Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-03-01
It WIS A PRINCELY LEVEE.
A Reception to Herald the Opening Of
the Season.
1t VIII Bring Together the Royalty
and Aristocracy Of England-A
CommOner Suggests a Censor
ship of Austin's Poems by the
Lord Chamberlain or Most Any
body Else.
(Copyrighted. Associated Press.)


London, Febru' " 29-The weather
during the past week has been warm
and frosty by turns, and is now warm
! again. There has been DTmerou5 min
Isterial dinners; but the reception which
will herald the opening of the season
will be the Prince Of Wales's levee mex
week. 1t VIII be the occasion Tor m
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 Mr. Richie, of Cali
| fornia.
The Maharajah of Nepi, McCalmaha
Nepaul, promises to be the lion of the
season il he comes to England as ar
ranged for. He will bring with him
princely suit of natives.
1t is now definitely announced that
the Prince of Wales, out of respect for
! the memory of the late Prince Henry
OF Battenberg, will not race his cutter
Brittania in the Rivera regettas lie
VIII merely take a pleasure cruise in
| the Mediterranean.
incidentally it may be added that the
rivera is less favored by Britishers
this year. They complain Of the anti
British feeling and are graviating to
Cairo, as a rule.
1t is announced that Emperor VIII
liam has decided to visit Cowes for the
purpose Of
RACING HIS NEW METEOR,
Che cutter being built for him by the
HendersOns. OF Glasgow under the
shed used for Valkyrie Ill, and ac-
cording to the design of George l..
Watson) during the famed regatta
week OF the Royal Yacht Squadron.
such being the case, it is admitted that
ne Will need much tact in order TO avoid
unpleasant manifestations.
Alfred A. Austin, the poet laureate,
is still meeting with much ridicule.
especially regarding his effusion in re-
gard TO JamesOn's raid. So much so
that the matter finally reached the
House of Commons yesterday. where
Mr.. J. Parker Smith, I.ibera Unionist.
member for Patrick Division of lanarF-
shire, asked the government for mfor-
nation regarding the laureateship.
He suggested that Mr.. Austn's pa
triOtic ballads should be submitted to
the censorship of the Lord Chamberlain
or he airily added, Some other minis
ter"
The First Lord of the Treasury. Mr..
A. j. Balfour, in replying for the gov
eminent said he did not think that any
dept OF the government was especially
qualified for pOetical censorship.
The United States ambassador. Mr..
Thomas f. Bayard, was one of the
speakers at the meeting of the Sea-
mems Hospital Society which was held
at the Mansion House yesterday. Re
| plying to the chairman. Sir Donald Cur
RE, founder of The Castle line and in
innate friend of Mr. Gladstone. who
remarked that the Queen, the Car and
Emperor William were supporters of
the society. and that it now had the
good viii OF the President of the United
/ States, as expressed by the
PRESENCE OF MR.. BAYARD.
The latter, dwelling upon the seamen's
sense of brotherhood, said.
AT sea there are no such things as
the troublesome boundary disputes
contested speeches of influences. buffer
states, or other conditions Of diplomacy.
J Scarcely a day has passed without
token of gratitude and good will being
sent by America TO English seamen
for heroism. for Tescues upon the high
seas. When / was attending TO my
/ duties in Washington / remember how
/ there was constant current of thanks
/ and gratitude from Great Britain to
sailors of the United States Such
/ acts are healing differences and
/ strengthening friendship between the
/ sailors and may be the means of bind
I i'm friendship and good feeling i'm the
homes on both sides of the Atlantic"
Thearrival i'm England of Or. jameson
/ is the sensation of the week. Pages i'm
+ the newspapers are devoted daily TO
the subject of the invasion of the raid.
the secret arrangements supposed TO
have been made 10 accomplish IL and
/ the approaching trial of the leader of
( the raiders and his associates. The
charge of warning against a friendly
power brought against Or. jameson
when he was arraigned i'm the Bow
Street Police Court on Monday last, is
based on the foreign enlistment act of
1870, which was passed 10 provide for
the Fenian raids into Canada from the
/ United States. A precedent is found
in General SandOyal and Sir w. !. Calls
naval expedition against Venezuela in
1888 Their vessel. the Justitia. was
fitted ont at Antwerp and sailed and
| battled with
A VENEZU ELAN VESSEL.
General Sandaval vas sentenced 10
months confinement as a first class
prisoner and to pay a fine Of $500
DR. Jameson viii be defended by Sir
Edward Clarke @. c.. Sir +. Lockwood.
O. c.. Mr. Edward r. Carson. O. c.. Mr..
C.. j. Gill and Sir Richard Webster. Q.
G. Mr. r.. B. Finlay. O. c., Sir Charles
Matthew. @ c., and others, will prose
cute the raider
1t is understood that DR.. Jameson's
defense will be that he was called upOn
by the reform committee TO assist i'm
maintaining order at johannesburg
that the committee was acting under
the Transvaal flag. the Boer officials
having withdrawn and that. moreover.
the men accompanying him did not fire
until they were attacked.
Tolstoi has replied 10 the English
press criticisms of his christianity and
patriotism He says that not only is
patriotism a bad disposition; but. he
claims it is unreasonable ~ principle
to love in preference ones own nation
above all others. He contends that
patriotism is counter 10 the first prin-
ciple of love in preference of ones
own nation of Christs teachings and
that Christianity makes Datriotier,
superfluous and a hindrance like