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PARIS, APRIL 27. No matter in what manner Bismarck's playing at kidnapping of French subjects may be arranged it will destroy every germ of confidence or of con- ciliation that may have been springing up on the side of the Gauls. That's the pity of the whole incident. France, no more than other civilised Powers, could be expected to approve of Red Indianism introduced into the politics of Western Europe. Even had Germany proofs as strong as Holy Writ against the French frontier agent's com- plicity with the anti-Teutonic element in Alsace, the Chancellor's case would have only been the stronger did he adopt the civilised usages of settled Governments. It is too late in the day to fall back on the highway manners of the Middle Ages to govern States or maintain international courtesies. Franca would have been only too willing, had her representative on the frontier blundered, to give all the satisfac- tion demanded by Germany. There is a good deal of Slav blood in the Teuton, so the abduction tactics inaugurated by the Mus- covite towards Prince Alexander have perhaps broken out in mein herr. The Czar liberated his catch, after administering an Imperial Caudle Lecture to his dearly beloved cousin. But Europe was not the less scandalised at the deep damna- tion of the taking off," and the same indignation is now extended to Germany, proof that there is at least a relic of salvation left in Western diplo- macy. Bismarck's hand has apparently lost its cunning. He has fallen under the law of svspects when he parades his desire to keep on friendly terms with France and to act the guardian angel of European peace. Grotius and Pufftndorff will be ransacked for precedents of international arrests. Whether M. Schnaeble was on German soil when 41rst tapped on the shoulder by the detectives, and then rolled over the frontier into France, where the police followed their game for bagging, is a point which may never be settled, seeing the hard swearing on both sides. Opinion is alarmed at Bismarck resorting to his old tricks again. In a very humble degree there is a parallelism between the affair Beneditti and Bismarck scheming over the disposal of Belgium to maintain that old joke, the equilibrium of Europe, both had so Mephisto- phically worked to upset. The Prince baited the trap, and the French Ambassador fell into it. His meek representative, Gautsch, baited the trap for Schnaeble, and the latter was within an ace of escaping. Why all this ruse ? It is Bismarck's cue, before falling on a victim, to first isolate him, then so insultingly corner him as to drive him into a challenge. The Prince naturally accepts that situation, having prepared it, and, after the customary homage to the god of battles, commences the blood and iron business. Everyone is agreed-so unfortunate is the truth- that a war is down on the roster between France and Germany. Some philanthropists hoped that time, .would soften resentment, and mutual material prosperity make rivals forget old scores. It seems the Chancellor is incredulous on this point, and desires to prick the bubble. Since the collision is inevitable, he thinks when twere done" then 'twere well it were done quickly. Perhaps he is in the lugubriously comic vein, and wants to force Russia to show her haad respect- ing the alleged Franco-Russian allegiance. Up to the present Bismarck has not scored the innings. Sympathy is altogether on the side of France for the unhandsome and cavalier manner Germany has smirched her amour propre, irrespective of the metaphysical question of Gretna Green, or the possible imprudence of the French Commissioner to speculate in the pumping of a German official-a kind of diamond. cut-diamond industry. It is a brutal requital for the self-restraint the impetuous French put upon themselves in presence of the course attacks made on them pending the elections for the Reichstag. This was in deference to the feeling of Europe, which desired not to break even a fcagite peace. Europe will not forget that deference if France be driven to defend her outraged honour. Kidnapping in politics must be stamped out; diplomacy must not fall back on Burkes and Hares. M. Zola is sighing like a furnace over the decay of dramatic taste, which leaves his two plays now being represented to the appreciation of a beggarly account of empty benches. He is up to the chin in bitter discussion with the critics. He accuses them of a conspiracy to crucify his renown, but that, all the same, he will in the end be found to be "a great dramatist, as he is already a great novelist." In presence of this superlative vanity people demand, is Zola in the full possession of his senses? Like Lesurqu.es, in the Courier of Lyons," he can appeal to posterity. But, in the meantime, he threatens a leading critic with an action for damages, due to a hostile review of the play having kept away the public. This step is new in the annals of criticism, and, perhaps too high a compliment to the power of the press. If a drama pleases the public no hostile criticism will empty the house; if it fails to interest or to amuse, all the co-operative puffing that can be organised will not fill the theatre. Dumas and Sardou knew these bitter truths. No critic in his early days has been more merciless and scathing for play-wrights than Zola has been, and if some whom he may have scarified have kept a milk tooth against him, he ought not to indulge in screams. He was a cruel executioner; he has encountered ferocious judges. The account is balanced. Zola fails on the stage, because in his scenes of human depravity there is not a ray of light in all the blackness of life in which he revels and reveals. All the actions of his characters are disgusting. In a novel this may be toned down or explained away, but in the theatre we live, as it were, for the time being, among the figures who are intended to represent society, and dislike their naked vices. No one believes all that is a tableau of society, still less of any family. In place of the old school and its triumph of virtue, Zola gives us the new, and its victory of vice. To the abuse of persons fit to be framed in tracts, we have the abuse of individuals only qualified for the lazar-house and gaol. Spectators look forward to at least a few sparks of virtue, even in the most wicked plays, where dukes or bravos kill their wives and broken-down mar. quesses tune pianos for two francs and prig some table ornament to augment their fees. If virtue and vice be dealt with as fictions, the public is only to be complimented for selecting between two unrealities that which is the most agreeable —virtue. It is refreshing to quit the precincts of the. legitimate" drama for a run among the leading shows in the Gingerbread Fair. Then there is, too. such a choice of spectacles. The wild beast cages seem, in point of comfortable contemplation, to be on a par with coffin ships—a bar and a plank between one and his doom. There are some capital conjurors, who are so frank as to tell they are bamboozling you, but will return your money all the same if you can find them out. The "Sani. tary horses are gorgeous, and of all the colours of the rainbow; they are in wood—cost, perhaps* SOOf. each. Very few screws would realise that sum in the flesh, either for work or for the soap- pot. Further, if the cost price be high, economy can be effected in the feeding and grooming. In these equestrian merry-go-rounds there are organs which cost 5,000f. to 10,000f. each, but they repre- sent all known and unknown instruments. The expenses are 80f. daily, and on a holiday the receipts can mount to 1,000f. All games of chance, as a rule, are favourable to the bank, so they art worse than Monaco. I There is one really clever performance. The bill .calls it "Galatea and Pygmalion." The lady is in marble, or the ivory of the classics, but, ) when kissed by the Cyprian King, the goddess of love and beauty grants his request, and the beautiful statue is gradually changed into flesh and blood. If alabaster sires could be so easily metamorphosed! The Ruddigore surprise is not yet over. Gradually the dazzling Galatea fades away into a skull as polished as a billiard ball. As wonders never cease, a kind of Lord Lovel and Nancy vegetation sprouts from the skull in the form of tea roses, that smell sweet after this blossoming in the dust—they are sold for two sous each. Talk about Darwin and evolu- tion after that! Those houses on wheels have now become veritable palaces, rivals of a Pullman car. The ordinary dwellers on a flat in the city envy these vehicles. Only think of such a residence having a piano and a servant's room But this luxury is nothing to such penny-gaff millionaires as the wild beast showmen, Bidel and Pezon, and in another line of catering for the public, Corvi and his learned monkeys, and Marcketti and his wooden horses—quite a superior race to their progenitor of Troy. Every night Bidel, after doing the Danipl in the lions' den busines?, is driven to his country seat, outside Paris, in his carriage and pair; the others have also their splendid »■ .rivate residences, and their Victorias; not one of them but makes his 125,000fr. a year! And to think a I man will devote all his life to be a bishop, a general-aye, a member of Parliament, and even a newspaper man, for a tithe of such a revenue! It I is enough to drive a fellow to join the Socialists.

