The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-03
FOREIGN JOTTINGs.

The NEW POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN FRANcR.--
The new formation of tierspdrtl in the legsla.
tive body has hot been allowed to pass unno-
ticed by the Emperor. AZ dinner given to
number of deputies at the Tuileries on Tuesday,
his Majesty, we are told, SAID to several of those
who had signed the amendment asking for an
extension OF political liberty that he was vexed
at their secession from the majority, and that he
had been accustomed to more perfect harmony
between his Government and its proessed sup
porters Afterwards be took aside M. Ancel,
member for Havre, and said to him:-"M. ANGEL,
] have always deemed you friend of the EN-
pire in spite of some Emergencies of detail, but
this is now question OF a really dangerous
demonstration. 1t is Just these demands put for
ward under an aspect OF moderation which intro
duCe disorder into society,"" A curious addition
to this story, which we give merely as current
in Partisan salons, Is that the Empress, observ-
ing that the conversation was growing some.
what embarrassing, advanced to the Duke Mar
mier, who had put his name to the amendment
Of the seventeen" and sad:--"Well, Monsieur
le Due, am only a woman, and understand little
of politics; but know the heart is on the left,
and / am on your side" This II is supposed,
is meant as further development of the role
OF Marie Antoinette which her Majesty has
already adopted so far as personal attire goes.
Marie Antoinette always preferred the demo-
Gratis to the constitutional party.-Pdu Mall
Gazette.
UNDAUNTED ETIQUETTE AND CoURTEsY.-Tn
England, during the French Revolution, the
Duke of Bedford invited the emigrant Due de
magnificent entertainments which English noble
men prided themselves on giving to crowned
heads, and their good, feeling prompts them to
offer to exiles. During dessert, a bottle Of Con-
stantia was produced, which for age and flavor
was supposed 10 be matchless. 1t was liquid
gold In q crystal tlagon, ray of the sun de-
scending into goblet it was nectar which
was worthy of Jove, and in which Bacchus
would have revelled.
The noble head of the house of Russell him
self helped his guest to glass OF this choice
wine, and De Grammont on tasting it declared
it to be excellent. The Duke of Bedford anxious
to Judge of its quality, poured out glass, which
no sooner approached his lips than with hor-
rble contortion he eXclaimed:-"Why, what on
earth is this 7" The butler approached, took the
bottle and applied it to his nostrils, and to the
dismay of his master pronounced it to be castor
oil The Due de Grammont had swallowed this
horrid draught without wincing.
POISONING WITH VITRIoI.- Court of Assizes
OF the Charente-Infereure France, has Just tried
a farmer named PeTon, aged forty-elght, re-
siding at Sablonceau, and his servant maid,
named Anne GaZeau, charged with having mur-
dered the wife of the hrst-named prisoner by
poison. Peron began TO maltreat his wife, who
was frequently beaten by both him and the SER
want. In the course of the following month they
resolved to poison7her, and administered in her
food repeated doses OF blue vitriol which proved
fatal on the 4th of July. No suspicious were
entertained at the time, but some weeks later
Peron gave the girl Anne notice to leave, when
she was overheard to say that she would never
quit the house till they should both be taken to
prison for poisoning his wife. This fact becom-
ing known they were arrested.
A "LEGARDERE" IN EARNEsT.-At one of the
theatres OF Lyons, the Tivoli-Lyonnais, the
BosSu of Paul Feval was performed few even
ings since, when an accident of serious charac-
ter took place. In the fifth act duel occurs be-
| tween one of the personages and the hero of the
| piece, "Legardere."' By some negligence the
| sword OF the actor who played this part had
been allowed to remain without the button,
| usually screwed on, and in the duel he wounded
his antagonist, who fell, uttering loud cry.
| The audience, thinking that all was simulated
| admirably, applauded vociferously, and it was
not until they saw the blood flowing freely that
| they became aware of the reality of the scene.
| The wound will not prove fatal
WATERY SIMILEs-An English journal OBJ
serves that "a good many of our actions may be
! described by metaphors taken from the habits OF
| wafer We-that is to say some of us-boil and
| foam with passion, sometimes because our cash
! has run OUT and then the tide of success
| turns, and there ls an influx of fresh means.
| Oarsmen will often tell us how they are Obliged
| to spirit and Low under that pressure they are
pumped;' and Solomon, who must have seen q
| good deal of it in his large establishment, re
minds us, with fearfully graphic image, that 6
| contentious wife is continual dropping We
fear he must have found his ivory palace worse
| than the dropping well at Knares borough; but Il
| was his own choice"
ANOTHER ALPINE CATAsTRcPHE.-Al letter from
ChateauvieuX (Hautes-Alpes) says:-"A great
| misfortune has just occurred here. Two even
ings ago mass of rock, in which three dwell
ings had been excavated, fell with great noise
and buried under its ruins three persons, mar
| named Bourgeois, his wife, and a servant Marie
| Brisset The three victims must lie buried
| several days, as from the mass that has talleI
| a considerable time will be required to remove
the ruins. In falling, the heap OF rocks crushed
house, stable, in which was a COW, and {
large barn."
PETROLEUM IN ITALY-Recent accounts from
Leghorn relate that there is a general rise il
the price Of foreign articles imported there, and
especially in petroleum, of which the consump
ton is said to be so large in Italy that the
supply is not equal to the demand. The price
has so much increased lately that companies
have been formed at Turin and Genoa for work
ing and purifying the produce of the petroleum
springs which exist in Parma and Calabria.
THE --LATEST CHOLERA THEoRY.-Nladame d.
Castelman requests the French Academy Il
direct its commissioners to examine with the ait
OF the solar microscope the anmalcules II
which she attributes the development of cholera
and specimens OF which she oilers to place a
their disposal.
| BILLIARDS IN PARIs.-In the cafes and othe
houses OF entertainment In Paris there ar
| tWenty-seven thousand seven hundred and ele
ven public billiard tables, some single house
having as many as thirty tables. The estimates
annual receipts from these is GA, ,040,000.
AN INTERESTING DIscovERY.-Sume interesting
vestiges OF the ancient Temple Of Traian, adioiI
workmen employed in repairing the foundation
| Of fhD oil mi Do at RnN