The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
FOREIGN ECHOES.

chance at the Academy, for which he Is can
didate.
Lord Dunmore hopes TO be back In London
on May from his prospective exploration
Journey to the Red river BY that time he
will know all about the feasibility OF found
Ing colony there.
nj. Walferiip, the Paris snuant, who died
recently, has bequeathpd to the Louvre three
terra eottas by Houdun. which are busts of
philosophers and men of vast intellect.
Diderot, Franklin and Washington.
Brown, the valet of Queen Victoria. ad-
vanc# steadily upward In his designation. A
few years ago he was called John Brown"
In the lists, presently 1t was altered by the
Queen to Mr." and subsequently her Ma
ilsty struck this out and substituted "es-
quire."
HAS there ever before been time" asks
Mr.. Edmund Yates, when the occupant of
the throne, the Prince OF Wales and the
Princes heir have all been absent from the
country together. What say our constitu-
tional lawyers to so unprecedented slt1a-
tion2' .......
Rev, j. Russell, the famous ''sporting par
son," writes. II want to hunt another sea-
son, II / can, and see the fun when / am with
hounds: but non sum gudtts erdn and who is,
when he drops into mis- eighty-fifth year2
Still, II have the right animal under me,
can GO bit yet. but he mustn't pull, for my
hands are crippled"
IN
horsemen and two thousand foot soldiers is
assembled on the frontier to punish the
Ouchteta tribe, who have not yet given salts
faction for the murder OF French Spahi.
which occurred last autumn. A small French
column is also collected on the Algerian from
tier.
Queen Isabella went to seven churches on
Good Friday-Notre Dame Saint. Etienne-d,l-
Mont, Notre- Dame-des- VICTORIES, the Chapel
of the Passlonist Fathers, Avenue Hoche: the
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Saint Philllppe-du. Roule and Saint. Pierre-de-
Chailot. Her Majesty was much touched at
the way In which the public noticed her en-
trance into these places OF worship.
London music halls are rapidly becoming
political arenas. So-called patriotic songs are
and hiss In turns, according to their sentl-
merits. A decision is then given as to wheth-
er the "yeas'' have 1t or not. Lord Heady
and Mr.. Hunt were lately In box at the
Metropolitan. and. being recognized, were
Obliged to address the audience, and the aero
bats and comiques were nowhere.
Short skirts are all the rage just now at the
Brighton rinks, where "rollering" has once
more set In with unusual severity. For
merIy, save in the short-frocked, pantaletted
toes OF the fair rlnkualist just peeping be-
meath her skirt. Now you have clear view
Of boot, skate and suspicion of stocking.
This innovation not only looks better, but 1t
enables girls to skate with much better ease
and freedom.
Two boys of fourteen, at Pesth, fired by
stories of travel, set off on foot for Nubia,
having saved some pocket money. purchased
revolvers and studied the way on maps. Ten
days afterward, their parents having vaInly
sought traces of them, they returned home
penniless and exhausted. One Of them was
the commandant's son. A third boy, party
to the enterprise, was locked In his room by
his father, who suspected some scheme.
There is likely to be good deal OF trouble
over the marriage Of the Princess Frederick
of Hanover. The Guelph party In Germany
openly accuse the Queen Of England Of hav-
ests OF Prussia as such q marriage will be
taken over there as q sign that the Duke OF
Oumberlands pretenstons to the throne are
tacitly abandoned, such mesGtlidnce (as 1t is
thought) being impossible for the sister of a
sovereign.
The Euston Square mystery Is repeating
Itself in the very heart of the London fash
iOnable world. or all places In that metropo-
lis to be the scene of a horrible undiscovered
tragedy the least probable would appear to be
Belgrave Square, yeta fatality seems to hang
by the house OF an earl and countess well
known In society. Three years ago the family
butler cut his throat on the eve OF a dinner
party, and now the body OF a woman has been
discovered in the coal cellar.
The curious In such matters have noted as
an extraordinary COlnCldence tnat Cnree gen.
tlemen we'll known in financial and social
| circles In London, Mr.. Lionel Lawson, Mr..
M. j. Posno and Mr.. Julius Beer-all men of
enormous fortune, all great friends-died
suddenly within space of little more than
six months; more odd still is 1t that each OF
| the three possessed corner house on the left
hand side Of Portland place, each corner IN
succession to the other.
Sub-Lieut James Dewar OF the Kings
| Dragon Guards, has just landed In England.
| It will be remembered that at the storming
of Secocoeni's mountain this young officer
was hit in the thigh by stone bullet cov-
cred with lead. The friendly Zulus" carry
| Ing him to the rear dropped him when pur-
and deserted, to a certain death. when Pri-
| Yates Fitzpatrick and Flawn, OF the Ninety
| fourth Regiment, rescued him from its very
| jaws, and, alternately firing and supporting
him, kept the enemy at bay during chase
| of twenty minutes.