The Portland daily press., 1865-10-17
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.


"A fine marble statue of the Emperor Trajan
has been discovered on an estate at Civic La
rinio, by some workmen, while digging in. a
field. NasA 3 GA ~
The town of Fondo, in the Tyrol, has been
almost entirely destroyed by fire. One hun
dred and fifty houses have been burned, and
three hundred families are without shelter.
The town hall, the church, and few houses
situated on an elevation, escaped the flames.
The first piece of artillery meeting the eye
near the principal gate of Coburg Castle has
little figure of Luther on the barrel kneeling
opposite that of the Pope, and boxing his ears
with equal satisfaction to himself and effect on
the victim of his wrath.
The railway from Cordova to Malaga,
Spain, has been opened with great ceremony by
ernors of the two provinces, and other officials,
in the presence of a large number of specta-
tors. The benediction was given by the Bish-
op of Cordoya. as a ~
"A very old lady named Cornell has lately
died in Preston, England. Her parents were
among the first to embrace the doctrines of
John Wesley, who, on his visits to Preston,
preached in their house. Her father was the
first class-leader in the Wesleyan connection
in Preston, and she herself was christened by
John Wesley. aa s3a
Egypt has this year Deen obliged to have
recourse to Odessa for large supplies of wheat.
The export trade from Odessa to Alexandria
has accordingly been unusually animated.
AT Toulon lately violent Sirocco blew
over the town, and thousands of swallows,
weather-bound there, had to wait for south
winds to cross the Mediterranean ~
"A committee of engineers has ben charg-
ed to visit the passages of the Apprentices, be-
tween Tuscany and the Romagna in order to
form a comparative estimate of the different
plans brought forward for uniting Florence
more directly with the shores Of the Adriatic.
"A monument isto be erected on the battle-
field of Legnano where Barbarossa was de-
.feated by the Its liam in 1176 +7-
Il "A railway-tl ain from Tameswar to Pesth
was attacked lately near Orosslasnos BY six
armed men with their faces bIackened, who.
having removed one Of the rails, thus stopping
the train, were preparing to piIlage the whole
convoy, when the employees Of the line. mus
tering in force, and aided by the passengers in
the carriages, succeeded in putting them to
flight.
1t is said that Prince Humbert. the Crown
Prince of Italy, has fallen in love with the
Princess Marguerite, the eldest daughter ofthe
Duke Of Nemours, bat that the King Of italy
disapprOves Of the match because the Fmperor
of the French refuses to sanction the alliance
Nevertheless, it is declared that the young
Prince is determined to wed no other royal
lady. ASSN r. t.w n
The London Morning Post announces that
an important decision has been arrived AZ by
the French Government with resnecr 10 the
evacuation Of Rome. The French troons will
shortly begin to withdraw and Concentrate at
Ciyita Veechia and other points, and from
thence gradually return to France.
The Times vienna correspondent declares
that two months ago Prussia and Austria we're
on the verge Of war. The latter had sfetermiu-
Cd to support the rights Of the Duehies, and 70
that end prepared an army for sighting out the
matter. TWAS only when the Minister Of Fl.
nance found that this would cost e6yOOOOOO
aud that he could not possibly raise the money,
that instructions were given to Yield to Prussia,
which was done with very bad grace. r
"A Young man, apparently of the MINER
classes, has committed suicide in one of the
dressing-EOoms of the public baths at Berlin
by shooting himself The persons who rushed
in on hearing the report of the pistol found him
quite dead, and packet Of papers by his side
which contained several directions, and
amongst others that his 'carcase should be
well beaten and given to any surgeon who lik-
ed to ask for i" The papers gave no, clue as
to the suicides name or the cause of the act,