The record-union., 1897-07-18
LondOners Complain That II Is
Worse Than the Tropics.
II Is Just to the Liking, However, Of
Visiting Americans.
ure This Season as Compared
With Other Years-The Whole
Programme OF Naval Maneu-
vers a Ludicrous Eiasco, Owing
to a Misunderstanding OF Or
ders of the Admiralty.


LONDON, July 17.-Tnis week Eng
land has been having the first real
weather of the season. London has had
several sunstrokes, and a good many
horses have died from the heat. Straw
hats have appeared again on all sides,
and everywhere is heard the complaint
that the weather is worse than that of
the tropics, although the mercury has
not gone above 70.
Visiting Americans are luxuriating in
this temperature, and are praising Lon
don as a, summer resort, greatly to the
astOnishment of the resident Londoners.
In spite of the beautiful weather and
the very exciting contests, Henley has
been almost a failure this season, as
compared with other years. The chief
reason probably is the rebellion which
has come at last against the extortion
practiced at Henley by the hotel keep
ers cabmen 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-
getta. But a 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
a 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 visit
ors and entertaining guests at luncheon.
and dinner.
When she received the Bishops the
other dav it was at her own suggestion
that a number had been personally pre-
sented to her. To Bishop WhippIe and
Bishop Potter she said: Il am very glad
indeed to see. you here"
On Thursday the Queen received Il
deputation of noncomformists, headed
by DR.. JOS. Parker, Minister of the City
Temple, and DR.. Monroe Gibson, for
nlerly of Chicago and Toronto. Her
majesty received them with even more
ceremony than she did the Episcopal
ians. They all lunched at the castle,
and then proceeded to the drawing
room, where they were ushered into the
presence of the Queen, who was sur
rounded 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 recep-
tions. at which royalty and others of the
most exclusive set have been presented.
One feature of the season, and possibly
faa fiITe n h al Af
dancing among the men. Heretofore
one of the chief difficulties which Lon
don hostesses had to contend with has
been the correct thing for the young
men to refuse to dance and only to turn
UP at supper time.
This year a few prominent hostesses
formed a sort of social trust, and de-
clined to invite notorious offenders, men
who thought their position rendered
them secure The result of this sys-
tenn of discipline is that dancing men
are again numerous.
The whole programme of naval man.
euvers came to ludicrous fasco owing
to a misunderstanding of the orders Of
the Admiralty. The fleet was divided
into two parts, one commanded by Ad-
miral Fellows. He had instructions to
steam out of Blackhead Bay, to await
declaration of war, and then to en-
deavor to return into the bay without
being intercepted by the other division
When still sixty miles from the rendez-
vous a cruiser overlook Admiral Fellows
and told him that war had been de-
clared; whereupon he turned about and,
meeting no enemy, entered the bay and
telegraphed to the Admiralty: THE war
is over"
After several hous' silence, the Ad-
miralty sent him a curt order to go to
the rendezvous 200 miles west This he
did and returned again. AS he ap-
preached Blackhead Bay last Sunday
morning the enemy appeared and
cleared for action. The flagship Ma
jestic opened fire, but Admiral Fellows
did not respond. On the contrary he
sgnaled that he had already captured
Ireland, that church service was being
held in the various ships Of his division,
and that he must decline to fight. The
Admiralty was furious. and it will be a
long time before the last is heard of this
fiasco in naval circles.
The Prince of Wales will be President
of the Royal Commission having charge
of the British section of the Paris Ex-
position of 1900.
Six hunters, the property of Foxha1
keene, were sold at auction at latter
sails on Monday. They brought G1 331,
the top price being f450 for Bailey Fer
matt.
Miss Greene, a beautiful American,
long prominent in London, is engaged to
be married to a member of the ducaI
family of Hamiltons. She gave a con-
cert on Monday evening at the house Of
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