New-York tribune., 1878-11-23
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Arthur Sullivan Is coming 10 thIS couh-
try, it is reported, in the Spring
Lord BeacOnsield is quoted as making TINS
snoech on hearing that Mr.. Gladstone was staying al
Wres Park: IL suppose he thinks that 1.-The wicked
will cease from troubling now that he-the wearS-iS al
rest" =.
Miss Maggie de ROthschild, it is rumOred,
race,ves regular religious instructions from Roman
Catholic priest Frankfort preparatoryto her marriage
with the Due de Guche, The de Gramonts are strict
Catholics aud objected TO the young ladys religion.
Garibaldi never loses his ardent patriotism.
He writes to Trieste paper II to-day feel old, 1t
n bec,use am Of little use in the holy OF Trieste
and Trent However, shah be proud to be able to give
you the last days OF my llfe.'
The marriage of the aged King of Holland
TO the young Princess Emma OF ofWaldeckPyrmont Is 80
unpopular the Dutch that IS said the ceremony
will not even place within His MOestys dOlninloS
The Prince Of Orange has declined TO witness he oeIo
mOny.
A ouiet-looking man with q pleasant face,
Iron-gay whiskers aud hair and the
is Mr. James G. Fair, OF vada, the pOssessor OF an
agreeable income of $5OOOOO month. He superntendS
the working Of the three Bonanza Mines while his part
uers Flood and Mackey, attend to finance He has is
been taking months vacation IN the East Is the
first time in years that he has stayed away
from the mines so long.
The Chinese Minister to London has an
agreeable wife whose appearance in English society
has somewhat startled her native country One Hong
Kong journal suggests that Madame KwOh may return
10 China an ardent advocate of the right Of woman to
consideration than II Is The custom TO pay her IN
the Celestial Empre But it adds that unless she gals
the OF the Empress DOwaGeTs her influence Wouu
scarcely go for much.
Mr.. SpurgeOn has written to the Canadian
churches which invited him to visit them saying
that his work at home will not permit OF his leaving
When he does leave post Of actual service he says he
must seek absolute repOse but he could not get that
in Canada when he the eagerness OF the people
20 hear he must preach and to refrain from doing so is
greater STRAIN than deliver his soul. Hence he cuuu
onv 90 10 Canada when he felt able 10 work hard aud
that also is the time when he has most desire 10 De at
home"
Mr.. Holman Hunt is reported to have found
many difficulties in the Holy Land in working at bic
pictures OF the Finding of Christ in the Temple and
The scapegoat in the wilderness" He had intended
to get Uebre portraits in Jerusalem for the former
picture and dd obtain excellent portraits for all
but the two principal figures In regard to these there
was unexpected trouble. The Hebrews OF Jerusalem
are specially strict in religious matters, and having
somehow got the that the picture destined to
be hung in a church and wOrshipped, they
refused to cOuntenanoe so great SIN by
permitting their own portraits 20 appear Nor
could wOmaD's portrait be secured To represent
the Virgin Mother. For the second picture suitably
starved wFetchedlOOkng goat WAS found and It's IKE
but TO obi ain the true cOoTng OF the
Moab Mountains by sunset at the right time OF the year
the wear tnts OF the mountains Hunt
rOok the venture OF residing for about ortnight
n desOate Of places near the south END o the
Dead Sea at unhealthy and attended only by
a dragO man and Arab guide, or sometimes two.
Holman Hunt the first painter whc Ventultu 10 ue-
pct the tue eOOrs OF the Moab Mountains.