New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-05-13
LONDON GAY AGAIN.
THE CITY CROWDED AND SOCIAL En-
TERTAINMENTs IN FULL SWING.


soN-BUs1NEss BEFORE THE NATION
AL LIBERAL FEDERATION.
Copyright; 1901: BY The New-York Tribune)
lBY CABLE To rRIBUSEI
London, April Is 1 a. m.-This will he a vast<
OF parties and banquets London is crowded.
and it looks as IL the season is going to be a.
| successful one after all. Lord Salisbury will be
present tonight at banquet given by the Non
conformist Unionist Association and tomorrow
there will be Royal Colonial Institute dinner
and also the coming of-age party of Lord and
Lady Galway's only daughter On Wednesday
the Lord Mayor will entertain at the Mansion
House. and Lady Burning Lawrence viii have
an evening party. The same evening the Duke
of Buccleueh will preside an anniversary fes-
tival of the Royal CALIFORNIAN Asylum and Sir
John Arid will take the chair at the inaugural
banquet of the Metropolitan Borough of Pad
dington. A good many people will run down to
Sydenham on Thursday to attend the banquet
at the Crystal Palace given in honor of Home
Secretary Ritchie by his constituents. The Arch
bishop of Canterbury will preside the following
evening at Literary Fund feast at the Hotel
Metropole, and the Newspaper Press Fund din
ner and the banquet OF the London Society Of
East Anglians will finish up the week
The opera season will start tonight at Covent
Garden under far more satisfactory conditions
than most people imagined possible three months
ago Signs even are not wanting that IL will be
an artistic, social and financial success. In the
first place. great improvements have been made
in the stage appliances; secondly the orchestra is
understood to be rather above the average in
point of quality. and lastly. the subscription list
is the largest and socially the most brilliant on
record.
1t is said that the King intends 70 fit up White
Lodge. at Richmond. outer London resi-
dence for the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall.
The house is small but it is admirably suited for
the purpose. and. moreover. the Duchess spent
her childhood and girIhood there. At present
the place is vacant. tt belongs 10 the crown
and some of the furniture is also royal property.
The King attended only by one Of the gentle
men of his court. paid a surprise visit to the
house yesterday afternoon. As he drove through
Kew Gardens he was quickly recognized and
loudly cheered. The people were wonderfully
enthusiastic, and the sovereign evidently was
pleased with the warmth of his reception.
A number of resolutions dealing with various
matters of public interest will be considered by
the Council Of the National Liberal Federation at
Bradford this week. Three of the motions on the
agenda paper refer either directly or indirectly
TO the South African question. The general
committee of the Federation adopted a resolution
last February favOring such measure of self
government for the Transvaal and Orange River
Colony could be honorabIy accepted by a
brave and high spirited people, and this resoIu-
ton the Council now will be asked TO confirm
Unfortunately for the once great Liberal party
opinion on the question of the future government
Of the conquered BOer republics is far from
unanimous and it is only too probable that the
meeting of the Council; instead Of giving encour-
agement to the Opposition in the House OF Com
mons. will provide material for sarcastic articles
in the UniOnist press. INF