, 1870-08-28
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


AT his recent visit to Stuttgart deputa.
On Of LutherAus waited Oh the Emperor OF
ussia, At the Castle Of Eetg. B5 sone csre
ssness of a servant large vase Eas npset; =
1 this sudden noise the Emperor Jumped
ack, and laid his hand on his sword. It Gust 8
. a rather risky business to receive religious e
equations in Russia. n
"A recent storm passing over Granbuadten, q
. Switzerland, uprooted the old oak u'1der = =
shich, in 1A2l4 the constitutional oath was 4
AIKEN. But already from the debris Las y
sprung up vigorous Young shoot. y
-1he Will Of the late DR.. Auzias Iu1enne .
aeei1ea tLat his body may be lssected and his !,
nkeleton cleaned, aIt;ca!ated and hung up in Il
t1ana, Norway \
a short tims aso, two carrier pigeons, j
raised IN Cologne, succeeded in travelling 3
tom Pessn, in Hungary. to Cologne, in Ger, :
hours The Hungarian greeting 10 The people c
Of Cologne lad been printed on tho wings Of ,
the pigeous, in order not to enna17Asa them |
with any unneces saars weight
Tho Earl Of Clarendon. recent}y Foreign
Minister in the English Cabinet, and now
IateIy deceased, had, it IL stated, the singula!
lAbit Of turning night into day when engaged
iu his public duties, After having passed sn
animated evening III brilliant circle q
fsnd at h,s 9sn nonse 10 ;s @od
light his cigar and continue working assidn-
c1isly until daybreak. He:w1ote his despatch-
es with great readiness and immense rspitity, |
and to his colleague, Mr. Gladstone, he wrote
on the state OF foreign affairs, sometimes
twice, and invariably once day.
The Empress OF Eussia is about 70 organ
izc club sin,ilar to the Soroass- Two now
wonen'a journals have been started in Hol-
land. Tho women Of ltalE promise themselves
the right Of voting at municipal elections WITH
ii the next two yeass. The movement is max
ing remarkable headway. --
"A pnis paper relates the following anee-
\ dote attributed to Eing William: A court
sculptor, some days after the Kings accession
and carving his tomb. After having examined
the plans His4daicsty accepted them. !" viii
engage to have ii done in ton years" said tho
artist. No bury wss the reply. Will
Tho death Of the Old veteran Fabe, who
used to fire oil the pistols on tho top Of the
famed Rosstrappe precipice, in tho HArZ
Mountains, in order to call up the wonderful
echoee, will be heard with sosrow by many
American tourists in Germany. Fable. who
was &c years old, lad l1ttle hut just over
l locking tue preciricc where he epcut many
= years OF his life, living from the money given
| to him by travellers. At noon Of the Eth Of
Arr'l be approached too near tho edge Of the
precipee, nbout twenty PAGES from the Ross
trappe, aud for some catse unexplained lost
Lis balance and fell into the abyss. lie Was
dashed from crAg to crag, and picked up quite
! dead.
Hero is fresh anecdo,e concerning Dick
cna: 4 few days after his death, devout pill
grim 10 Gal's 1hll stopped at the John Fal-
stiff inn, near by. and, full OF tho loss Of the
novelist, could not help taking tla waiter iut0
hia confidence. "a great loss, this Of Mr..
Dickens" said the pilgrim - great loss to
"h he lad all his ale eeut iii from this house,"
A contrast to the reply Of tie French waiter
in the Fa1ais Royal Garden. one memorable
day. when customer saii, - Il il a fine day, "
L ~, IiY 1tto.3 4. -
1 finc day, but-MIabea au is dead"
: The following scene il said to Aaye oc-
! Cured near Paris, according to French papers:
, l 4 FreEchmau and al, American were about to
! fight duel. Only two shots we're to be e1-
| changed, and the lot was to decide who was
to havc,the first shot. Tho FrencLuan was
! tho fret to shoot, bur missed his adversary,
> When the Yankee ralsed his pistol, the French
: man exclaimed: "Hod Oh; what do you
| want for that shots' The seconds looked Al
sou 'Is ave ye hundssa naSn oa1s
4 "Sortense," raid our American, and raised
his ris,ol' II M am good shot, y9us , offer !,
y the Frcnchman, "lrt will give you tlIou.
