New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-11
NOTES FROM LONDON.
AID c,yAMBERI. AlN-IORD RANDOIPll-WED-
DING INCIDENTS-MR~ CURzoN-MR.
WYNDIiAM.

WYNDHAM.
1900, -yp ssauIAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBuNE.)
London July 80.
The text of the letter attributed TO Mr.. Cham
b.r,ain. read by Sir Wilfrid Lawson in the Royal
Grants debate is as follows:
I'D Oct. 1874.
Southbonrne Augustus Road, Edgbaston.
81 shall be ashamed of myself and the whole
business but que voulez vous? We must all
sacrifice at times 10 the great Goddess Gdgruh'
Thank goodness. he has asked himself. and my
responsibility is confined to representing the Cor
poration on the occasion. lie is sure TO he well
received by the crowd. and viii be as popular
as the Tichborne claimant
Less than fifteen years, say the Chamberlain
hating Radicals. and see the change The lle'
who had asked himself and whom Mr.. Cham
berlain. then Mayor of Birmingham. liEened TO
be the Tichborne claimant is none other than His
Royal Highness. the Prince of Wales. with whom
Mr. Chamberlain's relations now less distant
than at that distant date. There is nothing
wonderful in the change. nor do | see why IL
should be thought discreditable TO the eNMayor
OF Birmingham. nor do / know that it is The
letter was unearthed and read publicly in the
hope that it might be disagreeable to its author.
TO whom his old Radical associates now lose
no opportunity OF being dsagreeable. They make
no secret of their hatred; IL has been shown on
many occasions and the explosion OF it last
Thursday evening in the House of Commons was
one Of the most remarkable scenes in that re-
markable debate. Mr. Labouchere put the match
70 the powder; it is one of his favorite amuse
ments. The senior member for Northampton-he
used 20 speak OF himself in distinction from Mr.
Bradhugh as the "Chrstian" member-was in
Weighing against salaried sinecuristS in the Royal
Household the Master of the Horse. the Master
OF the Buckhouuds. and the rest. These places
might, he urged. be abolished. or the salaries
at least might be abolished. Many nob,emen
would be willing to without pay. Or. If
not continued Mr.. Laboucherc smoothly. " they
could easily get gentlemen to do it, lie had
one in his mind. member who had lately joined
the gentlemen OF England. and who
would do the work and don the
unform-I mean the right honorable men,
her for West Birmingham Mr.. Chamberlain sat
as his manner is, on the front Opposition bench,
with his bat his eyes, is the attitude of sum-
Der or perhaps, indifference. lie is used 10 these
sudden attacks, and meets them rule with
composure: but this took him by surprise and he
started rs if stung. The lonse, or rather the
Opposition half of il, chcered viciOusy the cheers
died away and again the Radicals were be
side themselves with delight, and Mr. Labouchere
chEeklcd. lie had paid of part of his score TO
the leader whom he had deserted
4 single fact will give you rs good notion
as dozen of the impression made by Lord Ran
doph Churchhilfs speech on the Royal Grants IN
the House of Commons Friday afternoon One
of the members Of Her Maiesty's Government, "A
Cabinet Minister not supposed TO he too friendly
to his ex-colleaguc said " If Randolph makes one
or two more such speeches, matter whether
in the House or on the platform, he will stand as
high rs he ever did, both with his party and the
country Which means, of course, that the Gov
ernment would have to take him back lie
stands MS il is much higher than they imagine
l can give YOU another-American testimony this
time An eminent American in the gallery,
n man who has in times past sat there often, and
heard all the great House of Commons orators.
=" never heard better speech for the purposes of
debate he said. i friend tells me that when he
rose his own party hpstatcd before they cheer'd
him. then cheercd rather family But MS he went
on the cheers rose higher and spread wider.
Lord Randolph captivated those whom he once led.
and the applause that echoed about him rs he sat
down WAS Of the hcartest kind.
There is distressing story that the Queen was
at one moment, or perhaps at two moments, on
Saturday in bad temper; which means no doubt,
that Il frown was visible Her Majesty's brow
There were causes for the frown. The ceremony
began ten minutes latc and the Queen no more
likes being kept waiting than did Louis NV.
The reason for the delay was simple enough
The Princess Louise of Wales drove away from
Marlborough House in such hurry that she lOrgot
her bnnouet Whether the absence of bouquet
wouE. have invalidatcd fne marriage ceremony i
esanot say but it was thought worth while to sehd
an cquerry on horseback from Buckingham Pance
TO Ma borough House to bring the missing flowers
lIcw the crowd must have wondered as they saw
,is warrior returning ut fun gaOp along the MalI
with o huge nosegay in his hand! Nor was tlis
the only incident As the Princess was arrang-
ING her veil. the necklace which she wore DufSJ
and was scattered over the floor. The links hid
to be found and put together, and there were
eroakers-tlere are always croallers-whC said 1t
was bad luck, form of bad luck which they
probably invented for the occasion. SO much Tor
the beginning. At the end came one OF those
awkward pauses frequent in royal ceremonlals,
due simply 10 want of rehearsal. Nobody kn w
who should go out first. The bride and BRIDE
groom waited for the Queen, but the Queen
thought il their business to lead the way, and
finally the Prince Of Wales, never at fault IN
social emergency, told Lord Fife to 90 ON, ana
ON they went Last of all it appears that Lord
Fife, a shy man, did not salute in the usual way
the mother Of his bride Probably it did not
occur to him that even in these circumstances, and
by virtue of this relation, he had become
privileged to kiss the Princess of Wales. AT
any rate be did not do il, and the Queen noticed
the omission and was veXed and one OF the house
hold who does not like the marriage said If
Le had been German Prince he would have done
IL as matter of course" But there con-
solutions in this world, and perhaps Lord Fife
would not exchange his lot even for that of "a
Battenberg or of a German Prince of more
genuine kind
Besides the short list of privileged guests hidden
10 the actual marriage, invitations, permits
sions. were given 10 many persons 10 enter the