The record-union., 1891-06-16
LONDON GOSSIP.
THE QUEEN GREATLY INTER
ESTED IN MRS. GREENWOOD.
Lord Coleridge's Summing Up In the
Baccarat Case Generally
Condemned.
Special to the REcoRp-UN1oN.

NEW YORK, June 15.-Ednund Yates,
in his letter to the I}a6dtne from London,
says: The Queen and Princess of Wales
are much interested in Mrs. Grimwood,
who is now staying with her mother,
Mrs. Moore. The Queen sent word that
she desired to see her the other day, and
the Princess has invited her to luncheon,
as she is most anxious to hear from her
lips an account Of her terrible journey.
IN crossing the river Mrs. .rimwood in
jured the sinews of her foot, and is ex-
tremely lame in consequence. Indeed, it
is feared that she will always be little
so, and she has some slight bullet wounds
in her arm. One man was shot when
standing within an inch Of her while she
was attending the wounded, and fell
against her, yet she still continued her
work undaunted.
Mrs. Grimwood is only %, and had
been married three years. l am able to
confirm on the best authority the state
ment which has been published as to the
probability of Mrs. Grimwood receiving
the Victoria Cross in addition to the Red
Cross.
Dom Pedro, who has gone to Vichy to
take the waters, will probably come to
England about the middle of next month,
when he is to reside for a few weeks at
Bushy Park, which has been placed at
his disposal by the Due Den emours.
1t is long time since any deliverance
on the part of an English Judge has been
so severely and generally condemned as
the summing up of Lord Coleridge in the
baccarat case, and the prevalent senti-
ment was expressed by learned gentle
man, who remarked, II had not known
until to-day that the Lord Chief Justice
,t-a tafa fn, no JnT ~,
other distinguished auditor described the
summing up as supplemental speech
for the defendants. The bench certainly
presented scandalouS sight, all things
considered, during the trial, and | hear
that the Queen expressed her sentiments
freely on the subject, with the result that
several ladies, who it was stated by the
daily papers had been present, have been
taking great pains to let every body know
that the reporters were mistaken, for
they were not near the court.
Chamberlain is proving that he is thor
oughly in earnest with his scheme for the
formation Of a national fund for pensions
against old age. Two meetings have al
ready taken place, and others will follow.
Over fifty members of the House of Com
mons have already slgnitied their inten-
ton of supporting the movement. / see
no reason why provision should not be
made against accident as well as against
old age. Nearly all continental countries
protect their work people against both of
these, and sickness also. The British
workingman, / believe, is more than
usually prone to practice the gentle but
lucrative art of malingering, and until
he has evolved to a somewhat higher
grade than his present one there is wis
dom in refraining to pension him during
the feigned attacks of i'll health.
Miss Florence Garner, or Flip" as
9 IA nalleI Of hnrna 70 Il Of
three daughters of the late Commodore
Garner and his wife, both of whom were
drowned by the capsiZing of their yacht
in New York Bay. Their three daughters.
children at that time, were brought up
by their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. c. Lawrence of New York, the latter
being sister of Mrs. Garner. The
fortune which had been left the children
amounted TO something like 100000
year for each Of the three, besides large
sum in ready money, which has been ac-
cumulating ever since. One provision of
the will was that if either of the two
oldest married against her guardians
consent she was not to inherit her fortune
until the youngest came of age.
The three Miss Garners have for many
years lived in Europe, as their uncle and
aunt have spent the winters at Pau
and the rest of the year in Paris or in
London, where they have for several
years had house in Grosvener Square.
Their house at Pau has always been an
open one for English visitors OF distinc-
ton. and o few years ago their only
daughter married Lord Vernon. 1t was
at Pau that the Marquis de Dretuil first
met the eldest Miss Garner, to whom he
was married in March, and the second
sister made no secret of her determina-
ton to marry Sir William Gordon Cum
ming, in spite of the strong opposition
both of her uncle and aunt II those
who know her were well aware that she
was not easy to be turned from her pur-
pose, and although all kinds of influences
were brought to bear upon her, she was
like wall of iron, solid, fearless and un-
dismayed.