericho.
| str Morton Peto has incurred the dlsp1eas-
ure Of his Bristol constituents By expressing
his willingness to postpone the settlement Of
| the Reform measure.
The fate Of the Luxembourg Is decided.
The sale Of the grouud will produce twenty
! million frnncs, which are to bespent In build
ing the new Hotel Dleu, and on the opera.
The English MAGAZINES for January abound
with novelties. The cornhM opens with q
new story. at present unnamed, By Mr. An
novei " the author Of " Miss Forester y
called ii Old sir Douglas = Good Words with
a serial story by Mr.. Ouphaut, entitled +" Ma
| dcnna Mary. The Dritiah .dr,ny and Navy
Rerteu will heaceforwasd be published BY
| vices Of the present editor, Mr.. Hamilton
| Hume, ara retained. In london Society, Mr.
Mark Lemon will write series OF papers en-.
| titled "a Up and Down the London Streets,''
| to be accompanied BY Illustrations.
! During the week ending December 0 there
| Napoleon sent the following: despatch to
Leopold II, on learning the death Of his faith
- '-@ "Coxp1soxE, Dec. 10.
The Empress and haye just learnt the
| death Of the King your father with the sin
cercst regret. By his sasacity and his high
intelligence he had placed himself In the first
| rank Of the Soycrclsns Of Europe. He had
alwnya shown me SO much friendship that
deeply regret his loss. do not doubt that
| Dar.n n1,v.nc TEt f71t~ t%rkl
example upon the throne, and shall always
be happy to testify my friendship toward you.
| "NAPoLEoS.'
Paris has 50 barriers, q boulevaras, o,e5s:
streets, l57 passages, 70 squares, Is quays, 2!
bridges, II palaces, 500 hotels, 33,3il houses
tains. Is great and II smaller markets, l.
hospitals, and e barracks, 10 public ibraries
$50 educational establishments, 2 tobacco
manufactures, a mint which coins Els ,00l
sterling per day, besides canals, charitable In:
stitutions, etc. The. superilcies Of Paris
acres, and has l,6o6, LII Inhabitants.
The following paragraph is from the wine
circular Of Messrs. Domccq & Company
s'Vague statements rs TO the general European
ylntage Of 1865 have led many to SUPPOSE that
the vintage Of this year at xerez nas a large
one. Tho vineyards on the Rhine and in
France hare. yielded an immense crop, but
they were not exposed to the drying and
scoiehing. winds from Africa Nerantes) by
| which The produce Of ,Xerez, in the
south Of Spain, was in this, as IN
many recent years, seriously diminished !;
only still report produce short demand great
| and the stores Of old sherry being continu-
! ously diminished. prices Of sherry continue
/ to be very firm. It Is true that the quantity
OF white wine grown In new districts will, IN
the aggregate, be very large, but It Is danger
GUS stock, as the produce from young plants
cannot be relied upoa, however pretty the
| Wine may occasionally appear.n
| The Vlceroy Of Egypt has commissioned u
| celebrated jeweller OF Paris to make him q
| pair Of diamond waist buckles, the price Of
which Is to amount to 9, ,0o0, ,000f.
| Tha trotk.stau OF the future Duchess OF
3louchy occupies NIL ths feminine world Of
Paris The Empress does not patronize lace,
| whereas Princess Murat Is connolsseur OF
that precious moterial. The manufactures Of
France, Belgium, aul England are, therefore,
ransackcd by her future husband to supply this
fancY. The wender Of the ror6eiae, however,
will neither be the brcviary, for which the En-
prees has not hcsltntcd to expend GO, ,000f, nor
the fairy tissues Of Brussels, Honiton, or Lille,
I but small casket Of gold and ebony, sculp-
| turcd, carved, and chased. Us the disciples OF
Benrenuto Cellini alone could do It, and con-
| tanning the well authenticated sWaddling
clothes Of Henry Va suggestive If not IN
artistic bridal glft, to say the least oft.
sD-n Is singular fact that no Secretary or the