lately, has resigned his command of the 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers, of which regi- ment he has been at the head since April 1S82. The resignation was a voluntary act on his part. The Queen has presented a splendid black-and-tan collie of the Royal breed to Lord Haddington. The animal arrived at Tyninghame, Lord Haddington's place in East Lothian, on Friday week from Windsor Castle, in charge of one of the Royal servants. This collie is a granddaughter of Noble, the Queen's great favourite, which was given to her sixteen years ago by the Dowager Duchess of Roxburghe. A new plunger has arisen in the racing world. Mr. Benzon-such is the gentleman's name—is credited with a little fortune of something like JE600,000, more or less, and he has embarked on the full tide of speculation with great avidity. As he is stated to have laid 1,100 to 800 twice on Hungarian when the latter was beaten at Sandown, it will be seen that his opening career is full of promise. He has bought horses, too; so. I think Mr. Benzon will prove an acquisition—to the book- makers. The papers have been announcing that only one "Sovereign is coming to England for the Jubilee -the King of Denmark, who, it is added, has been specially invited by the Queen. This is quite wrong. In addition to the King and Queen of Denmark there a.re to be the King of Saxony, the King and Queen of the Belgians, and the King and Queen of the Netherlands, as well as several reigning princes from Germany, notably the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gothn, the Grand Duke of Hesse, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mccklenburg-Strelitz, and the Prince and Princess of Waldeck-Pyrmont, the parents of the Duchess Albany. Everything is progressing apace at the Yankeeries. The grand stand is half roofed in the arrangements of the exhibits commence to- morrow, and a whole section is to be devoted to the hunting trophies of such notable sportsmen as Mr. Seton-Kerr, M.P., Lords Mayo, Bennet, and Walsingham, Mr. Barclay, and Sir H. A. Rae Reid There is to be no private view or dress rehearsal but everybody will be invited to the great boom'. on the 9th. Meanwhile the first start has been made, the first cheer has been heard, and the first lasso has been thrown for on Sunday afternoon Buffallo Bill and Buck Taylor entered the great arena for the edification of Mr. Henry Matthews, Captain Ritchie, Mr. Louis Jennings, Colonel Hughes-Hallett, Mr. Irving, Mr. J.L.Toole, and some other friends. Cc Buffalo Bill" is enjoying London life thoroughly. He has supped at the Garrick, and at the Lyceum with Mr. Irving; he has been able to compare the Inferno of Mephistopheles and the Paradiso øf" The Forty Thieves"; and he has made a personal acquaintance with The Butler." The scene at Drury-lane on Friday was a very curious one. Mr. Cody sat in the Royal box with Mr. Whistler and Mr. Nate Salusbury. Opposite sat Buck Taylor, king of the cowboys, and his followers; and the slips" were given up to Ogila-sa, chief of the Sioux, Wan-kan-ki-yan, Tata-ka-ahaga, and the rest of the Araphoes, Cheyennes, Shosliones, and Oga- ballas, with their wives and children, all in their war-paint and finest feathers. Mr. Henry Chaplin came up from the House with Colonel Hughes- Hallett to make the acquaintance of the men of the wild West. Lord Royston and Mr. Herbert Wilson were amongst the audience, and Mr. Taylor and Mr. Cody were surprised to find them- selves uncomfortably dwarfed by Mr. Oswald Ames. The Americans revelled in the capers of Paul Martinetti and Charles Lauri; and when the two Jubilee" Indians appeared in the procession they were greeted with a shout of delight by their friends in front. The evening will be long remem. bered in the ranche" at West Kensington. # The Forty Thieves ceased to exist at Drury- lane on Saturday with its hundred and fifty-fifth performance. The run is unprecedented, and Mr. Harry Nicholls presented Mr. Augustus Harris with two inscribed salvers on behalf of the com- pany when the curtain fell. The Burmah operations of 1885-7 are to be com- memorated by a special war medal. This decision is to be commended. The issue of the old medal would have led to a good deal of confusion, as it has been made use of for certain small Indian frontier expeditions, and so has lost its value as a special distinction.

