The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-03
FOREIGN JOTTING9.


Prince Humbert, OF Italy, Is nov in England,
During his stay he resides with the Marquis
d'ALeglO, the Italian minister ia LOudOn.
According 10 official documents thee we're,
last year, l3,l47 assaults on women committed in
England and Wales for which the pArtos were
charged before the magistrates.
The juurna of Morava state that the Gov
ernmenf of that prIviuce has dc ided that widows
who pay taxes have a right 10 vote in municipal
elections.
Lord de Grey has issued advertisements re-
qutsting guumakeTs TO communicate with him on
nc bet means of converting the Enfield into a
| breech-loader, the expense MOTTO exceed Gl gan.
An important musical festival has recently
taken place at ntwerp. The programme included
selections Of both modern and classical music,
| and some new works by Belgian composers.
| A new operetta by Bilfe, called The Slorping
Queen has been produced In London. The mus sic
includes very pretty serrnade, "The NOontidc
/ Dream" and an admired trio aud quartet.
"A letter from Vienna announces the betrothal
| Of the Princess Sophia. tue only un narricd
| daughter of the King of tXony, to the ID Ike
| Charles Theodore. the brother Of the Empress
| Elizabeth OF Austria.
The submarine cable between otranto and
Valona has been completed. The previous
attempt in February last was unsuccessful, on
account OF severe gales, which drove tho vessel
out Of her course, and caused the end of the cable
10 be!lost
- Count Moritz Die.rchsten has lately died In
his n neieih year. lie was a native of Vienna,
and has been head OF the Austrian Imperial thea
| tres and opera-houses. Ia his younger days he
was a music pupil of the Abbe Vogler, the Master
of Meyerbeer and Won Weber.
The new hospital alluded to In the previous
paragraph will be erected little north of the
Cathl tiTal Of Notre Dame and will contain eight
| hundred beds, arranged in wards accOmmo dating
each tbirty-s beds. The whole cost for ground
and building will be something over sixteen
| millions of francs.
| "A young lady was bathing lately at Tyne
mouth, England, and persisted in venturing out
too far. She would not regard the reno ustranceS
of the keeper of the bathing machine, VINO tiuay,
TO save her life, rode out in the water on horse
back, and pursuing the lady, thre ateaed to horse
whip her unless she returned at once. She be II
q retreat, and declared she would never again
patronze this jealous keeper Of bathing machines,
M. de Persigny lately made a speech at the
| Conseils GenerauX Of France, in whi;h he told
his astoundtd hearers that N tpoleon Ill was the
founder OF political liberty in France, that the
political insti utiOns Of England we're not adapted
for France, rs authority aud liberty could not
there be entrusted 70 class, and that before tue
| Liberty OF the press could be benefit, "a new,
vigorous, and independent generation must arise
~ replace minds enervated by revolutions"
-Scurvy is stIll prevalent disease among
Blti sailors In tho Royal navy it may he
said 20 be extinct, but in tue merchant service
many owners arc too mean to allow u sutil cheney
either of lime Juice or vegetables and 'Of tue
men received into the Sailors Home, London,
about half are suffering from scurVy, and of these
perhaps a twentieth part are seriously disels 3D."
The Liverpool ships are peculiarly afflicted with
this disease.
An official report on the cottage dietaries of
Great Britain states that man wants on an ave-
rage 2S,60O grains Of carbon and 1880 grains of
nitrogen per diem. Oaly one class OF operatives
get enough nitrogen, aud as to carbon, tiftn of
all agricultural laOOrers have too little, while it
is probable that among the women the proportion
| is much greater. In Berkshire, SomerSetshire,
and OXtOTdshire, the people have not euOugn of
| either kind. Yet the lords OF the land on which
these people live are the richest and happiest
class which ever existed in history. most of them
having incomes of over $50 900 year.
The Emperor of the French recently caused
the works on the now opera-hOu,e 20 to be suspended
in favor OF those on new hospital The store
keepers in the vicinity Of the half-buiIt opera
house have offered TO advance the money nccos-
say for the prom pt finishing OF the latter cdiiCe,
the GoYcrLmtnt They declare that their c Im-
merce will be ruined il the works are not carried
| on. The Emperor, however, did not give favor
able reply, Il, cming it beneath the dignity of tue
| state ~ accept offers Of money from private in.
| diyidual9.
| The authoiiz capitl OF all the railways in
| England, Scotland, and Ireland, up TO December
3lst last, amounts to the sum of EiI4,999,5 ,5i5 /;
| and OF this total as much as GiOi,2l5,6 ,602 has
actually b, en- paid up Us capital, inclusive of dc
| benturc loans outstanding at that date That Is
| TO say in less than thirty years r sum very
nearly equal 10 ous-haf of the national debt of
| England has been invested in that country ia
| earthworks, rails, rolling stock, and the other
| constituent elemcns uf the vast aggregate kno yn
as railway properly. The average net profit Of
the British railways Is only four per cent.
The Paris RsUIs dss DcUr MoRdes says that an
| English missionary ia Madagascar talks rs follows
in his efforts 20 discTedn thc French mis- ionayies
my good friends" said he lately 20 his NADIA
gascan hearers. "propery speaking, there are
only two religions the English and tue French.
But You will say, which Is tho best Tne Eng
lish One-and fOT very simple reason-becsuse
Jesus Christ was born in England. There lie
lived, there he preached, and founded His
| Church. Many times the French wanted to get
Him among ihemj bat He never would so 90
| Paris, pre!errinp 10 st)s in London, NOW you
know Why our religion is the best"
| -OrganiSts receive more appreclatiye attention
| abroad than here. In The largest church in New
castle, England, the great east window is tine
mortal erected % the memory of deceased
organist; and lately Miss Burgess, organist OF
ST. Johns, Eton, for thirteen years, was pre-
sented by the Choral Association with q silver
cream jug on the occasion Of her marriage. Miss
Burgess was also presented with testimonials by
several members OF the congregation Of ST.
Johns. The band of the Windsor volunteers
serenaded on the eve Of the wedding, and hel
| brother, Mr.. +. Burgiss, was appointed organis
| Of 81. Johns ia her stead.