The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-26

and then visited Leslie at his rooms getting
to bed toward q o'clock on Tuesday morn
ing. At 3 A. NJ. Hopper. in q comatose
condition. was dressed by his friends
and placed on top Of the 81. Adams coach.
whore he revived in time for luncheon.
He returned to London In time to
visit the Empire Theatre. thereafter suppinR
with Fred Leslie and other members Of the
Green Room Club and getting to bed by 4. He
was dragged out OF bed at o A. M. and taken to
the Tower OF London. saw Mira Lnngtry's
matinee performance Mt the Criterion in the
afternoon. dined with Ed sothern In the even
ing. attended big anniversary performance
at the Pavilion. and then with q score OF others
had supper with Richard Harding Davis In his
chambers in tho historic Albany. The sup
per lasted until after 8 o'clock Thurs
day morning. and so Hopper had plenty
OF time 10 sleep before doing the British
Museum and the Royal Academy before
luncheon. He attended the Actors Fund
benefit in the afternoon and went to Tooles
Theatre to see Walker London" In the
evening. supring with Toole afterward and
getting to bed Mt the early hour OF 4. Buffalo
Bill had arranged day at the Wild West
Show for Hopper on Friday. so that he was
only able to go through the Bank OF England
Letore getting out to the camp. whore
luncheon was served at 1. Hopper dined
In camp after the performance with
several other celebrities and then visited
Imre Kiralfy's Venice in London" at
the Olympia. Returned to supper with Burr
Mcintosh ut the Hotel Victoria. and got
to bed before 3 o'clock in order to DO up
carly this morning to take the coGch for
Brighton This evening he saw Oscar Wilde's
play at tho st. James's Theatre. and afterward
supped at the Green Room Club with Cecil
Clay. getting to bed after daylight. To-mor-
row morning Hopper will be compelled to get
up at S In order to take train at 10 O'Clock for
Maidenhend. where Nat Goodwin has chartered
q steam launch for day on the Thames
Among Hopper's engagements fo- next week
Is one TO play In q game Of baseball in a team
Of American actors against q team OF Ameri-
can cowboys In the arena Of tho viii West
Show. The actors who will play are cartained
by Burr Mcintosh, and include. besides Hop
per. James Powers. Ned Clesry. Ed and Sam
sothern. David Longworth. Howard Kyle. and
Nat Goodwin.
The Canadians In London will celebrate. by
a banquet on July l. the twenty fifth anniver-
eary OF the confederation OF Canada. Sir
Charles Upper will preside. and among the
guests and speakers will be Lord Knutsford.
Secretary for the Colonies. Baron De Worms
Under Secretary; Lord Brassey. the Hon. @.
r. Dibbs. Premier Of New South Wales: all the
colonial agents. Gen. Sir George Baden Pow
ell. and Sir Francis De Winton.
The Rev. T. De Witt TalmaRe Is In London.
and the newspapers are beginning to talk
about him. The evening Ne,rs and Post to-day
announces. with approximate accuracy. that
he has the largest IN outh In America. and that
Ibis salary In Brooklyn. which Ia q suburb
OF New York. is $4,000 year"
The Henley prospects next week are none
Ton hrtuht NJ ha unjycroitv
have had great difficulty in making UP their
crows. as have also tho Thames and London
clubs: but compromising for this the Dublin
men are especially strong. and are sending
over two good crews to compete. Although
the general election will be In full swing dur
ing the three days Of the regatta. 1t will prob
ably have but little effect upon this great
water carnival
Buffalo Bill and tho Wild West Show had tho
distinguished honor this afternoon OF appear
ing before Queen Victoria and her court at
Windsor Castle. The performance was given
in the great tennis grounds before the north
towers. the Queen sitting with tho Princess
Beatrice in small balcony attended by Nate
Salisbury as prime minister. who explained
fmatters As they occurred. Forty men and
forty horses went down from London. includ-
ing cowboys, Indians. Gauchos, and Cossacks
The Queen expressed herself as much de-
lighted whom the performance was completed.
and had an audience OF several minutes with
Col Cody and Salisbury.
Major Burke manager OF tho show. was also
presented to the Queen. and on the departure
| Of the troupe. to Buffalo Bill. Salisbury. and
Burke were presented each a scarf pin by Sir
Henry Ponsonby on behalf OF Victoria Regina
| and ImperatrlI. About 400 specially invited
| guests OF tho Queen witnessed the perform
ance
| Yesterday the Duchess OF Edinburgh and
| Prince Ferdinand OF Roumania were present
at the Wild West Show
Frederic Remington. the artist. who. with
Poulteney Bigelow. recently attempted a
literary and artistic trip for Harper's Magazine
| in Russian waters. with the result that their
| canoes and accoutrements were seized and
they wero asked to leave the country. arrived
| in London to-day. Bigelow having stopped In
| Berlin. bennington is not pleased with Rus
| STA
| 1.-THE Russians don't care" he said. "for
the Ambassadors or Ministers or sovereig ms
| OF any other country. They don't even rob you
| decently. In other countries they pick your
| pockets deferentially. In Russia they throw
you on your back and 60 through you. and
then laugh at you because you don't like it"
The private advisers OF the royal family can
scarcely be aware OF the nature OF some OF the
letters in the collection Of the late bir 1 homas
Phillips or steps would be taken to prevent the
contem plated offer OF them at public sale. BIZ
| Thomas Phillips. who lived at Middle Hill
Worcestershire. was we'll known as q collector
OF autograph letters. and was Justly proud Of
| what came to be known as the Bibliotheca
PhillIppia. Among his treasure troye Is q
| series Of letters addressed to Gen. Grenville q
member OF the household of the gallant
Duke Of York." who fourished at the begin
ming OF the present century. Many OF these
refer to the private life OF Prince Edward
Duke Of Kent. father OF Queen Victoria In
tho spring OF 1888 the young Prince. thor
in his nineteenth year. WAS at Geneva
In charge OF his tutor. Baron Wangenheim
The young Prince seems to have been terri
bla trouble to his tutor. who reports him be.
coming not only gallant but libertine." He
seem cd to have boycottcd his tutor. and. the
Baron reports, 'Coes everywhere alone
whether driving or riding"
| In the following year. after frequent re-