The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-05
WHAT rs GOING ON IN EUROPE

! executed From Afghanistan the reports are
| still favorable to the English: but no positive
! opinion as to the issue of the campaign can be
expressed until the whereabouts OF the Ameer
and his army shall be ascertaincd. 1t may
just be that. by his persistent and apparently
cowardly retreat. he is merely drawing the
Anglo-Indian troops into trap.
From London tho settlement Of the bank
ruptcy OF another noblemnn. Lord Courtenay.
| is announced. The composition Is a shilling
| in the pound.
The most interesting event Of the winter
| operate season in the English capital was the
revival Of "Oberon" at Her Majestys Thea
tire. Nine. Pappenheim ds Re1id. and Nine
| Trcbei as Fdtinid carried of the honors OF the
| performance. II Is not generally known that
"Oberon" was composed expressly for the
Covent Garden Theatre. and first brought out
there in 1926.
BY the end OF this month the Carl Rosa Opera
Company is to appear on the boards OF Her
Mnesty's Theatre with Wagners earliest OPERA
Rienzi."
The death of Mr. Gye will not close the doors
OF the Covent Garden. for II Is officially an
nounced that his two sons. Ernest and Herbert.
will carry out all the contracts entered into by
their father.
The Stcrcoscoplc Company Of London has
started n new thing. which Is likely to prove
grcat success-the taking Of portraits by cleo
trio light. The process is said TO he much less
tiresomc than the old one alike to the sitter and
the operator. battery is placed in the base-
ment Of the house. and the light is conveyed by
wires into one Of the rooms. All that Is to b.
seen is n piece OF bcl-shaped metal about four
feet in diameter. Tho electric light takes the
place Of the tongue OF the bell The Subject"
Is seated on chair behind curtain Of coarse
muslin. The rest Of the process Is the same as
by sunlight The pictures according to May
fair. are much softer than tho ordinary sun
photographs. and resemble pen-and-ink
sketches. The new process can. Of course be-
worked in all seasons and in all weathers and
this will immensely increase the working ca
pacites OF every Photographic establishment
The rumor that Gen. Grant. having failed to
secure the throne Of Bulgaria. was TO be- made
Niceroy Of Ireland seems to have been without
foundation The Duke OF Connaught is the
candidate whom Lord Beaconsilold has finally
chosen He is to bo put on the vco-rcgal throne
of the Emerald Isle upon his marriage with the
Princess Marie. daughter Of the Red Prince OF
Prussia. The young Duke has already effected
n lodgment in many an Irish heart Among his
many Christian names is that OF Patrick and
ms title IL taken from the province Of Con-
naught. This alone seems TO have been enough
to secure him the unanimous support Of even
the most violent Irish members of the House of
Commons when the vote for his annual allow
ance came up. His residence in Ireland is ex-
pected to settle all differences between the two
countries.
The Ministerial changes in Turkey have had
at least one good result-that OF clearing up the
mystery in which the finances Of the country
were enveoped. From recent official state
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key is about $lO0O.0OO,0OO. The floating debt.
including II mass of overdue coupons. is nearly
s2f5.OOO.OO0. The empire was already insolvrnt
before the outbreak Oh the last war with Russia.
The expenditure for the year is set down at si45-
100000 and the revenue at $4,000 900. leaving
deficit Of S2j 100000: but the revenue hns
never reached 800 100000 in the past and is
still less likely 10 do so now. On the other hand
the Pera correspondent Of the Pail Mall Gazette
observes:
The actual expenditure was ALWAYS liable to exceed
Nc base. II cacuauon hute,o through ihe .hiftnr na
could moi o othefwsc than inGse and hie we ue1
eo,tN Asthey were various Now the whn was buy up
millions or Mosaic that GO. lure now To- geta ,hr
,,re n ,i @ ~ Wtlnf iielt neck hecau'e they
W. s m n,' ail u,n te ,liip load " green ones So
huauns debt gathered bulk a. II rolled along
Tho new Minister Of Finance frankly admits
that for the present revenue Of 500. 900. 900 is
the utmost that the country can possibly be OK
pected to yield, rs the territory lost was the
richest in point Of revenue. and the rest of tho |
country is in II state Of utter social and indus
trial disorganization.
The Italian Government is intensely alarmed
at the spread OF the so-called Barsnntlsme
which is kind Of Counterpart Of the Russian
Nihilism. Bursantsme dates back 10 1870 In |
that year riot broke out at Pavia. and "A com |
pany OF infantry was sent To dsperse the rioters
A corporal Of the company. Barsante by name
affiliated with them. shot his Captain from be-
hihd' ana thus secured their escape. lie was |
urea oy court-martal and executed. As mat |
ter OF course the mob began TO worship his
memory ms that Of a martyr. aud his name has
since been written on the standard OF a secret |
society the object Of which is to proselytize tho |
army IN the interest of radical and socialistic
republic. Every largo city. every garrison |
town has u Circoio Barsante aud tho Govern |
ment has It's hands full trying to catch members
of this association
The cold weather We have had this week |
should not lie made the subject OF too great |
complaints. Cold waves seem tu have had free !
run almost all over the world. The south of |
Franco was covered with snow two weeks ago. !
and the shores Of the Mediterranean are said
TO have been visited with the severes, frosts that
the present generation can remember. The |
winter resorts are nevertheless crowded. and
Monaco is described IA being MS full as an egg.
The hero of that gambling station this year is
u Snvoyard. who arrived at Monte Carlo on his !
wedding trip. and managed TO win eleven times |
IN succession the maximum stake ~ 600 |
lrahcsl at the henie- IT -Qudrdnte. He pocketed |
like 500 800
1t has been often remarked that exuberance
OF genius Is liable TO lead 10 idiotic acts Sarah
Bernhardt has furnished now proof in sun
port OF this theory Not satisfied with her fam,
ns great actress. and her high reputation ns "A
sculptor and w.t. she insisted upon coming |
out as writer and has succeeded in covering |
herself with ridicule. During the best part Of |
last summer she made daily balloon ascensions |
Tor the sake OF improving her lungs by the |
breathing Of raretied air. The wrlI-known /
painter Clairin lwho is her intimate friend Of |
the momenu frequently accompanied her and !
was foolish enough to join her in making a |
book Dams les Nuages." The Illustrations
are AS charming AS they are profuse; but the
text IL below all criticism. They worked to-
grther at ii. and neither seemed capable Of
speaking Of anything except the other Clairin
occasionally SAWS even mara ahlurJ ,l.i.....