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Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 96, 10 December 1872, Page 3

A llrssiAN Lady is A'n:itrcA.—The Philadelphia J,(:d;i r sliilcs that t'ie O.iei l;i coinuui.iit v lias reeen , ly beui vi.'ilcl liv it v'liuiig Kim an la lv iumii'd Catherine f) khovu, who hat (Mini , l.i l!ii« country ti> stu.lv ti ; e wo'ua-n question. Miss l.tn/liD'-a i:i the daughter of a Prinem-), and her father iti lii'iHTul of Artillery nl St Petersburg. This young T?:isaitin Inly, though n ii. 21, is very talented an.l highly (,'iliir:il('il. ll is bin lour mmllw since she b>'gan speuking Kugl'sii, iin 1 she now iMinyi-rtCs quite iliiciit.lv, comprehending readily everything said to her. She is mistress of seven languages—Russian, Polish, French, German, Greek, JLtl.m, mill English. She graduated with high honours at KuMiui when U! ; she received at that time the badge of her Aliijcolv, which gives lier power ti> appeal to the Kmneror for nny favour, and also the privilege of attending Court b'llls. Hhe is one innmig only four women v;ho, have been honoured by her Maics v's badge during the last 40 year,*, !i.< it is only awavded to those who display extraordinnvy talciil and prolii'icncy. Not sntisficd with the amount of education she hud received, and there beim? no schools in iv'usHia where she could pursue the higher branches, she employed private tutors, devoting the following four years, 1o the study of muthcmat.ies and physic, and wns examined by the Faulty of Moscow. She came to this country lov the purpose of studying the woman movement here, examining the medical college for women, iSrc, with n view of assisting her own countrywomen. She was the first to iipfical to the Emperor to open eollegcs to women She intends starling a woman's journal when she returns to St. .rctersburgh.

A (<ui.\t Juki:. -The laic Isaac 0. Barnes had been invited to attend (he funeral of a particular friend an.l crony, and as the deceased had, at their last interview, specially urge 1 his being present, he Mt in duty bound to respond. Arrived at the house mourning, lie found the family asectnb e.l in a very small and uncomfortable room, in the middle of which stood the eollin, that all might take a last look at the face o( the departed. The service was conducted by two clergymen, friends of the family, who, with their long prayers, and extended "remarks," consumed fully U\o, hours, during which Mr Barnes suU'ered untold agony of suspense, and impatience. Hardly had the second minuter pronounced his "amen," when Barnes, in his well-known squenky voice, turning to the. pnrsmi .sitting nearest to him, enid, " Dill you know Kid?" "Yes, sir," said the man addressed, in a low voice. "Good fellow, wasn't he?" continued Barnes. " Yes, sir," still in a suppressed tone, "And he was a mighty smaat one, too," squeaked Barnes. "Very smart," almost whispered the other, as the company present begun to look in Unit direction. " Yes he was," piped Barnes, still kinder, wit-h one of his expressive expletives, " ami if he'd had the running of this funeral, he'd have been under the ground an hour and a half ago,— American Papa: ErrqrinTE.—My grandmother and my aunt, Lady Emilia Prununond, were one day in attendance upm Marie Antoinette, beinj;, like the rest of the more denniro members of the Court, in open carriages. But the Queen was riding on it donkey as indeed were various of her younger favourites. (Suddenly, however, I lie whole cavalcade was stopped, for Mario Antoinette's donkey, having felt a violent inclination to roll on tin; green turf, had thrown ita royal rider, and she, being quite unhurt, remained seated on tie ground, laughing immoderately. As soon, however, as she could command her countenance, she assumed a mock gravity, and without attempting to rise from her lowly position, commanded that the Grand Mistress of the Ceremonies 9 lould at once be brought to her side. [Nobody could imagine what Her Majesty was about oitluT to say or do : but when the. lady thus suddenly summoned to her presence, stood, in no good temper and with digniiied aspect, before her, she looked up and said —" Madame, I have sent for you that you may inform me as to the etiquette to be observed when a Queen of France and her donkey have both fallen—which of them is to get up first?"— La-.li/ Clementina Davies. Lktteus ov A'OLTAHiB.—A discovery, which will be interesting to literary men all over the world, has lately been made at Odessa. Prince AVoroozotl" has found among the archives of his family, v-'Jiieh he is in the-tyabit of publishing when he discovers anything that illustrates the history of his country, 1-t letters of Voltaire. 13 of which havenever been published, though the 1-ith appeared in the CorrcspoiidaiiL'n Gem rale on the ilJth of February, 17b'9. Taey are addressed to the Count Alexander WoroozoiV, whp at thu nge of 17 was sent to France, an.l entered the Light Cavalry School at Versailles, where all the young nobles of France were educated. The young Count was passing througi Mannheim, where he was invited to some fetes g.ven by tue Elector-Palatine, where he met Voltaire. An intimacy sp: ang up between then, and these letters, extend ng over about ten years, wore the result. P.evond oho fact, however, of their being \ollaire's. titoy do not appear to possess any remarkable interest. But Voltaire exercises over his readers to this day that peculiar fascination, the art of which he alone possessed, and even the discovery of a washing bill, written out. by himself would hardly be passed over in silence.— Globe. GERMAN EMIGRATION. —The German Governmentcontinues to be much disquieted by tie large dimensions of ihe emigration to America. It is stated that according to "authentic;"' advices i'rpm Berlin, the numbers are growing in such proportions that by the Ist January the figures will be double what they wore in the years preceding the late war. As usual, the bulk of the emigrants are young men anxious to avoid military service. It was in rcfcience to this movement that the circular from the War MiuUter, by the Emperor's orders, was issued last July. As it seemingly had no appreciable eU'eet in checking the ever-widenining stream, a second circular, couched in more threatening terms than the iir6t has just been issued. It Fecalls to the youths in question that they make themselves liable to the severest penalties by the course they adopt, and that if they persisted in it they will be treated us outlaws for life. At the same time, o special service is being instituted for the more effective surveillance and supervision of the districts from which the emigrants mainly come. But, in spite of all this, the emigration to America has been only slightly tSeelc&.—Fsll Jfall Gazette.