The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-31
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
"A ''colored tragedian" is playing in En-.

land.
A new method Of coloring photographs Is
spoken of in Berlin, bye which the dauby,
smeary appearance 80 often complained Of in
tinted photographs is done away with, and
the coloHs are so put on as to seem to have
been done by the same process by which the
photograph itself was created.
The French regicide plot news is speedily
followed by rumors of q plot to assassin ate the
Pope, The design is said to have been ITO
throw bomb at his carriage, blowing him in
the air, together with the two cardinals In at
tendance, at the same moment springing
mines under the barracks of Cimarra, Raven
ma and st. Agatha, near the Vatican"
The Paris papers publish letter from
Mr.. John Stuart Mill to French lady who
has written work on "The Moral Condition
of Women" Mr.. Mill praises the book US
revealing "revolting injustices of masculine
society in regard to women," and says that
France, as compared with England, "has, by
no means. the pre-eminence in this respect,
which is ascribed to it,"
The English Rtuallsts are becoming bold
er in their aims. One of the organs OF the
party openly recommends that boxes for con-
fessions should be introduced in all churches
whore confession is preached, 80 that the peni-
tents may not, as at present, have to 60 to the
private houses Of the priests, but that "the
Sacrament of Penance" may be administered
in ''the only place consecrated for such pur-
poses." Some of the more advanced members
of this party are, 1t is believed, about to secede
to the Greek Church.
The expenses Of living have apparently In
creased in countries where gold Is the STAN
dard of value, and the high rates paid for the
necessarles Of life In the United States are not
entirely due to paper currency. Thus re-
cent inquiry into the salaries paid to the diplo-
matte representatives of Great Britain showed
that in 1850 an attache could live on sl659 q
year in Paris, whereas now he must eXpend
$300O At Berlin the annual cost of living has
raised from $500 to $500. The expenses at
Vienna have increased eighty per cent, and
have trebled at Florence.
1.-THE General Conference of Christians,
to be held in New York City, commencing
September 23d, 1870, has recently been called
to the attention of the Evangelical Christians
OF England, and at meeting held in
London, a "British New York Conference
Committee" was appointed to carry out the
necessary arrangements to send delegates. AS
the sum of slO,e will be required to carry
out the plans of the committee, subscriptions
to raise that amount were solicited. The Con-
ference in New York will be the sixth gather
ing, the previous meetings having been held in
London, Paris, Berlin, Geneva and Amster-
dam.
The British House of Commons has at
last passed, in an amended shape, Mr.. Glad
stones great reform measure of the year, the
Irish Land bill This bill ranks in Importance
with the bill dlsestablshing the Irish Church,
and as Mr.. Gladstone made it the test measure
of the session, Its triumphant passage by the
House may be considered complete endorse
ment of his administration. 1t Is impossible
to give just now correct synopsis OF the bill
in its present form. Since the original draft
was published countless amendments have
been offered, and so many Of these have been
accepted, that the details are considerably
changed. The central idea of the measure is
the relief of the oppressed Irish tenantry, and
this is extended so far that the government
even undertakes to make small loans under
certain prescribed conditions to farmers who
may be in urgent need Of such assistance. The
original bin was warmly approved by the Eng
lish press; and while it offered no remedy for
the great evils arising from absenteeisnl, it
did appear to afford redress for many of the
minor grievances Of which 1rishmen complain.
The people of Ireland have not received this
reform with enthusiasm, but 1t is possible that
they are prejudiced against any Of Mr.. Glad
stones reforms, by their sufferings under his
outrageously oppressive military bill, provided
against the recent revolutionary attacks. We
do not believe that the Irish people will ever
be satisfied with any reform that can be devils
ed for them; for they are in a chronic condi-
ton of discomfort, and it is part of their in.
heritance to hate the English. But if this
land bill could be accepted in good spirit
there can be no doubt whatever that it would
improve the condition of the small Irish
farmers, and would be followed by other and
more liberal reforms.