Untitled

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 151, 1 July 1867, Page 2

A letter from Mitylene, published in the Levant Herald, says the shocks of •earthquake have nearly ceased, and there is some improvement in the general state of thiags : — This morning there was a grand procession and solemn thanksgiving for cessation of the calamity ; nearly the whole of , the survivors, who had kept a strict fast during the three previous days, attended the ceremony. The procession, headed by the bishop, went all round the town and stopped near the ruined churches, - were litanies where sung. •Nearly all the ladies were in mourning, and some of them with dishevelled hair / jand barefooted. Altogether the sight was arid impressive. : The.\ Chinese silkworm is perfectly ■'. acclimatised in Austria, and is now in it fourth generation there, as in France:Jjast year, M» de Bretton got 4000 cocoons :- of this l species*/ which yielded nearly ;*SQOjOOO eggs* This year hie is organising, :^;^vith ifche .assistance of the Austrian govern--jthi-ee large silk-pro'd.uciug establish'linentsi;in Mpi avia and in Slavonia. The |;isiikjhitherto obtained has proved to be of nrid ; is exhibited. a| the ; Ex|bibit)tony ;.;■•'" : - I ■ '-'V. :•''.'■ ; ' '■ -"■