The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-23
FOREIGN JoTr1NGs.


meadows at Yirohay, near Versailles, have been
sold for f135, ,0O0 -
According to the latest accounts from Cron
stadt that port is surrounded with ice. Com
munlcatOns with Oranienbaum are carried on
by means OF sledges. -ta .t la.J
La ScOssd Electficd, comic Italian paper,
publishes caricature ofall the Italian ministers
on their knees begging Patti to give perform
ance for the benefit, OF Italian finance.
There Is rumor that the duty of military
service will be rendered universal in Russia,
ana reduced to seven, and in some cases to
three years.
The accession of Leopold ii to the throne of
Belgium has been celebrated by the remission OF
sentences upon all persons undergoing short
terms of imprisonment
The Bishop of London, it is said, will soon
bring TO the notice of Parliament the present
working of the Rubric respecting the dress of
ministers and the ornaments of the Church.
-Ofa quarter of million of pounds subscribed
among the three million Inhabitants of London
In support oil the Bishop of London's Fund,
exactly one-hafis given by ninety persons.
AN effort is making in London to obtain an
act OF Parliament With the view of assimilating
the English law to that of France for the protec-
non OF the copyright in prints and engravings
st. Martins workhouse and Archbishop
TENSIONS library and schools have been pur-
chased for the enlargement OF the National Gal
lery In London, at q cost OF eS6,000.
1t is said that the forthcoming report of the
French Minister of Finance will show a surplus
on the ordinary budget OF 30,000,0O0 francs, ap-
plcable to the extraordinary budget of public
works, and that the advertisement fund will once
more be active.
Two deaths from hydrophobia were regis
tered in London in the last week of December.
Another death registered was that of young
lady, daughter OF o clergyman who died of
"broken heart from acute mental distressn re-
sulting from the loss of her sister.
The Tycoon OF Japan has lately sent some
valuable presents to the King of Prussia, as an
nul AC mo ~ n fha uvlin oh hts
bassy received in Prussia three years ago. They
consist OF rich velvets and silks, porcelain, cabi-
nets, furniture and arms. Among the latter are
1--WE swords.
"A Madrid letter in the Paris Temps states that
M. Monturiol Spaniard, has solved the pro-
blem OF submarine steam navigation, by the in
vention OF vessel which can remain for hours
at a considerable depth, can discharge cannon
from below, and even act as q ram for piercing
the hulls of iron.clad ships
in two things, says Vienna correspondent,
the Hungarians have greatly improved during
the last few years. Formerly they were in the
habit of using language which almost made
ones hair stand on end, but now an oath rarely
passes their lips. They are less supercilious and
overweening than they used to be, and no longer
affect 70 despise other nations.
The Pail Mall Gazette states that the bread
-and-butter controversy at Christ Church, Oxford,
has resulted in an entire change of system, and
the various officers OF the college will for the
future be put on salaries. The office of manciple
the cook, and fresh place has been created in
the form of bursar's clerkship.
Al place called Ponte de PArchetto, not
far from Milan, young woman engaged to be
married was recently seized in the fields near
home by two men, who cut off her luXuriant
hair with pair of shears, after which they de-
parted, saying, "Now go and marry the man
you have chosen" The act is supposed TO have
been inspired by jealousy.
The Pal Mall Gazette publishes the follow
ing from ROme:-''It iS the custom at Rome for
the cardinals to write every year to the Catholic
emperors and kings, to offer the compliments
and congratulations suggested by the return of
Christmas and the opening OF a new year. The
Pope has forbidden the members of the Sacred
College to pay this mark OF respect to the EN-
peror of Mexico"
The enthusiasm Of the people of Sweden,
says the Nord, in relation TO the adoption of the
projects of reform, manifests itself in daily ova-
tions towards the King Some days ago, when
he was leaving the theatre, the crowd wished to
detach the horses and draw the royal carriage
themselves. The King refused and exclaimed
$50 long as am king my people shall wear no
bridles."
M. Provost, a veteran actor of the Theatre
Francais, died Brecently of pleurisy, after an
illness OF only three days, at the age of sixty
eight He was the beau ideal of the ''heavy
father" in legitimate comedy, and played mar
quises OF the d'acaen regime with great dignity
and correctness. Like most actors of the Fran
Gals, he gave lessons in defamation, and very
many OF the rising members of the profession
Qadies principally we're his pupils.
Madame de Paiva has nearly completed
magnificent mansion which she is building in
the Champs Elysees. M Baudry, painter in
the front rank of his profession, whose luscious
Venus Astarte three years ago was a rival, at
least er eQUo, of that of NJ. Cabanel of the same
year. is painting the ceiling of the principal
dIawingroom. The dining-room, too often in
French houses destitute OF ornament, is adorned
with pictures by Gerome, Delaunay Comte, and
BoulangT.
The London Times concludes an elaborate
review OF biography OF the late President Lin
coin, published in London, as tolows:- Every
one must believe in the Divine and not the
human government OF The world who sees how
the Northern people were carried through that
period OF tribulation, ior the highest estimate OF
Mr. Lincolns powers would not Justify the
opinion that he was either cloud by day or a
pillar OF tire by night to the nation over whose
struggles and sorrows he presided with such sor-
roWiul lsympathy and honest care.n
The Governor General of Kew, in Russia
has issued an ordinance forbiddng the use OF
the Polish language by physicians Tor writing
their prescriptions, and by druggists for keeping
their books. All tickets, labels, ETC., used By
the latter are to be In Russian alone, under u
penalty of so roubles (2O0f for the first offense
100 roubes tor the second, while the third
infringement of this regulation Will be followed
by the closing of the pharmacy. Physicians
may employ either the Russian or Latin Ian
guaees, but for each prescription in Polish they
incur fine OF 10 roubles, and dismissal if in the
service OF the State.
The Marquis de Larochejaqueln has died at
PecQ, near 81. German, Paris, at the age of
sixty He was the son of that Marie de Victoire
de Dounssau, who, while fighting by her hus-
bands side at La Vendee, at the battle of Cholet
held in her arms an infant ten months old, who
became the senator and marquis Just dead and
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