New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-07
BRITISH GOSSIP.
|. rsnxAL Nn1ES rRnM LONDON.

CARDINAL MANNING.
,frcs TN REGULAR CoRrIsPcSpFrT or TIT TRIBrNr.l
LONDON, june The production Of Mr. Tenny-
soa's Queen Mary" the stage of the Lyccum
Theaicg-as 10 winch | lately gave some
part culars--wl take place before Easter Tho
precise date depends partly On the length of the run
If Macbeth" which lTcedeS it. believe the idea
OF bringing ont his drama occurred first TO Mr.. Ten
,,ysoa during visit to the LyceuIn lie
charmed as well Ne might be, with The acting of
Miss Isabel iiaeman and askedso see her. In con-
voi,aii,n with Miss Isabel and her mother he men
torcd his forthcoming Queen MARY Presently
Nj Irving was sent for. in whom also Nh
Tcl.ayson became much inter, sted. finding him
cos.,crse IA private with intelligence not
less remarkable than has acting showed i'll
pnblic Tia the end. Mr.. Tennyson proposed to
send thc Ms. of his drama when completed 10 Nr.
irving for his opinion on lis Sutabeness for repre-
Sc tor Oh the stage asking Mr. Irving to suggest
such Omissions as he thought necessary, or other
alterations. This was done, aud II was done III a
way oIejitsbe both to Mr.. Irving and MIR. Tenny-
son. Mr. Irving Is conscientious as well as cui-
Sured artist with a know ledge of dramatic litera
rure not cOnIGOn on the stage or off it and under
Stands perfectly the practical requirements of the
stage An, body could that the length OF the
uoelo w.s far too 1cat for actual performance. Mr..
Trahyscn was aware Of Il; possibly he was not
aware how much would need to he cur out. Mi.
Irving did his WoIl. thoroughy-so thoroughly that
hear The Ms. Was rather spectacle Wien Il came
back INTO MI. 1cHny sons bands who, nevertheless.
took Il al in good part aud accepted his revision as
fhcbasiS Of dramatic representations Ihei came
consultations between Mrs Bateman, sole
lessee and manager OF the lyceum, and
yir. Tcuayson Visits were paid to the
poet Nj Fr,shwatcr in the Isle of Whit. The bust
pnSs arrangements wcrc settled mnlcahy, ana on
terms winch secure very liberal remuneration to
tbo ava hoI If the play succeeds, while protecting the
,na,aeer against Io,s should Queen Mary" 10y pos
sihiIi;y fail 60 draw. Ms. Batcman has become the
owner of the exclusive right TO p form Nj Ton
nys,a's drama during five years, both in England
and America. Size pays the author fixed SUN per
might for each utatioD-n0jhing wien not
prloI.hed nol any lamp Sdn for the whole right
secured. The company 10 Nholl ihc characters are
81 lee utrnsed ha. already been engaged As be-
fore mentioned Mrs. Grove Miss Baicman and Nr.
Xrvnc are al the head of H. and may add tha Mr.
-r,iu.s to appear ia tll, only part ep'n 20
hn ean evidence ct dSintcro>tcdn">s" f devotion TO
iis % . and OF good will 10 MS. Batcman which ought
NOT +, pass umotcod. The chief part Il, of course.
MR. CIuwes t. which all the Other characters m the
drama arc made subordinate ny the poet There
have been few English actors who he'd reached tho
would have been willing under such circumstances
o. accept any share in the performance. Miss Viz
.in, aud Mis- label i,at,uan are Also includcd in
III. cast, though in their ease, again, il may be
onli d whether thoy VIII find The nsl called on
20 exert tl,eII bet abilities. Mr.. cnnN and the
,,ullic aIe the gamers by this. The play Will have
ius ,ce done itnor than II c"old expect 81 almost
shy otnet th'atc5 il London Il il 10 be- carefully
,nous.,d-noi turned into spectacle. bat with full
us,ef.tion ~ M. ioical accuracy in costumes and
+. esary.
>pto las M, ntiomcd tie Sultan Of IGnz bar his
snc,: position has distinctly improved, and ~, pub
a. li.trtc,t in MIN much increased. Possibly his
good looks hayj sonr' hing - do with u. Good looks
With qualification. however. Aeard ono Lady say
Of him that ne vould b. handsome If he woald only
cut ~ tie lower part Of his face. | don't suppose
she quits meant that. She was only expressing
With The usual feminine vivarty much more de-
Ic,;fri than our rIosaic Itcralisnhar dis1pproyll
~ hi, nouth The h.edr,. honor aud the sweetest
eoiac, w.ic mortal can hope for IN tIi country has
.en , j. ldcd 10 the Scyyid. he has visited the
Q.ocH. 10 borrow the idI more sonoionS language
al The can't C,csla, Ltr Majesty the Qucen received
is Hc!,nt~s Scpyii Barcissh Of Zanzibar tl. after
ucor o. : O'Clock. The Aft 1no0n was Of Monday
E,~idos lis own snite. consisting mostly Of
A.. ~, whose two names begin Ni. Il aud have bin
b.i veen-thtre accompanied hin Lord Derby Sir
par.le Fore Dr. Kl.i, ana his tto dry MUSES., Or.
BsogeI, aud Nh. Clement ilill. az these TWO Dr.
ia igsris Interpreter and Nj llill amgoman. The
pat, vent by Tail to Windsor. which is near as
ilp. yleru ever GETS 10 London fpr a day aud
might An caucrry in waiting received the yyid at
The station conducted him - his carriage. and at
tended hun 10 the Castle need scarcely explain
that hose fine traditions OF the language Of ccrc-
inonv az borrowed from the official organ mon
toned above. Such cyactnc,s Is more than could hc
eApect,j FROM a republican reu-norc than from any
pea not trained for successive generations IN IT, arts
of TO, II state guard Of honor al the II hattalion
,f Gr.nadiers Nth---obScrve thistle drums and
ffes WIS mounted al the railway station, and also
bat 81 also w should probably READ 9uoler-in The
quadrangle of tAe castle, this latter wa the band Of
tie n;simeat. Thus between the Two all the avail
abe lnuss Was turned ont the equerTy perhaps
feeling shat IT. charms micht be needed 10 sGothe
tire Scyvid'e hreast. The Queen seems To have leon
particularly civil 30 her guest; possibly 10 recon-
lcse him fo her absence in Ialmoa on his arrival.
ACCOMPANIED by The Princess Louise without her
husband Of course who. net being Of a IO,ai family.
has no place on snch occasions and Princess Beat
nee tho One, received tlIs Sultan ~ the corridor,
aud proceeded thence TO the white drawing-room.
Over hat happened in the white drawing-room
rail is drawn. Ii is open TO conjecture that the
Queen told the S,yNid she glad 70 Sc him. and
hoped he liked London; that these gracious words
we've duly Translated by DIR. Badger and that the
ecyyid in reply .aid good dea absut the sun and
stars. abcu, Allah and bis mercy; the translation of
which into English would eccupy less time
than it, utterance in Arabic. The interview
certainly was not long. There wax lunch, hnt
that wa, served separately in another room. After
lunch the Seq yid WAS shown round the Castle being
presumably permitted to sec the State apartments
now closed TO the public. 1t all over in an ionr
aud quarter. A correspondent sends TO one Of the