Sharp County record., 1877-07-06
Foreign Notes.

Foreign Notes.
The Queen of Holland, recently de-
ceased, was Il special patron Of Motley,
the historian, whose death preceded her
only few days. The Queens marriage
relations were not very happS, and she
lived in palace a little out of The
Hague, a mile or two from that inhab-
tied by her husband, King William III.
"A peculiar newspaper n Just ap-
peared in Paris under thy title of
| L'Autre Monde. 1t is printed in fiery
red type, on black paper, and.S adorn-
ed with numerous emblenfJot death.
Its contents correspond with its eXte-
rior. The leading articles, news items,
letters from correspondents, Sid adyer-
tisements all refer to the dead.
Previous to the departure Of Queen
Victoria for Scotland, Il few days ago, a
gentleman of middle stature, rather in
clined to Stoumess, and ofl1esh COM
plexion, arrived at Windsor Castle, and,
announcing that he was Kpg of Eng
land, desired to be shown tOflis apart
ments in the Palace. He VII informed
that as he had not sent notice Of his
coming, they were not ready, and he
was requested to take seat A doctor
was sent for, who pronounced him to
be insane, and he was consigned to the
Windsor Union.
The japanese Prince, Kita SChiWa
kiwano Miga, near relative Of the Mi
kado, was lately married, III q German
city, to the Baroness de Tressau, a
Young widow The Prince had been
sent to Germany to pursue military
studies. On asking permission Of the
Mikado to marry, great surprise was eX-
pressed at court at the idea of a member
of the royal family being welded to a
Christian. Orders were sent for his i'm
mediate return, but he preferred an i'm
mediate wedding. He then wrote that
he was married, and is now awaiting a
reply. If the Mikado should refuse to
sanction the union, the Prince will make
Germany his home.
A clerical manifesto has been issued
in favor Of opening English museums
and picture galleries on Sunday after
moons. Among the signers are Dean
Stanley, Canon Duckworth, and the Vi
cars of several prominent parishes, some
of whom are Broad Churchmen, while
others are Ritualists. They took the
ground that this would bring within the
reach of the working classes new
means of intellectual improvement, and
even of Christian influence; that it would
relieve the church from an injurious
misconception which alienates many
people from religion; that it would di-
rectly counteract, by the competition OF
an innocent recreation, the manifold
temptations to drunkenness and other
vices and that it would indirectly pro-
mote the moral and religious welfare of
the people.
BY a royal warrant from Queen Vic
toria the decorations styled the Albert
medal, first and second class, are to be
extended to cases of gallantry in saving
life on land. Hitherto they have been
conferred in cases of bravery at sea.
The medals are to be awarded on the
recommendation of the First Lord of the
Treasury "to those who, in saving or
endeayoring to save the lives of others
from accidents in mines, on railways or
at fires, or other peril within our do
minions others than pemls OF the sea,
have endangered their liveS.' The
medal of the first class is to be a gold
oval-shaped badge, enameled in Grim
son, with monogram composed Of the
letters V. and A. in gold, surroundedby
garter in bronze, inscribed in raised
letters OF gold, For gallantry in say
ing life on land" surmomted by a rep
reSentation of the Prince ConsOrt crown,
and suspended from crimson ribbon
in four white longitudinal stripes. The
medal of the second class will be Of
bronze. The heroic reScuors Of the
miners imprisoned by the ereSlit colliery
inundation at Troedyrhiw, Wales, will
receive these medals.