One half of the world don't know how the other half live," exclaimed a gossiping woman. Ob, well," said her neighbour, don't worry about it; it isn't your fault if they don't know." How nicely this corn pops;" said a young man who was sitting with his sweetheart before the fire. Yes," she responded demurely it's got over being green." It is said there are two eventful periods in the life of a woman; one when ^he wonders whom she will liave, and the other when she wonders who will have her. T t:

AND. FASHIONS By a Lady. [ALZ RIGHTS RESERVED.] The opening of the national picture galleries in Piccadilly and Bond-street is close at hand, and I hope to be present both on press and private view days. After the first Monday in May, when the general public is admitted, I shall be able to give my readers a description or some of the most notable paintings. It may not be generally known that writers for the press are requested not to publish their notes on the pictures until after the opening day. I LONDON' AS IT 15. London is filling fast, the Easter recess having already terminated. The traffic in the streets gets more and more congested every day. Pedestrians, numberless, block the pavements in front of the more attractive shops and at the different crossing places. Policemen are on the alert to pilot waiting crowds over, and so the great stream of humanity passes to and fro in endless precession, like some broad river, its mighty torrent, with ceaseless flow and irresistible force, hurrying perpetually on, on, on to its natural goal, the ocean. The great tide of humanity to—who shall say whither ? A CROWD. To me, there is something very solemn in a crowd. The units which go to make up the vast complement are so truly insignificant in point of numerical value when taken singly, and vet every soul in a world in itself and to itself. What capacity for suffering! What power of enjoy- ment What griefs, fears, pangs! What infinite yearnings! What unutterable aspirations! What fervid hopes! What passionate despair! What force of evil! What wrestlings for good! Every emotion that the human heart is capable of feeling has its representative in every man and woman of them all. The hodman in his fustian and the beau in his broadcloth, the duchess in her brocade and the beggar woman in her rags, alike must bear the pains and penalties of existence in greater or lesser degree. We share an universal brotherhood, nor can the broadest distinctions of class in a. single instance prevent any from par- ticipation in what is described as the "common lot." Human hearts are much the same everywhere, and, whet her it beat beneath the broadcloth of the peeror in the breast of the scavenger, it is the same poor palpitating organ, instinct with power to suffer extremest anguish, as well as susceptible of keenest bliss. And what range. of suffering lies between those wide extremes? Does not the poet say, and every day experience prove That in the infinite spirit is room For the touch of infinite paiu ? And thoughtful persons can hardly go through life without solemn thoughts like these intruding, even at times when the spirit of mirth is abroad and every outward influence is brought to bear to make us forget that life is anything but one long round of pleasure rather than the very serious business it is to most of us. I ask no pardon for obtruding this subject on my readers' attention. I believe there are many thoughtful people among my correspondents who have felt, and do feel, as I concerning it. Life is not all cakes and ale. Let us enjoy its good things moderately while we may, and when, as Mr. Rider Haggard, in one of his inimitable works, though in other words, says," we find there are no more cakes and ale for us, we should have the decency to quit the banquettiag hall silently, to cover our faces, and make no moan, leaving the other revellers whose time has not come to enjoy the feast and the song, until they, in their turn, retire into the silence .and the solitude from which they emerge no more. I was talking of the crowds that block the pavements in front of the most attractive shops when I made my digression and now must return to my moatons. The said shops are decked out in all their bravery, and fancy is caught at every turn. It is well that an acquisitive nature should be held in check by lack 01 funds, else the drapers and bonnet makers would soon ba completely rifled of their store3. It is indeed an embarrassment of riches. An ai:quaintaciti Of mine went not long since to buy a bonnet. 5110 travelled along Oxford-street down Regent-street, and up Bond-street, and was so distracted by the rival merits of the mdlinery on view that she could fix upon nothing, and is contentedly wearing her old bonnet until this day. Attractiveness sometimes defeats its object, as will be seen. I cannot describe the lovely creations in millinery. To do so is like attempting to picture a spirit-it is, and it is not; and gives no adequate idea of the object we attempt to pourtray. ECCENTRIC SUNSHADES. As I remarked before, those who wait are sure to find something far more wonderful in sunshades than anything I have yet described. I do not remember before.seeing human figures on parasols, but the Mikado" displays Japanese ladies in characteristic dress. There are Kate Greenaway designs on other covers, and vari-coloured sections form the canopy of another variety. Handles are even more eccentric and varied than covers. Some are made to open and close very ingeniously, one hand alone being needed to perform the operation. I said on another occasion that the newest sticks are very thick and clumsy-a defect increased by the extraordinary carvings which are supposed to decorate. The figures are cut in high relief in some instances, and the carvings generally are of a grotesque eharaeter. Cats, dogs, apes, the coun- tenances of men and women famous in art or literature, with hideous caricatures-these and the like afford plenty of scope for choice; but I fancy the size of a handle so embellished must eventually increase that of the fair hand which clasps it, and destroy soon the glove that covers the hand. Of course, parasols have not escaped the general Jubilee craze. A new double pentagon has its handle carved in the form of a sceptre, and the Valenciennes lace employed in covering its satin surface has for its pattern the Imperial crown, rose, shamrock, and thistle. For many years past we have been accustomed to see sunshades shaped liked umbrellas, but this season they assume several novel features. We are shown octagons, hexagons, pentagons, squares, and triangles. Their decorations are equally diversified; the tones of colour differ on the same parasol, and the material likewise. There are mirrors concealed by slides and receptacles for sweetmeats, and large enough to hold powder and puff. The parasol I noticed had a tiny box, in which thimble, thread, and needles were stowed away ready for emergencies that arise at any time where women are. PANNIER POCKETS. By-the-way, I observe ladies' outfitters are selling large under pockets made of morella, or strong cam. bric. They are intended to be worn under the dress, in which is a convenient slit to admit the hand. These are counterparts of the useful receptacles our great grandmothers wore, most capacious and convenient. What a hetero- geneous collection used to be placed therein. The wearers were completely provisioned against chance needs and accidents arising during the day's campaign. Thimble, nutmeg grater, snuff box, purse, tablets, pencil, scissors, toilet,comb, housewife, knife, pin-cushion, sticking-plaister, fitting, book ot amotions, letters, acul oddments of every description—I saw, I believe, everyone of the articles named reverently drawn from an old worn pocket, cherished during many years, having been taken from the person of a dear relative suddenly stricken with death. A return to these big pannier pockets will obviate toe difficulty we now ¡ experience ia getting to modern pockets—a difficulty that increases