The New York herald., 1870-12-02
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN ITEMS.

! The Earl OF Desar IS preparing comedy for the
| stage
| The "Dary or a Bssieged Resident In Parlsn Is
said 10 be written by Mr Henry Labouchere.
| II appears that the British government has post
p0ned SINE dte the question OF the adoption q! the
mifraillcuse In the English army.
Father claret, the famous confessor OF the cx-
Queen OF SPAN, died at the Font Frode convent,
near Naro0nne on October T.
| The bleach works Of Messrs. rhorley Son. Riv-
erstown, Ireland, were destroyed by ire November
~ large number Of men have been thrown out
OF employment.
Among the regimental nags captured by the Ger
mans at Metz. and which deposited IN the arse
nal at Berin are several bearing the inscriptions OF
Marengo, Wagram Lutzen ana SoIerlno.
Baron Ricasoli as we learn from the allan jour.
nals announces his Intention OF retiring from pub
lic liie. at an age when English statesmen are :
ginning TO reap the hiRhesJ honors and rewards OF
laborlous apprenticeship.
In London, on the anniversary Of the "Soldiers'
Battle" OF lnkerInan, the surviving officers aad men
battle dined together. Tne regiment was 400 strong
when IL went into action just sixteen years ago and
OF that number only thirty remain.
Prussian company having escorted some French
prisoners to Munich was entertained at the Royal
Palace and BY the municipality. AT the municipal
dinner Professor Snpf formerly an ultramontaile
amd universal applause. proposed the toast, "The
Prlssian Emperor OF Germany"
An ingenious English statis.ician has been calcu-
iatng Mr.; Gladstones eloquence during the past
times and that his speeches occupy about eighty
columns OF the London Times. AS . cnarac-
terisc climax we are told that those eighty columns
would reach to the top OF the Londen Monument.
The candidates for the editorsnlp Of the Lon on
X0fTtn0 Advertiser numbered eighty The list has
are M II wodd
q tae Ssanddrd; Mr. Camera }, war correspo dent
Of 5ne SH e sn q 1sy ,S x Mr. Barnett and
The Princess Imperial and Count d'Eu of Brazn.
prevented by the state Of the continent paying
their proposed visit TO Germany and going to Italy
1nr w vnfA
At tTwickenham, England, and were a few days ago
received at breakfast en- Jdnaue by the Prince and
Princess Of Wales at Marlborough House.
The Deutsche Pos, the German organ In London,
has the following, which may be accepted In The
light o mint tn2t England Is not, according to Ger
xes s ne c prefer os
administration OF Cardwell, or even Gladstone
II England thinks that she is safe under their bened
cial rAe we are the very last to ind faut'
letter has been received by the Pope from Gene
raj Trochu, which was sent from Paris In balloon,
ana afterwards forwarded by In this episte
Father in the mlsfortunes which have fallen upon
him. and iaments that the present condition OF
France prevents her from coming 10 hts assistance
but he IL persuaded that this disability WILL soon
curious case has passed through the Queen,s
senon ondsn 10 o AN on agy q S seven hayng
would 90 to her grandchildren, became bankrupt,
and not wishing htx relations 70 lose the money
creditors contended that The marriage coilusye
and fraudulent, but the Judges confirmed the de-
cision Of Mr., Baron Martin, who held that tney
Could not recover.
Mr.. Macne, Member of Parliament for the Lelth
burghs, Scotland, in reply TO question put to him
at meeting OF his constituents whether he will
Ing that the Princess Louise snond receive dowry
from the nation On the occasion OF her marriage
with the Marquis OF Lorne, said:-"Fnat precedents
for such gifts already existed aud that 1t would be
nyidious 10 show less appreciation OF their country
man than of q German stranger" This reply is said
10 have been received with rounds Of app lause.n
The Edipburg Reoie,C has the folowing:-The
Marquis OF Lorne is not to be allowed to remain the
only member OF the arstocracy who can boast OF
matrimonial Alliance with royal blood. The young
Duke OF Norfolk Is about to be advanced to similar
dignity. IL is true his bride is foreigner ana an
exile but In the present uncertain state OF France
who knows what there may be In store for the
House OF Orleans9 But whether they are restored
to the throne OF the Bourbons not it seems that
the Duke Is about 10 espouse OF the Princesses
OF that House. In that case, whatever may come OF
her brothers, the future lot OF the Princess VIII be
cast IN England.