!, sand dollars" All right, said the Yankee
0 THIS was the cnd Of the uuol.
. Shooting over grouse mountains i'll S:ot-
land La. become 20 expensive. and tho prisi
J. lego difficult to obtain, t,at English spurta-
Z men arc turning their attention to Tunis
a where, with titnan and an escort granted b,
j the ley, the interior OF the country is perfect
;. " safe, and il abunaantly filed with game o
: all kinds. The expense is also much less thai
the cost pf hiring Scotch mountain. The Be-
}, Of Tunis IS nomiual!y rAcha, subject to Ia
Z Sultan, and is elected by a Divan, but he
10 also cunning politician, and acts really - y
q absolute sovereign, keeping in his own hand
It age,nent, extended BY the Bey Of Tunis I
u English sporssmen. is in angular contraa
pit with the conduct Of the khediro, who strict
1e forbids tho Importation Of gunroHder in
Egypt Even travellers cannot take euoue
K, { ammunition to defend themselves, and 1t ii
40 Custom Houec the heaviest bribes will not 4
q, cure the Introduction OF gunpowder, which
at once seized. Tho Eeason assigned Tor th
III regulation IL to prevent the Arabs from 0
VI I tanning ammunition.
ID All English scholar has Just died, who. {
@ though a man Of vigorous mind and gre
w. learning would never have been known 10 Il
e, woril-cert1nly not to postcri,y y-but for
all cdd provision III his will. He was Profess
tn in the Lampctcr College, IN Wales, and Il
left 5250 III trust with the town ctier, IT
he making proclamation once year, ato
in midsummer, On a market day, that l. 1sowlas
il Williams. never consented to tue election
Is- | George Level1iu to scholarship in tllid Ct
L. lcge; but in this, as in other things, y
4 foully slande.ed by men il high places, l.
En cause loved right eousness and hated iniqt
he ~, therefore, I die in exile" II wills are he
n as eacred1y in the future as in the past, wb
au infnity Of fame is here provided for
n, courEe, nobody will care about the Lowell
,st quarrel. hut. for ages to come, the village
IN, /! 1ampeter shall have an annual gossip ov
1lF ] the unforgiying teatator, and wonder who
on was, wMls the antiq1asiaus disport with
IL, life and give hin paragraph in the GuiG
4 books.
o1- Tho Francois gives the following Ita
y! he Chinese story . When the Chinese Enbast
ne travelling through Europe, was sitting in I
ln- Ministerial box Of the Parliament at Florent
w. MadAme 3linghctti. tie Minister'S wife, {
Or tered the same. The foreigners were int
6uced to her, and she converted with th'
no- through an interpreter. Among others I
II aeked them whstlier ladics in Ehiaa took
tue ttrest in politics: Answer madame. +
n.: the Chinese Esce!'encr to the interpret
' se.' that ourlaws give the right TO sci! her 70
on husband whore wife medlles iu public affair
ur LII that were the ease here. would hi
Ins. been roiu about hundred thousand time
o"- exclaimed Madame MinGhetti. A French
=, position paper adds, il such iaw were
7ea: | france. the country would be peaceful :,
& 81 happy now. It refers TO the intriguing I
ucd Irces, whom the French consider the main
sc- stEator Of the war.
Top l the uouse Of Lor1l1. says acoI1esponucntr
!o.s to make B statement for tie year Of
mcn,-aud what 10 you suppose WAS the nj
enn her Of Ills listeners Just eleven! @
vas think Of it; an audience Of eleven old u
G., scattered over large chamber with a pee
~ a1Ir lofty ceiling. Can you not imagine
1ng; drca1y il was u: One of the hearers was
ssna Indian FRINGE, *Eho sat in the diplomatic
g Of le1y. with an Ems gli-h military officer in
tendance. This Prince wore blue fEock-4
lngs with silt buttons, and gray trousers, and.,A
wed ban Of rose-coloEed silk, With gold east
arge way Of hat-baud. Two OF three OF his sttt
low ants sat in the atrsngers' gallery, and am
'ped n,ent waa depicted Oh the faces Of master
meu when the Duke began his statem
,, They exchanged glanees Of wondennent:
Art Little later on, befure the Duke lad dnisl
!, II tho eleven peers (the Lord Chancellor
the csrdeda, hsti tlwindled down to fou1-thre
mau whom wcre waiting to take part III the det
'soA- The London Spectator esya: The
'rae- ree.age conferred on an Irish Catholic
owl per.u.al merit and service to the Ssate e
eEl- tile reign Of james II. has been conferred
aef, week un the Lcrd Chancellor OF Ireland.
usea !. to tie raised to the peeraga OF the G1
Kingdom by the title OF Baron O'HagG
Tulaglcgs. The LAST peetsge conferred
tLose rcatoue WAS the Earldom Of Lucau,
fe11ed Oh the distinguished soldier, Gen
Patrick sare;ield. We believe tho only p
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