New-York tribune., 1867-05-31


Tael announced his willingness TO accept this |
amendment. Coming after the acceptance of the |
lodger franchise II holds the Conservative party |
tightly in the forest, where the Radical wolves must
certainly devOuT them. Disraeli has betrayed his |
party, bnt with their eyes open they cannot accuse
MN, Tor IT would be only 10 confess their own |
stupidity But they hate him, and hate him they
do III way almost visible When he enters there is
no applause from his own friends, and the looks
which Gen. Peel, Lord CranbOume and Is. Hope
cast on him are like bowieknives. And, by the way
there indications that the system OF bowie
knife legislation, which seeded from Washington
with some other seceSsOnS may yet come mther-
ward, where Benjamin has come and DAVIS is follow
ing; 1t is hardly q secret that there have been
violent words in the Cabinet, and that Dssiacll has
had te endure gross personal insults from one at least
who sits by his side. RHmOr has II that recently IN
the lobby the representative for Maldon denounced
noble lord " traitor and sC0undrel," and that
the latter was advised by Gen. Peel 10 congo the
offenders other eye ont And these are far rom all
during the progress Of this Reform bi On Thursday
evening Mr.. Layard was so grossly lnsultes by Mr.
Harvey Lewis as ne was cong tsrongh me lobby
should do In tins case an eXplaielton and apology
followed, Dut in other cases thc wounds arc sun
ranking. All this denotes the morbid excitement
which prevails in Parliament vllieh after the long
paralytic peace OF PalmeTstOnS reign. Is suddenly
called on to take mp ITS bed AMI walk Inc si;hgeS1
thing about tho situation ts relative POSITIONS <st
the cSNlcTs-GiadstOnc aR[ DsIarh. f1r. Gladstone
name has never been withdrawn from the aIi'eh
Club, and he is still mcInbvt ot that ultra Consor-
vati9o body. His Puseyism is oGrlous. Ana no"
at a time rem Dsraolj has Dag int his party r. the
of household suffrage. OsdStpnc has c9h'tsro
to bis paTtg that he fears tlse lower nm Ot ouse
holders! Ian il be that-G new onservatlN' party
with Gladstone for leader, and'0 new heio1I party
with Dsrae for Leader are acl ls the ~
Fox, i'll which he SAID " have b,en much ihIsuhoei-
stood my forte Is Scditicn ...
i sometimes fear that Americans visiting Loh""i
for only few DAYS do not nclude III Their onoct3 oi
Interest that which is really The finest i.hg LONDON
ARs TO shOw-the ZOOagical Gardens hey seem 90
have an imperfect idea of the extent. bcauty' 2aN
svnliety of these GudenS. and fancy that on tho
continent they have plenty of them. Perhaps the
figures, taken from the annual re"rboi the
Society just printed, may suggest to snch
the truth that neithora Paris, or Berlin or elsewhere
is any garden comparable TO these 10 be seen, and
q hat while other collections are wild beaSi shows,
these arc a XOop aical tiaI,en-i. e., place where
animals are scientifically grouped and arranged.
The number of aaiiDas, all living, was on bee ~
}.0l3. OF these - ore quadTupeds l'Op tnrls anu
III reptiles. The htlnales 40 effort TO number the
swaTming numbers OF the aquaTla. Nearly E4VO
have been spent III the last two years IA procuring
new animals For warming, lodging, and tending
these animals. huildng new houses, and tending the
garden. &c, the .outlaY last year was t5LiiS The
number Of vistOrSdring the year 527.aAo. There
is one point in ~llich those gardens are unrlNaed
The great wealth of the English Scientific Societies
enables them easily to outbd all other monagcrles
for new and rare animals. II IN any sca OF zone
q curious animal is found. il Is sure 10 graz.
itate TO London, Just as all the new t@orS and
sopranos are sure to come here where Eey get
pound for each franc they get on the continent Last
year there were exhibited between CU and 40 species
that had not been exhibited before. The most re
markable OF these was q splendid sea bear iOGrdl Of
which no specmeE had before been brought alive 90
Europe. This anisnal was curious combination OF
the common seal and terrestrial CaiulyOIa. and was
caught in the Antarctic. None Who saw ths strange
beast, Thomas, as his French keeper called him.
