The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-12

ostentatiously substituted for that OF THE
| Queens Health" much to the delight and
admiration Of the foreigners. and tho even
ing was pleasantly spent in alternate denun-
Citations Of the capitalists and exhortations to
unity. Several clergymen were present, but
no grace was said and no sermon preached.
A real countess. Setback by name. md sew
eral other ladies also sat ut the festive board.
and there was quito crowd OF men who man
ago to get n comfortable living out of labor
without working. One Of these men proposed
Prosperity to Labor" and tho toast was &C.
knowledgcd by. Of all persons In tho world. a
war correspondent whose salary would be
doubled tomorrow IL the nations of Europe
were to fly at each others throats in fratrcida
strife.
English traders who are fond of attributing
their dwinding foreign business to the apathy
OF the Foreign ONCE and its agents abroad will
not derive much satisfaction from Consul
Twcedy's report on the trade and iiuance OF
llayt Just issued here. Expressing regret
that two or three British houses would suffer
by the recent commercial depression. one to
the extent OF between 100000 and 100000.
Consul rweedy leaves no doubt that such suf-
foring was and is due to Incompetence
or recklessness. The representative Of
n certain British firm showed the Con-
sui q list OF its debtors in llayti. in
which tho latter was astunished to find
names OF persons possessing no commercial
standing. and even persons known to be OF
bad faith" The Consul is moved to give
British merchants q lecture upon the elo-
meptary principles OF international commerce.
tho mere necessity for which affords strong
presumptive proof OF tho ignorance Of those to
whom It is addressed. Consul Twecdy. by tho
way. proudly records that 1.-THE salaries of
Government functionares and the interest on
the public dept have been regularly paid"
A few years ago the Radical members OF
Parliament attacked tho Government for pro-
posing to buy from an Australian named Bren-
nan q torpedo which could be stcered from the
| shore. The Radicals were promptly denounced
| az unpatriotic. ignorant persons and u bar
gain was concluded by which Brennan re-
| ceved s25.O0O cash down. an appointment in
! the public service with a salary OF fl.oUC a
| year. and valuable contingent advantages.
| which he has since enjoyed. The torpedo at
| TINT time was admittedly barely out of the ex-
| perimontal stage and since then it has
| been perfected" ut this generous coun-
| try's expense. Its state Of perfection was
| demonstrated on last Tuesday In the
| presence OF General the Duke OF Con-
| naught and a crowd OF notable naval
and military experts. Two Brennan
torpedoes were fred in tho Solent at a suppos-
| ititious enemy's' ironclnd. both went wrong.
! The first stopped midway in Its course and
| could not be made to go any further. and the
| second early in its journey. suddenly threw
it's tai! into tho air and ANONYMOUSLY buried
itself in the mud. The demonstration was
abruptly stopped. and experts are now en-
| deavorng to discover what was wrong.
This news will interest certain American
| citizens who are interested in the Edison
Sims torpedo. said to be an immense improve
ment on Brcnnan's machine. few months
! ago tho Edison-SiIns torpedo was tried at
| Portsmouth with soma success. but, warned
| by experience. tho Admiralty did not jump at
! the first offer made. despite the dark hints or
| threats that II the Edison-Sims weapon should
be sold to the French Government. which was
hankering for it. Britannia. in iow
| years. would cease to rulo the waves
| Tho British Government caused it to
| be intmated that 1t WAS no longer buyer
| OF incomplete inventions. but that good
price would be paid ut any time for a ilrst-rate
working life destroyer. The Brennan nasco
has justified this attitude. and has amply
indicated the action taken by the much
abused Parliamentary radicals. The Edison
Sims syndicate will have to experiment with
their own money and probGb bly, for Ion = tim ,
also. for an economical Government is about
to come in.
The Earl Of Huntingdon was married o-iay
| mt St Georgia. Hanover SQUARE TO Maud
Wilson. daughter Of Sir Samuel Wilson. NJ.
p. who made millions by sIuatting in Aus
tralia. The bridegroom is "a years old. and
his titla ,s ono Of the most oncient in the p.er
age. he himself being the fourteenthfarl but
the ancestral estates yield scarcely any income.
The Wilson family ia plebeian of course, but
the bride is extremely rich.
The Germans decline to ACCEPT as true the
report of Emin Pasha's death. They declare it
to be only a repetition OF u previous rumor.
Meantime Emin reported dead Is having far
moro generous tributes paid to him than when
he was known to be alive
EnGlishmen are not taking as much interest
in to-morrow's Grand prix in Paris MS usual
owing to tho circumstance that not single
English horse is running. Owners here real
ize that their three-year-olds arc Il long way
behind the French. for certainty nothing in
| training here Is within many lengths OF Chene