The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-11-18
Foreign News.


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The :-.adian steamship Belgian, from
Liverpool, November 9 via Londonderry
sd, passed Father Point Yesterday at half
past for: +. NJ. en- route to Quebec. hcr
adllces are one day later than those of the
City of Washington.
The British Parliament has been further
prorosued until the 23d of November.
Two very considerable fires had taken
place in London. The first occurred at the
st. Catharincs Docks on the 2Sth, and the
loss, 1t was feared, would reach f4O, 900
sterling. The second took place on the
3Oth ult., at Bealc's wharf, Toolev street.
Inc warehouse DESTROYED contained eight
| floors, with vaults in the basement. and
had frontage on the Thames of one
hundred and fifty feet. The loss of pro
perty was rather heavy, especially in teas;
but the ,ods were protected by large in
surances. An immense warehouse, adj
of tea, narrowly escaped. The fire pene-
trated tho building, but by extraordinary
eXertlo!is 1t was prevented from spreading.
The amount of property destroyed was cs-
tlmatcd at tlSo,000 sterling.
A terrible explosion occurred at Nine
Elms on the 31st ult., at the works of the
London Gas Company. Six persons were
killed and forty to fifty seriously injured
| In connection with the discovery of the
| murdered body of a man in the hold of Il
New YORK ship, strange circumstance has
| occurred Since the dispositions taken in
| the case We're sent to the United States,
the American Consul has applied for the
| clothes found near the body, and being re-
teired to the parish authorities, was told
that nothing was known of them. Search
having been made in Liverpool the trous-
| ers and boots were found in an old clothes
shop, where they had been sold by person
whose name Is not mentioned. but the re-
! malndCf are Yet undiscovered, and this
Will probably lead to great difficulty in
| Identifying the deceased or the detection
! OF his murderer.
FRANCE AND MEXICO.
The Paris correspondent of the Morning
| Post says: The public were some time ago
prepared FOR hearing tina. the French Go
vernmsnt desire to withdraw the French
flag from the new Mexican Empire; always
providing that such 4 step can be taken
without endanScrinS the throne and Co
vcrnmcnt OF MaXimilian. Such intentions
have OF late assumed more decided cha
ractcr. The Emperor of Mexico Will recruit
more largely in Austria and Belgium, and
1t is proposed to permit French officers and
men to take the oath of allegiance to the
crown OF Mexico, if inclined to do so. In
tlme, therefore, the Emperor MaXimilian
Will ind himself surrounded by forces en-
tirely under his own flag. France will have
performed all expensive duty. 1t is scarcely
to be supposed that any Government of the
state OF things by promoting the return of
the past republican confusion, anarchy and
DrlgandaSc. In course of time, public
| feeling i'll America may decide on acknow-
ledgmg the liberal sovereign Government
now laboring to bring Mexico up to the
| civilization and progress Of our age.
The Paris correspondent of the Times
says:
| 1t is generally reported in Paris that tho
| French army III Mexico will be withdrawn
hyvJ tnI, ~.
| September next Year, the whole will have
returned to France. This resolution is
said to be adopted not only from desire
to afford no reasonable ground of com
plant to the United States, but also on
| economic grounds.
STRANGE OCCURRENCE AT PAI.AIERsToS's
GRAVE.
The Manchester Guardian says: 1t is
stated that when the Dean of Westminster
pronounced tho words, dust to dust,
ashes to ashes over the grave Of Lord
Paimerston, the chief mourner, as q last
precious Offering to the dead, threw into
the grave several diamond and gold rings.
Another account states that the vault was
| so constructed that it would not permit of
the throwing in Of any earth at the most
solemn portion Of the funeral service. This
novelty attracted great de.i of notice,
appreciation. To some it appeared a great
Improvement, as taking away all the earthly
hideonsness Of burial: but others thought
that the traditional solemnity Of the grave
suffered when the dread words ''ashes to
ashes, dust to dust" are not accompanied
by the usual symbolic sprinkling of earth
on the coffin. The chief mourner respond
ed to the words by casting several valuable
rings into the grave.
FRANCE.
The Opinion Ndtio'tule publishes cor
respondence from Oran, which states that
the Algerian insurgents-50,00 900 strong
were in possession Of the whole South Of
| the Tell Mountains.
snip named the Clara, commanded by
one Nicolo Gennaro, and sailing under
English colors, was reported to have landed
large quantities Of arms and ammunition
! purchas sel at Gibraltcr for account of the