The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-02-25
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.

something serious the matter with
him seems certain, for he has been
scarcely seen outside the triple
guarded walls of the park at Cats
china for weeks past.
Lord Salisbury shows the effect of
his recent illness. He has aged, he
is thin and stoops His family insist
upon his relinqUishing his dual
functions in the cabinet, and so
strongly have they urged this that,
had 1t not been for Huntington's i'll
ness, definite proposition would
have already been made for him to
take the foreign office.
Sir Albert Sasson, the new bar
onet, whose baronetcy was created
as reward for his having introduced
the Shah, keeps the horses in the
upper rooms of high building, the
lower stories of which are used as
a carriage house and barn. The
horses are taken up and down In a
padded elevator. He thinks the
horses thrive better at that airy alti-
tude.
According to all accounts, En-
peror William is determined to make
the avenue Inter den Linden" IN
Berlin the most magnificent IN the
world. The new grand cathedral
will soon stretch Its gothic turrets
and arches to the skies. The new
palace, built opposite the old KAISER
Palatz," and the grand memorial,
..Famehall." will be striking and
beautiful additions to the scene.
The Marquis of Harrington is very
dangerously i'll at Merton Hall, in
Norfolk. the seat of Baron Hirsch.
He caught cold while shooting. The
cold was neglected as a trivial Incl
dent, but has developed into conges-
ton of the lungs, from which the
marquis was so i'll that he was I'M
able to leave his bed. Very great
alarm is felt, and the Queen had tel
egraphed her sympathies and earn
est inquiries. The possibility of the
death of the Marquis of Harrington
at the present time gives rein to
speculation, and is the sensation of
the hour in the political world.
Queen Victoria has been quite
giddy. having actually attended tab
leaux vivants. organized by the
Princess Beatrice, without, by the
way, the assistance of her husband,
who is still sulking abroad. The
most successful picture is said TO
have been one representing the
murder of Rizzio, the lover of her
majesty's beautiful but improper an
cestress, Mary Queen of Seats. The
Princess Beatrice made a portly
Countess of Argyle, and the Princess
Louise was satisfactory Queen of
Scots.
The socialist bill before the Ger
man Reichstag was rejected by a
humping majority. In any other
constitutional country the resigna
ton of the government would follow
as matter of course. But Bismarck
is fixture. The work of this ses-
sion is closed. Bismarck will now
appeal to the country on the cry:
Down with the Social Democrats"
The signs are that he will secure a
majority, despite the efforts of his
sturdy opponents, who demonstrate
their independence so refreshingly.
Naughty Henry of Battenberg will
retarn to London next month and
the fatted calf will be killed at
Windsor and full forgiveness grant
ed by the Queen, who could not re-
sist the pleading of her favorite |
daughter and companion, the Prin-
cess Beatrice, between whom and
her husband real love exists, not
withstanding his early follies, aud
both of them are devo*edly attached |
to their infant family. The indie |
pendent action of Prince Henry has,
TO great extent, reinstated him in
the good graces of society, which the |
of his career as a fortune |
hunter had somewhat Disguised.
To reform the House of Lords, the |
contemplates introduc-
ing once more at the next session of |
Parliament the "black sheep bill"
the object of which is to keep out |
from the upper House those peers
who are discredit to their order.
The bill Will differ from others in
that it viii invest a committee of the
House, consisting of judicial peers
and certain lay peers, with the power
Of penal discipline over the House of
Lords. The action of the committee
viii be subject to confirmation or re-
lection by the House itself, but if
the bill is literally construed, upon
lines designated, the membership of
the House of Lords will be materially
decreased. Even a hereditary House. |
divided against itself, cannot stand.
Q. S. Secretary Tracy's scheme for
making navy for the United States
S attracting a good deal of attention
q London, and was referred to by
Mr. Gladstone in his great speech at
Chester. The Grand Old Man
seemed to be rather grieved that
America should commence to copy
he old worlds bloated ornaments.
Tho admiralty hora aro vow bucu |