The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-12
FOREIGN ITEMS.

The accounts of the last Paris Exhibition
show deficit of about $4,000, 900.
The published report of the Bank OF Belgium
which T'Kindt and Fortemp 30 nearly ruined;
shows loss of 80, 804, 1897 francs on the capital
Of so, 600, 900 francs
Boys in London play at Zulus in the streets,
the principal feature Of the game consisting
Of throwing stones at each other to the immt-
nent danger OF civilized passers-by. Inc
police have interfered on the side Of the set
tiers against the Zulus.
Rudolph, future emperor of Austria, prom
lses to be an accomplished and scholarly SOY,
ereign. He Is an excellent linguist, a good
scientific student and has also fine literary
abilities. AS he desires to speak the language
of every race he will one day have to rule
over, he is now studying Turkish, that he
may not be at loss IL he ever finds himself
In Bosnia. He speaks ten languages already
seven or eight of which are used in the Aus
tro- Fl hungarian empire. He is very popular
with his soldiers, whom he addresses LII
Czechian.
The Earl of Lonsdale the sale OF whose
effects we recently noticed, is in his twenty
fourth year, and has cOntr1ved, since attaln-
ing bis majority to run his sp1enaa Of 81
600, 900 year, into debt, and to spend $50, oo9
ready money besides. He married, q short
time since, the beautiful Lady Gladys Her;
bert, sister of the Earl OF Pembroke and
daughter Of Lord Herbert OF Lea pesee !.
known as Sidney Herbert. an eminent British
statesman. The marriage was the lazy
own choice being against the wish OF the
family, and her brother refusing to attend the
| wedding on account OF LOnsdale's habltual
intemperance and spendthrift HABITS. In 1--we
mother and her husband committed the dis.
graceful act of announcing in the papers that
he would not be responsible for her bills
The Euv0pean Messenger OF st. Petersburg
In an article on the Russian clergy, says thai
the total number Of persons In holy orders IL
the Russian empire ID ABOUT loo,ooo. As,
Stunning that each clergyman has family o.
three persons, the total number q persons
belonging to the clergy exclusive OF the mem
bers of monastic institutions. who are mol
allowed to marry is 100000. There are now
in Russia 400 cathedrals, 38,302 churches anc
10 4os chapels; and the European Messenger
suggests that 1t would be better to do some
| thing for the poorer clergy than to build ~;
new churches year, as has been hitherto thf
case The translation Of the Bible into Rus
| sian was only begun In 1856, and was no
completed until the beginning of the yea
1877. The first edition OF $4,000 copies has
been exhausted, and a second il now beinf
published. The total number OF persons VIII
entered the Orthodox Russian Church in 1877
was II $780, including 653 Protestants and 1881
Catholics.
1t In announced that Hahn Pasha, tn
Khedives uncle, whom change in the Law
of succession has excluded from the thron'
of Egypt, Is on the point Of Issuing mani
festo. It will repeat his former declarations
which have shown him to be a liberal AM
enlightened prince. who deems 1t his duty t.
subordinate his inelinations and interests t.
the well-being of his country His silenc
hitherto, after the recent events in Egypt
has surprised everybody. The protecting
governments who undertook the aresettle
ment OF Egypts finances, the improvement
OF her administration, and the equal dispen
sation of justice, must have been greatly dis
appointed, and must feel that as long a
Isinail Pasha can neutralize European inilu
ence there is no hope Of the recovery Q
Egypt from the political and financial confu
sion caused by his rule.