The herald., 1895-07-21

oreat Britain toward the gOyemmAnt
ana neople of the United Staues, esPecial-
II As the latter, it is added. has ceased 10
IL the recruiting ground for any political
party in Great Britain.
The Times publishes long letter ex-
aiming the defeat of kRichard EveNets,
who has represented Southeast Suffolk
in the Liberal interest for several years
in parliame11t. Mr.. Everett is much in
terested in the United States, as it was
he who INTRODUCED the bill to have Great
Britain appoint delegates to monetary
conference, and it as principally owing
to this act tnat Senator Wocott OF Color
ado passed his resolution by whlcn tne
United States appointed delegates to the
proposed conference.
According to the story in the Ilmes'
Mr.. Everetts bimetallism was not the
cause of his defeat, but it was brought
about by the fact thae he had advocated
the passage of local veto measure.
Prince Francis of Teck, whose reckless
plunging on the turf has long been noto-
rious has finally got himself into
scrape. Although he and his family are
poor, he recently bet 100000 to IL with
well known bookmaker on horse which
was generally regarded as an absolute
certainty; but the horse lost and the
prince was unable to pay. A great scan
dal followed in clubdom. and finally the
Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and
Prince Alphonsus vf Teck. who married
the daughter of the duke of Westmi nster.
paid the bet and Prince Francis was sent
to India.
so 1n1
Duke of Cvnnaught will be the new COM
mander in chief of the army in succession
to the Duke of Cambridge.
Senator Mcmillan of Michigan is at the
Savoy hotel.
Ex-Mayor Hugh J. Grant and his bride
have returned from Switzerland ard will
sail for home at the end of the month.
There promises shortly to be the biggest
rush for steamers ever known. Many Am
orleans are returning a month earlier
than they expected, owing to the impos-
sibility of securing passage on the prin-
cipal steamships in August, September
and October.
There are unusual numbers of the in.
habitants Of the Pacific coast here this
season. "a nd most OF them are now on the
continent. Mrs. Haggin sails from Havre
for New York on Saturday night. Miss
Edith Pillsbury of San Francisco has gone
to Scotland. Mrs. Hearst has been in
Norway, and leaves today for Stockholm:
she will spend a fortnight in Sweden.
Prince and Princess Hatfield during
the past week gave a dinner in honor of
M. H. de Young, proprietor of the San
Francisco Chronicle, and Mrs. de Young;
and Sir Henry Irving gave supper to
Mr.. and Mrs. de Young. at which the
Hon, George J. Goschen, first lord of the
admiralty, and many prominent English.
men were present.
John G. New. formerly consul-general
in London and proprietor of the In
dianapolis Journal. lunched with Patrick
A. Collins, the United States consul-gen-
eral, on Thursday, and spent some time
in his old office. Mr.. New thinks home
rule is shelved for the next teal years.
He adds that the defeat of John Morley,
ex-chief secretary for Ireland, is an en-
phatic indication.
The duke of Saxe-Coburg- -Gotha, who
has always attended Mrs. Ronald's
musicales, before his departure on Thurs
day, personally decorated Mrs. Ronald
with the Coburg honor in recognition of
what she has done for music here.
During the prince OF Wales hackney
sale last week the house party at Sa nd
rlngham included William Waldorf A stor,
MIR. Robinson. the South African mil
llonaiIe who bought Dudley House; the
duke and dutchess of YORK and the
crown prince of Denmark. Both Mr..
Astor and Mr.. Robinson bought heavily.
A movement is on foot headed by An
drew F. Whelan and other prominent
Cornell men, to get Trinity hall, Cam
bridge, to enter crew to compete in the
race arranged between Cornell and Har-
ward for 1896. The prospects are that
their efforts will be successful.
The English are chuckling over the
way Michael f. Dwyer is losing all his
horses in selling races, and the methods
of the American stables are again
roundly abused on all sides. There is
reason to believe, however. that Mr..
Dwyer is anxious to get rid of the string
at any price and is quite satisfied with
what he got on Tuesday for Don Alonzo.
The latter was in the veterinarians S
hands before the race, and why he was
allowed to run unless it was desirable to
iOoo Hill 10 iuoopioi buo DTlJlSH-
ers are asking today. Mr.. Dwycr also
claimed the winner of the race, Primrose
knight, under the rules and paid $500
for him.
The end of the theatrical season is in
sight and most of the theaters are closed.
Last nights at the Haymarket and
Criterion theaters are announced. Angus
tin Daly's Shakespeare revivals are not
generally approved.
Vanity Fair says: Shakespeare becomes
ridiculous when turned by Daily into bas-
tard comic operas.
Anna Miller of San Francisco who has
attracted much attention by her singing
in London drawing rooms this season,
made a successful debut in concert at
Steinway hall on Monday.
Nat Goodwin started today on five
weeks bicycle tour in England. Just
before his departure Mr.. Goodwin read
the play In Missouri, TO William Terriss,
who decided it was unsuitable for English
production. Mr.. Goodwin said:
II have given up all hope OF acting in
the London theater. The English do not
want American acting and il is the
height of folly to 60 against those wishes.
England is delightful place tor Amerl-
cans to visit and spend their money, but
not to act IN.
Henry E. Abbey, who sailed for New
York tOdav is lso inc clinad 10 tho So,,a