Foreign Miscellany.
The first Christian church built in
Japan since the treaty made with
Mr. Harris was by the
Roman Catholics.
This is a neat and conspicuous building of white stucco; it is erected on ground given for the purpose by the
French Minister.
Lord Palmerston has consented to become the
President of the
South of England Literary and Philosophical Society, which has been established in connection with the
Hartley Institute at
Southampton.
From a parliamentary return, it appears that the militia established in
England and
Wales for the year 1863 consisted of 3,053 officers, 3,324 noncommissioned officers, and 83,460 privates.
Mr. Brown, the
Isle of Man journalist, has been set free by the judgment of the
Court of Queen's Bench, which altogether refused to recognize the imprisoning authority of the
House of Keys.
A farmer near
Dorchester has now the enormous number of 3,000 pigs.
He breeds and purchases to keep up his stock.
One week he bought 600 pigs.
They are fed partly on wheat.
The Jews of
Tunis have given £ 4,000 for four vessels to take themselves and families away--one of the vessels to go to
Marseilles, two to Malts, and the other to
Tripoli.
A copy of the first edition of
Shakespeare's works was sold this week for £ 53.
By way of contrast, we may mention that an enterprising publisher is issuing
Shakespeare's plays at two for a penny.
A celebrated character died at Innspruck recently, Cugeton Swith, aged 79.
He was an intimate friend of Hofer, and was a famous guerrilla chief himself.
The University of Berlin has now, for the first time, advanced a Jew to the grade of doctor-in law; he is a Russian subject, named
Bernstein.
A Vienna telegram reports that
Count Forgach, the
Hungarian Aulic Chancellor, has resigned at the request of the
Minister President.
It is proposed to open a subscription in
France in aid of the
Danish soldiers, who, falling in defence of their country, have left dependents.
The
Times announces, under the heading "Questionable Honor, " the news that the
King of
Prussia has conferred the order of the
Black Eagle on Prince Alfred.
The Japanese ambassadors intend, it is said, to remain in
France for six weeks, and in
Europe one year.
They are now having
European garments made for them.
The Emperor of the
French is likely to become a member of the Academy of Sciences in consequence of a vacancy, occasioned by the death of
M. Clapeyron.
According to a royal ordinance of the
King of
Greece, the figure of
St. George will henceforth appear on the colors of the Hellenic army.
The births of one thousand and six boys and nine hundred and forty girls — in all, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six children — were registered in
London last week.
This is about the average number.
The
Venetian Chamber of Notaries has just rejected an invitation made by the
Government to admit to that body persons of the Jewish religion.
There are now nearly two hundred vacancies for surgeons in the
British army, and only six could be procured at the last examination.
It is said the
French Government wish to purchase the
Great Eastern.
Sporting journals claim
Shakespeare to have been a keen fox hunter!
The Emperor Napoleon III is having a magnificent yacht built as a present for the
Emperor and Empress of
Mexico.
Calcutta, as it has grown larger, has been getting worse and worse.
It is fast becoming a vast cesspool; every variety of filth accumulates in the streets; the natives are horribly dirty in all their habits.
People who have not been to the
East can form no conception of their dirtiness; five thousand corpses are annually thrown into the river, and are washed up and down among the shipping.
Who can wonder that disease hangs over the place like a cloud?
The area under cotton cultivation in the central provinces of
India has increased from 419,465 acres in 1862-'63 to 579,475 acres in 1863-'64.
The gaming bank at Spa has just issued its returns of winnings for last year, which reach the magnificent sum of 1,567,147 francs.
Mr. Hughes ("
Tom Brown") will, it is stated, be brought forward as a candidate for
Southwark at the next general election.
