East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-03-30
Foreign Items.

nj. Il, Simon has made present to
the Jardiud' Acclimatization, in Paris,
Of twcnty-four Chinese sheep, which,
it is said, are of great fecundity, and
not second even to Southdowns.--
They are very small. 81 erf
The wealthy natives of Bombay
have subscribed fund of one lac and
seventy five thousand rupees, for the
purpose of establishing a Fellowship
in connection with the University OF
Bombay, to be called the Canning
EolloushiIs in order to re-n~.~.4a .i.n
memory Of the late Lord Canning.
The UImderr of Vienna, is very
wrathful with England, and suggests
that league should DO formed
throughout Germany for the discontin-
uance of the use of English goods as
tho moderate" commencement of a
reprisal by the German people, and a
lesson for English arrogance.
The will of the Duchess of Parma
still remains sealed in the archives OF
Parma. Her fortune was about four
teen millions Of francs, and will be d.
vided into five parts-two parts to her
eldest son Robert and tho other three
among her children, Henri, Margue-
rite, and Alice. The palace at Venice,
in which she resided, has been closed,
and the children have gone to Frohs-
dorf.
Tho Bank Of France will, on the
LIST of April, issue notes of 60. Al
present the lowest amount of note IN
circulation is of GA 200 francs),
and the bank adopted it with intense
repugnance, as it has done dureste, the
60 note. French bankers entertain
the belief that in notes Of such an
amount there is some mysterious
danger.
1t is said that the King Of the Bel
gians has strongly advised the Prin.
cess Charlotte not to accompany hei
husband the Arcxhduke Macmillan, t.
Mexico, but to follow him when he
has smoothcd down the difficulties at
tendant on his taking possession of hi:
empire.
An interesting discovery has beer
made near Drumlanrig. The Duk,
Of Buccleuch recently gave orders fol
excavating the huge green mound
known as Tibbers Castle, with the view
of ascertaining whether any remains
of interest might be discovered. Ac
cordingly a number of workmen, un
der direction of tho clerk of works q
Drumlanrig, have lately been making
excavations. They have laid bare the
foundations of building of great OK
tent, the hall being ninety feet b,
twenty-six. Underneath dungeon
has boon discovered, in which wer,
found bones, several silver spoons, ant
other articles.
A curious trick Of shooting was per
formed in Paris not long since. A
Swiss gentleman backed himself t
take aim with his carbine, then sup
port it with his right arm, then will
his left hand put his hat over the muz
zle and hit the centre of the target
This he did three times in succession.
The following interesting statistic
have been recently given as to tn
strength and cost of the standing ar
mics Of Europe. Russia's standing
army is 900, 600 men, costing 26, 900,
600 sterling per annum, or ~ pc
cent of the national budget Franc
has 573, 900 men, costing 34,000,00C
or 33 per cent; Austria, 4G7 900 mer
costing 100000 or 81 per cent
Turkey, 424, 600 men; Italy, 314, 900,
men, costing 100000; England
300, 900 men, costing 33, 900, 900 or 3
per cent Prussia, 2l4, 900 men, cos,
ing 300, 600, or30 per cent; Sweder
1000 men, costing 40 per cent; Der
mark, $4,000, costing 81 per cent
The whole standing army of Europ
is 1915, 847 men, costing annual
17O,00O,0O0 sterling.