The New York herald., 1879-07-15
FOREIGN NOTES.

London TyuA:-"The Introduction of tho dove
which perched at the elevation ON gided eagle. at
clever. and proved hit. The bird. which is tame.
and had three days Lessons, was attracted to the
eagle by grain thrown on Its back 1t looked charm
ing. gyrating above the incense.
London Ttrlih:-'Lord Chelmsford has within
two thousand OF the number OF English soldiers the
Duke OF Wellington had when he crossed the Douro
and the battle of Taavera. Notwithstanding
this, 1t Is runored know not with what truth. that
Lord Chelmsford has requested that bloodhounds be
sent out to him. Dynamite aud bloodhounds! War,
indeed, is losing all its chivalry.
The King of the Belgians has signed the law the
reform of primary education. which will be promul-
gated shortly. The placard recently round posted
the church Of the royal residence at Laeken was
in Flemish. Itsays:-"In virtue Of the new school
law shall be deceived by my children. They will
walk out with their schoolmasters. who will make
thieves of them. king will be found to sign such
a law. but will avenge myself. for not afraid
of dying. When such q crime takes place shall be
spoken Of at Laeken. but then 1t will be too late
Adieu.'
Mr.. Punch. in the preface to his seventysxth vol
ume, has an imaginary colloquy with Cetywayo. in
which the sable monarch gets the best OF the argu-
ment. "If you have. says he. 'mssionaries left at
home why do they not teach you the same things
they teach me? They tell me must not invade Eng
lshmans country. Englishman invade mine They
forbid me to wash my spears in Beers blood. Eng
lishman wash his bsyonets in Zuius' They teach
Inc I must not keep up my army of young men.
Englishman keep up his army OF younger men than
mine. They say must not kill Zulu. Englishman
kill Zulu. must not take your cattle. You take
mine. l must not settle on Englishmans or Beers
mems"
London TraG:-"I have seldom read anything
more impudent than the reply OF the agent vf DIR.
Talmage to the request of a small town for lec-
ture:-.I have upward OF one thousand letters, all
wanting DR.. Talmsge to lecture tor them. Some
contain fabulous offers. Now. there is but one way
of getting the Doctor II your society can afford to
pay what larger places offer may be able to drop
out larger place aud give You date in July. Tho
lowest terms to take are f100. know II Is a
big price. but DIR. Talmage is great man &c This
may be legitimate in the eyes OF New York Chris
tan. but 1t hardly looks like good faith TO drop
out the large places in the manner proposed. Per-
haps. however the frantic applicants only exist in
tho imag gination OF the agent.
London TruM:-'.Anent the wonderful likeness Of
Prince jerome with Napoleon l., which is perhaps
the best OF his political capital the following in-
stance of tho vanity OF glory is related by the Prince
personally. He was travelling in the mountains of
Auvergne, and having left his carriage for the sake
of walking few miles. he had occasion to ask his
way from Young peasant, ana ne rewarded mn, MN
the cffgy OF Napoleon l.. and having noticed the
fact. tho Prince asked the young man whether he
knew who he was No. sir. don't. was the reply.
Look at that piece of silver; don't you see the like
ness3 oh. yes! How strange We'll, 1 am =
who is this Napoleon returned the rustic. He had
never heard the name before
London Echo:-''rhe young King of Spain. at
meeting Of the Spanish Academy of History. In
Madrid. made wise remark. He said. After hav-
ing ruled the world II now sufficed spain TO rule
herself Precisely SO; Inc Empire which threw
dominion In every latitude. which
satiated, aud clung to its graspng and despotic
policy until, Canning said. new world
called into existence to redress the balance of the
old, has, like Portugal lived to zee its
pride abashed. its usurped possessions torn away,
Its dependencies converted into republics and
Its dominion abroad restricted to the Balearic
and the Canary Islands, two remnants left of
empire upon which, to quote the phrase often
falsely attributed elsewhere. the sun never set-the
phrase OF Schiller. in the drama of Don Carlos.
The words of the youthful spanish monarch may
have not q little Significance in these days. The
spanish nation. after having attempted in vain to
govern half the globe. has long found IL difficult
task to govern itself II has overthrown and created
empires; ~ has acquired vast territories; IL has es
tablished and maintained systems OF slavery and
usurpation; and now its own sovereign confesses
that the work TO be done is to create confidence and
security at home."