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CURRENT FOREIGN TOPICS. News from the Old World by Rail and Telegraph. K The .\pprnncliinfr Session of Parliament — Illustration of Irish Rule—Cetewayo’s Fit of Love for Queen Victoria. Tlie American Beauty. N(*;y York Special. I see the English papers continue to occasionally mention, as Mr. Smalley does in ! liis London cable. Miss Jennie Chamber- J lain, whom the Prince of Wales made famous by his attentions last season. I do not know how true the stories are that the Princess of Wales has cut Miss Chamberlain on account of the Prince's devotion to her. ; Doubtless they are made up by some less j fortunate beauty. Miss Chamberlain’s home ! in Cleveland is one of tlie handsomest in • that city of beautiful homes. She spent I several winters in New York, however, and Sarony told me once that lie considered her one of his handsomest subjects. Her pho- j tographs, in various pleasing attitudes, i adorn tlie walls of his studio, and yet Miss ! Chamberlain, as I remember in Cleveland, j attracted but little attention there. She used to come home in the summer, and drive her village cart, with a tiger perched up behind her, through the avenue, creating no little commotion in a city where village carts were not as plentiful as they noware. Miss Chamberlain is of the Kentucky type of of beauty, and in form and figure resembles Mary Anderson. I saw her first at a summer meeting ot the Cleveland Trotting Association, where she occupied a box with Colonel JGdwards, Mrs. Colonel Nevins, of Columbus, who quite outshone the Cleveland beauty, and whose reputation for personal charms stood. I remember, in no danger by the contrast. The two ladies were not, however, unlike in their appearance, except that the matron looked younger than the maiden, nnd both were focused by a good many lorgnettes. Both were exceedingly fair, with bright, pleasing blue eyes. Miss Chamberlain having an arch way of carrying her head which did not detract from her personal charms. It was her habit then to wear tight-fitting blue plush jackets, a large Gainsborough hat and long yellow kid gloves. Victoria aod Cetewayo. London Letter. The day and time were appointed for Oetowavo’s visit to Windsor. Having arrayed himself in the General’s uniform presented to him by his conquerers. lie prepared himself for presentation at court. He was ushered into the royal presence, nnd in true Zulu fashion bowed his most profound acknowledgements. Her gracious majesty *aid she was pleased to meet her new and powerful adherent, and said she hoped he would ever remain a good and loyal subject. After the queen finished her little speech it was said that Cetewavo’s countenance beamed with smiles. He advanced toward the throne and, dropping on his knees, astonished the assembled company, which, of course, included the baut ton of English society. The queen rose in her majestic proportions, and Cetewayo, realizing what a gross breach of etiquet he had been guilty of. permitted himself to be led off by one of the queen's ladies in waiting. “My informant,” continued the member for (Javan,'“told me in confidence that the Zulu king had really made professions of love to Victoria, anil told her so in tones quite audible; that he would like to become her husband, and thus afford her an opportunity of adding to her dominions.” Tlte royal family endeavored to suppress jfcUat .-they thought a court scandal, but it passed beyond the precincts of Windsor castle. and soon became the talk of London, nnd. while it was not a debatable question in Parliament, was frequently discussed in the lobby of the House and at the clubs. How the Czar of tlusnia Travels. Loudon Glebe. A complete circumlocution office of mystification was devised for delaving plots nnd throwing dustin the eyes of conspirators. In one case, which has hitherto escaped record, the Nihilists were suspected of having driven a mine beneath the rnilwnv line from Gatschina to St. Petersburg. Under tlie pretense of a desire to recover an old telegraph wire said to have been lost thirty years ago (such was the story told by the official and copied by the non-official press), a large stalT of workmen were employed to search for the hidden danger. Nothing, however, was found—not even the lost wire. In the meantime the Czar wished to pay one of his rare and rapid, but almost always nocturnal, visits to tlie capital. What was to he done? The police decided upon a ruse. The imperial railway carriage was ostentatiously brought from itsshed, and as ostentatiously made to perform the journey between Gatschina and St. Petersburg on a date ostentatiously given as that of the Emperor’s arrival. The empty carriage arrived without accident, thus proving the safety of the line; and when the real journey took place a little time afterward, its secrecy was well kept, the Czar traveling, in the most literal sense, “darkly anti at dead of night.” The Coining Session of Parliament. Mr. KmaUey'e ('able Letter to