The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-24
FOREIGN NOTES.

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lips to the cruchx which received the last kiss of the
hapless Queen.
1t is rnmored that DR.. Newman will 60 to Rome in
the middle of Lent to assume the high dignity to
which he has been appointed by Leo XIII. There
will then be triad of English cardinals in the Holy
Cty-namcly. Manning. Howard and Newman.
Mr.. D'Oyly Carte is considering the advisability of
taking opera bouffe company to the United
States next fall II is the intention of Arthur Sui-
to to New York this spring to see what
can be done in the way of securing copyright for
his works there.
The ages OF the French Ministers are as follows:-
General Gresley, sixtyfour; Admiral Jaureguiberry,
sixty-three; NJ Leroyer. sixtytwo; NJ. Lepere. ff-
ty-hve NJ. Wsddington. fity-two: NJ. Say. ifty-two;
NJ. de Freycinet, fifty; NJ de Marcere. forty-nine.
and NJ. Ferry, forty-six.
The Shoeblhck Brigade OF Liverpool has taken to
gambling Three hundred packs OF cards are said to
have been distracted by their superintendent from
these juvenile tcmptcrs of Fortune during the last
year The amount OF money laid in bets. says the
superintendent is enormous"
There may be seen in the window of well known
Paris jeweller, whose establishment is situated
the Boulevard dc la Madeleine beautiful parasoi,
which finished too late to be shown ut the late
Exhibition. This otisr dart has blue silk ground
covered with the richest Lace The handle stick
are black. studded with splendid brlants and the
closed is composed entirely of brilants The price
is %, OOJf., or just $4,000
Minister in the Italian Chamber. speaking on the
subject of capital punishment few years ago,
marked that Italy was the country in which they
killed most and hanged least while England the
country where they killed least and hanged most.
With the most atrocious criminals to deal with the
hangman's Office has always been all but q sinecure
even in Naples; and now 1t seems that Passanante,
the ex-cook Of Salerno condemned to death by jury
of his countrymen. is likely to have his sentence
committed by the royal clemency.
Intelligence has been received from India Of an i'm
portant geographical discovery The course of the
Sanpu, great of Tibet. has been surveyed by
one of the native explorers attached to the Indian
fnpa nf IN az qr6 nf
targ, the furthest point to which it had hitherto
been traced in that direction. 1t then turned south
ward into some hills which the explorer unable
to penetrate. This settles rerd'o quostio which has
ong exercised the minds Of gcographers as to the
IDENTIFY of the Sanpu and the Brahmaputra.
An exhibition Of works in sculpture and painting
by the Society Degl Amatori Cultori dele Belle
Arti in Rome has says the Rome correspondent OF
the London Globe been time opened in the
very few works of English American artists.
Mr.. Montague Handey lAmerican) sent statuette in
gesso, representing lady horseback, and his work
is much admired for the skill displayed in modelling
the horse. Mrs. Miss emma Phenny. OF New
Only five of the British and American colony of
aftistes in Rome exhibited their works.
| During the ten years ended December 81. 1877,
fewer than L. 80 persons were killed in London and
23,379 manned or injured by vehicles of various de-
scriptions the largest proportion OF accidents being
by light carts by which 2l persons lost their
| sponsible for a smaller number of accidents
namely. 3.6s5--caused as many as 265 deaths Cabs.
omnibuses and cars killed IA and injured no fewer
than 6,7l2 persons during the ten years. Saddle
horses occasioned the deaths Of % persons and
injured 735 others. while one person was killed and
As injured by velocipeies. The police returns
show an alarming increase in the number of street
were 34s ACCIDENTS causing the death of ~ persons
in 1877 the number OF accidents registered was 2956
or than double those in 1865 while no fewer
than 10 persons lost their lives.
The Mandalay correspondent of the Calcutta Eng
hskman thus describes the recent massacre Of the
royal family of Burmah by order Of the King:-"A
hold hxf Zinc md n
and the conclusion come to was that determination
the only means whereby he could obtain safety.
