The New York herald., 1879-08-12
FOREIGN NOTES.

Shortly after the Ecumenical Council. yielding to
the pressure exercised upon its members by the lat
Sovereign Pontif and by the General of the Jesuits
had pronounced by accamation the dogma of Papal
intallbity, an ominous falling off in the pious
tributions familary known as ''St. Peters Pence"
obtruded itself upon the attention or Plus TX treas
urers. This unpleasant phenomenon proved neither
accidental nor transitory. As years went until
the death of Pi, Mono. eighteen months ago.
q steadily progressive diminution in the an
the budget of the Holy See. At last they dwindled
down to an insignificant sum, compared to that
realized by them In the three years lSG79 II seems
however. that since the accession of Cardinal Pecc
TO the Pontical throne the Peters pence have been
coming In to the Vatican with tho profusen of for
mer years. For the semester of the present year
terminating on the 3Oth of last month the amount
they yielded exceeded by $4,000 their proceeds for
the corresponding semester OF 1878. II is hoped by
the Uud Cdftoiicd that this revival will bring
up Leo KILLS income to at least the moiety Of that
enjoyed by his predecessor during the plentude OF
the lattcr's popularity.
London Echo:-"Thc Russian government is Just
becoming alive to the Importance OF increasing the
facilities OF commercial communication with large
portion of Its vast Asatc territory Incted by the
successful voyages of Professor Nordenskjod, who
will now soon be emerging from his winter quarters
north of Bchring STRAIT preceded by our own conn
separate journeys to the great northern Siberian
rivers IN reported that the Russian authorities
about to appoint commission in the town of
Tobolsk for the purpose OF nquirng into the trade
and commerce of Siberia, with u view to opening up
commercial route by which the varied produce
Of that region may be conveyed to the
European market. Siberia is by means tho bar
rem and lnhospitable region that is commonly sup
posed. In addition to valuable mineral the
lands watercd by the Ob and Yenise rivers sup
ply Western Europe with vast quantities OF wheat.
Dsced oats, barley and other cereals and the rivers
TEEN with Dish. There can be no doubt of the ad.
vantages to be derived from q trade with such a
country. Yet is only within the last years that
ii has been demonstrated that voyage can be made
TO and from these rivers In and the of
land transport has hitherto prevented extension
OF export trade. Now, however there is every rea-
son to believe that another storehouse has been
added to those ON which We depend for supplies"
faI MAI Gdsefte:-"The summer exercises aud
autumn mannuvrcs of the troops OF the Italian
army will be carried out this year an even larger
scale than usual. Camps OF instruction, in which
the troops will remain for "a clear month, are now
being formed in every part OF Ialyin the neghbor-
hood of Turin and IN the Quadrilatoral, tienoa.
Bologna. Florence. Rome. Naples and Palermo.
Each camp Will be occupied. AS rule. by brigade
OF infantry, with complement OF cavalry and artil-
lery aggregate force Of 2i4 battalions
squadrons and forty batteries being exercised in this
manner. After the troops have bcon practised In
these camps in rcgimental and brigade drill and in
combined movements and exercises the regular
autumn mannuvres will take place from August -
to september H. Tho First army corps
prisng the Turin and Alessandra divisions,
and consisting of four brigades of infantry, with
strong complement of the other OF the SER
vice. Will manuuvre by itself in the neghborhood OF
Lake Maggiore and tho River Ticino. The Second
and Third corps Will also be- exercised Independently
during the first eight days Oh the period assigned
for the mannuvres. They will then march toward
one another and the one corps will operate against
the other. The independent operations OF the Sec
ond corps will take place Ia the district traversed by
the road from Naples to Rome. between Ceprano aud
south between the Lower Volturno and Presenzano; /;
while the operations of corps against the oshcr
will be carried in the intermediate district be-
tween Teano and Aquino IL IL also stated, although