The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-06-05
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The Duchess Of EdirBurgb.

New YORK, June 4.-London letters
say the position OF the Duchess OF Edin-
burgh at Court, has been settled. She
is to be called Her Royal Imperial, or
Imperial Royal HigbRese, ard is to
rank next 10 the Princess Of Wales, ex.
cept when the Princess Royal, the
Crown Princess OF Prussia, happens to
visit En- gland. The rule has hitherto
been tha, the. daughters Of the Sover-
teign took precedence owe: the wives OF
the sops, except in the case o. tue
Princess of Wales. The Duchess Of
Edinburgh, however, is not only royal
by marriage. but imperial by birth, and
it is on this ground that higher place
has been assigned her in Russia. She
was, after her mother, who is Al 7inva-
lid and lives in retirement frs, Lady
in the land, and raised high above all
nobility. Here che is only one among
many Princesees, andit is apparently
few striking qualities OF her own that
win her THE commanding position.
The Duchess is deficient in dignity and
style, and her sex are cruel enough 10
cav che does not know how TO dress.
However, in some other way she may
strike out line ior herself.
John Bright on Temperance.
A; O recent meeting OF the friends oil
temperance in London, John Bright
made speech in which he sa'di the
friends asked for things 10 be done by
Parliament which they know, and all
know, at the present time with the
present state OF public opinion, were
impossible to be done. II Parliament
were to pass such laws as those pro-
posed by the many friends OF temper.
auce legislation, the very next week
they would have to repeal them, and
the whole city of London would he n
riot revolt and iusurrtc.iOn against
public opinion. Parliament could have
no more power tina! the meaness cltl-
zen. 1t could never be touched unless
thoughtful, serious men, beginning with
ministers of the gospel and all those
who want places Of worshi p Tor other
reasons than fashion, should mar k the
question Of intemperauce as one OF the
great evils they have TO overcome. He
had come to the opinion that unless the
religions portion OF tbs country would
take up this question there was no hope
for it whatever, q. present. According
to custom, wines must be upon our
tables to ornament them and form the
staple OF conversation. He Bright
had not bought any wines or splrltuous
liquors whatever, since 1899. When
he took to house keeping it had cost
him some Inconvenience and trouble,
but he had no occasion TO regret the
steps he had then taken. He believed
it would be an advantage which no
words in language would te ct all ade-
quate TO describe, il those who tried to
do ANYTHING for their fellows would try
to bring about a current OF natural
opinion in favor Of abstinence from 8
source of so much evil.
News Items.
One million and half OF govern
ment gold was sold to day at from
lll.4l to Ill 50.
The German malt liquor dealers
OF this city have pledged themselves
not to renew their licenses and have
raised funds to resist il the courts, any
action that NAV be taken hy the
Excise Commissioner.
The Escaped Communists.
Messrs. Paschat, Grousset and
Jourde, the Communist leaders who
escaped from the penal colony Of New
Caledonia with Rocbeiort and Paine
have arrived in this city.
Cuban Affairs.
The following IS an extract ola pri-
vate letter from Havana, received by
prominent Cuban, and bearing date
OF Nav 2Sth: "Bayumo has been in
the possession of the Cuban forces ence
the 20th inst. A fight took place in
the neighborhooi OF Certugos, in
which Colonel SantoIis, in charge Of
the Spanish forces, was killed and his
column cut to pieces. The Cuban
forces are at the gates os Msnzauillo,
and will probably soou attack that place.
The Spanlsrds in Havana are much
depressed, but are angered against
Concha aud say he is making money
out OF the Island manufacturers, but
add that heshall not leave the place
alive"
The Brooklyn Diamond Robbery
The police commissioners are now
investigating the charges contained in
au anonymous letter that an officer Of
the eighth precinct was the pCraon who
stole four thousand dollars worth OF
damonds from jeweler in Brooklyn
in 1866. The officer, the letter states,
was at the time known as "Dan the
Snatcher." He remains on duty penI-
ing the investigation. The jewe'er
picked out the accused from batch Of
sixteen officers as the one looking like
the man who robbed him.
Reciprocity with Canada.
The Chamber OF Commerce this even
ing, adopted a resolution declaring that
the Chamber YVES strongly in favor Of
liberal and just reciprocity treaty be-
tween Canada and the United States
A committee OF five was al-o appointed
on canals and railroads 10 consider
the pending subject Of cheap trans
portation by those routes. aud CO oper-
ate with similar committees rom other
commercial bodies on the subject A