rather than lessens. We never can find that receptacle when we want ticket for railway porter or purse for omnibus ticket for railway porter or purse for omnibus fare. I have seen nervous women tear frantically at their gowns, getting redder and redder with the consciousness of defeat, the amusement written on the faces of fellow passengers, and the impatience depicted on the countenances of waiting officials. If we could not at once find the way to the new pocket, at least we should be sure of its exact locality, and this would give confidence and spare effort. When white material is objected to as likely to Ii show through the opening a start black sateen may be used. Trimmed with black lace, such a I pocket. is dainty enough for anybody's wear. B1BM1NGHAM AND MR, CHAMBLELAIN. I have been staying a few days in the great hardware village of Birmingham. A little friend of mine, who is a veritable Eve for curiosity, told me that a short time back she saw a great crowd in New-street, the chief thoroughfare of this dirty I populous, and wealthy town. Her propensity led her to join the crowd. After waiting patiently for fnll an hour, during which time the little woman vainly tried to learn what I phenomenon was expected to appear, behold at last, no phenomenon at all, but Joseph Chamberlain, Esq., M.P., emerging from the cheap barber's shop, clean shaved and eminently polished' as is his wont. That all!" said my little relative' and slunk off irritable and vexed, bethinking herself of a fable written by a certain Ethiopian, yclept jEsop, anent "The Mountain in Labour"—the expec- tant multitude—and the insi<;nificantmousie. nOME WOM. Though I live in London, and I am supposed to be au fait with all matters relating to dress and its component parts, I bad to go into the country to learn thae feather stitching, as it is called, from the simplt, thorn stitch to far more elaborate patterus, can be bought by the yard. It is worked on narrow cambric, with selvedge on either eide, and may be I sewn on plain linen bands, embellishing them con- siderably. I dislike machine made underwear, and, I when ordering garments of that class to be hand- sewn, I send, with other materials, some yards of j the work I have been describing. It is astonishing how much money can be saved if linen be cut out and made up 1ft home, about a third of the cost, I should suppose, comparing the price of machine- made goods bought at the outfitter's shop. A I little friend of mine who is not rich, except in health, youth, hope, and good looks—and these I are the truest riches, though I fell into collo- quial phrase expressive of simple means—is making her trousseau, and I am surprised to see the piles of dainty things those brisk little fingers have made. The cost of the trousseau has, so far, been small, good sense suggesting the pur- chase of calico, linen, and cambric at wholesale prices rot an Irish manufac- toryand torchon lace by the dozen yards. House, hold napery and, above all, pocket handker- chiefs bear the most favourable comparison as regards quality and price with similar goods pur- chased at retail shops. The bride expectant has first tracin: a design,and then working it in thick em* broidered her flannel underskirts most exquisitely white silk, afterwards scolloping the edge of the flannel, and finally trimming with a flounce of torchon lace about four inches deep. The effect is grand, and has been produced by a little expen- diture of time and talent at a very small cost. A USEFUL SOCIETY. I A society has lately been formed in London by acme energetic anu benevolent women I in order to brine; together employers and efficient workers of every grade, from the humble seam- stress to the worker of art embroideries, dress- makers, charwoman, women who undertake mend- ing of every description, educated women who will plan a menu and even cook the dinner, women who arrange flowers, who undertake the correspondence of fashionable women in respect of cards of invitation—in short, every branch of service is represented. Credentials as to ability and personal character are carefully inves- tigated by competent udges, ank thus the wants of the one party and the requirements of the other are admirably provided for. Capable women deserving employ know at once where to apply, and those seeking help also. This seems a scheme which might be satisfactorily carried out in most towns, where for the want of such an organisation the seeker and the sought may never come into com- munication. Many an overtaxed mother would be glad to transfer the contents of the mending basket to an unpretending help, whose charge was not excessive, and competition is so keen that moderate remuneration is all that is asked or expected. What a gain to mater- familias to be able to take a little fresh air, whole- some exercise, or needed rest, with a nice book for a companion, luxuries that the piled up basket of mending forbade her to enjoy with a quiet mind or easy conscience, yet how much needed by thousands of women with small means,on whom alone devolves the guidance of the household, the training of the children, and the making and mendiug of those countless garments which go to make the family wardrobe. My heart has ached many a time to see how patiently, however tired, the darning needle, guided by weary hands, crept in and out of the big hole in tiny sock or larger stocking, the tired house-mother not daring to lay the little tool aside until some other domestic call claimed attention. A few shillings expended on a professional mender now and then would give much needed leisure and restore brightness to tired eyes and elasticity to languid limbs, evenness to the temper, and smooth away premature furrows that line the often aching brow. How I wish I could compel mothers to see how cruelly they injure themselves, and others through them, by the incessant toil that admits of no pleasant change or variety landing them almost certainly at length in ill- health and premature decay, not to speak of more j serious consequences. A woman who never relaxes ) any severe household strain upon herself must eventually become broken in health and irritable in temper, and thus, cruel and unjust as such conse- quence seems, often alienates the affections of those for whom the unselfish and equally unwise sacrifice has been made. My dear well known, yet unknown, friends who read this, take warning' Consideration for your own health is considera- tion for those you love and who love you. I beseech you, take needful relaxation do not efface yourselves. You have rights, see that you observe them and teach others to observe them also. Teach your sons and your husbands, if they need to be taught, that you are not a household drudge or mere machine, but a woman who has every claim on their consideration by right of her relationship— which, alas, often pre-supposes neglect and inat- tention—and also by right of her sex. Unselfish women become often mere negations in their own homes. Teach your sons and daughters to wait on you, not you on them. Train them to neatness and self-dopendence; insist on that chivalrous respect which is every mother's due. By doing this a woman bene-cs not alone herself, but maybe future generations also. The man who treats his mother as a lady will show the same manners to his wife; he will train his sons to be courteous to our sex. And who shall say how wide-spreading such influence may be, nor how many women in after years will owe much of their happiness to some unknown benefactress, who, respecting herself and her rights, claimed, with loving exactitude, a proper recognition of both r1 SUA TCSSOBE COWKS. Before closing, I must just mention some pretty gowns I saw in Westbourne-grove last week. They were of silk tussore—not the harsh material that goes by the name of tussore, but a silky tissue' beautifully soft and handsomely embroidered with self-coloured silk, the price being two guineas. Made up with brown velvet, I can imagine no more useful. cooL and elegant summer dress.