can never forget the Oddity of his coming 0u Of the
water and suddenly having his tall-iinS, Gr hals
transformed into hnd-epS and fewcrsiill can forget
his large dark eye full Ci feeling, and the emotion
with which, wheneser he emerged hom tue wafer
and walked shore he and his keeper kissed each
each other. Thomas died, but few distinguished
visitors to this metro0s have ever received - much
al
dead. His portrait taken by Noii; he was pin-
tographcd by Hayes ius skin and skeleton 2iG IN
the British Museum his BRAN at the Royal College
Of London, and his Other parts have been lnadc inc
subject of n scientific memoir
At the newest, and one Ot tie peasantcst ol our
smaller theaters, The Prince OF Wales play re,
Gently written by Nh. ]. W.RobcliSon entitled
Caste" Is at present enjoy me great popularity; 9I
X. Is the author OF Society ana Ours, ana j. u
writer who by careful WORK and invention, deserves
his success. Two things have struck me about tnis
new pay-.he one having reference 10 the pay I'seL
and The other relating to its performance. In the
plot Of the play young Marquis violates caste by
marrying "a ballet-glrl She is, IN every respect
noble and cultivated woman. but II i cVidcht lpal
the aHthOr OF the play did not think tlat the present
DOwer Of caste in England was 6uch as 10 make a
yided the one h married Is IN Gnu Xatt' ana iele
Inent an equal 80 he has had 50 b1ng III the eills
father coarse, drunken, mean wretch 10 give force
and natuTaness t. the plot. ms nfunkeh IaiheT Is
n c.,verly-drawn character. But what note is that
it is not caste Which makes famllN aNeise 10 an
alliance with the family OF druDken. hiiiy lgno,
amid dem0CTaceS as well Us arlstOdacles Ol lhe
whole it is plain thai the stage holds lts mirror
ND 10 English society caste has to rest upon actual
and important diiieIepees and not cn'pGI} upon
titles and GcnealOges. the Ocher menfionaDle POM
- that Mr.. Robertson has introduced mncf-needed
reform that it WOuld be very desirable 10 see nlSdc
universal. Every one with thc slightest idea OF a't
must have been many times annoyed al having ihe
1mtain lifted again on a closing scene or act which
las ELECTED applause The tableau on which the cur
tam falls may have been natural and beautiful; but
when the curtain rises again at the clanor C1 The PIT
it is absurd 10 see the same people IN tie same aii-
tudcs. like so many OF Madame inSsailds wax hg-
ures Not less destructive TO every element Oi art u
il 10 have at the close OF act two or three actors
coming ont hand in hand bowling and smiling, IN
relations dscOrdant TO those that they have Just been
sustaining iu the pay,e. e., OthellO picking mp nose
gays for the woman he has Just smOhered. Mephls-
tOpheles and Margaret hand in hand, and so on
Now in the play OF Caste this conyentlonaiiy has
not been entirely swept away. as II ought 10 Dc TN
all except speefacles). but il has becn arisucay
modified by having the curtain, II ~ rises aealh
rise OH new set OF positions and those positions
such would naturally succeed the scene on winch
the curtain fell. Thus At the close OF scene IN
which the Young wife, III her effort 10 buckle on her
husbands sword fol- his departure for the Indian
war swoOns in his when the curtain that falls
ON tlis scene again rises il dsclOses the swOOning
woman laid in tile nearest armchair, her husband
and her sister bending over and trying 10 restore he
and others Iu new POSITIONS sucA Us Nouu hhtuIahy
have followed the incident; ,.
Tfs sfreet-pIeaehcrs are haying rather hard time
of il iusf now. They have Deem nalyiod al the pId
nal.t cr-gr6i7nd-Snithheld-b the impenterl Mtl-
~onnifa5 PoifN9V whose trains now TGah through !
tat venerable space 50 long The haunt Of a. open
air spogie whether Or Selgon nfGely zen Tg ss9
@nv 5Up bacEcs BACK lp a Nr Beaics Ic successfully
driven 6t And pQw the police ranistIoas ImS Ie9Ge
that they shall "r6ve on Last Sulday WSisDig
tbTouph Paddineton saw bare re-headel mar elgA, ,
ING his fsis fnrorsy at a mob before which he ever
receded, while the mob ever encroached upon NM.
Listening, perceived that be must be swearing at |
lSeY sE5 E9 aS S 4i z: Il aSS4 sSs1 }4s }ass Sa' ss
closer, however I perceived my blundef / "Is ,