New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-11
LONDON GOSSIP.
AN ENGLIsIIlIANS NOTES on ENGLISH
TOPICS.

TOPICS.
IrROw Az OCC lsIONAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNE
LOSDOS, January 20.
Mr.. Gladstone is of with his wife to Cannes,
Sir Charles Dixie Is at Toulon Sir Stafford Norhco' Is
cruising in the Mediterranean. ana Lord Salisbury and
Lady Salisbury are mt ST. Raphael little place on the
Riviera Railway most delightful means Of communi-
cation n when one becomes melancholy mad at Men
tone Nice or Cannes. Il makes possible run To Monte
Carlo whittier much talent Of M adventurous Nina j.
now tending. Her Grace the Dowager OF Monro'e ana
Mr. Crawurl the Eiyera.a usual 50 are the DUKE
Of Hamilton and Sir Frederick Johnstone. Mr. Aicme
Wortley the excellent artist and crack pgcon-shooier
who made the dcadhcat with Dr. Carver j, also at Monte
Carlo where the weather has been diaholcaL Sitl
plrutv of people are let in London and 1t Is very dh-
cult to buy seat no any of the theatres in .'rue
There IS much laughter here at tho simultaneous all
scuce OF the Liberal and Conservative lenders who nap
pcn M the same time % bee the two most married men
Of this nationality. Ms. Gladstone Who is lie '' '"e
best and kluIc,t women u the world ha, the unhappy
knack OF dressing herself nhomiuaby, and committing
the still greater sin OF housing her eccentric costume"
shall never forget her appearance u sy-hluc SILK ni the
wedding % the Dixie Of Albany. On ordinary occasions
she il clad I'm rusty black six. wei worn ana N'ih
dragged look about the p.cont which barely conc"I-
pair ~ shapc.,, boots. actually down az heel Her
gloves match the and She has been heard TO c1n
in a wcll-mcudcd par FOR the reason that the money
which would ay, bought ncy better applied to
lc ,uccoruf the poor and needy. This union oil n7ctu-
ci.in and c,tr.mc High Chur principles with adv
Liberal almost Communists political ycwsis remark
able characteristic NJ the whole family of the I'r
Lady salisbury, although strictly religious "oi1ail is
NOT asrcc I'm matters OF costume. md dresses richly al
nt tastclc,slv She = remarkable woman. n,Ycrthe
less this dnuchtorof the a.t Baron Anderson. Tor she
rules al around her absolutely and Is the Qu'n 81 litrt
fordshre without any sister near the throne ~ dispute
the allegiance ~ her Vn,-as Lord Ecncon-hrd had ~
everybody knows wife who wor.hIppcd Llm ana made
LII, fortune but who remarkable neither I"r b'hul!
NOR culture nor refinement Lady Shcrbrookc. again." ho
has uiado Bob Lowe" an admirable wife, Il Yer!
clever woman who paints IN water col"r hat hardly
merits the concluding culoeum upon hcef'd Irish lady
&" Of such Is the Kingdom Of Heaven she Is very
agreeable In the society Of persons Ike the writer bui j.
hated by her with aa exceeding great ana btt'T
hatred Why cannot imagine for the only fault can
find with her {, the bsorTs> Of hcr costume. which is
very staring Lord shcr5rooke IN his venerable lnNcr-
ucs cape and h, wife in her indc.crihnhlc rnlu'hi
make a pair stafrsInens wives certainly are NOT ~
once the most brilliant and beautiful Of their sex The
moor Empress Eugfnic undoubtedly hand-om"
once but lilly dcvotcc; her husnauds-hv % contra
dtion I'm tcrns-eyil genius and ultimately the causc of
his ruin In our present Cabinet two 81 the youngest
members, Sir Charles Dixie and Mr. Chamberlain. are
y,dovcr. and beyond Mr. Gladstone the wives Of the
Others are not rcnarkablc-,aync two lady DtrhyWho
was tho widow late Mari u- ~ salisbury can give
the prcmcrs wife several points n general dowducas OF
ottjre In fact she ard her husband make ~ uucouth
looking couple could De- found Ia England The rc-
naming lady "a the magnificent exception. Lady
suuccr wife OF the former President OF the Council aud
rre.eut Lord Lieutenant OF Ireland, s. celebrated
beauty one OF the lovely Scymour famous FOR the short
uppcr lip known the arc de- CHpidoH 80 beautiful
WAS she that when Lord Spencer went 10 Ireland with
her several years ago they nlcnamod Beauty and
the Pcast." so there is ono superhly handsome wife
among those Of our statesmen tut, If Lord spencer be
ono OF them.
