The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-09-21
FOREIGN MATA GLE4NINGs.

| The tone of the French and German press
| is as bitter towards each other as during the
war. The German papers talk of French van
J ity, greed. blindness, insanity, &c, and advo-
cate reoccupation OF the abandoned proyin,
ces as Just punishment and as a matter of
course. The French press responds to this by
taunts and threats of Esngeance and reprisal
when France shall be again prepared to take
the field against Germany.
The Princess Louise ls making herself
| popular at her Highland home. The Duke,
| her father-,n.law, summoned his tenants to
dance in the same pavilion and to the music
| of the same band which he provided for his
| . guests OF higher rank, Who came In kilt and
| bonnet. The London chroniclers recount with
visible awe how the Princess danced with one
of the small farmers Of the estate, turning and
| twisting, Jerking and trotting and hopping
| through all the eccentricities Of the frenZied
| Highland reel, and tow she went down the
middle between hundred couples in the
country dance, amid shouting and stamping
and shrieklng that made the rafters ring.
That even princes are not wholly exempt
| from the discomlorts aud annoyances insepa-
rable from life in this disagreeable world, Is
seen in the recent tour OF the Prince and Prin-
cess OF Wales to O5erammergau. It was
noyelty-to these faded dwellers In palaces
10 look forward to seeing the drama OF the
| Passion rendered by the famous MAR and his
| fellow actors; and 80 Schwalbach and HON.
bourg were deserted by the royal pair for the
| Bavarian Tyrol They did not, however, give
sufficient notice of their coming; and when
they at last reached The quaint old mountain
village, they were met by the same refrain
that has disguised 20 many of our own tour
lists. In the mouths ofbland, selfsatlsf1ed land
lords. mo room.r So, blue-blooded though
they were, the Prince and Princess were fain
to put ND with the scant accommodations OF o
woodcutter's hut
1t Is rather curious circumstance that Mr.
Krupp, Of breach-loadng rifle cannon ceebri-
ty, should have taken up his temporary abode
at Torquay. England, contemporaueously with
Louis Napoleon. Nodoubt they Will find each
other interesting company. Torqnay, which
thirty years ago was lille more than fishing
village, now has some twenty thousand resi-
dents, and Is, duringthe winter months, quite
focus OF fashion. t is especially patronlzed
by Russian royaltle! beating retreat from
| Siberian winter bass, and last year the rich
American colony, driven from Paris, took mp
its abode there, greatly TO the Satisfaction OF the
Torquay county yjumPrs. The scenery Is simply
delicious, lovely walks and drives abounding
on all Sides Nearly the whole place belongs
10 10 two families. tn, Paks aud the Carys,
| of Tor.Abbey, an nclent Roman Catholic
race. Twenty years ago both we're very much
| in straitened circumstances; but the extraordt-
| nary rise In the value Of their Torqnay prop
erty has resuscitated hem. The land, which
| Sir Lawrence Palk's grandfather purchased
Tor $50, 600, now yleldst75,0 900 year, and will
ultimately yield much more.
Science will triuuph aud the tourist re-
| joce that the Mont genls tunnel Is at last
opened-it was finished elk months aSo-and
| that the passage between Italy and France oy
N t.a3 To- Ia n
| works which may 6tF be classed among the
few wonders of the world. Hoosac tunnel,
| which has long been standing, though as yet
an uncompleted marvel to US, sinks into the
most commonplace insgnihcance In comparl-
son. Eight miles have been bored through,
| not Mont Gents itself, but one OF the lower
mountains OF the Mint Gents range; and
q Journey which Used 10 take tive or
six hours may now be ACCOMPLISHED 10
considerably less than one. Inc lrav'
eller who used to go over the old pass, sixteen
miles above, will miss the rollicking diligence
ride, the snow view on the summit at day
break, and the intoxicating dash down the
zinZags on the other side; but will gain In the
greater comfort Of reaching Rome or Florence
the sooner, snd devoting the recovered time
TO the galleries and operas. The impetus
tween tr,ns-Alplpe and els Alpine Europe Will
b, One ii its result which, as yet, IL is difficult
| tC estimate.
The story of the battle of Dorklng does not
snnass. in It's account Of wonderful blunder-
inn the ludicreus reality OF the autumn
ma,nuvres of the British army. The First
Llf. Guards are the victims of the most seri-
GUS joke. This fine cavalry regiment lett
Winisor for Aldershot, and reached safely
thei encampment or Cove Common. Night
cam on, q time when the gentlemen riders
usually send their studs to stable IN care OF
theil grooms. But, no stable existing on Cove
Common. each cavalry plcketed his horse In
the ayle whose theory he had learned; when
suddenly disturbing element. some say two
ouarelliug dogs, aud others flock OF geese,
slameded the whole regiment OF 800
horses, and away they went, with SADDLE
cloth, and picket-stakes, over the country. The
anlm,ls rushed in all directions, mad with
fright staked themselves, drowned tnem-
selves, or spoiled themselves oy racing at top
speed over fifteen miles OF country. Prince
Arthur was with this regiment. Then there
was the Tenth Hussars, VINO have gained dis
iincti)n by the precautions they have taken TO
render themselves comfortable during the
cammlun. They take with them a movable
cante,n, carriage ten feet long and i've leet
wide, with q roof. and fitted up with three oak
vats fer beer, "a large supply OIL wines, splrlts,
and cooling drinks" baking apparatus, aau
bread It Is jocuarly recommended that the
whole contrIvance be iron-plated, so tnat IL
may be safe under hre.
The illness of Queen Victoria, which at one
time was, according to the Court physician
himself, serious, is a reminder OF the condition
| in which England would be left In the event oi
her abrupt departure from the throne and the
| world. these are ominous times among our
British cousins; there are riotlngs at Dublin
hostile demonstrations" In London, and
wide sphere of discomfort throughout the king.
dom. Add to this very uneasy state of the pub
| lie mind the universal unpopular.ty OF the
Prince OF Wales, whom current gossip Invests
with almost every vice and dissipation 10 the
calendar, and 1t Is clear that his Royal Highness
path to The vacant throne might not be 80 clear
! of obstruction as precedent would warrant him
| in expecting There is very considerable pro
portion of the British people who are hearth )
slck OF royalty and would be relieved to see 1t
abolished; bat the time Ia not yet ripe tor
successful revolution to that end. The Hon,
Auberon Herbert, brother OF the proud and
intensely Tory Earl oil CarnarVon, and himself
an intense Radical, virtually avowed the other
day 10 his constituents, that while he and his
party would not favor movement to disturb
the royal lady who now sits on the throne,
| they would resist the succession OF the disso.
luts and obstinate Wales until the nation had
spoken its mind in the matter. The sudden