, 1873-04-15
110rEe FROM ABROAD.

Tho London Guardian, good authority, ntaloa
that DR.. LuHhington'a secret about Lord Byron
has not diod with him, but will bo mado public:
De.efs @Eay iy'g E,onboroug!,n zo'etivos announce
through tho London Times that thoy tt hayo tho
boBt roaaon to bolioyo that tho report OF llor |
reer iH fnlBo." |
Says the n1nltn Times: "At the fancy droas
bnll gixon at ponton Lodge, by sir William aud
5afy 5y daoEg L liz IL @ oea S' 1ose. I was ps% ose
mont foaturo."
Tho following cpitaph circulates Just now
in Paris.
pfesIas2as 1a92h qfis' Il It. Sssaah ss 1'sa; sssaS,
olorinct, tho rir.. Empire,
Justtncd Tho seco,d,
Prepared tho Third.
Chocolate pnstiilos, with tho portrait Of
Gnmbotta, nro now patronizod by all true French
Republicans. Tho Dhuphin is also to bo alrnilar-
" honorcl In maccaroni patoB for soup. AB for
Ii. Thicrs, ho is ntill confined to bonbonB aud
gThoro is reason to bclioyo TINT tho long-lost
portrait Of Moliero, painted by sebastien Bour-
loctlon At Tho musoum Of alontauban, and that
It waB restored by tho lattor painter, who pur-
chased It at dealor'H sale.
Tho aon Of Baron Rothschild, tho head Of
Ohristian, but has abjurod his faith for hers.
He will auccoed his fathor, nnd is, indeed, his
only son and hoir. His wife Ia q daughter Of
| tho Austrian Archauko Rogncr.
on tho Appiau roa1, hayc disclosod an interost-
| ing family sopulchre, apparently Of the ago OF
soptimus soveruB, with painted walls and aar,
cophagt eoverod with NEUROLOGICAL subjects, oil
Tho Inst tax acroas tho Channel Is an inspot
tcs n'arrono, tho Parielnn authorition having
determined to impose duty on ohostnuta i'm
ported into tho capital. AS Paris consumes no
l lt-
oned that this tax will produce tho modest sum
| Of 9t44,000.
Tho authorship of tho following opitaph has
been jokingly attributed to A1r. Gladstone:
Hero lies tho bonos Of Robert Love,
fathleaa frlond, bittor foe.
| WHO shall pronounce, now he is dead,
| Whittier his restless soul has let2
II to tho realms Of poaco and lcvo,
Concord no 1ongos rcigns a1ovo;
II 1t ias found lower lovel,
All muat compassionate tho doy.
-Mcsara. Tostor, Of London, aro about to sell,
| by auction, tho pictures belonging to Prince
Pierro Bonaparto, whom he inherited from Prince
Luoion, WHO had them in his gallery at Rome.
Raiiacllo; lifo-azo, whole length portaita (by
| Francois GerardD Of Prince Cnrlo Bonaparte md
h1mo. Ramolini (aftorwarda known Us limo.
Mere) q view at Rome, by Vclaaques, and
1t is announced in Nature that tho 1soyal In
stituto Of scionee, Literature, aud Arts, IN Von-
leo, offers medal of tho valuo of 5000 francs,
| or 5000, to DO awarded III 1874, to tho author OF
tho bost essay OIL tho following interesting sub
ject, "Tho advantages dorivol by tho modical
ecioncos, especially physiology and pathology,
from modorn discoveries in physics and chomiB-
try; with retrospective Wow Of tho Byetoms
which prevailed in past time" Tho competition
is open to Foreigners, md tho essay may DO
written in French.
MIR. Edward HILLS book on "Tho Building
and Ornamental Stones Of Great Britain and For
cign Countries, issued by Macmillan, is full of
valuable information to architects and others.
Tho rapid decay and disiutegration OF tho favor-
ito building stones, marble, dolomite, frcestone,
nnd granite, aro discussed md tho greater per-
manence ofBome ynrtioH OF limestone, ofByonite,
and oven OF brick, arc insisted upon. London,
4 1t appears, is pooling away, INTELLECTUALLY, Rs
wolf aa tho brown stone fronts of Now York.
"A man in tho lrcBB Of a workman was latcly
walking In the strccts Of Berlin with packet iii
lla 1,antl, scaled md Inscribed with All addrcss,
and noto TINT 1t contained 100 thalers in troas-
ury bills As the boarer appeared to be at q loss,
he was acoostod by passenger, who asked him
what 1le WIS looking for Tho simple country.
man placed tho packet In tho inquirer's hands
and requested TINT ho should read tho address
Tho reply was made with I'LL agreeable surprise,
"Why, this lettor Ia for me have beon ex.
pecting it for q long whlo!" Tho messenger
q liz pschse Which TN %s sthSaaa f tS
eral addition to tile porter. Tho new possossol
Of tue packet l,astoncd to an obscure corner tc
oxnu,ino his prize; but, on breaking tho soal
found nothing but fow sheets of paper, or
which WAS written, "Dona!"