The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-24
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
"A younc Hamburg merchant has recently
retpr1ed home from Zanzibar with the Sultan 8
daughter as his bride.
The Oppenheims, the Jewish bankers OF
Cologne, have been created hereoltafy parohs
by the King of Prussia.
The Papal army, il is said, is to be lncreas, @
edio the strength OF 600 men; AD9u! l9 ogvo
more soldiers are required 10 enec' 'nis III
crease.
"A representation of a flute and harp has
baan fo,1nd in q tomb near the pyramids,
which is considered to prove that these lnstru-
ments are at least four thousand years old.
italian papers announce that Prince Hum.
bert and his bride will "spend their august
HONEYMOON in Naples" Strange as it may ap-
pear, this august honeymoon occurs IN
April.
"A st. Petersburg actor sent back present
of diamond stuSs to an enamored lady with
the remark that be had wife. The message
1vas indicative of either great virtue or nen-
peckedness.
c, The Yormar British Consul at the Darda-
nells. o MIR. Calvert, has been convicted al
Constantinople OF defreuding the underWrlters
at Iloyd's of $4,000, and, has been sentenced
to two years. penal servitude.'
1.-The largest organ in the world is said to
be. in the, little city Of Freyberg, IN Swltzer
lard!crr When in full play it pours forth q tenn
nest Of sounds, through O. forest OF pipes,
seven thousand eight hundred IN number:
shaking the walls and foundatlons OF tne oio
church in which it stands. - !.
IAN English Lord Radstock is delivering
drawinp-room sermons for the dement, OF tne
fashionably pious country people IN Parls. On
Ash Wednesday he d az ho@ Gafs 0IH
aristocrats, most of whom we're ladies, IN
elegant morning toilettes."
,lTha new littls round hats IN Paris are
worn on the eyebrows, much to the distress OF
the clergy, who, when the pretty wearers tock-
ed round the altar on Ash Wednesday for
ninch of ashes on their foreheeds, were obhg-
ed to daub it OF their aigrettes or their noses.
MANY of the officiating priests were 30 scan
daliZed that they put on no ashes at all.
The late King Of Bavaria, it is reported,
broke off his marriage engagement with the
Duchess Sophia, because he suspected that
she had hasty temper-a suspicion which
arose from the fact tnat she was accustomed
waiting maid with q saucer. The prudent
King thought of his own care, and hesitated.
The bishops of the province of Canterbury,
England, assembled in convocation, have been
debating the question OF r1tuahsm. Inc In up, up
limits Of ritual observance Sought to be de-
fined by riGhtful authority, and that therefore
<tmaans should be provided for enforcing the
dina Observance of the rule laid down at the
end of therubric concerning the service OF the
church, with view of duly interpreting d.
versely-taken common rules, ano, II necessary,
for removing antiquities in the existing law :
"A London correspondent is Of opinion that
there will soon be established IN England an
''University for Women. Hesays that lady
for baeinnine, and other subscriptions are
promised. The plan is to have the university
nnder the control of women; to have one hun-
dred students. and1to raise one hundred and
thirty thousand dollars for the necessary
buildings. The cost of education is, however,
to be limited to one hundred dollars year for
each student, including the cost OF her room n
and board pa 1o.s.,
IA noble enterprise has been inaugu rated
in France by number OF the clergy, VINO, Dy
taking dumb children at an early age, are
enabled, IN many cases, to teach them to
spask. The process conaists in making the
pupils initiate the motions OF the teachers lips
and organs of articulation, and thus, by de-
prees: learn to form sounds and comprehend
their meaning. The system requires the ex-
ercise Of almost superhuman patience, and too
much credit cannot be- awarded to the teachers
who devote themselves to this phhantnropic
work. .sv-
The trustees of Mr. Peabody's first gift of
41OO,O0O to the poor Of London report Tor the
year 1867, that the gift has been fuly employ
ed: that the sanitary condition OF the houses
built is excellent; that the deaths in them are
much below the average, and due to ordinary
causes: that good order, health and general
conteltment prevail among the tenants; that
the children are clean and happy, and that q
beneficial influence is exerted over the WORK
ing classes. Next year the second gift OF
100000 will be applied. The population in
the houses erected by Mr.. Peabody is 1888.
oast. there have been thirty-fve different adj
ministratlons in the English Government. The
longest was the first administration OF the
Younger Pitt, lasting seventeen years and elgh-
ty days. The shortest was the first OF Lord
John Russe1's three terms, lasting only ten
days. The average is about three years and o
quarter. Lords Russell and Derby were each
three times premier. the Marquis of Rocking
ham. the Younger Pitt. the Duke Of Portland,
the Duke of Melbourne, the Duke OF Yelling
ton. Sir Robert Peel and Lord Palmerston,
twice each, and fifteen others once each..
The famous Breadalbane case has just been
decided in the British House Of Lords. 1t in
volved the title and estates of the Marquis Of
Breacalbane, one of the wealthlest OF the
Scottish mobiles. It seems that IN the year
1871. James Campbell, Of the Glenfalloch fam
ly, eloped to America with a. Mrs. Ludlow, a
married woman. but whom, he represented to
his friends as his lawful wife. In 1784, Mr.
Ludlow; the husband Of the woman, died, and
in 1888 his widow, living as CampbeI's wife,
had son, OF whom Campbell was the undouDt-
ed father. The pair finally settled in Scot
land where they passed as they had done from
the first, as husband and wife: One OF their
descendants having fallen heir to the Breadal-
bane estate, his claim to it was disputed on
James Campbell and Mrs. Ludlow, having
been illicit In it's beginning, was Illicit to the
last. But the House Of Lords has Just decided
that the pair, having been regarded 80 long
and so generally as man and wife, must be
considered ns married by "habit and repute, :"
and sustained the legitimacy OF their child.
France leads the world just now in the show
business. The Maritime Exhibition at Havre,
which opens for five months on the trst OF
June, treads close upon the departed Worlds
Fair at Paris. This can hardly be considered
disadvantage, as many of the exhibitors at the
latter will doubtless seize the opportunity OF
transferring their goods to Havre for the sake
of entering the wider field Of competition there
opened. The project is now fairly under way,
and the wide intsrest already evinced in it
gives amole assurance OF success. The pro-
9ramme Of exhibition comprises forty-two
cioeees covarino all the details of maritime