LONDON.

Bruce Herald, Volume III, Issue 60, 1 June 1865, Page 4

LONDON.

(From our dvon Correspondent.) :-,.■■ < _ :i! ;; . , 26th Marchj 186& The; late Duke of Northumberland is said to.have -spent, in the last ten years',- more' than half a million of money in building ten •clrurches and increasing'the comfort of this 'cottagers -on his 1 estates. ! ' ' By the death ; of ] his ■ Grace; without : issiie, the Earldom of Beyerly. becomes .merged in the. Dukedom. - The barony ofPrudhoe> held 5 by the • deceased, becomes extinct, and the five' ancient baronies' which descended to; liini:' from his last of : the bid PercidSj pass, to his i -grand-nephew, the Duke, Jbf f Atlioll, who thus: ; becomes : the holder of ,

f twenty-two'titles: As 'his successor brings \ two-titles to the Dukedom, the new Duke will still be the possessor of seven titles, or ■f our less than the deceased. The present Percy family are descended front Sir. Hugh Smithson, who intermarried wi th the heiress of' the Perciesin the middle of the last century and took the name. . .'.''". : Lord Lorainej-th^' eldest son Bf the new Duke, will assume the courtesy title b£ Ea;rl Percy, .and his youngdr , brothers wiih be Iknownia Lord Joceline and Lbrd , Henry •Percy: ! ' '. _".' _ , ' '.' . v; ''.'.. ..:■,■ • ;.,■ ..'.' Withdut including, thd. Duke of . JSTorthuniberlkn'd'b' garter^ just vaoant, Lord Palmerston 'has had twenty-;one garters to bestow, Lord Derliy_, during hist admiii_3iratibn_, not one.! .]■■:■;!>.! ■-.■'• •.•-•:;? '.-'i: A' A r ' '-'■ '■'■ ; f The London police' Have 'got" tip a small sensation for the publics, which attracts' kdA miring crowds around the novelty. It consists in giving andllusitration in lithograph jof" the person '"" Wanted," at the head of. those bills which promise large rewards for the; apprehension of ' any •individual. ! - The daily papers of London have'suffered considerable inconvenience lately, from the' fact' that the telegraph lines on the continent ar& stopped between, the hours of nine; and twelve o'clock at.night, and the transmission of news ; to English, journals ceases during, the interval.' i 'The answer is that th'e'lines are then, entirely devoted to 'the- service of diplomacy, which' has three hours to' send its messages bigwith.the fate of the world.' 1 The chief : result is a great nuisance '< to the • British journalist, whose worfosds much interfered: with,;while the telegraph is-lazily sending its. platitudes froni city ,to city.. ."'"...,.. '•'A. performing candlestick , at the SoutH London Exhibition has been a subject of rnu'ch amusement. It indicates the time after the candle' is partly Consumed, repeats .the hour oyer again if'requiredf ' shuffsitself out, rings ;you up, opens yoxir door, boils: a pintof waterbya.pot-.which bpils at both ends to tnakß a cup of tea or coffee, and..,- rings, a bell _ when;.the -water boils ;, rings the servant; . lip, ; aholdrags'on the bedclothes,' and pulls her. otvfc of bed should' she refuse to get up at the proper time. '; '' : ; ' r ! . Ainew invention hi France is said to be a' pair, of nruisical boots, which have been exhibited to ,the Emperor: . At , .every \ step the boot prpduces melody— -dt may be a waltz, a I'hi.aiiurka; or .an operatic air— an arrangement likely' to prove' extremely convenient for &' dancing-master. At St. James's Hall Ihefe is a performance irt which thß smallest specimens of humanity take a part; which can However,' hardly be called draMia4ic_; although: Ihe" officials or the Lord Chanlbeirlaih may consider it to be- so. This ; diminutive . company consists of General Tom Thumbs bis little wife and -their ..child,', together with Commodore Nutt and JMtiss Minnie Warren: These small persons with great prefixes, are hot content with receiving visitors at. their- levees, as they term their performances, but they enact dances and recitations, and altogether make up a medley entertainment. As specimens of homunculi tliey ar.e curious, and if human beings are to be shown on account of their peculiarities these; appear as pleasantly as it is possible to present them. Among the numeTous , *> purposes to which photography; has been applied may now be included.* so to speak, that of surveying or mapping a country. Taking advantage of the physical conformation- of the country . around Grenoble, which is extremely mountainous, Captain Javary has succeeded in making an admirable photographic survey of 'Grenoble and its environs. Eighteen different stations, at various eleyationSj were selected, and the result is a map in which all ..the outward physical features of the country ate represented Avith the fullest microscopical minuteness; Some strangely panoramic photographs have lately been produced,' which at once strike the eye as something new. These are ■the productions, of a very beautiful contrivance, which is really a new power in plloto- • graphic representation, as pictures embracing 120° can now be readily taken. r The construction of the Pantoscopic Camera, the name given to the instrument' which proditceS these marvels j is based tipbh ■ ■ the fact that if a lens revolves about a pivot placed immediately niider its optical' centre, and if the image , be received upon the interior of a cylinder, placed behind and concentric with it, the image, is stationary hotAvithstanding the rotation of the lens. M. Martens, of Paris-, long ago applied tins fact 'to taking pictures on curved Daguerreotype ■plates:. .-•,-'■ ■ '■ -'■ Thei country bordering upon the states of i Central Asia, or extending, from the sea of Aral to lake Yossyk Kul, has been formed into, a Roissian province, under title of Russian Turkestan. j • ! •The Prince of Wales has sent -a contribution of Fifty Guineas, to the funds of the Railway Benevolent Institution. The claims ' of this institution will be advocated this year by His Gi ace the Duke of Devonshire^ and the ahhi^ersaiy festival will be held at WUlk'sP^om^ on ; May 10: , , J : iThe London/ pugilists; have struck but i in a friendly way t f or the r Surrey actors, :|>uint.,- 1 .-.oiit-.,. , The. beneyplent. pugilists have the • magnificent sum of £70 amongst themVl ■

