, 1870-05-28
FOREIGN GOSSIP,

Tin musician Auber, on tho occasion Of his
attendance 1t recent funeral. At Mozttuaartre,
Wittll3 remarked that he feared It was his ttlast
visit shsze as an aEnatHuE,"
H. Norman Macleod recently met Pro-
feesor G6son,. TIE reA known. opponent Of a
and something Like the following conversation
took place: q ProEassor;" said Macleod,
uthey say you want to enter, the Establahed
Kirk, and, Judging from your .speechea lately,
I guess d must be true. "Goa Forbid" ex-
claimed Gibson. .:Wa1l,n replied The other.
"thAt's Just shat I said wheu Iheard it."
dining the recent VlMt Of Mr. Sothern to
Edinbu1g he WAS askedout to- dinner by the
officers Of the Seventeenth Lancess. Before
the wins was cleared OF; the cable the officers
pressed Nr- 6otbe1n to psHfo1mA part OF one
OF hia characters, which, OF cou1se, he very
naturally declined. Ther continued, however.
to press h1m 80 much that ha reluctantly con-
from nAsid Ghricf, when, to the astoniah-
ment Of ~ present, he swept the cloth clean
of the table, smashing gaxssee, decanters,
plates, ets., wholesale.
The Crown Princess OF PrusRia has re-
Gently become 80 enraga1 ht the mfidelities of
her hasba1d. thas she hzs seras1sIy thought
Of gettiDEa divorce frrna him.
-" Democr1tic England, IA II. Flourens
calts her, has still considerable infusion OF
a11stocsatae and family tu3e., There are nine
noble Or wealthy houses which Contribute three
membersesch to the British House Of Conn
mons there ate twenty-one F1a1a OF brothers
IN the Home, and in seten families father and
son alt On the snme henches+ In fact. nearly
one-thi1i Of the naabetB Of The populaI
bsaneh Of the Legislature ara alosely allied By
blood to each other.
Political excitement is producing at Madrid
= pienttul crop Of ca1natnres. Ore OF the
best represents PriIn dancin6 On alack sopc
upon tho points OF aHords, which he wears rs
sti}ts, .hi}e the Republicans and paztisans Of
the vatloua candidates foE tb& throne look on,
rios dsl Iuterinidsd."'
They played, shs other day, at the Tnil-
cries: the so-callea game Of definitions. The
question WAS aslaea What u = insurer ?"
One Of the Gepefa1s present replied, "A
banser who sets Illegally" But, Then, what
il il baoker2" Eas t6e ne1it question. There
wasmuch me1r:ment among the distinguished
persons present when the same gentleman re-
plisd Hnheaitataugly, !" a asurer who acts le-
gaDy."
The Duke do Ohamhard, the Legitiraist
nrefender, IL he. most philosophical Of men.
When he head that his mother, tho Duchess
q Berry, wE4dead, it i said that be did not
utte1 wozd, but merely opened his gohsen
cab1tierp, and took big pinch Of snuff
When The Mnral1A aA1ae!arEa had the
other day that famous audience with Napoleon
lhlrd, u orl1er to teuonst1ate in the naIae OF
the Left Eentre Againet the Ptebiscitg r,oIicv
which had driven CouRt Daru and u. Hutfet
from the s.Abinet, Napoleon, "a usual, .nsxely
tNirled his big mustache and lent deazear to
~ the Il representations u the Marguis. At fhe
Close Of The audlARc8, ths Empefo> drew
Large marYceo casa fnola his pocket sssire."
e1c1a1m1 tha Little NaTquis, on seeing The
morocco case, Ihave had to Bwsax to my
ty's haafis." ~ Het even = cigar = sid tho
Empe,or calmly. The good Marqaia d,Ande-
la11e I'D uaist4kae the dXzr-cxe6 faz Mn
inter portfolia-
-cannt Voa Nans1k has lstaly become ,
betting man- Ha likes especially to bet With
hia Iiends On. .tha teaults Of tbs elections IN
VARIOUS countrfs il Europe. A he Is sxcsad-
3ne}y we'll informed On that mint be ra1ely
loses money.
Tho Aastsssn Beer King, Anton Dsahe,,
Was, recently entertained at ! grand banquet
On attaining bis majority, md n1odsailE an-
bounced that bis fortune otnix milhona, iphef-
tied from his father, had been increased Ia
thirteen millions by ski1tu4 Investments.
NM 1anin jals aud 4. Bozrier ara Ut work
On pisee entitled Les .h7hes Fen0aes1e Pe7yfs
y tssa pretty women ct. Paris viii ffock to sea
this comedy, in hopes Ahat they uaay recosnize
themselves. 4 French paper thinks, Il 1guld
Pay TO have separste entrance, pEee forty
1ssuea fol pretty women only
"A PaFia,au contemporary furn:shes the fol-
loving scrap Of cafe colloquy: "sufely very
iinRsadsnt I. e the husband should discover"
sob aasfne %e,n th, M ssonas ronS b A. sS Of or
quite that I vaa rathar thinking that h4U
probably dispense with such fo1ualities and
run you through oir-hand-"
It the Iu1esaes. Her MAtesty inquired il it
was true ahs WAS going to Tho United States,
herself to work in tha most gallant but earnest
manner 10 oppose it. NILSSON replied TINT she
would bs glAd to cancel hat engagement il DOS.
able On account Of the Inducements mada har
by the Emprsss to stag h P.tis-
LADY Margaret Beaumont, the wife OF 4
Wealthy member Of the British Parlismeat.
has l.ta'S been robbed OF her jewels, wotth
mora than $oD, 0oo- The m2aner ia shich the
foo9ery VA planned md executed laayas it,
tia doubt that It VAS the work Of rersanx xeH
acquainted with The house where it ocet.z1ed,
and tho Arrangements Of the famiiy. Il ID
long since any lady in England sussained 70
sei7ons lasa; H., Some twenty yeHa agp tbs
Gounteas OK Euesmere, when on ber Wxy to
Windsor Castle, lost cass containing 1owaiy
o. mmenes Val1a. The boz WAS taken from
the cab conveying her mad to the stsdor5 And
very few Of ita CONTENTS were recaseEed
The following conversation y said to nave
recently takan placs bssaeen - t1o a1 eminent
feas That ws hsve seen s9est minister aIise
{7e7y proudly" Ah!" y. Ihiera-'94 might !
even ssy two great u1iniste.s-" n. Rouher
fgetting very red in tia facal -" Really
Two great ministers 2" A- Thiers Cr.1elassty) [
ayes, yes Cavouf ard Bismark," j.
Rouher mAkea = hssty e1it-
"A hotelkeeper At Brighton, England, has |
! al1owed two young gentlemen to run up bill |
for board and lodging to tha sum Of SIS, ,0O0,
1hia included Hins, hquors, and cigars.
~. Mocque1is, the sof-in-lax Of Eueens
Pelletan, had ; son born On the day OF the |
Plebisc1tum. and, in registering the birth Of |
:he n1iTae, gave !" Non" - the child's name.
The clexk refused TO Aeeept II 'tWell, but"
0pi,' you would not obisct.S n. Hocausr;s @
Vas compelled, however, to pnt up with .
1a1ne from the calendar Of SANTA. At the
's1ne time, the fs+hex Of child born 1t |