The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-18
OLD WORLD NEWS.
4 Budget of Interesting items fro'
Across the sea,


4 Budget of Interesting items from
Across the sea.
LoNpoN, Dee is.--'rhe Queen will spend
her Christmas at Osborne Isle Of Wight,
and leaves Windsor to-day for that placs.
The Duke and Duchess of Coma,glt
will take their Christmas dinner with her
Majesty, and the Duke of Edinburgh with
the German Emperor.
Madame Alodjcska, who is publishing |,
narrative of her dramatic experiences in
America and England, speaks of Sew
York as II cosmopolitan city, with loss
american than foreign control. She says
the people seem in too much of u hurry to
enjoy life, but she speaks favorably Of the
American playgoinS people i'll general,
rem;,rking that'nu people are so quick to
appreciate the good points of acting. She
especially la,tls London and English
society. The articles are printed III u
Cracow newspaper.
\ private gentleman who recently
visited ITawardcn, stated las, nigh, at the
National Iiheril Club THAT it Is very
doubtful whether Mr.. Gladstone will re-
snnc his seat in the House of Commons.
He is now suffering from the reaction
following the strain of the controversy re-
garding Mr.. Parnclps leadership, and he
is StlllilE WNS tnt
success of Home Rule. While he did not
authorize any public expression on the
subject, he gave his visitor to understand
that his remaining days, 50 far as public
interests were concerned, would be de
voted to certain important reforms which
have been neglected on account of the
| Irish question.
Dispatches from India state that large
| force of troops has been ordered to Upper
npr,nuh whore. Ih hprp si,sIle m uI n
| rroacEing outbreak among the inhab-
| tants The discomfort is duc 10 the So
| verify with which natives are punished
on petty charges by the British officials.
Adviccs from Zanzibar state that the
Baron dc Rescnda, Portuguese representa-
| tive in Manica Land is advancing with a
| considerable force of natives and some
| Portuguese on the tribes that refuse u
| recognize Portuguese authority. The
] Kassis have already sent i'll their subms-
sion, and the Bakaris have sent u mcs-
| senger to implorc the protection of tht
English,
| 4 Munich letter states that the mad
| King Otto is growing worse. On Tuesday
last he made II sundon assault upon one oi
his attendants, nearly choking the man tt
| death before he was interrupted. Efort'
have. been made to keep the matter SO
| cret.
| Mr.. Chamberlain'S speech at the Bir
mingham Unionist caucus is the topic o
the hour in political circles. The Union
ist and Conservative papers support hi
firm attitude and advise him to persevcre
The advances made by the Gladstonian'
arc taken as evidence that internal dissen
sions arcdcveloping in that party.
The French Nihilist allcge that La
bruyere and Duqucrcy, who informe,
the police that they had aided the murlcrc
Padlcwski to escape are The victims of I
hoax. The man who figured as fugitiv,
they say was not Padlewski. On the othe
hand, some people believe that the in
formers hoaXed the police, with the objec
of diverting the detectives from the tr,ti
of the murderer, and creating an impres
sion that he had gone to South America
| The Standard expresses doubt as to tn
advisability of Mr.. Chamberlain's schem
for the formation of u new party. Th
facts, il says, are daily tending to call int
existence u national party composed q
Tnionists and Conservatives.