New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-01
LONDON GOSSIP.
AN ENGLIsHMANs NOTES ON ENGLISH
TOPICS.

LONDON, June 16
Now that the Lords have at last accepted
the Deceased wises Sister and allowed her TO marry o
wdower there should be little difficulty In pushing 'no
bill through the Commons 30 tnat u may 10
ceye the ROYAL assent this session There Is no lear
thai the uttsrauce from the throne will be La royne
savysera, for the Princes very strong on the SUD
ect and came down thu House OF Lords 10 see 'ei
pet motion carried Whether the Princess beaiiice "i
after oil. marry the Grand Duke OF Hesso-Darips"'"
the wido ser of her sister, the Princess Alice remains 70
be seen Court hangers-o declare that his marriage
win surely he made without delay; but 1t Ia very doubt
full whether the Princess Beatrice will leave the queen
quite alone.
This loneliness is nevertheless entirely due 10 tne
action Of the Queen herself in holding aloof rom her
other children. In her intercourse with them teio
observed ceremonousness ridiculous as tue oer'an
accent with which all except the Queen are snic'eu'
Conspicuous idiots In English society initiate tue gut
tura accent of the Prince of and his brothers, OF
whom the Duke of Edinburgh Is the most intensely
German I'm speech and manner.
Nothing gives much better gauge of the frivoity OF
society here than the comparative attendance al inc
French plays When N.niche " Ia played the upper
House is fully represented but serious plays Oh hsn
merit like I'm Roman Parislen q" and Serge r"n'no
draw only sparse audiences The latter IL the P'ay III
which Mr. Mansfield lately made success in America
PLAYING the part In which st. German astonisheo LILO
ol doners on Wednesday night lat Of the baron oee
rial wonderful creation.
Mr.. Irving Bishop the so-called thought-reader has
completely failed convince the public that lie can ea
the number OF bank note through the minu Oh su"
iect or medium As entirely false impression mas
bren conveyed by some newspaper writer's that he "on
or virtually on" his wager with Mr. Labouchere' IL
NAV La worth while TO It. In this country we are
mot such fools rs we SEEM although some OF us are foo
enough for anything Mr. Irving Bishop has put down
long list OF patrons. thinking thereby 10 impress 'ho
snobs and snobbesses OF society His patron is RS re
a person of rank and fashion who pays Mr. Bishop 10
perform his tricks he pays Nde Jeanne Granier OF
Madame Chaumon to sing songs at his mouse "nen ne
has friends He would pay any person who was In de
mand at the moment, Tyroese to jode' Neapoh'ai
fairly clean, TO dance the fdronfeha or the So'o'e
MAKER of fanfocc paofoneues dancing dolls or dane
ing dogs The grandee neither believes nor diSoene'e''
The proceelng Is curious or CHEEKY" but celestial
bosoms are torn and celestial brains sucn Us n'
are not busted with such matters They are tue sport
of nm idle hour like a comic singer or low comeuah
and are not serious things ike the Goodwood STAKES OF
the Northumberland Plate.
IA Mr. Irving Bishop asserts that he has won his
wager with Mr. Labouchere, 1t may be well to snow why
he has not done Mr. Lboucnere bettod ten 10 one
in hundreds that Mr.. Bishop could no read the number
OF n bank note which Mr. Iab.Gehere would show 10
Mr. Firth the member for Chelsea, and leave In the
hands of that gentleman while Mr.. Bishop read MS
thoughts and the number OF the note. MI Bishop never
agreed TO these conditions On Tuesday night nc IN
ferred that behad done So but the Inference was quite
unwarraned by facts He only agreed to let MT fl'h
take the chair at the seonee in ST. Jamess Hail. put
insisted that the subject medium whose thoughts ne
was sunposed to read should be by the audience
or by a committee OF his We know well what that
moan. and ARE little shy Of conjurors since the slade
affair which showed how easy apparently Impossible
tricks really All but the shsowest brain must nave
seen on Tuesday that such processes OF selection
have only one end There was ienrfa uproar mt St.
Samess Hall when Mr. Bishop. after talking great deal
of nonsense about Mr. Labouchere and Mr. Firth, and
done some tricks like those OF the Davenport Brothers
refused TO attempt TO read bank note supplied DJ M
Charles Russell, N. p. and held by Professor ha.
Lancaster In fact he would not attempt the note trok
until he had secured n Colonel Statham az suo)ect
when he AT once became very confident and read the
number without difficulty. Mr. Tabouchere has since
offered him list of fifty persons OF unquestionabe honor
md noston 10 choose subject from, hut MI Bishop
will do nothing the kind. II Is the old story Unless
the coniuror can ring In confederate he cannot DO
impossible things
In his manner and style Mr. Bishop gave great offence
In this country people think Member OF Parliament
very much the superior OF any kind OF mountebank and
dislike on the part OF latter nsolen assumption OF
equality Everything and everybody American are In
great favor here Young nobemen marry pretty Amer
team, not for their money but because they are bean-
full and clever The Misses Yznaga-now Lady mande-
Lady Lister Kaye-are netherof them heresses
and Lady Vaudeville will some day DO duchess OF man
chester American stories and American Jokes are st-
ened 10 with the greatest OF delight American phrases
are highly rcshed American art is attracting very great
attention. and nobody Is popular as properly In
troaueed American. But Engshmen do not ike I'M
nudent and nsolrnt showmen who assume an equality
with gentlemen of clearly defined position, and they re-
ject Mr. Bishops claim to have won his wager us an IN
suit to their common and under standing.
II had been hoped that all this mesmerc and similar
rbb.h hat boon played ont in this country by the I'M
prisonmon OF the sade, but seems that be fund
OF human creduty Is inexhaustible
II now seems certain that shall not have Parlia-
nent sitting 30 late TO interfere seriously With grouse
shooting.
The Companies Of the City OF London, who have in
their cellars some the best wine in the world, will in
all probability remain unmoesed for another year, and
thi terror OF all the uneducated mob OF agricultural
Iaborers GOLFERS brickmskers and tho rest being made
yo r. seems yet further oil every year. Only the out-
and-out Radicals are in ii hurry for this measure
More moderate Liberals agree with Lord sherbrooke
Mr Robert Lowe, In thinking that England ought to
give the new educational system time to work before
irving TO extend the suffrage.
Tn tbe Chess Tournament just now being concluded
tba frat prize as undoubtedly been wen by the best
payer II isnostrange that Mr. Zukertoy should have
broken down Just after he passed the winning post
When his victory was beyond all doubt the effect OF
the prolonged strain upon his delicate constitution at
once made Itself fot lie had won CALAMITY, but to
complete the round had three more games to play
He lost them all three lacking perhaps the tension OF
necessity perhaps the physical strength TO play his
hest any longer II looks as II the chief honors would
90 to the Germans who have adopted England their
home Mr. Zukertort mas the first Prize 1890, and
II looks as Mr. steintz would beat Mr. Backburne for
the second The next chance after these three
to be in favor OF Mr. Tschigorn. the Russian player
close 10 whom are the Americans Mr.. Mackenzie and
| Mr. Mason the Germon representative MT. Englisch,