30 AUGUST 1873, Page 2

It is stated—we imagine, on very little authority—that the city

of Geneva will be permitted to inherit the wealth left by the Duke of Brunswick in Germany, and will thus obtain from five to eight millions sterling. It is more probable, as stated by Reuter, that Duke William has sent Dr. Triebs, President of the Brunswick Supreme Court, to Geneva, to resist the will, and that should he fail, he will obtain the authorisation of the Diet to seize his brother's property in Brunswick. Meanwhile, Geneva has received /1, 200,000, and is beside herself with joy, arranging for the funeral on a scale which will bring half Switzerland to see it. The sermon on the deceased ought to be a literary curiosity.