The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
LONDON NEWS
AND GOSSIP
~ WILLIAM rRus HAWTHORNE.

BY WILLIAM TRuE HAWTHORNE.
LONDON. January b.-The CLOSING ses,
r,ons Of the House Of Lords were marked
,,v Incidents which shocked the sensibili-
ties OF some members OF the lower house
AZ Parliament, notably those whose feel.
tnr of resentment toward the peers haa
already been aroused by the killing OF
the education bill. One NJ. r., VINO mao
s.en a noble lord carried out of the cham
,,e- nv attendants, and another so hiiari-
Gus that he had to be kept in his seat
by force was SO impressed bS the speS-
tanin that he brought the matter up IN
Commons though fully aware thet any
& action IN such matter WAS indel'cately
,,rne ,,h,mentary Getting recognition
from tho speaker. Mr.. Crooks. the LABOR
roember for yvoolwtch, put the following
question In the House of Commons.
~ ber TO nslS the first commissioner OF
works n question of which nave slNe,'
Hin, n-iyate notice-wfether It is a fact,
that during the course OF the discussion
on the merchants shipping act amenu-
,nent bill, IN another place, last nien..
IN. attendants OF tho House OF LORDS
80, tn remove one of the members who
xra. obviously intoxicated, and thac an
other member who took part In the de-
1ates was suffering from overinduigehoe
&, arinIs?" Opposition cries OF order
rha speaiier-Order Order! The non
orable members has not submitted wv
question to mo. It does not appear ~ iio
"a come within the rule of urgency N aiis
way. Laughtero vr. was
Mr.. Flavin. member for hefts.
very urgent last night Rehe"eo la"s.
ter) c,oota
1,h,s closed the incident but Mr. CROOKS
bad succeeded In getting into the oinc,al
anort ne the proceedings the noteworthy
+oct that tho House OF Lords, In handins
lannon's TO the House of Commons. VIZ
stimulated by something more potent
-ba, a Jealous zeal for wise. deliberate,
and well-considered legislation It's 1he"'-
hers pirate about.
LADY Aberdeen has hidden the IRISH
,,aaressee 10 a lace ball at the viee-regai
r.rsjon In Dublin the details OF whleh
- ,,faNnd with envious interes. by Lott
aon hostesses on the lookout for the
novel and original. The irish lace pal.
IS only one of the unique functions bhus
Aberdeen has planned for the sen'o.',
which is TO be one of the mos VI !,
-be irish metropolis has ever witilesseu' y
sne.iaI feature of tho lace bail VII! pe
~ maarilles, In which lace OF various
,1ascrntions will be worn BY the dancers.
II tnc, LADY Aberdeen expects th''l
avery lady guest will wear u,s .,
.ritnmed with irish lace or crochet, wy wv
,ho men will appear in court dress, WV
irish lace iabots and rutfles. her h ~
,sncv has expressed the wish that lsisl,
.s,jr shau also be used in the ladles
dresses. Eight-handed Irish reels anu
Sos will be introduced. and many OIL
NO old step dances of Ireland are pells
ra,.;,,ed nv the dancing Instructors OF
nnblin. in preparation for these lorlL-
coming vice regal enter tailii',s Nv, 70
Another novelty planned by Lacy ~
aear is an afternoon party, at WHICH
or,,s Of irish cloths only are to be
worn. while the men are TO come IN SUITS
~ irish manufacture. With such an I'M
Tat,,s II would seem that Irish society
should be the gamer, no less thah Hlsl
politics has been, through the sElnph
thetic dispensaton of the Lineral regime
captain Anderson. of the steamer An
can Prince. advances new theory, base
ON n startling experience, TO account 10
Tho mysterious disappearance OF vessei
at sea, with special reference to Tn
many untold disasters on the Atiahti'
Captain Anderson. describing the narro'
ESCAPE of his vessel from destruction b
a meteor on his last voyage from Me-
York says: .'I was on the bridge wit
thn second officer when suddenly tn
dark night was as light as day, and a
immense meteor shot toward tho cart
lts train of light was an immense, broa'
electric-colored band, gradually burniil
to orange, and then to the color of mo
ten metal. When the meteor came I'M
the denser atmosphere close to the cart
ii appeared like a molten mass of met
being poured out. 1t struck the Wat
with kissing sound close to the shi
and the consequence, had 1t struck II
ship, would have been total annihiatio
without doubt, and not soul left to Il
the story"
Captain Anderson believes that to son
such cause must be attributed the disa
pearance of steamers during passat
of fine weather and In the open Sc
where there are no navigation DANCE,
such losses ialdke ,Es think of boil
explosions .trld." other theories, viii
might under circumstances of very b
weather. cause the loss and total d
appearance of steamer. but my e
pericnce on the voyage from Now 70
has brought to my mind that ships viii
have never been heard from were Il
by meteor falling on them. Neitt
seamanship, engineering nor ordna
theory can explain the many myster
of the Atlantic otherwise
A dramatic story of a woman's rever
was told at the Guildhall Police Cot
when Emile Foucault, n young FTen
woman, was sent TO trial on q cha
of throwing vitrol in the face of
Delombre, thus causing the loss of
eye and .distlguring him for life,
De!ombre, who is the son of persons
very high circumstances in Paris.
been the woman's lover. and She
lowed him to London, after a qua
in Paris. They went to Tranters II