PERSONAL NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1899, 26 June 1890, Page 41

PERSONAL NOTES.

The Czar has decided to give to his son, the Czarewitch, a separate household, both civil and military, and Count Tsceremetieff will be nominated Chamberlain at Court.

Abbe Desgodins, a Roman Catholic missionary, who has resided in Thibet for 35 years, has recently returned to Paris, in order to publish a great dictionary of the Thibetan language, on which he has been engaged for many years. The renderings of the Thibetan words are given in English, French, and Latin. — N. Y. Observer.

Mr Carroll, an American sportsman, has returned to Mombasa after an unusually successful expedition of three months in Masaland, where he killed 200 head of large game, including many elephants and lions. The whole caravan suffered severely from Russian influenza. Tho farthest point reached was 90 miles west of Kilima-Njaro.

The rumour that the Grand Duke Nicholas oE Russia is suffering from cancer is unfounded. His Royal Highness is really suffering from blood poisoning ; the doctor* hope that by great care in two years the Grand Duke will be cured. At present he is staying at Nice with his son.

At the commencement of the month of July the Emperor and Empress of Germany purpose going to Christiania, in Norway, for six weeks. The Kaiser will explore Norway to his heart's content, during which time the Kaiserin and her children will go to Molde for the sea bathing, while the Swedish Royal Family remain at Christiania.

Mr John T. Wood, to whom was due the great discoveries of Ephesus, died in April at the ago of 69. Mr Wood uncovered the whole site of the great Temple at Ephesus, demonstrating that three temples had successively 3tood upon the site, and that within the last structure a Christian church had been erected. Several sculptures which he secured are now in the British Museum. The results of Mr Wood's explorations were published in his " Discoveries at Ephesus," issued in 1877. His health was permanently injured by his researches.

Mr Edward Lloyd, founder and proprietor of Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper and Daily Chronicle, died in April at the age of 75 at his residence in Westminster, after a long and painful illness. In early life Mr Lloyd was a strong opponent of the stamp duties, and came into conflict with the Government authorities in connection therewith. In addition to his newspaper properties, Mr Lloyd carried on a large business at Sittingbourne as a paper maker. Some years since he was elected a member of the Reform Club, for services rendered to the Liberal party.

Tewfik Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, is as unlike his awful dad, Ismail, as a son can well be. He is almost a European, whereas Ismail, in spite ot his thin veneer of European polish, always remained the fat, oily, sensual Oriental, whose bond was as bad as his word, and who hated the Western nations as much as he feared them. Ismail, even at his best, was but a smiling, plausible Satan, whose sinister look belied his honeyed words. Tewfik.jon the contrary, }s quiet and dignified, his countenance is smiling and frank and his whole appearance is prepossessing. Tewfik, moreover, has no harem, he lives with his wife and family at the palace of Ismalia, dear the Nile Bridge at Cairo, and has as great a horror of polygamy as he has of slavery.

General Sir Daniel Lysons, who has just been appointed Constable of the Tower, in succession to Lord Napier of Magdala, is a grand old veteran of 75. A scion of an old Gloucestershire family (his people own Hemstead Court, an estate with a rent-roll of between £3000 and £4000 a year), he was sent early to Shrewsbury, whsre he had for schoolfellow the present Lord President of the Council, Viscount Cranbrook. He entered the Ist Royals moro than half a century ago, and has seen service in all parts of the world He has been wrecked at soa, and severely wounded on land. Sir Daniel first "smelt powder" in the Canadian rebellion of 1838, served through the Crimean war, where he gained the Legion of Honour, the Mejidieh.and the Sardinian and Turkish medals, and was severely wounded. He has since proved himself one of those men whom one of bis predecessors as Constable (the Iron Duke) described as ready to go anywhere aud do anything. The General has served in Malta, but never, strange to say, in India. He is at present Colonel-in-chief of the Sherwood Forester?, and is father of two distinguished sons, the elder a captain in the Rifles, the younger a V 0., and favourite of Lord Wolseley, in whose old regiment (the 90th Foot) he got his first commission. Altogether, this noble sire of noble sons is worthy to succceed Lord Napier on the long roll of distinguished men who have gone before him in his high office.

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