New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-18
LONDON GOSSIP.
AN EMBELLISHMENTS NOTES ON ENGLISH
TOPICS.

was Obliged 20 give the of Parliament short ho
iday at whitsun tide Mr Gladstone made it short
possible. and himself down to Epson, after the
races ere well be it understood pass his holidays
with Lord Rosebefy The Durdans. q charming place
bought by Lord ROsebeTy the ssle OF the lands OF the
deceased Squire" Heathcote OF Joyous memory. Mr.
Heaihcote distinctly character OF the good old
fashioned foxhunting, saltboxpockets type When his
deep crimson jacket up OF his bighmetted
racers one could hear him yelling Go along old Bees
wingp or whatever other name his quadruped
known by. The squire" Rs he always called was
heavy better, and would win lose several thousands
quiet meeting at Newmarket. He had rude
Kind Of mother wit OF superior Tony Lumpkinish kind
and the droll between him and Mr.
Giubeie another humorist OF his day aso clever mus
and husband Of Lady Sophia Giubele mother by her
first marriage o. Mad Windham." The Durdans is now
Lord Roseberys and the clever young enertans
large party during the spring and summer meetings
Racing is quite out Of Mr. GladstOne's way In fac IL
would not be too much 10 say that his dislike FOR the
landhoding class body and their lOathing for MN
from his having sympathy whatever for the pur
OF English gentlemen. Mr.. Gladstone is unques-
tioDably man OF genins, earnesness and honesty OF
purpose; but he does not worship King Fox anu us
views concerning the preservation OF game Tor tue Pur
poses OF amusement very bourgeois lie does not
even 20 salmon-nshing like Mr.. Bright hut Is entirely
absorbed in politics books speeches and party manGu
vres-'- his tricks" Lord Beaconsneld used to call
them. To a country which arranges its sittngs OF far
lament so as not to interfere the for shoot
ing and fox-huntng, this blindness to all outdoor
amusements except woodcutting seems unnatural.
II must confessed that the English fashon OF stop
pin In London through all the fine weather appears
very dro to foreigners They think the BTitons are
mad; ard never reflect that Engshmen are essentially
sporting people. Birmingham Itself If sporting SO Tar
as upper lower classes Of people are concerned
II is only the middle class, the b0urgeoise VINO care
nothing the sports of the field The Squire us es-
taiIv f,y htut nd
her owns OF rents grouse moor deer forest IN
Scotland in addition his pheasant and partridge
shooting in Norfolk Wiltshire He hunts regularly,
and perhaps also goes salmon-hshiDc to Norway ana
Canada The English peasant, TOO, far from Directing to
the preservation game delights in It, for he ia skill
fol poacher at least East Anglia and the southern
counties Of the KIM lOm. The manufacturing people
of the North also pOrtmcn in their way with ther
hare aud rahbtcoursing, their foot and horserachS
and when they get chance, prize-hshtng IL H. there
fore neither the Squire Squres labOrers who OBJ
ec to sport, but the dissenting corn-chancer or
baker who teaches il Sunday school and Is en- utter
Gladstonite Hitherto the farmers have voted in the
main for county gentry. their landlords with whom
they are on good What is curious, also, is that
seli-nede men and the OF self-made men are
strongly conservative in feeling buy land settle 1t On
their eldest sons remainder TO their eldest for
there is no niger entail possible and in every way
strive 10 become country gentlemen duly recognized by
tie great Of the county. The rich Will probably
continue stand by each other but 1t is impossible to
tel what view English tenant-famers viii take in the
future what the consequence OF lowering the county
suffrage would be-that II it be carried before conpu
sorv education has produced enghteninC effect upon
the Of the agricultural aboTng population, at this
moment plunged in profound ignorance.
There are very bad reports the grouse in Scotland
and the season threatens to be bad One but no
such dismal from the great Yorkshire mo0rs
on which is the finest grouse-driving in the world
The short piIegia1 permitted whitsuntide bel ng
over everybody back town, and-I had nearly said
thank Heaven the Egyptian crisis has for an instant
pushed the Irish question aside. To-day being the
Queens birthday as by edct sabshed there will be
official dinners galore, and stars and ribands VIII shine
over numerous tables. On Monday all who can manage
II go 10 for the week This Is sensible custom
like that which prevails at Newmarket. There
a man who said that dramatic operate entertain
ment worth the torture Of hanging about with a
couple of ladies simultaneously catching cold in the
lobby q theatre while his carriage being brought
up the entrance BY parity OF reasoning very few
race-meetings are worth the trouble OF going and
from them Really to enjoy Epson one must be guest
OF Lord Rosebery and walk through his beautiful
grounds to the saddng paddock and so TO the grand
stand At Ascot must own, rent, Or better still
from "Handelic" point Of view, be invited to- one
Of those charming cottages which fringe the New Mile.
is caeda perfectly straight course TO the right OF
the sands-Over which the Royal Hunt Cup is for.
These are delightful residences amid purple wis
terra, lilac, aburDUm and hawthorn, and are worth
years rent for the Ascot week alone There arttul
people who have OF these houses lease aud live IN
them all the year round except Ascot week. when they
for enough money To pay all their years rent
their weeks expenses LONDON the seaside for
Fashion, with big +, will give almost any for
actly what she wants.
Apropos Of racing another American cast-Of has
great race, the Manchester Cup. Like Passaic tho
winner of the City and Suburban Walenstein
Iowff1.
This year they have proved sensational animals
Passac having the greatest Of the spring LandCaps
and Waensen both the Liverpool Spring Cup and the
Manchester Cup Both are enlisted by tie peorage
Passaic by Lord Kossmore and Wallenstein By Lord
Enesinere Every body is hoping to the magnificent
Foxhau run for and win the Ascot Gold Cup.
The sudden retreat OF the queen from London TO
Scotland the other day las occasoned iluch sarcastic
comment Her Majesty, who thinks it great under |
taking to 50 through with State call a drawingroOm
has been giving Big ball 70 pack Of Scotch servants
and petty tenants the the Balmoral aud Abergelde
estates. English yOungAdy dom is greatly offended ;
but the fact that the Queen has will and way Of her
own. She chooses consider herself busness-like |
sovereign and performs her serious duties with great
exactnes bGt avoids all pOmp and parade except WIen
Of her children Is going TO be narred when she
takes the keenest interest in every detail Of The
NAL Concerning representative duties generally Her
Majesty very indifferent, and thus while she exahpe
rates eOuTes sue Peases those o. severely republican
The death OF Lady Ward the mother Earl Dudle puts
Dudley House mourning and prevents Mrs. Gerard |
Leh's ball IL does not matter much 10 poor LORD DuO-
ley who with xealth, less than three
hundred thousand sterling Year the most beautiful OF
the MOncrehes FOR wife and family Of six sons and
daughter all enjoyment, having become quite i'm
ms last attack Of paraiy Lady Dudley,
whose attention her husband s incessant and
Red him out driving every day and negecH nOt
ing likely to cOnduce TO his recovery but sfcaTed That
he is past hope Before he was raised he eArdOm lie
known as Lord Ward, aud gambling adventure OF
bis IN early life 4 supposed 10 have suggested to Dsrae
the incidcn. The Young Duke" As the story goes
he Ost hundred thousand pounds sterling In nght
Old Lord de ROs and his set, who were under sOAe-
thing picion. AT that time, before the
velOpment OF the and coal his estates, this
Id q He DECLARED he YnuId |