Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1893-04-01 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

OUTRAGE UPON KING HUMBERT.  On Saturday afternoon, as King Humbert was driving to the Villa Borghese, Rome, to attend a fête on the occasion of the Festival of the Annunciation, a shabbily-dressed man, wearing a white and yellow rosette on his breast, threw a pawr bag filled with earth at the Royal carriage. He was immediately seized by the police, but offered some resistance, shouting that he cared for no one but God and the Government of the Pope. At the police station the man was searched, and a quantity of white and yellow ribbons were found on him, together with various papers and letters, from which he was identified as a Clerical fanatic named Luigi Berardi, 31 years of age, who in 1882 was condemned by the Assize Court to seven years' imprisonment for murder. On the expiration of his sentence Berardi emigrated to America, but returned to Rome a short time since. The Italie states that on being interrogated by the Commis- 1 sary of Police, Berardi admitted that he intended' to insult the King because his Majesty declined to effect a reconciliation with the Pope. He stated he had travelled over the greater part of the globe, and had lived for a long time in America. He was devout Catholic, he dectared, and he was engaged ih the task of forming missions for the liberation of slaves in America and China. Besides a few small coins, a number of medals and religious emblems were found in the man's pockets. Medical examination proved that he was undoubtedly a teligious maniac.  DEATH OF MISS LUCY BUCKSTONE  Announcement is made of the death, last Satur tay, of Mies Lucy Isabella Buckstone, daughter of the famous lessee of the Haymarket, and herself an actress of considerable gifts and experience. Born in 1859, Miss Buckstone made her professional debut at Croydon as Gertrude in "The Little Treasure," afterwards going on tour with her father, and appearing as Florence Trenchard in "Our American Cousin," Lucy Dirrison in "Home," and Ada Ingot in "David Garrick." Her London diva: was made at the Haymarket in 1375 in the last-named part. Afterwards she went to the Lyceum, and appeared as Annette in "The Bells," and as Lady Frances Touchwood in "The Belle's Stratagem" 0.876). This was followed by her appearance as Lucy Osmond in "Peril," at the old Prince of Wales's Theatre. In 1877 she was again at the Haymarket, "creating " the r,lle of Minnie Sympersou in Mr. Gilbert's "Engaged." She was also the original, at the same theatre, of Blanche Denham in Mr.Albery's "Crisis." In 1833 we find her in the original casts of Mr. Aide's "Great Catch," and of Mr. Grundy's "Rachel," and "Queen's Favourite." In the followinw year she was in the first cast of "The Private Secretary," and figured also as Violet Melrose in "Our Boys," at the Strand. In 1885 she played Virginia in "The Excursion Crain," and Florence in Messrs. Nisbet and Rae's "Cousin Johnny." A provincial tour followed, and then, in 1888, she was seen at the Gaiety as Enid in Mr. John Coleman's "Marina." More recently she was the Gwendolen of the revived "Parvenu" at the Globe (1891), afterwards accepting a small part in the production of "Miss Decima at the Criterion—the last piece, we believe, for which she was engaged. In May, 1890, she had a benefit at the Vaudeville, at which Miss Ellen Terry kindly appeared. Miss Buckstone was married, in 1379, to Mr. H. E. Smithes. The Stage, which announces her decease, says that the cause of it was consumption.