The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-12
The Season Thus Far a
Remarkably Poor One.
"Wearing of the Green" Was
Sung at Windsor Castle.
Disappointment of Car and Czarina.
Lambeth Conference.
tspectal Correspondence Of The News.l }

Especial Correspondence OF The News,)
London, June l2.-1he weather has been
winter-like during tho greater part of the
week Heavy rains fell and London pre-
sented AN especially bedraggled appear
ance with the soaked, half finished jubilee
decorations everywhere. On Friday.
however, there WAS pleasant change to
hot bright weather. The changes Of tenn
perature have been very trying to the
American visitors who are already nll-
ing the hotels. The season as whole
Is "a remarkable poor ole and the picture
galleries, tne3ters, ETC.. continue 10 DO
slackly attended while the house agents
echo the complaint of poor business
saying there was never less demand
for furnished houses The fact Is that
the exorbitant prices charged for every
thing Is Keeping many~ thousands
away. Lodging house keepers In many
instances have been guilty OF the
sharpest practices and calmly announce
double prices for the fortnight includ-
ing the jubilee TO visitors who months
ago, engaged rooms at certain figure.
The police regulations which have just
been issued for the day OF the process
sion add TO the horrors of the situa-
ton. Practically all the streets along
the route 60 be followed are CLOSED
To traffic before o'clock In the morn
ing and many people engaging carriages
will have to take seats very early.
At Queens Disposal.
Many big houses in London have been
placed at the disposal of the queen.
Lord Burton vacates Chesterfield house
for tho Prince and Princess OF Naples,
Lord Iveagh gives up his house on
Carlton house terrace TO the Prince
Ralph Fivians house on James street
will be used for the accommodation
of the Grand Duke Of Nassau Luxem-
burg.
According to On absolutely unim-
reachable authority" writer in the
Westminster Gazette relates how the Irish
song, 1.-The Wearing Of the Green" was
very recently sung in Windsor Castle.
The queen, 10 appears. requested a young
Irish lady, who was visiting tho castle,
10 sing an Irish song. she went TO the
piano and sang, The Wearing OF the
Green, and according TO the story told,
Her Majesty was so touched by the pathos
of the song she burst into tears. The
writer continues: "Ah," said my emi-
nent informant, you little know the
depths OF the queens sympathy for the
Irish and the tenderness Of her heart"
Czar and Lzarina Disappointed.
The czar and czarina are understood
20 he greatly disappointed by the fact that
their second child Is also daughter.
the sickly czarewitch, Grand DuFe
George. the heir to the throne. The
czar's two daughters have extremely re-
mote chances OF succession TO the throne
Great satisfaction Is expressed In Great
Britain ut the announcement that the
queen had commanded William .Quiller
Orchardson. r. A., who was elected q
Royal Academician nearly twenty years
ago, Co paint n jubilee picture of herself,
Prince Of Wales, the Duke of York and
Little Prince Edward.
Delagoa bay, according to reports
emanating from good sources. is already
in possession OF the British and the IN
creased number of troops which has been
and is being sent TO Cape Colony il really
intended for the occupation of the new
possession when the time comes for an
nexing It,
Rothschild's Name Mentioned.
III this connection IL is recalled that
Rothschild practically purchased a con
trolling interest in tho SueZ canal for
Lord Beaconsheld when the latter was
primo minister OF Great Britain, Is
months before the transaction was an.
nouncod, and Rothschild's name Is now
mentioned % finding the money for the
purchase of Delagoa bay.
Mr.. John Redmond, the Parnellte leader,
accompanied by Louis Stuyvesant Chanler
as star orator, Is stumping Ireland in the
will inaugurate in "A speech at Cork on
Sunday. 1t is said that the queen intends
10 confer an honorary grand cross of the
order of the Bath on NJ. Hanotaux, the
French minister for foreign affairs. This
honor has but seldom been bestowed OH
any one below the rank Of prince aud at
present Baron Lam increment and the grand
vizier Of the late shah of Persia are the
only such persons whose names appear on
the list of honorary grand crosses.of the
Bath.
The Lambeth Conference.
The an-Anglican conference which
will be held NJ Lam beth next month, will
Ee "a notable one, at least in one respect.
lt Is officially announced that the cZar
has decided that the orthodox Christians
of whom he Is ut the head shall be repre-
sented at this gathering of Anglican pre-
lates. He Will. therefore, instruct an
eminent Russian bishop, whom he Is send
ing TO represent the orthodox church Mt
tho jubilee celebrations 20 attend the
Lambeth conference.
j. ID. ReSzke's sudden absence from tie
opera on two occasions when billed TO
appear at Covent Garden has raised crop
of rulnors as TO differences between him
self and the management in spite of the
official announcement that his retirement
was duo TO indisposition. Maurice Grau
says there l. no truth i'm the stories of
trouble adding that the management IL as
anxious rs lie ResZke for the latter TO ap.
pear, but ho explains, the tenor Is suffer
ing from relaxed throat
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