New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-11
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have met with unusual difficulties in obtaining the
use of any of the London theaters for his debut as
a histrion. Mr. yiuing, the manager Of one Of the
thaaters, grayey stated, in reply to his applica.
ton that he would engage Mr.. Home on condition
that the Davenport Brothers should enact the two
grave diggers, aud Mr.. Home himself furnish a
genuine ghost for Hamet's departed father.
In reference to certain rumors about the
approaching marriage Of the Princess Helena with
Prince Christian, it is understood that the Prince
of Wales has consented to be present at the cere.
mony although the bride will not be given away
by him, but by the Queen in person.
The Pail Mall Gazette, in a late number, thus
gives the English view of the Irish emigration:
"Althoughlabor is scarce and wages high in
every partof Ireland, the exodus to America is
rapidly on the increase. From Cork alone an
average of fifteen hundred embark weekly, and
rom rom me other Irish ports the migration to the
| New World by way of IiyerpoOl ia proportion
ably rapid The master wish of every freshman
belonging to the lower middle and lower class
sGens 70 De 20 leave his country forever an object
when tne irish patertamiias seeks to attain by
| seL!uluB forward across the Atlantic his hardest
ana most promising sons and daughters provided
! win all the money he can raise to earn more for
/ Tue transport oil the rest of the family In this
! way, not only an immense amount of labor INT
also an immense amount of specie is daily lost To
| Ireland, and acquired by America The youno
and the industrious, the flower of the population
| depaft,tle Old and the feeble and the sickIy re-
main behind, awaiting mpatiently the transmission
of means to follow. It is de1lorable rbat tbis
| Should be so, but SO it is
Benedek is not, as is generally supposed, fed
marshal. He has that grade yet to win, his pre-
sent grade being feldaeugmeister, one equivalent
to a full " general, and not acknowledged by
the French.
The rank of general of the army" Just con.
terred upon Garibadi is equal to that Of mar.
shal Of France or of field marshal in England
Miss Burdett Coutts has contributed, since ls47,
the sum of 100000 10 the colonial bishopric
Church Of Eagand) fund,
M. Thalberg the famous pianist, is now occupied
n the cultivation of the vine near Naples
! II is stated that Sir j. P. Grant, and not Lord
Alfred Churchill, will be the new governor Of ia.
maica.
NJ Drouyn de Lhuys lately gave a grand dinner
to the Dowager Queen Emma Of the Sandwich
Islands.
An Italian journal says that Miss Grant. rela.
ton Of the American general Of that name, has
given Garibald l000f for the relief Of necessitous
volunteers.
The Earl Of Mar died at his residence, Alfoa
House, Clackmannan, On Tuesday last, in his 7Ist
year.
The details of the distress prevailing in Hun.
gary, and generally in the eastern provinces of
Austria, are truly hesrtbreakng. In the Buko.
vina especially, misery drives the inhabitants to
the very last eXtremities parents offering to sell
their children, chat the little ones should not die
| Of hunger. A Sclavonic journal states that few
| days since resident of the Faubourg de Posch,
| at TehernoVitz, purchased from an unfortunate
ph
much bargaining, the father received nine forms
Inc same day peasant woman arrived in the
same town with her two daughters-one twelve
and the other fourteen years of age She offered
them to landed proprietor for ten forms each
leaving the latter free to choose. The gentleman
contented himself with giving aims TO the poor
woman, without buying her daughters. The
mother and children had been in the most com.
plete destituon since the death of the father, who
had expired Of hunger.
The Duke of Beaufort, whose horse CeyIon this
year won the Grand Prx de Paris, has given
1900 francs to the poor of the twenty arrondise.
ments Of Paris, and $500 francs to the English
Protestant Church of Chantlly.
The Queen of Nuremberg sister of the Fin.
peror of Russia, will shortly arrive at Ostend to
pass great part of the season.
The Prince royal of Denmark, letters state is
about to marry the Princess Wilhelmna OF Hol- I
land, born in l84I, and younger sister of the
present Queen of Sweden
pastry.oook, named Cosse, living in the re
mote town Of Tulle is the fortunate winner Of the
Paris bond prize of 10000 francs.
General Robert Tombs, of Georgia, has been
passing few days in London.
kossuth has had an interview with King Victor
Emmanuel.
The Emperor of the French has subscribed
500,Q00f. to an institution to be formed in France
for the encouragement OF the principles Of co.
operation among the working classes
The Grand Duke Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who
has been on a visitto England, has been called on
by Prussia to furnish contingent to the army,
demand which bis serene highness is not inclined
to accede to. He has left London for Germany.
DIR. John Young, F. r. S. b., F. G. s., has been
appointed by Sir George Gray TO gil the chair of
natural history u the University of Glasgow, va
can't by the death Of Professor Rogers.
Sir Merton Peto, NJ. p, for Bristol, having
placed his seat in the hands of bis constituency.
IN account OF his present financial difficulties,
meeting of the Liberal party of the CITY has heen
reid, at which vote of confidence was passed in
he honorable baronet, accompanied by reouest I
1 ~ NoAvilAuC ms beFYICeS TO the GtV.
SIR Morton Peto acknowledges the resolutions and
consents to retain his seat.
The Empress Of the French wears SPURS when tt
iding. Her horse is trained to their use.
The cartoon of the last +" Kladde1adatshor
ierman Punch,' represents a big spider, adorned
With the Emperor Napoleon's head, waiting quietly
n its large web, while all kinds of insects, repre-
enting the other European States, are flying and :
aught in it, to be deyoured in time by the Impe-
ial gptton Beneath are Rouher'sy words in the
'orps Legialatf, honest neutrality aud liberty ?,
+ action" atal.' u
domestic in London has been punished with
tx months imprisonment for emptying one hun
red bottles of wine and filling them with water.
Though he had been drinking the wine for
cry long time, the master did not discover his
'ss until one evening when he gave banquet. al
nd was Boosting Of his old wines he ordered "a 10
'w bottles Of this valuable wine to be brought of
'om the celler, when 10 the surprise of the host sit
nd the disgust Of the guests it turned out " fa
qua pera. ma
The Empress Of Austria, with her two children
i'll reside at Buda during the war.
Gigantic omnibusses ona new model have been
instructed IN Paris Theg are SO oontIived that
owards Of fifty persons can be seated on the
of vs. z5rsaa