Nantwich, Sandbach & Crewe Star — 1888-11-24 ()

EXCELSIS—WHY THE PRINCE WAS ABSENT —THE THOUGHTREADER AS DETECTIVE— A. HAPPY IDEA IN THEATRES—LORD ROTHSCHILD AND THE EAST END.  There is some talk of sending Sir Charles Warren back to the Cape to discharge the duties of High Commissioner. I learn from people who are very familiar with Cape politics that such an appointment would not be popular there. It might not meet with the resistance which Queensland offers to the appointment of Sir Henry Blake, but it would create a good deal of friction which the Colonial Office would find troublesome.  I hear on the best authority that there is not the least chance of Mr. Phelps being left at the Legation in London when hlr. Harrison becomes President. Both he and Mrs. Phelps will be much regretted, as they are very popular in society. Their son, a young fellow of five or six and twenty, is also very much liked.  The Daily Telegraph quite excels hest? in the brilliant (I,,ription of Mr. Chamberlain's wedding, which was telegraphed over from 'Washington. There is a glowing imagery, blended with a ludicrous baldness in the account, which is really delightful. Mr. Chamberlain, we are told, was attired in "faultless morning dress." What else could the poor man har* put on He was hardly likely to have att himself in a gorgeous smoking suit or a .riondent dressing-gown. The bride wo-.;, grey travelling costume and her appearance ,-fl all "that dignified charm of manner so -:ell Washington known in society," but I ant :.--!re my readers will be sorry to hear that 't "usually bright complexion was a trifle dim TY After this it is rather prosaic to ba told Htat she is provided with "household linen of best quality as part of the bridal outfit." itul again we soar on hearing that so far back as 1:44 an Endicott planted a pear tree, whick " 643.1 blossom and fruit to this day."  It swats that the polio() hays again ibaa ii bloodhounds sent down front Scarbor. But this time an arrangement has been toads with their owner to insure them, so that if -I:may fall victims to the Whitechapel murdere pecuniary loss may be incurred. This is all --ry well, and something of the kind should been done before. But why, I want to 1 are the dogs located in Pimlico, which is than five miles away from the spot whor- Use next murder n ill probably occur?  I am sorry to see that Colonel Dunn, Asa member for Finsbury, is dead. Colonel Duncan had only been in the Hotui4 for two years. ii he was rapidly becoming a well-known f: tan. there, and Was universally liked. „He s certainly one of the ablest of the soldier r bers. He had a clear head, was by no isry bigoted, and spoke very well. Fle was s great success, however, as a soldier, as he •,s.L.c somewhat vain and irritable, and this mete his getting on with his brother officers. H 4 ‘leid good work, however, on the line of commur tion in the last Egyptian campaign, and created a Companion of the Bath.  rr T,„r;‘, Club is certainly a Mara,. -lau ila noir _ Build mg. I asked everyone where the incnel eould have come from to build it. Tht dee,,rft, tion has been done regardless of expense, an.l excellent taste. The prevailing hue of 'he walls is a rich terra-cotta set off by wi,ite paint, and costly Persian tapestries and carpets strew the ground and hang 1..7.,!th the walls in all directions. It is an enormous edifice seven or eight stories high, the up!.l- being devoted to bedrooms. On the