... it is not valued higher than about £119,114. 3d. The Sancy diamond, which formerly belonged totlie crown of France, was named after the Baron tie Snrti5 French Ambassador at Constantinople wio brougit itrto Lewis XIV. It cost about £26,250., and is thougirtto ...

... stone has been lately disco- vered in Russia. It is- a minrerallikegranitein one ?? pet. and green as emerald. It has been named after 'the President oftthe Russian Academy, Onvarovit . The Afoniteur contains an ordinance, authorising the Minister of Finance ...

... Czarewitz Alexander, the presumptive heir of the throne of Russia, gave birth on tlie 10th instant to a prince, who was named after bisfather. The delivery of the Princess was announced to the people of St. Petersburg by a salute of 301 rounds. The wife ...

... find that the genius, the taste, and the fancy which have rendered the city of Minerva immortal— which have caused its name, after the lapse of two thousand years, to be adopted institution animated a similar spirit, in a distant and then barbarous land ...