Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-23
FOREIGN NOTES.

The municipal council of Macon, France, has
voted q sum Of 5000 francs for the erection ot
81 monument to Llmartine in that town.
The Couu,l General Of Martinique has dec;l-
el tlat an intercol1ual exhibition shall take
place in $50, and has allotted the sum Of So
900 towards defrayiug the expense.
The efforts TO place the Italian loan of 4oo,-
01O,ool francs, based on the church proper
ty in that country, has utterly failed in Paris.
The Emperor and Empress Of Russia attended
a recent concert given by Nslame Pats. il st.
Petersburg. on which evening the receipts
amounted 90 the Arg- s4u oi -i2,UUJ.
The antisae statue Of the Sc Wounded ANA
con has been recently discovered near Rome.
It !. Of white marble AMI stand, eight feet high.
The Berlin Museum has become the purchaser
FOR the sum OF $500.
The Rerrc Nolcrae publishes a paper on the
subject Of French firemen. The total number in
France is 265. .1d6, with l2,720 engines The
staff in question is divided irregularly, as out of
10000 communes 2S, 7j5 are still entirely un-
pr yiiei with such assistance
A bottle containing the following curious loc
ument was recently picked up on the English
coast :-'' The finder of this Is tell Elizabeth
Grauton. of Ashton Grange, on the borders Of
London. t. C.. that the secret of her birth Will
be found behind the picture of the Earl of War
wick. in the drawing room, and receive the
blessing of dying man
The Tnifq Hqlfaur Of Milan states that in
consequence Of some painful events which have
lately occurred in the neighborhood of Beiinzona
through the consumption Of meat infected with
trichiuw, and on the proposition Of the inspect
or Of public slaughter houses, our municipal
council has decided that the officials shall be pro-
ided with powerful microscopes to examine all
the carcasses brought to market
The English .frmy & Nary Gazette calls at
teutou to the fact that the Austrians have been
repeateily victims 10 their own slowness, and
the promptness of their enemies in adopting mil
itary improvements At SalOwa they owed
much Of their defeat to the Prussian neede-gun
at Solierino, ,Napoleon's rihel cannon aemoralized
their reserves B uapsrte crushed them with
new and vigorous tactics ; and in the Seven
Years War, the Great Frederick gai9ed per-
maneut a-ceniency over them by the use Of iron
iamr, ds. frly trebling his rapidity Of fire. No
wonder Austria thinks it time to be waking up.
A bold female swiudler recently cheated the
chief police officer Of 4 Russian town out Of sew
eral hundred rouJles She arrived by train from
Moscow. and summoned the Director Of the Po-
Ice to her apartments he informed him that
she belonged TO the secret detective police. sud
was in the pursuit Of counterfeiters. Other Off
GERS we're called, consultation had, and ar
r.ir gemeuts made for the capture. The lady de-
manded money TO carry out theplan, received it,
left town and has not been heard Of since.
The Paris Gaulois gives some curious facts in
3 rha nff.. 1fll-1c4us
,about six weeks ol y son of the Count de Paris.
When the latter prince married his cousin the
bauns we're published in Paris, but the marriage
WIS not celebrated at the French consulate in
London as the law provides. Their child was
born on English soil and is registered in the par
ish Of Richmond, SO that he is in fact an English
cit zen To have teen 4 French citizen 1t
was necessary that he should have been reg
isterel at the French consulate in London,
which was not done Thus the great grandson
Of Louis Philippe must remain citizen Of Eng
land until the age Of one and twenty, when, if
he chooses he can claim his right to become Il
citizen Of France. Even Prince mnst obey the
laws, or he loses his rights
A short time ago, while the cure Of the Made
leine Church, in Paris was discussing business in
the sacristy with friend, small, Insignificant
looking person entered and desired to speak
with him. The cure CURLY told him to sit down
and wait The small man, however, instead Of
complying. paced rapidly up and down the
room, until the cure, fairly irritated, insisted in
so peremptory a manner as TO compel obedience.
In about a quarter Of an hour, business being
finished, he turned to the stranger, " Monsieur,
wha is it you desire?'' The latter replied in a
thin shriIl voice, '' NJ le Cure. wish to inquire
at what hour tomorrow you will be able to bap-
tie an infant for whom am to be sponsor -
An hour was named. and he was told to write
his name and that Of the godmother at full
length in the register book, which vas presented
to him for that purpose. To the surprise Of the
cure he wrote down. " Francois d'Assise. Roi
d'Espagne, and Isabella, Refine d 'Espagne." To
complete the scene, there entered Immediately af-
terwards the ex-Queen herself attended by the
notorious Marfort. They bad waited until they
were tired for the reappearance Of the ex-King,
! and bad at last come in search Of him.