The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-10

Among the Americans present were Min
lister Pierrepont and Mrs. Pierrepont, Mr..
Hoppin, of the American Legation; Gen.
eral Torbert, Consul General Of the United
States in France; Mrs. Torbert, Mrs. Hicks,
George w. Smalley and wife, William VIM
ter, the critic; Olive Logan and her husband,
Mr. Writ Skies and Miss Kate Field.
STILL AMONG THE PEERS.
To-day General Grant lunched with Lord
Granville and in the evening dined with
the Marquis Of Hartford. A reception was
held in the drawing room after the banquet.
Tomorrow morning General and Mrs.
Grant will attend church, and rest through
the remainder of the day.
PRESENTED AT COURT.
At the leu<e on Thursday Minister Pierre
pont presented at Court General Grant,
Jesse r. Grant. Mr.. James Birney, Minister
at the Hague; General Badeau. aide-de-
camp in waiting; Mr.. N. NJ. Beckwith, Mr.
Arthur Beckwith, and Mr.. Writ Skies.
COURT NEWS
The Princess OF Wales has recovered from
her recent illness.
Her Majesty the Queen will return to
Windsor on the 21st inst.
KENRALy ON GRANT.
DR.. Kenealy, the Tichborne claimants
parliamentary or rather unparliamentary
champion and counsel, has denounced ex-
President Grant as corrupt man, who
amassed immense wealth while in the White
House.
POLO IN ENGLAND.
The past has been lively week among
the polo players. A series of splendid
matches took place at Monmouth. On
Thursday the international clubs met on
the polo grounds and played delightful
game with the Monmouths, the latter win
ming the match. Mr.. Kenyon Stowe broke
one OF his legs during the game.
On Friday the Tyro Club beat the Horse
Guards. The Monmouths beat the Hurting
ham Club the same day. Several accidents
occurred during the day.
GRAND MATCH.
On Saturday there was grand match be-
tween the Tyros and the Monmouths. Fully
five hundred spectators were on the ground;
among whom were the Prince of Wales
Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne,
and the Duke and Duchess of Teck. After
q long and excited play the game was with
drawn. The weather was beautiful
COACHING IN LONDON.
The great event of the sporting week has
been the meeting Of the Four-in-Han Club
at Hyde Park, under the leadership of
the Duke Of Beaufort. Twenty-one drags
paraded. Thirty thousand spectators wit
messed the spectacle. which was really i'm
posing, and the favorite coaches, with their
loads of manliness and beauty, attracted
many admiring comments from the we'll
dressed throng. The coaching season, in
deed, is in full blast, inspired, perhaps, by
the gracious summer weather. Coaches now
run regularly out of London to Box Hill,
Guilford, Richmond, st. Adams, Tunbridge,
Sevenoaks and Windsor.
LUCKY JOCKEY.
Lord Falmouth has presented SIS, 900 to
Archer, the jockey who rode the winning
horse at the Derby.
Silvio was heavily backed by the Prince
of Wales, SO that his Royal Highness is con-
siderably in pocket.
GREAT YACHTING PEAT.
The clipper Canterbury has sailed race
from New Zealand to London in sixty-fve
days, the fastest time on record.
The channel match will be sailed from
Dover on the 18th inst.
BAD FOR THE sPoRTsMEN.
There is strong probability that the
grouse shooting this season will be failure.
IN MEMORY OF MOTLEY.
The weekly journals all devote long no
tees to the career Of the late American his
torian, Motley, and unite in laInenting his
death.
BRITISH CIVILIZATION.
Believers in the perfection Of British civ
ilization are much grievod at the reappear-
ance Of highwaymen in the suburbs Of
the metropolis, and they mourn also
over the shameful scene in tho House
of Commons when the majority howled