ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6847, 8 May 1890, Page 2

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

[Fkom Our London Corkesponde:jt;] ondon, March -23. . MARRI TP WATSON. The fact timfc Mr Marriott-Watson and Mr J. M. Barrio were dosefc d for a loi£ time with Mr EdprljO.im-'l'rcQ at th<3 Haymarket on Tuesday, and are fluppinp: with that "eminent actor nnl manager,'*' to-morrow, at (lie Garridc Ciub, looks as if t.Vio arrangements for tho production of their play, Richard Savage, -wore progressing. SIR H B0BIN8"N. Sir Hercules liob nson a. >.i Lord Lome have accepted cents at tio Board of tbe Imperial Colonial Financial and Agency Corporation, Limit rd. Mr Alexander M. f Arthur ha', resigned hiß seat for L"}icet>tur in favour of Sir James. Whitehend, who wil], of course, stand itt the Gladstonian iutere^t. SYDNEY GOVKKNIKSItIP. ■ Lord Bil.'our, of Bur c who hss uiorethan once been mentioned iv connection wit.hCoionial vice-royalties, fe> ni3 favouritejust now for the Sydney berth when vacated by Lord Cnrringtou. It is said the Queen wishes him <o have it, and doeßnot favour either Lord Lothian or Lord' Haidwicke. Sir James Ferguscn 'lasbnenre-appoiuted Chairman cf tho O< lonisation Committee, which will resume V:a sittings after Ea^tc-r. Deppite the rndigested state r.f the last New Z.-aland loan, wh rh is still held almost wholly by ttie origi alsyndicatetenderora, the new Queenslan ' 10-iu lia3 pulled through triumphantly. Its success, indeed,, was so marked as to jjivo re unved lirmness to Australasian stock- geuo rally, most of which have risen nightly. THE LATE DTJKfi OF HASCHESTEX. The death of tho Duke of Manchesterdeprives the Colonial Inetititi- of a powerful supporter, and the Australasian Cclonieo (renerallv of a comprehending friend. The Duke delighted in tbe Muff rV&nknnrs and' unconvpn'vmality of "up-cruntry" folk in Australia, and no'hiiig phased him. more than to bo mistaken £ r a bushman* himself. Ho dressed (or r.ther undressed) up to the character, and. with n, roughly rrimmci board and a little black pipe in his mouth, looked tu.h an indifferent nobleman that oven wV.enh.- announced hie individoalitypeopleofiendo'lineliobelievehim. Ownsionally th'a wa3 a little awkwsrd. Onre, for example, in 1879, HisGmee boinir bettor mxinteii than them-. jovily o c b?B party, rod • tow vj a evening; into a small buih townehip iv Queensland, and found the whole place turned out to welcome him and ha .«inar about the. hotel. " Have you ee> n t'ac <?w*se f " asked . mine host of fie supi osed swagman. " I am tho Duke of Manchester/r eplied his. Grace auietly di3inonnting. Tho landlord grunicd as i-uch men do a»; v,i:ab they consider a stipid joke, and then looking the shabby, travel-stained fi^uiv up and down said contemptuously, " You ain't no Duke I" After hi 3 v'fiits to the Colonies fie Duke adooted a bluT, leauty manrer, moreespecially with his tenants, hy whom he was much liked. He made a first-rate man of lusincss, nnd sat on the Boards of a number of Australasian Companies. Ab-^ a young man the Duko bore the reputation of being a buck of tbe first water, and certainly ho won U><» gro^est beauty of her day for his wife. The Duohess' hey-day waa about ISGG, hut she ia still comely and agreeable, and till comparatively re ently had mnny admirers, the' chief, perhaps, beintr Lord Hnrtington. Her Grace dotes on her eldest boy, and patched up many quarrels l.ettrixt fatherand son. Maudeville, unfortunately, has till row proved incorr.#:blp. ; sir- C. A^D IA«Y KALT.E. Sir Charles ard lady Hallo leavn for Australia on April 11. Last Satv.rd*y, a small party of distinau/sbed musical amateurs sud cognoscenti were invih>d by Lady Hallo to m°et tho Princess of Wales and her two unmarried daiiffhfcfira at dinner. The party cors'st-d of S r Frederick Leighton, Dr Joachim, L^rd and Lady Kevelstoke, Baron Schroec'er, and' Lady Hallo's two eons. Tho. "dearPrincess " was in high spir:t?, and demanded autoe'aphs (of which sho is making a colecfcion) all roun-<. Subsequently, Miss M'lntyro and Mr Piatti joined the party, and a musical tr< at euch ns no money 'ciuld buy delighted theRoyal guests. The Princess stayed till after one, and the evening was altogether most enjoyable and prcoacsful. A lITF.BARY SECKET. A curious literary secret has cozed out in the last few day*. Ifc has to do with the authoisliip of tha extra ordinary daring novel called "The Rebel Eose," which waß puhlinhod anonymously some two years a?o, and in which Mr Gladstone, Lord Hcirtington and other political load'r3 •were introduced as prominent actors under thin pseudonyms. All sorts of persons were suspected of perpetrating this clever, almost too clever book. The real sinners it B3ems were tho fair Australian, Mrs Campbell Praed, and Mr Justin M'Carthy. They avow the fact in a new two shilling edition, which will not, however, be identified by many, as tho title has been • changed (and scarcely happily changed) to "A Rival Princess," All who did not aad "The Rebel Rose" should procure "A Rival Princess." Faulty, or not, it i» a capital etoryv