The immediate execution was. therefore ordered of
every in prison. Executioners easily OBJ
| tanned, aud with darkness commenced the scene Of
10 get through the job in one night, a division
made and some twenty were chosen. These
severely beaten and kicked. the women being shame
fully treated. When feless they hurled into a
| large well in the garden. Children torn to
pieces before their parents eyes and the parents
then put to death. The Meckra Prince made
witness of the most atrocious conduct toward his
wife and children. and saw his aged mother beaten
senseess to the ground and then dragged the well
and tumbled in Thongya's family Jared the same.
as also the two Menghees. the Myodawlaw. his two
sons and the phawoon; The pr. nces. instead Of
being put in along with their fames were killed
last ard thrown into the river.
The London Figaro says:-"Although the Zulu
is dimming the iustre of our Afghan promenade,
is is just well that the English people should take
the trouble to read the scant news that comes TO
hand concerning the latter. Here is an inciden. 10
which would direct special attention. The in
habitants of village eleven miles south of Basawal
killed camp follower. To avengc the deed the
British general ordered the village TO be surrounded
by Rifles and Ghoorkas, and whoever attempted to
escape to be shot. Six women and two chill.
dren were shot down by the British and the whole
of the huts and Enclosures put to tho
flames, the cattle were seized and for,y-two
of the inhabitants were taken prisoners. Now
listen After all this wholesale destruction had taken
place the whole OF the prisoners. with the exception
OF two, were released. because only two found
to havo been concerned in the murder of the camp
follower. This dsgraceful affair occurred the
BID OF January, and WILL trust. be the subject OF
Parliamentary inquiry. The outrage had the same
amount OF Justification that there would have been
IL Darnall had been burnt to the ground and its
habitants shot because Peace murdered Mr.. Dyson.
Seeing how we foam at the mouth and become hys-
tcricai Hussisn crucltics, IL behooves
that the British not dcbled with inceudiar-
ism, pillagc, and tho massacre of innocent women
and children
The Examiner also quotes from tho articles which
led to the suppression of the RusSki Mr.. One Of
them runs Us follows ;-.'Cvifzed nations dcspisc
us and openly express their contempt. The
OF this contempt is 10 be found in internal
don. Not only has the late not led to any real
political life among but its result has been that
we have sunk even deeper into the mir-." In %
article the Rassk AIR speaks OF 1.-The old. tric.
weknown fact that the true Interests OF the State
cannot be maintained without an active participa-
ton OF the people and OF society at large. But in
Russia "therc is neither "a national Thought
nor legal form for the expression OF the popu-
lar will" These remarks OF the otherwise loyal
journal were interpreted as rcprehensibic almost
trcascnabe hankcring after constitutional charter.
| When the further remark added that ''the re-
Gently appointed commission for the dinuniton OF
state expenses had. strangely enough, been forbii-
den to touch the budgets Oh the army the fleet. and
the Imperial household. aud that millions OF
bcs. which the proceeds of the state property.
continue To be squandcrcd fer the benefit OF favor
ties the authorities lost time in prohibiting tho
publication ct the RaSsli Mir for the next four
months Questions o population in reference to the
public cxchequcr are the very last theme which tho
government OF 81. Petersburg will allow TO be dis
cusscd with impunty
The London Week has the following paragraph
upon the Glasgow Bank failure "a more row.
tut story than that of the Glasgow Bank sharrhold-
crs has surely never been told. IL IL could be
brought home in all its horrors to the nation gen
orally, we cannot but believe that some little pity
| would be shown for the numerous families who
now being driven from their homes to undergo alb
solutc want and beggary. Had all this misery been
brought about BY steamboat accident cxpo-
sion in coal mine. thousands OF pounds would
| readily have been subscribed. X ndly hearted
scholar. Mr. Ralston. gave reading last Wednesday
at ST. James Hall for the benefit OF the sufferers. but
the proceeds of that be only drop the ocean.
Already and women have been sent prem iturely
10 the chldrnn turned ndrt the sfracts