Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1891-12-11 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

OWN CORBIBPONDIIT.I  LONDON, THURSDAY EvErnie. Daring 6e few weeks spent at Windsor the Queen selects the presents which are given each Christmas to her children, grandchildren, and other relatives, be,idem a large number which are bestowed upon members of the Court. No one is forgotten, and Her Majesty studies the tastes and wants of each recipient to such a marked degree that on Christmas eve the parcels are found to contain gifcs which are th )roughly imitable, and have perhaps been long coveted. The young Princesses of Wales give charming accounts of their visit to the Crimea, and were much impressed by the display and grandeur of the Rus,itau Coat. Not one dull moment had they experienced when the news of Prince George's illness broke up the party which had been imbued wi.h the brightness so Dawnl t h;gh-boru Russians; albeit many of the pageants were curtailed owing to the bhwio 7/ caused by the death of the Grand Duchess Paul, and the recollection of the starving thousands by whom they were surrounded. I hear that the cloak worn by the Empress on her silver wadding day was made in Paris, and coat more than £l,OOO, and that the Princes ef Wales looked at least a decade younger than her sister, sod was universally admired,  As s3oa as Prince George ia stra.ig en.mgh he will go for a cruiAe in the Meiiterraueeu. The Aline is being fit el up for his use.  Most of us know Lis Duke of Cambridge', age, his parsocat ol:ipsarance, but it has remained to tho iterprise of a fireig.: journalist to &Kenai: snd publish ahroad the number of plyinds i Cammander-io,Chief scales, preaumobl wi'bont his blots Aryl what think you i Ii I weight? Exacitly and precisely 300 pAsrad Repuhlioan Fran: :i-i will have any namber of Hoysi visitors tis winter. fa addition to Her Majesty the Q een, the Empress of Austria, the Ear-o-,,:s of Massie, and tae Empress Eugenio avii; ply visit,: to the Salm.; &nth, whilst tray i.ismher ct Grisud Dak34 and others more or less intimately cam:l.-idol with Earopian rignirig &Indies will ssjourn beneath tho tricolon  What did. Lori L tton die co'? A sadden flow of bleod to t! e heart, it 118 said. But bow far was hi; 6, ith aocielerated by the hamdred oigarettee hich he used to smeke during the dayl To smoke a eager or a pipe does not suit amine men; but for a man whose heart is not staeng to smoke o'g wenn all day long is madneas—it is slew suicide. Did no one warn Lord Lytton of hi a danger? Great sympathy is felt in Paris with Lady Lyttoo. Oar ambassadress was very popular both with the Br,tisti residents and regeler boulevardiera of the great city. She was a most devoted w;fe, and loyally helped her husband in all his arduous official duties. I hear that Lord Lytton was engaged is writing a novel in the French language during the few mouths preceding his death, and that Lady Lytton has already had offers of help towards the completion of the stary from two eminent Parisian men of lettere. Lady Lytton will probably reside at Kriaheorth, the Bnlwer family seat, till her 8111's majority. A few days ago a large orowd of people witnessed the departure of 20 large carts laden with packing ewes from the Berghe-e Palace at Rome. Tom cases contained the books and manuscripts which the Pope had purchased from the Prince Burghese for the Vatican library. A considerable quantity of precious books and priceless M.SS. had aiready been diposed of to the Prussian Government. In fact, the Prince has sold to foreig,n museums and collectors all the things which the Italian Government will allow to leave the country. The Pope has passed west of his leisure time lately in examining the treasures he has secileed, espeeially the M.SS., many of which throw a most interesting light on the inner life of former pontiffs. The new Paruellite organ, the Irish Daily Independent, starts on the 12th inst., with a capital of £60,000, which has been subscribed in a great measure by the Parnellite artisans of the Irish cities. The direotors represent many crafts and Industries, they beiog Mr. Reenedy, ex-Lord Mayor of Dublin, a tobacco tuanefacturer ; Mr. Pierce Mahony, M.P., a farmer; Mr. Holohan, a mineral water manufacturer; Mr. Harrington, M.P., a barrister; Mr. Hopkins, a jewelier ; and Dr. Fitzgerald, M.P., a medical man. Dr. Byrne' Mr. O'Mure, and Mr. Allan, the thre3 fallen minions of the Freeman, will be in power in Tie. Independent and its evening issue, the E yning Herald. Mark Twain, accompanied by his wife and fouily, has taken up his residence for some a, setha in Berlin, in order to write the articles o that city for witch several Amerieen .re have promised him faleilons sums. Ti: ae aericau humorist is at present suffering els severe ii eumation in both his hands, vie besides being painful, prevents him f. hoeiing h:s pan, laud his wife for some tei,p..st Int,t had to do all his writing for him.