The New York herald., 1879-12-17
ECHOES FROM ABROAD.

According to Especial telegram on the 30th of
November from Naples the ex-khedive OF Egypt was
Florence and Rome, for payment Of 76,0O0f the bal
ance of an account for chinaware.
!, The Oxford and Cambridge boat race will take
place Saturday. the 20th Of March. 1880. being
much sooner than usual, owing to the early fall Of
! Easter. which regulates the fixture.
ss The Parliamentary committees have decided that
I the projected monument to Victor Emmanuel is to
triumphal arch to be erected at the head Of the
Via Nazionale at the baths Of Diocletian.
It is stated that the purchased at
very small price from the Italian municipal corpo
rations the carbnes Of tho dishanded National Militia
Fifteen thousand Of these guns said to have been
sent to France.
lections during this year. According to this state
ment. France contributed 1.1OOO0Of.; America.
OOOOOf.; Great Britain and Ireland. 75oooof. Aus
tria- a-Hungary. 7OOOOOf; Italy: 800 OoOf belgium.
$40 OOOf. Germany. l6O000f. Holland. G0o00f.. and
switzerland, 30.00Of
= London Life understands that the greatest efforts
are being made to secure for the memorial to the
late Cardinal Cullen the form OF national cathedral
In Dublin. equal to me medi@val structures in Eng
D. cray M. P. who is. above all else Son Ca catso 10
hque. has promised FL 500. and other nobemen and
gentlemen of the ancient faith have signihed their
willingness to contribute largely.
A gentleman hard pressed by his tailor was re
Gently at Brighton. when he suddenly met his
creditor. On the taalor's arm was lady. who very
evidently did not know that tailor's supported
her. "How are your exclaimed the debtor, taking
the tslor's hand; of course shall see you ton,or
-
heard from that tailor proving that tailors are An
appreciative race.
Tho tone OF the Catholic press in Italy is decidedly
hostile to the Fenan anti-rent agitation in Ireland.
Communications have passed between the Vatican
the Irish bishops exhorting the latter to inter-
pose between the authorities and the people, with
view to avoid conflict and to calm down the excite
ment In clerical circles the behavior Of Messrs.
Parnell and Bggar regarded as opposed to the in
terests OF justice and religion. The pastoral OF Arch
bishop McCabe Is much applAuded-
well known arboriculturist M. Alphonse La
valee, treasurer Of the Sociste Centrale dHorticu
Of an attempt made by him to Danish the terrible
phylloxera out of the vineyards. In his immense
plantation and tree nursery at segre M. Lavase has
and these have been always steadily, and, he
thinks: purposely avoided by the insect Although
neighborhood it has refused to forsake the Occi-
dental vine for the Oriental
London Ljs:-"Mr. Gladstone is not the most dis
tinQushed guest who has been to Dalmeny Park.
In 1872 during the lifetime Of the Inst lord, the
Queen paid it VISIT which s thus recorded in the
journal of her tour:-'We reached Lord Rosc-
sberry's'-(Her Majesty, by the way spells the
with double on oil occasions and that of her fu-
two O'clock The park is beautiful. with the trees
going down to the sea. 1t commands very hno
view of the Forth the Isle or May the Bass Rock and
OF Edinburgh The grounds arc very extensive being
hill aud dale and wood. Lord Roseborry built It, and
IL IL very pretty and comfortable. We lunched
there. The Roseberrys were all civtlty and atten-
tion.' Her Majesty's host the grandfather OF
the present Earl whose father died while sti Lord
Dalmeny.
News has been received Of the Abbe Debaizs. who
started about six months ago from Zanzibar. He
stopped some time at Lake Nouami in order to
custom his men TO the feverish climate. On October
II he reached Tabora from whence he struck into
Central Africa. above the point ut which Stanley
crossed. his object being to discover something en-.
exists in the middle OF the most modern maps. In
his report to the Minister OF Public instruction the
Abbe Dcbaizc states, under the date Of October II,
that hitherto his mission had been lucky, and that
not one Of tho hundred men in his caravan had do
serted. The Able himself had been In good health
all along and had managed to preserve his baggage
intact The Chambers voted 1O0.000f for this mis-
sion.
''IA Femme Papa" Just produced at the Varieties.
or the piece reminds ono 40 strongly Of the last
comedy written and played by the late Charles
Mathews that IL is difficult to avoid the conclusion
that either M Millaud NJ. HeDnequin
notion. As in the English work, there IL young
man who cannot himself get married until he has
married of his spendthrift and dissoute old father
But In the "Fenme Papa" tho two characters
are represented by the same sctor. M. Dupois.
and by means Of mistake In the de-
position Of the papers At . marriage
solemnized in belgium II Is found to be the In
stead Of the father who espoused the heroine of the
play. Mime. Judic. This is the entire story, and the
sensation Of the piece is obtained through the me-
dunn OF a scene In which Nine. Judic, supposed to
be young bride Just released from convent. gets
intoxicated from her frst experience Of champagne.
Throughout this long scene the acting OF the pop
ular diva was worthy Of the very highest praise,
| character was wonderfully clever that she was
Obliged to repeat II no less than four times. "Mme.
Judc, says tho Paris correspondent OF the Standard
."was In short, inimitably dro and fascinating In
worth mentioning, aud the pioce itself 10 beneath
| further notice."