Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-18

at that time The king who is seated with
| Queen Matilda on his right is handing the
| charter to the Portreeve. who is accom-
| panied by William the bishop of London,
and some of the leading burgesses The
| Conqueror is attended by Stlgane. the pri-
| mate odo and number of his Norman
| followers The charter, which is still pre-
| served among the archives of the city. reads
as follows:
William, the king. greets William, the
bishop and Godfrey the portreeve. and all
| the burgesses within London, both French
| ana English. And | declare that | grant
| You all to be lawworthy as you were in the
| days of King Edward. and ! grant that
every child shall be his fathers heir after
| his fathers days. and l will not suffer any
| person to do you wrong. God help YOU
The arms of the lord mayor-elect and of
the sheriffs for the year emblazoned at
the foot of the picture give an effective
hhlsh to really striking design.
MIR. Davitts Position.
Mr.. Davitt. whom nobody suspects of in
sincerity, has been explaining to his
sttuents that one of his aims in withdraw
ing from Westminster is to unmask the
knaveries of certain colleagues there. 1t is
| not that considerable group believe in
the principles of Mr.. GRACE Plunkett more
| than in those of Irish government
against these on personal grounds he has
nothing to say, though for his own part he
Is ready to organize the 2o0oO00o of Irish
people throughout the world into an ir-
resistible military force The mischief he
sees is that other Irish members "only
seek to be in parliament for stock jobbing
purposes, while others again, by their
conduct and behavior inside and outside
the house, are standing reproach to the
irish name and cause There must be an
unflinching surgical operation, and he will
perform 1t. Mr.. Davitt's structures may or
may not be justified; but they are deprived
by his violence of tone any greater value
laft
craftsmanship. The times change. and Mr.
JaVltt is not capable of changing with
them but still harps upon nearly forgotten
issues which the present government
policy has practically buried
Valuable Literary Relics.
Among number of interesting literary
relics, which are to be sold surely at a
Strand auction room, is the copy of the
queens Leaves from the journal of our
Life IN the Highlands" presented to Dick
ems by her majesty at the only interview
the novelist had with her. The book is
inscribed ITO Charles Dickens Esq. from
Victoria Reg, Buckingham Palace March
D. 1870 Forster, in his life Of the novelist
relates the circumstances under which the
presentation was made: Her majesty then
TOOK from a table her own book upon the
Highlands, with an autograph inscription
to Charles Dickens and saying that the
humblest of writers would be ashamed to
9Her 1t to one of the greatest, but that Mr..
marked that it would be valued most from
herself closed the interview by placing it
IN IN. MS hands" Another curiosity to be
offered at the same sale is the visiting hook
OF Soyer, the famous cook From this II is
TO be gathered that the great chef of the
REFORM Club was on visiting terms with
Dlsraeli' Gruikshank. Gladstone. Thackeray,
Mazz1hl Landseer, John LeeCh and in fuct
all the celebrities of his time. OF Thack-
cray and Dickens some pleasant glimpses
are alIorded IN a number of autograph let
T,T1lt ~ Il.
uon room. In a letter from Mrs Collins
the mother of Wflkie Collins, there is an
interesting reference to the reconciliation
OF the two noveliStS. Writing of ThaCke-
rays death she says: Never was such a
sensation. Dickens and he shook hands
ana chatted pleasantly together a few DAYS
petore his death, to the great comfort of
poth, at the club" George Eliot figures in |
a long and entertaining letter to the com
pller OF The Wise and Witty and Tender
sayings of George Eliot" She describes |
inns DOCK as 'marvelously new to me- since
l had forgotten greater part of what [
mad written Further on she speaks of |
the interest excited In her by a reference
TO 10, some youthful admirers of her works. |
gu understand how l necessarily care |
most about the impressions nv books
make on the yosng. Mr.. Lewes has been
wont to say that neither the very Young |
ing
Military Pictures
Naturally military pictures are now all |
the rage. AT Graves for instance one
has to fight ones way into the gallery |
through the crowd gazing on two great |
battle pieces hung in the open entrance hall |
The newest thing within the Graves Cal
lery Is also a military subject. namely. a |
very line portrait of The Prince" by r. |
Cation WoOdville, the famous military |
painter. 1t IS his first portrait proper, |
though there has been great deal of his |
toTIcal portraiture in some of his pictures |
The Prince, who is, of course, the Prince
or Wales. is mounted in field marshars uni
form, reviewing the troops at Aldershot |
We don't see the troO2s, but in the back
ground are Sir Redvers Butler, then com
handing at Aldershot, and Col. Fisher of |
the 10Th Hussars, the princes Old regiment
These two We're included by special request
OF his royal highness The picture is worthy
of the subject. The coloring is vivid. the
likeness is faithful. the pose soldiery and
natural and the composition perfect 1t is
10 be engraved, and will no doubt find a
place in many homes.
A Generous Profession
Fancy prices are being paid for the seats
at the sopening Of Wyndham's Theater,
when the entire proceeds are to be devoted
to the lord mayor of London's war fund
Sir Theodore Martin was the first with a
check for t2o for the first stall Mr. Wilson
Barrett has promised a matinee at the Ly-
ceum, and the entire receipts of a night
performance Of The Black Tulip at the
erick Harrison and Cyril Maude In the
subscription lists are TO be found the names
OF many well-known players. Mr. Toole,
Tor instance, though he is retired hurt"
mas not forgotten to send check Besides |
the subscription ball at the Grafton Gal
leries, Miss Ellaline Terriss, with the as
slstance OF Mr. c. p. Little, is arranging a
notable variety entertainment at the AL
bert Hall for early in December The best
on the stage will supply the entertainment;
our leading actors will be the stewards |
ana bevy of the most beautiful actresses, |
as nurses will sell programs.
Troops for the TransvaaI
Comparisons are being made between the
Spanish armada and the troops now being
sent to the Transvaal. Never in the his
tory of Europe has such q large armed
force been dispatched by sea as the British |
army corps now on its way to South Afri- |
ca. The number of the Spanish force |
which sailed on 100 ships from Spain in 1858
Is thus recorded: Sailors, $3.50; galley |
slaves, 2.03S; soldiers, 1878; volunteers,
13S2; total, 30.493. But Great Britain is
now sending out approximately $1,000 men,
exclusive of the transport crews and with
out resortng to volunteers or convicts