New-York tribune., 1883-06-17
LONDON GOSSIP.
AN ENGLIsHMANs NOTES ON ENGLISH
TOPICS.

Now that Whitsuntde and the Deroy are
well over and the HOngshcad-We wellesley Ne" falSt"n
Club has been inaugurated it must be canddy coheseu
that for downright dulness this has had no fellow
for several years past the Derby itself failed to
galyanizo people into enthusiasm As that eminent low
comedian the late Mr.. Wright was wont 10 OBSERVE
Things amt as they used TO and people can 90 aS
they used TO did" This is the kind OF thing we are e
quired to believe, forbears laughed at II we can
credit all we are told they laughed at every little thing IN
those days and the consequence was that they
great deal Very poor stun passed for Wit and hInor
the fact being that good liquor and plenty oil II had ucn
to do with that "gayety OF heart whlch Charles
Mathews was fond OF talking about As the veteran
comedian owned, when hard pressed the ancient ]ok
era good things" did not quite so good when
taken cold" Like Burgundy, they did not bear car
rage beyond the vnOus atmosphere In which they were
cngendered. BY the way, are beginning to drink
little port wire again, and also Madeira both e1cehehV
things too long out of fashion The fact is we drnk so
little that want that little strong Ihe ciSaretle
has completely spoiled both drinking and smoking NO
sooner has the young man OF the period hnlsheu MS
dinner than he wants cigarette Fine clare therefore
is rs useless as cigars Cigarettes and lemonsquash
are the order OF the day. We might almost as WELDON
the Blue Ribbon Army that s II It werS not Tor the
Boy"
"The Boy" fe, champagne has greatly Increased IN
consnmption and In price. Fine brands OF dry wine
which could nave bought easily dozen years ago
far SIG per dozen are now worth from $50 to S29 Tor
wine of drinkable age. Old Wine OF good brand anu
good year. like the Perrisr JDuet OF 1879 Is dcuI 10
get at ALL even ut a very high price Champagne hoA
named by Mr. Grant Duff Governor OF Madras 'he
smrlbeer OF polite society," Is then the chiei -
consumption at dinner parties as 1t was years ago III
America Hook sherry and claret are hardly tasted
except In the case Of latter, by gouty old gentlemen
who look sadly on as the Boy " goes by.
Since we all into town Tor the Deroy thete mas
been great run upon the out-o-town dning-plnces'
Thpf futue 11iuT fDTQe
OF all this determination to riscae is to be foun IN the
perfcctly divine weather have experienced Tor tue
last Fortnight Chestnut Sunday. as II Is called thal Is
tbe Sunday on which the horse chesnrts IN Bushy FarA
are i'm fall flower fell very late this year-h hc' on o
Sunday after the Icrby when the Spehulu avenue III
which the fountain OF Diana Is placed was rs bcautul ~
might be- The showers OF Saturday morning were iSei
IN fbe flowers and also those who had heavy EPSON
account TO make up-as the majority had-ont Suhu''y
was superb and every day since has been dehgh'Iu"
have been to Strawberry lliu, n delicious place anu
pleasantly situated FOR holiday launt We drove uoWn
TO Twckcnham and after looking over strawberiy mn
unched at the Orleans one day. but on the Secu oc
cosiou went down we took Bushy PARK In our way to
HAMPTON Court where at the Ntrc the hotel at the 1907
Of the bridge very good entertainment r 10 e hau or
man and beast" Readers OF TIE TRIBUNE may ne
Interested 10 know that the finest close view OF the
Thames near London l. TO be got from The WINDOWS o
the Ntrc This is n very old established place. sreatly
fr.ouented by Frcemasons. The champagne and the
J1ckling are a. perfect the cells. which no epcuge
should overlook. The ocs obtained from the Ihahes
Mile and Kennel like those from the Avon at Salisbury
are distinct animals from the great, greasy Du'ch mu"
fed ecs supplied in London restaurants may ndd inst
vhfebaii may DO had at Hampton Court, Just as well as
at Greenwich
To intending visitors to this happy land OF peace and
plcnty-of credit may give one piece OF advice
They should never 20 by raj TO any place round LONDON
