New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09
TOPICS IN PARIS.
THE BEHRING SEA TRIBUNAL-FERRY'S FUN
ERAL-SARAH BERNIIARDT
Paris, March "a

s,s, sitting Baron de COurcel, a professional dip
,ouat. was in the chair. IL was agreed that the
proceedings were TO be public. The Canadian
nd the British arbitrators are staying at the Hotel
chatham where. besides their several set. Of pr
va,e apartments, they have suite Of sitting
,ooms common to all. They may in the words Of
Scripture be spoken of as brethren dwelling to.
cether in unity. / have seen Sir Charles Russell
the Hon. Mr.. Upper. who comes on behalf OF
canada. Mr. Maxwell. the secretary 10 the British
utieants and Mr.. BoX the junior counsel. Sir
Richard Webster the Solicitor General is also with
Sir Charles Russell TO hold brief for Her Britannia
Majesty against the Republic which started from
British leading strings hundred ard ten years
oro Sir Charles Russell Is well known 20 the
Irish party in the United States. by reputation at
any rate, being great champion of Home Rule
al Westminster. Lady Russell is the daughter
of Belfast merchant Mr.. Mullholland and Is tho
sister of Miss Rosa Mullholland who contributed
some charming novels to "All the Year Round"
when Charles Dickens was the editor Sir Charles
is strikingy like another remarkable man in his
way-DoctOr Charcot having the same bloodlesA
complexion. shaven face. long square contour. and
black thoughtful eyes He might. ain sure have
been frst-rate portrait painter. lie has also the
expression so strong in Charcot which the careful
habit of weighing evidence produces Sir Charles
spoke of having visited the United States eleven
years ago. From few remarks which fell from
him could gather that he sympathized with the
social usages and spirit of the Americans Her
Majesty's Attorney General takes regularly every
evening after business and before dinner consti-
tutiona walk.
The Hon. Mr.. Upper found simply delightful,
He is still young, thorough gentleman. good
looking. free spoken, and has frank. lively and
genial manners. He seems quick thinker and
by no means an injudicious one. to he free from
ali circumstances. 10 be in the habit of TAX
ing people rapidly and behaving toward them
cording to his impression but unless he found him.
self in the presence Of very bad lot, sure TO lie
courteous. One could see that he is an American.
but not of the United States. should call him an
Englishman who had flung of every trace OF
mental servitude that he might have brought
with him in long frocks from the mother coun-
Try He gave me full information about the first
meeting Of the tribunal of arbitration at the For
cisn Office. and described the reception at the
Eysee which was a grand ceremonial. I'VE had.
he said. with a smile. all the honors of war
By this he meant that the members of the tIi-
buual the counsel who are to Plead before it. and
the secretaries, one of whom is a charming Irish
man. Mr.. Maxwell. from Donegal. were taken in
carriages sent to fetch them by the President and
escorted by dragon guard to the palace Comtc
them. as did also Baron de Courcel. They Were
NJ once taken to the room where the Chief EXecn-
tive awaited them. He could only speak in
French to Gram the Norwegian arbitrator 10 the
MARQUIS de Visconti Venosta and the Hon. Mr.. Tup
per The language of the tribunal is to be English.
and English was chiefly spoken at the Elysee recep-
ton which ended in what is known here as
lunch' This means refreshments at an elegantly
laid out buffet. TIE judges. the counsel ana
secretaries having lunched late and well scarcely
availed themselves of the Presidents hospitality
This evening ex-senator Hector Fabrc 6enerai
Commissioner for Canada in Paris, ana Madame
Hector Fabre. entertained the Canadran and hilt-
ish members of the tribunal, and the counsel on
their side.
The funeral Of NJ Jules Ferry all that
fnneroal pomp could make it. The people VINO
crowded tie footways Of the thoroughiatcS
through which the hearse passed, with It's bright
following of wreaths and its imposing military
guard including the whole garrsons of Pans ami
Versailles was As respectful as mere slght-
seeing multitude could be But the heart of the
great city did not go out TO the remains OF the
dead man or TO the sorrowing family that he
left 10 mourn him. The street part or the icfrV
funeral was not we'll ordered, and had con-
fused effect when seen from a balcony or wlndo"
The reason was that the political perSonagcs WHO
made the oratioDs beside the coffin at the huAe"-
burg Palace far overstepped the limits OF tn'e
allotted TO them The rest OF the ceremony was
OF necessity hurried, it having been arranged
that the body was TO reach the Eastern halfway
terminus at half-past a, where there were a mum
Der of other speeches 10 be delivcred oy pciNo'''
~ ,rforior calibre. such as heads Of deputations
scbool-masters and Lorrainers. who had been use
full 70 the defurct statesman in getting liln clec'cu
IL ~
none of him.
The Queen has been favored by fine weather
in her Italian trip. ] hear from CheIoonrS '"d'
those port authorities who had l" D" PrcS'"'
when she landed noticed how much more ih'''n
she was than last year She hau 10 ~ "o'",
IN. rather than supported, by her id'n,"i ""'
stalwart IIighlanders They heid Her 'pn''' 4"
tho arms She supplemented the support they
Co... no, nv ,,yo sticks and walked like ono
who was quite broken down in the knees EVe,H
sion sbe t6ok obviously gave her PAIN Hhe
seems 70 suffer from equity rhcuma'lsm H''
Majesty j. supposed hero 70 be charged WIN wv
Conclusion of a matrimonial affair. ] ne DuNc "
Aos,o heir pretIllnptiye to the throne o. i'"p'
has boo, a modest candidate for the hama u '"'
Duke of Edinburgh's second daughter ""'' -
more than her eldest sister. the Irih,cS'
Kumania. would object 20 a Roman oathoAic nus
band. lie has about twelve thousand year i'oNi
his mother, nee Princess Della 'is'cih'' S'' 10
ing had three sons among whom her io''un'
equally divided For tins reason ne "0' a..
better match than the Prince Of NaPi'7' ""o'
his father will only inherit ciNl H9
down with debts The Duke Of A'sta haS' o'' =
he advantage over the direct heir to the throne
in bein, Of a healthier aad more Vigorous con''l
tuition. The latter Is sicSiy. dlminutlvc' gifn'"
E.. ,l.rfs
fathers plainness. lie was sent TO hng'anu ="
few years ago in the hope that be mi9n' ''". :"
fancy to the Duke of Edinblrgh's eldest dausn'''
But her charms did not conquer hi- hFeisio" ~
marriage and his cousin l. now ocihe p'' '"s'N
a. sultor for the Princess victoria "Ho ""'
NJ Russia