, 1877-05-01
PERSONAL

An enthusiastic friend Of Albaui in Loi
don heard ncrsing ''Angcs Ever Bright and Fair, p
and exclaimed, ''What cgotsmr'
Seven thousand copies Of Gen Pleasonton's
''Blue Glass have been sold, and he stands ur
hravcly under the fun TINT Is heaped upon him..
The twentieth birthday Of the Prince IS
Beatrice was celebrated at Windsor April, II, with
considerable rcjoicinss. The church bells were
| rung and salutes Of twenty-one guns were fired at
| intervals during the dag.
Miss Clara N. Hammond, a daughter of Sur
gcon General Hammond Is to he married on the 10th
inst. in New York to the Marquis Manfrcdo Lonzo
di Mcrcato Bianco. whose blue blood, it is under
Stood is his only inheritance.
Mark Twain declares the hard part Of the
European war is that they so on fighting US though
good maps were to be had for the asking. When
! he said this, Mark had not seen THE Tn1BuSL's
map-which can be had for the asking on the pay
| ment Of five cents.
| The Unitarians Of Boston are making M
effort to reap some of the fruits Of the Moody
tiyal by giving course Of c=tures in Music hall
in explanation Of the principles Of Unitarinnism.
| james Freeman Clarke opened the course ycster-
day with the inquiry, ''What Is q Chrsttans''
A charming dinner-party must have been
that which sat down at the table OF the Hon. ", E.
Gladstone and Mrs. Gladstone April H. Th
guests were the Duke Of Argyll, the lion. Robert
Lowe, Sir John Lubbock, DR.. Schliemann, Mr..
Herbert Spencer, Mr.. Haywood, Mr.. Forsythe,
Mr. Macmillan, and air. and Mrs. ". II. Glad
stone.
The London Times criticises severely the
Indian policy Of Lord 1ytton intimating that hcis
desirous OF doiag something to arrest attention
and to strike the common mind by creating q stir
IN the world, rather than to pursue conservative
and judtcious COURSE This appears to be the cx-
PLANTATION of the restless policy the northwest
ern frontier which has excited so much anxiety
among Indian administrators
a subscriber asks to be favored with an
opinion ms to the relative merits in acting In opera
OF Kellogg, Richings- Bernard, Cary Mrs. Scguin,
and Abbott One mans opinion Is almost as good
us another's in matters of this kind; bat perhaps
most people will agree that Rtchings- BERNARD is
the best actress OF those mentioned, and Mrs
Seguin next to her. Miss Abbott has never been
seen In opera here, and her capacity as an actress
is not known.
Tho Philadelphia papers, rs well as those
OF Chicago, nre annoyed at the manner in which the
New York critics have ''gushed" over John Nc
cullough. who is known everywhere as a clever
gentleman and an ordinary actor The Philadcl-
phla 1elegFdph says he is ''possibly hopclessly
wooden and robustious actor as ever trod the
stage" This is unfair, but is no more erroneous
than the New York Judgment which accords Nc \
callough place by the side Of Forrest.
Leonard Grover, author OF the play chilled
'ouF Boarding House, scene laid In Chicago, is
the victim OF singular persecution in New York,
HE las been sued there for bill OF S4tG Is on the
suit OF Mrs. Eme1ne T. Halt, the keeper Of n
boardtng "house in New York, who obtained the
Claim on an assignment from Chicago boarding
houae keeper. Mr.. Grover offers to explain. but |
we Tear he has been guilty Ut base ingratfsude to
cay the least, towards hts Chicago lodging house
keepers, who no doubt furnished him most Of the
material for his play, =
The correspondencerespec the removal !
OF Hobart Pasha from his post OF Captain in the /
British navy aud his subsequent Reinstatement |
therein has just been published. He yyas dropped |
may IL, 1868, for taking service in the Turkish |
navy to direct the Cretan blockade. Seven years
later he applied for reinstatement on the retired
list, admitting that he had committed breach OF
discipline. but asserting that he had maintained |
the character OF an English officer by his service to
the Iurks. The Qneen and Council agreed to the
proposition, and gave him his former position,
"taout oack-pay, allowing him to rise to the post
OF Retired Admiral. which he now holds. The cor
closed with letter dated Jau Is, |
1870 The object OF Hobart In asking recon
o'aerat1on Of his case was that his successes ut
csete raised up many enemies against him. and it
"as constant reproach ugatnst him that he had |
oeen dismissed from the British army the cause of |
khe dismissal being kent sacrer. - + /