, 1876-08-20

! characterized his ta1nily. III June, lot3y lle Was
appointed second clerk in the Huuse Of Lords,
it being generally believed that he would soon
be promoted to the principal clerksEp- Bal
when he becomes the heir presumptiye to cor.
onet, he will probably retire from such COM
parative!y insignificant position. The Earl of
beaconsteld, without any other titles, would
| not be well balanced, and SO it is announced
that Mr.. Disraeli is to receive the supplementary
| titles Of Viscount Hughcndcn and Baron Disraeh
The frst-nancd OF these supplementary titles
| is derived from Mr.. Disraeli's country scat at
| Hushendcn Manor, High Wycombe, Bucking.
! hamshire.
| THE PARIS PANTHEON.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Standard writes Us follows: A batch OF Radical
! Deputies, among them NM. Louis Blanc,
| Nader -Montjau, Grcppo, and Naquet, hava
brought in bill, the object of which is to changa
! the Pantheon from church into monument
| for the burial aud memory OF the great men OF
| France. It may be remembered tllat the build
| ing which is now called by some the Pantheon,
| and by others the Church Of Ste. Geneyieye, was
| originally built for Divine worship. It was be-
| gun in 175S, but owing to want Of funds it waa
not finished till 1880 The Revolution being than
! rampant, the character Of the edihcc was
changed, aud after the death Of A1irabeau tho
National Assembly declared that it sholld be
set apart as the Pantheon Of the illustrious men
| forthwith ny,t m the fTont;snipcr nf the hnil-
! ing: "Aux qrauds hopaU.ey. Ia pdfris recous1is-
sanfe" This inscription, strange to say, still re-
mains in tact, in spite Of the vcissitues through
| which the building has PASSED since then. all
| the religious symbols were removed, aud re-
placed by statues OF liberty, morality, honor
etc The FIRST great men buried there were Mi
restored the editice partly to its original desic.
| nation; 1t became the Church OF Ste. Geneyieve:
but at the same time it was still used rs Pan
tneon IL Tor the great men Of the First En-
pra;oions an GIs r.,t4onas, F Mn ia II.
Of Voltaire and Rousseau wera i1n@ m and
scattered to the winds, and the Pantheon be.
came church IN the strict sense Of the word:
1ne .honalc4y @ " oulJ anu tne hepnnlc OF ioE
has never since been used for snrthinr e]se T thnn
| Divine worship. The Radicals of to-day, bitten
| with the anti-clezical mania, now want to turn
II II once more INTO fantheon p4r ct nmpte;;
te;r own bepose Ther XII nronnsas I that ~ m
Senate and the Chamber alone shall have the
5s5t 70 dfss who s is
| take. The Xii. however. contains = nroviso
| which fs mt iike1v To nleasc ali the great men
Pantheon shall not be ryen @ to W any citizen until
| ten wears alter his death. Tlis will Certainly
not snit the French character First Of ali. in
France great man today is \ little one to-mor-
row, and vice versa; secondly, the delay Of ten
| asn;re n thc honars n the ~ Pantheon: and
thirdiv the an National vanity ;s too strong amonp
the prcat men at hotb Honses to admit Of their
nostnon;ne- ther nwn anotheosis to what would
pHnsrAm aimdst amonnt to the % GreeE Kaiends. INT
nerhana this nroviso has univ heen inserted tn
MI +be nnf,c hei;era IN thss no;1estv and a;s
;nterestefpess ~ The fr,mer. af the hi}l'
A'''~' NM -.-. -
rE11saRr1A
SOIEAN lCEADEA1A4kA~
Lucy hooper, In Paris letter to the Ne"
York World, says: Paris has lost one Of her
royal guests. Queen Isabella, Of Spain. has de-
nortcd for her native land. She retains her
sulnptuous Aotel' uo"esc'' Us ene tnentlons IL
her letter ot adjeux to Marshal MacMahon- sho
is really loss, for she was always getting into
some scrane or other. or being sned bv her
ou.cne.' .e1 pAAet' VI ae4 sa.a!eotiee A40AsA'
anu so nelped 10 Keep tninss uVely' she goes
to Spain, 1t is reported, to negotiate marriage
Mercedes de Montpensier, match
which has been more or less talked
o1 eyer since ne accession =. OF tne
rha rauno 1adx n saw her last winter at one n
the Presidential balls at the Palais de TElysee)
il not in the least pretty. She is tall and thin,
with tremendously !onS nose, ouI iooks a anna
9le aiu M ~ !ot ,.at eIs -. bnia
of % her nrivate w en- nropertY. which at one time was
Of considerable amount. She brought with her
to Paris fortune Of $4,o0d0oo, to which tho
Co1tes recently added sum OF 81, ,000, 600 IS
indemnity for the chateau and palaces In Spain
which Her Majesty ceded to the State, beside
| which a farther donation Of $l50,O00 Was
recently added. But the Queen is bad man.
ager and is very lavish, besides which her hus-
band, Don Francisco, laid claim to and received
from her private purse the dowry OF $600,00O
which was settled upon him At his marriage.
and also IN allowance Of $780, GOO for each Of
the infants. Certain it is that Just before the
accession OF Don Alfonso Her Majesty was in
snch pecuniary, straits that she tried to dispose
OF her diamonds. They were offered to one or
the American bankers residing IN Paris, who
vas in treaty for them when the revolution IN
Spain in favor OF the young King pnt stop 70
the negotiations. we shall miss Her Aa]esty,s
stout figure, not uncomely lace, aud snowy
toilets lshe delighted, Ike most very larEe
women, IN the paiest tints OF Dlue, PINK, anu
pearl co1or) at al the tetes anu nrst repfcsent2'
tlons LII Paris.
An amusing occurrence recently took place at
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