The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-12
The New Banquet Hall at OS.
borne.
/ Splendid Apartment in One Of Queen
YiCtOFia'S Palaces.
Illness Of Bel6lum's Queen English H.
haeBee In Egypt Waning Improve
me1tS In British WaT-ShipS.
speeisI to TIE MORNING CALI.

New York. Jan. 11-Edmund Yates
special cablegram from London to the Trib-
une says: The banqueting-haH at Osborne
will have cost nearly $50 600 by the time it
is fully finished and furnished. II is 6Ox3O
feet, with spacious corridors all around /;
each Of the iron girders across the roof
weighs two and half TONS and the walls
have been strengthened with iron through
out There has not been a large banquet at
Osborne since the visit of the German En-
peror, in August, 1890, nor IS there likely TO
be another until lie comes again next sum-
mer, for he expressed his intention Of max
Ing his third excursion 30 Cowes in July.
il is expected that the hall viii be used for
theatrical tabeax and concerts The hail.
which takes up the whole Of the Lew wing,
has q spacious musicians gallery at the fur
ther end, which viii accomm odate a large
band, and an organ is shortly to be placed
in it. There are four entrances. The cell
lug and walls of the room are being suberbly
decorated, after Indian designs. The dado,
which entirely skirts the room, has elabo-
rate silk work on the molding, while the
corpices are in Moorish style, and the nu-
merous brackets, which are beautifully
nodded, the hangings. furniture and all will
be strictly oriental The decorative work
has been in progress nearly two years.
THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANs.
The Queen Of the Belgians is again indis-
posed. She was compelled, on urgent meiI-
cal advice. to abstain from attending the
usual Epiphany ceremonial at the Convent
of the Ladies Of Berlaimont. She was
much depressed by the prevalence Of the in
fuenza among court officials, more than half
OF whom now are laid up.
UNDER ENGLISH INFLUENCE.
Before be left Egypt Lord Dufferin spoke
plainly to Tewfk about the political future
and since then the Khedive never swerved
from the path Of his duty and Interest. he
recommended his English lessons, read the
English newspapers several hours every
day, and even took to cricket and other
English sports and pastmes. But for some
UnaccOuntable reason he would never send
his sons to England, and the new Khediye,
Abbas II, aud his younger brother, Me-
hemet All, were educated IN Austria.
VICTIM OF INFLUENZA.
Among the many victims of the influenza
IS John Lewis Garden, who had lived In
such complete retirement OF late years that
he was almost forgotten by the present
generation. But about twenty-five years
ago. Jack Garden. as his friends called him,
was weli-buOWn both in London and Paris
He married a daughter OF Prince Joachim
huTaL, the sister Of the present Duchesse de
M0Uchv. The marriage did not turn out a
hspDv one. and for the last ten or fifteen
Il. f-4rflpu has lived gImUSr r1I Iyr
al his place in Suffolk, where he led last
week. Every one Will rejoice that IOOle Is
on the high road to complete c0nvaleeceDce
and In good spirits.
Ou-BURNIyG WAR SHIPS.
There is no doubt but that the use Of
liquid fuel for the boilers OF ighting-ships
Is to be looked for in the near future. More
especially it is likely 70 be applied to tor
pedO-bOats. For some time now many Great
Eastern locomotives running out Of Liver
pool have been using oil or coal indffer-
emily, on the same CRATE and IN the same
fuTniCe. 1aTr0W, perhaps the first au-
thOTty On tOTpedO-bOats in the world, con-
sideTs that the system applied 10 the Great
Eastern locomotives can be fitted TO torpedo
boats without the smallest difficulty. II
would be especially convenient and yalu-
able for this class Of vessels for obvious
reasons. l hear that the Italians have been
applying it 10 the Ir0nClad San Maettiue,
with tie result that the speed has improved
from 9 knots to I3 knots an hour Il is hard
10 believe this, but if the reported gain be
divided by two, we still have considerable
advantage.
THE DUDLEY COLLECTION.
I hear that the Dudley House collection
of pictures will be sold 10 a few months at
ChTiste's gallery. Il is one Of the finest in
the world, and was principally collected by
the late Lord Dudley, whose salesrOOm
battles with the late Lord HertfOTd and
Baron James RothscAild were Of the most
exciting kind
NEW LIFE OF CARLYLE.
Mrs. Carlyle, niece of the philosopher
Of Chelsea, better known BY her maiden
name, Mary Carlyle Atken, has long been
engaged on work on the life and character
Of her uncle It viii probably see the light
in the course Of this year and will be to q
large extent devoted to correcting the er-
Tors and mistakes Of Froude's Life Of
Carlyle"