Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1891-11-13 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

LONDON. TUUNADAY EVEN-12M.  It is bard to believe that the Prince of Wales celebrated his fiftieth birthday on Monday last; for, notwithstanding that the baldness over which he makes so merry gives him the appearance of fully his age, His Royal Highness ret tins to a wonderful dfgree a freshness, love of fun, and elasticity of spirit quite befitting one of his own sons. With all his love for amusement the Prince is always at his post when the public demands it, endures boredom with au apparently pleastd smile, makes an excellent speech when the occasion presents itself, and can never be sil to forget either a face or a friend. At Sandringham he is immensely popular, is a splendid farmer, and as a host has few equals, as all those who have stayed at the Hall can testify. Genial and high spirited, anxious to please and be pleased, he sets ell his guests at their ease, and manages to study their individual comfott in a manner qnito surprising. The Queen this coming spring will pay her visit to Florence which was deferred last year. 1 Iler Majesty was greatly pleased with Grasse last season, and it is highly probable the visit will be repeated another year. Lord Salisbury has decided to let his new villa at Beaulieu for the w:nter season. This may be taken as evidenc that neither the Premier nor his family intend to reside there again until next spring, Ilhe mice fixed by his lordship is certainly not extiavagant for so charming a situation, aud probably it is not so much a question of obtaining rent as that of "keeping the place warns" until he wants it again.  Mr. Gladstone, who will, of course, ba accompanied by Mrs. Gladstone, will spend a considerable porticn of the coming winter on the Mediterranean coat, not near Genoa as stated by many journals, but at Valesende. They will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Bendel at Villa Magoli...  Some day Mr. Pa"rnell's private papers, some thousands in number, and doubtless containing many details concerning that mysterious, and in many ways, great man, will be sorted and perhaps published ir book form. At present no one has been allowed to touch much less to peruse them. With her own hands Mrs. Parnell placed them in iron boxes, which were locked and sealed in her presence, ant subsequently conveled to the strong-room of the London and County Bank, Brighton, where they will remain for the present. _ . .  The suicide of Mr. i. M. Dennison in New York is very horrible and very bad. A general favourite and good fellow, the deceased Wa4 a careful actor, and I should think one of the most useful and most reliable of the Kendal's company. Only a few'weeks ago, it seems, I was bidding him au t.,roir in the smoking-room of the Savage Club, where he was generally to be met with when in tewn, and I thought that I had never seen him so cheerful and pleased at the prospect of another trip through what he called "Dollar Land." Ile was not married, but I believe that he leaves a widowed mother and sister, to both of %hum his sudden and in many ways inexplicable end will be a sad blow. It was a curious coiucidenc that at the time of his death Mr. Dennison was playing in Tom Robertson's comedy Home.  It will be a surprise to many people to know that within a six miles radius of St. Paul's Cathedral there aro no keg than 256 railway stations, while within a twelve miles radius there are nearly 400. Madame Melba, the prima donna whose domestic affairs are just now attractirg a good deal of attention in consequenc3 or the coupling of her name with the Duc d' Orleans, is a native of Melbourne. Her professional patronomic is indeed a contraction of the name of the capital of Victoria. She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College there, and began to sing in public when she was sixteen. She became famous at the Melbourne concerts, and it was her SIICCCSEI in her native city that induced her to come to this country. News comes to me of the "Golden wedding" of the host and hostess of an old inn at Brescia. On the inn in question a placard was wafered outside the cicsed door, saying that : " On the occasion of their golden wedding, the proprietors had closed the inn in order to enjv in peace a day of lore." The bride is 75 7cars of age, and the bridegroom 80. May they live to enjoy their diamond wedding.