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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5533, 23 May 1889, Page 4

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Lady Liudsny, tho song-writer, is fortyfive, tall, statuesque, and fond of wearing classical costumes. She paints in water colors charmingly and writes much for the magazines.

The Duke of Newcastle built a new ohurch at Clumber at a cost of over £40,000, and his grateful tenants have put a floe moinorial wiudow in it as a wedding present to him.

A little boy, 11 years of age, named Joseph Boyor, the son of a wine seller at Bcyerao, in Dordoguo, has gained the first prize of £6000 in a lottery instituted in aid of the municipal funds by the city of Paris.

There was a heavy fall of snow at Naples on the 17th of March ; und Mounts Vesuvius and Mitssm were both enveloped by a mantle of ermine. Such a phenomenon has not been witnessed in that region for ten years.

Mr. Edward Lloyd, the great English tenor, is a cricket enthusiast. His grindfather was bandmaster of the Coldstream Guards; his father and mother were musicians of high rank, and his son is being trained in the same artistic calling, with every prospect of success.

Mr. John D. Rockefeller writes to the Rev. F. T. Gates that he will contribute one hundred thousand dollars to the American Baptist Education Society, payable as required for its contributions to educatioual work in the United States; providing such contributions are not payable faster than ten thousand dollars during each month, beginning with March end ending with December next.

A landscape painter named Anastase, who hoe just, died in Paris, has bequeathed the sum of £4000 to the French Academy. This sum represents the proceeds of the sale of his works when he was struck with blindness a few years ago.

The returns of Italian emigration which have just been published in the Official Gazette for the year 18S8 state that no lees than 300,000 persons quitted the kingdom during the twelve luonths ending thu 31st of December last, which is an increase of "5,000, or 25 per cont. upon tho emigration of the year preoeding,

A deplorable succession of suicides has resulted from the collapse of the Comptoir d'Escompto in Paris. At Moulius no less than three persons occupying honorable positions in society, and who have lost the whole of their fortunes by tho failure of an institution which was universally regarded as not less safe and solid than the Bunk of France, have taken awuy their own lives.

The VoiKs Zcitung, which has just boen arbitrarily suppressed by tho German Government, was the favorite journal of the late Kmperor, und hud been in existence for 40 years. Its suppression was not preceded by any legal process, and the pretext was its publication of an article ou William the Firet, which displeased Pnr.ce Bismarck, who has never concealed his contempt and hatred for the press.

Dr. King, the Bishop of Lincoln, who has been bruught to trial tor alleged violations of tho ecclesiastical law, is described by the Pull Mall Gazette, as having one of those spiritual faces which one cannot look tit without feeling the better for it, and which positively beam with benevolence. And then, in the next column, the Pull Mfill prints a portrait of him which looks like a cross between Fagin and Bill Sykes,

Belgium has just lost ono of tho founders of it* independence, and of the monarchy, ill the person of M. MutMeu iieclercy, who was t*3 years old ut tho time of his decease, having beuu born ou the 30th of January, 1700, represented Liego in the National Congress of 1830, was afterward* , elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies, and wits three time* Jlinii-ter of Justice. Hβ had beeu blind for three yours before his death.

After the body of tho Archduko Rudolph had been (lepj.iitcd in the crypt of the chapel of the Convent oi tho Capuchins in Vienna, the public were freely admitted to visit the place ; but it has been uncovered that tho crowd of spectators included a large contingent of adroft thiuvus, who managed to appropriate th« fringe of gold and silver bullion, the costly ornaments, the crowus, the bouquets, and every object of value placed upon the funeral pall.

Whilo tho King of Italy was engaged iv laying tho fouuiution-stoue of ihu new Palace of Justice, in Rome, tho mason whose duty it was to hand Hie Majesty the silver trowel, seized the opportunity of beseeching the King to taku into coijfideration thu destitute) condition of his fellowartiKans, numbers of wlum wura without food. King Humbert was much touched when he leurnt from the man that there were 40U0 operatives out of work in Rome, end promimi to bestow prompt attention to their wants.

