New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-21
NEW YoR,x nAiiy TRIBuNE TUESDAY. FEBRUARY d. 1860


baica.sd). and the frln.s If Reass GssIt only
ssu tined he rem Of government daros the year jnss
'nded.-sn <evsreigps are no. married, or have NOV
re; been. These are be,ids the Pope, the Ddkes OF
srunsr ck and Parma he Princes Of LchteDsein aud
Rer s.--eix, and the Iaadgrave Of Hesse'iionoerg'
lpoaa The others there are nine who are wido~ers,
VIM rbs Kings of Sardinia Belgium, and Portugal the
G.and Duke Of Tuscany, and the Dukc OF Auha"'
Dessau. Koetben. One sovereign is divorced, the
Prince Of Schwarzburg SonderbapseD. Two have cou-
tracsed morganstc marriages, the King OF Denmark
and the Eector Of Uesse Cassel and one sovereign,
the Grand Turk lives in polygsmy Amongthe thirty
one wives of the other Christian sogeregns regularly
married the oldest arc the Grand Duchess of Mecklen
In, .strelitz and the Princess Of SchanmburgLppe
each OF whom s more than sixty. The youngest is the
Queen Of the Two Scilies, who 10 only eighteen
Twenty five soveregps have sons, one the Emperor oil
BRAZIL has a daughter, fifteen have brothers, three
have collateral relatives for their heirs presumptye
To these soyereipns we must add three those Of Bruins
wick. ApbaI,- BerDberg, and Hcsse-II0mberg whose
successions after their DEATHS Will pass over to another
lre and oSe sovereign, the Pope, whose successor
not chosen till after his desthThe oldes. oil the forty
four hereditary princes or prefuinplve hes are those
of Modepa and OF the Electorate Of Hessia, VINO are
upward of70. The others are between III AMI ~ zoe
e upward Of 50; three between ~ and 81; seven
between 30 and 4O eight between % and ~; ana
eleven between 10 and 20. The youngest ia still, as he
was last year, the Hereditary Prime of Austria sew
enteen of them are married is berothed ana tnr
teen have children. The oldest Hereditary princess 10
that of the Electoral Hessia, who 7Oj the youngest is
that of SAKE Meningen, who is only ~.
-Fredika Bremen in a recent magazine article,
thus describes the Turkish Sultan 80,
"a little man in q dark coat, dark red cap win
long black tassel On bis head, ard PALE unpieasng
eountenance, down the steps, with rs ht.is us
n;,y IA a shopman. Can that really be the Satan
Yea il must be the Sultan because the elderly mill
tary personages by his side reply with an expression
of deep reverence to some remarks OF the ttIe man,
and the stout lady with the children steps hastily ior
ward into his pa,h if she woud stop hls further
advance. He starts makes half step backward, ana
contracts bis eyebrows most tbreatenngly, Yet ne
listens to what she has to say, but listens Win
gloomy expression, and then casts an inquirng glance
en- his brotherin-law, the High Admiral. lie uttsrs
few words of explanation, struggling his shoulders,
ard then another word two, which seem 70
motions the stout lady out Of the way, and walks ON
TO the shore, talking gaily with the gentlemen
who attend hin. He steps into the caique, from
which the canopy has been removed; puts on his
glover dstorts bic face in looking up at the SUM- and
so doing exhibits his tobaccostained teeth while bus
plain, unnterestiDg continuance assumes moss as
agreeable expression This then, is the man who ls
called Gods Shadow on the Earth, and who rules
with absolute sway over the lives aud happiness OF
IS O0G eco of human beings. L have seen many
crowned heads, but none who seem TO me 40 devoid
of dignity so devoid Of anything remarkable as this
SHADOW Of God on Earth Nevertheless, the throne
must produce an effect either for good or for evil
Travellers who see Abdul MedJd only at public au-
diences usually observe merely the leless, automatic
character of his exterior now him under other
circumstances. lie was lively, and his countensnce,
although PALE indicated more youthful strength and
health than ! bad been led to expect. That u,
] WAS told because within the laat few years ne
has drank something stronger than champagne and
this has given him strength. Besides, he was
to-day in good humor. But he generally looks very
ploomy For the rest, Abdul Medid has the Tarkish
family features the oval countenance, with somewhat
prominent cbeekbones the nose broad at the nosrls
and arched the DARK browD wellcat, but not large,
eyes snd the finely-peDced eyebrows. They struck
me Sc frest when contracted with their threatening
expression, end the tenance then appeared most
significant If they could CONTRACT with grave earn
estress, Abdul Medjd would be man of high char
acter. Naturally mild Of disposition good son, good
brother, unwilling, although despot, TO sign death
warrant, Abdul Mediid IS not wanting in the softer
feelings That which he wants is real earpestness,
real strength. So, at least seems TO me: He does
not throw himself seriously into anything, but let's all
20 "a it may ard will. Allah Kerim AZ
According to general report, the Senate House
papers at Cambridge this year have been universally
s!iH," and many bitter disappOintments have been
the result. The Senior Wrargler, Mr. Stirling Says
TIE Cambridge IadeFendeat) is % years of age, the
of clergyman at Aberdeen, of which place he is
a native. He graduated, we believe, at Kiogs' Col
leee, Aberdeen, where he studied under Professors
Fuller and Thomson, both well-known Cambridge
men. Lat,erly he bss been reading with Mr.. Routh
Of Peterhouse and Mr.. Slesser of Queens both senior
wrspglers. Until this year Trinity College has not
had the Senior wraDger since 1876, when ar. Hens
ley, now mathematical master Of Merchant Tayors
School, London, WAS senior wranger and first Smiths
przeman. Mr. Baily, the second wrangler is the son
of j. Baiy esq, of btonebuidngs, Lncolns Inn; and
it is somewhat singular circumstance, that the senior
Mr. Baily was second wraDgler in 1898, and second
Smiths prizemaD, Bishop Perry being bis senior
joaquin Gomez, noted character of Havana, died
the night of the Cd inst, aged 81 years He is
deistood TO have died worth six millions of dollars. 1t
Is said he did not make any will, and that bis heirs
Aephews and iIegitimate children, who however,
were educated and acknowledged by hm-haye WISE
y agreed to enter into arrangement for the division
Of the large amount above stated instead of going to
law about il. Twelve or thirteen years since DIR.
Berdange, whom some say had been grossly wronged
by decision Of the deceased who at the time was the
President of the Tribunal of Commerce" while
others declare the Doctor had beea cheated in some
slavetradng transaction, entered the church Of San
Felipe in Havana, where Don Joaquin Gomez was,
and poured bottle of vitrol upon bis the decesseds)
head Of which, running into bic eyes, instantly de-
prived him Of sight, while the wound inflicted on the
head never healed. The doctor, after perpetrating
this deed rushed into the gallery Of the church. aud
there swallowed do,e of prussic acid, which instantly
deprived him of life The deceased fingered al Of