New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-22
PERSONAL.

Tomorrow the Maine Historical Society, at Port
! land. Will hold a special meeting to commemorate
the eighty fourth birthday of the Rev. DR.. Alpheus
| S. Packard, who has been a member of the society
| for more than half a century.
The Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne will
| take home with them enc comfortable memento
of their visit to the Uuited States, in the form of
pair of wool blankets. the finest ever manu- actured
| at the Golden Gate WOOllen Mills San Francisco,
| and the gift of Ex-Governor Leland Stanford
| The Hon. George Sharswood. LID, who has just
retired from the Chief Justccsnip of the Supreme
| Court of Pennsylvania was gwen an elaborate COM
| pmentary banquet on Wednesday night by the
| bar of Philadelphia in the Academy of Music IN
that city. SERGEANT Bailantine was among the
| guests.
At the close of her performance of THE Lady of
Lyons" in Philadelphia Wednesday night, Miss
| Mary Anderson was presented by the State Fenci-
bles with a superb crown of solid silver richly set
with jewels. pleasant presentation speech was
made by Mr. Charles Emory Smith, to which Miss
Anderson gracefully replied. Afterward she shook
hands with and personally thanked each OF the
four officers and sixty fonr men of the Fcncib'es
who had taken their places on the stage as guard
of honor during The presentation.
The mother of Victorlen Sardou, as has already
been announced, died very suddenly at Nice a short
time ago. She was in the act of opening door and
had inst grasped the knob, when she fell backward,
smitten by apOplexy. Her husband was absent at
a concert. When he reached home she was in the
death agony She never spoke word, and when
asked where she felt pain only touched with her
finger her forehead which had been bruised by mel
fall. She had been very beautiful, and death
brought back something of the bloom OF YOUTH so
thar when her famous reached Nice and saw
her in her coffin he her if asleep, just as she
looked to him IN his boyho0d days.
Mr.. Gladstone's jubilee suggests glance back
ward at the Ministry in office when he was first
sent to the House. 1t was the Grey Ministry.
Three of its members Melbourne, Palnerston and
Holland are gone, and have lett No descendants to
inherit their honors. Lord Althorpe's nephew is
now Mr.. Gladstone's Lord Lieutenant for Ireland
and Lord Goderich's son his Viceroy OF India. Mr.
Stanley the CHIEF Secretary for Ireland, who Lord
Melbourne told DisIaelI to be the next Pre-
mier. lived to be three times a Tory Premier; but
his son has returned to the old loye-in connection
with which it may be remembered that the House
OF Derby mas for its motto: "bdns changer"
More royal than the King-of bluer blood than
BostOn--s the good town Of Quincy, in the Old Bay
State for there dwells one who will not bow the
knee to Baal, nor homage pay to Butler, even
though that pirate king has captured the proud
Commonwealth. He is the son of Edward Everett,
Dr. William Everett, Professor In Harvard College.
lie was announced to speak at Plymouth to-day,
Forefathers' Day, and indeed accepted the invita-
ton so to do. But when he saw his name on the
list and the name of General and Governor
Benjamin /. Butler at the head of the list, il was
too much. lie could not, and he would not. In his
own words: - desire the committee To excuse me
from attendance" Weeds for the Widow Weedsl
Nine Sofia Scalcbi.t the contrslto, who onWednesday
night first appeared before the public Of NewYork,
s really an Italian. by nativity well by name,
having been BON in Turin on June 8. 1852. Be-
longing to q musical family, she early showed
marked ability as singer, and in her fifteenth year
made her debut on tho operate stage. Aitor sing
ing in the principal Italian cities she made tho tour
of Great Britain. and then weht st. Petersburg.
where she remained dnriug five seasons Her sue
cess followed her 10 Madrid. Vienna. and Warsaw,
aud last year sho sought new laurels in America
She found them first in Rio Janero at the rate OF
81 900 per night, and an $4,000 diamond necklace
as q farewell souvenir From there she came to
New York, and had a particularly rough passage.
which lied IN severe nervous piostration. from
which she has only just recovered,
OTTAWA, Dec 2l.-It Is understood that, after Wis
iting some cities in the Southern States the Princess
Louise will embark at Richmond Va. British
nan-of-war. and proceed TO Bermuda. whsreshe
will remain during the most severe portion OF the
winter, rs her health suffers from the intense cold.
1t Is expected that when the weather becomes