All the German bills drawn on the house of Bischoff
and Company, for wool, those from Cadiz and Gibraltar, and in fact, all foreign bills, will, we understand, be protected. The establishments at Cadiz and at Gibraltar will, it is said, fulfil all their engagements, assistance having been obtained on the spot, and of course suffer no interruption to their business from this failure.—Times.
The Emperor of Russia has appointed his son, the Grand Duke Constantine, aged six years, Grand Admiral of the Empire, and pre- sented him as such to the fleet assembled at Cronstadt.
The Madrid Gazette contradicts the reports in circulation respecting -the state of King Ferdinand's health ; and declares that, so far from being confined by an incurable disease and at the point of death, his Majesty has gone abroad as usual, transacted business with his Mi- nisters, and with his own hands decorated several individuals with the insignia of the various Spanish orders of knighthood.
A man committed suicide on Thursday week, in the Champs Ely- sees, at Paris, by fixing an enormous cracker to his body, and then setting it on fire. He was most shockingly burnt. —Galignani.
The Bavarian journals state that emigration, and particularly to Greece, was never so extensive as at present ; and attribute it to the distress of the times. They add that the Government is ergaged in preparing plans and regulations as to emigration to Greece, and intends to establish schools for teaching the modern Greek language.
A horse, with saddle and bridle, was recently found without a drier, wandering near a country tavern in Ohio. Search having been made, the gentleman owner, very essentially drunk, was found mounted astride on a wall, kicking and spurring most furiously, cursing his supposed pony for not moving forward. Having become a little sobered, he discovered his mistake, and dismounted, to the no small amusement of the by-standers.—New York Standard.
The Antwerp Journal says—" Since the capture of the citadel a dog has been remarked going almost every night to a grave, and scratching with his paws the earth, which probably covers the remains of his master. The animal afterwards disappears, and its hiding-place is not known."
An elegant tablet, to the memory of Sir Walter Scott, is about to be erected in the rotunda of the Albany New City Hall, New York.
The Congress of the United Mexican States have appropriated thirty thousand dollars for the purchase of periodical publications, almost all -of which are, of course, to be imported from foreign countries.
During the delivery of one of these tedious and interminable speeches that are often inflicted upon the House of Representatives, a Member who had occupied the floor for many hours was called to order on the ground that his remarks were not pertinent to the question before the House. " I know it," said be ; " I am not speaking for the benefit of the House, but for posterity." " Speak a little longer," said John Randolph, of Roanoke, in an under tone, " and you will have your au- dience before you. =American Paper.
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