The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-19
FOREIGN SUMMARY.


FOREIGN SUMMARY.
England exported more than four thou
- sand horses, worth nearly million donars IN
all, last year. sti.s
The corporation of Liverpool has erected
, and opened to the public plunge bath Of
great dimensions, at the small cost Of s25,OOO,
s.snd inaugurated it by a series OF swimming
\ matches for prizes 60. - :. q. ~.
su@The Egyptian Government, it is stated,
- has appointed ne English traveller, Sir Samuel
White Baker. to direct an erpedition towards
the sources Of the Nile, with a, view Of estab-
lishing commercial relations with the natives.
The Moniteur, in referring to the new
French loan, says that. thirty-5our times the
amount wanted has already been offered. Thls
/, indicates how very. high is the credit OF the
French Government. ~ pin 81
"a :. The latest pedestrian feat in England was
q novel one. On s.waRer Of twenty pounds q
man accomplished five miles in one hour. One
e.of these was run, one was walked, q third he
4 wheeled q barrow; the fourth trundled q hoop,
:siSsnd thu fifth was hoped on one leg, he had
two minutes TO spare =; -. = -,
On Thursday morning, July 16, the last
$ remnants OF the Paris E1hibitioni OF; 1857 were
: carted away, and in, the course Of the day the
; ground was given up to the authorities. Not
3 trace now remains Of the vast building or It's
surroundings, which attracted 30 much atten-
ton year ago, and the Champ de Mars has
resumed its old desolate aspect.
Some Of the English papers are discussing
the advantages and Disadvantages Of the emil
grafton constantly going on hon the Unitei
Kingdom. Opinions differ very widely. Some
contend that the population Is still too large,
while others take 6ametrically opposite
view, and insist that the government ought to
discourage the depletion Of the British Isles.
The English have made change in their,
mode Of carrying out the Law of capital pun
!. ishmmt, beginning with q man who was hung
ON Wednesday, in the prison yard, in pres
ence Of 8 few officials. This reform was made
necessary ty the outcry Of the journals against
;. some Of the late hangings in England-not de-
handed By those popular instincts MIR. Dis,
rseli has 30 recently begun to reverence, for
the people In general like such excitements-
pretty much as they like most other old cus-
toms Of the country. -a.a 4 - s. !:
Rohlfs, the German traveller, who
filed she Office Of interpreter to the English
erpeditionary corps in Abyssinia, after the cap
ture of. Msgdala, went alone to LA!lisale, the
holy city Of the country, and found there nine
Christian churches Of the primitive Byzantine
ssyle Of architecture. Each: OF these churches
was . monolith, having been followed. out of
one enormous block Of stone, ana richly orna-
mented. IaIlibsla had mot previously been,
visited by Europeans for three centuries: 's:,, :
2 when report is started that an increased
erantisto be asked Of the new Parliament for the
Prince OF Wales, it is unfortunate that concur:
rent gossip should detailthe methods in which
some OF his present income is spent. Thus;
after seeing who and what Nile. Schneider is,
it does not edify the English public to be told
that the Prince mot long ago presented her.
with pair OF diamond earrings which cost
16OO. sHis ssguide, philosopher and friend" "
General Knollys, is said to have almost tainted
away when the Jewellers bill for the same was
presented. -
Won ths18th Of June Plus TX commenced
The tweuty-thir year Of his .Pontidcal reign.
5Since Sc. Peter, to whom history asdgnstwenty-
FIVE years, there have been but three Popes' out
OF txoh ohundrsd and fifty-eight whoIhaye iyedto- !
commence or 20 finish their twenty third year
OF government. They are: Adrian I, the Pope
aof Chsriemsgne; Plus VI, the Pope Of the Di-
.ifectory; and Plus the Pope Of Napoleon I.
Plus TX viii be the fourth. II he lives until
June lie, 1859, he win stand alone with Plus
vi; II hes lives until June,16, 1879, he will be
matched only by st. Peter. But il he survives
June 16, 1871, he will have outdone not only all
preceding Popes, but st. Peter himself
! -AArge space in every issue Of the London
Times ID still occupied with the Milton poem
controversy. Among the recent contributors
is one who attaches the initials 'sW. Y. q" to
his communication. This, which We suppose
TO be BY Mr.. Harcourt, takes ground against
the authenticity Of the poem. One Of the
strongest points yet made in opposition ap-
pears to be that Of a clergyman who calls at
tention to the fact that the word Its, which
does not appear at sn in the authorized version
Of the Bible; only three times in Shakespeare,
and, it is believed, not at all in any other OF
Milton's poems, il this be one, occurs four
times IN this poem.- The word was, to be
sure, known at the time, but was little used,
especially in poetry.
The Prince Imperial, who is said TO have
remarkable artistic taste, considering his age,
recently rods to Thomery, attended by his
equery, N. Baschon, and paid Mile. Rosa
Bonheur visit Of three hours. during which
he showed the greatest interest IN the speci-
niem q various races Of domestic animals
which that distinguished lady has collected
around her; and with each Of which she is as
familiar as any Of her own farm servants. She
never wears her cross Of the Legion d'Hon-
neur, but shows to the privileged few whom