Dr Ouain the most popular physician I'm London. has
inst is.nci ms long promised Dictionary of Medicine.
Dr Ouain +. AN indciltl.abic worker morning til
NIGHT Int contryc- dine very frequently, to the
great delight Of his friends. lie is universal fay0rtc.
and his thick Irish brocuc gives additional unctuousncs
to his excellent stories A. racoHc'r hc IS hardly of
the severe school Of Mr. Abraham Hayward. although
lie il ncycr" lengthy" The ric tone OF the voice Is
accompanied by amcrry twinkle Of the eye incypriby
diycrug. With all these social qualities hr J. ~ inc
very first rank Of his profession ana attended Lord
Bcacou,hcld ana the lat" Lord Stamford The last
named peers great deer forests Of Gcnuorc and Ahrr
ncthy viii PROBABLY be- To- let next Dr. GUAM.
who has gone dccrsaking ia them Tor many ycnr past
would great acquisition 10 the Incoming tenant. n
bc doctor would consent To lei himself De- taken over
| with the property
Ihcard curious story Of Thnckcray last night and
hccyc 10 be imprinted Thnckcray was one day
tcrng away from the Garck club. then close To- Co,cut
Garden. and strOng through 'ranb"uThe Alloy stopped
oppo-c "A pic-hOp around Whic! several urcns Of both
soy
some pork pies which the baker had jus, placed In the
| window sale. Thachcny had great kullnrss for
children and dumb animals IN TACT for any creature that
could not hit back injured. his soul touched b
| The hungry looking children Calling the tacst "a zip
hall crown telling her 10 buy five sspcnuy pics take
one for herself and give the others 10 her little conpa-
ions Presently be the giH with the five pork pics.
one IN her hand and the others in her apron. making
at her best pace. Oycradng her he .rcproachod her
npon the elrl screamed ont: let alone. you nasty.
dirty old beast, I'll call policeman" The novelist,
like ~ he said 80 hot potato" and never dahbcd IN
practical philanthropy again lie took cynical pleasure
All who know anything OF juvenile vice In London will
dent except that the girl spent all the money IN pies
instead Of pockcting II she had pocket the silver
Lord Vivian. known from h' fine aqnlne nose and
perpetual eve glass a. Hook and Eye has given uI
his town house and retired into the country When il
he forsakcs Newmarket one Of its best known in
| diyidualities will be lost
The death of Baron Martin has caused much talk Of
| OF us born hear that the persons described by
sporting writer's Mr." this and that pack Of
ton OF older horse named MaccabTus for the three
| ycaI-old Running Rein imagined by Goodman
probably had share In the gaming houses where higher
stakes were played; this person, with Joe Wood an
other professional gambler and owner OF racchOrscs
and one Glen baker In Rcgentst aided by the motto
business II Is strange that they had the harihoOd TO
do So for the plot had been scented by Lord George Ben
timex; and General Peel the ov ncr of Orlando the
second in the race, lodged protest against Running
Rein Immediately after he won All this Is ancient his
tory and induces old hands TO talk OF Bloomsbury who
the Derby nyc years before but allowed 10
ccve the bets and stakes although everybody but those
| connected with him declared he old un." The
betting on the Derby Is very small matter and Il
is Impossible to back horse to fortune at rcnin-
| erative odds. hear that Lord Hastings. the owner
OF Beau Brunne ihyoIite for that race, has only been
able to get on $500 at twenty To one At this mo-
eleven TO one is the highest price obtain
| able.
The man in the street tells that the lady I'm her
own right who n short time ago, married the bakers
Young man. has set him up In business keeps his books
aud serves IN the shop good bakers wife should.