Show SUCCESSOR TO BAYARD london papers eulogize col john hay WILL GIVE satisfaction bayards bayaras Ba yards speech at a recent banquet accepted ns as a challenge to the irish sentiment of this country which is hostilo hostile to him considering si the danger of another native rising in india the popes health known to be precarious coming diamond celebration london jan 9 copyrighted by the associated 11 press ressa the appointment of col john hay to succeed mr ale thomas F bayard as united sta slates te s ambas ambassador s ad 0 r to the court ot of st jamess appeal a to be regarded here as a settled thing and Is if generally axell ell received the speaker says the se ee will rive give the greatest pleasure to this country the speaker then proceeds to pay a compliment to him its aa a man mail of 0 ichters and of the highest personal character adding it Is no light task to succeed such a man as mr air boyard but wedo not think we exaggerate in saying that col ilay hay Is 14 better suited than most men to perform the task satisfactorily the author of jim bludson Blud soc and the rike pike county ballads Is certain of a warm alcoin cl coin front from tile the british public even ac it ills personal considerations were mere far less marked than they are we As may fairly hope that amei lean in london will viii have an easier ilme time la in the future than in tile past but in ili any circumstances it is well ell that a man mall of col hays la Is appointed to the post SPEECH the speech ot of mr ate bayard on oil day at the banquet ot of the at ai title titie club was chiefly to those ginlio ft ho recently talked with him find knew he was smarting under the se go cie ni passed basped upon him in amencia Lin erien and that lie he bould endeavor to strike back the impression given throughout nir mr bayards bayaras Ba yards remarks N was as that lie waa va being blamed for having tiled to promote p rom 0 kindly feelings between the hie III two countries 1 ile he assured his hearers 0 vt however that mth the sentiments of 0 the best people in england ii 13 a c corresponding or nir sentiment lit in the un united ted states among the native born men of f that countey tills last lemark mas was looked upon as bring being an all allusion to lich hostility to mr air bayard HANGER DANGER or OP AN INDIAN RISING ISING 11 abe th of lot loid d roberts erts in ili ills his autobiography just published on the possibility of another indian uprising have attracted considerable attention in spite of the enormous progress m mode ade by the indian army he warns great britain that tile the signs of the of unrest ind and discontent which sowed bowed the seeds heeds of the indian mutiny are being revived and lie he attributed this to the reappearance of old fau faults its in the administration of the gindlin empire the government it appears has b income co me more and more centralized and the departmental spirit la 11 strong in ea each c h department in the line of progress 1 in 11 publishing measures me aspres obnoxious to tile the natives the legislative fiscal anil and judicial systems have developed beyond t the ile intelligence of the until natives lord roberts also doubts doubt 9 whether r the ides idea of converting the indian prie priests 8 is and nobles into english noblemen had biad been cari can led out with so sufficient caution the st jamess gazette takes a grae view bev of lord robertas remarks and says in the situation pointed out by lord roberts combined with tine ahe activity of 0 the faddists faddis sti ts at home lind find tile the presence at home of accidental or unanticipated grievances there are materials for a conflagration which a an ordinary angll englishman would have disa dismissed as incredible THE POPES HEALTH in spite spile of official denials the reports that the health of the pope la Is very delicate are confirmed by private ad vices according to news from rome received by cardinal richard the archbishop of parts paris the condition of the pope Is very disquieting the death of cardinal san felice greatly affected his highness na as san felice mas pope leos probable successor to the pontificate cale and he regarded the drel bund as rl a possible meant mean of cit bringing it a reconciliation between the hie quit inal and tile the vatican emperor william when lie visited naples last spring asked cardinal san what attitude lie ile would take it elected pore pope but the distinguished prelate declined to lo he be drawn out in it lew ew of pope leos condition of health it Is 19 stilted stated that tome some of the powers have already signified their jhc thc lr ashes wishes r regarding e the succession france belgium bele 1 find and pol favoring cardinal Pa tile the vicar general of his holiness lot while spain austria and russia support cardinal telli the prefect of 0 the congregational index THE DIAMOND JUBILEE it seems to lie ile settled fettled that the long est deign celebration will mill be known as the Dia diamond jubilee for tile the prince of evales set the seal of royal approval