New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-25
BRITISH TOPICS.
~orEs FROM SHE ENGLISH CAPITAL.

EASTER HOLIDAYS
tFRou rHE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or TIRE TRIBUNE.
LONDON, April 12-How well the English
have learned their Alabama lesson you may judge by
tho discussion the Carlist subscription An ehol u
u1aang Ia El.and uot without success, to raise lundS
for Yc pure ase Of arms and other war mateF' 10 0
ussd h tho ylgss iu making war on the existing ""'
ernment SIR Gladstone was asked ~ faI. '""I.'.'
whether he meant % stand 10 he ropueu IN ID"
official way, that the opinion Of he Law UNIV
been taken aud the Law Officers we're Of opHou ''''
tl,e sulscrirtion was iIeCa and that thereI'e'
woud not DC stopped Not many years aE' 'Hl' W.
have be.u pcrfectiy satisfactory 10 every w.
II the spanish Government had eo"p,''- -, -
they would have been told tua' uo -,
law was iufrugCd and that 'N'lo''iO -
was no ground Of complaint. Inc -,
h.ye sprrlved this line OF reply. just as 'he9 eppr
ouS snpl1nded fc line taken M Tue Aahaua case Du'
te near urogpect of paying e3oO0O'0 on account vi |
ing Ken that line has enlarged the views W 'I's' WV
have topay IT, srorn is not eon-i'eie" lolu"""' '"'
-, d, ,,,,-,I with spain and @ spanish claim based On
the Alabama precedent would not be pleasing 70 'u'
English people. satisfactory tonic Of inquiry III
parliament The Press. is natural, Is mueh
o,rrter 10 take the alarm, much more sagocious
and ouck wittcd, and farsighted ID sncn
a,oaffer than Government The Lluion papers OF some
Of them have pointed out that whether TINS Crst SUD
scrptioa be- be not, violation OF existing EhEiIsh
ruupicnal law 70 q violation of the comfy mat exists
ar ought 20 exist between natousthe precise ground
We took I'm the Alabama days, and were scOfed at Tor
taking Ifthere be no av 20 stop such scandal make
law cries The Press; and the leading journal OF tnem
a. declare. In au article OF singular irankness ana goou
sense that me Carsts nave more chance OF conquer
ing SPAN than Highland county would have OF over
running England, saould the Hchlaniers choose to try
As Parliament is taking vacation, there IS not much
chance of finding ont what viii be DONE or what the
managing al. "A meaa 30 d0 There is no doubt tltJ can
b. made 20 do whatever Tie country want, lone. ana
Tic commercial interests, always strong, WI force even
this Government TO take steps IL no new sensation
occurs 20 distract pubic attention Apart nom the
mere selfish view men do really feel that is scandal
10 permit 90 be organized on English SOL dfais'
friendly country by indirect means.
