The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-11-23

FROM OVER THE SEA.
a Batch of Items froni the Banks of the
Thames.

Batch of Items from the Banks OF the
Thames.
Correspondence ke,c North West.
ELITE EXODUS.
/ LONDON, Oct. l3, lss3.-A goodly compa-
my of illustiious Englishmen have been ven.
Ituring forth Oh the broad Atlantic during the
last fortnight. The exodus to the New
World Of our most distinguished country
men began with the departure OF Chief JUS
tice Coleridge, who seems 70 be having q
pretty good lime with his legal brethren In
the States; and the attention Of the British
public has lately been directed 10 the histri-
onic flight nf Mr.. Irving and his Lyceum
company. Fory-eight hours Afterwards Mr..
Matthew Arnold followed iu their wake.
The latter is one Of Britains noblest sons,
and gentleman we'll qualified to fulfill bis
mission of giving faithful description OF
that stmodern culture which has been so prof
itaby misrepresented In the States by GER
tain nastute and clever young aesthetic. The
latet departure Is the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the lew Governor. General of Canada; and
at The end Of the present week Madame Patti
will start for her American tour. When
ever this popular lady appears In London
she sure of crowded house, but metro
polihn audiences are just beginning to kick
against having to listen to the squeakings OF
one Nicolini, who invariably accompanies
her. Ii 1t is a question of remuneration,
they would willingly pay the prima donna
highr fee II she will save them from being
borei by her favorite tenor.
JOHN BRowN's MONUMENT.
A ife size bust of John Brown has just
beenplaced OH pedestal in the grounds OF
Balnoral castle, the Queens fayorite resi-
denc.. A tablet to bis memory has also been
placed in St. Georges chapel; likewise a
monument to the same In the Prince Con.
sorts mausoleum at FragmoeI; and all The
servants of the royal household have been
commanded to wear badge Of mourning
and weep copiously TO the memory OF the
departed gillie," although he was heartily
disliked by them when living. In few
years time visitors to the royal palaces OF
Windsor and Balnoral will want 10 know
who this man was, that he should have been
made q subject for the poet, painter, and
sculptor. They will be rather surprised to
be told by those who knew him best that,
although faithful servant, he was decid-
edIy commonplace individual who used to
sum up his opinion of mankind In general
by expressing his wonder that people should
be such damphools as TO drink claret when
there was plenty Of good whisky.
A LUCKY MISSIONARY.
Mr.. Shaw, the missionary from Madagas-
car, has made very good thing out Of his
arrest by the French soldiers in that island.
He is to have G0,0O0 francs (Sl2,0O0) COM
pensation from the French government.
For successor of the Apostolic fisherman,
this is not so very bad, but we don't read
much about Paul demanding heavy money
damages for his imprisonment while preach
ing the gospel to the heather. II is evident
that they didn't know everything "down In
Judee" at that time of day.
ENTERPRIsING "CRACKsMEN."
Although London is protected by force
of Co. 900 policemen, things are far from be-
ing so secure as they ought TO be. To tell
the truth, the modern burglar seems to be
developing q greater amount of cuteness than
our official representatives of law and order,
avails himself of all modern appliances-in.
cludlng the ready revolver. English police
men not being allowed to carry shooting
irons of any description, are naturally rather
shy of Iisking an encounter with we'll
armed "cracksmsn." Apprehensive citizens
consequently feel called upon to lay. In
a good stock of ammunition and be prepared
to receive their enemy. There has been an
enormous sale of revolvers and other weap-
ons during the last few weeks, so there Is
likely TO be some shooting around directly,
and somebody will have to look out.
WHAT HAPPENED AN AFTER DINNER
SPEECH.
An amusing incident happened at the fare
we'll dinner given TO Mr.. Irving just previous
to his departure for the S. ates. The chair>
man had prepared his little speech with more
than usual care-manag,ng 10 introduce
many appropriate quotations from plays In
which the guest of the evening had gained
some of his greatest dramatic successes, and
bad taken the trouble to write 1t out in full,
so as to make sure of everything. Just be-
fore the dinner commenced, however, he
confided the copy 20 an admiring friend, who,
thinking it no harm, passed 1t on to IN enter
prising Journalist whom he knew, who
straightway sent 1t off to the office of his
paper. When the hour for speaking arrived,
the chairman was unable to produce his man
uscript. but he had to rise and speak, all the
same-detailing the facts as above. "But,"
said be, 81 can promise you that although
you have not heard my speech this evening,
you will have chance Of reading II In the
morning." r.. .-....r ..-
A CARGO OF PORTRAITS. .n. . Gs.
A London firm Of photographers have for
warded to New York consignment OF 3d.
900 portraits Of Mr.. Irving; and Mr.. Abbey
has also taken over with him some 10000
medaliions Of the same, SO there will be no
lack of mementoes of "our Henry's" Amer
lean tour.
MARY ANDERsoS's SUCCESS. sg..
Miss Mary Anderson still continues to
draw full audiences to the Lyceum during
Mr.. Irving's absence. and seems likely to be-
come as popular with the London public -
their own favorite, Ellen Terry. Anyway
she deserves the good will Of the public, not
only because she Is fine actress and lovely
girl, but because she is conducting herself In
so worthy . manner as to win the respect as
well as the admiration of her patrons, and
that Is something TO say nowadays. 1t Is to
her credit not to have become mixed up with
London society, and TO have declined the
honor(?) Of an Introduction to the Prince Of
Wales. Our Mary Is not likely to be for
gotten by her English friends 5000 Of her
portraits have sold since her ARRIVAL In Lon
don, and Mr.. vxn der Weyde, for whom the
popular lady has alone sat, has now prepared
a photograph Of the .Grecian Maioen Of
heroic size. The picture is by the carbon
permanent process.s Il long by 8 n wide-on
he greatest scale ever taken. and Ia one of