New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-20
LONDON GOSSIP.
AN FNGLIsHMANs NOTES on ENGLISH
TOPICS.

AN FNGLISHMAN'S NOTES on ENGLISH
TOPICS.
IRON Al OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE iEib SCI
LONDON April l.
The death of the Duke of Albany has provoked
one OF those outbursts Of sympathy not unmincled with
uobishness for which this country is Justly renowned
II would be an exceptionally coid-hearted person who
did not syGpsze with the Queen IN her oerea' enen
bur It lars little on men OF the world 20 hear persons "a
whom Hecuoa IL nothing. and who are nousht 10
Hecuba talking willy about the death OF Young Leopold
~ II il we're National misfortune. The gush ~ these
people IL easy understand Their purpose rs to convey
10 listeners the idea that they have intimate relations
with he Court and that the matter l. personal To them
II is clever them take this position or rather u
would be II The sham not transparent II ALWAYS
aulu.es me 10 meet persons " this kind They Ike
the fu-sv Jourge0ses who distressed when the
dear duchess whom they have met once IN their lives
is taken ILL., II part OF tine general system OF being on
the make that say taking advantage OF every IN
cdent 70 throw ones scf Into high relief Thus London
was IN mourning Saturday and sunday althDaGn as
not tel ynu the death OF the poor young f'' Is VI
no political Importance.
The social effect OF Royal death is, however. very
serious boat-rce l. ponrd on account OF
the funeral which clone speaks volumes as 10 the
severity ~ social observance maintained on such &C
casious The ROYAL command for three weeks general
mourning gazetted YESTERDAY astonshed nobody such
things being regulated IN this country entirely by pre-
cedent Every body indeed went INTO mourning on sun
day At church and the church parade afterWard IN
HYDE Park every we-rcssei person was in mourning,
and in the House of ommOns yesterday MI 6IadstOne
made his first appearance his illness in the deepest
black The London Ia practically at an end 80
far - grand entertainments concerned. All Court
celebrations, such Drawing Rooms state Concerts ana
the rest are abandoned IN the despair of the
young ladies VINO we're 10 be presented aud come
out in orthodox fashion this spring Everything o. TINS
KIND is pat entirely aside for the present year Hardly
less serious from social point u view Is inc abandon
ment Of an festivities at Marlborough House. The hand
some dining and dancing parties given by tie Prince and
Princess Of Wales are generally distinct features ~ the
London season. this year they vanish absolutely.
The deep mourning 81 the Royal family will also put
stop to the smart parties 20 which one Is in
vlted 70 meet their Royal Hghncsses the Prince and
Princess of Wales" There will be nothing beyond small
dnncr-pares this spring, which viii not be The less en-
loved by many people of quiet tastes The theatres will
not suffer in the least by the National mourning Is
curious fact but without exception. that the theatres
always well hlcd during such periods that through
which We are passing People must he amused, and
rbc thcv are not allowed ~ dance Will 40 night after
night 10 the uay Mr.. and Mrs. Bancroft and McssT=.
Hare and kendall therefore very likely 10 reap Tlch
reward with their forthcoming pieces, The Rivals and
The Irouma-tcr" Concerts too and public entertain
mtlt- of every kind fare very well this -ci-
SON although mdv dual singers may suffer from
the lack Of engagements a. private parties very ucra-
I
Grauier. Mt George Grossmith, Nj Coucy Grain anu
Mr.. Arthur Cecil.
WHAT gives unnsnal impressv to the trapping of
sorrow If the knowledge that the grief Royal fam
ny itself IL keen and.profound Their" j. more loving
family group the two hcmispnercs than that OF which
the Queen the head. M mother can be ieuderiy
attached to her children although Tor other
she maintains authoritative all toward thcmthst Is
10 say the Princes-aud amount Of Difference
which appears strange when resd- her recently
published volume. The children Themselves have always
lived on the most a1ectonate terms Their manner
toward each other Rnd and tender present
marked contrast the cold and almost brutal indirer
eucc ~ English brothers In and feeling the Royal
family IT, have previously pointed ont, distinctly
German me German language invariably spoken by
the Princes and Prncesses when they certain that
every body present understands IT, II IL their natural
tongue ana is spoken entirely without the accent which
slightly mars their pronunciation OF English.
It's not q ilte that the newspapers remain
dumb of Prince LeopOlds De- IT, and hat
an overwhelming majority Of otherwise wel-infornei
people imagine that he all through his life afflicted
with disease from which he suffered. II has been
supposed that either his cuts hia
normal delcacy and that this extreme ennty ~ tho
skin rendered him subject accident from the slightest
cause recoect distinctly that he walked with stick
up 20 the altar be married, having with very
slight accident few days before His suffering thai
occasion however attributed 10 entirely The
II not defective exterior iutogumcnt which
much pain and trouble, but tho defective
ing OF the blood vessels. None OF thu coaiinss which
compose veins and actually deficient
middle tissue. between the and inner coats wa,
thin and poor II this defect which caused the frc
Quent hcmOrrhages OF which the public have heard So
much Dot any defect the skin covering the
tire body The slightest all OF conoussiOn sufficient
20 rupture n vein and profuse bleeding requiring
I Immediate treatment. In the opinion Of those bes
qualified 10 form II tuis unfortunate weakness
of the booi-yes,cls which proved the Of tb'
Prince death. His fall at the Cerce Nautique hac
evidently strained blood, csse probably Of thOs'
al the base Of the brain. which way during gt
/ caused death by apOpeXy There Is. know, popula
belief that apOpcxy almost Immediate DEATH bu
this is ike the popular articles OF faith For the benen
Of scientific readers may state that this Died
cheney IN the coats OF the 0oodTe,cs especially Tn,
middle coat Is known HTBOrrhog'c diofhGIs Hrm0
pAiAa
The sympatles Of the dead Prince we're, Ike those
his SISTERS strongly VI literature and art With
out possessing high literary artistic faculty he never
tneicss sufficiently eonversant with the various
phases Of the great spoken Of as ON
English Renaissance TO give efficient aid. The revival
tapestry Eng and IL distinctly due 10 the foundation
the Royal Tapestry Works Windsor under his active
patronage. Very good bas been turned out from
the Windsor Works which despite It's high price foHnS
| plenty OF purchasers.
Another young man. but little older than Prince Leo