Carlisle Patriot February 6, 1880 Personal

Personal

I now hear the Queen intends to go to Germany for three weeks just before Easter.   - Truth.   __________   Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh spent the afternoon of Wednesday and that of Thursday on the ice at Cercle des Patineurs of Paris. Few people knew of this intention of their Royal Highnesses on Wednesday, and on consequence many notables were absent; but on Thursday everyone made up for his ignorance, and before two o’clock the avenue was lined with carriages, and the ice covered with skaters or lookers-on.   The band of the Garde Republicaine was a great acquisition, and had been specially summoned for the occasion. Nothing could exceed the brilliancy of the scene from two till 4.30. The weather was charming, not a cloud in the blue sky overhead, and an exceptionally bright sun shining down on the dazzling ice, and on fresh figures, adorned with all that art and wealth can provide to enhance beauty. There was a perfect concourse of elegance and fashion; but unfortunately her Royal Highness did not form one of the luminous spots in the tableau, being remarkably plainly dressed. Evidently their Royal Highnesses have other cares than that of their toilette, to which neither of them seems to pay much attention.   The world of Paris was surprised to find that the Duchess is no skater, as rumour had it she was quite at home on the ice. The Duke seemed to enjoy the exercise; and with his usual affability had a turn with almost every lady of his acquaintance among the skaters.   - World.   __________   The Princess Louise has arrived in Canada after a very boisterous passage. Her Royal Highness landed on Monday at Halifax, where she was met by the Marquis of Lorne.     __________________ Lord BEACONSFIELD, since he came to London, has informed two of his trusted friends that he has not the least intention of dissolving Parliament until Frebuary, 1881. He at present intends that this House shall run on to the lees.   - Truth.   __________     Lord SALISBURY has not yet recovred from the attack of influenza. He was invited on Monday by Sir William JENNER, who, on his return to London, sent a telegram to the Queen in reference to the condition in which he found his lordship.   __________     Lord SALISBURY’s illness has been an attack of gastric fever, which has happily been subdued before running into typhoid, so much to be dreaded in all these cases. But he is ordered to keep his bed another week.   - World.   __________     A lady living in Carlton House Terrace is so dangerously ill that it is feared that the noise of the salutes, as the Queen goes down to Westminster, may cause her death.   I hear that an application has been made to the Duke of Cambridge to remove the guns from the neighbourhood of her house, and if this cannot be done, it is proposed to place her under the influence of chlorofoem at the hour fixed for her Majesty’s departure from Buckingham Palace.   - Truth.   ___________     Marriages are arranged between the Hon. Henry SCOTT, brother of Lord POLWARTH, and Lady Ada HOWE, second daughter of the Earl of Howe, two old “Border Houses; and between Baron de WALDENFELS and Miss. E. ASHWORTH, daughter of the Marchioness of Donegal and the late Gen. Sir F. ASHWORTH.   - Truth.   ________________________   Lord and Lady CARNARVON, who have been staying at Torquay, at the excellent Imperial Hotel, have come to town for the meeting of Parliament, but only for a short stay.   - Truth.   __________     Walking dresses are made very much tha same as a few weeks ago, a deal of fur being worn. One of the newest costumes without fur is the kilted of plaited skirt, with plain tunic, draped towards the back, the bodice in riding-habit shape, with basques, the favourite colors being different shades of blue, brown, slate, dark green, and seal-skin.   - Truth.   __________     The following melancholy notice appears in the obituary column of the ‘Times’ on Wednesday: -   “On the 29th December, ay Kiltanon, from the effects of blood poisoning, James Edmund Harding, aged six, elder son; on the 5th January, Mariane Alice, aged seven; on the 15th January, Selina Charlotte, aged nine; and on the 23rd January, Mariane Marsh, aged 39, the beloved wife and children of William Mills MALONEY, Esq., D. L., of Kiltanon, county Clare, late Major, 22nd Regiment.   ______________     Among the bankrupts in Tuesday’s London Gazette is the following - Sir Thomas LEGARD, 28 Charles Street, Berkley Square, Middlesex, Bart.” Sir Thomas sits as M. P. for Scarborough.   ___________   The marriage of the Earl of Ranfurly and Miss. CAULFIELD will take place next week.   That of Lord Maurice FITZGERALD to Lady Adelaide FORBES will not take place till after Easter, probably in April.   The marriage of Miss HUGHAM to Major HOUGHTON is fixed to take place on the 8th of April.   - World.   _______________ The Dublin season is at its height. On Wednesday the Lord Lieutenant and the Duchess of Marlborough held a drawing room at the Castle, which was a brilliant affair; nearly a thousand persons attended. All these were regaled at a later hour of the evening with refreshments, after a very royal fashion; and the guests staying at the Castle had also supper provided for them in another apartment.   Some of the dresses worn at the drawing room were very pretty; others remarkable for their eccentricity. The Duchess of Marlborough herself wore a dress made by a Dublin costumier well known, and excellent, which was very much admired, in dead-leaf satin and faille, with dead-leaf velvet train, and trimmed with dead leaves.   The beauties were considered to be Lady Jane Seymour CONYNGHAM, Lady Sophia ROUS, Miss. JEROME, and Miss. STEVENS.   - World.   __________   An ingenuous freshman, who had been listening to Sir William HARCOURT, translated, “Cuncti simul fremebant,” - All simultaneously roared at his cheek.”   - World.   __________   The Empress of Austria and her suite arrived in Ireland for the hunting season on Wednesday.   __________   Monsignor CAPEL, having got into pecuniary difficulties through his educational schemes, sold his effects last week. Three days sale realized 1700l. A very beautiful altar was sold privately for 500l.   _________________________ On Wednesday morning, the Earl of London was married at St. Mary’s, Chelsea, to Lady Alice HOWARD, third daughter of Lord HOWARD of Glossop.   The church was tastefully decorated, and was crowded to overflowing. The splendour of the proceeding was, however, marred by the dense fog which completely enveloped London, and which rendered the bridal party almost undistinguishable.   Among those present in the church were:   The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk   The Duke and Duchess of Bedford   Marquis and Marchioness of Bute   Earl GRANVILLE   Lord and Lady PENZANCE   Lord Walter and Lady CAMPBELL   The ceremony was performed by Monsgr. WELD, cousin of the bride, assisted by Canon M’MULLEN.   The bride wore a dress of white satin trimmed with point d’Angleterre lace. After the ceremony, a dejeuner was given at Lord HOWARD’s residence, and later in the day the bridal pair left London for Willesby, Lord LOUDON’s seat in Leicestershire.   The presents were exceedingly numerous and costly. Amongst others Prince LEOPOLD presented a clock set in a horseshoe frame, enclosed on a case of sky blue velvet; and the Earl of Beaconsfield sent a ruby and diamond breast pin.   ______________ It is said that a marriage has been arranged between Lady Elizabeth CAMPBELL, daughter of the Duke of Argyll, and Mr. Clough TAYLOR, an officer of the 23rd Welsh Fusiliers, son of Mr. Clough TAYLOR, of Yorkshire.   __________     Youth has to learn three R’s. Old age has learned the three V’s - Vanity! Vanity! Vanity!   - Punch.   __________     The New York Graphic bethinks itself that “if Alfonso, King of Spain, should so cruel as to scold Christie, his wife, she has five hundred handkerchiefs to wipe away the tears.”   __________     A London correspondent states that a telegram from Turin declares that the Duke of Genoa, 26 years of age, cousin of King Humbert, will shortly be betrothed to Princess Beatrice, but in London circles nothing is known as to the accuracy or otherwise of the statement.   _________     It is said of the late Mr. LOCKE, the member for Southwark, that he was the only speaker who could make Mr. GLADSTONE laugh.   __________     Professor David THOMSON, who for the first thirty-five years has held the Chair of National Philosophy in Aberdeen University, died suddenly on Saturday.   __________     Sir Dominic CORRIGAN, Bart., M.D., a Dublin physician who received baronetcy in recognition of his professional ability, died in that city on Sunday, in his 77th year.   ____________________ Mr. William McCOMBIE of Tillyfour, late M. P. for West Aberdeenshire, and one of the most famous breeders of cattle that Scotland has produced, has died at his residence on Sunday evening of paralysis, in the seventy-fifth year of his age.   _________     The court Circular says: -   “On Saturday Sir John COWELL attended the funeral of the late Miss. Emma WARD, of Westhill, Cowes, on the part of the Queen. Her Majesty had made several inquiries for Miss. WARD during her illness. Miss. WARD was universally respected and beloved for her great kindness and benevolence during her long life.”   __________     The ball at the English Embassy in Rome was a great success. The lovely young daughter of Sir Augustus PAGET made her debut; she is sixteen years old and as beautiful as a flower. The King looked well. The cotillon had a novelty in the shape of the PAGET poodle, who drew a gilt wagon with the bouquets. The Embassy adores dogs.   - World.   __________     Of the Millais portraits this year, by far the most interesting will be the one which the artist is painting of himself. The likeness, though excellent, does not flatter either in respect of age or in good looks. As a work of art, it will bear comparison with any portrait from this master’s brush; and it will add strength to the opinion of those who hold that, hard as it may be for a great portrait painter to deny himself the study of feminine faces ( to say nothing of the still more irresistible pleadings of the owners of the faces), Mr. MALLAIS best fulfils his artistic mission when he confines himself to work which is masculine in subject as well as in manner. I know that many voices will be raised against this verdict in face of the lovely group of children which is also on the easel at Palace Gate, and which, I believe, is destined for reproduction next Christmas in an illustrated paper.   - World.   _________________ Mary KILMORE died on Monday in the workhouse of St. Pancras parish, at the age of 102 years. She was admitted on the 23rd of December, 1873, and has since been an inmate of the imbecile wards. She has always interested visitors to the workhouse. She was wonderfully energetic and cheerful, although bedridden, and until the last two or three days, has had a good appetite, taking regularly her full “meat dinner.”   Her chief luxury was snuff, of which she took a large quantity; and she invariably entreated her visitors to replenish her snuff box, to gratify her sole desire. Her sight and hearing were keen to the last.     __________     A brave little girl, aged 8 years, Miss. CORNISH-BOWDEN, residing at Ivybridge, Devon, was on Tuesday awarded the medal of the Royal Humane Society for her courage in rescuing her governess from drowning.   When the governess, Miss. BRADSHAW fell into the pond, which was very deep, Miss. BOWDEN at once sent her younger sister to the keeper’s lodge for assistance, and meantime stooped down and tried to lay hold of the drowning woman. This she succeeded  in doing, but in the effort she overbalanced herself, fell in, and sank, but still retained her hold, her presence of mind evidently not forsaking her, for when she rose to the surface she still held her governess by the right hand, while with the left she caught hold of some short bushes. In this position they remained for about five minutes, the child calling for help.   At last a workman named GULLY, passing an adjoining road, heard the cries, and assisted Miss. BRADSHAW and the child out of the water. The former was much exhausted and partially insensible, but her brave little rescuer appeared quite unconcerned.   ___________________________ We regret to announce the death of the eminent barrister, Dr. STEPHENS, LL.D., Q. C., which took place on Friday, from bronchitis. He was in his 69th year. Dr. STEPHEN’s reputation had been won in ecclesiastical causes especially.   __________     The state of the Pope’s health is causing anxiety to his physicians. His Holiness id suffering from shivering fits and great prostration. He, nevertheless, persists in pursuing his usual occupation. On Friday, his Holiness sent 10,000 francs to the Irish Distress Relief fund.   __________     Canon OAKELEY, who left the English Church for that of Rome in 1845, died on Thursday night.   __________     The Marquis of Anglesey died on Friday, at his residence, Victoria Street, London, after a few day’s illness.   __________     The Earl of Bessborough  has died at his residence in Kilkenny, in his 71st year.

 

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