New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-09
CURRENT FOREIGN TOPICS.

WOLVES IN RUssIA--Russia is still good
behind the rest OF Europe In the matter OF wolves
These aumas whose heads used to be OF income
to the bordcres of Wales and Of which The last were slain
Scotland by Cameron Of Lochiel make considerable
figure in the agricultural returns OF the Russian Empire
According to pamphlet which NJ Iazareysky has circn
lated the wolves in 1873 did nearly as muen damage az
$4,000 cattle and so 600 smaller domestic animals from
the 10 governments OF Russia IN Europe In inc oaic
Polish provinces 600 oxen and $500 sheep. pigs.
and goats. The Journal des Dt6ats calculates tia.
a sheep at 4 ronbles, the gross sum Of the
tribute levied by the wolves IN Russia must
reach 700 900 roubles. This is amount OF money
quite wen worth looking after and it represents num-
Der Of wolves which must be dangerous even to human
wolves last Winter attacked shepherds, and they
now and then venture WITHIN the walls OF Ionely
ehaeaus and farmhoes. But their numbers, OF course
cannot compared with the enormous nests OF savage
beasts IN Russia which one may perhaps guess az from
and carry of ono ablebodied The writers Of good
little books who Invariably illustrate the virtue OF selI
cned his masters family by throwing himself food 20
the wolves VIII pleased to learn tnt OBJ ortunities Of
TO be found IN Russia Landon Daily News
The DEPoPULATIoY OF FRANcE.-A CORE
spondent In LErpiorarur calls attention TO some re-
arabe results Of the slow rate Of increase OF the popu
ation of France lie refers to the statement 81 me
Roman Caeholc Bishop of Wellington Newhealand, mat
British emigration 10 that colony Is going on aJ e rate
OF 10000 yearly aud TO the fact that the population .,
the colony is now 100000, exclusive Of MaoIes HAD
NewZeaiand been French colony as at the time II was
nearly becoming, the European population Would PROB
support Of his statement the writer refers 10 the Mar
quesss 10 Mayote with its admirable roadscad, to Noss
Be the gateway Madagascar and otner French posses
siUns has already become question @netDer .nes
islands, of which France took possession about 1870 must
not be abandoned The native population Is becoming
extinct aud 10 Frencnmen can DC induced permanently
to settle Our ae the writer states, win shelter only
soltmdcs This nIpoency OF shows itself daily
in many ways We are stationary, While AL sifouhding
nations are spreading themselves out and adding TO
their
basis Of the proportion OF births and deaths III what
time tho various European countries double their pope
lson and The following IS the result: Norway 81 years.
Austria, 62; England 63; Denmark, 70; sweden, ~;
last hgi,fe illuminating as il is places ne in a
what better light Than really deserve Tor France
receives yearly certain number Of inmigrsnts who
attracted By the pleasant climate and the agreeable
manners OF the people, settle among vs. ana become IN
at least from The law which otherwise prevails. IL is
then BY the number OF French youths 20 whom TINS Law
applies that we able to form estimate OF the really
national population. The following are the numbers OF
Frenchme who in recent years have reached the age Oh
90 year. In 1873 303,sl0; IN 1874, 96 2Ot N 1872
2s57G9 III 1876, the number does NOT exceed z77OO0
II becoming degenerate and extinct, how can
Is stock ihe coiOnlesf
SINGULAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN ENGLAND
The Manchester Examiner OF Aug % has the following
For the last few days series OF violent thundersons
have visited parts OF South Wales and in the ly districts
of Glmorganshre and MOnmcuthshre vast amount 81
foods on saturday there fresh thunder
storms, accompanied with an extraordinary iall OF rem
Tile ordinary roads covered to depth OF several
inches and the mountain torrents OyeiON theif Daks
everywhere, causing immense nmOunt OF damage,
SCORES Of houses at MeIthyr and AbeIlarc being gue0,
aud the furniture swept into the streets or Undecided IN
the mud Ile most serious accident happened Ia pas
sengcr train tie Great Western Railway, about ile
fro ~ the station OF Merthyr The line emeres rom tu-
mel at spot where mountain brook meets IL, and RUS
parallel WITH 1t about 100 yards The brook had been
much swollen b. the heavy rains, and at tie Time the pas
senger train due az Merthyf ut $40 T. m was IN the
tunnel It burst its banks about GO yards rom the NOUN
of the une and carried away with 1t large mass OK
NTH and stones which filed the cutting 10 depth el
many feet and formed dam. Before any person could
have lad warning of IL rhe train emerged from the tn-
mel and ran into The obstruction. IL going Slowly,
much felt by the passengers of whom there were abols
10. But fire OF tho locomotive was cxfngIlsHcd,
and opening the doors OF the carriages TO ger ONT
the ns GERS fOund the water above the stepS ana
sill rising very rapidly AS soon as tie SITUATION was
seen the became gre thy excited and FOR lew
minutes there was a OF indescrltlb.e eonftsosl
The passengers scrambled on the roof or the car
ragged all the while with great fury, and the lightning
was terrible Some young made their way through
the 10 NJ the steep side OF the cutting 70 neghDoiiug
fartnhUlsc, where short ladder and rope wero 90
tantd With which the Passengers were drawn up the
front OF the tunnel TO the enlbankment. Meanwhile
messengers were dispatched TO the station for ASSISTANCE.
but by he time il arrived nearly all had been taken on
The ls person. removed blind man, who also was
drawn an without any mshap BY that time the debris
almost buried the locomotive and the water was within
inches of the top OF the carriage doors The pas
sengeFs had thus escape ffoin being drowncd
IN the carriages HunGreds Of tons OF rubbish have been
washed upon the line, aud several days VIII be required
to clear IL Tor traffic.