The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-07
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Prince Alfred was greatly pleased with tho
hulahula, the can-can OF the Sandu;ch Islands.
| -Asccond series OF Hcpworth Dixon's ''Her
Msjesty's Tower" will be published in October.
1 1t is libellous in England to cla q man "no
! gentleman" With intent to bring him into con-
tempt.
.v-General Prim is taking vlchy watei-a
strange remedy for the nplants Of the Gu.
ban and Spanish people.
| Prince Napoleon hos an income from his
Swiss estate Of $1,000 francs, whi,h he says he
keeps sin case Of accident"
| Tho London Spectator sums up Loui "a
poleons clemency by saying that he hau par
doned everybody who has done nothing.
| Tho lions of the Paris hippodrome che wed
up an exhibitor the other day. and would have
eaten him but for the bravery Of an assistant.
| "A 3ourneyman tailor OF Frankfort has, at
the age Of si1ty-eighi, made enough money to
enable him to marry the girl to whom ho has
been bet1othed for forty-six years.
| Egypt goes to Gottingen for professor of
its own history and antiquities in the new
Cairo Academy. Professor Brugsch has re.
quested leave OF absence for some years for the
purpose Of going to Cairo.
The Pail Mall Gazette give. new inter-
probation to Scripture when it speaks Of the
remarriage OF the Hindro widow, instead OF
tho suttee, as conforming 10 St. Paul's advice
that ''it is better to marry than to burn"
| One result Of the opening OF. the suez Ca
nal will be to increase the facilities OF the cot
ton factories on the European continent. tor
getting supplies oftho raw material from the
East, whicHwili by just 30 much, ipjure the
English cotton manufacturers.
At Fforapoa tho bSarop;o Noy;,o ,r,, ,ox.
versing with the Countess Ghirardi, who sat
l her carriage, when tho horses OF vehicle
taking fright started of, and before the NJ ar
quis could get. out Of the way knockedshim
| down and 30 fearfully injured him that he e1-
pired few minutes after.
Mr.. Spurgeon in recent sermon referred
to the yelocipede, saying that these now in
| ventions which the lads Were ridi6s down our
streets would not keep up unless they were
kept going; the moment they stopped they fell
down; and in this they were exceedingly like
the Christian church, which would fall unlese
| it was constantly moving on.
August 10Th, the anniversary OF the hun
| dredth birthday OF the Emperor Napoleon 1,
was made the occasion by De Losseps Of
grand festival among the workmen on the
Suen Oanul' In addition to the .banauctinp.
fireworks and music, the waters Of the Medi
terrauean and OF the Red Seas wese introduced
into the Susz Canal, and met each other in the
Bitter Lakes.
Opium rsisers in India are troubled. Last
years crop failed aud the higher prices are not
| likely to compensate for the small amount.
The increased cultivation Of the poppy in
China, and especially ,in Persia, adds still
further to their difficulties. The amount now
raised in Persia is very largo, there being
hardly province where IL is not grown. In
China the breadth of soil devoted to opium is
go large as to>fhcroaeh upon territory that
ought to be devotedSo the culture. of grain.
m. Rochefort deciipes:to pfsat' b. tho Na-
poleonc amnesty, his refusal, published in the
"Rappel." being thus worded: ''The Only con-
demnations and the only amneeties that can.
| accept are those which the people Distribute.
This is the sole tribunal nd power to which I
| submit. I shall not, therefore, return to
France until tho day when the people recall
me by their votes. l shall re-enter my country
| only in virtue Of my election as deputy, which
I mean shortly to solicit from the voters of the
first clrcumsorption. 1 reosive willingly every.
| thing from those whom Iknow and love; but it
does not sut me to find myself under obiiga.
| lions to persons whom I have never seen, and
! aud who have not been introduced TO me.
The following is an extract from letter just
received from London: '.Last night We visited
Drury Lane Thsatre, to witness Bourcicault's
| new play of 'FormoRa.' as it's peculiar morality
at present excites all classes in the great city.
We found tho vast auditorium densely packed.
In act fourth, scene FIRST, Mrs. Boxer tho wife
| Of the retired prize fighter. speaks the follow
ing linee: 'They say the law aint no respecter Of
persons Mol but it's a respecter Of the fine
| cloths upon 'em, and tho 'ouse they liv es iuI
What's fashionable folly in club is felony in a
skiltle alleyl That's where itial They ont let
me and my tax cart in the park, we're mol in uni
form ! but printed hussey in a brougham
can ply her trade there under the eyes Of o
| princess r:eAs Mrs. Billingston uttered the
conclusion OF tho speech = gentleman ~ In
the stalls deliberately hissed, when tho pit
rose at him with such q yell that the occu-
pants OF tho stalls actually covered down; for
few moments tho boise WAS terrific. when
'popull' became quiet. and awaited with pa
tience the great University boat race scene
with which the drama concludes. The play is
an overwhelming SUCCESS" y ,sfn =
+ ;-Arother Of Mr. George ". Ripley's letters,
in the ,Tibune:' describes the journey from
Liverpool TO London. He regards the English
arrangements for railroad trav,l as far prefer
able to our system, and especially agree
able to him was the absence OF baggage
checks. "To <be sure," he says, "if you
lose trunk you have perhaps more difa
Guilty in recovering it, but the chance OF
loss, under the English management, is
comparatively small" His arrival in the
London station was surprising from its
quiet and absence OF confusion; no crowds
Of eager friends surrounded the car
f;.ges, the haokmen ware ailenl and re-
speosfrl, waiting the summons Of travel
iers without urging their services; the railway
porter took the baggage from the van aud put
1t on the one-horae eeao,,. mh;ch rolled easily
through the streets, although the load was one
which an American ooachman woufd hardly
have taken with two horses. When the hotel
was reached, three silver shillings amply COM
pensated tho driver, who was, satisfied that he
had Sa1ian into 10