, 1881-07-17

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!; with his host he will not only be rouglll,
handled, but the UltTa-Radicals who hav
hitherto supported him, and papers like tn
Pau lful1 Gazette, which have earnestl.
pleaded his right to his seat, will seiz
the opportunity to throw him overheard
Mr. Gladstone will be only too glad to ge
rid Of him.
THE "DEAH" MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN
i RAILROADS
has been very active and successful thi:
week, general fall having taken place ii
| American securities, The kilograms fron
New York have been less sensational thar
usual, but it still reported that your harvest
will be very deficient The Economist, calling
attention to the drain of gold from England
to New York, says: "The unliQnidatetl
trade balance due the United Stltes is
nearly S16,500,O00 greater than year
ago. or rather all apparent balance,
as there are no means Of knowing to
what extent payment may have been made
! III securities. 10 all appearance, however,
the power of the United States to take gold
! from Europe is much greater than it was a
| year ago. The need for gold, however.
/ now that currency is firmly established
on a gold basis, is less, and it
appears probable that payment for
4 large portion of her trade must be taken in
goods. With Italy in the market for gold,
the action Of America in this matter is vital
| ly important, and will be watched closely
and auxiously.''
CHRISTIE 4 MANSON,
| the we1l-known auctioneers, have disposed
during the last three days, at their rooms in
King street, st. james, Of the silver plate,
porcelain, wines, and pictures Of the late
Earl of Beaconstield. Among the OBJ
jects Of art were many elegant Dres-
den vases, 4 Tyre clock in chased
ormolu, ten marble lnctallions representing
the PASSIONS Uroul the Grinlaldi Palace at
Fenice), Oriental arms, all Italian bronze
group Of Hercules and the bull, a fine
Worcester china dessert service, 4 pair Of
magnificent candelabra, formed of white
marble vases, with ormolu lily
branches, beautiful cabinet intaid with
Dresden plaques, and {; breakfast and tea
service of modern porcelain, each piece
painted with AL Earl's caronet and Lord
Beaconsiield's monogram. In addition to
these and al extraordinary collection OF per-
sOnaI knicknacfls, 433:50 were obtained for the
stereotype plates aud copyright of Lord
Beaconsted's edition of the works of his
father, Isaac Disracli, the litteratuer, with 4
memoir and notes from the pen of the ex-
Prime Minister
TIE CHIEF SOCIAL. EVENTS OF TIE SEASON
have been a garden party at the Marlborough
House, at which nearly everybody in society
was present, garden purity yesterday after
noon at the Baroness Burdett- Coutts', and
the ball Of the Second Life Guards, ut
which the Prince and Princess Of Wales,
the Crown Prince of Germany, and the
Dukes Of Connaught and Cambridge were
present. Twelve hundred guests were itl-
vited. including most o the prettiest women
in London. This was the most successful
ball Of the season, notwithstanding
tile excessive heat of the weather. |
Tie night was quite equal to the !
hottest July night in New York. The Prince
Of Wales had gone to tile Derby agricultural |
show in the morning, returned in the after
noon, the journey there and back being 30 |
miles, made several calls, dined out, and |
wound up BY staying at the bail till |
. O'Clock in the morning, a pretty good days
work with the thermometer at 9S in the |
shade. The end OF the season is now rapidly |
The Queen leaves next week
for Osborne, and already large and fash
ionable contingent las left town.
TIE LORD MAYOR GAVE A BAN
QUIET
at the Mansion House to representatives of
the British Colonies. 1t was brilliant af-
fair, all of the Colonies and most of the
dependencies being represented. His Royal
[1ighness the Prince of Wales sat on the
right Of the Lord Mayor, who had the King Of
the Sandwich Islands OIL Ills left Among
)taer distinguished persons who were pres
ent were the Earl Of Kimberley, Secretary OF
State for the Colonies, the Earl
If Roseberry. Mr.. Forster, Lord Napier,
Sir George c. StraI,an. Governor of
Tasmania, Sir Bartle Freer, Sir Charles
iavan Duffy, Sir John Macdonald
Sir John Rose. Sir ". Y. Whitcway, Premier
# Newfoundland, Mr.. Pulcston, N. r, Sir
[ulins Vogel, the Hon. Saul Samuel,
Agent for New South Wales, Sir P. Cunllffe
owen. Mr. Mowat, Premier Of Ontario, Mr..
3ethune, of Ontario, and Mr.. A. Dc Cosmos,
yho is the delegate Of British Colum-
ia, sent to support petition for
lie carrying out of the railway contract with
British Columbia under the terms OF the
Inion. The usual toast to the Queen having
een given, the Lord Mayor proposed the
caltll IF King Kalakaua. The latter re-
pon'led briefly, and spoke of Ills land
'llich, he said, was thriving and peaceful.
hey had, he said, no Land-Lcaguers
here, all announcement which was received I
Fitia applause. The Prince of Wales, reply 8
NJ to his health, spoke of the pleasure it had :
iven him in his younger days to visit ,
anada, and how much he should like to
epeat the visit. The impressions he
all received during his trip in North Amer
n were as fresh and pleasant to-day as
yer. lie was sorry that his many engage 4
tents prevented him from visiting all t
le colonies. Tile Lord Mayor, in pro-
oslng the toast Of 'Tl1c Colonies"
lld that, though the poet-laureate dreams
the confederation of nations and the Par d
ament of man might never take place. t
here was one thing within the sphere of
ractical politics when foreign '
ountries were making hostile tariffs. the
'!onies and the mother country could | r
ake tariffs mutually beneficial to |
} each other. There were no commodities
lpplicd by foreign countries which could I
ot be supplied by one or other Of the colo
les. The Earl Of Kimberley, replied to this a
'ast, and urged the necessity of unity be- |
Seen all ports of the Empire. lie L
III that the people Of the colonies were T
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