by rail they nearly everything CT interest ana al
this time Of year the delicious ght green color oI tPhS
I.aogo REGULARLY tender. diaphanous and beautiful
Tcy sbould drive every where within twenty miles snd
Get clear idea CT the lo~cy country round London ~
returning from Hampton Court they should by no means
hermit their coachman todrive thmby the common pfoy
road into London On the contrary, ihey shond make
him cross the river at Kingston Bridge 80 through
Krnrston and turn into Richmond Park at Kingston
Gate that spot and sheen Gate there Is at this
tuon.nt a forest OF white hawthOrns In bloom. 80
cy are the trees covered with flowers that they look
I'm The sun as white " they had been showed upon and
MI the air with the most delicious odOr These May
trees they Vulgary called. never grow To large
size but many them Of enormous nse. The scene
baes description In Its charming color and complete
secuson from the ,aiut OF town. Neither houses nor
inhabitants mar the delicious solitude cnvened only by
the song Of the thrush and blackbrd and the gay gam
bos OF thousands OF rabbits sporng iearety ht tee
fringes OF the thck plantations Farther away among
the long sunlit glados the faiow buck and his female
chestnuts. In the distance. nothing but superbly
rounded Ins sscs OF foliage.
mention charming bit OF woodland scenery rs one
OF those treasures which like the remains OF Sherwood
Forsst have exact parallel elscwhere. As distant
view neither lie compared with that from Richmond
HILL Eui there drawbacks 10 Richmond Hill The
food and wine at the big hotel distinctly deesabe
Eyerything has the flavor OF rbchGtbt; the wine Is
undrnkable In fact the only things drunk arc the
walters.
In the matter OF refreshmen everything better done
M Greenwich than nt Rehnond The fish cool cry re
oures no assistance from the school at the international
Fisheries Exhibition. But then the road Is gloomy oI
cent one take, the steamboat down the pool rs II l.
called I never fail 10 take my guests this way. IL
gives such an OF the River Thames and of London
cannot otherwise got and puts keen edge the ap
petite: but the forests OF masts, and instead Of
flo eers we pass the flags OF all nations.
Our EPSON party settled up at Greenwich Saturday
~ usual among Themselves sending each account to Tat
tcrsals through Charles Brewer Co., the sons OF the
late Mr. Charles Brewer, who would bet on commission
or bishop aud actually conduct large transactions for
ess exalted ccrgymen. A Il rule does not bet ores
self any more except at the post, and there the
work much better done by agent whose per cent
commission on winnings is trifc when compared Va tn
his SUPERIOR command OF the market We ate through
the regular wich dinner with special exception
that instead Of lamb duckng and forth after the fish,
We hal after the multitude OF fishes only two kinds Df
meal 10 wit roast of buck yenson and French
beans and bacon and beans the latter OF the broad
kind known I'm France Jeces de mdrdS The yenison,
from faow, not red-dcer. superb, and admirably
closed e, begun by clear turtle, followed by sOUche
of founders. / say nothing OF the giant English and
French asparagus and good green aud straw
berries because you have all such things in great per
fection but may mention that had tarts made OF
green grapes and green apricots When say green
mean the unTipe thinnIng5" clipped OF the aud
the In the huthouse by the gardener The green
peach or apricot Is distinctly better than that made
OF grapes which To the ptIate are much the same a.
gOoseberrics Everything was very good, although
wonder at people going forever a the same thing.
Why do they not give us boRHdbassee asat Marseies
All reports 20 the contrary Notwithstanding. there
no large winners the Derby and Oaks Tile saus OF
:he Prince Of Wales Lord Abingdon and Sir Frederick
JohnstOne have been enormously exaggerated. The lat
fer by far the biggest "punter" OF them all only
about ten thousand pounds. Lord Abingdon, Bunny