The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-22

pay . nne for misdsmeanor shall receive corporesi
punishment having been revived In the Canton
ORR, Switzerland, the Soothurner Ldndoosen indg-
Inanty says This is Swiss freedom and equality
The rich pay with the purse; the poor with the I'M
Iptterable.n by
W. J. Hennessey, the well known American ar
fist is receiving warm recognition from London
lcrtics. He has made rapid progress within the
last two years and sold his Royal Academy pic
ture before II was exhibited. Furthermore, the
painting ian American Autumn scene, with ng-
pres), gave so much satisfaction as to secure the
sale OF this years. exhibition picture, which, Of
oourse, at that time slumbering in the artists
brain.
Charles Bradaugh, the great English republi-
can IL coming to this country to lecture next
Ieason. He Is . large, powerful man. OF about
torty-hve, a cross between Henry Ward Beecher
bnd Robert Collyer with a ringing voice and a
mastery OF oratory unknown to any other speaker
Row living in Great Britain. He is adored by his
followers and intensely hated by society and the
government What he knows about Ireland and
oficial life in England will be worth telling We
predict for him great popular success such as no
other countryman Of his Dickens excepted, has 30
hr had the ability to wiring IRON rs. Orators are
b0rn-n0t made.
! Why, when caricatured Is Lord Hou0hton for
bf the Eveningfn Being at his club late one after
boon In company with Count D'Orsay and hearing
Some habitue Of Gore House propose calling on
Lady Blessngton, Lord Houghton exclaimed. ''Oh,
yes, and III go with you" 'Tndeed,v answered
Count d'Orsay loity, ''are you acquainted with Her
Iadyshipf" "No, but that's OF no consequence. I'll
accompany you. my dear fellow" $50 you shall. so
you SHALL" ret0rted d'Orsay. 'sYou shall go
with us, and I'll introduce you to Lady Bessingt0n
a. the cool Of the evening" From that day to this
Lord Hought0n has never been able to rid himself
Of richly deserved witticsm. There are some
things the world never forgets. f.u
Sir Charles Dixie will net be as quiet In Parlia-
men this year as he was last. His programme for
the immediate future is free land, free church,
ee schools free trade, free laws. To obtain these
he will demand Parliamentary reform. Sir Charles
ds only thirty years OF age, has charm
Ing house In the West End of London,
and gives the best Of dinners to the cleverest men
and women. He is the proprietor OF the Athe7syunl
visited this country in 1866, jOurneyed all round
the world, and wrote book Of travels entitled
tGreater Britain" which, far America is con-
cerned, is the best work ever produced by an
Englishman. younger brother OF Sir Charles,
having lately graduated from Cambridge with
honOrs, is now travelling in Russia with the
Intention of writing book thereon. Understand
ing the language thoroughly, what he says Will be
worth reading.
AT the age of sixty-ive Nine. Marie Taglioni,
probably the greatest danseuse that ever lived,
Returns to London for the purpose Of giving dane
ing lessons. Losing much Of her property by
the late French war, and DESTROYS OF giving
her son, who is French oficer, as large fortune
ps she gave her daughter on marrying, kind
hearted Nine. Taglioni cheerfully goes to work,
after years Of peaceful secluson on the banks OF
the Como. IN perfect health, active as many 2
woman Of forty, with an exceedingly pretty foot,
the great ex-danseuse goes through modern
dances with q grace unknown to the drawing
room. "Ahi don't know where the manners are
nowadays" she excaims with sigh. Nobody
knows how to bow. But the American young
ladies please me pest" she adds "They have
great facility in learning and naturally grace
xnl."
Miss lisa Blagden, the English authoress who died
recently In Florence, was most interesting wo-
man. and one whose loss viii be felt severely by
English and Americans visiting the 'City Of
Flowers" Warm-hearted, hospitable, her draw
lng room was the resort OF artists and authors,
and her devoted friendship to Mrs. Browning will
be her passport to fame when the letters Of Eng
lands greatest poetess are collected for publica-
ton. For many years Miss Blagden was Mrs.
Browning's most intimate companion, and she
numbered among her friends Walter Savage
Lander, Robert Browning, Lord LyttOn, owen
Meredith, the Trollopes, George Eliot, Charlotte
Cushman and many another celebrities. In open
lng It's gates to her the beautiful Florentne Gem
etery receives all that mortal Of OF the kind
est friends and honest souls that cheered
fhe world.