Show LONDON IN SPRING LONDON may II 11 Spee special ial london cube libel letter copyrighted by the associated socia ted prees the beautiful healthy airing weather which londoners Lon doners have revelled bevelled revel led in for some time pont past HOD finues to the delight of everybody this huge as a result la is crowded and the possible poa aible sea son eon is ii in full swing the fashionable tradesmen trade amen are in their glory and smiling faces everywhere bear testimony tee to the rush of business bail Beu rippling of society and fluttering or of fashion fai hion which are making the average west end shop keepers breathe sighs agha of seldom has baa london been graced by the presence in town of so BO many mem bers of the royal family royal per so ona nages geB male and female young ana old are to be seen been in carriages carri agea and eatnon on foot at every turn in the thoroughfares thoroughfare for io in canoe blondan ban baa not yet done talking of the fact that a low few days day ago the prince of wales and his brother the duke of saxe coburg gotha duke of edinburgh followed by the duke of york the heir presumptive and his cousin prince alfred of saxe coburg gothe who to la said bald to have been selected to marry little queen Wilholm ins of holland when the proper time arrives arrive were seen een trolling strolling arm in ia arm through pall pali mall as an calmly and contented contentedly lyas aa any everyday subject of her majesty then again some of eroyal tb family are to be found nightly at the theaters a fact which tends lends to increase the be power of the at irao iiona presented for the visits of royalty to places of amui amusement ement are duly chronicled by the press and naturally the be public wants to see what royalty has bag enjoyed of eucial enjoyments enjoy ments there la Is such a long list that even the society papers only find apace fir abe most prominent among the latter to il the grand dinner gives on thursday last laet by mr and mrs mra naylor leyland eyland Li in honor bonor of the prince of 0 calep mr naylor leyland ley land who recently resigned his most beat in the house of Comm commons where he depre flouted calob colchester enter married miss jennie chamberlin the famous beauty daughter of H 8 chamberlin of Clove cleveland lano ohio the partiality of the prince of 01 wales for the society of miss chambot aid was waa much commented on by the society sheets among wore present at arand mrs mm naylor loyland Ley lands Is dinner were the austrian ambassador amb aMador count baym de toz prince E I 1 word jward of saxe marquis and mor mar eb ioness of ormond the earl and countess of dudley the earl of lenand a number of it equally important personal perso nagee e mrs naylor leyie ley landa adla stater slater josephine it will be recalled web married on april 80 last to J Scar lebrick of lancashire the bride was given away by mr naylor leyland ley land of course the queena queen a drawing room on wednesday was the great event ot of we theae season ateo the weather was waa delightful a cool breeze was blowing and the was the mott brilliant royal dla die play seen een for a long time past the americans America oB presented to queen victoria at the abe drawing room were the widow of the late senator Hear hearston california Call who was wa presented in the diplomatic circle and mines and nd berths bertha pottes mi roby of now new york and mr hire walter winans who were presented in the general circle among wow present were the V U oiled ambassador the hon taomas F bayard mrs mn bayard mrs miss bayard and lieutenant commander W 8 6 cowles the united states naval the premier lord rosebery Roe ebery I 1 evidently in very poor health when he was seen een bidding farewell to the queen ot of holland at the railroad ii fi tation previous to their departure for home he be looked ten years older olaer than be did eix ix months age his face was haggard and he be leaned upon a stick his breakdown on wednesday night while making a speech at we reception of the be national liberal club has revived the worst rumors which have been in circulation cou con cornin gibis health lord rosebery Bo sebery who looked pale and fatigued evidently bad a lapse of memory which caused him to love lose the thread of his bis argument and he gazed about in a dazed manner while turning to his friends for relief Und under erthe the prompting of the latter he succeeded in terminating his hie discourse but it was only by a great effort that he did so 0 o after having been strongly urged to continue it to true that the premier had previously donea beavy heavy days daya work he was at the be foreign office in the morning and had bad attended the draw lagroom in the afternoon finally he was present at an official dinner the evening of the same day before going to the be reception of the national liberal club but the significant feature of his bis condition was his big utter forgetfulness euln ses of what he be was saying and intended to say any and this cannot be accounted for by his fatigue alone the queens queen 18 visit to london was brief as usual as she returned to wind sor castle on thursday the day following the be day of the drawing room on tuesday may 21 she will remove the he court to balmoral where she will re main for a month the princess pr inoes of wales on behalf of her majesty will bold the remaining two drawing soon the prin princess ceas to is greatly changed sod and now looks cooki quite an old woman it Is ia noticed that the duke of saxe coburg goehs goths to la attending very many public functions and that he seems seem specially anxious to win popular favor this able to la in view of the continued growling of the radicals alo and others over the which he receives from the british taxpayers in