The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-28 00:00:00

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in Italy.
The Earl Howe is still suffering from an attack ,
of gout, and, owing to its severity, doubts are entertained 1 -
of his recovery. 1
The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon have been i
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the last week.
Adniiral Sir Alexander Milne had a dinner party ,
last evening at the Admiralty, Whitehall. , Greencastle.. --1 -7 .
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being Professor Frankland, end the subject, "The Cheuds- Brest ...... 30 32 40 N.W. 6 4 I N.W. tse -•-• .li
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We (11.7 old) understand that the Rev. James REM ABBR.
Fraser, prebendary of Salisbury, and the Rev T S Wood- I I,,er4STrlmnTiceliErnr-e'asreitit:';::tiii'ls„ll'thinwecrsetar.i nt'll'el 144,i'tti 121!
fora, examining chaplain of the Bishop of Oxford, have Isles. Temperatures generally have roes The wlinlA are chiefly
declined to allow themselves to be nominated for the nortWwesterly, strong on our western coasts, awl light to iiiode-
rate on our other coasts.
Ei4lopric of Calcutta.
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The Duchess de 'Slouchy, née Princess Anna '
Murat, was delivered of a son on the night of Christmas. ' A private in the 62nd Regiment, named John
day. The Empress remained with her until the birth of Kelly, was yesterday placed under arrest at Queenstown
the child, and ilia not return to the Tuileries until an ex_ for using seditious language, proclaiming himself a Fenian,
tremely advanced hour. and declaring that, under Stephens, he would free Ireland.
We read in a letter from Paris :—" Our Swedish Michael Brien was apprehended yesterday at Queenstown
nightingale, Christina Nielsen, has, alas! decided on for singing seditious songs.
taking final leave of the Theatre Lyrique next June. Her ' The electric subterranean battery which COM-
Majesty's give, her WO/. per month, and is fully justified municates from the Bourse to the Grand Hotel, Paris, wu
n doing so. Many good judges consider her performance first worked last Sunday at half-past 12. The messages
sfar more artistic than that of her captivating rival, La transmitted by this new method were delivered instanta-
Diva Patti, much of whose success is due to the witchery neously, and as distinctly as by the ordinary telegraph.
of her charming manner, ana wbo Roesini persists in The Bishop of Verdun, who died on Tuesday,
declaring does not know how to sing. Mdlie. Nielsen is was considered as the type of Twrniandir. So stout was
undoubtedly a perfect mistress of her art, and trusts be (writes a Paris correspondent) that it was by means of
nothing to the inspiration of the moment. A close friend- considerable manceuvring he ever accomplished entering a
ship unites the fair and dark rivals, who may often be cab. The amount of food he consumed at his various meals
seen enjoying, arm in arm, their morning walk at an early was something fabulous. Owing to the frequent illnesses
hour in the Champs Elysees, escorted by La Diva's mar- brought on by his voracity, he was always attended by a
ried sister, their attire remarkable only for its unassum- servant, whose sole business was
forprevent
health. Monse
When-
igneur
ing simplicity. Diane. Nielsen is to have the principal from eating more than was good his
rdle in M. de Jomiere's Sardanapale, which will appear ever this reverend bishopwas invited to dinner at &friend's
on the playbill alternately with Der Freischinc." : house, the said domestic stationed himself behindhis chair,
Cardinal d'Andrea has received notice that an ' investigated the amount of cutlets, pates, perdreanx truffes,
accusation is being drawn up against hint in the congre. &c., eaten by his master ; and when be considered that be
gation of bishops, upon which it is intended to found an had had as much as was good for his lordship, he made
application to the Pope for his radiation from the list of a telegraphic sign to the mistress of the house, who, warned
cardinals. It appears that various foreign prelates have beforehand, immediately cut off the supplies.
encouraged the Pope to take this step. A French bishop About a dozen steamers arrived at Southampton
is said to have written that "in his training college the last week from France laden chiefly with poultry and
students were scandalised at the impunity." dairy proium. One of the steamers brought the enormous
The new Egyptian "parliament," of which number of 26,000 geese for the London market. It was
Ragheb Pacha has been named president, has met, but its estimated that this steamer landed enough geese to save
" debates" have not yet been published. The public are the capital of the south of England from starvation for at
to be admitted eventually. least one day.

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