The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-17
FOREIGN ITEMS.

The Austrian government has allotted
the sum of 400, 900 forins for the pur
chase of two monitors for river naviga
tion. - at-f = ?
On the return of the Great Eastern tt
En- gland she will Immediately start fol
India with fresh cable which has to bt
laid between Bombay and Suez.
The Court Journal, of London, men
tions that the Emperor Napoleon has re-
solved to confer upon Mr.. Ferdinand dt
Lesseps the title of the Duke of Suez.
Henceforth msney orders are made
payable between Belgium and Great
Britain at the same rates of charges as
those stipulated throughout the United
Kingdom.
The Belgian government has granted
a first subsidy of $500, 900 towards com.
pleting the system of fortifcation OF
Antwerp. This measure has been adopt
ed, doubtless, on account of the recent
misunderstanding with France.
AS soon as the Cortes shall have
ceased their sittings, Marshal Prim will
proceed to Vichy, where an apartment
has been already taken for him in one
of the hotels. General Cordova will be
charged ad interim with the Ministry of
War.
Marshal Serrano, the Spanish Regent,
has received from the King of Portugal,
by the hands Of the Marquis de Mia,
the Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword
of Portugal. Marshal Prim has also
been honOred with the same decoration.
Crime is as rife in the holy city of
Rome as in any other city. The papers
mention the following curious incidents
that occurred during one day recently {:
The body of well dressed man was
found in the river, having seventeen
knife wounds; a man cut his wife's
throat with diamond; son murdered
his mother, and child, abandoned by
it's mother in the streets, was devoured
by dogs.
About four months back NJ. Wilson,
while dining at the Maison dor, in
Paris, with three young members of the
Jockey Club, made bet that he would
be elected Deputy. The conditions of
the wager were that he should receive
louis for every vote he obtained more
than his adversary, or should pay in the
same proportion if he was in minority.
AS the new Deputy for the Indirect
Loire obtained a majority of 1857, q
good round sum will be due to him.
In consequence of the Yacht Club not
having compelled the yachts in the har-
Dor of Cork on the 2Sth ult. to exhibit
bunting in honor of the Queens coro-
nation, Rear Admiral Warden would not
permit the usual decoration of the men
of-war at the regatta in Queenstown,
that the club had been wanting
in respect to her Majesty. The club
having been informed of this, and that
at the Admiral's table they were spoken
of as half Fenians, directed the removal
of the Admiraps name from their list of
patrons and vice presidents.
The Engineer, of London, publishes
the following curious statistics of the
weekly produce of the various manufac-
tories of Birmingham ID 900 of
steel pens, 5000 iron bedsteads, 1000
guns, 300, 100000 of machine screws,
l00, 100000 of buttons, 1000 saddles,
5 600, 900 of copper and bronze coins,
10000 balls, 10000 pounds weight of
papier mache work, 100000 worth of
jewelry. 90, 900, 900 of feet in length of
wire, 10000 pounds weight of needles,
10000 pounds of hairpins, 1880 900 of
hooks and eyes, 10000 dozen fire irons,
$500 pairs of bellows, $50 sewing ma
chimes, &c.