Show THE QUEENS DOMINIONS Victoria at the PlayHarcourt and His Dinner LONDON February 2 The Queen attended at-tended the dramatic performance at Oiborne today the first time she has been at a play since the death of Prince Albert The performance took place in t ie Council Chamber The play was n weethearts with Mr and Mr < K n dtl in the leading roles The audience included Princess Beatrice Pnnte Henry of Battenberg Princess Fred encka of Hanover and thirty court attendants at-tendants I = Sir William Warcourt has invited Gladstone to meet Lord Hartington and Lord Randolph Churchill at dinner at h s homo on Saturday Lord Hart ingtou sends an excuse Th pres eiica of Gladstone is doubtlul fhe invitations have caused a sell atioi It is rumored that Harcourt is trying Ito I-to effect a temporary coalition in order to attack governments war expendi ture The dinner will be purely social without any puliti al import The stOCK inarKetd closed firm with a moderate rise English buyers continued con-tinued to take advantage of the low level of foreign stocks on the Pans Bourse there was a marked recovery and a settlement was effected with less difficulty than was feared Three per cent consols rose 5f 50c The Journal dc St Petersburg attributes the Bourse panic to newspaper articles and says Doubtless the armaments which arc proceeding although dictated dic-tated by vigilance inspire distrust which may caue a conflict Tue wisdom wis-dom pi the governments interested consists con-sists in taking this situation into account ac-count and the fact that it has been frequently delared that no power desires de-sires wan |