The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-15
FOREIGN NOTES.

Nearly four THOUSAND persons starved to
death in the great City of London last year,
aud yet the amount OF money raised for chari-
table purposes in that city is enormous.
1t is etated that three thousand tons of ice
are used in st. Thomas Hospital In London
every year. Scarcely an amputation is per-
formed in any London hospital nowadays
without the use Of ice, which IS an efficient
agent in arresting hemorrhage.
1t is not generally Known how important
part ica performed in making the cable poss-
BILE between England and America. We see It
asserted that without ice the cable never could
have been laid. The summer months we're
selected so as to secure smooth passage, and
the gu.ta.percha covering the coils would have
melted with tho heat had not the tanks been
ice surrounded.
Tho custom Of burning widows In India
revives the moment tho British rule relaxes
The explanation of this custom is supposed 10
be tho facl that the permanent tsSrut OK 81 13ins
uoos nIe Is poison; and his bost guarantee
against it is his certainty that his wife, who
cooks for him even in the highest houses, will
not risk the horrible life imposed on q widow
order to get rid OF him.
-Apropos Of the rumor that the Empe ror's
confidence In NJ. Nelaton ia beginning to
diminish, the Figaro tells us how the great
surgeon fret won his reputation at court.
When the Prince Imperial wa, 30 seriously i'll
some three or four years ago, a consultation
OF surgeons was held to diagnose a certain In.
fammation OF the articulations OF the thigh.
Nelaton said there was an abscess, but he was
alone in his opinion. This difference was Of
the highest moment. II there was an abscess,
the knife nlone could preserve the patients
life; if there Was not, an operation might prove
fatal. Nelaton was allowed to have his way;
the patient WAS put under chlorofoim, and the
| surgeon took out his bistoury. The Emperor,
who was standing ne Ar the table. walked to the
window, clasped his hands, and began a vigor-
ous tattooing with hie knuckles. The knife
had reached the neighborhood of the articula-
tion with no result, and the surgeons opposed
in opinion to Eelaton began to remind him OF
what they had said. The Emperor walked up
to him opd seized his hand. Pardon, sire, i"
said Nelaton, removing his hand, "there is an
abscess," and with one resolute push he buried
the knife. discharge took place, and the
child was saved.
The Pope has settled the knotty question
OF the order Of precedence at the Ecumenical
Council. The first place. as matter OF course,
is awarded to the Cardinals as the supreme
senate OF the church. The hierarchy is then
divided into five categories, which take rank
in succession, namely: /, .hs patriarchs
q. the Primates 8. the Archbishops A, the
Bishops OF Dioceses and 8. the Bishops in
partibus. The members OF each class will
have precedence, not according TO the rank
II their See in the Episcopate, but accord
ing to the date Of their consecration, go
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take the lowest plaos in bis GLASS, We
Learn also from the Pail Mall aazetts that
the Pope has approved OF the design submit
ted to him by his architect, for the monument
commemorative OF the Council. This will con-
sist simply OF the column OF African marble
from the emporium, raised on an hexsgonai
base which will be enriched on five OF its faces,
With bas reltefs, representing the five parts of
the world, while the sixth face will bear the
arms OF Plus TX, and the date Of the opening
and close OF the Council. The column will be
surmounted by Statue Of Plus X .pronouncing
the bencdiction ur1i et orbi. short time az o
the Holy Father inspected the structures erect
ing for the Council in st. Peters, and evinced
The greatest interest in every detail. 9il
"A travelling correspondent Of tho New
York Tribune thus hits of 10 q paragraph the
peculiarities of London and her people. "I
take leave OF London for the present with the
most agreeable recolleotions OF her private hos
pitality, and q deep impression of her physical
greatness and power. In no city that have
seen is there such display Of commercial en-.
terprise and substantial opulence. Her pros.
pe:ity is the result OF the accumulated energy
Of ages, and rests on deep foundation. The
public buildings, though not remarkable for
elegance, haze an air Of massive grandeur. The
shops and warehouses have little external gilt
tex, but seemed organized for use and dursbil-;
ity. The Englishman in London Is smodsl OF
f-satisfsction, personal dignity. and care and
finish IN al his appointments. As Z rule, he q
dressed with more fastidious proprietS than the
PaFisian, though he often Affects brighter
colors aud bolder tone. His tailor 10 . more
accomplished artist than that or the French
man, he vears cloth OF q, better quality, and
fejoioss In Soots ane giovts,6f more ubina-
peaehable accuracy. The man OF business in