New-York tribune., 1884-03-22
LONDON GOSSIP.
AN ENGLIsHMAN's NOTES on ENGLISH
TOPICS.


lrRoM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or TUE tRiGt Nj
There are few subjects on which such non
sense is talked and written as pigeon-shoounS ooh
fcss that does not appeal to my taste or imas'n"h III
any vav and that tie gambling element III II Is made
unpleasanty prominent. Bur the hnInhntAriahS 'alK
silly tvaddle about the slaughter Of doves foh i
vastly slnerior 70 pigeon. and he is slain. with much
uride pomp and circumstance hut slain nevertheless
II seems therefore to be chidshness to make lu7s
about few blue-rock pigeons which wonid never ."
suffered to exist all If they were not very dicu BIRDS
10 shoot within the conditions OF pigeon shooting Ana
this sport gayey attacked by an army OF sentimcnts
Is usc; IN its way IN keeping the hand IN Tor inc more
important gamc-shOGting. | nm aware that many
peore Will tell you that good pigeon shot Is not always
good game shot and rice rersa but Tgeon-sh0oung i
rood practice nevertheless To say that It + cruel IL
sinpv silly creature whose tomb Is 20 be the inside
of a pc must die in way. In this country ana In
France We wiring the necks Of pigeon and SQUAD In Ger
many land in which decapitation ia largely praetse
the cook maid puts knife into the mouth OF the doomed
dove and cuts the top of his head on
What lends interest to the contest between sportsneH
and senmenta!ists is attitude taken by Sir Frederick
Mbanke a crack shot and sportsman TO the backbone
lie is dead against pigeon shooting denouneing IL as
both cockney aud cruel II must be admitted that IL
gives rise great deal OF heavy gambling diversion
of which we have enough and 10 spare in other ways
Once more arises the sorry rumOr of the Prince OF
tursl depression not well Of they were and stand
ahast M the prospect Of seeing their money for
years il ever. Should any harm hefal Tum-Tum" as
he Is called every shilling OF some two hundred THOUSAND
pounds would be lost II the Queen, who Is worth nearly
two millions sterling OF private dsposabe property will
not nv -Tums debts while he Is living most as
suredy she would pay them after his death. Any
apnes 10 tue country would be received with derison
not because Prince Is unpopular but because ns
mothers Of boarding up the money paid her for
f,dis de representation has made her so. The country
paid great deal for George the Fourth when Prince Re
gent and Charles Greye bas told the world ell about the
scanpi,h Royal dukes But George the Fourth before
he from earth descended Landors epigram puts IT.
earned the love OF all the BARRIERS and tail0s IN the
United Kingdom by his remarkable inventions He in
vented three important articles or male costume
Firstly tho wig without which his sacred Majesty
never seen except by hs pages. the widow OF one OF
whom Lady Knighton. died only the other day Wigs
resembling the Kings late INTO our fathers
time by the Waterloo veterans. who also wore AM told
tile sroged surtout with braid and fur It, also
invented w that monarch. His third grand idea was the
nigh and stif shirt-colsr which completely superseded
the linn muslin cravats one secs in pictures by Gains
horcph and IN the earlier period OF Lawrence Now the
Prince of Wales can hardly claim 10 have invented any
thing but luxurious hot luncheon5 at shooting parties
which ho has clearly brought into fashion But ho i
benefactor Of his revIva!lat lie has distinctly
revived -nppers and pumps Both were completely out
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fashion Now We sup glorously and II l0sc Of gOuty
tendency fcrVently murIur. God bless the Prince Of
Wales" as they look at their smart and comfortable
pumps and silk stockings
am arni, that vanity has something 20 do with the
revival OF pumps for the Royal family very well built
about the legs and The Duke Of Cambridge Is re-
narkobe in this way. than the Prince OF
Wales and George the Fourth was physically very lar
man TIL he became sunk IN slOth and se-lndugehee
Az everybody knows loose trousers are never seen at the
Queen- dinner table, tight pantaocHs or oreeehos and
silk sockngs being de riGepr for the men, as low-cut
bod,ces are for the The best wine at the
ouceus table is the hook OF II presented TO Her
Majesty by German grtudoes Ike Prince Metternicn,
who owns the fam0us red hill known a. Joiann7berg
The holder OF famous historic title is jGst dead II
did not come tho way or Lord Sandwich 10 render any
eat his country but his ancestors were very
remarkable There Is WOTtey, the house Of Lord
wharncue portrait Of the first Earl OF Sandwich Lord
| High Admiral OF England, wearing tho George and
broad ribbon OF the Garter. These insignia were found
on the body this famous naval officer when was reen
floating on the after the desTerate battle with the
Dutch at socbay southwold IN 1872. This tho
| nv lord ~ frequently referred 10 by Mr.. Samuel
| pepys in his Diary The fourth Earl an
eminent diplonatist and statesman, after whom
| the Sandwich Islands were named, probably
because he was Pirst Lord OF the Admiralty at
| the time Of their discovery. THIS, however,
is not his only title Immortality. He invented the
cellent food called sandwicDcs, the only To my mind
| IN which 70 eat the fine German sausaSes known as
| Neu,eurst pate de foies grds, and real Gruyerc
cheese This celebrated nobleman had sundry passages
NJ wit with Wilkes and occasion very roughly
handled Ho was the protector OF Miss Ray, who was
snot and killed by iacknan, we'll known tragcal
,pciaent OF London hfe The present Earl IS Colonel
| I'm tho Guards and VI. +. FOR Huntingdon.
The ,estlrnonial craze Is becoming nuisance. Two
musical celebrities who have certainly received much
money for their services Michael Costa and sir Juu'
Benedict are TO be testioniazed on very grand scale
wicked wag has dubbed the lastnsiaed eminent com
| poser Sir Julius Benefit"
went last night for the second tine to MI Ldsai