Foreign and Domestic Glcanings.
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three thousand slaves were annualiy tHroWh
overheard to escape detection!


Lord Byron, for the first time, took his
seat in the House of Lords on the 10th, as
the successor of his immortal kinsman,


The members of the University OF Cam
bridge, Eng. are four thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six in number and those of the u
University of Oxford, four thousand seven
hundred and ninety-two, according to the
respective Calendars, for 1926. of those great
institutions.


Baudin [brothers1 booksellers, Paris, have
lust published the work which Bonaparte
wrote in his twenty-frst year, for the A.
cademy of Lyons, and which IS so often
referred to in the Memorial from ST. He
lena.


Marshal Soult asks 5000 guneas for a
picture IN his possession, the Virgin and
Child, by Murillo, the celebrated Spanish
painter; lord Berwick gave P25oo for sim
liar one.


The first English country bank is said to
have been established at Gloucester, in
17tS. by Mr.. James Wood. whose son, an
eccentric individual of great age, and i'm
mense wealth, still continues to carry on the
same.


AS an illustration of the proposition that
"example is no warning" it is said, that two
men were committed to Warwick goal, Eng
for robbing a shepherd of twenty pounds,
while Ford, murderer, was hanging in their
sight.


1t is stated from Prevesa, March 90, that
the Turkish commanders of that place have
sent away great number of families, in or
der to be enabled to lodge 1000 Ottoman SOL
ders wounded in the late attack made by
Ibrahim upon Missolongh. This Journal
adds, that it is confirmed from all quarters,
that Miaulis had taken "A convoy OF 25 rich
ly laden Egyptian ships, sent by the Pacha
of Egypt to Constantinople.


The Presidents Message to the House Of
Representatives, on the subject of the Pana-
ma Mission, appears i'll the London papers
Of the 9TH April.


1t was reported in London on the authori-
ty of letters from China, that fire had bro
ken out in the suburbs OF Canton, in four diff
ferent places at the same time. 1t is sup
posed to be the work of incendiaries.


An interesting conversation ON the subject
of negro slavery in the West Indies, took
place in the House of Lords on the 18th of
April. The grand debate, however. will
not come ON until the 18th of May, when
Mr.. Brougham's motion is to be taken up.


The Royal Theatre in London, was de
stroyed by fire on the llth of April. The
theatre was principally of wood, and so ra-
pid was the burning, that nothing was saved,
1t is supposed to have caught from some
sparks from the scene Of Mount Vesuvius,
that must have lodged in the canvass work.


The squadron sent to Trip0li and Tunis
by the French government to demand salts
faction of the Regencies for the seizure OF
vessels, under the papal flag has been sue
cessful. The vessels seized have been Civ
en- up, and indemnity granted to the owners,
and promise made that the outrage shall
not be repeated.


Th. collection made by the ladies in Pa.
ris, in favor of the Greeks amounted to So,
900 francs. There was to be a grand con-
cert for the same object.


The Princess of Hohenlohe died on the
4th of April.


The subscription for the family of Gen.
Foy, amounted on the 9Th to nearly lo0,O
francs.


POLAND.-Letters from Poland repre-
sent that country, as we'll as Russia, to be in
an alarming situation. There are reports
Of many arrests, and Of indubitable marks
of conspiracy like that Of Russia. A Po-
lish general, the companion in arms of Kos
ciusko, has been arrested in Dresden, and
sent to Petersburg, but affairs are kept as
secret as possible.


1t is stated that Mr.. Cooper, the noval-
ist, with his family, has taken passage on
board the Hudson, captain Champlain, to
sail from New York on the first of June
for London.


The Legislature of Louisiana adjourned
on the 25th April, sine die.


1t is stated in a New Orleans paper, that
Gov. Johnson has refused to approve of a
score of divorces, which the Legislature
wished enacted


The meetings which lately took place at
Charleston, on the subject of Mr. Jefferson,
have resulted in resolutions to commence a
subscription, towards which no citizen can
contribute more than five dollars; to be in
vested in tickets or shares in the Jefferson
Lottery.


The trial of Beauchamp, who stands
charged with the murder of Colonel Sharp.
commenced at Frankford, Kentucky, on the
9th instant. On the 10th jury was obtain
ed, and the trial was proceeding, at the date
OF the last papers, which was the 18th ult


Capt. Symmes is engaged in giving lee
lures at Boston on his new theory We find
it stated that he iectured to very large au-
dience who listened with great attention.


The Pensacola paper announces the arri-


val OF the influenza at that place, and an All.
ALBANIA paper states that "the influenza pre.


vents the appearance of any original matte,
| in that paper"