New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14
FOREIGN NOTES.


the Nikolaief Courier announces that the
boTbor Of sebastopol will probably be completely free
from obstruction by the end OF next year On the Sun OF
Nav he bn of the sviatoslav was raised from the bot
tom and the Of the other submerged vessels the
Czesm the Maria and the ROstlsav, WILL IL Is expected
he recovered in the course OF the Summer several
of these vessels sunk great depths, The Courier be-
heycs the harD0r VIII be opened Tor navigation rVuS
months before the final diving operations are completed
The intended sale of the Chateau LATTE vine
yards has set people gosspng on VINE ana the iooWng
facts related in contradiction OF the proyerb that VINE
improves by keeping. NJ. dc ST. Arnaud states that ne
was on visit in 1884 to the Chateau Late when SaIe1
of 1885, vintage held in high repue during the DIec
tory and which drank late as $780, was put on inc
table Its flavor was almost gone and the VINE was pro
uOunced worthless. specimen Of the famous comet
drnkable The wine par eTceeHce which was pronounce
perfect 1879 which had been ten years IN wood
and five years botetherefore in 1884 was hfteeh
years old This it appears, IS the precise age al winch
superior caret should be drank
Letters which have reached Paris from Mu-
Mich contain brilliant accounts of the reat musical SO,
lemnity OF the year. namely, the first representation OF
Wagners d" Maitre ChqnteiTs de Nsren6er0." me or
chestra was under the direction OF Won Bulow soIlaw
OF Lszt the latter great master being one OF chard
Wagners earliest friends The artists were all Germans,
belonging TO the operahouses OF Berlin vienna
Augsburg and Darmstadt The King VINO oc-
cupied the royal box, sat on the night OF Wag,
who was remarkably Indifferent to the applause of
the multitude; but so continued and enthusiastic were
the calls for the author that Richard wagner was com
PEELED appear front of the box and receive the OVa
ton of the audience. The King Is described as an eH
pie of his grandfather leads very quiet fe ana IS az
entirely absorbed by art nut by 10
given TO the society OF IT'S feminine lneTPreues, oa
would appear that some Of the scenes OF the new Opera
strangely imbued with the els c0ncd, and e4clled inc
hilarity of the grave German audience.
A correspondent of The London Time, gives
the following account Of trip over the newlyhisheu
The mountain train was composed of three frsteass
carriages capable Of containing y persons each, lug
gage and guards van, and the locomotive Every tIalA
and two soHS cte6 de tram (6rakesmen), one
hpi
two the engine. The carriages are wei Dulit,
are arrou gsd in the sac manner along the side The
excellent pfeeaGt Is adopted u AaYlPg windows %hSn
cannot be opened as : 9 Faces w tom VA tho
passing train fiat a thOughtless faytN. putting his
head out Of window would most asSuredy come 70 gci
Twenty passengers III ali, mail ladies, We !ell eg;1 AZ
ga o. h., He ASCENT commencing Immediately AT 1905
~ reached the summit after several snort mats TO re-
1y 70 aneicio1r reaching that village az lI5.
