The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-30

GOSSIP OF mn OLD WORLD.


Mile. Nelly de Malamarre- de Treby has.
Just taken the veil. This young lady was ut
her fathers residence during the war, when
II was occupied by the PrussiaDs, and an
ofhcer having put his arm round her waist
she seized Knife and plunged it into his
breast. report of the affair was sent TO
Prince Frederick Charles, who ordered
that no notice should be taken of the n,ttcr.
The Imperial pavilion at the Vienna Exhi-
bision has specially engaged the attention of
correspondents Of the London press. 1t con-
>ists Of vestibule and four salons. In the
Emperor, boudoir the celebrated Fiennr>e
upholstercrs have cxrcled themselves. The
CARPETS are blue, woven iu gold the ceilings.
doors. and panels are in white and gold, ana
nothing; can he lighter and pretticr than the
effect.
The Use of dogs for traction OF vehicles
used by huckSters is notable feature OF
traffic in Berlin. Bakers' and grocer>
Wagons, milk-cartS. fruit and sOda-wafcf
stalls, furniture-carS, and lighter vehicles OF
all descriptions. are drawn by two or three
dogs harnes>al like horses. or by single
dog harneSsrd by the side of L woman or q
boy. The number OF do=-eartS registered
among the licensed conycyanccs OF Berlin Is
2.IS6.
A military writer points out that France
during the war lost 10000, while OF the
25c,03G Paris National Guard only 224 were
killed these men fell at Montre.out. which
u. Saint Genest calls the Aus'erlitz of Paris.
According TO this writer the National Guards
received $500 crosses. and what with the
Commune, &c, have cost the country two
millards, making for each Parsiau slain
about il dozen crosses and 20.0n0,0m francs.
The Bohemian FedcralistS Of Austri, have
already defined their position in view of tile
new order of things provided for by Count
Auerspergs electoral reform. which gives
/. their ancient nationality Il fair representation.
They pronounce Count Won Beust'S Central
Parliament an illegal institution, and affirm
that the legislative function can be legally en-
ercised by the provincial landtage or diets in
accord with the sovereign.
Book pilfering, that most objectionable of
all literary vices, has broken out afresh at
the British Museum. Volume after volume
has been missed from the shelves and tables,
and the librarian has at lust been compelled
TO announce that on and after the i>t of June
all readers who visit the relding-iDouI Will
be required to produce their tickets of adj
mission to IN attendant al the enranre. and
that all tickets which have been issued more
than six months will have to b" renewed
according to rule
The pauper consumption of liquors in
England presents figures which will star lie
! American readers. In the MiddlcSeX work
house last year the indoor paupers drank
3,02S, s844 pints Of ale, 3s,2ls4 pintS of wine.
and 54,4S9s pints of spirits. During the same
period the outdoor pauper> consumed 1902
pints of ale. 13,95S1 pntS of wine, and Is. 1907
pnt> of spirits. Nor We're the workhou>c
official, condemned altogether to total absti-
hence. for in the same year I49 al them drank
43l ,4921 pints of ale, 47$4 pints of wine, and
223i pint> of spirits.
| Considerable interest has been excited in
Northern Europe by the sale of the collec'
ton of antiquities. paintings, &C., at Glryks
dial. near Stockholm. the summer res!denc.
of the late King Charles XIV, of Sweden
! Charles XIV. WA, not only poet and ;
musician. but also painter and an art con
noi~scur. and lie rolIetttd during his life
time IL great number Of art treasures, mos
of which he presented to the nationl
museum which he founded at Stockholm.