PER ALAMEDA AT AUCKLAND.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7373, 23 May 1895, Page 3

PER ALAMEDA AT AUCKLAND.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

[VUXt PIIB£9 ABSOOtATIOM ]

(Dates from Enron a to May Ist)

Thare will ba no wedding ut Stowe House after all, beciuao the JOuba of Orleans is in a bad way. The pbyeioian in ntcondnnoe on the head of the fioyal Houso of Franca, ■who fractured his log by a fail from his horse while hunting at Seville on Frid'iy, Ap'il 2Sth. telegraphed to the AJ-uke's relatives on M*y Ist saying hia patieut is also gufiVring from pneumonia, cod that hia condition id serious. At that data ho waa crowing worse, and hie temperature was over 107. The wc-ddirjg of th.j aiater of the Duke of Qrleanß, Triacnas Helana, to the Dao oi Aoeta, a nephew of tho King of Italy, which wae to have t-.ikan pl*.oe at Stowo House, near London, during tho present month, is therefore indefinitely postponed, and the Counteesot Paris, mother of the Duke of Orleans, with Princess Selena, will stisrt immediately for Spain. Lord Willi , -*™ Beresford waa married in London on April 30 to the widow of the Imko of Marlboiough, formerly SKib Hammtraley of Wew York, a woman very wealthy, and with some pretensions to beauty. I , ho church waa crowded with Eoyalty, members of tho corps, representatives of the various colonies, the Governors of different colonial possessions, officers of the army and navy, and members of the elite of American and iinglish Booiety of London and eleowhsro. Tho Duke of Cambridge, aud Ifclr Bayard, U.S Ambassador, and his wife, occupied moat conBpicueus plaooa. . In St. Margaret's Church, Wostrmaster, on tha ulternoon of April 24, tho Son. Mi»a Julian Pool, daughter of yinoouut Peo!, late Speaker of tte House of Commons, was married to Mr Koohfort Maguire, a young Pflrnellite who represent* the West div:ston of Olara in the House of Commons, and who has become very wealthy through his oooneotion with Iho oon. Cecil Rhodee, the Premier of Colony, and the Eothsohilds. Tbero was a largo and fashionable attendanceThe Karl o' Lonsdala, a member of tha Dunravan syndicate for building the Valkyrie 111. to compete for the America Onp, has been elected Commodore of the Royal Lindon Yacht Olub. Mr and tUvs Boerbohm Tree, tho favorite Entclish aotor and aotrosa, have returned to London from the United States. They were welcomed by crowds, and oxprcsaed themselves muohpleaeod with their American tour, with the people, and with tho theatres. Buyers from all countries, including tho TJntt'd States, wore present during the week ending April 27th, at the annual horse fair held at Lincoln, whore horses of every olas9 were on exhibition. Tha great wheel at Earl Oourfc, London, an imitation of the Ferris whael, which was finished on April 27th with tha exception of the woodwork, ia said to bo an improvement on, and ia much larger than the Chicago wheel; it has beon eixeen months building. . . , . The committee appointed to raiso funds for the purchase of the residence of tho late Thomas Oailyle, in order to fit it up as a Oarlyle Museum, have already colleoted £1722 and it ia expeoted that tha purchase ■will be completed in. May, and that the i Museum will ba open in June. | Garlyle's writing desk was among the articles reoently auctioned off at the sale of the belongings o? Oscar Wilde. It was probably snouted by one of the many Americans in London. The late Corney Grain, who died shortly after hia partner, German Seed, did bo well with the management of St. George's Hall that he left an entato worth £16 000 Tho London lancet of A;nl 27th says that ProfeSEor Husley, tbousjh suffering eeriouely from influenza and bronohitis, is improving. Ellen Terry is again able to appear at the LvQßUtn Theatre, after her illnesa. Mias Terry bad not been well all the winter. There waa groat excitement during the nollinjr on April 25th in last Wicklow, as a result of the action of Mr Sweetman, who has represented East Wicklow as a follower of Mr Justin McCarthy f-inco tho general election of 1892, seeking re-election as a Bupporter of Mr John Bedmond and an independent policy. At a meeting on the evening of April 24th of Mr Sweetman's supporters at Arklow the crowd attacked %£*" -p. J. Troy, the loaal leader of the Parnellites. A woman threw a stone whioh destroyed one of Mr Troy's eyes. The English football season ia olosed, and the Westminster Gazette publishes its annual football "Butcher's Bill." The "bill" shows that daring tho season there wore twenty deaths from Id juries received on the fcOtbail field, and that over 150 legs, arms, and oollar-bonea were broken, besides many oasea of concussions of the brain and spme paralysis, kneecaps eplit, and hundreds of minor oasualties. Siaber, winnor of the Derby of 1876, ia d»ad Ho was ft buy oolt by Buccaneer, end in 1376 was owned by A. Baltazzi. Ther» were 228 subscribers to the Darby Stake's that year, and fifteen horses started. Eißber,' ridden by Maidemont, v/on in 2min 44^60 'J he London World published a report that Prince Alfred of 6axo Coburg Gotha, eldeet eon and heir to tho Duko of Saxe Coburg Gotha (more generally known se the Duke of Edinburgh;, is lioely to be botrothed to the young Queen Willhelnuna of Holland. It is announced in London that Willhelmina, accompanied by the Queen Regent, will leave Amsterdam on May 26th for London via Flushing. The Edinburgh correspondent of The Times, under date April 16th, say 3 Professor Ilindors Fetrie, in a lecture delivered befora the Edinburgh Royal t'ociety, declared thit reoent excavations made in a district thirty miles north of Thebes pointed to the existence of three thousand years before Chnet of a race quite diMinot from the Egyptians. The Times comments editorially on the imtortanoe of Professor Petrie's disoovery in transforming Egyptian _ history, and in encouraging excavatwng in Greece and elseThere were few noteworthy May Day features in London on the Ist May. There was the usual cart-horeo parade, otherwise tho city wore its normal aspect. The eooalled Democrats and JUibonsts made a demonstration in Hydo Park during the afternoon. The reports received from the towss in different parts ottne that work proceeded as a a few Socialist labor incidents of importance coal minors employed by tho Laurel Coal /iewent out on strike on remain out all strike i'or the pey of per ton, while the 55 cents. " at Gtratford-on-22 with the parfor- " She Etoopod to the Memorial 'i'hoatra. The Many Americans at22nd April a trawler brought to England, Beveril articles taken Rom the body of a woman brought up from tho deep in a trawling net. They proved to belong to Miss Emma Hohhgel, sister of Eugene dohligel, one of the survivors of tho Elbe wreck. Mr Schligel is brofh-.-r of the ■junior paitaer of tho firm of Behlon and Bchligel, Hew Yorl;, aud w*a ou a pleasure trip to Now York when tho accident occurred. The body of Mi=s Schligol was recommitted to the sea. The Queen has decided to ducontinuo hereafter early Drawing -Rooms. She held four Drawing Rooms aftor Easter. The Sun siys tha Ufa of tha Prince of Walaa ia insured for £3,250 000. The planking of tha Valkyna 111, Lofd Dunraven's challenge yacht in theapproachins? oontGdt for the Ametioan Cup, is nearly fiaieho'J. Tho yacht will be launched about the middle of May. The ostrich presented ti Her M-ijasty by a South African Quoen, and whioh she tjlaoed in the Zoological Garden*, died on Tuesday, April lGth, much to tho Queen c regr«t. Eaeter week was marked by tho produotion of an unusual number of new pioaoa i»t the London theatres. Among them were one or two by American authors

