FOREIGN ITEMS.
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Liverpool papers of the latest dates.


An evening journal estimates the. number Of
persons who visited the cemetery OF Pere la
Chaise, on All Saints day, at 30,OO0.g I'll n


The late Earl of Egrenaont, during the last
sixty years Of his life, distributed in hets OF char
ity and liberality, the immense sum Of one mil
lioh TWO hundred thousand pounds, or about
fope hundEed ihousand dollars per annum.
s III lie 6sbt Of Great Britain at this time
1ninanfs to E7TUOO0,OOO It. Is owing 10 about
a million and half of persons, holders of gov
ernment securities for money in the funds.


II Among those who visited the King Of the
French, On Friday, were Lord Brougham and
Sir George Staunton. Lord Brougham was for
some time in conversation with his Majesty.
II rhesecond election superintended by theAnti
CornlaW League, has resulted in the return OF
the candidate whom they patronised, and Mr.
WarbGrtop is member for Kendall. ss t'ff-


Mr.. Charles aKean and lady formerly Miss
Ellen Tree), commenced an engagement on
Monday evening at the Brighton Theatre, ap-'
ppeafing ia, the tragedy Of the 4 Gamester," Mr.
Kean playing Beverly, and Mrs. Kean, Mrs,
Beverly, y;s,a t't.. s.. st.,.
! "a Titan Venus of fsmpassing beauly,is stated





old pictures at Dresden, where il had lain unno-t
ticed for a century, aail
!, According to the fifth report of the Wesleyan
Committee OF Education, there are now. in cons
nexion with the body, 900 day schools, with
2O,sO4 scholars and 3,797 Sunday schools, with
40l,3s3 scholars, ,s'4''t .3.Hsrasi 3sfasaf sf'
" The Great Western steamship left Liverpool,
on Friday night for Bristol, 10 remain there DUR
ing the winter season. sFaaEfe trf sktta nttlaH' a
81 An extensive association Of the men employed
in coal mines has recently been formed in Old,
ham and other places. for the alleged purpose OF
protecting the rate of wages, and other similar
objects. afasi'as itsF's llat' i
I The spinners employed in the manufactures
at Ashton-underL Lyme, are iin-l avery excited
stale on the subject Of wages "a but lhe masters
are determined not to, give higher rates than
those which they pay at present. saa-Hat


A patent has been granted TO Lawrence Hard
man, of Liverpool, merchant, for certain i'm
provements in machinery or apparatus to be
employed in the manufacture Of sugar. 4y.el


The Queen has been pleased to confer the
honor of knighthood on James Wylie, Esq, M,
ID, in attendance on his Imperial Highness the
Grand Duke Michael Of Russia.,,sta! pta .sp
Dispatches have been received from Algiers
to the Both of October, which state that, the
French had made a successful incnrsion into the
territory ofilhe Djafras, and haditaken four hun
dred prisonersj three hundred head of ca,tle aud
one thousand sheep, besides large number Of
horses. Asecond incursion was made into the
same country BY the Hararas, a tribe attached TO
the French, and with success, It is said that
the Djaftras were about 70 yield 70 the. French


There was an affray at Cork, on the evening
Of the / 1th November, in which Mr. Quarry, an
esteemed gentleman, was killed BY three work
men in his employ. .ztsaia II, ba..,as sb,.4 ss5


On Monday afternoon last Jas. fSearles, alias
Tigser, completed his extraordinary task Of walk
ing ,Ol7 miles, at the rate of one mile each hour
during l,Ol7 successive. hours, besides walking
SO yards over and above each mile, making an
additional distance Of 35 miles, 400 yards, and
d total of ,052 miles, l,40O yards, in OF sue
cessive hours On Tuesday afternoon he was
+ chaired" through the town Of Leeds, accom-
panied by large concourse Of people, and head
ed by band of music. 1t is said that, for a
wager equivalent'to the task he will start again
on the same undertaking. VHltla


The Bombay papers say, ".India is overun
with locus,s." We ought to be thankful it is
no worse--locusts might have been hacome-tax
mlnissioners.--P Punch ttaiteee,tap


/ n oHOellldheIs VI hbeIueeJl, naIilPQ lnOmdS
Pauline, who had for some time cohabited with
woman named Barnet, by. whom he had two
children, persuaded her, about eleven o'clock on
Tuesday se'nnight, to takea moonlight walk BY
the Victoria Dock, Dundee. He suddenly push
ed her over the quay, but instead Of falling into
the water she fell into one Of the harbor barges
moored below. Hejumped after her to complete
his fell intention, but himself falling into the
water, between the pier and the barge, met with
the fate to which he had doomed his intended
victim sj4.itt ls 44i4sdg auts,57dD ..i.;f.u..t !.


During the past month vast numbers Of sheep.
have been slaughtered by the Darlington butch
ers, and have been sent, ready dressed, per rail-,
way, to London. ,,.,, .a. 9ss .!p, ', Z tsH
The cotton hosiery trade at Nottingham is inn
proving. The silk hosiery is shade worse.o,t,
Lord Prudhoe, whose residence, Stanwick
Park, is Situated within the diocese Of Ripon,
has lately presented to the funds Of the Church
Building Society at Ripon, the munifcent dona-
lion of f300.


On Sunday week, sixty-nine fishermen, who
hoJ I'D ch, IL. e.