Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-06-18
FOREIGN NOTES.


was born now bears a tablet and bronze medal
lion concentrating the fact.
A Portuguese inventor has recently presented
to the Cabinet of Lisbon murlerous little en-
gine, firing 500 shots in a minute.
Six newspapers are now published in the
Sandwich Islands, three in the English and three
in the native language.
Verdi is to write the music and SariOu the
lbretto Of an opera to be performed when the
new Paris Grand Opera House is opened
Rossi, the Italian tragedian, is in Paris, play
ing "Hamlet' in Italian. The critics praise
him immensely.
An association has been formed in Paris to
give legal advice gratuitously to all who think
that they have been wronged by the French po-
lice
Partisan theatres DO not show very large
receipts lately. There are only eight which re
ceve upwards Of SOY month, and the op-
era, which stands first, gets less than $4,000. /
The big Prince Of the little State Of Monaco
has banishel French poet '' for having med
died with the affairs OF State and caused trouble
IL the country ~
In Berlin, about two thousand jouneymen
house-carpenters have been striking recently for
an increase Of their daily wages from ffty-two
and half to seventy cents gold
Maximilian inland estate in the Adriatic has
been sold. The WeI-kept forests will be cut
down to give place to lime-kilns, and the castle
built by Richard Coeur de Lion will lie made a
Sathins house.
For the purpose Of testing the French railroads /.
to concentrate large number Of troops At a
given point quickly, two hundred thousand SOL /
fft In
The wines in Prince Metteruich's cellar were
lately sold at the chateau of Johannisberg. .
Among the highest prices Wolf, Of Frankfort, T.
paid $500 for a single barrel, and the Duke Of
Nassau : 200 for one half cask.
Duke Ernest Of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. gained
the third prize for a musical composition in a
competition between one hundred and fifty COM
posers at Wurzburg. His contribution was
hymn to Peace, and was performed by two
thousand singers and ninety instrumentalists.
Jean Dollfus the great manufacturer Of Mulhaus-
en-, France, has given three million francs as a
fundf0r sick and iufrm working men, and 10 ed
ucate poor children. The population Of the
town is only about go 900, SO that this sum will
be a very important benefit
AParis paper, prohibited by the government
from the publication Of dangerous news, has
wearing men Of that city. Among the rest are
the names of the Prince De Joinville, Jules Jauin
Sainte-Beuve and Rouher
The Crown Prince Of Denmark. on the 9th Of
July, will marry the Crown Princes Of sweden.
When it was officially announced last year that
this marriage had been settled the news was re-
ceivel with great satisfaction by the Danish peo-
pie, who regard it as the first step toward the
union Of the two kingdoms.
While tie relations between the Iaual govern
meut and Austria are daily becoming more dis
tant, those between the Pope and the King Of
Prussia are getting more friendly. By a recent
decrlemeu who are serving iu the Pruss.an Land
wehr can join the P0utihcal army without losing
their rights as Prussian citizens
Jecker, the Swiss banker, whose loan gave
rise TO the French expedition 10 Mexico is pre-
pairing "a volume Of rem iniscences. which il is
thought, will shed much light on the iutrgues
by which the French Government was prevailed
upon TO enter into that disastrous enterprise.
At Bucharest, recently, brigaul Of Hercu-
lean strength was about 60 be hung for murder.
lie burst the straps which bound him. ike fax,
seiicl the ezecuticuer. and hanged bin before
assistance could arrive He was thereuron ap-
pointed to his victims office.
Paris trades TO ehe figure Of 5000, ,007,0 900
francs year, gives employment TO 100000
workpe0ple, AMI pays 2,Ui0, 100000 francs in
wages. There are 1000 coldsmiths and jewel
cg, who annually dispose Of 3OO0 00u 200 francs
worth, Ac, S1., and the slightest political asi-
tati1u affects AL this people AMI al this wealth.
In Syr.a and Lower Austria the lower classes
are very much given TO eating arsenic, chiefly 20
obtain ty that means fresh. healthy glow in
/ the c.uutsuance and r5tundi IS Of person When
about 90 ascend a hill. they put "a small lump Of
the poison IN the mouth and letit dissolve, which
/ greatly relieves them trcm fatigue.
The cuau0 on the Chiucha Islands is nearly ex-
haustei In a few months these islands VIII be
deserted, AMI then all the ships now engaged IN
the trade viii make for the Guauape Islands, five
/ degrees south Of the equator. There Is a supply
/ Of ruauo at Bakers Island, in the Hawaiian
group, estimated at from 2j0,0O0 to 100000
tons.
/ The Mexican papers furnish rather gloomy
reading. Their themes are always the sane
/ the ruinou- depression Of trade, the iograia
I Of the public credit, the prevalence Of highway
r0hteries AMI the menaccs Of anarchy the folly
/ Of the Government. the corruption Of public A.
fairs, and the imbecility, inl0.enee, deprayiy
/ and misery Of everybody.
/ One Of the most ancient and interesting Of relics
I
+ TO all in the world who have money enough to
travel. huge and very peculiar ola tree,
standing ON ground belonging 90 the Suez canal
company, was doomed 10 De cut down, when. the
/ story goes. the people Of Cairo demonstrated. ou
I the ground that under that tree the infant Jesus
/ rested, when Joseph and Mary, with him, were
/ pursuing the flight into Egypt This was hard
I ~ believed by the skeptical Frenchmsu. but the
/ Empress Eugene has heard the tale, and is So
/ powerfully impressed with the tradition that she
/ has gwen express commands that the tree De pre-
/ served, and proposes So make pilgrimage 20 It
| when she comes 70 delicate the Suez canal.
/ \ great commotion reignel, few weeks ago,
NJ the famous Bonaparte Lyceum. in Paris. IL
/ has upward Of one thousand pupils, mostly the
sons Of the Wealthiest citizens Of Paris. 4 col-
lection is taken up annually at the Lyccum Tor
/ the benefit Of the so called Prince Imperial Char
tiles. This year the pupils manifested their hos
/ tiiity to the young Prince and the whole dynasty
/ by refusing to give a single sou for the purpose;
I but, in order not to appear he1rtigss, they i'm
mediately organized an Independent subscription
| for the poor and drew up a manifesto. stating
| their disgust at the attempts constantly made by
/ the Government TO connect the name 0f the
/ Prince with everything relating TO the youths Of
/ France, and calling upon their brethren in the
| other schools of Paris to collect money likewise
/ for the poor, but not to allow the Prince lmper-
/ ial's name to be used in connection with 1t. The
/ Government heard Of the afI.ir, and the rest.r
| Of the Lyceum was ordered TO reprimand the stu
dents severely. When he did so, be was Missed
| by the boys, who shouted, also Down with
/ the Prince lmperialn'