The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-24
FOREIGN NOTES AND GOSSIP. Z.

s-The Earl OF Aylesoury cently oroye iroIn
the Ascot races, EnglandTand as ne did 30
flour. O bag Of which he had 10 his coach. BE
was arrested and fined $40 for his frolic.
England is evidently preparing for the
ssBattle Of Dorking,,ny for correspondent OF
the Pail Mall Gazette says: "That the Lords OF
the Admiralty have placed O detective at tne
entrance of their hall, who allows no one to
enter until his name Is ascertained and the OBJ
]ect he has in view. This Information is writ
ten down in o book, and at the close Of the day
conveyed to the chief clerk" as.fa .,;el
Henri Rochefort has received. .communica-
tion of the Indictment on which he .is to be
tried In Paris. It contains the following four
counts First. ,Provocatlon to hatred among
the citizens. Second. Indictment to civil war
and ptllage. Third. Publication of: false news
and spurious dispatches. knowi4g them 70 ne
false, consequently counterteittng public and
priTste writings. Fourth. Completely mur-
dor by instigatlng the arrest and execution Of
the h0stages.s
Lord Tenterden, of the high commission,
has written private letter to friend IN New
York sin which he says he does not know what
has happened to the English climate; but that
sss srShfness T of New YorE to the chill and
gloom Of London. as 1t now Is, could, hardly
Be imarIned. He wishes he could borrow
sone of the sunshine from Fifth avenue, Tor
he has hardly seen the sun since his return:
:: The plague at Buenos Ayresais accounted
for, BY the fact that the city. stands upon, Q
mass Of cTruption the result 3, OF long sSGs,
of the filth is estimated at. 10000 tons, and
the authorities are beginning to act on the
subject. As showing the deadly character oi
the substratum on which the city rests. two
man who were engaged In clearing away the
refilse came upon an abandoned well, and 30
virnlent were the gases emitted on the nrst
blow Of the pick that both W were instantly SUI
' @on July /, 1901, exactly severity years ago,
one Of the first steamboats, ever built made O
trial trip on the Thames. This ls the account
of it given By the London papers OF: the day:
WAn experiment has taken place on the, river
tor the purpose Of working barge OF any
other heavy craft against wind and :tide, oy
means OF steam engine, on ayerYsimple CON
struction. The moment the engine was set to
work the barge was brought about, answering
her helm quickly; and she proceeded to make
wav AGAINST q strong ebb tide, at the rate OF
nearly two miles and o half an hour.
THE Rothschilds own ia splendid, build
inps in Paris, and 1t Is noted as singular facG
that not one of these houses was IN the least
damaged by shells, either during the Siege 6y
the Germans or during the fierce sway OF t1e
Commune. But though lucky In their Paris
nroperty. the Rothschilds were not 30 fortu-
nate In their financial transactions, as they are
said TO have sustained LOGS by the war OF
20 OoO, 900 trancs According to Dublin Jour-
nal, however, they made that amount during
the same period by Withdrawing IN time from
an unfortunate speculation, whereby they
would have lost another f2,0O0,0O Tnis
would seem to leave them about! even IN tne
matter Of loss and gain. ,,,.,-c,..
The brief visit Of the Crown Prince OF Ger
mauy to his mother-in-laW and otner relatiVee
In England does not appear to have peen very
enthusiastically received by Queen victoria.
The Prince came en- tdnsille even the last ba-
bv being on hand In pink and white drapery,
carried BY nurse. But so far from meetng
With EXPRESSIONS of royal, or even maternal
favor, not palace was opened for tnem ana
thew found shelter only at the house OF tne
PrIssian Ambassador. The Prince and Prln-
cess OF Wales kindly met them at tne lanolng,
took them into the city In the royal saloon car,
and subsequently Invited them to several
iuncheous and dinners; but the only meeting
with the Queen took place at garden party
given by the Prince and Princess OF Wales,
and that only fora short time. They had the
royal box at the opera, and Count Bernstott
did all he could in. the way OF entertainment
and welcome; but the unpleasant fact remains
that Victoria snubbed her children IN man
ner 80 emphatic that even the commoneTs
talk about Il. When "Out Fritz" comes over
to' fight the :tBattle OF Dorking," he may ger
even with his illustrious mother-in-laW py
taking one of her palaces without saying any
thing about it. - . i.s.