The sun., 1893-02-10
Fore,r, Note. Of H.,, In..r..,

Residents OF the Rue Panama in Paris street which
| was thus named few years ago when the canal
project was popular ami PROMISING are petit!onng Tor
anew name for the street
There is prospect OF early legislation in tae Australian
colonies designed to put practical veto immGra.
tion. The labor SITUATION ia extremely unsatisfactory
and the unemployed march almost In regiments from
| one colony TO another demanding wnri.
sprituastic periodical published In London
gravey announces that 1T has secured tho exclusive
collaboration Nf william Shakespeare, in the spIrt
world" and the public Is warned that alleged com.
munications from h IN appearing In any other paper
are spurious.
A cellar of wine. such as has not been brought
the hammer within century Is announced f,r sale
In England This week. II ncluieI over 1851 dozens.
comprisn. OF ISL sherry OF 1897 champagne of
all brands. qUenrs of every description curious
blacl brandy old white rum. AMI every kind OF
wines.
several lots in Cornhill. London. IN tho immediate
neighDorhOol % The Eauk of England sold sew.
era DAYS at rre that averaged go per foot.
something over GOO 900 Several neigh.
boring ;uts OF equal were offered for sale some
wrcks ago. and were bought in BY tho a price
cuUs sdeTah!y higher.
Tncrspcrimcnt of electrically lighting omnbuses in
London as proved generally satisfactory that ali
III. vehicles ot the two !eiding companies are to be so
lishirl Two lamps are used IN each omnibus the
puwsr being supplied from new storage battery
Portable cIec'rlc lamps fPr the OF tho ticket In.
SIR Audrrw Clark Is quoted as saying at A me.tn,
rrcrury h,d IN London TO promote tho founding OF a
colony Tor cpieptIcs; II was a singular fncf and
had h"tu proved by specialists that large proportion
Of 0ug gF"H' men. from Newton Charles Darwin
were . Sy ~ their intancr-tn fact they had been
cpl prirs-tni yet when they had attained 10 man.
Eool "a ) were capable of doing great things"
TIL" french Academy is considering series of snail,
Ing REFORMS for the next edition of its dictionary The
following ch"nges were iWorabiy reported on last
weL llyrhens are TO he abolished In such comr6unds
~ F'', 'he aposrophe in such words as ,nf,'uii,
foreign words such break" and speeuu mr.. t IA,
written trc and gdins Latin plurals like sryati are 10
take an s. So"" ana are TO become ,su, aud
pm; ph F" Ia to become -" and in pprals 4, TO
be changed o"s."
The current belief that the regular search OF tho
vaults under the House OF Commons before the begin.
ming OF each session Is relic Of tho Guy Fawkes gun.
powder plot Is declared the auth the Uistor-
ioAl Manuscripts Commission, to be a popular error
The Gust ON Is not SO old tho Guy Fswkss incident
by nearly century. In 1890 anonymous letter
was received by peer disclosing alleged second
gunroWder plot A search OF the vaults was then
made. but nothing was found to confirm tho letter
The search has Leen regularly made since.
A novel and remarkable point touching the inicrna.
tional ethics in times OF war is raised by demand Just
made on the Italian Government by the Municipal
Council of Venice for the restitution Of SIX thou.
sand pictures which the Council declares were stolen
from Venice during the NHpOle"nic and scattered
over Europe The national Government is asked 10
resort TO dipiomhuc measures and TO request foreign
powers who now possess Tho art booty to disgorge
demand Is also made that vigorous be
made to Austria calling that nation restore the
iSb pictures which the Emperor Ferdinand carried on
to Vienna in 1898 II the powers get to eonsidsrnT
this point seriously and couseisntopsly may result
In general dissrnsHsnt