New-York tribune., 1891-12-29
THE WORLD OF LONDON.
CHRoNICLED AND CRITICISED BY MIR. Ed.
MUND YATES.

CHRONICLED AND CRITICISED BY MR. I'D.
MUND YATES.
ITINERARY OF THE QUEENS CONTINENTAL
TRIP-THE ROYAL wEDDISG-ToRPEDo
BoATs-THE NEW BISHOP or CAR
LIsLE-GoLF CLUB AT CANNES.
tBY CABLE TO THE TnIDuEEI
Copyriaht, Is9li Bv The Tibune <"oetatton
London Dec. 2s.-when visiting the Continent nexS
spring the Queen will from Portsmouth 10 Cherboure
In the royal yacht Victoria and Albert and Is 20 Journey
from that port direct to Hycres. on leaving the
Riviera Her Majesty will go to Germany. travelling BY
way OF Genoa, Milan, ST. Gothard Tunnel and Basl,
m Darmstadt where the Queen will be the guest Of
the Grand Duke OF IIesse two dsjs before going TO
Cronberg visit TO Empress Fredcrtck The oucen
will stay at Conbcrg ten days and Is likely 10 be pead
by her visit, for at the end OF April tive Isnus country
Is usually in great beauty Emperor William has been
most pressing in lis invitations 10 the Queen and
appears 10 have quite set his heart upon Her Majesty
visiting him at Potsdam. The Queen does not wish
30 encounter the hustle and fatigue O state visit 10
the Prussan Court md a soiourn AZ Potsda'n that
will inevitably produce embarrassing questions OF
etiquette, precedence and other trcasscres few
days' STAY at Cobenz would suit the Queen much bet
Ter although such arrangement would fall 10 satisfy
the Emperor Whatever arrangements nay ultimately
Flushing and Port Victoria route. wel-known sx
pert has been dispatched 10 Costebee in order that
the sanitary arrangements ard water supply o tho
hotels which have been taken for tie Queen NAV b
thorou ghly overhauled. II has been decided that the
Queen and Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry Of
Battcnberg are to reside in the Costebee which Is the
smaller OF the hotels and rather nearer 10 the ea
than the Hermitage, which will be occupied by tie
suite and most Of the servants The grounds In which
tbess hotels stand are connected by a bridge. Ac
commo1aton Is required for sixty persons The Queen
will occupy suite OF thres the first floor.
PLANS FOR THE ROYAL WEDDING.
The royal wedding Is TO take place at VIII dsor only
because 1t has been found impossible to arrange ior an
ADEQUATE ceremonial In Buckingham Palace. The we'd
ding is to be scmi.state affair and the ceremonial
will be arranged by the Prince of Wales who intends
TO take the whole management Of the function into
lbs own hands. 1t is not the that the honeymoon
will be spent nt Osborne, according 10 present ar
rangements the bride and bridegroom will proceed TO
sandrnghsm for a fortnight Some exceedingly absurd
rumors have published concerning the royal guests
who are expected from abroad 20 attend the wedding
The statement that Emperor William, Empress Fred
erck tie King Queen and Crown Prince Of Italy, the
xinu and Queen OF Denmark, and she sarina and
Czarewtch are coming to England Is altogether
founded.
ANOTHER ROYAL AUTHOR
The Archduchcss stephane OF Austria will join
the everncreasng ranks OF the royal authors before
the year Is out The publication OF her profusey IL
lustrated volume entitled Travels In the Tyro Is ex
pected during the present week. The Grand Duch'ss
has revised the whole OF the proofs herself and some OF
the finest Illustrations reproductions Of her own
sketches.
KING LEoPOLD'S SUPPER TO THE woRKM n.
The King OF IN. Belgians has won golden opinions
from the great majority of his subjects by the manner
In which he inaugurated the new glass BanQuetins
Hall at Laeken on Christmas Eve. Instead OF gVlnS
q court dinner was generally anticipated, he ihVltd
all of the 500 workmen employed In the rest"rs-
ton the palace TO supper, ana a1ter"au ouereS
them to be conducted through the whole OF the
Winter Gardens, which were magnfcenty lighted Tor
the first time by electricity. on leaving, each guest
was presented with bottle Of wine case OF sweet
meats and a purse OF money. This has done more 70
concillate the worIngman than hundred political
lectures.
A LACK OF FIRsTCLAss TORPEDO BOATS.
A brIsk discussion has been started in "The Globes
on the subject wanted-Torpedo Poats." 1t is as
serted by the writer described as one OF the hrst a
thorities on torpedo warfare in this county, tnas
actually for service in England have only forty
two sea going torpedo boats and OF these thlrtyfo
are SLOW od.fasMoned vessels That, OF course,
means that we have only eight at all approaching IN
speed and efficiency the boats that the French ana otr
maritime Powers now building In such large num-
bers. Speaking In the Chamber Oh Depuues oniS tn'
other day the French Minister OF Marine said thar
next year the country would possess over 30
torpedo boats OF these some are no doubt a.
had rs any of ours but others surely superior
TO any we have yet builtfor ourselves, that Is ior
our builders sometimes supply foreign nations with
the very best
IMPROVEMENTS AT ALDERsHoT.
Extensive building operations have been COM
menoed at Aldershot under Mr.. stanhopes bar
rack bill. About s1,oooooo are to DC sPei' ~
Aldershot In reconstructng the two camps, norh ana
soutb and increasing the accommodation generally,
and when all the operations OF the contractors are
comn,eted n considerable addition will be MADE 10
the numerical strength OF the division Aldershot' IL
Fact Is TO be made the headquarters Of our First Army
Corps
AGAINST DIsESTABLISHMENT IN SCOTLAND
A large Anti Disc establishment meeting is to be held
in Edinburgh January 15 under the auspices OK ia.
Laymen's League and the presidency OF the puho VI
Argyll. Leading lay members of the Church Oh SCOT
land have promised their support, and auiohs inc
speaekrs will be found Lord Balfour, Of Burlesh' LoN
Moncref and the Lord Advocate. II Is expected ta'
the result of the meeting will be to put back the que'
ton of Dsesablshment Of the Church OF scotiaud "
very dim and distant future.
M,IyERs STRENGTH IN SOUTH EDINBURGH.
Mr. Lewis McIver the able and energetic
Unlouist candidate for South Edinburgh, has made
such an impression on the constituency thai
the Ciladstonians are finding great dmculV III
obtaining A candidate 10 oppose him. Tho seat Is
now held by Mr. Childers, and rumor has 1t that
Mr. Broadhurst is to be the man. lie was recently 10
Edinburgh spying out the land and comforting with
some leading Gladstonlans.
SMALL TENANcIEs AND ALLoTMENTs.
understand that Mr. Chaplin will. in the course OF
the next month"; hold inquiries in various parts OF s
country on the subject Of small tenancies and aot
ments The purpose Of the president Of the Board Oh
Agriculture to ascertain the real state OF opinion on
these subjects In the rural districts. His nvesus$
tons will not be accompanied by fanfaron OF as'a'
ton or The parade of bogus aboreS. Ills VIII De an
hopest effort to learn the views OF the farmers ana