ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. London, Good Friday, 1888.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 266, 23 May 1888, Page 3

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. London, Good Friday, 1888.

IXTRft^UES AROUND THE CERMAN EMPEUOR. An UnolMi lady, who i<- attached to the new Kmpie-? of' Gennain - hwu-eho'.d in the capacity of coin|..iiiioii jo the yon 11,4 pilnee^c^, -end-a hiendot niino^ome mo-t nHeio^tinu- infoi nation. I should nob like to piibhslfit. here i" Kimland. but ibe>e r.m bo no hanu in the iaet- »* emu the hviht tin 00 months hence in Au-tial ». Fn-i, she -a\s ihcie ran be no doubt there >>a^ai\ intii-ne to ]ne\ent the Emp'-un Fredeiiek romnniL!. iml the mo-l painful pail of it i.s thai die ( 1 own Vi m.v 1- bobe\<>d to ha\c been mixed up will' it. 'Lho \ounsj man ]ike-> and nilmiie- hi- fatlur, l-nt he eon sideiel he had heroinj unpiounated with lu^ niothei - m^elue\on- Eu^li-li i<leav a- to bo an unlit luler foi t.einianx Vp to the aue ot 19 the Ciown i'nm<' adoted hi mothei and thoun'nt hn the w i-e-^l o. women. The tii 1 dii'eieiu"^ aio^e t inouuh hi< p\\ ont - (Slow in; c, hi w lit i" n'i a no\ i-h lo\e xtlan foi one 01 hi- iu-i < "I'-ui- 'I'lien the I'liiuv weiu into the ,11 m\, md ma lit of -pleen embiaeid Anu'o pho'M-i ulea^, The'wai pans Uok iaie 10 k.n (hi thine, j and tin buath between mothei aid -on j in-toad ot » h'-mu, ha- -te»''il\ widened. I 8 nnc time a^o t'i> ('•<>,•, m l'r.nee (thenj I'iince Wilnam) had a bad biai 1 attack. ■ broivlu on tluouuli nu,i\ and eveUement Siiu \ h-> hat led <>. ewivthmu En-li-h h.»- j amounted U> monoi \ani.i !\ow he 1- j \eiy ill inde-d ,'uai-i, avi\ the f .mt ph\'-ician= eon-iderh - ea-e (jmen(a!l\ )n.o^ A'i<iul a \iai .i;o, \\lku " Uuel- 1 NVale- " wa- 111 l.tilm. the then ' row n ruueo- beuued him to -p<.ak «o Iki -on and remon-natc with him upon hi- udieulou? Aivjclophobi-t inn ion- " I'nelo \\ ale(luf; >o. to hi- own exeee.uni; ih-eo ntoit. Instead of re^peetful attention, he < uennnteied deii-i\e contempt. I'iinee sVilHani said lie detected dnd de-pi-ed e\ei>thin^ i:nt;li-i). The Enuh-h weie -wa^ueiiu^ Luaaeaus. and tiien Kmniic wa- on it-. decline. He hkeind oui t omlitmn to ttmt of Rome in it- wor-t s.t \te. and diew other equa'h iu?tiueti\e eompaii^onThe' other da>, when hi" no-e bleti and handkerehiets w\ie otleied him, Piince icfu.-cd them, ob-eiMnj;, "The moieof tin- d d Cnuli-h blood I 10-e, the better I *hall be The Enipoior i- undoubtedh d\inu. though blow U. He m^\ h\e foi months \et,oiavu-h of bkmd m.v -uiloeate, him any moment.

Mil TUTI HIE The political hoi oof the hour i> a tall. ma-.»ive. cldoih man. uith a lone black moustache and an impie— ne manner. Ifc hu« for some time been eorwdcied a " li^inii ' man. and i-= now piomotod tv the '•coming le\cl. I'cin^ lieh and fail ly m ell connected, he u ill m .ill jnoLubiltty pia\itate ultimately to the Ilon^e of lord.-.

