The herald., 1897-11-07

The biography gives, among other mat
ters, an extract from Her Majesty's
journal in 1856, describing her Pilgrim
age to the Invalides during her visit to
Paris. 1t reads: Il stood at the arm Of
Napoleon Ill, his nephew, before the
coffin Of England's bitterest foe. 1.-the
granddaughter of that king who hated
him most. and who most vigorously OPP
posed him, and this very nephew, VINO
bears his name, being my nearest apd
dearest ally. The organ Of the church
played God Save the Queen at the time.
Strange and wonderful indeed. 1t
seems as IL in this tribute of respect to a
departed dead foe, all their enmities and
rivalries were wiped out and the seal
of heaven placed upon that bond Of
unity which is now happily established
between two great and powerful ma
tions. May heaven bless and prosper
it,"
MINOR MATTERS
The phenomenally fine weather pre-
vailng is the despair of the storekeep-
ers, who say they cannot sell any winter
clothing. The month of October was the
driest since 1884. Laburnams, prim-
roses and wall flowers are growing, and
Strawberries are being gathered in the
south of England.
From the comments heard in the clubs.
it is not likely that Mr.. John Lawson
Johnstone of Kingwood Kent, who turns
out to be purchaser of the Prince of
Wales famous racing cutter Britannia,
will be received with open arms in yacht
ing circles. In fact, it is rumored that
the Prince sold the yacht on the express
condition that the purchaser should not
race her, and that she is to be rigged as
D cruiser.
An echo of the famous Ardlamont
tragedy was heard at Leeds on Wednes-
day when Alfred j. Monson, who in 1893,
was tried on the charge eof-murdering his
pupil, Lieut.. Dudley Cecil Hambrough,
the jury bringing in a verdict of mot
proven" was summoned as deserting
his wife. The latter said her husband
had left her in February, 1896, and had
failed to provide for her and her six
children, all of whom are under sixteen
years Of age.
The sporting newspapers have devoted
lean jockey, since he has began winning
races on the English turf. His magnifi-
cent style Of living astonishes the Eng
lish sportsmen. He has apartments at
the Hotel Neil with his valet and goes
back and forth by train to the various
race meetings. Sloan, however, is much
criticised for betting. He had $500 on
st. Cloud II. for the Cambridgeshire
stakes and, as jockeys here are not al
lowed to bet, the jockey clubs attention
is being called to Sloan's proclivities. It
is urged that if he comes here he must be
stopped from betting. The Evening
News hopes the jockey club won't gloss
it over as it did when it permitted Croker
to use the jockey club enclosure"
Neither the Cat and Cherub at the
Lyric Theater, nor The First Born at tha
Globe Theater, are successful, and The
First Born will be withdrawn today and
the whole company. after six perform
ances, will return to America.
Clement D. Scott, as well as the Lon
don critics generally, has been un-
stinted in his praise of May Buckley.
Scott says in the Daily Telegraph 1--WE
have not hesitated to proclaim the cos
mopolitism of dramatic art to the in
jury, perhaps, of people, but briefly, The
Cat and Cherub is worth music hail
turn, and The First Born is not worth
an evenings entertainment. America
is very welcome in England, but she
must give US better than we can produce
and The First Born is not that.
The announcement that the brother of
the khedive of Egypt, Prince Mahommed
Ali, is engaged to be married to an Amer
ican lady whom he met in Europe, and
that in consequence he has offered to re-
nounce the succession to the khedivate,
- <,,.s3 ~ to rhta3va tho cnv,aow<SoPf ~, =.
khedive,, lis authoritatively denied.