Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-11-16
Foreign Gossip.

Thalberg is making wine near Naples.
Louis Napoleon is buying largely in
English consols.
The personal expenses of thePope do
not amount to five shillings day.
John G. Breckenridge has put his child.
rem to school in Vevsy, Switzerland.
The British Government is rcmodeling
the "Scorpion," turret ship, on the plan
of the Miantonomah.
The Prince of Wales leaves England for
Russia on the 5th of November, with a
numerous suit, to attend the marriage of
the Princess Dagmar with Czarwitcb.
1t is announced that the newspapers Of
Germany are small sffairs, only few in
ches square, and looking very much like
leaves torn from an old letter book. The
people do not seem to care much about the
late news, for if the newsdealer does moi
sell out his stock to-day, he is sure Of do
ing it tomorrow or the next day.
ROME TO VENIcE.-The Italian Journal:
publish the following address from "Rome
to Venice" dated October 8, and signed
''The Roman Committee" ''The Romans
send their sincere fluctuations to the Ven
etians on the occasion of their obtaining
liberty; aud they hail the happy day
which shall unite them with their Italian
brethren as the precursor of that which
shall herald the longed-for liberation Of
Rome"
PROPOSED Monument TO LORD BYRON
"A movement is on foot in Nottingham
for raising public monument to Lord By
ron, if possible, in Poets Corner, West
minister Abbey: but in the event of this
being imprscticable, it is proposed that q
bronze statute be placed in Market street,
one of the principal thoroughfares in Not
tingham.
A CATTLE 1TEM.-1n Great Britain, on
the 5th of March last, the total number Of
cattle returned by occupiers of land and
estimated by collecting officers was 4, 1885,
8S6; the number of sheep returned and
estimated, 22,O1s,2s1; the number Of
pigs, 9,477,6I9.
BREEcH-LoADERs.- British Secre-
tary of State for War has invited propos-
ais for breech-losding rifles, to replace the
present service rifles. The various condi-
tions of the new arm are minutely speci-
fed. Rewards of $1,000, 96OO, f5O0
and f4OO are offered for the best cartridge.
If the rifle to which the first prize is awar-
ded is adopted into the service it will bear
the inventors name. There will be trial
of the arms accepted for competition, and
fSOO will be paid to each accepted COM
petitor.
The Solsa publishes the following: "a
mason, native of Paris, who, while liv-
ing some time back at the Viterbo, gen.
erously devoted himself to the care OF
cholera patients, received visit after bis
return to his humble room in the Rue
Cousin Paris from NJ. de Mirode, who
presented to him, in the name of the Pope,
the patent and cross Of the Pontiical Or
der of ST. Sylvester
A correspondent of the Pail Nall Ga
zette writes from Rome: ''The Pope was
put in high spirits the other day by re-
ceiving, through the Atlantic cable, the
following telegram from Baltimore, de-
spatched on October 9, at IL 80 in the
morning and delivered at Rome at 8 so in
the afternoon: TO his Holiness Pope Plus
IX-Seven archbishops and forty bishops,
met in council, unanimously salute your
Holiness, and wish you long life, and de-
sire the preservation of all the ancient and
sacred rights of the Holy See.-Martin
John Spaulding, Archbishop Of Baltimore,
and President of the Council"