The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-09
Foreign Items,

From Treasury return just printed, 1T appears
that il, 1864; the total amount OF the English llatio-
nj debt WIS ES02 3i2 949 OF which tiI3 3l3229 was
funded IS, ,1S77U0 TN undcd, and f2l,3l2,u2u the
estimated value of tcrminablo anGu!t!es. IN tho
same year tlc terminable annutics created were
clO2 2S3 those expired f79,79l the value OF those
reduced, $3.50 f45; obligations were cancelled TO
the amount of T., $40, all fun od debt paid on
to s., ,4lj, ,OG6.
Gre Il distress prevails in the mining districts in
Cornwall England. In consequence oi the stop
page ot numerous mines ana the suspension ol
operations III many others, hundreds OF poor tan-
lies are reduced to great destitu!lon, while the
nrlnbor of unemployed is three thousand. In
three parishes aiune-namcly, tinov. BreaSo
and Wrlron there are about two thousand out
of work. In and around Camborno and Rodruth
there is also I; vast amount ut distress.
The cure OF Swiss village i'll the Canton du va
lais ,,u,uud kaemptcn has amused his leisure hours
bv com,,ih.g 4 comparative table Ut the annual
expenditure III the forty-ilnc States OF Europe IN
tl1 year 1864. The total ls elcvcl lnilllards OF
frames But what shocks the good cure is that
BY war budgets, only one hundred and twenty-five
millions OF Il was applied to public instruction.
and vet 1S;l was q pacific year. =,
A mol uf NJ Timers against tho empire s re-
peafcd in Paris. "How IL It. NJ. TIMERS. that you
lid not insist more strongly in the Chambers on
having interpretations on the Luxembourg bnsiil ss!
You should llarc stood urm and nave got up agI-
t,tun, 50 TO produce greater Impression on lno
pu llc." All! ynn know, wo must not make
| noise il the room OF o sick man
Tnc Enylis!, papers report that archbishop
NIannin. has obtained OF tic Pupc an indulgence
OF one Icar to all who shall dcyouily rccite tlo
GiwYa Pabia and Ace Narid, with the intention
OF obtaining from God the lcrfec; conversion" ol
the El,.lis nation to tlic obedience of the tnl..
and reconciliation to the clair of st. Peter.
| The latest innovation III tile usage and GU tom
of the Established Church of Scotland is tho cc!c-
brution of marriage publicly in church before the
| al, fn,,,,.
of lie parties. This plan is stated to DO i'll COLI
| orulit with the Directory OF Public Worship and
the ancient practice Of the Presbyterian Church.
The japan iiyad says that the late Alikado dicli
of smallpox, and adds that this disease, III
though common To the country SINCE the tho tim1
of tic first Mika,io, Jinsmoo rcn-o, WHO reigne,l
2,jG} years ago has never been known to attack
the sacred person a iikatlo until now"
1t ai,,cars lrou tho return of the Registrar Gem
er.lo ircia,l that tho number OF births Registered
duri.ly the three months ending the 31st 0f last
December was :}3 7j3. The deaths For The same
period were Y 2GO. while by emigration the ponll-
Iaton was lcsscned by 1881. \ decrease OF ,4Ol
would seem to lave taken place in the population
| during tine period specified.
An order from Marshal Nicl French Minister of
War. fixes the sum of 5000 fiancs (SGOO) Us the
pr,ce to bc paid by tho coscriptS Ut 1Sdti WHO are
! liable to l:e embodied this wear, FOX cXcmptiI.i
from military service. The price last Year was
2luI iraucs.
STATE DINNER ar THEDEs. correspondent of
| the Commercial Advertiser. writing from Egypt,
Lesser hes tic dinner customs ot the highest c'-
rles as follows: while ut Thcbc;, va were III.
ytd 10 dine with the Govcr.io S"im Efc,.di, and
our Consular Agent, ilustapll Aga. There were
ulnc in tho party. As VIC were l,siicred into the
,lioinr aparlnlc l. n servant iladcd each guest Il
rnwci. aid held IL metallic basin willie another
p0urcl water over the hands. We were then seated
IN cushions, tho floor aronih CIRCULAR metal
! liz table about eighteen inches high, with Il rim
| around it, In from: Of eacii guest was spoon
ana y l.iccr III bread. First came soup, OF Which
cach dipped. Tncn boiled fowl WAS placed i'll the
c,..ltrc ni the table and rapdl. aud gracefully
cur cd BY tno Governor with hts hn@crs He taei!,
with his Iiir.rrs passed Il p!cc,: ln cacil.
The greatest cuali'iIincat AL ATao can pay = 70
aasS tI y.rl tho lrs ruwl after having irSt bit
i.., oil Il l.:uuI.lru for i.EIs:li. linen cac c!aTcil
ot,lrr ,:ise. III :AI;;i succs;io cacu served Ia
the lnIrr-cNeil d.:;iicS lt'a' were Ike our
;,s ant pudln9a. Tie cooking " y AL So'n L;tt
s..asru:iii. excellent. Alter We .Irs2 from t.ic table
rl,il.. ln, u pWa;i!bOnr. AID coffee, preceding,
w!lcll however. tlr ceremony oi washing thr
,.an, WAS gone Through with, and the; needed 1t.
| We were s.ri; nscr"l IutO the llalil ball uf lc
,pM,sr, ;,;;,i vii c.ss:d au cxbiio o dancing,
accompanied By Egyptlan instrumental music.
me ,iaii!;, women arc tic must Dc liltl Ut al
''thc iair and ira' uf Egypt, and dance as did the
'iaugicr"F "F ilcrodas-wlci, should say, was
u liir Murs iur ihr d;nS:Itct.
| Il is understand that TO sixth session oI the
International Statistical Congrrss will be held this
year in Florence. ri'nce llumbcrt, Of Savoy, will
preside, ;n the stssli. which commences on the
18th of September, will probably cx:cnd over nine
~ ten days. y programme. embracing Il Very
wide field Of statistical inquiry, has lccn prepared
| BY Dr. Maesri: The accomplished dilcc.or Of tile
Italmu bureau oI Statistics. Delegates from all
ntius. amt I,m l'arii2 ;:tnl sc.cl.Lc societies,
are invited tu attend the Congress, the main Obj oct
of whose tciibt latiUns is tu bring about uniform,
;;a oi stat, icai observation and record, 80 as tu
ilcilitatc the com nrson of one state with another.