New-York tribune., 1872-01-18
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
RRITISH TOPICS.

-, rr,r nrcrrAR CORRESPONDENT OF THB TRIBUNBl
f.oSnoN Ian. 4.-Two things seem pretty
er,a,, the recovery Of the irncc Oi "dles' ana the
ss1T revival OF Republican agitation English roy
ay,sts nav say what they like OF RepuohcaHs they VIII
,a, rostion the good sense they have shown during
49, ,,,sp, Of LOYALTY. whether it policy,
,s, a. waa a natural dislike 90 discuss the Throne
,,he the heir to IL lay near death, the Republicans
have in either case taken just the course to
,.ut,lze the feeling which was sklully uursed against
them Bat Sir Charles Dilkc and Mr. 0dger and their
o,crters are very much in earnest in their Republ
.ussr Does ANYBODY suppose they going TO abandon
secif views becapse young man who bears the title
f Prince bappened to have typhoid fever The interval
~ tnsotion hSs given them time TO consider plans
and srTanF new ones, If need be- Before the Illness
a dbmopstration in support OF Sir Charles
Dsyka hsd been resolved on by tho London
-srkirSmen. They were neither TO I've coaxed nor
frightened into giving up 1t is TO be carried out.
meeting Of dele gates from trade political
organizations was held this week Mr.. Odger in the chair
They chose executive committee and resolved TO hold
the demonstration Immediately before the meeting Of
Parliament BY way Of response 70 Tory threats
the violence at Leeds and Bolton they adopted the
Freedom OF Speech Committee" Undoubtedly, they
VIII have plenty Of opportunity TO show whether they
can make their title good.
There have been not a few stories about the loyal
British merchants who found funkeylsm consistent with
the shapes; eye to business and who bought up all the
Grape IN London Rnd anticipation OF the Princes
death. VIII add which / think has not been in
print. At least large mourning house had adver
tsement with heavy black borders put type, and kept
standing for several days. with orders 20 into the
morning paper which should contain the expected fatal
II it had happened TO como late at night, this
enterprsing Bron would have had days start OF his
no doubt equally loyal but less wideawake cOmpe tors
How be- and Grape forestaers in general must have
reolced in the OF the Princes convalescencel
Is or is it permissible TO mako of Ar Glad
orFnD starea Mr. Rruc
IN seornY Is an cpigram Mr. Love- who makes p,env
Of his own beyond the bounds Of hcense9 In ono word
ss there or is there not political censorship on dramatic
exhibitions and has the Lord Chamberlain struck
out all ribes on the present Government from
tboSe amazing productions Of the British mind
called Christmas Pantomimcsf Various papers say
WA The Dqfiy Telegraph witch ia what the French
can an ocous organ of Mr. Gladstone declares thero IA
not ono word Of truth in the story that the Lord Chnn
beraia las assumed such authority; and that any
boay who goes to the thcaters knows he has not.
oee-ause the Government or some members OF it get
,hsir ,uu sbare OF severe handling IN than one
,au,ouoine That ought TO be conclusive but, unuck
ily TAs Dalg Meas publishes, on the same morning
y ~ ahe serofical contradiction appears, two
,cers in4icating that some sort OF censorship does
- 40 exist A manager writes that last Sum-
- uotice was received from the Lord Chamberlajp's
:. directing him TO expungo from a song there
sung the line, I" May Gladstone keep his tenn
The manager thought this very natural and lib
tion. and did not see why it should be
NcuH This morning direct and positive contra
q 10 tHe semioflclal contradiction is published.
~ writes; - am She manager of a theater and all
ilias 10 MI 1Iacatone md Mr. Lowe were excised
t"n' ny ChFls'naS pantomimc." The only remaining
9aesT seems 10 DO whether the Lord Chamberlain did
.his on his own authority or by command from some
Agher power say MT Bruce for instance who must be
croU hy tired OF the taunts and which he has
q re in the papers. and which no might well DO glad
pTress, II he could. on the stage.
IRE actual Lord Chamberlain IS Viscount Sydney.
well-meanng person, believe and sufficiently accom-
,l-5srdin the mysterious duties which his position in
tDt yflbousehold devolves on him. How the censor
sap VI the drama happens to belong to his Office don't
know, and perhaps the origin his authority is Of
great consequence so long as it is questioned
Lcrd Chamberlain" says the Liberal Journal above |
quotec lis nobeman who usually has done |
ais P~Fy good electiO1eering services and who Is
rewarded for these services with a weIl-Alled orna
uentai anecure, because the caliber Of bis mind
does not ut him for political Office" That pungent
description not too severe II Lord Sydney has really
been needing as Z. N says he has But it seems his
authority not always respected. Another correspond
ent speaks OF 1t In the rreyerent manner IA bug
aboo which only needs TO be dehed to collapse alto
gether be relates how the Lord Chamberlain served O
notice last year On manager. requiring the
cision OF several speeches from one of Herye's
comic operas "On quasi-religious grounds - Tho
objections were vood frivolous aud the manager tore
up the notice. Every speoch objected to was spoken
and nothing OF II. The knew better than to
hght II all tho managers had shown the same courage
this year the Psntommes might have Shade less
dreary As for those now playing have seen two Of
them and cannot recollect that they contained any
those hings Mr.. Gladstone TO which The Telegraph
refers One Of has elaborate conundrum at the
expense Of English Republicans whiOh got about as
many hsses as cheers 1t has been the fashion for tbs
orehest to play between the pieces the air God Bless
the Prince Of Wales and for the audience TO get up
their legs during its performance. Most people do but
You can safely sit still you like. There are points In
plenty the dialogue on tho stage meant to raise
cheer from loyasts the Of these efforts did
not seem great.
Perhaps Mr. SpuTgeon is not the man whom most peo-
pie would choose a. guide to Rome but there guides
and guides. and some 1000 EnGlishmen and women
found their account Tuesday evening In going TO Mr.
spurFeon's big Tabernacle for the sake of hearing
what be had TO say about the Eternal City. Nor
Coca Il matter much what Mr.. spurgeon talks
about, he is always entertaining believe, and he is
Of the lions whom most Americans most surely TO
see. There at least two morning newspapers which
thought his Roman lecture worth reporting and In one
sense, 10. II shows what man. certainly Of some
ability, and Of strong antCathOc feeling makes out of
thirtyfour days trip from London Rome and back
Mr. spurgeon Enthusiastically Philistine OF the solid
British type London 10 him is than Rome or than
all that Hes between Rome and it. He oranges at Nice
but he tolls his friends that they want 70 get
good oranges they must get them at home That belief
betrays him into O generazaton"T There Is 10 place
IN world where they could get things as they get
them in London Never does he get that notion ont OF
his mind At Pisa he thinks himself unfairly treated by
the leaning tower which leans than 1t does In pic
he OF it in London And he derived from
n an impression that all the Of life the
straight and square style Of building looked and
swered the best The spurgeon Tabernacle is the