The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-25
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

and fashionable establishments keep a we'll
ordered and nice looking baby on Eand for
general use.
The "anti-vaccination" agitation in Eng
land continues and seems to gather strength.
A few days ago q very crowded meeting was
held in Milend Road, London, "to express in
dignation that the rates are wasted in sending
uuoffending parents to Jail for asserting their
rights to conserve the health OF their
children" Oae woman, who had endured
this ienomy, was present, as were also several
mothers. holding their children in their arms
land during the delivery OF the speeches the
children impaired to the proceedings, in the
way of nursery sounds, s. feature not often
heard at public meetings." The meeting
adopted resolution to the effect that ''the
law enforcing vaccination is repugnant to the
British Constitution" and that it should be re-
| pealed.
"A curious clash OF French customs and
American ideas was lately brought to light in
Paris civil court. A French gentleman, with
out means, married young lady Of American
parents, who agreed, informally and without
any writing of any kind, to allow the couple
| ffty thousand francs year. The bride died
after married life of two years, leaving an in
FAINT daughter. The ta.her-in law stopped the
allowance to the widower, though offering to
bring up the child, and the Frenchman
brought suit to enforce the continuance OF
the payment to himself. The American alleg-
ed that the plaintiff was spendthrift, in debt,
Young and able to work for his own living.
The tribunal, however, looked at the matter in
different light, and decided that the widower
was entitled to pension from his wife's
parents, who we're condemned to pay an an
nual sum of 18 900 francs, two thirds (which
should 20 to the grandchild and one-th ird to
the son-in law.
The Bishop Of Exeter, Right Rey. Henry
Phillpotts, whose death has been mentioned,
was parsonage of no little consequence in
England. AS controversialist he upset DR..
Lingard and Lords Grey and Durham. He was
made Prebendary in 1909, aud soon after had
the rich living Of Stanhope. He fought for the
Church in pamphlet after phamphlet, and
gained such triumphs that he was both feared
a1d honored. His pen was in constant action,
but his greatest renown was his letter TO Lord
Canning which took the highest tory ground
on the Catholic emancipation question. he
was made Dean of Chester, and was made
Bishop of Exeter, by the Duke Of Wellington.
AS a member of the House of Lords, he was
prominent in all the political asitations, his
position being among the bitterest tories. He
had some trouble in the ecclesiastical courts
from rejecting one Mr.. Gorham for alleged BIAS
phemy. In ,olved in dispute with the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury. he formally excommuni-
Gated him. Since 1860 he has not appeared in
public life.
| "A Hamburg letter says: "Here, at the
trente et quardnte, is Mr.. Sennacherib, banker,
of New York. He is worth ten million dollars
il he is worth q cent. He puts down thous-
and franc note-puts it down very timidly and
anxiously on the red. Red loses. Big drops
roll down Mr.. sennacherib's brow. The corn
ers Of his mouth drop. I fancy that his hand
| trembles as he deposits another thousand franc
note on the black. Tout oa au billet. Black
wins. Alb | think MIR. Sennacherib will 60 in
for srun." Not bit Of it. He picks up his
money and pops down two double aorins-just
six and eightpence-on the "color." "Color"
| wins. A rainbow of smiles break out on Mr..
Sennaclerlb's expressive countenance. But
he will play no more this morning, and he
walks away chinking his double forins in the
pocket OF his pantaloons, and looking supreme
" happy. dare say he is. 1 wonder whether
he will give the six and eightpence ne has won
to the liveried servants OF the Kurhaus, who
hands him his umbrella on departure. don't
think he will. Money is money"
Mr.. Shirley Brooks tells in his special COL
umn in the Illustrated London News, rather
singular story OF bit Of meanness and the ap-
propriate revenge which followed it. When
the Prince of Wales lately visited Hull, there
was q desire to ornament in his honor the
monument in that city erected to the memory
OF Wllberforce. But the collmn was lofty and
not easily clmed and it was hard to lind any
one to make the ascent and wreathe it with
flowers and foliage. The authorities offered a
pioney reward 10 any maa who would accom-
plish the task. After some Tina, two slilors
from one of her Majesty's ships undertook the
Job, and performed it we'll. They applied for
the reward, but the local officers refused to
pay it, on tao ground that, being servants OF
the Queen, it was no more than the duty Of the
slilors to decorate the shaft in honor Of the
Prince. Beer vas offered in the lieu of the ex-
pccted guineas, aud the sailors drank it and
went their way. But during the night before
the arrival of the royal guest, all the ornament
Ewas torn away by the same strong and skful
hands that had carried 1t aloft. Moreover, =
nall ladder, decidedly MT an ornament to the
column, was left sticking there where no one
could get at it. The loyal authorities OF Hull
could only hope that the Prince did not observe
the baroness and Disagreement of the Wilber-
!orce column as he passed it
One of the ''lost tribes has at last turned
up, safe and sound, in the shape of o people
called the Faashas, who inhabit q district in
Abyssinia which has long remained terra in
cognsta and blank space on the maps. They
we're visited by Mr.. Halveg, very intelligent
Freuch traveller who has nov communicated
an account of his journey to the French Geo.
graphical Society. There are about quarter
of million Of the Falashas. They speak an
Agau dialect called Falashina, or Kailina, and
into this language they have translated Gheez
version Of the Old Testament. They do not