"*' When the Emperor of. Russia, some time ago, accompanied his Empress to Nice; the French Empdror invited him to Paris, blithe, respectfully declined. But frond thb fear that the publib would consider thik refusal as a slight.t o. hid French .Majesty, the report, was t diligently spread! that the Czar had pro-; rnised. a, visit for xvprii_i on; returning to seek . the Empress. It thrnd. outj however* either that the, promise was? not made or _ that ifmade it will not be kept. The Empress is to leave Nice at the end' of -the present month, and the Czar id not to .go to seek her. She is ito pass a month at Darmstadt-, where her family resides, and; the' :- Emperor is to join her there. Thus the Czar not Only does not come to Paris, but -does not- set foot again in France; This is of political importance. If. he ha.d it would have been affirmed* and there wouldvhave been reason for believing* -that the alliance between. .Fraaice and Russia, which b'versiiice ibhe Polish affair the Emperor tlf the French has" been diligently trying to rehbw, was' likely to become un fait 'accompli. His not coming leads to . the_ z&siimption that' the relations' betweett France and Russia_have hot only hot improved but are even cooler than they were. The International' and Electric Telegraph Company have published their ■■ tariff for messages;, by the, Indo-European line. To Bushire the chargefor twenty, words, including address, and signature, is £2 .lQs. . 6d.. ; z to' iSrrachee_; ;£4r 10s: 6d. ; to Ceylon," £5 Bs. ; to British Burhtah, £5 ss. ; and to the three Presidencies.; Bombay, -Calcutta, and Madras, £5 is. 'For each additi.ohai.ten_ words, or fraction of ten words, one-half of these rates must-be added. . - ,: : Baron Liebegihas been invited to Berlin, toa post at the Berlin- University. -The' King of, Bavaria was desirous that the Professor should remain -at the "Hoff/-- and ---toreward the Professor for his self-sacrifice the King has given him a, Grand Cross of' Merit, the Holy St. Michael. ; "" The Parisians are introducing, steel orna-. ments' If hi ladies.; hi lieu of- \ gold', 'aiid have arrived at a wonderful decree of perfection in the manufacture. ! ."".'";' ' „ I The Emperor of the French, it is cur-, rently i-ejaorted, Js shortly. going „„tQ„, Algiers, for^-while.