A Disgraceful Scandal

It Is not only at Washington that the Chinese legation Is subjected to invasión of boards of unlnvlted and dlscorteoas guests, snys a letter from Spain. The residence of the Chinese minister at Madrid was two weeks ago the scène of a disgraceful scandal. The ; envoy bad sent out Invitations lor a grand ball, to whicb several mcmhers of the royal famlly, the cabinet, the diplomatic corps and the most prominent personages of both the aristocratie and official society of Madrid was bidden. The entertainment ivas in full win? when suddenly a whole band of Madrlleue mashers, who had agrced that lt would be an excellent practical joke to be present uninvlted at the Chinese ball, made thelr appearance ! ou the scène. The eastern diplomats, who had but recently arrived In Spain and wcro pcrsonally unacqualnted wlth the most of tbo persons present, recelved the roung meu In questlon wlth thelr customary ntlubilitv and difiulty, believing them to be Invlted guests. In a short time, hpwever, the whole place was In an uproar. The young men regularly plllaged the supper-room, into which tbey liad forced thelr way, and haviuc boon rendered more rcckless than Ter by the wine Imbibed, conducted tbemselves in the most shameful marnier. Bottles of champagne were poured on the furnlture and on the carpets, ladles dresseswere torn and thelr halr dlsarranged, and confusión reigned supremo untll the pólice were at lcngth called in to romove the objectionable guests. When at length, however, order had boen restored and the principal guests bad expressed thelr profouna regret for the dlscourtesto which their entertainers had been subject ed, lt was found tbat the cloak-room had likewise been vlslted by the young men and that more than half of the overcoats and wriips bad been hldden away in the most extraorainary of places. The duke of Fernán Vunez, formerlr atnbnssador at Paris, founrl hl' valuable sables stuffcd up the chimnev, nhli the minister of forelgn affaire, unable 10 dlcover lilfurs, was forced to shleld liln self from tba bitter cold by donnlug hls footman's llven coat.