The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-12
FOREIGN NEWS.

Rome has abandoned the scheme Of its pro-
posed Worlds Fair for 1882, as Milan pro-
poses holding great national fair In the
same year.
1OO.ton Armstrong guns-of the new Italian
double-turretted iron-clad Duillo proved en-
tirely satisfactory.
In Armenia the suffering from lack OF food
is rapidly increasing, and considerable num-
bers Of persons are reported to have already
died Of starvation.
The Russian army In Poland is to consist Of
ments Ofcavalry and fifteen brigades or forty
five batteries Of artillery.
Alta recent meeting OF the Parish Municipal
Council It was proposed to remove the "Fleur
de Lis" so long the emblem Of France, from
81 sas Ppf SS Re ooan oash mnS no M
probable that 1t may be repeated on another
occasion.
The Victoria, Australia, Year Book for
1850 shows that In 1866 Victoria produced
2,985,73 ounces OF gold; In 1866, 1,478, $50
thsre Were only acrss y IL
cultivation, while In 1873 there were sos, ,278.
The population is only 100000.
The st. Gothard tunnel, the boring Of which
has just been completed, will not be equipped
with rails before August, when y will be
gas, like the Mount Gents tunnel. AZ straight
us an arrow. 1t will ventilate itself bya strong
current Of air passing from one extremity to
the other.
During 1870 the births In Rome numbered
1887, Of which 1880 were among the resident
were 6724. On December 81, 1870. the popula-
tion numbered 298, ,96O, an increase Of 9630
over 1878. Since 1871 the population has in
creased by 54,476, mainly by immigration.
The sanitary condition Of the city shows Inn
provement
On the fifteenth Of June last the total
population OF Bosnia and Herzegovina
amounted to 1,142, LAT persons, of whom 599,-
026 were males and 543, ,12l females. or the
tosal l, ,142, lat men, women and children, 442,-
500 are Mohammedans, 487, ,023 belong to ;the
Greek Church, 2o8, $50 are Roman Catholics,
S42G are Jews, and 249 belong to other reli-
gtous persuasiOnB.
A small crater has appeared near Paterno,
on the west side Of Etna, and the other
craters are again Issuing saltish, oily fluid,
ing the neighboring fields. Numerous slight
shocks Of earthquake have also been felt to
the north-nOrtheast and sOuth-sOuthwest of
Etna; jets OF steam have issued from the new
craters, and steam, mixed with ashes, from
the central one.
The news received from the interior OF
the Russian empire is heartrendlng. Famine
and diphtheria are dectmating the popula-
tton. The provinces Of Saratof and Kief,
which annually export enormous quantities
OF grain, scarcely had any crop at all last
year. The calamity is aggravated by the
| want Of fodder for the cattle, the peasants
being forced to sell them at any price. In
the Caucasus the famine is still greater.
Here people are committing suicide, selling
| their children, and taking other extreme
measures to stave off starvation. The gov
| ernment and private charity are doing their
| utmost to alleviate the suffering
Prof. Nordenskjold Is described by CORE
spondent OF the London Daily Nelcs as an en-
| ergetic looking man OF middle height and
| massive build, with keen blue eyes and deep
preston, slightly shadowed by fatigue. He
will not lecture. Though speaking English
| with fuency. he considers that he does not
speak well enough to undertake such task.
He says he dislikes giving lectures, having
been 80 long used to the silence Of the Arctic
seas. and that he Is out Of practice In speak
ing at all. His work on the voyage OF the
Stockholm, and will appear at the same time
| In English.
A paper has lately been discovered In the
State archives OF Saxony which contains some
curious particulars concerning this corps long
known In the Prussian service as the "Porce-
lain Regiment" and from which the present
First Dragons and the Third, Fourth and
Fifth Regiments of Cuirassiers claim to have
sprung. According to tradition the regiment
Prussia from the King Of Poland for some
costly porcelain vases, and the documents
lately found In the Saxon archives show that
substantially the tradition was correct. The
men were valued at twenty thalers each, and
the whole regiment at $4,000 thalers, while
the porcelain given In exchange for them was
considered 70 be worth considerably more.