The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-25
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
-Maximilian is the one hundred and second
member Of the rouse of Hapsburg committed e
to rest in the vaults OF the Convent OF the
Church Of the Capuchins.
The armed peace Of Europe, il is reported,
costs 81. 500 OO0.0 600 year. 1t could scarcely
be mere costly if Europe we're engaged In per
petual war.
Women, it seems, are having their CLAIMS
10 merit recognized. At the University OF Zu-
rich. Switzerland, it is reported that recently
Russian lady received the degree and diploma
of Medical Doctor.
-Englsh ladies' wish to introduce uniform
for the various grades of female servants, who
are now liable to be mistaken on the streets Tor
their mistresses.
1T ia reported in France that the Emperor
Napoleon has sent an order to Toulon to make
ready for sea such ships as require htlng, SO
that sixty thousand soldiers can be sent TO sea
at moments notice.
Thirteen thousand nishmen in London
have thus far signed the address OF loyalty to
the Queen, and four hundred priests m Ireland
have signed The declaration in favor OF the re-
peal OF the union.
We'll authenticated reports are in circula-
ton in Europe that Spain is to- share with
power Of the Pope. Marshal Pez1ela and
25,OC0 Spanish soldiers are to be furnished by
the former government.
Mr.. William Rathbone. one of the "mer-
chant princes" OF Liverpool, prominent for
many years in the commercial and political
history Of the town, died on the LIST iastant, at
the age Of eighty-one. He was leading liberal
for more than fifty years.
AT recent c1urt ball in Paris, General
tal he nnlfnrn1
o Belgian officer, and had a long conversation
with the wearer. Napoleon laughed at the
spectacle, for the officer uniform covered only
secret police spy.
The following announcement concerning
Queen Victoria's new book. appears In the
English papers $50 many copies have now
been printed and circulated Of this enticing re-
cord OF home life and feeling, at its high price,
that we have pleasure in stating that very
shortly hardly home may be without copy;
for, in answer to an application for cheap edl-
tion, General Grey, on behalf OF tho Queen,
thus responds Her Majesty has consented to
comply with the request, and a cheap edition
of that work will be issued for her desr, loving
subjects"
"A London paper reports that Mr. Gladstone
announces his intention Of bringing forward IN
the English Parliament a motion respecting
the Irish Church Establishment, which must
try the strength Of the TWO great English par
ties. 1t adds IF this isl true, and if the Right
Honorable gentleman goes far enough in his
proposed measure, the present government ls
certain to oppose hun, and the result OF the
struggle will probably be the defeat and resig-
nation Of Lord Derby's Ministry"
"A question which now agtates the current
OF fashionable lie in Europe ls: "How arc the
fine ladies to preserve themselves against vul-
gar limitations 2" The other day, at a ball IN
Nice, Russian princess wore diamonds val
ued at one hundred thousand dollars; But so
did the wife Of IL. Hartman, who made his for;
tune by inventing the Magenta dye; her dia-
monds were as rich and as valuable as the
princess. Similar events have occurred in
England. and Belgravia is Disguised at the i'm
pertinence Of the common people"
"A somewhat hard case has been decided at
the Courts dangers. According to the terms
Of French Law. tho chi Of widow, if born
three hundred days after her husbands death,
Is considereda as legit mate. Madam Mercier,
awidow, pleaded for the recognition OF her son,
born three hundred days and six hours and q
half alter the decease OF hor hush and. The de-
cslon Of the court was that the child was lllegl-
innate. This prevents the child from inherit
ing his share Of NJ. Mercier's property, which
he would otherwise have claimed.
Professor Faraday's widow declines the as
sistance proffered to her in England. She has
commissioned frIend to make the following
statement: 1.-The whole course of her hus-
bands life was 20 marked by his love of retire.
ment that she feels most keenly the intrusion
of his name even, while she cannot but be CRATE
full for the kindness which causes her so much
psln. She wishes me to assure all those who
value Mr. Faraday, that the recognition that
has already been mado OF his merits has given
her more than she either requires or desired;
and abe is most anxious that his name should
not be used In way which he never would
have approved"
The scene at George Francis Trains sec
ond lecture in Cork was lively. Ribs bent and
all but cracked; hats were smashed; loose
properties were torn away. An elderly gentle |
man, wearing part Of his coat, having tho
handle of his umbrella embedded in the pit of
his stomach, and his hat firmly jalnmed over
his eyes and nose, lmplored mercy in vain.
Entrance into the galleries was no deliverance.
There the crush was something tremendous
Motion was impossible. The mass was forced
into every interstice and down to the edge OF
the railing by the constantly increasing press
ure from without, and many of those in the
front clambered over TO escape and slid into
the body Of the hall, previously crowded to in
convenience. So says Cork paper.
About the great English scandal, the Tri-
bnne's London correspondent says: eff Lord
Willoughby, through Colonel Dudley Carlton, |
had offered s12OO a year, and $4,000 cash to the |
Countess d'Ateyrac, and had refused after
ward to pay the money, Colonel Carlton, say
his friends, would have compelled Lord Will
loughby to keep his faith, or would have shot |
him. Meantime, Lord Willoughby 1ot having
been shot, does society cut him! Certainly |
not, say some authorizes. Nobody is cut in
these days. Society is too we'll bred to bctlay
its annoyance by any personal rudeness. 1t
does not cut Lord Willoughby nor lecture him,
but 1T regards him for the present as gooI
man not to invite to dinner"
I'm London it is said that man may live
year without hearing an alarm Of fire. In that
vast city OF three millions of people, with q
closely covered area Of ten miles by six, there
is fire brigade of little more than three
hundred members. The engines are mostly
worked by stea9' which f is always Kept up and
machine can do the work, and fire is drowned
out very quickly, unless it is in theatre, or
large warehouse or mandatory with inHam-
matory materials. The fremen e1t, drink and
sleep with their engines. False alarms are
not common, but people sometimes sec an
engine dashing' at a bonfire in the suburbs,
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