upon it by the use of this description in a speech the preparation m will it soon noon begin as tile the celebration illon Is rapidly assuming a magnitude unforeseen ullen hen it was first broached the prince of wales tile ilip duko duke of connaught and the duke of york will have to brar bear the brunt of the labor ot of entertainment in order to save tile Q queen u een as af much fatigue as possible blo I 1 it it Is t that rent esen lat ves of 0 her Ila majesty jesty are negotiating to secure a larre new hotel ir flu tile accommodation of the many members of royal families expected the chronicle says that emperor william attaches att adies the greatest importance to tits his visit to england upon this occasion and that he hopes to t the czar under hla his grandmothers roof ol 01 still and improve the occasion to dissipate between russia and grest billalon Bill Bilt aln the government has yielded to tile the agitation against goods gooda being timed in the cron departments and has issued a circular to tile the department chiefs to confine their contracts to english manufacturers and in order orde r to to prevent the hie possible palming off 0 of foreign goods by middlemen only asu direct are to in bo dealt eulth JOSHING till THE NOBILITY A great deal cleat if f amusement has been caused bv a letter front from the I 1 hon lon I 1 harding lard E clifford who mho la Is a nephew of LO lord I 1 salisbury the former loid chit chan 11 collur of england ile he violently denounces ohp inc brig fraudulent use une of arm 3 and wants to form an all admirl ILI club where those of gentle birth may withdraw from contact with mith spurious spurlon gentry NTO no one will III bo be eligible to lint unless S s bertil by the he heralds raids college KO 10 that as aa n wag ked its aristocratic members may be on fate fe from contact ith spur lout pret pretenders onders possess possessing I 1 ng only unauthorized her heraldic addle beasts birds and monsters tile we itman iter gaietto suggs t ts that the gombor should have coati of arams adrinn on an the backa of their coats and that rings should be placed outside th alm to which tile noble members may attach their gilt fins leopards leopard and lions rampant and houchant 1 bet they go TO inside there Is co considerable talk in the canadian colony hero here regarding mr air IV wilfred 1 ifred Laur lers new years honors lari nd d the consensus of 0 kopini n Is that knighthood was offered to t the canadian premier but it was thought prudent to decline it as is laurier it virtually an untried man and great britain had better belter wall wait and see what ho hn will 10 lo do BISHOP 3 MISSION bishop I 1 tat atzell of cincinnati accompanied allied ly by dr fowler and prof camphor and wife ailed from liverpool for africa a a few days ago the object of the bishops journey is 13 first llna tile tho e establishment s of a a hospital in liberia N where here dr fowler will bo be placed in charge and where prof camphor and ills his alte will engage in missionary work from liberia bishop hartzell will proceed to the kongo and in fact make an in of all I 1 file african missions un under d or the th care of his church since lie he arrived in england three weeks agy ago bishop hartzell artzell II has spent over a week in a hospital where lie he was obliged to undergo a surgical op cri chrition erit lon tion the operation was very successful cess ful and he recovered rapidly and loft left here in tho the best beat of 0 health the party parly will mill fake t aad a large quantity ol 01 oto hospital stoma which they bought in london and new york VALUE OF autographs A recent sale of autographs held in lo 10 london adon was waa interesting as showing tile ell t wa in which vallous vailous amei Ameil can and oilier notables connected with the history of the united states state a are bet belil 1 l in england g d A letter ter of nf john quin quincy c y adams a n 1 braueht fis thomas jefferson james madison Ks james buchanan nu Du chanan Gs go andrew jackson chster chester ch ster A arthur Cs 69 jefferson davis as R I 1 IJ lee iee I ee 2 guineas cul gen longstreth Long Longst strett CI 11 A fillard Fill fillmore moze aa 49 J A larley earley 43 stonewall jackson 2 guineas gen forest as gen hancock ancock II 73 napoleon 1 joseph bonaparte nona parte as an autograph of dickens brough rought li t ka 2 carlyle as tennyson so THE HIGH HAT the manawis manag ars of various london theaters follows following ng tile hie example of the american managers manager are agitating the question of 0 iddles dieS large hita hats in places pl s of amusement several of the british managers have been interviewed ewed on oil tile the subject they include sir henry irving charles wyndham george alexander and william creer ining in ing and wyndham are both of the opinion that t the he matter rests entirely nith the public and that any reform must come from tile the outside ou talde mr air greer frankly states that he would he be glad to refuse admittance to all offenders but Is afraid to make the attempt |