The New York herald., 1869-06-04
FOREIGN MIsCELLAnEou; ITEMS.

Count Won Beust the Austrian Premier, will be
present at the opening Of the Suez Canal.
The cloth weavers OF Bedareux, France, are out
on strike and demand an increase Of wages.
Twelve acres Of the Regents Park, in London,
to be prepared and fenced In cricket ground.
Annexation to Prussia has caused the taxation TO
be Increased by one-third IN the Grand Duchy Of
Hesse since 1866
The new King Of Siam is busily reorganlzing his
army, and has appointed a French officer as his
commandern-chief.
fire recently broke out in the village OF vaux
France, destroying all the houses excepting those OF
the Mayor and The priest.
The Queen OF Madagascar and several OF her
ministers were recently publicly baptized In the
English missionary church.
Prince Humbert has been presented with the nsIg-
MIA OF the Order OF the Golden Fleece by the Austrian
Minister Resident at Florence.
Serious strikes and consequent disturbances have
occurred In the port OF EsDjerg In Denmark among
the Danish and swedish laborers.
The city OF Tortosa in Spain. with only 25 900 In.
habtans, contains property belonging to the Roman
Catholic church valued at 40, 600. 900 reals.
magnificent hospital for lepers is to be endowed
at Rome 10y the Marquis OF Butte as n thank Offering
for his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church.
Queen Victoria intends visiting Switzerland again
this year, and will also proceed to Sicily and Greece
The trip Will be probably via Genoa and Palermo by
steamer.
The young Prince Miano OF servia, accompanied
by the Ministers OF War and Finance, has com
menced journey OF inspection throughout the Prln.
cipality.
wealthy London merchant is bearing all the ex-
penses OF the "Marriage Reform Association" in
order to legitimize his children by marriage with a
deceased wife's sister.
Great Britain imports more wheat from Russia
than from the United States. During FEBRUARY last
the importations from Russian ports amounted to
E469, ,099, or 81, $40, 495.
Fears are entertained that the Belgian city OF
Chareroi Is gradually sinking. and application has
been made TO the authorities to prevent further
mining within the precinCts
I'm the year 1866 the number OF letters which passed
through the post offices OF Austria amounted to
$780, 906 622 and In 1851 1t was 152 being an
increase OF over 123 100000 In one year alone
priest in a church OF Madrid, having ended his
sermon with the words, "Death TO the Protpstants
and heretcs who voted the law on liberty Of con-
science" was arrested by special order from the
Minister OF Justice.
The movement at the port OF suez for 1868 is rep.
resented by the arrival OF 435 vessels, gauging
2y6 2l1 tons and carrying 80 347 passen GERS. The
difference over 1867 IL 65 craft OF ~ 2sI tons and
with 1858 passengers.
The number OF emlgrant passengers who left
soe dos e o Sem S 4 was SSs out Of
CISCO for Montreal 1856 for the states OF RIO dc la
Plata and for Lima
NM. Aubert, Marie. Martin and Chaveau, for a
length Of time writers on the COnstnutionnei, OF
Paris have sent letters TO that journal TO say that In
consequence OF Its recent change of political opinion
they cease to form part Of Its stan.
The German papers mention proposed marriage
between Prince Ernest eldest son OF the ex KING OF
Hanover, aud the Princess Thyra third daughter OF
the King Of Denmark. The Prince is In his twenty
fourth and the Princess In her sixteenth year.
six persons have been committed for trial on
charges arising out OF the late fatal riot Tralee
ireland. The three wounded men are included IN
the number but the committal Ia little better than
formally IN OHaras case as his death Is expected.
Sehor Tassara the lately appointed Spanish MINIS
ter at the Court Of 81 James has been hidden not to
present his credentials, but at TO return. the
reason OF this recall s said TO be his imprudence In
taking, both at Bayonne and Paris, and In London
ITSELF OF the probability Of restoration OF the Prince
Of Asturias. Sen0r Iassara was originally mode
RADIO, but he had been, or seemed to have been,
over the views Of the unonist party after the Sep
tember revolution and on his return from his Amer
lean mission he was thought ~ have divod deeply
into the scheme OF an lberlan Union.