English interest in the Atlantic disaster continues 20
be intense. The English papers are. properly enough
tIow 20 condemn either the owners OF the White star
lire the captain Of tho lost snip but he sentence thty
VIII pass VlI be one should either or JOlh De
finally a0iudced guilty They give the fullest hearing,
meantime 20 Messrs Ismay CO. the agents of he line,
AMI 20 their friends who PIT forward stock excuses for
them Il is evident however. that nobody believes al
thatfs alleged respecting the outfit Of the Atlantic
There equally evident current OF feeling against
Cpt Williams, and some storics OF his reputation WLIe
commanding tine GuiOn ships limited al rather than
told which, confirmed Vlu make 30 bad weather for
him and 'or tho line which employed him, III spite OF
teen. What hear is That he was not always soter
passenger .J twice crossed ia ships under Capt VIII
Mamss command tells me that he was drunk for DAYS
together; tLat he him dunk, and knew him noapa-
bic 70 manage bis ship Tie testimony in THE Is
beyond dispute. 10 sians alone II may not De fatal
bat U 10 occurred oiten what en- be said VI owners who
vosd pat q ship into such hands
TIE ulltter OF staEceBsJrsaip is ouee more brought
hEdcr notice aHl notice, need not add ot kind not
favorable 10 tire censor We have had French COM
pany per lrniIg French plays in London thcat-r one
Royalty iu Dg-Ast. SOTO an Water II is not strong
L. rfr-Tr ia
down as dfth<ate but better acting can be seoH as
Tl, a uc Royalty Gla ou I1any- or perhaps any, OF
The EucsB sttgrs The manager kJs seen nt however,
10 perform Of the very worst pieces, from moral
point Of yrs, given la Fgoach JheataE aud such
are to-7eJ IN but tex FrsuG theaters. need only
mention That among taCm wore "Tricocho et Coeolet"
and L. .-yolou," two OF tire very freeze plays ever
produce. tie Paais Royal itself the feest stage 10
Paris. Chlir immortality is OF the most coarse and vu
Gar 6Bf -her Jokes beyond description, the stage
business u some instances 1esG worse than the ls1-
Eulge. TI.sl pieces. and others like them, the Lfrd
CIImf er..Iu--lr rather Nr W. B. DoEue, who is sic
aetuI ceus0i-tlowed o. be brought Oat on a Lleton
stage with Slight notifications, most ef the strongest
favored points being retained
Blu with the opening OF the nigh London season after
Elser, are 20 have company % artists very Cher
eItGl character including OF the best
te French stage. Trey desire toOrlng %
the best pieces the Fcnch rcpeft1ire by sOmcg her
s'aRce, ana Dy Victor Ea-o Il soon rumorsi, and
l. nov known, that thcir plans imperied by the
Interference 0f t3s ceu-yr. TIC uCtOnary who
harm in the l5erae Of the PlIais ROYAL, puts
hsgetO one of tho maserpiecesoi Victor HuzO the
par OF Ruy Bias" -ho political tendencies OF which
seen 20 l.m Objectionable 10 prohibits Pau F0res-
tier and Ella SuunlCe a. me Fem-nei" the latter
the ground, hear hat 70 depicts passion too
ln IFS manifestation 70 10 tolerated by Jugiish
pr-deIy. For suilIr reason, the whole cata-
leeHe OF AeAIndrr Dumas, jr, iaeFdlcted. end We
ssal oe o. MED tie pleasure OF seeing Mile Ds=iee
oftne most mir1oertresses ~ modern umeg ia her
mosi celebrated Characters The 'Prn0essc Georges and
the@F amc dc Claude" ex pressy excluded. avn lar
run sayiug these twO pieces arc OF heaithfu kind
WAX Say 81 mat censor who harm In the
hbiU1 s 5ud0oncrics VI Le RecciEoH position
10 lay his hand sHch pieces those OF Dumas, or
Hugo CT AEScr-Tieces which fairfg represent the
French draIl, which OF the hgIt order OF modern
French literature. and weh sin 20 say the least
on the side Of yulgarHy. They deal, Of them DO
with tepcs which it Is net now customary % handle
freey ae English stage in the Engiah tongue but
Whchl1 tie form Of italian opera with iseral Easish
foundations " the ibteto freely treated and which
the most ingenious English rl taken tlEee nights 10
week - aud admire. II r. Idle % ask reason
kucA things French writer suggests that the censor
may not uu erstand French we'll enough eaten the
point prehcnd the eener1 diff what nc Licenses
IN Tcoe CIcoiet" II this b. reason q reveals
condition Of tl!ng not wait more absurd than the ex
bienee Of censorship itself is than general man
Der which tie duties OF that ofHso arc discharged
know Of 10 anniversary or sOlemuity IN America
which corresponds to the arrival In England Easter
aud The approach Of the Easter holidays. Good Friday
Il observed, Do possible, severely than Sunday The
shOps shat. the churches open the streets empty
the theater closed. amusements OF ala kinds suspended
hosWtalties postponed. Many Of the shops DO not
reopen TN tho following Tuesday. and most Of those
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