TSLe 70 ratber ehsSon% pitch leading down TO
Modane between this and san Michel. which, although
short must try the machinery much as any part OF the
route and most beaufullyi worked ana fuIhed every
expectation that may have been formed Of IT, Every one
in the train could feel at this point, as, indeed oil
mounted by a who could ride him, and obeying the
slightest motion Of the breaks We ran into san Michel
after five hours and quarter passage, AL wei satsned
with our trip The curves are very sharp, but IN me
descent each brakesman oosens the strain on the lslue
wheels the iron buffers, as they turn al angles give
cuk' as they clash, aud tie carriages SWING easily
round without a jolt or any unpleasant SENSATION
The Servlan conspiracy seems to have orig
mated with a Society called "serbska Onladna,' or
Young serva" 1t is composed Of young men-princi-
1t has many members in foreign countries. It's spe-
ciay of the Association that never holds meetings eN
and September Servia has university Of ITS own but
Le Servan yOuth are sent for the most part at the
peuse Of the State foreign universities IN France Aus
tria Germany, and switzerland. These young strNaus
form committees in each university under different
names Those who study Vienna, for example, have
committee called ZOTa Aurora Their objects are
DaTv recreatIyc scientific and literary They publish
a
tales and scientific articles on subjects when were inc
objects of study in the various committees The Omla
dina is the name Of the association formed 10y the entire
body Of students, when they return 10 seIa Tor the
vacation 1t is kind of student congress which meets
I'm Belgrade with the and under the surveillance
of the authorities. The different committees give an ac
CONT o. q fee ne sS2 YEAR and the are
Of file Omladina was presided by NJ. Gruic,
Sean Minister, and dissolved by the Government
These Young men are animated with what they deem
grand Serviau IDEAS aud they were not very favorable
thas M a ~ he G, r. is not Prince
Alexander Karageorgeytch but his son Peter who has
tT addressed from semn 10 the Worth East Co1Tcspoad
encc that Mazao, Captain Of engineers and the imne
date author of The attack on Prince Mlchae!s life was
shot on the 18Th in the fortress OF Belgrade.
The official Statistical Abstract relating TO IN
dia has been issued Although it has only reached lis
second annual number, this little DluehOOk Of 20 pages
has already become complete summary OF statistics
showing the condition ana progress OF INDIA Inc area
of British india 97g2 square miles and the population
miles, and the population 4gO9l99i Of native or Indian
States under French government lss square mes, with
l0C6 miles, with 3l3,2C1 people; making grand total
| Of l,545,3JG square miles, with population Of
census Of 1866 was 81 81 Of Bombay an 1900 sG5C2
OF Madras lS63 l277n Inc gross amount Gi me Pn6c
s75 the financial year 1861 10 &4S2lC2 IN ls6jGG
~ sGG " dLt sSvaycd from 60 AN 9st to sd Al an
creased largely in productveuess: Land revenue from
100 es55,2Gi salt from &26oj.57i 70 fj32lI excise
sayer &C. from aL4s6,s6l TO 226l2,556 stamps from
GC2lC5 to lg94C32 tributes from E5OiO3O 10 47O9C32
table Of the principal items OF expenditure might with
advantage be given; the expenditure on public works Is
1861 10 453C0C25 in 1866 The vessels Including native
cIafD entered ana cleared at ports OF brush IHdla ad-
yaneed IN the 70 years from S5 OF 4Ssss tans 20
534esO tuns, the British tlnuage having than
doubled in the 20 years. The import Of merchandise
advanced from &l4gI5s7 IN lo5o-57 to s4gtg921s in
1866, and OF treasure from &l44l36g 20 &2G5j73Ol
exports increased in the 10 years nom aC59l,s57
| 70 6G7.GjG.476; OF raw cotton from 4L457g4y TO
rice from s23Ol1s2 70 s4g0s,tG2 The emgrauts from
British India were 1855 IN 1861 279 "a lo6jGG two
GC5s7O12 had been expended on railways IN the year
ending with June, 1906 3452 miles were open ana lG2O
9O passengers conveyed the years receipts were
&46O7,23C and tie working expenses &22G,yS5 1880
miles OF Government Telegraph lines were then open;
the years receipts amounted 10 S24s tho expenditure
FOR working and maintenance was RitSjs2 II ls5-5o
letters ana were DO @ & XXI
offices opened increased from gC5 300 The troops
employed British India IN 1857 B5522 Europeans
and 232 "a natives IN 1896 CG4 Europeans iI7Cg5
natives. In 1853, with an average strength OF 1920
European troops there we're 1881 deaths among them
from ordinary causes and by cholera 1906 with
average strength OF 1921, the deaths from ordinary
only 995 and by cholera ~ In the schools
and colleges maintained aided by Government, the
attendance Of pupils 190t56 IN lejI 559 IN
1866 the Government expenditure &743j7 IN 1851, Sl0
O3s IN 1896. These few figures serve to give some
idea Of 70 years progress OF British india
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