The expulsion in masse of the Poles from Prussia has placed tho agriculturist of JCmisUhh Prusnu, from whence as many as 40,000 Poles were driven into exilo, iv a very embarrassing position, owing to the scarcity of labor which now prevails there. At v meeting of tlic Agricultural Association of the province, Puttkamer, the brother of the ex-Minister, declared that the Chancellor's policy was carried out against the advice of that Minister. It is now seriously proposed to import some thousands of Chinamen, for the purpose of replacing the expelled Poles.

By the death of Edtuoud Suherer, at the age of 74, French literature hus lost uue of its most hrilliuiit critics, and French jjurniilisni one oi iin must gifted contributors. For nearly 10 years his articles have conferred lustre on the uolurnns of Lβ Tumps, and Lv may be said to have died with ihi; pen in hi* hand. Jlin knowledge of .Knglinli, Guriiiiiu, und Italian literature was us cot-jplc'te as that of French ; and when, iv iy7l, ho was elected to a seat iv tho National Assembly, fro'ii whtm o he was afterwards promoted to the Suiato, he brought into politics the saino integrity of purpose, ck-nruuss of intellectual vision, and practical wigacity which he alwuys displayed us a man of letters.

Last night, tho ladies who desire their owu formal political emancipation had v. field day ut the Princu's-lwill, in Piccadilly, under the presidency of Sir iliehurd Temple, M.P. Sir Kichurd's appearance is familiar to Aii"trulueiaci rsaders, no doubt, through the inimitable caricatures of Atr. Hurry FurnisH. Lady Temple is a very clever und pretty wom:m. She und her huabuiid are called Beuuty und the Beiut. When "somed d good nutured friend" told this to Sir Richurd, ho remarked uugrily, " Fancy culling my poor wife si beast! " A more definite- idea of his iippuurance may be obtained from tho »-tory of thu Irish orutor wha, perceiving that Sir Iliuhurd was laughing ut him from the opposite benches, exclaimed in a inclodramic voice—" The Burmese idol smiles ! "

"La Ittsvolte," the Anarchi.st organ of which Prince Krapotkine is editor, is a little sheet, about the «izc of an ordinary prospectus, and in published in n histli story in ono of the worst quarters of Paris. Efiseo Rectus is one of itn nmin supporters, and a brokon-down workman is tho ostensible printer. This wretched leaflet, which uttd some ten years ago to bu published in Vienna, hus a larger number of oumnpondeuts than many more pretentious journals. It gets more news from Spain uiu\ Italy thuii from anywhere else, but from the Capo of Good Jlopo to the Argentine-Re-public there is hardly a place without a circle with which it is in coinmuiiiutitiou. Whatever be the fa?liion of other journals, it if hai'iily neeeiwii'y to add that its polvgloi. o mr.ribut.ors hold fast to the old traditioc of anonymity.

"When I'l'iiiuo Bismarck recently took part iv tin- debates of tlie Landtag, it wan noticed that, contrary to custom, ho repeatedly hpiAi: of JJi-jnity Kieliter us ]Joputj Eugcn ilichtcr, laying- special streps on liin fooV Obrii'tiai) name. iiurcby hangs a. little thin, which once ugnin corifirtns tho obnervation that Priuce Bismarck is in nothing so a.s in bin pcttintKn. Kichter, the Kitdical, had committed tiie crimo of speaking, not of Count Bimnan k, but of Count Herbert Bismarck, a familiarity which the loving father of the latter found it necessary at onco to repudiate in the ebove manner. When his olienco was pointed out to him, Kichter explained nt once that his object hud been to distinguiwh between Herbert Bismarck and hiet brother, who is also a count, both brothers boinjjj concerned in tho question which was being debated. As Itichler had no desire of annoying the Chancellor, he loft Herbert out, and simply eaid "Count Bismarck," whorempon His Highness forthwith dropped the " Eiigen," well Hatisflcd with his victory.