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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6833, 22 April 1890, Page 3

Taa Star.oe Bethlesem.— Astßonomezs announce the approaching reappearance o£ „. the mysterious luminary known to the p_a,blic.as. "The Star ofcßethlobem." Itia to be looked for among the, firre central stars oS. Cassiopeia, where ih, will be seen, as a sixth. Tycho-3rahe observed it on. Nov. 11, 157.3. It became ao-biaght thatik \ outshone all the other, stais,.and was dis- _ tinctly visible evea. at midday, without telescopes.. After shining thus brilliaatly ( for. a. fortnight, it gradually paliai, but continued to be visible during seventeen, months in the Bame place* but in March. I&s4, it,«Hsappeanadas,Biiddenlyas. it had,, come.. Kesearchaa showed that it bad .been seen, in, 12G0 and in 945. These dates , its, appearances, at avesage internals ot ' three hundred and fifteen years, aad going backwards briags us to, a.d. 630 3% A..g. > 3]!s»_ and a.d. 1, the date of Christ's birth. Coming forwards* from Tycho-Brahe'tt lecwd of the-appeaxaneo, a.d. l^S^alapsa o£ three hundred and fifteen yaaxs..bnng3* us to 1890. If it fee not seea.dnrm& tais present year it will certainly EQkpe. dp* to, its not having been looked for*. The Bomange ov Koxts?sr~ r * : T.v;*ih states that the marriag» or another daughter of the Prince aacl. Princess o£ Wales has been arranged^, a^d that the public announcement wilY hpt/be- made before April. In reference, to. taja statement, the Irish Times' Loafon aoKrespondent says :— " Another romance, of Royalty is in circulation to thee3)Bcttiiatay.oanger sister of the Duchess of ilifa^as followed that Princesß'patriotisvlead by falling in love with a native nci»teina3,T=an Englishman this time. Tka. rajal choice is & young earl, not by aqy, n^»ana among the wealthiest members of his order, but personally what tiey cj>Ji in, Scotland "a very pretty maru''- o£ good intellectual gifta and high character* It is said that the heir-appareat fully approves the earl a successful suit,, "while the Queen, thougbregretting the;lttn£ted rent toll, has decided not to interfere. Her Majesty has set her face Bternlj against the race of German fortune-hunters, who are henceforth excluded from the royal matrimooial market — an exclusion for which, by all accounts, they have tQ blame the mtra.cJia.bJle. B»tten-