New-York tribune., 1871-07-15
FOREIGN NOTES.


Of Commerce and Agriculture represented as most
satisfactory. The harvest promises. in ninctenths Of
France he above the average, while the revival Of
trade the districts which have suffered from the war
has been complete that the Projects in the north
eastern part OF the country announce that there Work
for everybody in the departments
With regard to the Suez Canal, The Eastern
Budget publishes the following telegram, dated Constan
tnope. July 81: Lord Dalng (5ir Henry Bulwer has
arrived here. He represents that it will be impossible
10 keep the Suez Canal open much longer 1t continues
in the hands Of present possessors and recommends
the Porte purchase it, as the khedle j. not SpoHe"
10 do So He says that the means Of the Company are
insufficient prevent accumuatiOnS Of sand, winch VIII
inevitably choke up the Canal unless addohal cdplal
and labor provided Lord Ddlling also urges ihe
Turkish Government to undertake the construction SI
Euphrates Valley railway, for which purpose he oher,
to place Enghh engineers at the dispo>a OF the Porte
A correspondent at Marselles, writing to the
PogS de Ly0 thus describes the consequences OF the
clerical movement in the south of France: " The Re
publican party lives in continual terror, mark for the
hatred and fury of the white reaction. Order Is true.
rrs in the street; under this apparent tranquility
what sadness what prostration in the minds OF many
what un spoken grief really dare not describe 10 you
the disgust felt by the friends OF liberty here az the eN
of the coyphteS OF the ohaichcal laIth anu VA
ditiou. VI. ThicTs himself is already no more To them
than blpnq,tist yellow gloves and specaces, whose
defenders and partsan5 they Will, If not stopped soon
drag before a council Of war. TINS Is not fancy pc
ture believe me- but very ndisnct outline Of what has
passed before my eyes since my arrival Marseilles
Yet pity should, in my opinion, begin 10 MAKE It's way
l
never, indeed the vanQuiShed 30 pites,y gwen up
bound hand and foot, TO his enemy"
On the 9th of June, in the French National
Assembly the Duke dAudifet Pasquier reporter Of the
Committee TO investigate the army contracts made by
the Committee National Defense remarked that there
was one high functonary who had grossly betrayed his
country for his private advantage and it would be
the duty of the Committee to brand him by name and
report him for cOndgn punishment. Then an
American contractor had been guilty OF gross
I .1H..r ff.U- and ffT
York had illegally and scandalouSly taken a
large profit upon contracts. The Duke dlscur-
syely made vehement attack upon Prince Napoleon.
and sigmatzed his impudence IN being candidate for
the Assembly. Herecommended the immediate recall Of
the Ncw-EOrk Consul. in the selection OF honest
C0usu for the future and the prosecution OF Govern
ment contractors The Dukes speech was vehemently
appaudcd all sides Of the House. The loss TO the
State by FRAUD in American contract was said TO be
not less than $4,000.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of The
London Stqndard says: "Seeing that long her
ships shut up in the Black Sea and the Baltic,
Russia cannot become rst-rate naval Power, the ne
cessity for finding port where their move
ments less likely to be impeded by the ice hostile
force and The MosooW Gazette has cast his eyes the
Yaanger Ford which formerly belonged to Russia but
which is part of Norway. This gulf contains three
excellent harDors capable OF sheterng large fleet and
the coast is washed by the GUT Stream, the ports
| are never frozen, and vessels sail from them
can moreover, he strongly fortified to render the
entrance to the gulf extremely difficult. If mpos
/ s.lc. IN exchange for this coveted acquisition, The
M0scOr Gazette offers the Sptzbergen Archipelago all
/ OF which It seems to have very high opinion. But
doubtful the exchange of the Naranger Ford for this
barren group that has been successvely abandoned by
all WHO have ever attempted to settle there would DE
/ bad bargain for sweden"
Mr. Odger, at a Republican meeting at New
castle in England recently said that the of Lords
and Commons had taken away nearly all the land which
originally the peoples, and had kept it for them
| selves and if any member OF the community If
IN
that those lands should be dealt with in satisfac-
tory manner in the interests OF the nation, he was i'm
mediaely called rObber, and while those who held the
| great estates OF England obtained them, 20 say
| the least Of it, i'll very questionable manner
| They not content TO have the land only.
They claimed the water mat washed through the land
they claimed the fish that swan III the water that washed
through the land, they claimed the hares and rabbits
that ran on the land and they claimed the birds that
flew over the land And they were not satisfied with
these things but they claimed also the minerals that lay
under the land, ana II they could get IT, ana II were OF
any importance in the shape or wealth they would 20
that; and II the 0ld gem ehan kept the theIe When he
got them, England would not be very much worse oil.
On the 2sth of June the Prince of Wales, sup
ported by Prince Arthur and the Duke Of Cambridge pre-
sided at the annual festival dinner Of the Royal Caedo
nan Asylum which took place at the Freemasons Tavern
in London. The Prince OF Wales, IN proposing the Army
Navy and Reserve Forces, said: Much has been said
lately respecting changes that are to be made in the
army OF this country. Now whatever the nature Of
those changes may let trust that at any rate they
will be conducive 10 the good Of the army aud 70 the
safety OF the country Much has also been saId daTt
say. about The subject Of certain publication which
doubtless, everybody in this room has seem mean The
Battle OF DOTkng. The only remark VIII venture u
make that sincerely trust that the prophecy To which
that publication gives expression Will never De feanIed
SIN there was au object i'm writing that little book
that object being 10 give broad hint TO all Of u'
that must not be found nappng and believe II we
will but that hint and give TO defensive forces
the attention they deserve the prophecy VIII never bt
realized" He proposed the health OF the Duke OF Cam
bridge who in reply remarked that be cordially echoed
the wish that had been expressed by the Prince OF
Wales that the future Of the army might DE such a. u
do honor 10 the country and credit TO ITSELF that in No.
mast history the army has always deserved the good
opinion OF the country and IN spite OF the experience o
recent events abroad lac must express his bcei lhai TIE
British army was equal 10 the performance OF any duties
IN cosld be called upon 90 discharge, and that the Battt
OF DOfKiug 10 10 should hc fought would nave AN
issue far different from that which lls pleasant tAOI
had pIedlCtod.