The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-07
FOREIGN ITEMS.

III ia denied from Madrid that negotiation 8
have been opened with the United States for
the cessl6n of Cuba.
The agents Of the British Governme at
have been making eff ,rts 10 obtain the releas g
of quite number Of Ensllsbmen who are bel d
prisoners in Paraguay by Lopez.
There is speck Of war looming up be-
tween Turkey and Egypt. The sublime Porte
has recounted its grievances in letter to the
Egyptian vic=roy, conciulng with an ultim l.
tum.
The Marquis of Butte continues his liberal
beuefactious to Catholic institutions. HIS lat
est Gift is one of two thousand pounds to new
Catholic literary society to be formed in Eng
land.
The Levant Herald SAYS that the Turkish
Government is reported to have ordered from
an American Inventor thirty mitrailleases,
which will throw out grapeshot at range Of
from 1900 to 1000 yards.
"A conver tion has been concluded bstWeen
France and the United States, andalso between
the latter and Russia, by an additional article
the protscbou OF ''trade marks" and giving
legal remedies to the citizens Of the respective
countries against all persons who infringe
them.
The Jewish Record eays that the Synod OF
Jewish Rabbls, which has just been held has
recognized three new principles: 4. Individual
authority IN religious matters. Q. The p-ima-
ry Importance OF free scientific investigation .
8. The rejection Of the belief in asrae.'s rcsto-
ration. The Synod also recommends chora
services and the use OF the organ in the syna-
gogue, and musical performances on Sabbaths
and festivals.
Two weeks ago the Prince of Wales un-
yelled in London, in the presence OF the
American Minister, the Lord Mayor of London
and large conceurse ct English citizens OF all
classes, Story's statue Of Mr.. Peabody, the
prince OF philanthropists. Thespeeches made
ON the occasion. though brief in substance, all
bore testi nony to.the unexampled benevolence
Of Mr.. Peabody in providing SO munlicently
for the wants Of the London poor, and 10 that
noble simplicity OF character, which, in the
language Of the Lord Mayor. has won the
hearts not only of the people Of England, but
also Of his fellow. countrymen in America.
The Thames Tunnel has been finally closed
as o pubic footway. This undertaking, which
at the time Of its design was considered q
masterpiece OF science, a1d which formed
c. mmunication under tho. river Thames be-
tween Rotherhithe and Mapping, was, after
numerous difficulties, finally accomplished and
opened on the 23j OF March, ls4S, having
been commenced by Sir l. s. Brunei in 1924.
The total cost of the tunnel was about f600, 900,
but the East London Railway Company re-
Gently purchased it .or little over q third of
that sum. The company will run their trains
through the tunnel, their line bringing ths in
habtlnts of Wappng, Sbadwell, &C., within
easy distance OF Southwark park.
The remarkable severity and duration Of
the heated term, it seems, was not confined to
this hemisphere. The LONDON Times, OF July
%, says: "No less than three Of the principal
legislative assemblies Of Continental States
France, Spain and Italy-have been closed
within the week. It is not because the depu-
ties have anywhere disposed OF the business
before them. 1t is not because they Iabored
under any scarcity OF important, exciting. and,
above all things urgent topics of discussion.
On the contrary, at Paris, at Florerco, at Ma.
drid, there was enough OF difficulty and danger
to stimulate the utmost zeal and task the
power of the loftiest genius. Only it was hot
very hot, too lot for work even under tne pres
sure Of the Slirest necessity. At Florence, as
cent letters tell US, sNoboly ever witnessed
a continuance OF such killing weather. Fab
repheit,s thermometer stands at 96 degrees in
the shade and 100 degrees in the sun. The
blue canopy of heaven is vesd By dull sultry
haze through which the distant mountains are
barely dlscernable. Instead Of the gorgeous
sunsets the dwellers in Italy aro accustomed
to, they now behold huge bloodred disc
sinking in the west, very much as 1t appears in
q n,itigated London fog; and ut night few
stars gllmmer through mist never stirred by
any refreshing breeze either at morn 'or eve.'
At the camp Of Somma the soldiers drop down
dead from suustroke at drill. Milan is an oven;
Bologna a furnace; Madrid is 2erishing by suf-
location; at Paris the heat is afrocious,' it
is terrific"
1poUr JOHN CHINAMdN