The New York herald., 1869-04-05
foaesx MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


The King Of Birmah has nifty wives ana ninety
children.
Ex-Queen Isabella has her fortune told by cards
twice every day.
The Porte has made a treaty with the Messageries
Imperales for carrying back the Cretan refugees.
M. Paul Feva the well known writer, has just
been promoted to the rank Of oflcer in the Legion
OF Honor.
A marriage Is announced to take place between M.
Fausto de Saavedra. son OF the Duke dc Rivas, and
Mlle de Salamanca.
A Bombay paper calls attention TO the fact that
the Fourteenth foot Is armed with Sniders, but has
no Snider ammunition.
Circular excursion tickets VIII be issued by the
South German railroads during next summer at
reduction OF fifty per cent.
communication from Christiana states that
King Charles XIV. has arrived In that city and been
received by tho population with great sympathy.
In the year 1858 the population Of Great Britain
3,125.OOO and Ireland $500 900, making total Of
80 369, 845.
A wild elephant has been doing sad havoc on the
mountainous parts OF the western coast OF Madras.
No less than ten persons have fallen victims to his
rage within short space OF time.
Every railroad train in Sweden is provided with
an efficient medical stan and complete pharmacy, 80
that In case OF accident time Is lost IN administer
ing to the wants OF the wounded.
There are 300, 900 workmen and artisans In Paris
OF these 5000 average three francs sixty cents
$4,000 from six to twenty francs per day.
The most remarkable piece Of information which
appears In the telcgrams OF European news pub
sned in the Indian papers last received is that 1.-THE
extraordinary mission to Lad0rma has terminated
raDbOnyous"
The Moscow Gazette In reply to q recent article In
the Times, deems 1t derogatOry to Russia to enter
into any agreement with England as to her relations
Win Balkh Afghanlstan, farkand or any other por-
ton OF Central Asia.
The nag Of the Reform Club, OF Neufchatel, in
church without priests, religion without catechism
the Divine creed without mystery morality without
theology and God without system.
The two daughters Of Lady Matilda Montgomery
were assaulted lew days ago at nC0nday on the
stairs OF their residence in the Via Della Croca
Rome, by an audaciOus rObber, who cut gold chain
OF the neck OF one Of them and escaped with his
booty.
Monseigneur Mouly, Bishop OF Pekin, in China,
has died. after fulfilling the duties OF that episcopae
for forty years. HIS funeral was celebrated with
great pomp on the 10th OF December. The French
legation the foreign diplomatic body and various
high personages followed the coffin on foot.
A teacher of the commune Of walstellen (canton
OF Zdrich) las Just been arrested on a charge Of
causing the death OF little girl by corporal punish
men,, me ne had caught her by the hair and shaken
tion supervened, or wnish she died IN q Jew days.
The journals Asino and Ze,sso,.s Primo. Of
Florence OF the 7th ult were seized BY order U}
favor OF republican regime and the other an attack
on the management OF the royal household, entitled
"Ine ClVll i.lst In the province OF PlS, anu con-
tanning calumnous allegations"
In the year 1853 500 officers were cashiered from
the Austrian army on account Of diShonorable be-
havior, among which figure very considerably the
TACT OF not paying their bills after pedging their
"word or honor.n A lieutenant's pay ranges from
fifteen TO twenty dollars per month, out or which he
has TO find his outfit, uniform and subscribe towards
the maintenance OF the regimental music corps.
communication from Munich says:-'All the
letters containing securities, well as those regis
tered, destined tor Frankfort and beyond that city
were recently abstracted from the post oilce here,
q clerk whose duty 1t was to sort them. disappear
lug at the same time. Several commercial houses
have lost large sums by this robbery. At present
nothing Is known as 10 what has become OF the
delinquent"
The criminal Polncet, who was lately executed for
murder in France, sent for the doctor the even
ing preceding his execution, "Doctor. feel very
unwell." "How Is that, let me see your tonguef
All, yes; little agitated pulse quick and Irregular
but that Is nothing. little repose and some COOL
ing medicine Will put that all right" The cooling
drink was taken regularly, and the next morning he
walked cOoy to the scaffold.
curious and mysterious incident occurred re.
Gently at the Palace OF the Tuieres In Paris. At
two O'Clock In the morning well dressed gentleman
OF the building allotted to General Frossard. In the
guardhouse he insisted upon seeing the General
without delay on matter OF vital Importance.
Whatever transplred was kept profoundly secret;
but II is worthy Of remark that Immediate precau-
tons were taken, especially by placing guards
around the apartments OF the Prince Imperial. All
the doors were closed and tho sentries doubled. 1t
Is naturally concluded that an attempt was feared
on the life OF the young Prince.