N. Y. Tribune. The positive assertions of the London newspapers that Mr. Gladstone will return to London before Parliament opens are premature. Nothing had been settled on Wednesday. when these reports first appeared, although the probability then was that lie would return. Mr. Gladstone himself strongly desires to be present at the opening of Parliament. lie believes that his health is per-\ fectly restored, and has no dread of the journey north. Ilis family, though averse to postponing his return until Easter, hope to delay his departure a week or two. The issuing of invitations to the annual parliamentary dinner signified nothing. The dinner will he given whether Mr Gladstone be present or not. The Queen returns to Windsor two days befor? the session begins, but still declines to open Parliament in person. She seems to be unaware that she is adding to the popularity of the government by her repeated exhibitions of want of sympathy with Mr. Gladstone or with the cause of Liberalism, to which her refusal is universally attributed. Tlie Etymology of “Masher.** London and Queries. A masher is.usually a “swell,” but every swell is not a masher. To be “awfully mashed on” a young woman is equivalent, as I understand, to being “terrible spoons” or very “hard iit”—Anglice, to be much in love with her. Tlie masher proper is a young gentleman (usually of the “crutch-and-tooth-pick” fraternity, or of the “Gardenia Brigade”) who. having become a devout adorer of some fair actress, nightly frequents tlie house where she is engaged that he may feast Ids eyes upon her beauty. The derivation bf masher is given as an Americanism, a jorruption of ma chore. What Parliament Will Probably Do. Cable Special to New York Tribune. There has been much political speaking during tlie week, especially from the Tories, hut no new light has been cast on the political situation except by Mr. Chamberlain, who delivered a discourse in Swansea at a dinner si ven by tlie Liberal Association to Mr. Dillwyn, the excellent member for the Swansea boroughs. Mr. Chamberlain thinks that the corning session promises to be interesting, hut not. exciting, and reneats that well-known list of expected measures, including tlie arcars question, which the Radicals expect the government will clear off; hut lie concludes by what practically is an

appeal to the Irish members to insist on having another Irish session. lie says that it will be their fault if they do not obtain a hearing by insisting that the English are not entitled to resent Irish complaints until every Irish grievance lias been removed. This speech is apparently intended as a counterblast to Lord Hartington’s recent declaration against further concessions to tlie Irish. Lord Hartington’s firm attitude evidently alarmed the Radical allies of the Home Rulers, who have renewed the tactics of last session, attacking Lord Hartington and Mr. Forster, and disparaging tlie present administration. How Ireland is Haled, London Truth. The Castle system lias been described by Mr. Herbert Gladstone and others as the worst form of government in .the world. Let us see what the Irish government is. It consists of the Lord Lieutenant and the Privy Council (a knot of judges whom it would be gross flattery to call old women), an Irish Secretary and a host of permanent officials. Tftese are the puppets. The people who pull the strings are a large number of white-livered, patnc-stricken country gentlemen, and a select body of resident magistrates and police inspectors to whom it is a matter of great moment to get themselves talked of in some way in order to be promoted. Except in the rare moments when English public opinion (forced by Parnell & Cos.) puts pressure on the “Castle,” the Castle always does exactly what these unsexed country gentlemen and these officials on their promotion tell it to do. If any one can imagine the father of a family ruling his grown-up sons upon principles suggested by their little sisters in the nursery and their mother's maid, who wants the place of housekeeper, he will have an exact sac-simile of the system of Dublin Castle. Personal, Literary and Dramatic. Collated from Special Cable Letters. The Prince of Wales’ visit to Cannes has occasioned much speculation and some gossip, but his friends say that he had no object beyond relaxation. He went quietly, and lives quietly, seeing something of Mr. Gladstone, with whom he has always been on excellent terms, exchanging visits with numerous rural personages who happen to bo living in Cannes, and meeting other celebrities. I have authority for saying that Lord Chief Justice Coleridge will accept an invitation from the New York Bar Association, this summer, his health permitting. John Richard Green, the historian, has been known for some time to be seriously ill, and now he is privately reported as unlikely to live many days. His physicians say that he has a complication of incurable maladies. Several of his intimate friends left London Thursday for a