The herald., 1897-06-27

review of 1897 may be regarded 40 !
great International naval exhibition
| from which doubtless the seamen and
constructors of the various nations will
carry away much valuable informa-
tion.
The waters of the Solent have pre-
viously witnessed many magnificent
reviews OF the naval forces OF England
On April 2S. 1856, at the close of the
Crimean war, a great review was held
there, when there were columns OF
screw line-of- of-battleships-at that peri
cd the latest development of naval pow
er-of screw frigates and corvettes. a
fleet Of sidewheel vessels and Of floating
batteries of the Merrimac type, while
four squadrons of 100 gunboats brought
up the total number of ships to 240.
This fleet carried S0O2 guns and was of
S0,671 horsepower Admiral Sir George
Seymour was in chief command of this
fine fleet, which was reviewed by her
Majesty on board the royal yacht Vic
toria and Albert. The changes in naval
architecture which have taken place
during the last fifty years have swept
away all these wooden vessel; the class
es to which they belonged no longer ex-
ist, the sole remaining vessel which still
takes the seas being the royal yacht
Victoria and Albert. which today flies
the standard of the Prince Of Wales at
the naval review Probably a more
beautiful vessel Of her class has never
been launched, and the recent announce
ment that model Of new steel yacht
to replace her has been submitted to the
Queen was not read without regret.
The next great review held at Spit
head was on July II, 1867, when her Ma
jesty, accompanied by the Sultan of
Turkey, reviewed fleet of wooden ves-
sells and ironclads (of which the most
modern of the latter were the Minctaur,
Achilles, Warrior, Black Prince, Bellero-
phon and Lord Clyde). under the COM
mand of Sir Thomas Paisley, Bart,
X. c. B.
On June 49, 1873, the waters Of Spit
head were again the scene Of a naval re-
view, this time in honor Of his Majesty,
the Shah of Persia.
On August 13, 1878, her Majesty in
spected the fleet at Spithead, and on
July %, 1887, on the occasion of the
Queens jubilee, a large fleet was again
assembled there and reviewed by the
sovereign.
The most modern ships present on that
occasion were the Collingwood, Imper-
ieuse and Conqueror. The fleet was COM
posed of 1874 vessels, the personnel Of 20,-
900 officers and men.
During the past decade enormous ad-
vance has been made both in the num-
ber and construction of the ships of
the royal navy, and this cannot better be
exemplified than by the fact that of the
21 battleships reviewed by the Prince
of Wales, in behalf Of the Queen today,
four only took part in the jubilee cere-
mony of 1887, whilst Of the 43 cruisers
not one existed in 1887. Needless to say,
the SO torpedo boat deetroyers are of a
class which has only been introduced
during the past five years and which ap-
pears to be destined to play very i'm
portant part in modern sea warfare.
THE KICKS COMING
After the jubilee festivities there has
been deluge of grumbles, begun by
the spectators who almost without ex-
ception have lost money owing to their
fooliehness in demanding fortunes for
their seats. Then the caterers did not
find the crowd as hungry and thirsty as
they considered people ought to have
been. The tradesmen found that the
jubilee visitors could not buy to any
great extent, as it took all their savings
to see the show, and there has been
considerable grumbling on the eubject
of jubilee honors. The men whose
names have been left out Of the list are
notable Liberal politicians and formerly
ministers, who declare that honors were
given on strictest party lines. With the
exception of w. Vernon Harcourt no
former Liberal minister was invited to
be present at the ceremonies before st.
Pauls cathedral, and the members of
the house of commons who arrived too
late at Buckingham palace to be in the
audience declare the queen should have
waited for them. The charity society
women think that the Princess of Wales
dinner to the poor was kindly thought,
but they claim it was mistaken idea
and that the money had better been
given to the societies dealing habitually
with this work. An undertaken got
ready a thousand collins and no one
needed them. The temperance people are
wildly raving at beer being given to the
outcast poor, and there are thousands
of complaints, based upon jealousy, that
everybody could not get a front seat at
a favored place and at every end.
THE ROYAL MUSEUM
The queen has already received a
small museum OF costly presents, and
many more are on the way to her
majesty. Whatever form they take,
most of these gifts are studded with
gems. The present of the Prince and
Princess of Wales and their children is
a large diamond brooch with a jubilee
and that of the Duke and
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and the Duke
and Duchess of Connaught, Prince and
Princess Christian Of Schleswig- Hol-
stein, the Marquis and Marchionese of
Lorne, Princess Henry of Battenburg
and the Duchess of Albany is a long
scribe0 The Cingalese sent an address
in an ivory and gold casket encrusted
with eixty-eiGht gems, and all the chiefs
of India are sending presents.
AMERICAN VISITORS
Americans were much in evidence Mt
the jubilee procession. Mrs. Bradley
Martin, dressed in blue, was at the
Bachelors club; Mr.. William Waldorf
Astor, with large party, was at Lord
Normanton's house on Pail MALI Lady
William Beresford entertained a large
luncheon party and Mrs. John W. Mack
aV received a few intimate friends of