The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-17
BRITISH GREED.
Henley Regatta Spoiled by
Boarding House Keep
ers and Cabbies.
THE QUEEN TO OUR BISHOPS
Glad to See Them-Non-Conform-
lists Tafied, Too Naval
Fiasco.
THE QUEEN TO OUR BISHOP

many horses have died from the heat.
Straw hats have appeared again on all
sides and everywhere one hears the COM
plant that the weather is worse than that
of the tropics, although the mercury has
not yet gone above rs.
Visiting Americans are luxuriating in
this temperature and are praising London
as a summer resort greatly to the aston
ishment of the resident Londoner.
In spite of the beautiful weather and
the very exciting contests. Henley has
been almost a failure this season as COM
son probably is the rebellion which has
come at last against the extortion prac-
ticed at Henley by the hotel keepers, cab
men and boatmen. This class of gentry
has suffered very much in the same way
as the Jubilee spectators did.
Comparatively few Americans were to
be seen among the spectators of the re-
gatta. But number of Harvard men,
whom Mr.. Lehman has been entertain
ing handsomely, have been much in evil
dence and intensely interested in every
thing.
The Queen will start for Osborne
House, Isle of Wight on Tuesday next.
Her decision to leave Windsor Castle is
great relief to the royal family, who
fear that she is doing too much for her
strength. Every day of the week she has
been receiving deputations of visitors,
and entertaining guests at luncheon and
dinner. When she received the Bishops
the other day, it was her own sugges-
ton that a number should be PERSONAL
ly presented to her. To Bishop Whipple
and Bishop Potter she said:-
II am very glad indeed to see you
here
On Thursday the Queen received a dep
utation of Non-Conformists, headed by
DR.. Joseph Parker, Minister of the City
Temple, and DIR. Monroe Gibson, formerly
of Chicago and Toronto. Her Majesty re-
ceived them with even more ceremony
than she did the Episcopalians. They all
lunched at the Castle and then proceed
ed to the drawing room, where they
were ushered into the presence of the
Queen. who was surrounded by the high
officers of the Court, with a guard of
honor
While the end of the season is almost
at hand, this week has been one of the
gayest of the year in London. Every
night there have been balls and receptions
at which Royalty and others of the most
exclusive set have been present. One
feature of the season and possibly the
chief feature has been the revival of
dancing among the men. Heretofore one
of the chief difficulties which London
hostesses have to contend with has been
the theory that it was the correct thing
for the young men to refuse to dance and
only to turn up at supper time.
This year few prominent hostesses
formed a sort of social trust and declined
to invite many notorious offenders, men
who thought their position rendered them
secure The result of this system of
discipline is that dancing men are again
numerous.
The whole programme of naval man
oeuvres came to ludicrous fiasco owing
to a misunderstanding of the orders of
the Admiralty. The fleet was divided into
two parts, one commanded by Admiral
Fellows He had instructions to steam out
of Blacksed Bay, Ireland, to await dec
laration of war, and then to return into
the Bay without being Intercepted by the
other division.
When still sixty miles from the rendez-
vous cruiser overlook Admiral Fellows
and told him that war had been declared; (;
he turned about, and, meeting
no enemy. entered the bay and tele-
graphed to the Admiralty The war
is over" After several hours silence the
sent him curt order to go to
a rendezvous 200 miles west. This he did
and turned about again. AS he approach
ed Blacksed Bay last Sunday morning
the enemy appeared and cleared for ac-
tion.
Admiral Fellows did not respond. On the
he signalled that he had already.
captured Ireland, that church service was
vision and that he must decline to fight.
The Admiralty was furious; and it will be
a long time before the last is heard of the
fasco in naval circles.
of the Royal Commission having charge
of the British section of the Paris EX-
position in 1900.
Six hunters the property Of Mr.. Fox
hall Keene, were sold at auction at Tat
tersalls on Monday. They brought E1,-
$751; the top price being G45O for Balloy-
fermatt.
Miss Greene, a beautiful American. long
prominent in London, is engaged to be
to member of the Ducal fam
lily of Hamiltons. She gave a concert on
evening at the house of Lady
Blandford
London has been full of librarians this
week, some 5ut OF tlSfu from ali parts
of the world, being assembled here to
hold the second International Library
Conference. Sir John Lubbock presided.
During the week the members of the
Conference were entertained at luncheon
by the Lord Mayor; the Marchioness of
Butte gave a garden party in their hon
or: Sir John and Lady Lubbock and the
Duke of Westminster held receptions for
them, and Sir Henry Irving gave a spe-
ciaf performance in their honor at the
Lyceum Theatre.
The season, so far as the theatres are
may be regarded as definite
" over What novelties, If any, man
ayers still have up their sleeves, have
been got ready not for the Metropolitan
public, but In view of their pro-
sincial tours, and if played at
n London, the performances will
aartake more of the nature of
1ress rehearsals than of anything else.
There are. it is true, no end of fine things
prove the last new piece of the
season was given last Thursday evening
Il the Matinee Theatre, a house, by
he way, where matinees are seldom or
never eiveR. It is entitled "a Merry
Monk and Is O comic opera in tws,
acts the words by Michael Dure au9
Malcom Bell and music by A. Llewellvli.
rhe principal role, that of a kings Jester
vas taken by Templar Sake and the scene
The end of the sixteenth century,
Mr. Cartons Tree of knowledge
which will be the first new piece pro-
iuced by George Alexander at the ST
James in the autumn, was read to the
company before they left town for their
summer vacation Besides MIR. Alexanderss
there are two other important male roles.