New-York tribune., 1872-04-24
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
According TO The LONDON Morning Post,

According TO The LONDON Morning Post
Prince Arthur who Is at present captain in the British
Rife Brigade will he promoted TO the rank Of major,
and after brief STAY at his residence in Greenwich
Park VIII proceed TO India years service in that
country The Prince Is said 10 De aten.veS M pursuing
A petition having been presented in the
British Pax lmont against the return of Capt Nolan
the Home Rule member for Galway, the trial has already
begun, and extraordinary revelations have Deen
made In was proved that one of the local Journals
charged 5000 or publishing reports and leading arces
I'm Capt Nolan's favor. Leading articles "eie o" e0U
Nc the rate Of $50 each, and meetings s2CO'
The Belgian Commercial treaty with France
which has just shared the fate OF the English one was
signed on MAY l. 1861 and ratified the 27th of the same
mouth. As IL was, like the treaty WIN ulca ~, @
ncirlv n wear AGO Having Denounced the former, of
course II 10 bc expected that ,ne fIenSh wou w
the same 10 the latter at the earliest pracucaoe moment
Adyices from Strasbourg state that the Ger
man regulations OF Goth March, 1865 as to army service
have boen introduced the newyacqured Provinces,
lint siderable relief will be with regard to one
wear volunteers for the next few years Great atenoh
whoever served the regular army of France on tne
l5th OF December, 1870 will be entirely free from NIL
tary service
The semi-official Hungarian paper, PeSter
loud observes that the OF the proposed
fertilization Of Sobasopol and other points In the
Crmea has nothing alarming about IT, Tor tne Slinpo %
the Crimea Since 1854 the fact that RusSas way 10
Coustantnopc lies through Vienna and Pesth mas sfow
into dogma. ANY arising out OF the Last
orn question would be settled either in Poland proper OF
In the western provinces OF Russia
The Cronstadt Messenger states that the Rus
sisn feet IN the Black will be composed this year. or
is menof war and three floating beacons. with l40 o
eers and AIS sailors The fOa OF the Caspian sea VIII
renprse "a vessels with IS officers and lO36 sailors me
ncrt of the Pacific will have 20 vessels with l3l officer
and 9 sailors The total number of vessels taking part
I'm the evoutions the home waters and cruising abroad
win be l6 ironcads and l64 steamers with 3l5 officers
and l7,,Si sailors.
The wife of a tradesman, at Plymouth, En-
gland recently met with accident which caused two
of the fingers of her hand be bent her palm She
had frequently declared that she would rather lose her
hand altogether than be thus crippled and surgeon
having refused to amputatc IT, she went To inc railway
aud Laid her the rails An advancing Tram, more
cnmuaisant than the surgeon, cut on the haiu very
ccanly at wrist The woman then took CAP 10 the
ufrmary and had her wound bound up.
The influential London Committee which
Uas formed I'm concert with Messrs. Bischofshcim Il
Goldschmit to represent the interests OF the Erie
Shareholders in Europe recently resigned their func-
lions the fact OF the affairs of the Company being IN
The hands OF a respectable board ia New York, with
Mcssrs Bschofsh helm Goldsc hmidt as agents in Lon.
don rendering the further existence or committee OF
ay knd unnecessary. The three Directors OF the Ere
Railway. resident in England, however stIl act as an
advisory body.