New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-19
ABOUT PERSONS AND THINGS OF NOTE.
IRON Mr.. Edmund Yatess World London)

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| From Mr.. Edmund Yatsss World lLondon).
| VICTORIA ABROAD.-The Villa Motret stands In
the grounds OF the Hotel de PEurepe Of which IL is the
taken for the Queen Who with Ser suite ocoupio. up
& OF forty rooms There quite large number OF
gohle, have been sent over fom windsor The Queen
nerse occupies apartment of four rooms the
whole Of the suite are in the villa Instead
81 Felegaed to hotels as at Bayeno. Mentone and
Co ana the Queen receives almost hourly kilograms
Prince and Pnccss hoSs Of Battenoerg
ssp % e'toned at Darmstadt during the Queens stay
as the stao rcess travelled with Her Majesty as ias
mel Dy Prince Henry Of Batenberg who escorted her
, W Inc Grand Duke and Prince Louis will join her
The Prince and Princess viii resume their resi-
70 England next month.
pncess OF Wales have effected other good TO Ireland
he have already done Infinite service to the exterior OF
now been carried for some weeks, ireland poses
Femme eompriset to England but she cannot AFFORD TO
Caru he could not have eoed
napier Many Of the Ir.h clergy
pnshHken loyalty to the Royal Family By attending
saoa e r1Se OF Wales syes but certain Sa1a
involved considerable outlay. blocked their action
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Durbar along with " the State" Looking over the &C
contrast between tho fsepS then and now femarS
able. The orangemen and Roman Catholics were united
Royalty their eceicsIaca robes With their golden
with S spS Snan; the Ear OF Pnga was
over by the King and when his majesty left he was pre-,
sentod By Connell, on Bonded knees, with laurel
crown There will be repetition to-day OF the lub
lance denounced by Byron aud yet the Prince Of Wales
VIII impress most people as far more deserving OF
warm reception than the last OF the Georges.
EARL CAIRNs.-Lady Cairns's announcement
gate Of Lnd.farSo which, Informed the Inhabitants Of
Bournemouth somewhat abruptly that Lord Cairns had
everybody BY surprise He had taken horse exercise
on Tuesday. His Health had tor some time caused his
friends considerable anxiety and he had been for the
homeopathic practitioner on Wednesday, Dr. Kidd
was summoned 6y telegraph, but Lord Cairns was
already sinking Tho sxLord Chancellor Will be much
missed ms a. BoHrnemsuth IL Is somewhat renarKable
mat both the Conservative and the Liberal Lord Chan
Ike Lord 'P s.Sornc Lord c.irn. wa, 'O an
Bournenouth, presiding over tho Bible class IN connec-
ton with Holy Trinity Church, the young crowdng
missionary society and other religious gatherings and
he cordially ympathized with the eyangestlc work OF
He also firm supporter OF tho Rev. Canon Eliot,
Vicar Of Holy Trinity the Evangelical church OF Bour-
ing the regime OF the late Government the singular dis
tncon to include four Cabinet Minister'S in its congre
CATION.
THF TOWERS OF SuENcE-When Lord Ran
doph Churchill In Bombay little time since be visit
ed, amongst other places OF Interest in the surrounding
ncigh6orhood the Towers Of Silence AS result OF this
visit the following comments are 10 be found Inscribed
In the visitors book with the noble lords signature at
at tho request OF tho secretary of the Parsee
ehayet, allow myself 70 express the opinion that
teHchngs and preccpts OF Zoroaster as they have
explained to me, though peculiar TO a comparatively
limited number OF the inhabitants OF this earth, and I'M
doubicdy novel 10 the stranger from the West, en-
trely agreeable To the principles OF pure religion and
may DE snd are necniousy and powerfully supported
hy physiological science aud experience
The Pasess.whp very active and rich class in Bonn
bay, Will doubt Eel attsrcd that their practice Of e1-
posing their dead the Towers 10 be eatea by vultures
according the Zoroastran behest should be thus tay
world Of the little Western island with which their great
empire IS associated The practice has certainly much
clearly. aud exceedingly expeditions. Men. wsmen. and
children are put into separate divisions on the top OF the
Towers but their bones. those OF the reh ana poor
a. kc mingl. In the we'll below into which they dis
appear In the course Of time Lorl kaud1ph Shurenl,
like many another European VISITOR may nave ielt ms
Towers rather gloomy and repugnant ssht pnI !hS
magunccnt view 20 he had the terrace In front OF
thoIn OF Bombay aud tho Indian Ocean
MALMESBURYs SU6CEssFUL BooK.-NObody, in
all probability. Il more astonshed than Lord Maiinesbnry
himself ut the uneIpcctsd pccunary SUCCESS OF his
Memoirs Tao book originally set IN type at his
own expense and six months ,ince ne would gn h.Se
net profits already exceed 2oOOL; the hrst French
edition nearly exhausted aud eTen MT Iauchniz has
paid handsomely for the right OF reproduction. Tho
author 10 have dictated the whole work 70 short
hand writer and this FOR the errors in
the spelling proper which orept into tho earlier
editions Lord ManesburJ Will probably shortly issue
additional volume bringing his narrative down TO
the death OF Lord Beaconsned and In the interests OF
pOstcrity and contemporary hlsory-maklng, no stu
up his diary every day with praiseworthy dill
gence.
OPPOSING A RoTHsCHILD.-lheart that MelsSo-
ner and Alexandra Dumas are leading the
campaign against the candidaturo Of the
Baron AlphOnse do Rothschld at the
Institute Dumas considers that the ROhschids ought
10 content themselves with being millionaire; and
Meis-oner shares that opinion, all the more heartily s
his genius IL not represented In the Rue 81 Foren-
tin IN that gallery OF pictures and objects or art which
" do Rothschild has formed without any efforts or
researches on his own part After all. when one Is
rolling In gold, there Is no particular merit In ordering
ones steward pay fabulous sums for rare works OF
art duly guaranteed accounting to invoice by those who
offer them for sale the this guarantee Is not
always proof OF genuineness.
GORDON on SuICIDE.-Thcre is Il world of pa
thos I'm the General Grants last days sterrihe
pains been borne with Red Indian stolcl7m
mcurabc is OF the dirrst and most agonlzng
forms of disease and considered by Gordon-1 l
NAV credit "a gentleman who met him some years ago at
SngapOrc-as sufficient excuse for curtalHng ones own
existence The hero had been reading Ma0cks essay,
l. Life worth IiypgW and remarked that he agreed
with much that advanced In H. Then SAID my ln-
formant you consider II lawful 70 commit suicide y
Z" No" answered Gordon Except under phenomenal CON
diiOns Of suffering without remedy. Many ana many
time during the past years would have hailed death
as a blessed relief, II It came rs the Almighty message
but never felt justified IN anticipating Ills Decree.