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LONDON LETTERS. An unwonted appearance was presented by the auditorium of the Lyceum the other evening. fialf a dozen boxes were filled with the braves 'nd cow boys of the Wild West." The great chief, "Red Shirt," sat in the Royal box, a blaze of l barbaric splendour, with buffalo robes exquisitely tmbroidered with porcupine quills and beads, and with a royal plume of feathers. Others of the 2hiOfs presented a striking appearance ab they 'at, immovable as rocks, holding their spears in •heir hands, and in all the panoply of their war iaint. Two of the cow boys-notably Buck taYlor-were 6ft. 4in. in height, and swarthy and °nS-haired. At the end of the play, which they Jeellled to enjoy much, many of the boys came '°Uod on the stage to meet Mr. Irving. The uiypiery as to the ownership of the Baron, the horse that is expected to win the Derby has grown thicker and thicker. Mr. Burdett-Coutts *^8 announced with an air of authority to be the Person who hid himself under the non de plume of tor. Fern. Next it was stated no less positively •hat. the Baron belonged to a lady. The speculators libnt to work, and the Duchess of Montrose, Lady kleux, and others were spotted in turn. There \teed, however, be very little mystery about the The Baron is the property of Mr. Vigers, YOUng gentleman very well known in society, /'ibose wife is to seen with him at all the smart •ace meetings. Mr. Vigers is an intimate personal rriend of Mr. Burdett-Coutts, who is no more 210sely associated with the Baron than the fact that he was interested in the horse's christening. The death of Mr. Augustus Savile will make a toid in society that it will be well-nigh impossible to adequately refill. Others there may be ready to Ilnitl.te him. fancying, perhaps, that they can play e role of society's leading light comedian "dually successfully, but they will find the attempt io do so an egregious faiiure, for the great "guatus was a very Charles Matthews amongst he fellows-facite princeps. Whenever any pery special entertainment was to be devised, the great one of the earth who was giving the feast tew to Augustus for assistance and advice. He J was, too, who made the leading of cotillons a ne art» and displayed marked ability in invent- ing new figures for the popular dance. Always perfectly dressed, ever in the best of tempers with is best of worlds, the possessor of an apparently inexhaustable fund of pleasant small talk, his teciety wu eagerly sought by the very best set lyid the most exclusive party was incomplete if 'Ugustus Savile had not been secured. No man, Perhaps, was so universally popular, for he was )Ile of those men so rarely met with that" naver •°8e a friend and never make an enemy." Rufford kbbey and the Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire ^parties, worth some. jE50,000 a year, now pass to 6-1r.' Savile's. only surviving brother, Sir John Uni'ey» British Ambassador at Rome. Queen Kapiolani, the wife of his Majesty talnkaua the First, of the Sandwich Islands, is her way to England to join the concourse of :l'o\ned heads and princes who are to attend Ueen Victoria's Jubilee celebration. The Queen Vfts born in 1834, and is two years older than her husband, who became King in 1874, in succession ;0 Lunaliio the First. The second King of Hawaii, ^aniehameha the Second, and his Queen died in England in 1823. The town wondered a couple of years ago when lady of rank essayed to open a dressmaker's •hop. Now, however, the world expresses no sur- mise. It is known that Lady Granville Gordon Produces at her establishment in the West End the tXlOSt artistic of modern costumes. The great Worth "aseif cannct excel her. Encouraged by the ccess which has attended the venture of her IQdYShip other society people are following lier *at»ple. It is not ladies of the fashionable world nei however, who aspire to manufacture cos- es- One young gentleman, who is a member Of the Bachelors' Club and who has the entree to the y best houses in London, is known to hit ties-11^8 aS man m'ner- is an art'st an<* 'Sns dresses, and employs skilled workpeople them. This gentleman has just returned joj.111 Paris, and his opinion on costumes is being cited by all the ladies of his acquaintance eiog an rtm.jjoj.jty on sucfj matters it may be f 0rt'> while to quote him. He declares that ^lards und all classes of stamped materials wilj Blii^01" ^'U° 's t0 t^ie Prerai',nS colour, e' however, covers a lot of ground. The .tsaud shades to be most sported this year are e leliotropes and the sharp hues that are being dominated electric. Pinks and pearly greys are to rank next in the public favour. The War Oiiice has taken a sensible step. The Privilege of retaining rank and wearing the uni. form of a volunteer corps on retirement has hitherto been confined to commissioned officers. tor the future it will be extended to sergeants who 4ve seen ten years' service and are recommended tOr the distinction by their commanding officers. Lady Butler's picture in the Royal Academy, Death in the Desert," was painted from an la el ent sketched by the lady on the spot. Lady utler was with her