National Republican., 1873-09-16
FOREIGN NOTES.

KING VICTOR EMANUEL has sent 900 lire to
the syndc Of Allessandrla for the monument 10
Urbana RattazHi.
A ROMAN Catholic priest has been sent to
prison for fortnight, In Prussia, for publicly
preaching that marriage among Protestants is
mere concubinage.
IT Is said that during the Shahs visit to Eng
land the Duchess Of Sutherland prevailed upon
him to promise that he would depart from his
practice OF making II capital offence for Per-
sian to embrace Christianity.
The great international chess match At Vienna
has been won by Herr Steinitz, OF London, with
taking the second prize. In this competition
each player played once with every other COM
petitor.
IT Is proposed to commute the salary OF the
Lord Mayor OF London, which ct present 10 de-
rived from dues, &C., to an annual payment o.
flo,0oo, Ills present salary amounts 70 abou
EI 900. The increase Is TO be spent In more lib
| erai hospltaiities 70 commercial men and proyln.
| clal municipal authorities.
A STEAMSHIP OF two thousand two hundred
tons Is being constructed at Bordeaux, France
on new principle. Instead Of an ordinary keel
she will have rollers under her hull, which. It Ii
said, will, by saving friction, greatly Increase tht
speed OF the boat. such steamer, II Is ex,
pccted, will cross tho Atlantic In less than five
days.
THE ex-Queen Of Spain Is defendant In an &C.
tion Instituted by her husband, who accuses hi
wife Of squandering her fortune In political en-
terprises and extravagAnt amusements. Sh,
was, he says, worth l,OoO,000 francs year whet
she went to live 10 Paris, but since then her In
come has dwindled down TO 100000 francs, ant
II she Is allowed to 20 on. as she seems inclined
TO do, she will In few years be penniless.
TnE relations between Turkey and Austria
have become somewhat cold on account Of the
oiicial reception OF Prince Milan, Of Servla, BY
the Emperor at Vienna, without the Intervention
| OF the Ottoman Ambassador. II Ii believed tho
Sultan will withdraw his ambassador, without
however, breaking on relations between the two
countries. -
THIS Interesting comparison OF the two leaderl
OF the English Parliament appears In Londor
daily: "Mr. Disraeli Is four years older than Mr.
Gladstone, but his Parliamentary life has beer
matte and unexcitabie system cannot have beei
| severe. Mr.. Dsraeli Is careful not TO overtA,
his strength. Scarcely night passes That Mr
Gladstone docs not oyertax his. Last session
quite common occurrence for the Prime Minis
/ ter to be found In his place at . O'Clock q. m.
when the business TO be transacted 10 quite o
Eecond-rate Importance"
The New FoundlAnd Chamber Of Commerce
It's annual report, gives the following informa
ton relating TO the business o. tnat is,snd; Th
IN isT9 returned g. ss5 900; seal oil, $500 900; sea
skins sSsi 900; cod OIL toss 600; herIings 1904 00O
salmon, COL 900; and copper ore, tlo5, ,ooo: IN
nearly ps,OoO'OO6, OF which the Islanders TAX
about halt the French and Americans taking tn
Test The report censuTes the local Legislatur
for It's action In regard 70 ihe Wasnihgton treaty
heavily In It's trade. Accounts from the nsherie
are hopeful, and ayear OF prosperity b anticl
pated.