Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-24

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America contain the particulars
of the meeting of the dyna-
mite wing of the Irish party In Amer
ca, held in Cooper Institute, New
York, on July second. The gentleman
mentioned, said: "Such utterances as
are ascribed to u. j. Sheridan and
others at the Cooper Institute meeting
are disgraceful to the Irish race and
moreover to the best interests of the
Irish people. / was an acquaintance
he would promptly have rebuked any
followers. Ireland can never be served
deplore IL from my heart.p Day
meeting and dicussing the same ques-
ton with another Irish gentleman,
who also served many terms in parlia-
ment, and while he was less outspoken
than the other he lett no doubt in my
mind Pas to his views OH the subject
He does not regard such men rs Sheri-
dan and Rosa AS friends of Ireland
but as her worst enemies.
Yesterday it was telegraphed here
from Paris that the Compte. de Cham
bord, the recognized representative of
the Bourbon dynasty in France, was
dead. Later the report was contradicted
but think II certain that if not dead
he is very low and very likely to die at
an early hour. Naturally no little i'll
terest Is felt here in the matter, and
the papers are commenting very freely
on what they are pleased to term "the
probable policy" of the Orleanist
princes. The dispatches from France
indicate that the French papers are
also having great deal to say about
it, and as they manifest no little UNI
easiness the papers here say it is only
enother evidence of the instability Of
republicanism in France.
This is par excellence the banquet
ing season iii London and every day
we read of some person IN some way
distinguished. Last week the Bench
and Bar of England gave compli-
mentary banquet to the Hon. Judah
L. BENJAMIN on the occasion of his re-
tirement from the law practice. 1t was
numerously attended by distinguished
men and was altogether recherche
affair. The Standard, in noticing it,,
says
The farewell banquet given by the
Bench aud Bar of England to Mr..
Benjamin, q. O., is notable event in
association with Il most remarkable
and romantic career. About twenty
years ago the American civil war
almost engrossed the attention OF
the civilized world, and in that vast
and exciting conflict Mr.. Benjamin, as
the Confederate secretary OF state, was
prominent actor. He had previously
achieved high distinction at the Amer.
lean bar, and had been an influential
member OF the United States senate.
The surrender of the gallant and illus
trious Lee marked the final collapse OF
the Confederacy, and Mr.. Benjamin,
who had remained at his post until all
was lost save honour, retreated. via
Mexico, to Europe. He arrived in
England utterly ruined in fortune; but
he is not the man to utilise an historic
position by living on the generosity OF
friends. With admirable courage he
resolved, though over fifty years old,
to seek call to the bar of England.
Some terms were excused, and as soon
as he was called his success was rapid
and brilliant. He is an accomplished
| juist, and is so richly endowed with
what lawyers call legal mind, that il
is not surprising that he quickly be
came foremost COUNSEL. In the
| United States all ill-will with regard
to the civil war has long ceased, and
we are confident that the American
bench and bar will sympathise with
the merited co npliment that has been
paid to Mr. benjamin by the bench
and bar of England.
| Mr.. Benjamin is greatly respected
and admired here, and in his retire
ment carries with him the best wishes
Of all intelligent Englshmen. You
know that he is Jew, but England j.
not slow now to acknowledge that ever
u jew can be a great man, since Ben
janin Disraeli, in spite of great oppo
sition and prejudice, forced the gov.
/ ernment, III recognition of his great
ability and services rs her prime min
| lister, to create him the Earl of Beact IL s.
| field.
Tonight the admirers of Mr.. Herr,
Irving, the great English tragedian
are banqdeting him in st. jams Hal
on the eve of his departure for tour o
! the United States. About five hun
| dred gentlemen will set down at tn,
| table, aud the chair will be occu,ie,
by Lord Chief Justice Coleridge. som,
OF the morning papers noticing tn,
matter to-day seemed to think that to,
much fuss is being made over the gen
| tleman, but the NetOs a very spright
ly papers, says: Ellis name will neveI
be forgotten in the history of the En-
glish stage. We are all apt to max,
the SAME mistake of supposing that til,
great actors of the past were admitted
to be great. without cavii on tn,
part OF contemporary criticism
No one was more sharply criticised
than Garrick, even when ut the Zenitl
of his fame. Some of the attempts OF
which he was himself inclined to Sc
greatest store have been shown by tn,
positive evidence of his contempora
ries, and the negative evidence OF hi.
posterity, to have been mere failures
Not merely was John Kemble sharply
criticised and turned into occasional
ridicule, but his much more gifted sis
ter, Sarah Siddons, was exposed from
time to time to keen and bitter dispar
agement. Many men of high culture
could never be brought to appreciate
the genius Of Edmund Kean. They
were shocked by the departure from
conventionality, rather than delighted
by the bold portrayal of unconven
tional passion. We do not know
whether Mr.. Irving could play Abe
Drugger. Doubtless there are many