The New York herald., 1879-12-29
ECHOES FROM ABROAD.

London Ftgaro:-"Miss Genevieve Ward has been
creating sensation in Manchester with .Forget Me
Not by Messrs. MerivaIe and Grove. II is said
that this play will be Of the next productions at
WallacK's Theatre. New York.
The London World ersists in claiming Mile. Van
Zandt English :-''Our clever young country
woman. Miss Van Zandt. has received proposal
from the Opera Comique to make her debut there as
Mignon on january 15. the sweetness of her organ
and her cleverness rendering her most fit for this
genre OF vocaZation."
Cacraft received the following obituary notice in
the London Standard:--'John Cslcrlt. who for
forty-six years acted as hangman ut Newgate and
most of the prisons throughout the country, died
on Saturday at his residence in Hoxon. at the age OF
count of advanced age, but the Corporation of the
city OF London continued his standing salary OF .
guinea week up to tho time OF his DEATH"
correspondent writing from Jaffa. on the I'd Of
December, says:-"I recently reported the arrival
of General Noyes United States Minister to France.
and family who have been visiting Jerusalem. Bet h.
lehem. the River Jordan and the Dead Sea- We
were startled to-day TO hear that General Noyes'
cousin Miss Lizzie Stevens, and maid while bathing
rescued with the greatest difficulty. Personal
acquaintance with the nauseous waters OF that sea
enables to realize that their suferings from swa
lowing the wator must have been intense"
certain DIR. Millar has arrived at Sheffield appar-
emily with the idea OF contesting election rs sue
cessor to Mr.. Roebuck. He has been interviewed.
and reveals gigantic programme. He is of opinion
that kings and queens and princes are quite mis-
take. He would pension off the Queen with ESQ 900
u
all the dukes and princes and princesses in proper
ton. In lieu OF her Majesty the Queen. the Doctor
would set up Sir Charles Diike as President and
wealth. 1t says much for his modesty that he does
not at present claim the CHIEF Office.
new comic opera in three acts by NM. Chivot
brought at the Folies Drsmatiques 1t is called
LA File du Tambour and the story is very
music is Of the usual Onenbachian character, and
the singing Of Nine. Simon-Gerard as Stella and N.
Simon-Max as the lieutenant has won general ad-
miratton. The patriotic sentiments of the au-
dience awakened by the Anal tableau. represent
ing the entry of the French troops into Milan while
critic declares that this stirred his soul to whole
some and deep agitation"
NM. decentralization, tho famous Alsatian
story writer's are At present At dassers drawn with
ship has found few awk ward political stumbling
blocks in their new patriotic drama" the "Asace.
which ready for production the boards Of the
Ambigu Theatre at Paris. The authors object exceed
ingly to the removal of the offensive passages. and
thoy are supported by M. Chabrillat. the manager
of the Ambigu The two dramatists in q letter to
the manager, complain that nothing faulty would
have been perceived in their piece f 1t had been full
of wild beasts crowded with young ladies'" but
being patriotic" they ''beaten back along the
whole line" as they put 1t. They imply in the end
Observe @ I'VE we presume with irony, IN. de BsmarcS
is right; NJ. waddington Is great statesman
Some curious statistics given In the Gazette es
Femmes regarding the number of members of the fair
sex who have adopted art literature q means OF
livelihood relaxation. According to that journal
there are at present living in France LOO lady
have been exhibited in the Salon. Twothirds Of the
writer's were born In the provinces-especialy in
brittany. Normandy. and. above all. the South OF
to art claim Paris as their birthplace. Some difh
Guilty is experienced in distributing the literary
ladies according to the various branches of the pro-
fession. but 1000 are known to be the authors of
novels or of moral tales for children 200 poets
and about $50 compile educational works. 1t s far
aaaev ma AOnOrtOO famOla
artists among the various aesthetic pursuits. The
modellers in wax numbering 764, head the list. and
next come Coz painters in oil, while there are 1913
and 107 sculptors. Painters of fans,
artists in water colors and chaks, &C.. number 494
Paris has just lost another Of her celebrities.
Mile. Foucsult, commonly called LA Femme en Gu
lottes, has died At Clchy in the midst Of her poor
tenants. She was the daughter Of q colonel and
granddaughter Of senGrsl Of the First Empire In
She tried all sorts Of meaus to gain honest living
but failed till day the idea struck her to
male attire, and in that disguise she became cor
rector for tho press in the printing Office OF NJ. Du
pont. She remained there two years, when, her
sex being discovered. she got notice to leave She
then she became Q concert hall singer and finally
copyist to Alexandra Dumas. the elder. On leaving
the service OF the great novelist she again found
employ rnent in printing Office, where she able
to enough money to buy small piece of
ground at Clichy. Here she built series Of small
houses, or rather huts. which she let out to rag
pckers and which known the CfX
Foucault. Her feats of arms among her turbulent
worth 2OO0,O00f.
The weather abroad 10 still abnormally severe. No
cold 30 bitter has been experienced in Switzerland
for many years. In Berne the temperature varies
from IL degrees to % degrees while ut Basle 1t has
been 25 degrees below freezing point (Centigrade)
Although the Rhone is the most rapid Of European
S ise sSsss Of The as
almost acticable for skaters. and the Lake Of
Bienne several boats have been broken in pieces by
ice foes. The Aar s frozen at Aarau. the Sarne is
lcebound from its source at the foot of the San
heuron its junction with the Aar below Lanssen.
and the Rumelinbach. q small stream that runs
through Basle damned up by masses Of ice and snow
has overiowed its banks. and flooded an entire quar-
of the city. The Sulna channel Of the Danube is
blocked with ice. and thirty barges, thirty sailing
vessels and six English steamers loaded with grain,
are caught in the ice and will remain there until
Vsrna and Rus tchuk are blocked by snow, aud only
occasional passages possible across the Dannbe
between Rustchuk and Giurgevo.
recent Cabinet order issued to the German army
by William /. is invested with European interest
through the circumstance that it proves beyond
doubt how much closer and moro intimate the re-
lations between the Austro-Hungarian and German
empires have become OF late than they were ut the
OF this year. The decree in ques-
ton prohibits every officer of the Imperial land
forces from undertaking Journey In any foreign
country without obtaining the Emperor's special
authorization TO do 80 in each individual case. The
prohibition. however is not to apply to such officers
tories Permission to travel In the dual realm will
be granted to them without difficulty by the COM
manuerB or the corps To WHICH Lney may happen TO
be respectively attached. We understand, more
over. that furloughs and even short leaves of alb
sence are just now all but out of tho question for
German regmental officers. The unusual stringency
manifested by the supreme military authorities in
this particular regard Is attributed to the uneasness
still experienced In the highest quarters respecting
concentrations OF Russian troops in the Vistula
government.
Marshal Canrobert, says a Paris correspondent
has given his famous explanation aud proved to ali
who unprejudiced that the legend which accuses
him of having commanded the troops to fire on the
people during the coup dttdt n untrue It is
absurd. The sobriquct Of "Rrrran." given to tho
marshal imitation of the roll Of musketry, is
as fantastca tho last words of Msrmion as the
reply Victor Hugo has placed in the mouth of Cam
bronze when summoned to surrender at Waterloo.
He not In command at the time and he. although
unable to account for tho troops opening fire, very
reasonably argues that some young soldiers, irri-
taed and excited by the ng cries of the crowd
or by OF those famous pistol shots which before
now have caused more than sanguinary scene in