husband while he was °*ernor at Wady Haifa, and witnessed the ^^al of a young English soldier two hours after ath. a number of camels in different attitudes PPly a striking feature of this scene in the ^derness. is remarkable, by the way, what a galaxy of ^Uty is presented by the wives of Lord S«lis- colleagues. Lady Cadogan is a beauty; Countess of Londonderry is one of the most °*ely women in England; Lady Arthur Hill is Otte of the favourites of society; Lady Randolph Archill, who, tnough the husband is in temporary ^tirement, may be mentioned in this connection, the very flower and type of the piquante beauty America. If Lord Salisbury were a calculating rioie Minister, as Lord Beaconsfield was, one taght suspect him of design in choosing the ^bands of handsome women for promotion. As probably the selection is the result of acci- e°tal coincidence. U Lovely ladies long for the triumph of the foot- j»hts. Lady Cadogan was playing at the Novelty to-day on behalf of a charity. It is seldom ^t a countess appears upon the boards and a ttotess who is also the wife of a Cabinet Minister j** not before been seen upon the London stage. Cadogan acquitted herself so well that even she not the wife of one of the richest peers in °8land she might cast away all anxiety as to her Lord Shaftesbury used to say that if he not a peer of the realm he could get hi j l°g as a coatermonger. There are titled ladies London who are making rapid fortunes as8 illiliers and modistes. Lady Cadogan, if things lint wrong, would take a place on the stage t%Clzlly equal to that of Mrs. Brown-Potter. # Cecii, a younger son of the Marquess Salisbury, has joined, or is about to be admitted profession of the law, in which some of his Cestors attained distinction long ago. The Ung nobleman probably will not practice, ham- tit|S<* as wou^ be at the Bar by the courtesy e *»hic!i in the political world is still of some This one of the learned professions, in not less democratic than it was in the fat*4 liie lwu Scotts came up from their » • a auup <tt Nawcdstle, and "the barber's son, 0lu Colch«*j»>^

Yr wyf wedi addaw rhoddi hanes fy ymweliad A inaes brwydr bythgofus Waterloo yn Gymraeg. Ar foreu y 18ed o Fehefin. 1815, yr oedd yn gwynebu eu gilydd ar fae3 Waterloo y nifer can- lynolPrydeinwyr a'u cvnghreirwyr, triugain a saith o filoedd chwech cant, a phump deg pump. O'r rhai hyn yr oedd d-nddeg mil pedwar cant a dau ar feirch. Yr oecid pum' mil chwech cant pedwar deg pump o gyflegwyr, ac yr oedd yno un cant pump deg chwech o gyflegrau. O'r Ffrancod —triugain ac unarddeg o filoedd, naw cant ped- war deg a saith. O'r rhai hyn yr oedd pymtheg mil eaith cant tri deg a phump ar feirch; cyfleg- wyr, saith mil saith cant tri deg dau. Syrthiodd y dydd hwnw o'r Prydeinwyr a'u cyfeillion ddwy fil ar hugain tri chant saith deg wyth. O'r 15fed o Fehetin hyd y 3ydd or mis canlynol collodd y Prydeinwyr a'u cyfeillion deuddeg mil a deugain pum' cant naw deg chwech. Nid wyf wedi gweled taflen yn rhoddi hanes colled y Ft'rancod,ond diau ei fod yn llawer iawn mwy. 0 ganlyniad, wrth ddynesu at Waterloo a'r cyffuniau mae y meddwl yn orlwythog o dan bwys yr ymwybodolrwydd bod yma unwaith dros gan mil o blant gwragedd wedi bod yn gorwedd yn ei gwaed! Yinadawsorn o Lundain (Llan-dian), a chyrhaedd- asom y mor yn Harwich am naw o'r gloch. A chyn pen fawr amser yr oeddym ar fwrdd yr agerlong yn morio tua Belgium. Rhaid i mi gyfaddef yr oedd fy meddwl yn ol gydag Iwl Caesar a'i luoedd yn croesi y mor liwn tua Phrydain haner can mlynedd cyn Crist. Yr oedd fy nychymyg yn canfod y llechweddau Prydeinig yn orchuddiedig gan ein henafiaid, yn aros i gyfarfod Wr Rhyfeiniaid. Cafodd ein henafiaid eu trechu, yn y diwedd o herwydd eu hyrorvsonau yn eu plith eu hunain. Ond er hyny bu eu gwroldeb yn destyn clodforedd yn mhlith holl genedloedd gwareiddiedig y byd. Rhoddodd Caesar yr enw Ynys Ffyrnig "i Brydainoherwydd ffvrnigrwydd y trigolion yn ei wrthwynebu. Y rhan hono o drigolion Prydain agoeddynt yn byw yn Cornwall a fu yo achos llwyddiant y Rhufeiniaid. it it Tua phedwar o'r gloch boreu dranoeth yr oedd llinellau tir gwyrdd Holland a Flanders i'w gweled yn ymestyn tu draw i'r weilgi, ac ambell i felin wynt yn codi ei breichiau i'r awelon. Yn mhen rhai oriau dechreuasom ageru i'r Ian ar hyd afon fawr Scheldt. Erbyn haner awr w&di unarddeg yn y boreu wele ni yn Antwerp. Rhai yn siarad, Kftengaeg, eraill Iselluaynaeg, a rhai Fflemaeg, ond neb yn siarad na Chymraeg na Saesonaeg Mawr fu ein ffwdan, ac, yn fy nghofid, melldithiais Dwr Babel am na adawddd y Gymraeg yn Ilonydd fel iaith yr holl fyd. it Ond o'r diwedd wele ni yn y trdn am Brussels. Yn lie y chwibanu ansoniarus ag a geir byths a hefyd gan beirianau cledrffyrdd Prydain, gwna y awyddogion yma gario udgyrn, ac â'r rhai hyny y rhodditnt arwydd gofynol wrth deithio. Yr oedd y wlad fel gardd nor bob ochr i'r gledrffordd, a'r hinsawdd yn dyner. Ond dyuia ni yn Brussels. Rhyw ddinas liaf tragwyddol ydyw hon, a phob dydd o'r flwyddyn fel dydd sydd yn gyssegredig i'r haul. Mae tai ucbel y ddinas wedi eu paentio â. Uiw goleu, a phob ty ac ar ei wvneb 61 celfyddyd. Heolydd unionsyth, a rhestr o goedydd byth- wyrddion