The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-26
FOREIGN ITEMS.

mere are lO,OUO Deershops and pubic houses
in London.
Amadeus, second son of Victor Emmanuel. has
gone on cruise in the North Sea.
The will Of the Marquis of Salisbury has been
sworn under 1900, 900.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cam
bridge were in the lobby Of the House of Lords,
working against the Irish church suspensory bill.
1851, ~ per cent. OF the population of Ireland
could speak Irish in ls6l only 10 per cent could
speak il; of these, 164 900 could speak Irish only.
remarkable alteration of the needle gun, rem
dering it capable Of discharging thirteen shots
minute, instead of eight, and costing only two
groschen or about seven cents, has been invented
by Lieut. Miersch, Saxon officer.
MIR. Bachelor, who was page to George III,
George Nv, William Nv, and her present majesty,
Queen Victoria, died at Windsor few weeks
since, aged So. He had been retired on pension
since 1861.
An important change in the Portuguese ministry
has just been announced. The Duke de Laule has
been appointed minister of interior and foreign
affairs, and Counsellor Ferrsro minister of justice
and public worship.
Prince Albert, nephew of King William, of
Prussia, is TO marry Princess Mary daughter of
Prince Frederick, Of Holland. Albert will be
made general in the North.German army, aud
put in command Of Csssel or Hanover.
The English are still wrsngng over the last
Derby race. Admiral Rous, who accused john
Day, the trainer of Lady Elizabeth, the favorite,
of foul play, has been sued by Mr.. Day for libel.
The damages are laid at $4,000.
There are 5000 Jews and six synagogues in
Chicago. They pay annually $50 900 for religious
purposes, and have just finished a hospital at an
expense of $50 600, which sum they raised in two
days They claim six converts to the Jewish faith
In the case of the United States against M. NJ.
Almond, the builder Of the iron.cla for the
Confederate government, the argument for the
prosecution and defense was concluded on the
18th. The court will render its decision within q
fortnight.
The persecution Of the Israelites 10 Roumania
has ceased in consequence of the energetic pro-
tests of the government of Austria. The Vienna
papers state that the difference between the two
governments on this question has been arranged
peaceably, Roumania having yielded to all the de.
mands Of Austria.
His Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg.
Stelitz honored a jeweer of Bond street London,
with call and purchased q watch of high price
which he forgot to pay for. The irate shOpkeeper
gave chase to bis highness and caught him, when
that iustrious parsonage suddenly recollected his
mistake and fOrked over the money for the watch.
The London News draws par allie and comp arison
between the fourth of July festival of Independ-
ence, and the twelfth of July, day of "wiots and
vows" on which 0rangemen and Roman Cath.
ollcs with beautiful unanimity, cut and smash
each others heads in Ireland, to do honor to the
emory OF William, prince of Orange. This is
what Hsnoverian German would term "a yoke.n
An explosion Of nitro glycerine mandatory
in the neiRhborhood OF Stockholm has been an
nounced. Fourteen persons lost their lives, and
the laboratory, with its valuable apparatus, the
managers house, and small adjoining workshop
were totally destroyed. In the city most of the
windows were broken, and within a circle of
three miles the violent commotion Of the air was
distinctly felt.
The speakers on the loan in the French cham.
Der seem all TO agree on two points-that the EN-.
pire has spent on an average Ell 900 900 year
siace 1852 in excess of the revenue, and that the
total budget Of France cannot be considered less
than fl20, 100000 already and in fifty wears two
thirds OF her income would be mortgsged TO the
debt.
A clerk in the employ of the East India Compa.
ny recently penned the following lines to his off.
cial superior: " Honored sir humbly beg you
viii excuse my not attending Office this date,
cause got boil as per margin" In the margin
OF the letter sketch of the boil was drawn out,
and the writer went on further to say, "The
breadth of paper being short, have planned the
boil small, but il ia double the size"
Miss Kellogg has met with remarkable success
in London. la the Daughter of the Regiment"
the Standard says her singing was beyond all
praise" " She was recalled after every
act, and was received each time with genuine en-.
thusiasm. AT the fall Of the curtain, when she
was summoned before the footlighls, the stage
was literally rained over with bouquets and the
scene reminded one forcibly Of a night during the
Jenny Lind J,uore, when operate excitement was
at the fever height"
Louisa Muhlbach is engaged in writing histori.
cal novel entitled Prom Solferino to KoniQ
graiz," in twelve volumes. Her late novels on
Schiller and Goethe, and the sequel Prince Louis
Ferdinand, have been unsuccessful in Germany.
Janke, her Berlin pu blisher, has made large for
tune out OF the Muhlbach books, which he SELLS
10 paper covers, at about three times the rates
charged for the well bound and handsomely Illus
trat transactions published in the United States
On the 10th Of June Plus TX commenced the
twenty third year Of his ponufcal reign. Since
81. Peter, TO whom history assigns twenty five
y ars, there have been but three popes out Of 25S
VITO have lived to commence or to finish their
twenty-third year Of government. They are
Adrsn ], the pope Of Charlemagne; Plus VI, the
pore Of the directory; and Plus VII, the pope of
Napoleon |. Plus TX will be the fourth. If he
Ii es until Jupe l6, 1910, be viii be matched'only
BY 81 Peter. Bot if he survives June l6, 1871 he
will have outdone not only all preceding popes,
but st. Peter himself. ...r I'd
The PARTISAN courts have recently sent several |
bogus wetnurses TO the penitentiary. Infant NOR
tally is said to be increased in alarming de. |
gree by young girls pting lsituations as wet.
nurses, when they are not "wet" at all. As |
wetDurse receives much larger wages than dry |
nurses, great many INSCRIPTIONS girls accept |
situations in the former capacity, and thereby /
bring about the death of the poor little worms
intrusted to them.
A pontifcal bull summoning general council
OF the Roman Catholic church, to meet in the /
Basilica of the Vatican on the Sth of December,
1863, has been formally promulgated. All ecclesi-
astics entitled to be present are enjoined to sp.
pear, or, If prevented, 10 be represented by |
proxy. The bull expresses hopes that princes
and other rulers will afford their ecclesiastics all
possible facility for making the journey to Rome.
The bull also states that the object of the council
is to assure the integrity Of the faith respect for
religion and the ecclesiastical laws the improve.
ment Of public morals, the establishment of peace
and concord and the removal Of the ills affecting
civil and religious society. The bull finally
adyerts 10 the necessity for maintaining the tenn
poral power, the sanctity of mstrimony, and the
religious education Of youth, and deplores the
efforts of the enemies Of the church TO overthrow
those principles. h raL
Schneider, on her first appearance in the "Graud
Duchess" at an English thester, toned down all
the extravaganza for which she had made her
.ef 60 famous at the Chatelet and Varieties, owing
TO the presence of at least of distinguished
and princely personages connected by blood with
the royal family of England. The cancan was
and Schneider refused positively to
hoist her leg above the footlghts. This modest
Experiment met with great disfsvor from the dis
tinguished people in the boxes, and loud cry Of
discomfort arose from them. The second repre-
ertation satisfied the audience. Schneider ex-
hibited her pedals in a manner worthy Of her repu-