farewell visit. Anthony Trollope’s will has just been proved. The value of the personal estate amounts to over £25,000. He leaves half the profits of his literary property to his wife, Mrs. Rose Trollope, for life;’ £4,000 to his wife’s sister, Florence Nightingale Bland; his library to his son. Henry Merivale Trollope, and the residue of his estate to he held in trust for his wife during her life, and after her death for his two sons. The principal fashionable intelligence of the week is the marriage of Archer, tlie jockey, to Miss Nellie Dawson, the daughter of the well-known trainer. The event was celebrated at Newmarket with imposing ceremonies. Telegrams were received without number from the British nobility and gentlemen of the turf. Lord Hastings presented a roasted ox to the poor, and the bridegroom accompanied it by a gift of one thousand loaves of bread and one thousand pints of beer, Tlie public all over the country took the warmest interest in the occasion, and showed it has as much concern in the,affairs of a successful jockey as, in those of a great statesman. The Beit libel case is said to have been privately settled. It is also said that in spite of anew trial bavins: been granted, the case will not again appear in the courts. Miss Dickens, a granddaughter of the novelist, began her engagement this week at the Princess Theater, playing.a minor part in “The Silver King.” The alarming reports in regard to the condition of the exterior of Westminister Abbey, are only too well founded, Large portions of the facing stone have been destroyed by the action of the weather. A still more alarming report is that the Dean of Westminister contemplates making an appeal to the public for funds to enable him to effect extensive restoration, including numerous architectural changes. Tbe prospects of the session are rendered more uncertain by reports in regard to Sir Stafford Northcote’s health, which is represented ns permanently impaired. Lord Randolph Ckurchili possibly will bo unable to take an active part in the proceedings. If he be absent, the Tories will lose both their regular loaders, without having any prospect of efficiently replacing either.

THE CINCINNATI FESTIVAL. Story of the Cloning Opera—Patti in “IJmla I>i Clmmouni.” Cincinnati Enquirer. • The o|>era “Linda” was composed by request of tlie Emperor of Austria, and was first presented to tiie Viennese public in 1842. Its success was undoubted, and established Donizetti firmly in the affections of Emperor Frederick, who made him court composer and cappelmeister of the Imperial Chapel. The libretto is by Rossi, who selected the subject from one of the numerous dramas that in that day interested French pleasureseekers at the Paris Gaiety Theater. There is any quantity of the tender passion displayed through the work, both of the pure order and otherwise. The heroine is Linda, a Swiss peasant girl, the daughter of Antonio, a small fanner living at Ch&monnix, in which village the story opens. The family are in poor circumstances, and are fearful that soon they will be compelled to give up the homestead to the owner, tiie Marchioness of Sironl. Tiie Marquis Boisfleurv, brother of the noble lady, appears before the poor people and tells them that he will aid them in retaining their house and farm. They are properly grateful, not knowing that the noble is an unprincipled roue, who has become enamoured of their daughter, Linda, and has selected this mode of securing her affections. The girl herself is in love with and loved by a young artist named Carlo, wiio, as far as she knows, is as poor as herself. The good prefect of the village, well knowing tlie dissolute character of tiie Marquis, warns tiie paients of the ruin he is plotting, and in order that Linda may escape his advances, suggests that she be sent to Paris in company with the peasants on their annual trip thither, and remain there with a brother of his. She goes under tlie chaperonage of Pierotto, from whom she in some way becomes separated. She also learns to her consternation that the brother of the prefect is dead, and that she is alone in the great French capital. Suddenly she meets Carlo, who has followed her from Chamoutiix. He tells her that he is not what he has pi ways pretended to he, but that ho is the son of the Marchioness. He easily persuades tho homeless Linda, to live in a handsome suite of apartments he provides for her. Pierotto discovers her here while singing before the Window for alms. The Marquis also discovers and visits her, much to her disgust. But her grief and shame can he better imagined than described when her father, who, unable to support himself at home, has come to Paris in order to gain a livelihood, colls on the yc’ing Viscount and finds her. He thinks tlie worst has come to her. and casting her off, pronounces a malediction upon her. Tho music here is considered the most effective of any portion of the work. At the same time

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