spite of the fact that he be is a reigns reigning lag prince of germany but the efforts of the fluke duke to win pop are far from being successful and in spite of his prose presence B as at public notions functions a he hell to most u unpopular popular n under the heading of arrogance of royalty a person signing play goer has written to a newspaper saying I 1 ng that the au audience dence at the criterion theater on wednesday was kept wait ing for an hour because some of the royalties were dining late the letter latter continued it turned out to be the pretty german of et coburg who takes ton ten thousand pounds annually from our taxpayers london has taken to early hours boon the parks are crowded during the be early morning and deserted before noon in hyle hyde park simplicity in dress to is we the characters of the she riders of both sexes who frequent rotten botten row bow a contrast to the former startling styles stylea which prevailed the women are mostly wearing simple white straw sailor bailor hats sod plain ov overcoats over the sl plainest olat ainest nest radi ag 81 strange range to say the Batter battersea Balt eroe set park now shares with w ath aristo ariego oratio hyde park to so fashionable favo and many well known people pooch are to b seen on daily enjoying bicycle rides in that park which not so long ago was looked upon as being a resort only fitted for the class of people compelled by economy to reside on the surrey stile of the jnames but it if battersea to is not a fashionable locality battersea park at least to is rapidly working its way into there were numbers of dinners op wednesday last devoted to literature and the press the prince of wales presided at the dinner of the printers orphan asylum and the duke of york was chairman at the royal literary fund dinner while the conservative leader in the house of commons the rt hon A F balfour paid high compliments to the press at the news paper society dinner and made a striking allusion luelon al to the power if ad ver we habitually boast 22 said eaid mr balfour of the extension of our rail way postal and telegraph facilities but we are inclined to overlook the press prees as the agent which brings into communication the different classes of society oo lety I 1 a 0 my judgment all the machinery used in communicating information tu to the public is not of really more importance to the community at large than bao the power of the people to communicate by advertisement and bring the buyer and ejler together and to them the for communicating their wishes to 0 o one another MM mire and mrs george J gould after arriving at southampton from now new york by the american line steamship now new york yon on wednesday la proceeded to parla on a fort fortnights nights visit to count and counter OUD teSS castellane the hon george W curzon mem her ber of parliament for the South southwort southport port division of lancashire reappeared bared in th abe house eHouse of commons on jay for the first fint time since his return with hla his bride and met with a hearty re cl epIn mr curan was waa congratulated on all sides idab and mrs cuirn formerly abtin mary letter leiter of washington D C ci promises prom liea to bu be the most moat feted woman of lie season man mt laor herbert bort daughter daugn ter of the seere tary of the united states navy the hon H A herbert has haa just jual arrived in london it is stated here that young bobby pool peel now by the death ot his hib father sir robert peel will shortly return to the united states taa death of his alb father will be of little pecuniary advantage to him as aa the estate at drayton manor la in mortgaged and the art treasures trea eures of the family amily are dispersed mine modjeska the actress who was waa expelled from poland by order of the Ru burlan lestan government on account of her utterances at chicago during the burld s fair has retired to 90 buda in op aborting orting circles there to much on the fact that all of mr richard Ri croker crokers Cr okera le two year olds except capt montauk have been verat ched and that not oue one of mr michael P F darleta Dar yeta horses boreel will race again until august the announcement on an thurs day last that harry read bead and stonewell Ston enell were scratched for the jubilee stakes caused much surprise this was wai the first big race lor for which the american horses were entered it to is one to in which they would woud have met ome moms of the english cracks in eluding avington throe tle tie el diablo and mr richard croker crober yesterday in notifying the associated press representative at newmarket of the abu scratching of the american horses said aid we W cin rider eider that the horses were not exactly fit ailt tor for hard work understand me they are in good condition but we are obliged to admit they we are somewhat weakened by the voyage and not yet acclimated we want them to be fully to their moir work which at present they are not our horses will not start in any more races until august 1 and thou theu we intend to keep up our end thoroughly we maybe may be disappointed in the result but we will at least have a good deal of fun referring to the unfavorable osva ments mente regarding running in the filling plate and abed being bought in by his owner for guineas mr croker said why should not dwyer buy in his bis own horse il if he so desiron deal desi reu rou rio horse bone was his bia own and one of hie ble favori favorites tm the borse was waa put up at a fair sale and he be only wanted it more than any one else what whal english stable I 1 should like to know would not do the he same thing 1 4 mr croker spoke in unmeasured praise of the kindness kludo esa which he and hie ants racing partner continued to receive from all english turf patrons patrone |