NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2201, 27 May 1870, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

It is a good thing to be a popular artist in Russia. The last days of Mdme. Patti’s stay in St. Petersburg brought forth the usual auriferous results. We read of a stage jonchie rle fours, of bouquets to which diamonds are attached, of a brooch worth 75,000 francs presented by a club, of a massive golden crown given by the baud, not to mention the gifts of the Court, who were there in full lame. The profits of la Marquise’s leave-taking on this one night would be hard to compute. On March 6, a marriage was solemnised at the Rmnau Catholic Church of St. Mary, in Sloane street, which can hardly be'passed'by as a topic beyond the range of public interest,' The bridegroom is a young man gamed Murphy, who was down to a recent period in the employment of the Earl of Gainsborough, as an organist, but was abruptly dismissed by his |ordsbjp ; vhqse daughter,' Lady Blanche Noel, was soon afterwards missing from her home, Extoh House, Rutlandshire. As may he supposed, her disappearance caused the utmost consternation in the family; but her father, having reason to surmise the true state of the case, called the detective police to his aid, and succeeded in tracing the ypupg la,|y tq Londqn, ip tpe neigh bourhqod of /Spitalfields. Here she was found, in Mr Murphy’s company, at- St. Anne’s Chapel, a Roman Catholic house of Worship—the family of Lord Gain -boroggh bging aifhepepts qf tl;o Cqqrch of Rome, All entreaties and solicitations failed to produce any effect on the lady, who was of age, and persisted in her free right of choice. Accordingly she has bestowed her hand on Mr Murphy, their union having been legally ratified, in the presence of fwo The lady’s age is; twenty-five ; hep husband is three years yoipigep, April 3. Cardinal Antonelli’s reply to Darn’s dig. patch is made piiblic. If aqbstantially denies the interpretation the Empire places on the policy aiid pretensions of the Rope.