New-York tribune., 1882-04-12
LONDON GOSSIP.
AN ENGLIsHMAN's NOTES on ENGLISH
TOPICS.


Prince Of waess at sandown and tose them also
In front for the Household Brigade cup Determined 10
encourage the Grand Military meeting with his actual
patronage the Prince few weeks cast about TOT
something to run for him. and succeeded In getting far
play, u moderate animal. but one whicn proved soou
enough to win in the hands OF LIKE White. III Was
great day The Princess Of Wales there. wearing
her husbands coors the those carried on the
racrcourse nv his Royal Hlghness's great uncles
George ana william the Fourth and the Duke OF iorh
The Royal co0rs should be scnreor that Is the vet'o Oh
the House OF HanOver-thc real but ohen disputeu
reason why the English army wears red But MT S'
ling Craw ford the husband of tho Dowacer Duchess OF
Montrosc s the of the all scarlet on the race
course and various shades Of red with white and black
caps are already distributed The Duchess OF Montrose
generally wears an all scarlet when her husband
has prominent favOrite running ard at Monte Oar'o
and Nice has thus acquired the nickname OF La
Tomato" The Prince OF Wales's colors very gay-a
purple Jacket gold agrafes scarlet sleeves anu
black velvet cap with gold tasscl and fringe. Luxe
White rode Fairplay exceedingly WELL and may be said
TO have won the for the Prince who was greatly e
lighted at his success Popular enthusiasm ran bgh ana
the victory Of FaiTplay loudly cheered Culo"fv
enough the Prince raised his hat ana Dowed HIS
Acknowledgement Of the compliment. II was, o1peourSe
the horse his rider who cheered not the owner
but the Prince chose with his usual bOnbome to aceep
the compliment everybody happy but the oacK-
ers of the favorte shabbngon, who put the pest Iace
they could upon their defeat. 1t was glorious ui'y
fearfuly hot and garing. and it was pleasant 10 LOOK
upon the pretty young Mattresses engaged by Sir VII
fred Brett They were most charmingy dressed ana a
delightful change the hdeOus, frOwzy walters VINO
nest the grand stands Many OF the visitors came BACK
TO London actually tanned by the sun-a wonderful
event in mid-Marcb.
Lady Lindsay has recommended her pleasant Sunday
tea parties in the Grosvenor Gallery This gifted
lady must confounded with the Lady Lindsay VINO
ia the wife Of Sir Robert Lloyd Lindsay V. c., and a
daughter Of Lord Oversone. The Lady Lindsay OF the
Grosvenor Gallery s the wife Of Sir Couts Lindsay OF
Balcarres and grand laughter Of the Rothschds she
ia no exception the rule that Jewish blood carries Win
it musical and artistic talent Lady Lindsay paints very
well indeed ard plays the violin delightfully."- She Is
pup OF Madame Norman Neruda, and is distinguished
from Lady Lloyd Lindsay by being of Balcarres.'
1t will bo recoleced that the Earl OF Crawford ana
Baicarres was only other day Lord Lindsay and sue
ceeded the dead nobleman whose corpse has been
carried off by body-snachers He Is the head OF the
Iindsays is very learned and scientific. skilled as
tronomer very good fellow, and has the reddest hair
and beard in London. I mention all these facts about
the Lndsay they ike the Nlerses, are 80 numerous
n & to confuse rot TO ray madden newcomers Niliers
may MENTION is always pronounced, ny persons CONNIE
Hfam without the liquid, apparently indicated ny the
second al" To call person "Nillyers' y is to write
oneself down a stranger or vulcarian "Vers is
tbe accurate pronunciation DL Is Of Dalziel and
Dalyell.
Lord Crawford whose fathers body has been stolen,
was at party Sunday and was In deep conVer
saton with the Princess Louise, the best looking ana
best Of the Prncesses of the Blood Royal Inc
Marchioness OF Lorne. she is sometimes clumsily
called has q very elegant figure and pretty wast-l
think ladies call it-and was robed on sunday IN the
dark brown satin and plush which are fashionable here
she looked very well indeed and her costume by the
side of Lady Idndsays royal velvet very efec
tive TIE gathering mixture OF fashion ana talent
Mr. Harvard the last Of the racoteTs, there and
so we're Mr. Browning the poet, and Mr.. Hare aud Mr.
Kendall the actors, well "a Mr. Comyns Carr the
dramatizer OF Mr. Hardys greatly talked OF Far from
the Madding Crowd" For beauty Miss Graham per
haps bore away the palm from such remarkably beauti
ful women as Mrs Hare and Mrs Moschees. Thesetwo
afford ali admirable contrast Mrs MOscheles is blonde
rdprcuse and sentimental in appearance, while Mrs
Hare tall dark and srikngy handsome, with fine
figure The last named lady frock or DlacE satin
with gold stripes running ongitudinally, which in
creased the of her elegant outline. How straug
if seems dozen years ago people spoke, and bad
English it was of lady's dress" Then we all called
IT "a gown" but it is never called anything but
"frock" This Kind OF thing is not 80 unimportan as 1t
nav SEEM In this country any variation from the cur
rent language of the day instantly voted "vulgar"
n word which kills. Before all and everything is es
sentia 10 have trippngy the tongue" the current
phrases Of the day and the current pronunciation Of the
came.
when I was Il young coming home from Ger
monv and German education, discovered that the most
fashionable of all things to pronounce
ones "rs" down in the throat, after the
German and French manner. The most
agreeable man of his day, charming in every way, is
Pussy otherwise Lord Granville. Pussys' rs are
very low down in the throa-genune cultural sounds
but harmonious and pleasant The sound is entirely diff
ferent from that emitted by IDIOTS such young oxford
curates and the like who say vewy instead OF very
II is nearer like vehrhy far it is possible TO put
if upon paper The Prince Wales and all his brothers
have this German accent in perfection "Vehrhy good
is the xpression very frequently from the
heirapparcnt. Tomorrow becomes "tomohrrhOw," and
the world here affects this German cultural just now
At the tea party aforesaid Mr.. Browning and Lord
sherbrooke were Of the most agreeable companions
Mr. browning always full OF fun and anecdote and ia
the drst poet on record whose rament Is always in
fashion and in best taste. To look upon he is more
like a chief secretary Of legation than poet and the
father OF n rising artist Lord Sherbrookes white eye
brows are all over the place One is always Of
GOOD story or a clever remark from him The bitter |
tongue OF "Bob Love" has become sweeter under a |
coronet the look under the goggles, If not less
sharp is more genial than OF Old Mrs. Kendall was |
there of course, and Mrs. Bancroft, little weary |
fancied, OF "Ours" and Mrs. Langtry. How long the
popularity of the "emnent amateur" some OF the |
ranac profession insist calling her, will continue
remains to be seen but the chances that she Will
draw houses in different parts OF England for year to
come. plain language Blanehe Haye ia very small
mart recurring rather grace and manner than hisiOnlc
talent.
Patriotic songs, with the exception Of the Marse |
lase" are poor trash but few pale and Intellectual
efforts have been made IN this direction than Mr. Tenny
sons Hands All Round" II is also old. In 1852 IL |
was published in The Examiner the signature Of
"Mern." The music to which IL sung by Mr. SAINT
ley has been arranged by Mr. yiers Stanford. and viii
not carry the weight OF tine words To be brief and
rude Hands All Round" is very weak effort Of the
Poet Laureae and quite unworthy OF his great reputa
ton National songs must be stupid, but there are de
grces and Mr. Tennyson's song Is very low down the