, 1876-03-12
Rinking in England---TIe Mania
for ParIOr-Skatcs.
Getting Gas into g French House.
1.-THE Royal News" in London.
Relics in the Swedish National MuSeum...
4 "Reminiscences of the French
Empire.
RikK}NG m ENGLAND.

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facilities for Irritation, thinning the audiences
| Of the regular theatres. Ha calls the attention
| OF tho Lord Chamberlain and the licensing
| magistrates to tho fact that the rinks havn
neither music nor dancing licensos. He il eyi-
IDENTIFY aotuated by : dog-in-the-manger spirit.
The theatrical nanager has doubtless cause,
from his point Of view, for complaint We haar
Of nothing but skating, and the opening OF now
riuks. Bazaars, chapels, furniture warehouses
Ivory stables, picture galleries, aud evcn old
Sadler's Wells Theatre, have had to yield to
fashion, and tz.nsform into homes Of the uew
amusementa. Everybody rinks The amusement
was first styled rinkualism, but now it has neH
naEne the riukerpeyt-
We have piece at tue Dukes Theatre entitled
"1n the Rlnk." and Mr. and Mrs German Reed
giYo a musical sketch entitled Slaves OF the
Rink"
II SOCIETY.
We have advertisements Of rink teachers, rink
paper, rink envelopes, and new soug The
Belle Of the Rink" Everything, everybody, "a
q poet in Betgracia says, is
Gliding DER the asphalt
Alta rapid rate,
Taxing it for Ice, too,
Fancytng they skate;
With each other flirting,
Waggishly they wink
Oh! the rosy rinkers,
,' Rolling round the rink
rather Mr. Prince SOW the rink there and took
steps to secure monopoly. He enlisted the
leaders OF English society in favor of his
project, aud uow thero are fifty rinks in the me-
ttopoiis and suburbs. Plimpson. the inventor,
and Prince Brothers have an entire monopoly
No rink can exist without their sanction, conse-
quently they have made an Immense fortune.
Or the London rinks Ptince'a is the most fash
ionahle and exclusive. No Indy is admitted
unless she has been presented at Court, and the
int tba NJ ftn riafo
rscy. 1he Princess OF Wales ia frequent
spectator. and the Prince Of Wales was frequent
" there When in England.
There is also small rink at Sandringham.
Princes, 70 to the Chelsea Rink. It is tue larg-
est covered rink in London. Twenty-Five car
riageB*nre often seen mornings and afternoons
there. None OF the den,i-monde are admitted.
Many gentlemen attend. In tho eyenIng 900
petaonB Of both sexes are frequently present.
This is one OF tho largest aud moAt fayorte rink
ing grounds.
Tic Oxford Circus Rink WAS opened last Hon-
day. 1t presented a gay appearance with It's
painted ceiling and fag-draped galleries. 1t is
feet long by IS broad. The attendance mustered
from 500 to 500 persons. Lords Rane!aeh and
We8tmoreland rink here. The galleries contain
comfortable chairs. and there arc ref1eshment
bars.
These three are the best rlnks. It would oc-
t,,o others Thnra ;s ~ nnen-air rink At Fal;nc
195 hv * feas in ertant. which ia yery ponuJar
md Fashionable
Another, at Putney, attracts young men, and
Among the1sdjea ara soIna exca1lent md prace-
full skaters. Lady Folkestone who skates at
Erac,ed csuecial uotice.
a. ia Tora1 Avsnna R,h may ba sa., 1,ord.
patershom TfaTter;s Narnnis 1in1cu-rv ~ Sra
/ Sco:t Hanrr Eneiie1,. q. " Gerald, tia HIM
". Stanhope, and others OF noto.
At this rink 60 (,01 slators have nioye7 than.
selves since last December and there has n 'p peen
onlv one accident--a broken arm. Emi,ent M
thor;ties think that riukioe viii eudure a. long
a. cricket snd other athlet,o SPORTS in fact ar
threiasts saw till the end Of tina.
I naii yisit 10 Rriofton to-day. Tba rink IN |
that c;tv rroros fo ha rTaater ntfrocton - ia
Was a regular weakly reception held at the rink |
this af.ernoon Al which [ obsaryed crowd nf !
pretty faces and well-dregsed men.
noetrr H If mn.ion HaTa c6ne +vo tinV mideas % o}
gir1loo6 wa1rzinr n thn sveet strs;c1 ~ +t,a
= Kupstler Leben Of Strauss, whila near bg
circle and twirl the Marquis Of Butte and his
otloe:
NJ a,;ar;,r :. The c"+, tha+ cnars h,t ~ ;1,
ebTiatoa. Lord William Lennox ia seen infIict~
ing tito story Of Waterloo upon Sir Seymour
Fitzgerald and the Earl Of chichester. Up
comes commodore Ashpary OF yachting fame,
1.'oo1. Dohart S,szoon orrscaTni'r r1nt5haa
q niI1ar while teIling Sir Thomcs I.aonard
that skatin6 i. too hok work for Bombay. Gen:
shnte and'two other members OF Parliament |
bold CAUCUS in the corner nearest the bar, and
Capt. Wallace. tho patron Of coaching, PASSES
like fash haring abandoned Pegasus for the
lying wheels.
The ladies' skate beautifully and take to the
sport quite naturally. Eisconntess Forbes and
Lady Wentworth may DO soon gliding graccfnlly
among the tmong.
The band ~ heard 1gain; Now 1t IS potpour-
i and an andante: Tho stating comes to SUD
len stop as craah ia heard but it ia only q
slater down. and the throng rolls on agaln in itB
SaFy clrcles, perhaps humming to the tune
II Tommy, Make Room for Your Uncle"
The sport will be extensively pstronized in its
oresept form, at least until Prot. Gamgea's real
ce rink, no1 being constructed at Chelsea, CO.
ables the aEaters to enjoy the fun of gliding over
he CLASSY aa1tace on real skates
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o THE QUEENS CROWN.
says the Liverpool Albion: One gem at least
q the crown which was borne before her Mai
,sty on Tuesday is of great antiquity and of
,irh bistor;c ,ntsrea, Tho 1aroa s,nnh;-. 49,
49,, ~. s.;u:. .so sappnae' eoe
s1Nsa4 usfNa5 ~ WHICH easeesle 1nat " may