The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-29
FROM LANDS BEYOND THE SEA.
Latest Events in Great Britain and Oh The
Continent.
GOSSIP OF EUROPEAN CAPITALS.
A Romantic senAation--Gladssone's Plans.
Lord Lytton's successor-soeia' Cnat'
Foreign News in General.


Especial Dunlap Gable to The rimes.l
LONDON, Nov 2S.-One Of the saddest bits
OF romance On the tongue Of society concerns
Miss hda Heather Bigg,a pretty woman OF ex-
cellen. family and widely known in the city on
account Of her founded society, the Poor
Children's Happy Evenings Association.
number Of ladies'. well-known in society, in
cluding Lady George Hamilton, assisted
Miss Bigg in her enterprise, which
is charming one and has
made Thousands Of ragamuiins throughoUt
the great city happy. A month ago IL was
announced that she was engaged 20 ms
young fellow in the army, and rs the engage
| ment was not 10 be q long one. Miss BIgg be-
gan preparations for the wedding. Suddenly
| the match was broken of by her mother.
| Ii appears that Mrs. 1eather-Bigg IS
| extremely puritanical in her views,
and thought it necessary to discover
| further particulars about her future son-in-
! law from those she had already received,
SO she put private detective on his track TO
learn where lie spent those evenings in which
/ ne did not appear Mt her home She eyi-
IDENTITY did not approve his actions for she
resolutely declared that he should not marry
| her daughter.
Now Hiss Heather Bigg has gone abroad,
| while her former intended has disappeared.
| But the trouble does net end here, tor MS
| mother has become insane IN consequence OF
| the universal regret at the unfortunate terlnl-
nation OF the affair.
GLADsTONE's FINAL APPEARANCE,
Gladstone's final appearance in public be-
fore he stats for Rome. where he intends to
spend sne winter, will be at rural conference
10 be held December 10th and llth. On the
evening of the latter day the grand old man
/ will leave stuart Rendel's house on Carlton
! Terrace for France. During portion OF BIS
| holiday Gladstone will stay at the house or
| SignOr IaCaita, an old Italian friend
whose son represented Dundee IN Par
lament in 1885. and who filed the
position OF private secretary TO the late Lord
| Granville during the Liberal administration
of 1850 Gladstone is to reach Naples by way
of Rome and Will be the guest of Lord Dut-
ferin IN the latter city for q few days. Mr.
Gladstone viii then proceed 10 Naples where
lie will visit stuart hendel at his villa. POSI-
hppo.
LORD 1yrroN's SUCCESSOR.
The death Of Lord Iyt.on has set political
| gosslps 20 wondering who viii DO appointed
10 succeed him. Lord Duherin, who IS our
ambassador TO Rome. was naturally the hfse
| suggested but there have been other names
mentioned. among them Sir Robert Morier,
Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, our ambassador
| at Berlin; SL0rd Vivian. minister at Brussels;
Lord Lan5dOwne. Niceroy OF India.
AMERICAN THIEVES COMING.
Scotland Yard authorities have been warned
| by the police department OF New ork that "a
| party of five clever American swindlers are
now on their way TO England. AS the JOBS
these people put up ere remarkably lngoni-
/ Gus taev H. e prepared .or merry time. lN9
| of tho i've ara women, and the police. IN an
ticipation Of their arrival have already ap-
prlsed the jewelers. OF their coming.
SOCIAL GOSSIP.
Among the society gossip which IS boating
| 20 the city the following scraps Will un-
| doubtedly be Of interest.
! Mrs Mackav viii shortly leave for home,
where she will spend tho winter.
Sir William Gordon-C Cumming has not taken
! a house rs has recently been rep )rted III the
American papers, but he has rented hat IN
Bayswater ior the winter.
Ms Marshall o. Roberts is reported 10
have recently insured her life for 10000 IN
favor of her son. in case he should not receive
a sufficient allowance out OF tho estate.
DEATH or A wELL-KNowN DrvINr.
One of the heroes Of the Church of England
has Just died at Cape Town. Rev. 4. Il. NJ.
Wiltshire chaplain OF the colony OF lepers at
Barren Island. He was an Oxford man and q
very hard worker. lie served first IN the
Cnmean war and then went TO Africa under
Bishop Dray; Afterwards he became
chaplain Of Barren Island in the Allan
tic. IL IS only six miles In circumference
and is q bare spot tenanted only by lepers.
convicts and lunatics. Here Wiltshire spent
the last few years Of his life. attending with
the greatest care and devotion the untortu-
mates who were in his charge
During the past week severa. refugees
from Chill have reached London. They have
| announced their intention of remaining.
Society papers are still busy marrying or
trying TO marry Prince Albert Victor. the
Duke OF Clarence Although the reported
engagement between him and Princess Vie
toria Mary of 1eokis now denied several other
young ladies' have been mentioned, each OF
whom is declared TO have smltten the too
susceptible heart OF the Prince. Among these
ladies' Is the Princess Alix OF Hesse
EAIS-MAKSG n BUEMAH.
The proposal TO adopt the American
rain making plan IN Burmah 3 Just now
being actively carried ont. The distress IN
upper Burmoh is growing greater every day
in consequence of the drought. and u ls pro-
posed to explode large quantity Of dynamite
on the top Of POpa mountain. which IS a
lonely height. situated very conveniently al
most in the middle of the most distressed
districts.
EXPERIMENTS II AERIAL NAVIGATION.
At meeting Of the Aeronautical Society of
Great Britain. which was held yesterday,
Maxim. the inventor Of tho Maxim gun. eX-
| experiments III aerial navigation. lie had
already spent tiO.000 IN these experiments.
and had arrived at such important
results that he had come 10 regard
il as certain that in tho near future he would
achieve success Dir. +. +. Frost gave a de-
scription of q dying machine IN the construc-
ton of which he had been engaged for two
years After much study OF the structure OF
birds he had produced one made of feathers,
with wings which. although weighing only q
few ounces, was twelve feet long. Sir James
Douglass described some OF the results
achieved by Mr. Maxim "a most astounding
showing the practicability Of aeriel ayigation
which be had little doubt Maxim would solve
lie stated that Maxim was prepared D. spend
10000 more upon further experiments.