The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-28
To EndOW a Catholic Uni
versity in ireland.
Social and Moral Certificate
for Marlb0rOughS.
SpeculatiOnS as TO Who Will Sue
ceed Ambassador Bayard.

Copyrighted. 1896. by The Associated Press.)
LONDON, Nov. 2s.--It is announced by
newspaper here that the government
will devote el, ZOO, 600 TO the endowment
OF Catholic University in Ireland. This,
it is believed, Is possibly one OF the
things tbat the chief secretary for Ire
land, Mr.. Gerald Balfour, promised
Mr.. Timothy Healy for the latter's sup
port of the governments land bill last
session.
Sir Jonn Sloane, who, in 1885, devised
number OF pictures and statues, ETC., to
the Sloane museum, INDUCED in tesla
mentary joke. He left three sealed cup
boards 10 be opened by his executors in
1866 1885 and 1896. The last one was
opened Monday last and much TO the
chsgrin OF the executors, who expected to
make a valuable find, II was as empty as
the others.
The principal autumn visit OF royalty
and the principal society functions OF
the country house season was the visit
this week OF the Prince and Princess Of
Wales TO Blenheim. A visit from the
prince is here considered a social endorse
ment that is very valuable, but to secure
the princess and her daugbte at once
furnishes a social certificate that the
moral, as well as the social status OF the
hostess is above question. The American
duchess may therefore consider that there
are no more worlds for her to conquer.
Sne has achieved higher social honor in
a short time than any American lady
before her. Further, she decorated her
triumph with the presence of two dis
Churchill and Mrs. George N. Curzon.
Tue house party to meet their royal high
nesses was equally brilliant.
Vanity Fair, says: "By not postpou-
ing the party, the duchess has risked
| the loss OF q great deal OF money as pso-
| pie in Am rica are 30 strict about mourn
ing" and asks II the party would not
have been postponed IL the dowagsr
| duchess of Marlborough had died.
| There Is much speculation among
| Americans In London as to who will be
| the next am bassador to the court OF St.
James. 1t is hoped that with a change
OF am bassadors tho United States govern
ment win find 1t advisable to change
the embassy as well. The present quar-
| ters, the ground floor of dingy fiat In
| Victoria street are not imposing and do
not com pare favorably with the splendid
houses provided ty their governments
for the French, German, Austrian, Rus
sian, Italian and even Spanish and Chin
ese am bassadors.
DIR. Nsnsen, who Is to deliver an ad-
dress before the Royal Geographical
Society on Feb. 8, will, on that occasion.
he presented with the society's special
medal. This is an honor granted to but
| few. Among those who have been the
recipients are Henry M. Stanley and DIR.
Bayard.
Jackson, the ourssr OF Hertfor1 Col.
lege, Oxford, and Jordan, President o,
the Oxford University Athletic Club, in
an interview with a representative o
the Associated Press this week, said
| they would welcome an athletic contest
between an Oxford and Cam bridge team
and team from Yale and Harvard IN
1897, ss four universities match woulc
rouse a great deal OF interest an be pro
ductive of good to international uni
versity sport. Jordan says he mas q good
average team this year, though, o.
course, 1t 10 weak in hammer throwing
sa-weieht- putting, hut he would b,
glad to hear from Harvard and Yale.