The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-06
Ghe New Orleans Gtsstent
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 6. 1863.
FOREIGN Personal AND OTnER
GOSSIP.

whose room had been filed for several DAYS with
rare BIRDS taken from the Geological Gardens of
Antwerp, had repeatedly expressed the fsrvent
| wish 10 visit the royal pheasaatry. Last Monday
the weather was so mild that the physicians
slowed els wish TO be fulfilled At in the after.
noon pony was put to the small carrisge in which
the y ing prince usually rides out. Ii was filed
with cushions, blankets and pillows. and the poor
boy was then carried into it, The part OF the park
IN which the pleasantly is situated il separated
from the rest of the grounds by paved road.
which had TO be crossed. Some peasants, seeing
the small carriage approach stood still to look at
the prince, who was dressed 10 a red costume, and
looked deadly pale amid the white cushions. Five
or SIX attendants accompanied him. The boy re-
| sponded smingly TO the marks OF respect aud
| sympathy which the peasants addressed 10 him.
| All OF the bystsnders we're deeply moved. At
| this moment poor old woman advanced toward
the prince and stretched out her hand. The
| prince painfully raised himself up. made a sign 70
| MS governor, asking im to give him money and
| then put number OF dollars into the hand Of the
| oc woman enid the cheers Of the byste1da
! There was death Ia the PItti Palace last week.
| The msrquis Of IRENE and Duke of Sartrsns
| master Of the royal household, and distant rea.
| i've of the King died at the age of seventy.
To say that be was man OF six or seven feet high,
| aad Looked well on court occasions in his mspnif
cent livery, does not tell the whole story, for he
| was liberal patron OF art aud friend TO the
| poor. have seen him more than once directing
stfa'rs in the ballroom Of the palace, and on his
| coat there was such thick crust OF golden EN-
brOideIy that it seemed like man speaking ont
| of a building. As the body was borne to barial
followed b. cOrEege on foot OF the servants, high
and low, Of the palace, one had opportunity to see
| how many IL takes to make up a royal household.
Several hundred are paid TO wait upon tho king aud
| hose who hang on TO his imu ediate person.
| Florence Correspondence New York Times.
Count Miutine, the :" PolonomastX," as the en-
ragged Poles call him, has ordered that the old
Russian calendar shall henceforth be used in Pc
land, instead of the Gregorisn calendar hereto.
fore in Use IN that ancient kingdom. II g signed a
decree 70 that effect on New YEARS. Day, and the
Cracow cZsr calls that decree /" The sentimental
Russisn tyrant's New Years present to lacersted
Poland"
Duke Tsscher de Ia Pagerie, the emperor's
cousin, the empress's first chamberlain, and
senator, died very suddenly, February 8, in the
Tuieries of attack of govt, at the sge or forty
seven. Only on the preVioes day, he was in his
place in the Senate end in the evening he went 20
the bah az the Grand Hotel, where his wife opened
the Q1tddrile hOnaeIu with Mr.. Arson Buslin.
game.
The church of England holds in fee simple the
right 10 properly worth $40 600 900 in gold she
annual income OF which goes 10 support the
clergy.
an examination OF the palace at Madrid, after
the Il ght of Isabella revealed curious facts.
Neither the queen nor the king cOnsort possessed
. single book except some tcreS dbe30'es prayer
boOks). But on the table OF Don Francis there
we're found isrge numbers of obscene photo.
graphs. many OF which represented distinguished
royal and imperial persOnsges 10 extremely iasciV-
iOus atuIuOeb. AlOlDef 1SuiarhGSi9 discovery
was that King Francis did rot possess q single
weapon. IN the apartments of this successor of
Ferdinand OF Cattle and Charles the Fifth there
was not found sword, dagger, nusket, bat
only small toy pistol As the king was known
90 be great bon bon eater the fact that all his
drawers we're filed wi boxes of sugar plums did
not excite much surprise. Queen lsabea's artis-
tic taste had manifested Itself in various ways.
