Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-09
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Private tbsatricals are just a9w the rage i'm
London. In the opening chapters of Ar. WIaIe
Collins new story acapital description of these
formidable festivities viii be found. Those who
nave INDUCED this sort of recreation VIII rec0g
uize in Mr.. COilius's description a VIVID portrait
ure of the minor woes and trivial am5a-rass-
meuts which, cluster about the initial preparations.
Ar Thaekelay Is the latest victim OF this 5uave
mania. AT his private house IN h#nsiugtou
Palace Gardens, h. has iuaugurat=d what prom
ises to be a brilliant season with a dTsmauzed
version of bis own story, "L0vsI, the Hl1ower.'
The character OF L5yel, .le sugar-baker, the be
wigg-f Of two yiuioiic mother lu-.zW, rendered
by Mr.. Thacaeray himself. Somehow these -ss-
tivities at the great u0velist's Queen Anne man-
sion call to mind the dramatic diversions of Ia
vist30k House a few years since. m wn5ca
Charles Dickens did the leading business VIII
kie Collins was the author Of t.s play, an excel
lent drama, called The LightHouse, and
StauGeld, r A, painted the scenes Dl.keEss
performance of the principal character was un-
d0ubtedly superior To- that of any actor on the
stage, with the single exception OF Robson
The fall of RicasOli, tae successor of Count
CavOur, Is lust now the capital event ia italian
politics. A certain mystery euvelops the causes
of his retirement, although it has been for some
time manifest that the e~asy-gOIug, pleasuIe-l0v-
ALE N'fNA'AaAF eAA NN -eNA
can had little in common, and -ha5 the deihrone-
meut of the latter was imminent. a mistress OF
the king, by whom he has six children, Is said
to have intrigued against the minister and there
are likewise indications that Louis NapOlson's
influence has been east in the same scale. R8taz-
Il, the successor of RisaSOii, Is q statesman of
extreme pliancy, aud one who viii be little like
ly TO clash with his sovereign, either on private
or public subjects His cabinet contains bu5 one
Of the colleagues OF his predecessor and Is COM
posed of men but little known ia Italian politics
The Princess % athilde does not make a p.5us
use of her Sundays. She employed a recent
evening Of that day in giving g magnificent bat
HlaSgae, the costumes az which are spoken OF as
having beenof unusual sPler-og. All times and
countries were represented. NJ de ouHath
sought TO parsonate "a river, and slimmered with
q multitude of diamonds. The Count de Demi-
jotr, the richest Of the Russian mobiles, wore a
black costume Of the period OF Louis AIii,
which was thicEly studded with magnificent
gems. The emperor and empress attended, and
remained to a late hour.
Some workmen employed in digging a well
IL Seville. a snort uEs since, discovered some
sUbteraueau masonry which. ON investigation,
proved TO contain numerous cells, i'm one Of
which toUr human bodies, perfectly mUmmi6ed,
were found chained 70 the walls. One of them
was tiiai OF q DdIt-iuo1-a mons ire E@TuleE-1 ta
the OF ers were of the style OF the last century
A silken shirt, worn by one of the bodies, was
the only garment in toleTabir preservation. They
are supposed to have been victims Of the iuqUisi
ton, chained in the cells and starved 10 dea.h.
Miss Schiller, the daughter of an eminent
English portrait painter, has recently achieved
brilliant success as q pianist at Lripsie aud
other German capitals, in which the music of the
Future IS The popular vibration. Sine is a pupi.
of M0scheies, and her style uLitss 20 a vsrieryot
excelIeucies the quality of being " d~eclanatoy
in an emiuentiy masculine and ma vei0us de
gree.
It is proposed to erect upon Wat-r.o0 bridge,
covering its entire length, an iron structure,
which shall serve the purposes Of a covered foot
way, q winter garden and conservatory, a grand
saloon, or apartment for fairs and festivals, and
d variety of other objects, uliie and ornamental.
A stock company proposes TO buy the privilege
of such erection from the pr0p-et0ls Of the
bridge.
Inc memoirs and letters Of Washington Irving
are to be published by Bentley, Lgndou, IN the
course Of the coming summer.