The Portland daily press., 1865-11-21
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

The ex-Emperor Of Austria is sufficiently
ill for bulletins to be issued from time to time.
Ferdinand, who is the uncle of the present
Emperor, is in his seventy-third year. He
succeeded to the crown in 1885, and abdicated
in184S. - - Is - ~
AT Besancon, France, lately, violent deto-
nation was heard underground, and the earth
was twice shaken The oscillations were in
the direction from southwest to northeast, and
were perceived by many persons, who Were
reused from their beds. No accident was
caused by the CONFUSION. y.,..vE ~,
-Workmen employedin sinking the founda-
tions for new church at Exeter, England, late
ly discovered, at a depth of ten feet, some por
tons of tesselated pavement, evidently of
great antiquity. rnWIqE 7fTgQ p1WqT
in Croatia the highroads are so unsafe
owing to the bands of robbers which prevail
there, that it is thought martial law will be
proclaimed in the province before long. A no.
torious robber chieftain, Joseph Udmanic, and
three others less famous, have been made pris-
oners. ..-...-..... 81, f..,...t.y
Winter has commenced in the Baltic pro-
vinces; the inhabitants of Reyel have begun to
use sledges. FeHeAEB q
Near Potsdam, in Prussia, gunpowder is
manufactured from wood, on something like
the gun-cotton principle. 4s A. @t'A
Among the improvements going on in Par
is is the building of number of churches with
domes, in the style so much in vogue in Italy
They will give quite new character to Paris
ian architecture. E - Shsh
1t has usually been supposed that a gasom-
Both ultimo, at Nine Elms, near London, a gas
ometer did explode, shaking the city to its foun-
dations. The building contained million GU
bic feet of gas, and burst with sound as of a
park Of artillery, SCATTERING. the massive iron
roof, and filling the air all around with flames.
A second gasometer near caught fire, and the
conhagration was terrible. Several persons
were killed by the first explosion, and others
fearfully burned s.--..-...
In Turkey, the Minister, Fuad Pacha, has
undertaken to effect reform similar to that
the monastic property. 1t is estimated that
MreeJoasths of the real estate in Turkey is of
this kind.
--Itis said that Francis H., late o. Naples, is
preparing to leave Rome to reside in Austria or
Bavaria, in consequence of the departure Of
the French. This decision was come to in a
family council held at the Farnese Palace.
One hundred thousand children are educa-
ted in the district schools of Norway, at an an
nual cost of eighty thousand pounds
The Manchester Guardian states that when
the Dean of Westminster pronounced the
words, "dust to dust, ashes to ashes" over the
grave of Lord Palmerston, the chief mourner,
as last precious offering to the dead, threw in
to the grave several diamond and gold rings
This novelty attracted great deal of notice,
and was received with various degrees of ap-
probation. To some it appeared "a great i'm
provement, as taking away all the earthly hide
business of burial; but others thought that the
traditional solemnity of the grave suffered
when the dread words "ashes to ashes, dust to
dust" were accompanied by this garish substi-
tute for the usual symbolic sprinkling of earth
upon the coffin. s as ra .
AT the Students Congress at Liege, a
French student jumped upon chair and dis
played black Grape banner, saying that SO
long as France was in mourning for the loss of
her liberties, he and his comrades could have
no other flag. Thereupon, however, another
student waved a tri-colored flag, and vas about
to make speech, but the meeting settled the
matter by cries of "No flag at ALL" Unanimous
applause followed, and order, a moment threat
ened, was restored. ....y3+rtfiG hen
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