The record-union., 1899-05-07
tom as the British representative at

ton as the British representative at
the peace conference.
The Queens birthday will also be the
occasion for an act of grace toward
Mullett O'Hanlon and Fitzharr1s, the
three men sentenced to penal servituoe
for life for completely in the murder Vi
Sir Frederick Cavendisih, Chief Secre-
tiary for Ireland, and T. H. Burke, the
Permanent Under Secretary for ireland,
in Phoenix Park, Dublin, May ., 1850.
The case of these men has been consld-
erred by the Cabinet, and it is UNDER
stood that the prisoners will be liberated
on the Queens eightieth birthday
The Queen has overcome her dislike
of electric light, which has now been
introduced in all the royal palaces The
Prince of Wales has just taken an OPP
posite step and has abolished electricity
and reinstated gas for lighting at Sand
bingham.
According to several papers, the Earl
of Cadogen has decided to resign the
Lord Uieutenancy of Ireland owing to
| ill health. The Earl, however, has been
induced to postpone the tender of his
resignation until after the Duke OF
Yorks promised visit to Ireland. The
CNesi gnated as successor to the Earl of
Cadogan.
Lord Curzon gave it to be understood,
when he accepted the Vice Royalty Of
India. that he did so because the
thought that the climate would improve
his health Private advices, however,
i intimate that the contrary has been the
effect and that Lord Curzon has been
suffering from i'll health ever since his
arrival in India.
| According to Day." the CurZons
have been rather OVERRIDING the dignity
of the Vice-Royalty in contrast to the
| ways of former Viceroys. The publica7
ton mentioned says that the recent
practice in Simla and Calcutta is all on
the lines of the most rigid etiquette
AT informal gatherings the hosts al
ways enter last, and only when dinner
is announced do they go in first togeth-
er. through long lane formed by the
guests and an obsequious suite. They
sit facing and address each other, ac-
cort1ing to To-Day" as Your Excel
lency" Old hands, it is added, are in
clineCs to Singer at all this, which is
a bad imitation of Windsor or other
royal residences; but concludes TO
Day." sarcastically, lit must be very
pleasing to pretty Miss Letter and her
sisters, all repubican-born."
The agitation against Sunday news
papers has had a splendid inning this
week The Earl of Rosebery. in the
course of a public speech, took up the
matter on Tuesday and declared
strongly against the system, appealing
for a truce of Cod between the "MaiP'
and the Telegraph" whose proprietors
were sitting on either side of him at the
time. His Lordship intimated that each
was DESTROYS of ceasing the publication
of his Sunday paper if the other would
agress to do likewise.
The evidence points strongly to the
fact That neither Sunday paper has
been the success anticipated, and other
neWspa gers are jubilant at the position
in which, the two rivals find themselves,
both bein@- willing but ashamed to with
draw. Mr.. Harnsworth, proprietor of
the MALI has written a letter saying
that he hopes the proprietors of the
Daily TeIegl aph' will accept Lord
Rosebery's proposition and agree to a
truce. Mr.. H,a.rmsworth adds that the
Sunday newspa per development is quite
as unnecessary IN England to-day as it
was in the United States thirty-five
years ago when 1T commenced there.
One by one the mo 81 conservative news
papers of the United States were forced
into the Sunday mark Mr.. Harms'
worth concludes by saying that the
present is a golden o opportunity to stop
the increase of Sunday newspapers.
Mr. Harmsworth evidently has had
enough of Sunday journalism
There has been a decided improve
ment in the social aspect Of the season
this week. The drawing-rooms on the
10th and 10th of this mouth will bring
many notable people to town. The
Queen herself is to hold the second of
these drawing and consequently
there viii be a great rush for it,. and it
promises to be an affair of the most
brilliant character.
Much interest is taken in society and
artistic circles in the exhibition of in
ternational art, in which James Mcneil
Whistler is the prime mover, which
opens next week. All fashionabl Lonr-
don has been invited to Mondays pri-
yate view. There lis a special curiosity
to see Mr.. Whistler's exhibition, as it
was such a success last year, and as
the Academy and New Gallery exhibit
tons, which have been open a week, are
pronounced worse than usual