The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-24
The New Political Reforms In
France.
Spanish Minister Of States Letter to the
Ambassadors at Foreign Courts.
English and Russian Policy Re.
garding Central Asia.
ANOTHER GREAT CANAL SCHEME

The steamship Pereire. Captain Duchesne, Of the
General Transatlantic Company, from Havre 18th
and Brest l4h inst, arrived at this port yesterday
afternoon She brings details of our cable dispatches
up to date OF sailing.
The next session Of the Congress of Political
Economy will be opened on September l at May.
ence Germany.
The Loire Of st. Ettenne states that the miners
just condemned In that town for acts Of violence
while on strike have petitioned the Emperor Napo.
leon TO accord them pardon.
Accounts from Neufchate In Switzerland, state
that hail storm has done great damage to the vines
In that canton The loss is estimated at2more than
two millions Of francs.
The net proceeds of the Swiss railways for the year
1857 Ia given as follOws:-Buach- Regensburg, per
cent; Berne State Railway LIS; Grand Central, SIS;
Jura 1; Italian line, 0.2; Northeast, 8; Western
Swiss, 22;s Union, rs, and Zurch-Lucerne, Ia.
TOE opening OF the shooting season in France has
been fixed as folows:-In the southern zone on the
16th with the exception Of four departments, in
which the date Is the 23d in the central the S0th
and In the northern on the 9Th Of September.
The Conte Cdrour of Turin says:-"We are In.
formed that Prince Amedeus after having passed q
par, OF the summer at the royal chateau Of Stupng,
viii embark for Beyrout with some distinguished
savants. His Highness Will be one Of the first to
visit the Suez Canal.n
The Paris Gaulots reports that pupil of the school
of st. Cyr has invented mitraieuse far more muir
derous than that Of Meudon. General de Gondre-
court the head OF the establishment is said to have
had 1t constructed at his own expense, and to have
presented to the Emperor both the weapon and the
inventor.
fatal accident occurred on Saturday, the It'll
inst, at Chartered, In Belgium. An underground
ice well. fifty feet deep, was being built near the Rue
de II Source and four masons were at WORK at the
bottom, when the sides fell in and buried them In
the ruins. One was got out almost unhurt after
fifteen hours labor, o portion Of the woodwork
having formed an arch over his head, but the bodies
Of the others, one of whom was son Of the survi-
vor. were not extracted until the following evening.
The Memorial de la Loire states that the strike OF
the workwomen In the silk trade has spread from
Bourg Argental to St diamond and Izeux. They
demand increase Of wages and one hour less work
per day. They have left the factories where they
were lodged and partly fed and appear in the town
and neighborh0od In groups but are quite peace
able.
The receipts OF the theatres, concerts, dancing
places and public exhibitions in Paris In July
amounted to 71solsf, being decrease Of 1863, ossf.
on the preceding month, but an augmentation OF
175 ,2a2f. over the July of last year.
telegram from AJaccio states that the domanial
lOTeSt Ol MOTUHuO HAS Deeu Oh IRE Since the otU.
Measures had been taken by the troops quartered at
the penitentiary establishment Of Casabianca close
by to exunguish the flames, but the attempt failed.
ana the connagration was still spreading.
During violent storm at Blesheim (aaut- Rhin)
three DAYS back two persons, NJ Troulet, farmer,
and an old woman, being overtaken by the rain,
sought shelter under poplar. and were both killed
by the lightning. The electric nuid struck
M. Trouillet first on the forehead and
passed out at the back of the neck,
re-entered the body under the shoulder blade, and
escaped through the chest, having perforated the
heart No marks were found on the other body.
number OF foreign Officers are at present at the
Camp OF Chalons; among them are two Swedish and
TWO Italian, all OF high rank, one English. and
Colonel Count de waldersen, Of the Prussian stan,
one Of the most distinguished tactcians OF the
Northern Confederation. He belongs to the Eleventh
corps d'armee, the headquarters Of which are at
Casse He is now lodging In the hut Of French
general, one Of his friends.