Primrose Day, the fourteenth anniversary of the death of Lord JJeaoowfield, wae celebrated in London and throughout England on April 19th. Ah usual, although there Beemed to be » change in the manner of observing the day, the use of tho primrose ■was more extensive than ever, but tho shop windows and fronts of the houaei where Conservatives were to display floral and other emblems in honor of the groafc Coneervativo leader were conspicuous by tho abaenco of decoration. The Beaoonefiold Btatoe, Lα Parliament Square, was not forgotten, but fower fbwers were left there iha, Fanu7i''air of April 11 has authority for awi-g that the Duohesa of Mwlborough iJi Bottled £6000 v year on Lord Boreeford, hor bridegroom elect. The Frincesn of Wales has abandoned hor contemplated journoy to Denmark, where Bho wm to visit her paronte, and instead a faniiy party, including the JJuko and Dnoheas of York aud the Dubo and Duchess of Fife, assembled at Sandringhain for tho Kaater holidays. . TIT , There was a picturesque scene in Wostmineter on Thursday, April 11th, when, in the presence of a large congregation, "JRoyal Maundy" was distributed to BBvenlyeix poor men and to eoventy-six poor women selected from tho various patiahea to receive tho Queen's bounty. J£aoh woman roceived £1 15s, uud eaoh mau £2. In addition bolh men and women were given specially coined panuios. 0.1 J.jhu Hweatman, who was returned to tha House of Commons for tho Jitast Division of VVioklow in the anti Farnellita internet, will accept tho Ohiltern Hundreds. He will then eiek io-eleutiou a* a Kodmondite. Mr tlwoelmaa complama that tho Libera'.o aro shelving tho Home iiulo uuseti;u. » « -i ii I'ho Lmblin United Irishman of April 11 learos on highest authority that Mr John Dillon, member of Fariiameut for Jiaat Majo, after the last oleotion was offered the position of Chief Secretary for Ireland,

A report was nurreut ia London on April 13th Uikl Lord Houghton is about to resign ea Lord Lleutenitnt of Ireland, bsiufT woatitid out by tho oontinued bittor sooial bojootc by thi luadod gantry. Lord Honghton i« voted to ba au ideal representative of ihe Qubou, bui lijoiiueo he also represented thy /jibonil Government, his official functions in Dublin Uusfcie havo been vigorously boycotted by virtually all tho gontry ot Ireland. Sir JLiodenuk .CSamei'on, tha wcU-known ship-owner of Now York, and hia daughter, wore robbed nt Victoria station. Londou, oa April 12th, of valaaUo jowollory and noto3, aud drafts amouuting to £10.000. The property waa in a tin case that MicU Cameron oirried, and which who snatched fron her by c, thief, who esoapei! iv tha oonfucion that followed. Girßodoiijkandhisdaiiijh-t-.;r v.'ero on their way to Patia. A do.'po.tch from Paris to tho London Chronicle on April 10th siyu the CJsa of Kobtrt Bherard, a well-known journalist, against Mr McCarthy, of the .British Consulate, fo* criminal libel, had boon adjourned by the Conventional Tribunal. 7&x Shorard charges that Mr McCarthy publioly accused him of atsisling in tho Usoar j Wiido immoralities.

Eight servants in tha employ of tho Marquis oi Londonderry, at hit) residence, Mount Rtowart, New Tounardo, County Down, wont out in a boat on April 12th on Loch iJtrangford, nnd not having been hoard from, are supposed to bo drowned.