The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-11-30
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


Queen Victoria's children and In
easier terms with their father, whom
they adored.
Mr.. George Augustus Sala does not
think very much Of Parisian morals OF
the present time. He declares that the
books and pictures exposed for SAKE in
that city were never so bad in the most
corrupt times of the Empire as in the
present Republican epoch.
--Mohammed Tewfik, the Khedive OF
Egypt, has regular features and is not
at an bad-looking. He is only twenty
nine years ole, but looks older, and Is
rather portly. While his bearing is dig.
nified, he is shy in the presence of stran-
gers, but keen observer. His tastes
are simple, he hates all parade, loves his
home, and Is an excellent husband and
father.
1t is now whispered that the reason
of the Queen of Spain's intimacy with
our American Princess, Mrs. Mackay,
was that the fair Californienne had
loaned the Queen some thousands OF
francs, for which that lady had given
her note. Monsieur Mackay attempted
to collect the sum loaned when the note
OCC6AuO QuCf Dub hCL nAalOo1l OAnh4Ay
formed him that she never paid such
things; that she considered the debf
Cancelled by the introductions and. inyi
tations she had given.
The revision of the war treasure OF
the German empire viii shortly be
made. This treasure, which is said to
amount to 120, ,000, 900 marks in gold
coin, is deposited in the Julius Tower
whose duty it is to verify the treasure
each possess key of the chamber in
which it is kept, and the door opens
only when the keys are applied stimuli
taneously. The treasure is divided into
ten lots, and each lot is further sub
divided into twelve others of 1000. .00o
marks each. This large sum of 120,.
900 900 marks, or $50, ,0oO, 900, earns nc
interest.
DIR. Lowe, the most active advocate
of the idea of establishing German
university in the United States, has been
arrested in Frankfort on suspicion OF
embezzling the moneys that have been
coming in as contributions to the pro-
ject, and his effects and papers have
been subjected to examination. The re-
suit of the search has not yet been made
public. DIR. Lowe, before the university
scheme was set on foot, had been 3 tu-
tor in one of the higher schools, and
not noted for possessing much wealth !;
but of late he has been living in elegant
style, and this, it issupposed, has caused
his prosecution.
-Newgate Prison, one of the old land.
marks of London is to be pulled down.
Clerkenwell Prison will become in fu,
ture the central lookup for London NAL.
efactors, and the courts of law, which
comprise what is known as the Old
Bailey, will be enlarged so as to cover
the space now occupied by the prison.
1t was q hideous object, black with
smoke, though only just century old,
and decided defacement to q great
thoroughfare. 1t was built by Dance, in
1882, Just after the Gordon riots, who
had but one idea, to make it impregna-
BILE. In its front many noted criminal
swung; here Thistlewood exclaimed /:
ST shall soon know the last great secret, u
and Fauntleroy, before his fall, commu-
nicated the secret of where to buy the
best Curacao.
Most of the titled houses of England
are of comparatively modern date. The
real old families of the country are the
squires and small landed gentry and
yeomen. Their descent and possessions
have in scores upon scores of cases been
unbroken for 500 or even 800 years,
whereas the unlimited power of Prime
Minister or sovereign to create a new
peer has constantly introduced into the
upper house men but q few removes
from trade or the professions. OF the
entire 418 families whose heads have
seats as peers of England only 77 existed
as mobiles in 1907, when the union oi
England and Scotland took place, S41
having been raised to the peerage, ex-
elusive OF the last batch, since that date
The Irish peers are of still lower caste
mostly dating from the corruption of the
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