The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-06
WEEK IN LONDON
Victoria Disposed to Aban-
don BuckhOundS.
Some Criticisms of AmbaS-
SadOr Thomas F. Bayard.
New Coinage TO BE Circulated by
Canadian Government.

Copyright 1897 by The Associated Press.)
London, March 6.-The return of cold
weather and three days of storm have been
a serious set back to the gaieties of Lon
don, which are just beginning Thurs
| days drawing room was sparsely attended
and in marked contrast with the siHiilar
| function of last week. Ii was all over half
an hour after the gates of Buckingham
| palace Were opened The Princess Of
| Wales and her daughters will remain In
| town until next week and will be busy
| visiting the theatres, etc The Prince of
Wales is enjoying "A holiday along the
Riviera. On his way there he stopped in
Paris and visited the Vaudeville theatre
where he witnessed the latest success,
La Doulouireuse. Between the acts he
complimented Nine. Rejane. The next
day he lunched at the British embassy
with Nj. Hanotaux, the French minister
for foreign affairs and Others Later he
exchanged visits with President Faure.
1t is announced that the Prince of
Wales remains in constant telcgraphic
communication with London in view of
the Crctan situation.
The long agitation against the cruelties
of the Royal hunt has resulted in the
Queen commanding that report on the
subject be submitted to her. Her majesty
is disposed To abandon the buckhounds
altogether. I'm any case, it seems certain
that the hunting of tame stays will be
discontinued.
The paean Of praise for the United
States ambassador, Mr. Thomas F. Bayard,
is tempered here and there in Great
Britain by criticism as to the appropri-
ateness of such laudation. One London
newspaper says: "Nlr. Bayard has been
so liberal with butter lately that the lions
tail is really too slippery To twist. 1t does
seem "a lop-sided arrangement which is
always proved at the banquets that while
we Englishmen all of us love the Yankees,
our love is reciprocatod by one person
only, the United States envoy for the
time being"
The National Review expresses the hope
that Col. John Hay is not an orator.
The demesne of the Vatican has been
considerably enlarged by the recent pur-
chase of the property of Prince ,Borghez
adjoining the papal gardens 1t appears
that before buying, the Pope secured the
governments assent. In some quarters
the purchase is believed to indicate the
intention of the Holy See to gradually
acquire land until the sen is reached and a
seaport is secured on the Mediterranean
sea.
Lieutenant Governor George A. Kirk
patrick of Ontario has progressed sufli-
GENTLY To leave his nursing room next
week, when he will go to Brighton for "A
four or five weeks stay prior to his return
to Canada. Sir Donald Smiths efforts in
aid of emigration to Canada have aroused
n great deal of interest in Great Britain
The government has decided to signalize
the occasion of her maiesty's jubilee by |
the issue of new coinage which will be |
put i'm circulation next June The design |
is said to be of very handsome and strik-
ing character and includes new pennies |
with most artistic design on the lines of |
the design at present in use.
Despite the reports in medical papers |
that the Queen is in perfect health, CON
sidering her age, the statement is again |
published and emanates from very ex- |
cellent source, that the sovereign is nearly |
powerless to walk. Sciatica is what the |
Queen suffers from, and lately it has be-
come so much worse, that with support,
she can only walk few feet and that
with difficulty. She has to be carried up |
and down stairs and into her carriage and
wheeled from room to room 1t is this
fact which has necessitated the Prince Of
Wales and the Duke of Connaught taking |
so much on their shoulders in connection
with the jubilee festivities.
The Queen will leave Windsor for Nice
on Wednesday, March 10 1t is settled that