Mil MORE IX MVCKENZIE i< hath ti-ki;iu hi- lite (which ha- heen iepeatedh tlneatenecUn i in me-) ami lo?in<r moncv 'in hi- afempt to -a\e the der man I'mpcioi. The tee- he re>vi\ i>> fiom Hi? M.'je-tN ma\ -oand Ln^v. tuit theyaie not a tithe of \\ hat the uieat -peciali-t make- in London. On ouhnaiy ila> - Sir Moiell -cc- between 60 io 70 patient-> dail\, who pa\ linn 'a- \ai\mu between 2 and 10 Luiinea^. Hi- ?» ictiet l- woitli tulh 120.000 a \tai.

THE NAVAL AXKUAL AND AUSTRALASIAN DKTKXC IX In hi- loccnt Na\ai Annual, Loul Dnu-noy ha- a good dull ro -a) about colonial deicncc. jmi tici.l.ii Iv v.ith letraid to die j Au-tiaia.-iau cu.oni - l.uidl3ia— c\ -peak\ciy highly of tin Au-ualian Na\al Re -enemen* and an eveelk'iii account i- gi\en of the mihUiy ioiee>a- well. For m-tanco, wining of the Vicwiia \*olunletir Mounted Riiie-, Loid Bi as-cy -a>- that the fmcc coalor the m<>-t pait uf men ticc-tointd to bu-h hie, e\cellent lidei-, good -hot-, and mounted on -tat ion hoi -e- A ie\if'\\ ot 5,000 Victoiian Mihu.i and Volunteer left the impie— ion thai their jihj-ical ptandaid wa- little, it at all, delow that of a regiment of Toot ( •uaid-. Lji'l l^ia^-ey iirgd- an incica-e ut the AiwmUm.iu Squadron, becau-j. junon^ oLnti ica-on-, "it -tien^thcti the hand- ot tho-L \\hode-iie tv ]>h>l." \<_ i tlic cuiniecnon « it li Ihe r.iotlKi countiy a'iain-t the pait) svho^c i- ' Au-tiaha lot the Au-tiahan-. and \>ho, though feeble a- \ct i" numbei-, might giuu in influence it the mothei countis were to -ho\\ a chilling indilioienee to colonial eoncun-. ' It 1- (he duty ot the Admii iky to mak^ th^ Au-tiahin command tb.e mo-t impoit.mt in th<. outride Euiopean \\atei-. Loid i>ia--cy doe- not la\ doun catcioiu ally what the r-ttength -hould be, but he leinaik-, " Au--tralia^nahuallj watcher with au\iet\ the Pat— -ian tleet in the I'ac.iie. ' Yon will regiet to he.v th-il your old f i iend Loid (Robeit Lowt ) habeen sufieiing much ot hte horn hi- eye=, and undeiwem an opeiation for eataiact la-t week. He i- now -omewhat bettei.

TJACIXd MATTERS. Once a^ain a Imht-^eiuht and a turn o* -peed on the Uuf lia\e enabled ;i niodeiate hunter to beat oui he-tcha-ei- and win the (iiand National. The remind wa-> bo hea\y on Fiiday \\cck that o\]>eneneed tuihtc-. looked io'i the \ictoivot one ot the the litrht brijiade, and (notably Chancellor, ll^t 51b, find Badyei, 11-t lib) weie \ery hea\ily backed. The lamcm- LT-sim (12-t Tib) had, howe^ei, mrnt tnei^K al the start, and veiy well tiiis \eLci;in maie ran till she broke down. Old Fnjiatt (a^ed, list 21b), too, who h now ten year's of a^c, al->o showed uondeiful fencing power.-, and miglii" even have won but ioi bein^ driven many length's out when U-siia telJ. The liu-t round fiio\efl di-a>trous to none of the fancied one^ but The Fawn and .Bellona, and a prettier si^lit tiian the eighteen comj)Ctitor- presented takiujr <he big watei jump opposite the Stand niH)onfc a fault i« seldom witne^ed. On their way into the count) y the second time Trap fell.