New-York tribune., 1884-03-23
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
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| CREMATION BECOMING POPULAR.
Creuation has been ginning ground In England ever
since Justice stephens ruled that II wos lawful Inc Lon
don CITY authorities resolved to establish crema
,rv ~ uford suburb of the East End the recon-
mendaon medical officers that cremation IL Tue
least objectionable of all known methods OF disposng OF
| the dead.
THE sUEZ CANAL CONVENTION.
In consequence OF the smalness of the majority WIN
which the French shareholders Of the sues Canal Coh
pany approved OF the convention which NJ de Lesseps
had arranged with the English shp-owners, NJ de Les
seps declines to carry out the proposition to ADMIT seven
additional members to the board of directors As this
formed leading English stipulation, 1t is probable tna'
the whole convention vii fall through
| CLAIMANTS TO THE FRENCH THRONE
The Naundor claimants to the throne Of France nave
arrived I'm Paris Prince Charles and Princess Amelia,
the children OF Naundorf who died forty years ago at
Delft have issued citations to the Count OF Paris the
Countess Chambord Count Bard and the the Duke OF
Parma to show their rights to their titles and estates
Long legal proceedings expected as some Paris law
ers taking up the suit
THEATRICAL MATTERS.
The agents OF savni and Mary Anderson discuss
ing the appearance these two actors together at the
Lyceum, the former speaking Italian and the latter
English The arrangement is improbable test matinee
may be given.
Charles Hall is painting portrait OF Miss Anderson
for the Grosvenor exhibition. The costume Is simple
| gown of white muslin.
Van Weydes portrait OF Miss Anderson as Gadfea
| in the statue goes to the Academy
Two patrons Of the Lyceum referred q bet OF s25 a
side to whether the statue OF Gastea when disc oyered
| was Mary Anderson a dummy, to Manager Gunn The
who bet Miss Anderson won as Mr. Quinn iepueu
| that dummy used
The policy Of Lawrence Barrett In devotng the whole
Lyceum season to "Yorcb's Love" is considered ques-
tonable It thought that would be better for him to
| give bis full rcpertory.
The Lord Chamberlain has stopped the revival OF
DanI Traduced," which announced for tonight at
the Globe. j. L. Shine to oaricature Lord GaImOye,
and Lottie yenne Miss Forescue The revival parodied
incidents in the breach of promise Under the pro-
hbton the play has been withdrawn, and the theatre
closed till Easter.
person who called himself the Count d Isa' engaged
company which included Maud Brennan, Cecil
| Compton, and others, for tour in Scot
! land. The company opened at the Theatre
| Royal, IN Aberdeen, and played week In comedy,
Count kept secretary and valet and put up at the
Palace Hotel, whore he known as the nephew OF
Verdi Another uncle, so he claimed, the Cardinal
d. Toledo He represented also that he was friend OF
Sir Stafford NOrthcote. When the salaries fell due
Friday Count left the hotel and went to the railway
station meet his cousin, the MarchOness de Telraeina
Tnat was the last Of him or the weeks receipts
either. The company have signed statement to The ETa
setting forth these facts. The Count writes in de-
nyng that he mpOsor and asserting that the VIC
tim was the manager. He obliged TO dispose Of his
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own diamonds, he says order TO get away. He SENDS
however, his heartfelt sympathy the company.
Miss Braddon Is dramatizng d" Phantom Fortune"
j. r. Taylor has leased Her Mjestys Theatre for ro-
mantle drama lie will do away with stalls and reduce
all prices to ehe lowest level. The venture will be
watched with keen interest.
Sarah Bernhrdt twice forced TO suspend her per
formance during the past week Wednesday night at the
end Of the first act Of LA Dame Aux Camcllias" she
tainted leaving the stage and yoned blood She was
unable to reaqpear that night.
MUSICAL.
Miss Nevada, the American prtma DONNA scored
great triumph as Lucia Thursday night at the Itaens lii
| Paris.
NJ Gayarre as Edga,do diminished the impression
which his singing produced by he infeOr quality OF his
| acting.
Miss Van zandt who has long a favorite in Paris
has signed contract for engagement next winter
| In Russia.
| A testimonial is projected for Madame Piccolomini
the celebrated prima donna of twenty-five years ago
She has lost her fortune since her marriage to ssnor
! Gayetam.
new opera by Herr Bonawitz. entitled "Ostrolika,"
will be produced in London in April
LITERARY.
The Ahenrum declares that Mr.. Speeds edition Of
Keats recently published by Dodd Mead & Co. contains
little that is "The edition." 1t alleges is prac-
ticay the same AS Lord ougtOns to its mlsprints.
The greater number Of Lord HoushtOns notes given
without signature though some are signed i. ID. Mr.
| Speed should have taken care to the reader
against credlting him with these notes"
PASTOR House, the residence of William Black, the
novelist at Brighton, caught fire the other day. The
family had up the house and left Brighton and the
same day fire was discovered breaking through the roof
IL was got under control without destroying the Interior
The En- gsh edition Of The Memoirs OF Princess Alice
will ready in April The correspondence OF the Prn-
cess with the Queen from English originals III the pos
session OF Queen and other members Of the royal
family, extends from 1862 to 1880.
b. August Ialure the manager of great Paris printing
Office has letter to the Alliance Francas the
dminution of French book trade He saysit owing
to the essenng Of persons who speak French,
shows that English gaining ground in the French
West Indies In New-Caledonia and Tahiti The loss of
Alsace and Lorraine blow to French books
NJ Lahures remedy is compulsory colonial education in
| Algers and elsewhere.
AgernOn swinburne, the poet has written long COM
parson of Wordsworth and Byron for The Nineteenth
| CeaheH
Professor DOwden writes the Introductory essay TO the
new English edition of Walt Whitman.
The Pail Mall Gazette indicates the tenor OF General
| Gorions unpublished theological WORK "Instead of
opening new views It says, the writer reminds OF
the time of the Puritans when the love Of paraelisms
between the Old and New Testaments at its height,
when the soldiers OF Cromwell prayed aloud TO be dey
cred from the old Adam. For every incident
connected with the fall OF General
! Gordon traces in the New Testment not only
| a counterbalanclng remedy TO enable the fallen
10 recover the lost ground but identity OF the
OF recovery with the Of the original transgresson.
Thus he recognizes IN the act Of parakng Of the
mental elements the meet and fitting remedy against
introduced into the world by act Of eating the fruit
| OF the tree OF life"
| THE POLICE TAX IN IRELAND.