The New York herald., 1869-06-02
e U r O p E

The steamship Holsatta, Hamburg line, Captain
Ehiers from Hamburg 10th and Havre 22d ut; the
Vile de Psris French line, Captain Surmounh
Havre goth and Brest 22d ut. ana the Java, Cunard
me- Captain Cook, from Liverpool ed aud Queens
town Esd ult.. arrived here yesterday. They bring
details Of our cable kilograms up to dates OF sailing
A third cable between Europe aud America WILL II
oil goes well. be open TO the public about the middle
Of July.
Is apprehended In the BOrinage, on the French
frontier.
The viceroy OF Egypt. who Is expected in Paris
this summer. will be lodged In the TaIleries.
The English papers OF the 2lst and ed ultmo
keep up their TRADES on the Alabama claims and
Senator Summers speech.
The London Times inserts the address OF the Irish
Orangemen ON the Church crisis, and In u leader
asserts that in this document the characteristic
doctrines Of the Orange creed have been pushed to
O prep0ster0us excess.
The FrancO-Belgian International Commission,
says the Paris Lberte will not meet at Paris until
about June 49, after the complete termination Of the
electoral proceedings.
A Prussian officer has recently been arrested In
France for taking Photographic sketches of vari-
GUS fortified points.
Several persons have been arrested in Hanover for
posting placards throughout the city calling upon
the inhabitants not to show themselves In the
streets during the visit OF the King OF Prussia
The ratincations Of a new convention for the ex
tradition Of criminals between France and Belgium
were exchanged at Paris on May IL.
The eXcesses committed by the police during the
recent election disturbances In Paris were caused by
the men having been supplied with refresnment
tickets OF which they made free in the various
cages, and were somewhat excited by drink.
The transport OF war material in the north of
France is still actively carried on especially the
railways leading towards Lille and Douai.
The Irish Protes ant Defence Association have
finally made up their minds to send a deputation to
London "to walt upon such members or the House
Of Lords as they may think desirable and urge upon
them the necessity of rejecting the irish Church bill
on the second reading"
The Greek paper Neologos has been suspended for
two months for the publication of some very scan-
dalous articles in connection with the visit OF
the Prince of Wales.
England has a light for every fourteen miles of
coast, Scotland for every 39 miles, ireland one
for every SAX miles, while France exhibits one for
every 1873 miles. The lighthouses In France are
more than three times as numerous as in Scotland,
compared with the amount of coast and nearly three
times as numerous as In Irelan d.
The governments OF Europe says the North Ger.
man Correspondent are gradually coming to the
conviction that repeating rifles are failure. The
Swiss have given them up as too complicated for
use In the field, and the French have put an end to
their trial Of Vetteri's system. Almost all the
armies OF Europe are Of opinion that the new wea-
pom has been too hastily adopted, and are about to
recommence their experiments with other breech-
leaders.
The Paris Patie in an article defending the French
military system from certain charges brought against
it by various journals, says 1t has been maintained
that Prussia could muster force Of 100000 men,
and that France is far from being able to do the
same. "This," adds the Fahfe sis a complete
error Circumstances at this moment arc all pacific;
but were this state OF things to be modified. we
could muster force far superior to that OF Prussia,
and take the field with rapidity of movement that
would astOnsh the whole world"