New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-09-26
Foreign Mems.


THE ENGLISH REFORM LEAGuE.-The following
is the official announcements Of the objects of the
Reform League in England
saFirst-To procure the extension of the cleo
tive franchise to every resident and registered
adult male person of sound mind and unconvicted
"second-To obtain for the voter the protection
of the ballot. ,E,E sE
ITO carry out the above objects twas unani-
mo1sIY resolved, at a general meeting of the
| council: THAT fund of ten thousand pounds be
| raised forthwith the said SUM to be called the
| Lecture and Special Purposes Fund, and to be
subject to the control Of the executive council Of
| the reform league That the various branches ofthe
| league be requested to raise subscriptions to the
above fund, forwarding the gross amounts monthly
to the treasurer That the secretary be instructed
to forward various copies Of this resolution to the
various branches of the league, and to the leading
| reformers throughout the United Kingdom with
out delay"
The wife of merchant was walking . few
days since in the Rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine,
Psris, when a young girl about thirteen, threw
herself on her neck, exclaiming, "0h! my dear
aunt !" The lady released herself from the en-
brace, telling the child that she was mistaken
t''Ahn said the girl in a sorrowful tone, looking
attentively at the lady, 81 see I have made mis-
| take" and she went away as if to hide her con-
fusion. Not long after the lady missed her purse,
and all at once the idea struck her that the child
might have taken it. She accordingly returned,
and after long search discovered the child, in
wine shop, with her father and mother They
were all arrested, and the purse was found on the
mother.
Formerly Jews were altogether excluded from
| the interior of Russia. The emperor has greatly
modified the restrictions, in order to facilitate
/ Jewish immigration. The consequence is con-
/ siderable influx of Jews into the government OF
| Kieff, most of whom devote themselves to agri-
| culture. The Gazette Of the Provinces states
that 355 Jewish farmers have settled on the
Crown domains, consisting of 2729 males and 262O
females, all Of whom carry on agriculture More
| over, Al Jewish families in the same year bought
| farms of their own. These families consist of 762
males and 764 females.
/ NJ Fertuiset, one Of the French lion hunters,
who rivals Gerard has invented an explosive bull
let. One of them, of the diameter known in
France as No. 16, blew up strong wooden box
divided into three compartments, reducing it to
small splinters The second, No. s, penetrated
through target made of strong boards Joined to-
gether side by side by means of heavy nails, and
forming in the aggregate the thickness Of the hul
| warks of frigate. This target was pierced, and
at the same time blown to fragments. The third
shot was aimed at loaf of bread, which was
blown to atoms 4.-4, m..
This paragraph from the London Spectator says
much in small compass: " From reports which
have come to us concerning Spain, it appears that
the interest taken in cattle breeding is confined to
preparing bulls for the arena. This is putting
circusses' first with vengeance. The sheep
have deprecated in wool, and nothing appears to
thrive SO well as the goats-always features in a
Spanish landscape or story. The coal mines are
badly Worked-though the yield is fair"
On an average dozen newsboys are arrested
every week in London. On their persons are
usually found specimens of such literature as
"The Boy Burglar,n 'The Boy Pirate" I" The |
Boy Highwayman,'' etc, One day in August, five |
boy burglars, between ten and thirteen, led by !
captain Of the mature age Of eight, with crow
bars, chisels and iilnmies, were charged at Bow
street with scientifically opening curd-and-whey
stall, and absorbing its contents.
Anew phase of Photographic usefulness was
seen at the recent Brewster session at South
Shields, England. The lawyers supplemented
their own descriptive ability and endeaYored to
convey to the bench better idea of the appear
anee of the houses whose claims they were adyo-
eating by producing Photographic views. of the
premises and neighborhood. ...-.-...,.ft
Miss Rye, the English agent for female emigra-
ton, has just sent out to Melbourne one thousand
young women, the majority Of whom are English.
d considerable number Irish and few Scotch.
They are all girls qualified by physical health and
moral character to take positions as servants Of |
various ranks. --,t----
The Birmingham meeting of the British Associa-
ton in 1866 led to the formation of local indus.
tries committee, for the purpose of compiling a
cnfr +Iay
hardware district. These reports are now pub
lished in a substantial volume. T.
Last month the walls of part of London were
adorned with placard stating that the Walworth
Amateur Horticultural Society would hold its an
nual show in few days under the patronage of
the late Viscount Palmerston and the late Sir JOS
Paxton" r
A suit now pending in the Chancery Court in
England has gone to an enormous length. The
bill extends over some hundreds of folios the in
reach about the l600th folio, and as
to the answer, it contains 26O0 folios.
Mr.. Sturgeon has just notified member Of his
flock, that he dscourages as much as possible the
practice of returning thanks to God after child
birth by any of his congregation, since in most
cases it is merely an absurd supersttious practice.
"A PEACEFUL PLAoE.-Brixham a seafaring town
50
seven thousand is without resident attorney.
The people are on the best of terms with each
other. z
AS proof of the great emptiness of Paris, it is
that merchant who has capital of
about million of francs Invested, took in only
five pounds in three days of August.
The number of known suicides in England in
1864 was l340. In the seven years 1864, it has
averaged sixty-sx in every million of population.
The music-hals of London have beaten the
theaters, and offer large prices for operas and
prizes for singers. --.s-
The EVACUATION OF RoME.-Two battalians of
the corps OF occupation in Rome are about to re-
turn to France. They will be replaced by the
Roman Legion, under the command of Colonel
. 'Argy, who are to leave Antilles Immediately for
Ciyita Yecchia. The convention of September
10th is, therefore, on the point of being carried
out. body of troops in the pay of the Pontfcal
government will henceforth have to defend it, and
France will be freed from her responsibility a
result which we look forward to with impatiepce,
and which we shall sincerely rejoice at The
French government has already done too much to
sustain that temporal power of which the people
are weary, and the leCreDitude and inanity of