bob ochr; heolydd eraill yn llethrog ac wedi eu cribio a cherig. Yr oedd hyn yn dwyn i gof linellau Arglwydd Byron yn ei "Childe Harold" ar y noson yn y ddinas hon cyn Brwydr Waterloo:— There was a souud of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men. » » it # Did ye not'hear it?, No; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling on the stony street On with the dance: Dychmvged y darllenydd am foreu Sul. Pob maelfa yn agored, a masnacb yn cael ei chario yn y blaen fel arferol. Ond mae mwy o bobl nag arferol mewn gvis.,oedd dydd Sul o ddeutu yr heolydd. Dyma y diwrnod y penderfynasom ym. weled a. maes Waterloo, yr hwn sydd ddeuddeg milldir o Bruaeels. Mae y Sul hwn yn ddiwrnod pwysigyn Eglwys Rhufain, sef "Gwyl Gysseg. redig Calon Duw." Mae yr enw yn creu arswyd yn fy nghalon, sef un Gymreig. Ond, ar yr olwg allanol i'r Belgiaid, nid oes arwyddion arswyd. Mae rhestr o ganghenau bychain, bythwyrddion, yn hongian ar linellau 0 gortynau ar hyd wynebau y tai. Gwnaeth y pethau hyn i mi gofio am Bili Smith, Brynycae, a Dewi Harran, yn teithio un boreu tua chartref, wedi bod am ddyddiau yn y gyfeddach. Tynodd Bili ei het, a dywedodd," Dewi-gâd i ni dynu ein hetiau o barch i'r Duw Mawr! Felly y cerddodd y ddau am tua milldir, gan gario pob un ei het; a thrwy hynyamcanu tawelu y gydwybnd ag oedd yn aflonydd am y gyfeddach. Am ddeg o'r gloch yr oeddym yn eistodd ar I gerbyd uehel-chwech o honom. Dygwyddodd bod darllawydd (brewer) o Ferthyr yn eistedd yn fy ymyl. Yr oedd pedwar o geffylau yn y cer- byd. Yr oedd fy nghyfaill (y brewer) yn edrych yn syn iawn ar y masnachdai yn agored. Yn ddi- symwth, wele yn dyfod i'r golwg, yn y brif heol, bedrolfen yn orlawn o farilau. Gwylltiodd fy nghyfaill-yr oedd yn dioddef oddiwrth attal dweyd, ond dywedodd-" We), wel!" ebe fe D—D—D—uw, Duw! dyma ffordd i gadw d- d-dydd Sul, etto Bum i bron a syrthio yn garnlibwns o ben y cerbyd. Daethym yn awr i olwg gorymdaith fawr o bobl, ac yn eu plith offeiriaid mewn gwisgoedd gwynion, a delwau yn cael eu cario ar esgyn- loriau. Ond yn mhlith y r offeiriaid yr oedd esgyn- lawr a cholofnau gwynion iddo yn dal esgyn- lawr arall uwchben. Yn y dodrefnyn hwn y cariai yr offeiriaid bortread o "galon santaidd Duw." Wrth edrych ar yr orymdaith teimlwn nad rhyfedd i Voltaire ac eraill, wrth edrrych ar bethau mor blentynaidd, fyned i wawdio Cristion- ogaetb. Ond ffwrdd â. ni, trwy heol gysgodfawr ac unionsyth, heibio Palas Cyfiawnder, un o'r adeiladau mwyaf prydferth yn Ewrop. Mae yr heol yn Uydan iawn, a phalaaau ar bob ochr, a a phletbiadau blodeuog yn gerfiedig ar eu gwyn. ebau goleuwawr. Pan yn ardal y Pare a'i goedydd mawrion a'u can genau hirion a chysgodfawr, aceisteddleoeddo danynt, gwelwn yn dyfod i'n cyfarfod yn nbro yr heol lu o filwyr ar feirch, a'r swyddogion ar y blaen. Yr oedd y llu tua chant o rifedi. Pan ar eu cyfer codasom ein hetiau, a gwnaeth yr boll lu roddi i ni y cyfarchiad milwrol, trwy gyffwrdd &g ymyl eu capiau. Cyrhaeddasom wed'yn yr heol fawr, yr hon sydd a cheryg trwehua ar byd ei holl arwynebedd am ddeg-ar-hugain o filldiroedd, ac wedi ei gweud felly yn dramwyfa magnelau trwy y wlad, Cawsom ein hysgwyd yn dost wrth fyned dros hon. Yr oedd y wlad yn agored o'n blaen, cnd yn lied d win pat hog, a phantiau dyfuioiltKbyngddynt. Ar ein chwith yr holl ffordd yr-oedd coed uchel ffinid. wydd, mor union a saethau. Ambell waith deuai agoriadau hirion trwy y goedwig i'n golwg. Wedi teitbio tua cbwech milldir, gwelem rhyngom a'r gorwel pell, yn union o'n blaen, dwmpath uchel, ac fel un gwr llefasom, "Dacw faes Waterloo! Rhywbeth hynod yw yr ysbryd cenedlaetbol. Nid fel Cymry yn unig y teimletn yn awr, ond fel Prydeinwyr; ac yr oeddym yn teimlo bob cam o'r gweddill o'r ffordd fel yn dynesu yn nes, nes i gartref I Gwyddem fod llew o haiam ar ben y twmpath aruthrol a saif ar ganol y man y safai byddin Prydain ar y dydd bythgof- iadwy hwnw; a bod un o'i balfau ar belen, yn arwyddo'r belen ddaearol. Yr oeddym yn ddistaw yn silldremu trwy'r nwyft'o lasoleu am gipdrem ar yr hen lew uwchben Cadla Waterloo! Yr oedd y dagmu yn codi yn ddystaw i'r llygaid wrth bor- treadu yr hyn a gymerodd le ar y meusydd o'i aragvich. Mae pentref Waterloo tua dwy filldir o hyd, ac yn rhes o dai, un bob oehr i'r heol. Mae bron bob yn ail dy dafarn bychan. Ar ein chwith yr oedd y ty lie yr ysgrifenodd Wellington ei frys-lythyr i Lywodtaeth Prydain am y fuddug- oliaeth, ac hefyd y cysgodd y noson hono. Ar ein chwith, y pen draw i'r pentref, mas Mount St. Jean, sef ty fferm, tu ol i ganol Cadrea Prydain y diwrnod hwnw. Ar y Haw dde, gadawson yr lieol fawr yma, a throiasom i lawr i'r heol a elwir Heol Nivelles Wrth fyned ar hyd hon yr oedd maes eang hynod o wyrdd rhyngom ag ymyl y llethr a ymddengys fel ton y mor yn ymarllwys oddiwrthym. Rhed y don am ganoedd o latheni yn gyfochrog ag Heol Nievelles, ond fod gofod helaeth yn y canol rhyng- ddynt. Ar hyd frig v don ddaearol uchod rhed heol arall, ac, fel Heol Nievelles, cychwyna o'r heol a red o Brussels i Cliarleroi, dros ba un y daethom ni. Yn y gofod rhwng y ddwy heol, a tu cefn i'r don ddaearol rhagddy wededig,y trauliodd y rhan fwyaf o fyddin Prydain y diwrnod. Aethum tuag