She had pasted miserable daubs representing
saints ON of toe finest Marbles hanging ia her
apartments. and steel engravings Of the nun,
PauOciniO, had been pasted on the immense We
pelisn mirrors with which the Alcaz8r at Madrid
sbouDds. 4 poorly painted fnll-sAe portrait of
Pope Plus the Ninth has been huog over pre-.
cious painting bv VelasqueZ; aud the king con.
sort bad been vanoal enough TO shoot with his
toy pistol a. a target, which was 10 other than g
historical gaining by Conf.
GuzOf says, in the last volume Of his " Recol
lectiOHs." that. when Queen Victoria visited louis
Philippe, the whole royal family vas cslighted
with the yOung queen. Queen Adelaide Selling
both his hands, said to hun: " 4. Gulz0t, is hec
majesty not q very charming lady?r Louis
Philippe was present; he did not say anything
but was humnilng j!tty, which he only did when
be was in excellent hum0r.
Few of ROnher's most imprisoned speeches are
extempOre Efforts but they are very Carefully pre-
pared beforehand, and submitted to the emperor
who makes alterations in them, aud often tels-
graphs to Rouher at the last moment certain
changes which he wishes to be made 10 the most
important passages OF the speech. There are tele
graphic wires between the empeTOr's cacicetin the
TuileTies and the private room of the cabinet min
listers at the Palais Bourbon. where the Corps lie.
gislstf holds its sittngs. During important de.
bates, Rouher frequently receives as many 80
dozen kilograms from the emperor. Dispatches
are often handed 10 him even when he is speaking
10 the tribune. He then stops short, hastily tears
open the dispatch, and glanoes over it. He pos.
sesses great skill in concesling his emotions, even
when the dispatches order him to advocate & line
Of policy contrary 10 that which he defended but
few minutes before.
Iha In he If mI,rtd If
and eOmmsnder.in chief of the British army |
formed a mOrganstic marriage many years ago
and has large family of sons and daughters. His |
vile, unknown OF course in society, IS a woman |
not only Of rare accomplishments, but of real |
worth. When the dnke went mad after the battle |
OF lnkermanD, she followed min to the Crimea |
Brought him home, and nurssd him with all a |
woman's devotion through his long and danger. |
Gus Illness. 1t is well known in the 1adon clubs
that the present heir-sppsrent 10 the throne aud |
his more spfgbty BROTHER, the Dake OF E1u
burRh, have not been slow TO avail themselves of
the excuses offered oy the royal marriage act for
tollo wing the examples set by their predecessors
Buringsme and his menlgerie live in furnished
house on the Rue du Bel Respiro. They occupy
the first and second floors. Nine. Adsua Patti
for some years, lived on this first for. The
6ffreSoL THE half floor above the grand 6Oor) is
let 10 the Duke de Frias, the Spanish nOblem4n
hO married Miss Victoria Belle, after the strange
divorce suit she brought against her frs, husband
SIR John CHAMPION. was decided IN her favor. |
Last AIhlbuhJ 4JuhG Oc rFl15 went TO Dali. de |
vent a one; bis vile is with her family in
Fl glsud 1t was O'Clock, A. NJ. when he 90
home. He proceeded With lighted candle to ais
0ed-chamber and TO his SURPRISE discovered nis
bed occupied By ChiDaman who was fast asleep. |
Tie duke rang tie bells and bawled for the ser.
wants. The frat effect of bis alarm was TO bring !
six other Chinese mo tia bed chamber. They |
CO rot speak word OF French; the duke !
spe9ks neither Chinese nor Tartar-the scene was !
90 amusing the duke burst out laughing. An
Interpreter was reused AID equipped in 4 dressing
gown; upon Lis arrival matters were exp aimed
The Chinese had mistaken the enres0l for the
hrst floor their key fitted the e1ttTes0l door, and
thinking themselves at home they weat to bed
drris correspondence New York World.
The king Of H.llsnd's pfodigate conduct OK.
cites great deal of di-gnst m lng his st4d Da'c1
subjects. The aiDR's civil lih is MOI very large,
ana Madame Blanche, his mistress, blonde, gross
aDd vulgar, and, moreover, considerably pTsse
costs him constantly enormous sums. Sue mas
Iht moot insAIln DE creving for nrecilns gimme. |