New-York tribune., 1872-05-11
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

fOuElON UOCcI
Wagner's OPERA the MeisterSoenger, has just
been produced at Copenhagen with great success.
A public subscription has been opened in
Rome for the construction OF mausoleum on the field OF
battle at Montana
Madame Mallinger of Berlin, has been en-
gagged for the Italian OporaHouse st. Petersburg for
the beginning OF next year
The privilege of NJ. de Leuven as Director
Of the OperaCOmque which was to expire ntwo years
has been extended TO Jan l. 1880.
1t is rumOred that fresh scheme of English
National Opera is to be essayed in London next Winter
and that celebrated chef dOrehese has been offered
the post OF conductor
The Italians resident in Paris, when the Car
list insurrecton first broke asserted that the King
Of Italy strongly advised King Amadeus to leave span
but that the latter refused 10 take the advice gwen h
The admirers of Signor Mario will learn
vihpaniu interest that he has deemed 1t necessary TO
apologize for his engagement at the zarzuela Opera
House In Madrid in letter addressed to the Corepo'
dened He says that necessity alone has compelled him
losses by the failure Of sone firms in Florence. with
whom lac had deposited his fortune
A capital story is told of the deputation
which lately left Bombay TO invest the Rao OF Clutch
with the insignia Of the star of India. 1t was with no
little circumstance that the expedition started, and its
progress from stage 10 stage somewhat pompOusly
reported the authorities. In due course sir Henry
Green arrived at BhoQj, and. as the bearer OF Her
Fysrybnc was rapidly pushed forward for the nvesti
ture when II was accidentally discovered that inc haO
insignia had been LETT Denlnd.
The French National Assembly appointed a
committee, on April 25 10 examine the proposed publ
cation of the report OF the Committee OF Inquiry into the
captulatIon OF Metz. The Committee unanimously re-
ported in favor OF the proposal During the discussion
m the Bureaux, however Gems. latour and Ducrot OPP
posed the publication prejudcal to military dlsci
pine On Inc other hand Gen. Trochu was in favor Of
Il, as also Gen Changarnler Inc later saiai IL
~. h,ap ~ heep
know it, and demand the severe chastsement oi the
guilty parties"
In Dublin, the smallpox continues Its
rayages with unabaed violence and intensity being most
fatal children under two years Of age letter from
Dr. Speedy TO the guardians OF the North Dublin Union
hears strong testimony to the value of revaccinaOn
" have" he says, "revacclnaed l,4O0 persons during
the past three months, large proportion OF whom had
GOOD marks of primary vaccination, yet in these lnd
yduas excellent vesieles were formed, aud among an
OF smallpox occurred III Is sltee as a me, medr =
drinks liable to be attacked by TINS iOatnsOe
disease than those Of absteniOus ana regular naOs
The Americans i'll Rome are about to build
church within the walls of the city, and site has al
ready been obtained the Via Nazonae at the corner
Of the Via Napo This part the city has been chosen
s being the center those quarters which, by
son of their superior heathuness and freedom from the
danger OF nundatiOn must soon become the favOrite
residence Of the foreign population IN Rome Ine design
mi early Gothic style of North Italy 1t Will seat 500
in tR exterior dimensions Will DE l32 Dy "a
feet The lot cost Ss6OO ana IL VIII anOIu space ior
future enlargement and for library, lecture'ruom, &c
An injured husband has been avenging him
self after the modern manner, in Paris. AT O'Clock
in the afternoon from the window of house in the Rue
des Eeoles dn the students quarter woman with
dsbeveled hair and disordered dress appeared at win
dow, and cried =" Help, helpi am assassinated!
Those who rushed into the house found ner grOanug IN
pool of blood in a locked room. She was found To be
phe ount.ss de p whose husband, discovering that
she had criminal relations vii medical student had
sought her there and inflicted upon her several fatal
wounds The paramOur to whom the Countess had been
attached before her marriage escaped rUm the ioom
The Count has given himself up Tor tria
PATHS farewell benefit in Vienna, on April
Ok created an immense sensation. The performance
sisted OF portions Of La SOnndmdud and La Tartdta
Al the end OF each act drums allowed by special
permssion OF the Emperor TO play the salute that Is
usually accorded only TO Royalty AT the conclusion OF
the performance Madame Patti was invited to take her
MACE on throne erected the stage, and the members
OF the orchestra and chorus then PAID the aex 10 the
Diya subseauently the members of the Musical Club
serensded the gifted prima donna az h9I MOTEL In the
ne of the soprano IN the opera OF Linda was great
triumph The musical critics declare she suTpasses
and an the other great artists who had played the part
before her.
The English Government have been making
some interesting experiments with gun-cotton
OF late, aud on April % two martello towers
on tho Sussex coast were blown down, one
with 200 pounds of guncotton, the other with
four times the quantity OF gunpowder The first expo-
son effected by the agency Of gunpowder, emitted
slow, sulen, and upward-darting roar. The second.
effected by far smaller amount OF gun-cotton, was
ouick sharp and instantaneous fash OF lightning
The beams and of the first were thrown vertically
upward; the shattered fragments of the second were
dispersed laerally the sand The extreme rapidly
and tremendous force OF the guncoton seemed to Tor
mid the slow projection into the air OF the
twer In the nrst case 1t seemed as though the worh
of devastation was tardily accomplished In the secoh9
"a hough destruction had descended upon the gntnhes
wing The inside landward wall OF the second towef
which was eight feet thick, yielded instantly 70 inc sna
ering impact OF the guncOtton whereas the outer
seaward face with its Is feet OF solid masonry resisted
more stubbornly, but fell crum6llng IN Vast o @ oa
duced by the gunc far exceeded that OF tne san
noxder while the smoke was less DlInuine anu 81
p0veonnr than that produced by the first explosion.
These explosions make IL evident that II 0y 'e Inform
and fearing violence OF guncotton can De naue u y,
and controIlable Its rival "viilainous sa''pe'ei' VIII
have had its day.