New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-15
94U Orleans Daily Gust.nt.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY Is, 1866.
Foreign Items.


tPaHs april 20 correspondence of the London stsr1
The steeplechase at La MarChe came off yester
day. The attendance was not only numerous but
more select than usual. The weather was rnapni-
hcent although the heat was somewhat oppres-
sVe. The sport was very good, The events of
the day were the two matches in which the Duke
Of Hamilton made his debut as a gentleman rider,
although the fact of his grace weighing fourteen
stone ana haf IS not particularly propitious for
ensurlng success in that occupation and was pro-
baby the cause of his defeat yesterday. He
showed the true spirit of a Douglas, however. In
he hrst race alone he got three falls to say moth
ing OF a hip bath; but rode on the same. In the
Fseeond he could have had he chosen, inasmuch
as count d'Eyry had considerable difficulty in
making his horse clear the river. The duke can
tered on evidently for the mere pleasure of enjoy
ing the most enjoyable of all sensations, good
run.
The duke rode the first match against Prince
Marat the latter winning easily with File de Air
IL. In the second match his grace rode Newry,
which was beaten by Mastrio, ridden by Count
dEYry.
The Emperor was not present
The Official journal of Teheran gives the follow
ing account of a shooting party, in which the shan
had taken part: The royal parsonage who casts
on the earth the shadow of God, has passed his
time very agreeably in the chase at playground.
With the aid Of God he killed thirty-twO head of
game and deigned to bring down number of
partridges, mOOrhens and pheasants. The Grand
Sypachsadar, minister of war; who accompanied
the great sovereign of Iran, obtained a remarkable
grace and generosity SO unsparingly, deigned TO
present him with partridge with his own hand.
The news from Germany is still warlike, but the
accounts are SO conflicting that it is impossible 10
Judge which of the belligereGts is best prepared
for an actual outbreak, In the event of a war,
nearly million Of soldiers could be put in the
field by Austria and Prussia, and quarter Of a
million more by Italy, should she be dragged into
the fight.
According to the official statistics, the Austrian
army, upon a full war footing amounts to 579 900
men, consisting of 43l 600 infantry, $1,000 artil-
lery, 100000 extra corps, drivers, sanitary aids
ambulance and field hospital men, ETC., and AZ 900
cavalry Deducting from the infantry and the
jagers the fourth battalion and depot strength
l09,800 men-who remain in the country and the
recruiting districts, the number of the available
foot soldiers amounts to 32I 600.
Making similar deduction from the artillery,
the extra corps and the cavalry, the two former
could take the field with n 900, and the latter with
3570O men, amounting altogether to 433,7OO
The available force of the Prussia army is about
1861 600 men; but she can put into the field, in
case Of extreme need about 100000. She has,
however, some thirty fortresses to defend; among
them Stettin, Cologne, Dantzig, Magdeburg, Po-
sen, Coblentz, Ehrenbreitstein and Konigsberg.
The Italian minister Of war has addressed re-
port to the King the state of the army, from
which it appears that there are at present under
arms l4,OO4 officers and l90,325 privates, or 2O4-
S29 in all. The reserve comprises 1754 officers
and l4866O privates, forming in all $50, Ala men.
Grand total, 354 743 men. OF these it is stated
that 100000 are available on the shortest notice.
Moreover, 30 600 men having been called out for
drill, these would be fit for service about the end
of May
There may be some truth in a report, given in
Berlin letter recently received in Florence to the
effect that Bismarck has said, in reply to friend
who asked him if the convention with Italy was
an accomplished fact: % We have no necessity for
written treaty with Italy, the alliance exists by
the force of circumstances. The first cannon
shots exchanged between Austria and Prussia
would bring King Victor Emmanuel and his troops
before the Quadrilateral, were it only to forestal
GaFibaldi and his volunteers y