The record-union., 1897-03-07
1t is Said That Her Majesty Can
Hardly Talk at All.
The Prince of w ales in Constant Tele.
graphic Communication With Lon
don in View of the Critical Situa-
tion-The Jubilee of Victoria to be
SignaliZed by the Issue of New
Coinage of Currency.

| LONDON, March 6, copyrighted by
the Associated Press.)- The return of
cold weather and three days of storm
| have been a serious setback to the gale
ties of London, which are just begin
ming. Thursdays drawing room was
| sparsely attended and in marked con-
! trast with the similar function of last
week. 1t was all over half an hour
after the gates of buckingham Palace
We're opened.
| The Prince of Wales is enjoying a
| holiday along the Riviera.
| 1t is announced that the Prince OF
| Wales remains in constant telegraphic
communication with London in view of
/ the critical situation.
| The long agitation against cruelties of
the royal hunt has resulted in the
| Queen commanding that a report on
| the subject be submitted to her. Her
majesty is disposed to abandon the
buck hounds altogether. In any case.
| it seems certain that the hunting of
tame stays will be discontinued.
The paen of praise for the United
States ambassador, Thomas f. Bayard,
| is tempered here and there in Great
Britain by criticism as to the reality of
| per says: Mr. Bayard has been so
| liberal with butter lately that the lions
! tail is really too slippery to twist. 1t
| does seem a lopsided arrangement.
| which is always proved at the ban
quets. while Englishmen all of us love
the Yankees, our lo- is reciprocated
/ only by one person, the United States
envoy for the time being"
u.
| hope that Colonel John Hay is not an
| orator.
The demesne of the Vatican has been
considerably enlarged by the purchase
of the property of Prince Borghes ad-
joining the Papal Gardens. In some
quarters the purchase is believed to in
dicate the intention of the Holy See to
gradually acquire land until the sea is
| reached and a seaport is secured on the
Mediterranean, so solving some fea-
lures of the Roman question.
Sir Donald Smiths efforts in aid of
immigration to Canada has aroused q
great deal of interest in Great Britain.
| The High Commissioner during the
winter and commission months ar
ranged for thousand lectures on Can
adian advantages for intending settlers.
Taking advantage of the Irishman's
love of horses the Catholic priests are
actively promoting sweepstakes in
races for the benefit of various churches
and converts.
The Government has decided to sig
nalize the occasion of her majesty's
jubilee by, among other things, the
issue of a new coinage which will be
put in circulation next June. The de-
sign is said to be of very handsome
and striking character, and includes
new pennies with a most artistic de-
sign.
Despite the statement in medical pa
pers that the Queen is in perfect health,
considering her age, the statement is
again publishd, and emanates from Il
very excellent source, that the sover-
eign is nearly powerless to talk. Sciatica
is what the Queen suffers from, and
lately it has become 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, or wheeled
from room to room. 1t is this fact
which 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 10th.
1t is settled that no fewer than 1856
Bishops from all parts of the empire
will be represented at Canterbury
Cathedral in July, on the occasion of
the gathering of the Clan Anglican
meeting.