The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-07
Foreign Notes of Real Interest.

Mr.. Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens. son Of enc
novelist, has been appointed . rabbit In Spectoi by
the New South Wales Government He was formerly
a member Of the colonial parliament.
Mgr. vabonesi. Just made titular Bishop Of Argo,
at tho age OF 81 years 10 the youngest shop in ths
Roman Catholic Church. Next to him come Mgr
Macnrio. Coptc Patr arch o. Alexandria 80 years Of
age who has been 4 b ihop four years. ami Mr.
rasserini. vicar Apostolic TO Oh na 33 years of a.s
and Also four years Bishop The three oldest
bishops sro Cardinal CAnossa BEh op of verons
aged 30 years. Pope Leo himself 81 years OF age,
and Cardinal colosia. Archbishop Of Palermo. %
years Of age
Another support OF the British Constitution 10
threatened. Bcarskins are growing scarce and dif-
fchlsy ia found providing the ridiculous head.
gear worn - the Foot Guards. The War Depart
msnt H. therefore studying the problem OF q sun
! stituton. and may report on the subject in a few
years.
Awell.preservsd Roman camp has boon diacov-
cred ON the right hanI Of tao NArentA in Herzsxo.
VIVA. section o feet long by aTO feet W.d, Ia,
been traced Part OF the walls. gales and towers ao
stll standing. and many utensils and weapons hav.
been dug up. 1t Is belleced that the camp va.
erected IN the time OF Nero.
An autograph volume Of music by Orlando al
Lasso. the great composer Of sacred music Of tn,
sixteenth century. recently discovered in the I'm
periAl Library at vienna. contains a hitherto uu-
was % years Of age.
Marconi's experiments have proved 40 s,;istac.
tory to the British Admiralty that complete set
Of the apparatus for wirel SO telerr iphy has ben
supplied to the Defiance, the torpedo schoosh at
Davenport for further experiments by naval
oficers.
BY the death Of the Earl OF Thorough at the ass
Of 81 years the last person who sat in b,-
fore the Reform bill passed has disappeared.
a n riah NEAT nd ,eht h.,.
House Of Commons After succeeding to the title II he
had chosen to. He was elected in his fathers ufe
| time. however, aud before he camo OF age.
Alisthas been made OF churches In England where
incense 10 used and which will therefore be AT ,ct.a
by the recent decision of the archbishop Ther,
are $50 in England and perhaps morc-ths doce.,
where the use IL most co nmcn being London with
~ churches. The Northwest OF England is compar-
| ativey free from the practice.
St. Helena Is one OF tho places whore the Weath,r
fails as topic OF conversation. For 532 days last
year the southeast trade wind blew steadily and
there were only nine days of calm.
DR.. LivnCstone's grave In Africa 10 now marked
By "a tail iron telegraph pole. carefully secured"
as the deputy administrator for the district north OF
the LAmbesi reports with satisfaction. Tho tree
under which the explorers heart had lain was rot
ting, so tho section containing the inscription was
cut out and shipped to tho Royal Geographical 60.
ciey while in the centre OF the stump the telegraph
pole Was set.
Capt. Harrington, . British officer who recently
| visited Menslek of AbySsniA, was able to oount
90 600 men in his army and thinks that the lbo ooo
assigned TO tho AbyssniAn army In reports In An ar
| AaReration. Tho men he saw, however we're All
armed with modern rides, and they had Maxim
guns and mitraillsuSes as we'll They have also
| shown that they can stand up against ciyilizsd
troops.
Btonehenge is being made the excuse for what
looks like rail- on the British Treasury by sr
Edmund Antrobus. the proprietor of the ground ON
which the ruins stand. He asks se25, 600 for the
stones and the 1900 acres OF land around them
reserHng to himAelf the right of pasturAge and tho
sporting rights after the title passes The Snsctstor
thinhA $4,000 would be very liberal price for tina
property, The land adjoins the part Of SALISBURY
plain that Is reserved for mi itAry maneuvrea
christiAnia's new Norwegian National Theatre Vac
opened ON sept by performance Of plays BY
hoioerg tho eighteenth century founder OF the
DAnish'NorWeglAn drama Tho plays selected were
oert WeStphaler. the Much talking Barber' AMI
Inc LyinSHn ROOM" The second night WAS given
" lhSehs An Enemy Of tho People" and tho thttl
u HorhstIrrIe Bj6Tnson's "Sigurd Joral A. with
incidental musit by hnlrd Grieg which the con.
poser himself conducted
Another mosquito sleuth. Major Rnss, Al the head
OF 'he inalArial mission TO sierra Leone has dis
covered the particular kind OF mosquito which
trsqusnts the mAlariAl swamps, and laden with tie
poisonons germs. injs0ts them iAto tho human boA1
with its sting"