The New York herald., 1868-06-23
FASHIONABLE GOSSIP IN LONDON.
FROM our LONDON Correspondent.

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This the great London holiday, the 'Dcrby Day.
and OF the millions who crowd this metropolis there
Is not one unconscious OF the fact. Parliament has
adjourned for the day. The stock exchange is aban-
doned and the hum Of commerce has ceased the
nonce. Thousands are Of to the EPSON Downs, but
of the myrads who reluctantly stay at home there are
lew VINO nave not bet from shilling up on some one
Of the favories The Derby Day ecipscs every
fete OF the year, not excepting Christmas for tins
appeals only TO the stomach, while the Derby
touches another vital part OF John Bulls organism
his pocket Countless sums will change owners TO-
day. for all England is laying wagers and giving or
taking odds II may seem strange that serious,
commercial and religious people like the English
should give themselves up such vanities as horse
race; hut all nations like individuals require an oc.
casiona froc TO relieve the routine OF daily life and
horse race, with it, jolly accessories is s sane an
anusemeht as nrng on cannon and delivering
speeches. as we do IN honor OF the Fourth OF July
The fashionable season Is ut its height in London,
anu It's usual features are IN full development Operas
and concerts, art exhibitions and iower shows din
ners and balls, TO say nothing OF nirtatons and mar
riages, by day and night taxing the energies and
strainiRg the purses Of the ardent but aded votares
OF fashion.
This season promised TO be the most brilliant for
some years for the queen agreed 10 doi her Widows
cap and rcappear at the head of society. She figured
al one or two court receptions and turned out one
day TO lay the cornerstone Of a hospiia-the first
time she has taken part In any public ceremony since
her husbands death. People generally and shop
tus 20 the season" when 10 last week. her Majesty
suddenly took 10 her heels and has slowed herself
away amid the inaccessible Businesses OF her Highland
retreat. Surprise and anger expressed on every
side. An Irish member jumped up In the House OF
Commons and suggested that her Majesty should be
asked 10 abdcate. This was cried down as disloyalty
but her lege subjects, high and low are beginning
emphatically TO deduce that II the Queen finds
greater pleasure IN ministerlng to mind dseased,'
than IN performing her various public social duties
alllmportant and pressing In their way, why the
sooner she goes TO Balmora for good the better IL
nAr nd nlAr NJ.
must lay aside her ostentatious woe or give up her
dladem' The story current for her sudden exit from
LONDON seems ridiculous enough but II shows the
public really regard her as O little daft. She de-
clares, so the gossip runs, that Prince Albert's
sp1ris be a.b aways SpPears to her ON her birthday
days before this she slipped or from London
for the haunted spot Wonder she didn't take the
the shade Of the lamentsd Prince and 40 preyented
disappointment. Poor Home, the Sprituast. has
tune nay the additional afcton Of Se coss ior o
suit has fallen on him. An incredulous Judge dear
to raps and insensibe to'nystery, has deemed him
1ding convert. Some friendly spirit should have
whispered Home 70 cash ber securities and take TO
his travels before the tickle donor changed her mind
The rival Italian operas that have been struggling
against each other here for twenty years past are
M 70 relate heT prnep psces a anq orsas sngS
are OF American manufacture. Patti and Kellogg
are pitted against each other by the hostile man.
ayers but instead OF immolatiOn, as happened to
the Horati and Curatii OF old they come out OF each
conflict with better claims TO immortality than be-
fore. Both artistes are young and handsome; both
have wondrous natural organs improved by study ana
practice Patti has the advantage Of established sue
cess while Kellogg attracts by her brilliant efforts to
achieve IT, Both sing the same roles on alternate
nights; both are followed by enthusiastic coteries;
both are still madens, to the despair Of legons OF
admirers, but Patti betrays symptoms of dSrddidnce
that alarm her papa and agitate her interchangeable
agent, Strakosch. certain French MARQUIS. a
naughty boy In his day, but now an equerry TO the
Empress and good-ooking fellow TO boot has
managed, In some unsuspecting hour, TO administer
pretty strong dose OF Dr. Duoamara's mixture
the elixir or love-to the susceptible Adena proba-
bly, ripe for the disease, and the consequence Ia that
she ~ hafcrazy to get married. Great efforts have
been made TO exercise the poor victim ana TO drive
away the contagious Marquis, but so far with little
hope Of saving her. There Is telling now whether
she Is not really married. though her Indignant mana
denies II In the newspapers Kellogg has the advan-
iage OF a vigilant and very Knowing mamma TO keen
the space clear around her, but an English coronet
might be too much for them b0th unless they hasten
back soon TO the lByigorang breezes Of ourrepubli.
can land.
Among other American sensations that London Ia
undergoing this year may be noted the new and
striking picture Of Berstadt, now on exhibition. IL
represents Nesuvius In one Of the grandest phases
Of her late volcanic fury, and SO real, vivid and
startling are the colors that II is difficult to believe II
mere illusion. The scene IL at night, and the
merry, dazzling glare Of the eruption which crtmsons