Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-06-01
CABLE LETTER FROM LONDON

London, Eng, May q, The Queens
birthday celebrations and the Whitsun-
tide holidays occupied the public mind
this week Tho celebrations went off
without hitch at Windsor, but the
festivities in the provinces were marred
by rain. The weather, throughout the
week, was extremely cold and un-
seasonable in Great Britain, and
specially in Scotland.
Queen Victoria started for Balmoral
last evening, and the royal party
which has been staying Mt Windsor
Castle is dispersed. the Prince and
Princess of Wales and tho Duke and
Duchess of York going to Sandring-
ham. The court will return to Windsor
ut the end of June, and wilbstay. there
month sr.
In August, the Queen will go to
Osborne, Isle Of Wight. The Cowes
regatta has been fixed for the first
week in August. Emperor William, of
Germany, is expected to arrive at
Zollern, on July 26th, and to stay there
until August 9th.
Covent Garden opera was the scene
of brilliant gatherings this week, and
there was strong muster Of wealthy
and Titled Americans. The Duchess
of Marlborough, on Tuesday, made her
first appearance of the season She
was dressed in mourning, owing to
the recent death of the widow of the
seventh Duke of Marlborouah--Frances
Anne Emily, daughter of the third
Marquis of Londonderry. Mr.. ssa1d Mrs.
Bradley Martin, their daughter, the
Countess of Craven, and the latter's
husband, with the Earl of Craven,
were present.
The Bradley Martins are staying at
Cartridges Hotel, with the Cravens,
until their town house in Chesterfield
Gardens, which cost S500,0 600, is ready.
The Duchess Of Marlborough will
open a bazaar at Twickenham on June
9th, in aid Of the refugees for home
less children. r
According to advices received here,
the Misses Letter are about to start on
short tour of the towns in Upper
\ India, embarking at Colombo, Ceylon,
| in August. on their way to Paris, to
| rejoin their parents. They have been
visiting the Viceroy of India. Lord
Curzon, of Kedleston, whose wife was
| a Miss letter.
Tod Sloan has had remarkable run
| of bad luck. Up to yesterday he had
ridden IA consecutive losers. His form
is unexplicably bad, as, although the
quality of his mounts was generally
| poor, he had one or two capital horses,
such as Betty Field, whose victory was
regarded as a certainty. His host of
hackers came a cropper with Sloan's
| failure.
The American jockey took his place
this week in Vanity Fairs gallery of
caricatures. The short description
accompanying the cartoon concludes /.
''He is great little jockey, who is
popular, but he is hardly so polite as a
good American should be. -
A new paper, to promote Anglo
American friendship entitled The
| Anglo-Saxon, appeared this week. A
number Of letters from prominent men
1 are published in the first number.
Joseph Chamberlain, the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, writes that he
| wishes we'll of every movement which
| has for its object closer union OF the
peoples of the United States and Great
Britain.
| Augustin DAILY contracted pneumonia
| while on his recent voyage from New
York, and landed, in serious con-
\ dition; but he insisted upon being
brought to London, by easy stages, in
an invalid carriage, and is now steadily
recovering.