The record-union., 1897-05-09

LONDON, May 8. (Copyrighted. 1897,
by the Associated Press. )--Aithough the
town is full, and summer clubs, like the
birmingham and RaEelagh, are open,
outdoor gaieties hang fire The ladies are
still wearing their furs and overcoats.
and are quite comfortable. Society is
already on the qui vive in anticipation
OF the five fancy dress balls to be given
py prominent hostesses. They promise
o commotion approaching the Bradley
Martin ball. A feature of the Duchess
of Devonshire's will be an oriental quad
rifle, with Lady De Gray as Cleopatra
and Lady Dudley in a Byzantine cos
tune.
Mrs. Arthur Paget, Lady Colebrooke
and Miss Muriel Wilson will give the
second ball at Holland House The
guests will appear in the costumes of
| their ancestors as painted by Gaines
borough and Reynolds
At Cavendish Bentick's ball the cos
tunes worn will be similar to those
which We're the fashion at the beginning
of the reign of Queen Victoria Lady
Naylor-Leyland, formerly Mrs. Jane
Chamberlain of Cleveland, O., will also
give a costume ball.
The Queen did a graceful thing on
Thursday, and delighted Mr. and Mrs.
Gladstone by summoning their grand
daughter, Dorothy Drew to Windsor
Castle. Her majesty was anxious to
see the child which figured so promi-
nently in Mr.. Gladstones domestic life.
Dorothy left Hawarden on Wednesday,
accompanied by her mother, and from
London to Windsor travelled with the
Princess | iNrine OF
sor they were met by Hon. William H.
P Darlington, one of the equerries in
ordinary, with a royal carriage to take
them to the castle After luncheon with
| the Queen Miss Drew returned to town
The Prince and Princess OF Wales and
Princess Maude of Wales princess
Charles of Denmark are spending Sun
day with the Duke of Westminster at
Eaton Hall. Chester, where a large
party has been gathered to meet them.
On Monday the Prince and Princess of
Wales will drive to Hawarden and lunch
with Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone Each
member of the royal family will plant
tree at HaWarden as memorial of the
occasion.
The appeals of the charity of the Lon
doners are endless, and are generally
Z
House Indian famine fund has now
or nearly reached the sum of 1920, ,000
or 5000 more than was raised during
the whole course of the last famine.
The Daily Chronicle" within a week
has raised nearly $4,000 for the Greek
wounded. The Prince of Wales hospital
fund alone hangs fire. The yearly de-
ficit of the london hospitals is over
tn
f3 100000 It is doubtful if even $780,
900 will be obtained, but the Prince of
Wales will personally address a meet
ing of bankers. merchants and other
prominent people in the city, and will
appeal for more money for the hospital
fund
Great Importance is attached to the
decision of the Transvaal Volksraad, at
a secret session held at Pretoria, the
Capital, on Wednesday last, to repeal
the Transvaal immigration law The
meeting was held to discuss the answer
to be made to the dispatches of the
British Secretary of State for the Col
onies, Joseph Chamberlain. who de-
manded a repeal of the law. The law
was repealed, but it is explained that
this step WAS taken, not because the
measure was a breach of the London
convention. but because it was distaste-
full to neighboring States. The Trans
vaal States attorney rendered his resig-
nation in disapproyal of the repeal. This
action of the Transvaal Government, it
is said here, clearly indicates back
down on the part OF President Kruger
and the Volksraad, and renders the
chance of war remote. It is the most
important concession yet made by the
Transvaal, and removes the chief cause
of friction, not only between the Trans
vaal and Great Britain, but between
Cape Colony and the Transvaal. It was
on this point that Mr. Chamberlain
dispatch took almost the form of an ul-
timatum.