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

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FOREIGN NOTES.
Nearly four thousand persons starved 10
death in the great City Of London last year,
and yet the amount OF money raised for chari-
table purposes in that city is enormous.
1t is stated 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 ic, performed in making the cable possi-
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 10 secure smooth passage, and
the gutta-percha covering the coils would have
melted with the heat had not the tanks been
ice surrounded.
The custom of burning widows in India
revives the moment the British rule relaxes.
The explanation Of this custom is supposed 10
be the facl that the permanent terror of Hin
doo's life is poison; aud his best 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 widow
j / order to get rid of him.
-Apropos Of the rumor that the Emperor's
confidence in NJ. Nelaton is beginning to
diminish, the Figaro tells Us how the great
surgeon first won his reputation at court.
When the Prince Imperial was 30 seriously Ill
some three or four years ago, a consultation
of surgeons was held to diagnose 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 alone 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 ir the table, walked to the
window, clasped his hands, and began vigor-
ous tattoong with his knuckles. The knife
! had reached the neghborhood of the articula-
tion with no result, and the surgeons opposed
in opinion to Nelaton began to remind him OF
what they had said The Emperor walked up
to him and seized his hand. pardon, sire,
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 Gcumenical
Council. The first place, as matter OF course,
is awarded to the Cardinals US the supreme
senate OF the church. The hierarchy is then
divided into FIVE categories, which take rank
in succession, namely: l, the Patrlarchs
3, the Primates J; 8. the Arcbbishops ; 4, the
Bishops Of Doceses and 5. the Bishops in
partibus. The members OF eaod class will
have precedence, not according to the rank
Of their See in the Episcopate, but accord j.
ing TO the date of their conservation, 30
that the latest consecrated prelate will
take the lowest placs in his class. We
lea1n also from the Pail Mall GaSetts 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 hexagonal
base, which will be enriched on five Of it's faces,
with bas reliefs, representing the five parts Of
the world while the sixth face will bear the
arms OF Plus *, and the date Of the opening
and close of the Council. The column will be
surmounted by statue ofPius TX pronounciDg
the benediction urIi et or6i. short time ago
the Holy Father inspected the structures erect
ing for the Council IN st. Peters, and evinced
the greatest interest in every detail
A travelling correspondent of the New
York Tribune thus hits off in a paragraph the
pecuiarities of London and her people: 81
take leave of London for the present with the
most agreeable recollections of her private hos
pitality, and a deep impression Of her physical
greatness and power. In no city that l have
seen is there such display Of commercial en-
terprise and substantial opuence. Her pros
perity is the result Of the accumulated energy
of ages, and rests on a desp foundation. The
public buildings, though not remarkable for
elegance, have an air of massive grandeur. The
shops and warehouses have little external gilt
ter but seemed organized for use and durabil-
ity. The Englishman in London is model of
seIf-satisiaction. personal dignity, and care and
finish in all fiis appointments. As a rule, he is
dressed with more fastidions propr iety than the
Partisan, though he often affects brighter
colors and bolder tone. His tailor is a more
accomplished artist than that OF the French
man, he wears cloth OF a better quality, and
reioices in boots and gloves Of more unim-
peachabe accuracy. The man of business in