ymyl y don, a dringais tres 222 o risiau, nes cyr- haedd pen y twmpath aruthrol, a'r llgw ar ei ben; Mae y twmpath, neu byeb, yn bedwar onglog, ac yn myned yn feinach tua'r pen. Mae gwal o syl- faen wedi ei gwneud o gerrig mawrion o dan y Hew, ac mae gwyneb blewog y llew yn edrych tua Pfrainc. Ond dyina lie mae golygfa Mae holl faes v gwaed fel map o lfaen y llygaid. Wrth edrych o'n blaen gwelwn, ar y chwith, yr heol ag sydd yn rhedeg o Brussels i Charleroi a La Haye Sainte, sef ty fferm cyfrifol a muriau o amgylch ei fuarth. Tua dau cant o latheni tu ol i hwn mae y fan lie safai Wellington a'i swyddogion negysyddol, y rhan fwyaf o'r dydd, ond yn ami carlamai i wahanol fanau. Tu draw i'r heol, ar gyfer La Haye Sainte, mae cae llethrog, ac yma y syrthiodd Syr Thomas Picton, Llanygors, Caerfyrddin. Yr oedd yn arwain ei gatrawd i lawr y caei gyfar- fod a'r Ffrancod ac yn bloeddio, Charge Charge! Hurrah! pan y lladdwyd ef. Rhwng yr heol ar fan y safwn ar y pych mae cofadail i Syr Alexander Gordon, brysnegesydd Wellington, yr hwn a syrthiodd ar y fan hono Tua phedwar can' Hath o L" Haye Sainte, ar ochr yr un heol, mae La Belle Alliance, lie bu Bona- parte i fewn ac allan trwy y dydd. Ar y chwith o'r pych, mewn pant coediog, mae Hougoumont. Ar grib y llethr ar ein chwith mae y fan cyfar- fyddodd Guards Prydain a Guards Bonaparte, ac y rhoddodd Wellington cyn i hyny gymmoryd Ile y floedd, Up Guards, and at them Aethum tua'r fan, a gofynais i'r guide os oadd yn gwybod pa le y safai y drydedd Gatrawd ar hugain, sef yr un Gymreig. Arweiniodd n 'dipyn yn mhellach, a dywedodd, Ar y llechwedd hwin." Cefais y fraint o wel&d. fel hyn, lie, y dydd hwnw, yr ymladdai ewythr i mi, un o feibion Ystrad- yfodwg; Gwnaeth Shon, Penyrenglyn, ei ddyled- swydd i'w wlad y diwrnod hwnw; ond dych- welodd a'i synwymu wedi eu niweidio trwy ergyd ar ei ben. Aethum i lawr tua Hougoumont lie y bu yr ymladd mwyaf ofnadwy. Cafwyd wedi'r ymladdfa bymtheg cant o bobl yn feirwon yn y berllan agored! Yr oedd yn gwynebu y Ffrancod mewn man arall yno wal o briddfeini cochion, tua dau cant Hath o hyd. Tu cefn i hon safai y Coldstream Guards. Yr oeddynt wedi gwneyd tyllau yn isel yn y wal i saethu trwyddynt. Mae y tyllau yno hyd heddyw. Mae yn debyg i'r Ffrancod gamgymeryd v mur coch am filwyr y wlad hon, a buont yn saethu ati am oriau cyn darganfod eu camsyniad. Mae gwyneb y wal yn chwilfriw hyd heddyw gan y pelenau a saethwyd gan y Ffrancod it Oddiyma aethum yn groes i'r maes agored tua La Belle Alliance, a thros yr heol tros ba un yr arweiniodd Ney yr Imperial Guards yn yr ym- gyrch ddiweddaf. Mae La Belle Alliance yn awr yn dafarndy. Ar y chwith mae neuadd, lie yr ysgrifenai Bonaparte ei orchymynion. Cefais yma hen wraig, o'r enw Mari Roche, ag oedd yno, ac yn ti'leuddeg oed, pan ymladdwyd y frwydr. Gwelodd Bonaparte, a daeth allan i'r heol i ddangos i mi y fan He ei gwelodd, cyh i'r frwydr ddechreu, yn sefyll mewn cylch o'i swyddogion. Dyn bach oedd, heb farf gen na gwefus," ebe Mari. "Yr oedd ei ysgwyddau yn Had uchel. Yr oedd yn troi o un swyddog i'r Hall, ac yn siarad yn ddi- frifol. Yr oedd ser ar fronau ei awyddogion, a blew hir ar eu gwefusau." With ddychwelyd ar hyd y ffordd fawr tua La Haye Sainte cawson olwg dda ar y llethr lie y cwympodd Picton. Yr oedd Mr. Hugh Begg, y Van, Caerphili, gyda mi, ac yr oeddwn yn cofio tipyn o hanes yr hyn ag oedd wedi digwydd ar y cae hwnw., "I lawr i hwn," meddwn wrth Mr. Begg, y melltenodd v Scots Greys, gan floeddio bob un, 'Scotland for ever! GwelwD ef yn crynu gau gydymdeimlad, a'r eiliad nesaf yr oedd y dagrau yn llifo dros ei ruddiau Beth yr yr achos," ebe fe, bod pobl yn dyweyd Saeson hyn, a Saesou beth arall; onid oedd Scotland, Cymru. a'r Iwerddon yma yo gvstal a Lloegr?" And wild and high the Oameroa's gather ing rose The war-note of Loohiel! Wedi i ini ysgrifenu yr ucbod, derbyniais lythyr oddiwrth Miss Myfanwy Ceiriog Hughes, Caersws, yn cynwys y newydd galarus bod ei hanwyl dad, sef y bardd Ceiriog," wedi huno yn yr angeu oddiar brydnawn Sadwrn, y 23ain o'r mis, ac ei cleddid ef ger eglwys Llanronog dydd Mawrth. Trwy anffawd, ni ddaeth y llythyr i'm Haw mewn pryd i mi allu cyrhaedd i'r angladd. Fel pob Cymro arall, mae marwolaeth Ceiriog wedi'm gwneud innau yn bruddglwyfus. Yr oedd y bardd tyner hwo, wedi gwneud ei bun fel yn rhan o fardddoniaeth dyner a thlws ein cenedl, a bydd ffrwyth ei awen am oesoedd lawer yn mhlith meddianau mwyaf swynol y genedl Gymraeg. Heb law ei allu mawr fel caniedydd cathlta serch o'r mwyaf tyner, yr oedd befyd yn ddebonglydd o yspryd Cymry yr oea hon ac yn gwybod hanes ein cenedl yn y gorphenol. Efe a Mynyddog" oeddynt ddfiu esboowyr penaf gwladgarwch Cymry yr oes hon. Yr oeddynt wedi esgyn i esgynlawr cenedl, ae nid un enwad na phlaid yn y byd. Nid oes ntb yn meddwl, wrth son am danynt, am sect na phlaid wleidyddol. Meibion bof fCeridwen oeddynt eill dau, ac wele hwy wadi ein gadael am byth 1 Ond mae eu caniadau yn aros, a thrwy y rhai byny gwna merched a meibion hil Gomer ymgym- deitbasu a'u hyaprydoedd, pa rai a'u hysprydolant i amcanu at gyrhaedd pethau uebel, yn mhell ar ol i'r oes bresenol fyned i'w hir noswyl! Yn eu bedd, ond gwyn eu byd!