The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-29
Royalty and AristOcracy Will
Have an Airing.
Cairo and Not the Riviera Now At
tracts BritisherS.

OF wales leVee next week. III Win DC the
occasion for an enormous gathering OF
royalty and aristocracy and the Duke OF
York, the Duke OF Connaught, Prince
Christian and the Prince of Teck will be
among those present. The United states
ambassador, Mr.. Thomas +. Bayard, will
present Mr.. Edwin Fox and MIR. Rltchie
of California.
There was a brilliant gathering At the
dinner given by the Marquis of Salisbury
on Wednesday last. The party included
Mr. William Waldorf Astor. The dinner
was followed by reception.
The Maharajah OF Nepaul promises to be
the lion OF the season IL he comes TO En-
gland as arranged, for he will bring with
him princely suite of natives.
1t is definitely announced that the
Prince of Wales, out of respect to the
memory of the late Prince Henry of kat
tenberg, will not race his cutter Britain
mia in the Riviera regattas. lie will mere
ly take pleasure cruise In the Mediter-
ranean,
Incidentally 1t may be added that the
Riviera is less favored by the Britishers
this year. They complain of the anti Brit
lsh feeling and are gravitating TO Cairo as
a rule.
1t is announced that Emperor William
has decided to visit Cowes for the pur-
pose of racing his new Meteor (the cutter
being built for him by the Hendersons
of Glasgow, according to the design of
George l.. watson), during the famed re-
gatta week of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
Such being the case, it Is admitted that
he will need much tact in order to avoid
unpleasant manifestations.
A swarm of newspaper men hovered
about Lord Dunraven's London residence
today, in anticipation of prevailing
upon him 10 express some opinion of the
action of the New York Yacht Club in
striking his name from the list of honary
members OF that organization. But his
lordship positively refused to be inter-
viewed.
Alfred Austin, the poet laureate,
is still meeting with much ridicule,
especially regarding his effusion I'm regard
To Jameson's raid. so much so, that the
matter finally reached the House of Com
mons yesterday, where Mr.. j. Parker
Smith, Liberal UnioAist member for the
Partick division of Lanarkshire, asked
the government for information regard
ing the laureateship. He suggested that
submitted to the censorship of the Lord
Chamberlain, or, he alrily added, "some
other minister"
Mr.. j. Swift MacNeill, anti-Parnellte
member for the southwestern division OF
Donegal, asked II the laureate's utterances
were not privileged inasmuch as he was
a substitute for the court jester.
The first lord of the treasury, Mr.. A.
j. Baliour, in replying for the government,
said he did not think that any depart
ment of the government was especially
qualified for pcetical censorship.
The United States ambassador, Mr..
Thomas +. Bayard, was .one or the speak
ers at the meeting OF the Seaman's Hos
pital Society which was held at the Man.
sion House yesterday. Mr.. Bayard said
"At sea there are no snch things as trou-
spheres of influence, buffer states or other
creations of diplomacy. Scarcely a day
was passed without token of gratitude
and good will being sent by America to
English seamen for heroism and for res
cues upon the high seas. When l was at
tending to my duties in Washington 1 re-
member how there was a constant cur
rent OF thanks and gratitude from Great
Britain to sailors of the United states.
Such acts are healing differences and
strengthening the friendship between the
sailors and may be the means OF binding
friendship end good feeling in.the homes
of both sides of the Atlantic"
The arrival i'm England of DIR. Jameson
is the sensation of the week. Pages in the
newspapers are devoted daily to the SUBJ
ject OF the invasion, and arrange
ments are supposed TO have been made to
accomplish the approaching trial of the
leader of the raiders and his associates.
The charge of "warring against friend
ly power,n brought against DIR. jameson
when he was arraigned in the Bow street
court on Mondoy last, Is based on the for
eign enlistment OF 1870, which was pas
sed to provide for the Fenian raid into
Canada from the United States.
DR. jameson will be defended by Sir
Edward Clarke, Q. c.. Sir +. Lockwood,
q. C.; Mr.. Edward nj. Carson, q. C.,
and Mr.. e.. +. Gill; ana Sir Richard Web
ster, q. e.; Mr. B. b. Findlay, Q. G.; Sir
Charles Mathew, q. c., and others will
prosecute the raider.
1t is understood that DR.. Jameson's
defense will be that he was called upon
by the reform committee TO assist in
maintaining order at Johannesburg, that
the committee was acting unuer the
Transyaal flag, the Boer officials having
withdrawn, and that, moreover, the men
accompanying him did not fire until they
were attacked.
The suit brought by the Right Hon. Sir
A. IL Forwood member of Parliament
for the southwest division of Lancashire,
known as the "Joseph Chamberlain OF
Liverpool, and formerly secrets ary to the
admiralty, aga nst The Railway Times for
libel i'm asserting that while he was naval
secretary he passed the West India mail
tender of the Atlas Steamship Company,
I'm which he is interested. has resulted in
a verdict OF e2l00 (s1o, for the plain
tiff.
The new ccmmander-in-chief, General
wolseley, i'm the address which he made
on Thursday I'm this city advocating in
creasing the navy as Great Britain's first
line OF defence, expressed the opinion
that i'm the event of war it would be inn
possible TO serve the food supply of Great
Britain. His chief argument was that alt
the fleets i'm the world "would not pre-
vent our American cousins, who are al
ways looking out for money, and who
have an eve 10 the main chance, from
running into our harbors, with cargoes
of wheel and flour.
DIR. Mmeson Is the guest OF Lord and
Lady william Beresford at Deepdene,
Dorking.
The only theatrical novelties of the
week were the premiere at the Lyceum,
on Thursday, of "For the Crown which
made hit (Forbcs Robertson scoring a
great success and Mrs. Patrick Campbell
not being considered strong I'm her part).
and I'm the Wceden Grossmith premiere
on Wednesday Of "1he Romance OF n
Shopwaiker, by Buchanan and Charles
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