New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-18
TOPICS IN LONDON.
Observation-Disclosures

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nov triumphs over Mr.. George Howell, the Liberal
roro;pee for the seat vacant by Mr. Macdonalds
18th Mr.. Salt has nearly 800 majority MI
TIo,yll has about so votes less than MT. Macdon-
ola had in the spring of 1880, when the lrlSh sup
norted him. The Irish refusal to support Mr. Howell
makes all or nearly ALL the difference in the result
Mr. O'Donnell, an Irish free lance,
vent down to Stafford and talked his
fellow countrymen into desertion of what they
supposed 10 be their Liberal principles. The Con-
seryaiivcs say there not Irish enough to account
for the change in the totals. The Liberals say there
are However that may be, everybody agrees tilat
such Irish electors as there were went with ana 1or
tbe Tories That is their Irish way of showlng tner
gratitude for the Land Act. The peculiar home
Rule scheme of politics. however, hardly ADMITS ol
gratitude The Home Rulers seem TO nave lDaue
no their minds to oppose whatever parry happens
TO be in power: because il is in power Ihey struck
ut the Tories when Lord Beaconshed was Prime
Minister They strike at the Liberals now 'ha' MI
Gladstone is Prime Minister.
OF other influences bearing on the Stafford cleo
ton the working1nan's question is probably the
most important Mr. Macdonald was working
man and the section Of the Liberal party which he
represented thought itself, naturally enough en-
tried TO a successor of the same stamp The party
managers acquiesced in this claim and IN MI
HoweITs nomination. They worked heartily lor
him. and so did the rejected Liberal candidates
Admiral Maxse for one. who is perhaps even more
radical than Mr.. Howell Stafford, moreover Is d
borough with large artisan constr uency ana WAS
for that reason thought good place for expert
menting with an artisan candidate bu.
Mr.. Macdonald, to put II mildly hau
not been a success in the House. The dislike Whlch
was felt for him by his fellOw-members was not IN
II, l.. had "A
worlsinoman. Mr.. Burt, another delegate from the
same class was and is thoroughly respected mem
her of Parliament But the reasons which made MI
Macdonald unpopular in the House made him I'M
popular in Stafford with large portion OF his con-
stiiuents This portion a very powerful one OIL the
marty. did not want another memDer of the Mac
donald pattern They acquiesced IN Mr. Howell
hut gave him lukewarm support ana 80 BIZ
Howell. who is believe a very excellent man. mas
TO suffer for the defects of his predecessor MI
Salt on the other hand was good candldate-flch'
banker with local connections and influence emit
rant,r and nreeninentlv "respectable." He had the
further advantage of having been defeated Mt the
last election; and 40 establishing, according TO an
odd notion very prevalent with English CONSTITUENT
cies claim on the borough. SO that, on the Whoe'
the Tory talk about the discontinue OF the GOV
ernment and the "rebuke" to Mr. Gladstone, and
the rest o. IL, seems II ilJtIc Oft4 otN'iiiiNN'
erals were defeated when they had hoped to win.
but the Importance of the defeat Is not great
The literature of the ST. Paurs Industrial School
business IS becoming vouminOus. Sir William har-
courts letter called out many comments, among
which the very queerest that has yet seen the hght
is letter of Lord Norton. l take from IL 'his
sentence Is a literary curiosity
"Day Industrial schools, indeed have nan no Iea-
4. a.. 4 rom thp Education
Department. nor is there anything but assertion to
make boarding seem to alter rather than complete
the tutelarv character of this public guardianship
of neglected children"
It's possible by some study to extract meaning
from that sentence, or from this:
Neither poverty nor homelessness, nor crlmnal
action produced therefr0m, can make education
matter OF police and penal treatment"
But what makes this letter peculiarly Interesting
rs q study in style is the fact that Lord Norton IS the
man whom Lord Beaconsiicld thought best qualified
among the Conservatives to take charge oil the De-
partner Of Education. As Sir Charles Aoder'ey'
he was President of the Council, Mr. F"rsiers
successor and the responsible head of all the schools
In England If he had been teacher, he would
have had to pass an examination. As ruler over
teachers he was happily exempt from that nece'-
,sity.
Theatrical novelties for the winter have not been
numerous or important The season is pretty well
advanced. but the spirit of enterprise among the
managers has vet to show itself. What we have
seen of 1T thus far is seen in the opening OF new
places of amusement rather than the production OF
new pieces Mr. DOyly CaTte's Savoy Theatre
opened some weeks since with the transfer OF
Patience" from the Opera COmiquc, which Ill It's
turn fell back on princess Toto" reproduced Ill
the hope that Mr.. Gibert's present vogue may
bring success to a piece which did not succeed
before And | believe it does OF Patience at
any rate the London public has, II | may say So
enough to have never enough. THE Colonel" is
still running at the Prince Of Wales's though the
whole weight of the piece is really carried on Mr..
.Coghlan's shoulders, and the merely aesthetic part
which was expected TO be It's main attraction falls
pretty fiat One hears that Mr. Burnands profits
are enormous. Mr.. Robertson, who used to reign
supreme at this theatre, has undergone Sort OF
douhle opotbeosis since his death. He stocked the
Haymarkct stage for some time under the Trans
ferred Bancroft regime and is now to be at the
ST. Janey'S where Messrs. Hare and Kendall attract
good houses by poor representation of his earliest
and weakest play. Home" "The Cape Mail" an
abbreviated adaptation from the French by NJ. Gle
ment Scott. which precedes it, shows Mrs. Kendall to
better advantage But it is very lachrymose for an
opening piece.
The Bancrofts bring out at the IIaymarket, on
Saturday, an Original" play by the late Mr. Tom
TAYLOR entitled pilot and Passion" This is to be
accompanied by an English version of " Lolotte'
to the French original of which Madame Chaumont
gave certain spice at the Vaudeville Theatre, in
Paris. winter ago. Mr.. Burnand, who is just now
the fashion, turns it into English and propriety.
Mrs. SEQ t-SiddOns, who has bad this theatre for
the autumn. has been but moderately successful,
either with the critics or tho public. 1t is an
with all formality that Mr. Bancroft was
present on the first night of SardOu's "Odette" at
the Vaudeville last week. and that he has bought
the acting rights for England of NJ. Sardon. MI
opinion of it seems more favorable than
that of the Parisians.
Mir Burnand-thls is the third time have had to
mama hi,-is also the hapDy author of the Whit