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Copyright 1890; By The Etu. York Tribune
London JAN o7.The amount OF the fortune left BY
the Empress Augusta is not yet accurately known.
hut II is believed to exceed half million sterling.
About half is left to the Grand Duchess Of Baden
absolutely and nearly all Her Majestys jewels which
were her private property, except the splendid ropes
OF pearls which she leaves to the present Empress
and they are TO be made crown herlooms. The En-.
nress is understood to have left about clOO,000 to
her brother the Grand Duke Of saxewelmar Esenach.
,,ho also pets the pictures and valuable library.
There il very large legacy TO her grandson, Prince
Henry.
PRIVATE THEATRICALS AT OSBORNE.
Tho Princess Louise sir Henry Ponsonby and
Colonel Collins carried of the honors at the private
theatrcals at Osborne the Princess Louise and sir
Henry being quite excellent. Tho queen was I'M
mensely amused and took the greatest interest, not
only I'm the actual performance, but also IN tue re-
hearsals.
THE DEAD DUKE OF AosTA
The death of the Duke Of Aosta was a very great
blow to the Vatican, as he was truly deVout ana
entirely under the influence Of Cardinal Ahmondi'
For many years after tho death OF MS hrst WIG
it was the daily practice Of the Duke to retire into
vault or cellar for the purpose Of saying his prayers
only the Prince Of Naples stood between the Duke
Of Aosta and the throne bf Italy. but his accession
thereto must have produced revolution, as he woud
have been wholly in the hands Of the Clerical party
and would have insisted on giving in TO all ther
demands Ten years ago the Duke was on the poin'
Of taking orders, and had he done so would by ths
time have received the purple. The Duke OF hoHta
came TO London in 1887 to represent the King OF Italy
at the Inbeo fctes and he was excessively annoyed
at not being created knight of the Garter as that
distinction had been conferred upon Crown Prince
Rudolph Of Austria, tho Duke OF Aosta, VINO go'
nothing except gold Jubilee medal, made very bre'
stay In England
EPrPHANY OFFERING IN A CHAPEL ROYAL
The abolition of the Epiphany service in the Chapel
Rova OF st. Jamess has several times during the
present reign been contemplated, ana near ,iia'
there is again some idea Of discontinunG IT, IL II
certain that If +, considered worth while 10 hold
ts service there should be a rule that the offerings
are to be presented at the altar either by the SOW
cregn or by a member of the royal family. Cndet
! tho existing arrangement the Queen presents the
gold frankincense, and myrrh by the hands OF TWO
gentlemen ushers- in waiting. who have to array them
selves I'm cvec dress and who are rewarded for thet
trouble bv handsome fee. The Offering consists oi
a small quantity Of spices and twenty soveregns. bun
nobody appears know where the money goes to'
The old plan was to present the Offering in box
and $50 was paid on account Of it, Prince Aioer''
who had a keen scent for Jobs and abuses once
attended Epiphany service having previously IN
formed himself respecting the pecunary arrangement
I'm connection with it, and he insisted upon opening
the box in which. instead of $50 he found hall
sovereign and few pinches Of spices. IL turned
out upon investigation, that the whole OF the oherns
except few shillngs went to various functlonaries
in fees and perQuisitics the present arrangements
was substituted In the old days it was the custom
to send ND the royal Offering in a box on which
star was painted. About forty years ago when tho
Uich Church party had become very unpopular tna'
time serving preate Bishop Blomfeld who was dean
OF the Chapcls Royal, insisted upon substituting
perfectly plain box in case the star should be re-
! carded as "A Puseyite symbol Bishop wilberforce
was amused By this folly, which. he remarked re-
minded him OF the nonsense in g. The Record about
Dr. Newman's church, In Ltlemore, where the
windows were all OF plain glass except one in which
the gazlcr Of his own accord had inserted pece
of red glass in the middle lancet, and this was de-
rounccd by The Record as being intended To rep
resent drop of the saviour's blood.
THE LATEST PAPAL ENCYCLICAL.
The new encyclical Of the Pope is very long and
not very abstruse In the Catholic papers Of Rome
it is hailed a. a masterpiece Of philosophc wisdom.
presumably by clerical scrbes, who fan would be
Monsignori In England the two leading Catholic
paper, print II az length, but without word Of COM
mcnt The truth j. these documents cannot. from
their nature. be other than strings OF plauudes, but
strings which have fast one after another as
to form i'm time verable scOurge for the faithful.
Bishops ,isl a they pWmulgate them. Tie clergy a'
they read them. the editors they print them, and
the laty a, they listen. But composition OF them is
almost the only weakness left 10 Pope Leo, and It
solaces those hours OF WEAKNESS in the confines ot
the vatican and are doubly welcome to one who had
accustomed himself SO much to open-ar exercise and
freedom in Perusia
LORD sALrsBURY'S ovERTAXED STRENGTH
\ story has been going about for some days and
Is now assuming a more definite shape, namely. that
Lord Sal,bury's health will no longer allow him to
undertake the dual duties Of Prime Minister and
Foreign Secretary. Though he has recovered from
the influenza it is but slow convalescence. and. no
doubt. it has shaken him great deal. Under ordi-
nary circumstances there 10 be but little doubt
that Lord Harrington would have stepped into tho
breach but he ordered abroad some months
ago, and for the present AT any rate, till
after Easter he is hors du combat. The question there
fore arises who is 10 take a part Of the burden on
Lord sasbury's shoulders and become Foreign Secre
ary. Many suggestions have been made and names
mentioned My impression seems 10 be that If such
a change is carried ont, there is only person able
to MI the post and that is Lord Duftern His large
experience. great capacity and intimate knowledge Of
foreign affairs, seem all 70 III him To be Lord sails
bury'- successor. II such an arrangement takes
place there will most probably be shutting Of cards
and other alterations made in the Cabinet, but noAOf
any great importance. The rumor that Lord Randolph
Churchill is likely enter it again the head OF
Of the great spending departments is most unlikely
II is not the least likely however that there will
be any change in the House Of Commons, and Mr..
smith will still continue 70 lead To Sir Henry James
will naturally be assigned the duty OF leading the
Liberal Unioni,ts outside of the Government during
Lord llartingOn'S absence in the south Of France.
MR. AND MRS CHAMBERLAIY.
Mr.. and Mrs Chamberlain and party will return to
London soon after the meeting of Parliament Mr..
Chamberlain has quite recovered from an attack Of
gout and is much benefited by rest and change.
THE SECESSION OF LORD PORTMAN.
The of Lord Portman to the UnionIsts is. II
| may Lord Mclbourne'S famous phrase. heavy
blow and great d,couragcment 70 West England sepa-
I hn. nlu honn