The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-23
FOREIGN NOTES.

sees it.
Thomas Hughes, M. P. (Tor Brown) it i
said, will be appointed Chief of the Lond or
Polico in the place OF Sir Richard Mayne
deceased.
-Vlcteria proposes to make-.a penitentia
Offering Of 91O0 900 for the boneGt of the poor
| in view Of the recent case Of starvation in tn,
Isle Of Dogs.
1t is very seldom thst Victor Emu anuel
takes pen IN his hand. Even the most i'm
portant public documents are signed by his
private secretary, who can initiate the King Z
handwriting perfectly,
Potent medicines pay in Europe as wall as
America. Hoff has made $5.00o.O0O from his
s'Malt Extract" Dubarry eveq more from
'Revelenta," while Berthet, who sells iron
pills, pays an income tax on 1000 900 francs.
"A Jew appears as senior wrangler til is year
at Cambridge University, Englasd, for the first
time. He is q son Of French professor,
Hartog of the Jews College. The question
whether he can be made Bachelor Of Arts,
omitting the Christian form of oath, is vet to
be decided.
Mics Chawe, the English governe ss of the
young Prince Imperial Of France (whom that
young gentleman told his mother that he loved
better than her, and was praised thereupon
for his truthfulness), has just hsen married to
NJ. Thiery, an old captain oiStSs guard at
tached to the court.
The Prince Of Wales at Berlin has Just
been invested with the order of the Blac k
Eagle King Frederick William officated in
person, expressing to the hei1 of England g
throne his satisfaction at givingsto the son the
very collar worn by his father. and receiving
his oath Of fidelity to Prussia.
Tho new and famous French newspaper.
the Gaulois, has been forbidden sale in the
streets by the Minister Of the Inferior, beca use
of clever article by Edmond About, describ-
ing dialogue between ''the Saint Charlie
magne, former Emperor by the grace OF God,
aud the Prince Imperial, future ditto, if it
pleasos ditto" The dialogue is very sharp.
1t seems that NJ. Victor Hugo has not
finally settled on tho title which has bee
mentioned for his new novel, hut now pur-
poses to call it "LHommo qui Bit" 1t is said
that this cannot be expressed lie English, and
the transators are in despair, NJ. Hugo has
been appealed to. but refuses to make another
change, and advises that the Elench title ba.
retained in the English edition. .-sG ia the case
OF ssLes Missrables."
Bleeding, once favorite pr stico in France,
has now decidedly gone out OF fashion. AT
the central bureau OF the moa ,al esta blish-
ments forming the departmaa* OF what is
called "L'Assistance Pubique,b 815l prescrip-
tions and 1913 verbal consuitatpna were given
in the year 1867. oat 6lxsases l,,sre
were only two in wkich BE sdGg was p pteasf fibed.
In the year 1852, the number OF cases in VIII ich
bleeding was prescribed was 1856.
In the Bank Of England sixty folio volumes
or ledgers are daily filed with writing in keep
ing the accounts. To produce these sixty vol
unes, the paper having been previously manu-
factured elsewhere, eight men, three steam
presses, and two hand presses are continually
kept going within the bank. In the copper
plate printing departm ents, as, 900 bank notes
are thIown off daily, and SO accurately is the
number indicated by machinery that to purloin
o single note without detection is an impo SSH
bility.
The storms in Great Britain, at the be-
ginning of February, have exceeded any SINH
lar events for a long time past. The loss Of
life was very great. Some OF the principal
streets of the City Of Cork we're from three to
four feet deep in water. The traffic on the
lines of railway on both sides Of the river L ee,
on which Cork is built was stopped, the rails
having been submerged, and several brea ches
were made in the Queenstown direct line. At
Youghal the sea broke over the railway, des-
troying portion of the station, over turning
wagons, making serious breaches in the perma-
nent way. Part of Queenstown is also under
water.
During recent visit or the Chinese En-
bassy to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, one
OF the mandarins was standing with his back
to cage wherein was confined chimpan zee.
The Chinaman's pigtail hung temptingly down
his back; the malicious animal saw his advan-
tage, seized the tail, and pulled it towards
him, dragging the head OF the unfortunate
man against the bars Of the cage. Tie crowd
shrieked with laughter; the captivated own er
Of the pigtail shrieked with pain; threats and
menaces were used to no purpose-the animal
would not let go his hold on his prey until
keeper came to the rescue with his cane. Once
released, the Chinaman repaired the disorder
Of his toilet, AID then joined the suite, cheered
by hilarious If nota sympathetic crowd.
"A memorial to Queen Victoria was pre-
sented on December 28d, 1868, from the Bish-
ops Of the Irish branch of the United Church
Of England and Ireland, praying that the same
liberty Of meeting in convocation should be
granted as is enjoyed by the English dioceses.
The Irish Bishops plead for this liberty on the
ground that measures affecting tho welfare of
the Church are pending, and that they should
be enabled in regular and constitutional man.
ner to deliberate and express their judgm ent
on the subject. and In case changes are m ade
to give their advice. The latest foreign mails
bring the answer to this petition in the shape
Of a communication from the Cabinet. Tne
reply is very brief, and states that the govern.
ment, after mature consideration OF the me-
mortal, do not feel justified in advising her
Majesty to accede to it's prayer.
"A fellow who has been shaved in China
says that the barber first stropped the razor
on his leg, and then did the shaving without
any lather. The customer demonstrated, but
was told that lather was entirely useless, and