The New York herald., 1879-02-03

those of old bachelors recall the aphorism-
Man not meant 10 live alone,
In theory no doubt love sou be the great incentive
~ TO The sSreses Of sersday s lie
figures we'll IN poetry but he works i'll in practice
And then the following occurred
Mr.. Matthews. O. C-Do you say. sir that ON thar
i not On e yOs very sAa
better; Oluch ianghterl
rs a s sa sm Sss ss e. that
man totally abstans from tea. Much langhter)
WHAT HALL SAW A LADY
In the course OF Mr.. Hairs examination he
You wrote article in which said that You followed
lady and saw her take SIX different glasses OF sherry in SO
Is II habitto follow ladies in that ways aughter
What induced you to follow hi, LADY, Gaaghter) Iwas
of women especially those who sorey tempted by
To institute sort of literary detective Office: Laughter
Yes, if you like so TO phrase it.
All the employees of Social Notes testified to hay
ing seen the plaintiff in oil the stages of intoxcation
claimed. Juryman John Bull dearly loves lord but
he is also partial to parson.
TERRIBLE FIGHT.
The most interesting, If not the most important.
events of a small war, like the in Afghanistan
We read the brief telegram announcing skirmish
in the Khurum Pass with little attention after We
know the English have been, as usual. victorious.
But who read without thrill of admiration the
story Of Captain Goads fatal hand hand encounter
in the Kotal road early in December? The telegraph
did little justice to it, but the last mail advices to the
Standard tell the following
At eleven the Mongols began troop together in hun
ds@ sa on the ae ,s iaa e h The bed Of the oe
camels they had seen the greater portion of the
der Captain Goad marching along at the head Of
nf o Of TeS ws a BY five
there % came % round rock close to the road n the dsae
and wanted fire but they up their hands Sig
sa hs s s c hSr Ss
within @ thirty yards They saw an immense number Of
FIVE AGAINST ONE HUNDRED
The temptation was too great for them With exraord
nary rapdty they unsung their guns from their backs and
bali from Tas on the rs to a Me
snsh as y0n %Eht find in Thea
below the knee The charge in the bundorbuss have
the on These four SHOULDER
ing MOpgos, who could not stand the terrible fire
with his ssa the MSnsos on hss ,ss
5 nd from s s Four a rars s lS G0Gs a so,
every round of their seventy cartrdges They We're
oy on his DEATH insr S"aa re-
with gratitude the generous bravery Of these
touch him.
review Of the condition Of the English stage
during the past year. which appeared in the Tunes,
has called forth interesting letters from drama
lists and actors. The main question raised was
whether native dramatic authors have been neglected
by the London managers and adaptations Of French
pieces unduly favored The latest contributor to the
discussion is Mr.. Bancroft, who ought to know
thing about the matter. He thinks that native tai
ent has not been neglected and goes on to say that
Wales'-there have been twenty-five pieces produced,
OF which thirteen were new works by English authors
and ''M. P..' by Mr.. Robertson "How She Loves
Him" by Mr.. Boucicault; War to the Knife" "a
Byron; MAN and Wife. by Mr. WiIfe coilins: M
'Sweethears. by Mr.. Gilbert. and Tame Cats by
Mr.. Edmund Yates Riv,vuls of the following six
Of Venice" "The School for Scandal" Money"
.'London Assurance" "Masks and Faces" and IAN
two 1ys In
act comedy-"Le Village" c'The vicarage' ')-have
been adapted from the French stage.
COURT THEATRE.
At this house, during the management Of Mr..
Hare there have been six original plays produced
by Mr.. Wills; Broken Hearts" by Mr.. Gilbert;
Lady Flora" and brothers. by Mr. coghlan. and
was revived. "a Scrap of Paper" and "a Quiet Rub
ber' only having been borrowed from the vast
dramatic stores OF France
VAUDEVILLE.
At the Vaudeville Theatre Messrs. James & Thorne
have produced at least FIVE original English plays
"Applc. Blossoms" and "Twedie's Rights" by MIR.
Albery, and "Our Boys" by Mr.. Byron-while they
have revived several standard English comedies, and
have acted nothing at all taken from the French.
Mr.. Bancroft continues:-'I could write in the
same strain about otner theatres and several
could prove that where successful French plays were
rapidly adapted and acted 1t was simply to dam the
floods Of failure that had set in the production of
original English works. but do not think the
argument would be at all interesting to the London
playgoer, who, take 1t, but little about the
source whence his entertainment is derived: think
they to deny the English public the pleasure of
witnessing adaptations to our stage of the many
great dramatic works which written by eminent
Frenchmen. and wonder il German dramstists
blamed because Caste" has achieved great sue
Italians upbraid sgnor Salvini because he fnds the
greatest means for the display Of his genins in
translation of "Othello."
THE saAKEspEARE FESTIVAL
The opening performance will be much Ado
About Nothing in which Mrs. Theodore Martin
Helen Faucit) has been requested and has consented
to act Beatrice On the next day Irving will his
company to Stratford and give Hamlet" 1t must
not be supposed that because the Memorial Theatre
is to be finished on April % 1t is paid for. Far
from it. Much money is still needed. and there is
some talk among those interested of possible per-
formance in New York in aid OF the enterprise.
ROMANTIC "BoBBY."
Tho British policeman is not as general thing
parsonage with whom anything approaching to
able for his breadth of back and imperturbabity of
temper. He will stand any amount of kicks on the
shins from struggling rowdies with very small
responsive squeeze of the collar. and refrain
till the last moment from calling his trun-
SsSTss sSn s p Pss t Sss' os en
and is not absolutely callous to the softer phases
OF the human heart. Such one is Mr.. Policeman
Mr. and Mrs. Clements did not live happily together.
and the correspondent, who a man of apparently
superior education and tastes. having been brought
into contact with them observed this aud sympa-
thzed with the respondent. Numbers of letters, at
first Of an ordinary character but gradually becom
ing anatory in their tone. written by the correspond
ent and the respondent to one another read
during the conduct of the case, with here and there
romantic passage or quotation from Sponsors
"Faeric Queene the termination being occasionally
',Deu vous gardc." The lady denied any miscon-
duct, but admitted having been once kissed against
her will by the correspondent: the expressions in
her letters meant nothing but the ordinary common
places of correspondence. The correspondent also
denied that he had ever misconducted himself with
her. He admitted that he had frequently stood be-
meath her window at night; that he had kissed
her. and that IL IL had not been for him she would
have committed suicide He admitted also that his
letters rather extravagantly written but all in
noccnt: that he and she had by separate roads
to place of meeting near Chisehurst to be alone.
but no familiarity took place. He claimed also
to have induced her to treat her husband with more
affection and respect. The President having pointed
out passages In the letters which proved several OPP
portunites to have occurred when the gratihcation
of their Illicit affections could have taken place had