Evening journal., 1896-08-03
OUR LONDON LETTER
Return Of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company.
MANY ROYAL ENTERTAINMENTS
The Return Walt OF she Massachusetts
Aggregation Successful AnaIr-AmorI- A
cans Looked Upon as HonorinE
Royal Occasion by Their Presence.

LONDON, England, July II The mem
beIs OF The Ancient and Honorable |
Artillery Company OF Massachusetts have
come aud gone On their arrival they |
we're received With tho utmost
enthusiasm. not only by the Honorable /
Artillery COMPANY % London, whose
special guests they W "a, but also by tho
cit zsns generally OF u vast metroro Is,
ana one and all they o,urn home highly
delighted with the way In which they
we're feted. The company Is not quite
such an old established institution as
that which entertsined its members so
sumpsuCusly st the Finsbury Armcry,
but it Is OF considerable antiquity
Guests OF the Queen.
The London Company rot It's charter
from Henry VIII on the 25lh OF August,
1887 and has therefore existed within
few weeks Of $50 years. whereas ths
Massachusetts, Corps boasts Of being only
25e years old. lt completed It's 250th
year IN 1887 and In celebration OF that
memorable event large number OF the
members Of the London Com oeny crossed
over TO Boston, Mass, where for fort
night they were treated with hospl
telity almost bot ndlese. 80 that the trip
Just made by tae men of Massachussetts
takes the form OF return visit Besides
bslng ~ Windsor as the guests Of the
| Qleep, and at Marlborough House az the
gusste Of the Heir dppATen the visitors,
whose soldierly bearing and gen.lemsnly
demeanor made most favorsbly IN
preston wherever they went, were In
vited to many OF the best town and coun-
try mansions, Including that Of Mrs Bid
dulph Martin (nee Victoria Cllfiin Wood
hulD at II, hyde Park Gate, and that Of
her younger sister, Lsdy Cook (nee
Tenneesss Clthti) of Doughty House.
Richmond. Here on the afternoon Of
Wednesday, July 10. the brilliant COM
pany assembled to meet Colonel Walker,
Included Lady Sheffield, Lord. Bilcarres,
Sir Wlllism Stirling Maxwell, Hon.
L Spencer Lyttleton, Mr. Poynter, r A d.
IL w Gresnalcb, Blstou, Mass aud
1 Herbert Cook. besides the hont and
! hostess, Sir Francis and Lady Clok.
During The evening the principal guest,
after greatly admirng the magnificent
art treasures et Doughty House, sald he
and his comrades Of the Boston Artillery
we're extr5msly pleased at the
way Ia which the people Of
England had rscsivsd them, ae
It was evidsnee that. after all, the two
A
In a letter 20 Bsdy Cook, Col. Walker re
vealed the atriking fact that he ard hls
colleagues bad had sufficient iuvlt1tiouz
to keep them in Eaelaud for yoar or
more This 10 itself is a proof--if such
were wanted-of the more than cordial
relations that really exist betwssn
the United States and Great Britain
Possessing the most democratic govern
msnts IA the world, ths two countries
are hsppily being drawn o'oser aud
closer together So mnuy OF the English
20 to the States, Rad so many OF as
Americans 60 to England, that the two
peoples are getting 10 know, and there
fore to trust, each other thoroughly OF
course this 10 as IL should be, and NO
have only TO hope that nothing. pollt
or otherw wise, will bs allowed TO iuter-
rupt a movement that augurs so we'll for
the comfort Of mankind.
Brilliant Eetertainment at Osteriey.
On Saturday last, when the visit OF the
Americans practically closed Lady Jer.
sey entertained a brilliant company al
Osterlsy. The garden parties OF thll
member Of the British aristooracy really
rank next after those Of the q leen her
self, and they become more popular thar
ever. On the occasion IN question there
was a great crowd OF poopls, we'll known
IN the social, literary and political world
all gathered together on tue spacious
lawn. Many drove from town, but not
few cams By train Sir James Fersunon
noted authority on foreign affairs. rodl
: tho twenty miles from the House OF
/ Commons on bis bicycle, and seemed nonl
the worse for r., but bis wife drove
Anong the distinguished Americans
e present and they were quite numef Gus
o we're noticed Mr. w. W Aslor, who own
0 the Pail Nell G,z.tte; Lsdy Randolph
d Churohlll, the Duoness OF Msrlborong
D aud her husb,nd, Lxdy Cook the charm
2 ing young wife OF Sir Francis Cook, Bart
4 Who had driven over toggthe
= from their pilatiRl suburban scat
Doughty House, Richmond; Mira
Z Joseph Chamberlain. who also wa
{ with her husband, the Colonial Secretary
d The ancient trees In tho famous park IN
a foe though irregular old mansion, sn,
the many magnificent Old maeters IN tbs
ort gallery, were Of courss greatly ad
II mired The function was sucn a coo
o spicuous success. in fact, that Lad
% Jersey decided to repsat is weel
70 later
is Bicycling Is blooming moro than eve
o the rage over hare, aud thsrs Is grse
a Geld open for American composition.
j. is pitt, however, that trsnsatlanti
makers do rot &c tseir msohiues Wit
complotsly closed chlin-csses, after I b
, English style. They would do we'll ais
to copy the manufacturers on this sid
., Of thu water. In endesvorlug TO improv
g on the old-fasbionsd "sp9on" meta
20 brake, such as Ia fitted 60 E1gllsh mi
chimes of the lowest grades.
Thousands Invitsd TO a Garden Party.
A. For the garden party given By th
ba Q lsen at Buckingham tPAlscs on Monds
Ia Afternoon nearly FIVE Thousand invIta
tions were Issued Toe Prince AM
Princes Of Wales wsr, accompanied
Princess Maud and Prince Chsrlss {
s. ! Denmsrk-ther daughter and prospss
OF tive son In iaW-and many other men
th bers OF the royal family ~srs present., o
an also we're scores of noted Americana
<. former days visitors from the .Wester
th Republic were invited to these function
as very rarely aud then only on account {
d. great wealth; nov they are asks
chiefly bscauss Of their -nStlonSlity ar
public services. and because It is felt