The New York herald., 1879-10-09

London correspondent Of the Liverpool DAILY Posi-.
the public could hardly realize the number of noble
hunting and driving studs. 1t is no exaggeration
to say that there some hundreds of hunters,
cobs. carriage horses and hacks the market.
Many of these are to be sold by public auction.
many have been already sold. but the greater num-
ber win be disposed Of privately any who will
make any reasonable offer. We're to publish the
list Of noble lords aud commoners who about to
reduce their studs it would little
ment.
Les Nodes TO the whole Christian world for funds 10
make excavations the spot where the E,.y ptians
swallowed up when attempting to follow the
Israelites the Red Sea- ''because the finding
of the remains of Pharaohs army would be a power
full reason IN favor OF the truth of the Holy Scrip
lures" II 5000 subscribed he will at once
commence the worx; but he seems to have
looked the probability that if the identity OF the
site be beyond dispute the decaying power of time
must long since have destroyed every vestige OF
armor. harness. chariot and skeleton. unless. in
deed they have beeu preserved by miracle great
rs that the belief in which their proposed recovery
IL to support.
The sacred hair Of the prophet Mahomet's beard.
which has for some months been tho subject OF an
exciting lawsuit at Madras, has at last found legal
owner. The hair. which is enclosed in case. and
called the "Aussaree Shareef. sacred relic. and
which carries with it much honor and a small pen-
sion was claimed by six people. tive claiming the
treasure by right of will and the Others by right
Of succession Finally three Withdrew from the
contest, and the judge has decided that the first
claimant, being woman. could not tulfl the neccs-
sary ceremonies connected with tue heirloom and
number four. he shall guard the relic perform the
necessary ceremonies. and divide the surplus of the
money with his two relatives.
Victor Hugo continues to be idoliZed by the Com
mmnists whom he has taken under his wing The
papers full OF letters addressed by the 'Erring
Brethren OF 1871 to the poet. One of these
etusions proceeds from group of aInpestied Com
munists. and was written on tho lie des Pins in
New Caledonia. on the eve of parting 1t runs
thus:-"HlustrioCs Citzen-On leaving the land of
exile the deportes commissioned to erect
to the memory of their deceased comrades come to
you, with the homage OF their gratitude for all
that you have done for them the exact reproduction
of the funeral memorial erected the lie des Pins.
In his farewell speech to the deceased the treasurer
OF the committee said as the sun rises i'll the east to
light the world so may this pyramid rising i'll the
east Of the globe be one day the beacon which will
enlight future generations to the role of the
men of 1871. and prepare their rehabilitation
Aremarkabe article, entitled Before the Struggle"
appears in the Paris Gobe This journal is Of opin-
ion that Russian attack upon India is not far dis
tant. whatever those optiIuists may say who study
large maps. England. however, can bring into the
field fur larger force than Russia could march
through Central Asia. and reinforcements may be
despatched with greater rapidity from Portsmouth
Bombay than from the Caspian to the Himalsyas.
1t would need fully year to exhaust the regular
forces of Great Britain and to permit Russia to profit
by the immensely numerical superiority OF the
armies which she can set on foot. The issue of
contest waged under almost equal conditions would
depend upon the rising of some vassal rajah,
upon of those fortuitous eventualities which
defy all strategca precautions. and are particularly
to be dreaded FOR modern armies marching without
fixed supplies in climate which frequently changes
and in regions almost unknown
Asanguinary scene occurred recently between
bandit and some gendarmes at the hamlet OF MeZza
VIA few miles from Ajacco. Four gendarmes
from Ajaccio had gone to Mezz1 Via quest Of
malefactor, and on arriving there two OF them en-
tered the house Of a man named Mancini and sought
information about the object OF their search While
thus engaged in a room. where three men were
seated, one of the latter suddenly sprang up and
tried to leave. gendsrme thereupon put his hand
his revolver. and was at once attacked by a man
who had been sitting corner, and received
fearful cash in the stomach. His assailant next
turned on the other gendarne and dealt him two
three blows with fatal effect. Believing that he had
been betrayed the assassin plunged his knife in the
back of the peasant who had tried to leave the
room. and dashed out by one of the windows. leav-
lug his victims stretched on the floor Their savage
assaant proved to be the bandit Paoletti, condemned
by dofault SO long back as 1868.