The New York herald., 1870-12-09
MISCELLANEOUS FOREiGy ITEMS.

The Dundee (Scotland Aduertiser, In o review OF
the past seal and whale fishing season, says IL has
been remarkably successful.
The cattle plague still exists In cghty-four places
Of Eastern or German Lorraine. The adjoining
province OF the palatinate is tolerably free.
The story that the Germans found IN Metz q sum
OF 40 900, 900 OF francs, Is declared by the North
German correspondent. OF Berlin, pure invention.
Arrangements have been made in Liverpool to
endeavor to recover the specie in the American
steamer Continental, lost on the passage from Ma.
Zatla n to San Francisco.
Burmah, India, has the honor Of furnishing geolo-
gists with new mineral, Its essential constituents
beng arsenic, iron ana copper, mixed with occa-
sional silver, lead and antimony.
The Colonecy Of the Eighteenth tEnplish) Hussars
has become vacant by tho death OF Sir Charles Rout
ledge 0Connel. He was a General in the army,
and Knight OF St John Of Jerusalem.
The traffic receipts OF iways in Great Britain
during the week ending November l3 amounted TO
fs29 545 s35 miles, against GT7T, 10 last year
on 1858 miles, showing an increase OF 1872 miles
and of f52,235.
mail Pacha, in case OF aggression the part Of
Russia would furnish contingent Of 60, 900 men 10
Turkey, with portion OF the Egyptian fleet and
large subsidy.n
The receipt OF the news of the French disaster at
Sedan and the fall OF Napoleon caused great excite
ment In the South African colonies. The German
colonists at the Cape OF Good ype were most en-
thusastic.
The mineral statistics Of the United Kingdom
snow large increase III tne Quantlty OF coal pro-
duced last year. There was total Of 100000 600
tons, the value OF which was nearly E27, ,000, 900
sterling. The production OF the blast furnaces was
represented by 5,5O0,000 tons of pig iron.
As proof of the secrecy with which Russian
diplomacy Is conducted, II may be worth while to
mention says the London Obse'per) that after
Prince Gortchakol's note had been despatched to
London the odessa Railway loan was introduced
upon the ST. Petersburg market and was subscribed
TO five times the amount required
Mr.. Knatchbull. Hugessen, M. r, addressing his
constituents ut Deal, England, said he had never
was more serious. .We had lost in The French
Emperor q faithful ally, and, although 1t was the
fashion to blame hlm for the war, he thought the
PrsSlans were net fautless, anu that 1t SIX OF
one and bali dozen OF the other.
November q being the thlrtieth anniversary OF
the birthday Of her Royal Hlghness Victoria Adelaide
Mary Louisa, Princess Royal OF England and Crown
Princess oI Prussia, the event marked at Wind
Chapel Royal OF st. George and the parish church OF
St. John. The customary salutes we've also fired.
Professor Carnea, In letter To the London Ne,rs,
declares that 'cf England to accept the charge ol
enforcing single handed, or even with the nep OF
such Powers as Austria and Turkey, q treaty to
which all the chef States of Europe have set their
| seals, would be an act OF perfectly gratuitons
Quixotism, especially 1t Is admitted that tae
1 substance Of the Russian demand, or something
santamount TO 1t, must be conceded.
IL is tradition Of the Crimcan war, mythical or
| not, that the Emperor Nicholas declared On his
deathbed that 'he had been betrayed by his belief
| III the power Of the English Manchester School. y
Be the story true or not says the writer, we nave
not the laintest doubt that Overestlmate OF LII
power did help to commit the Car to Prince Men.
| chikofrs mission. We have plenty Of evidence tha
| the popularity or the opinions commonly associated
with the school Is ridiculously exagge rated In Ger
many, and think there IS the strongest proba
biltty that II Is much oyerrated u Russia