Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-12

/ cDtirngou- auu prudent man. ~ .
! Jballemel.Lacour, one OF his iinmeni-
late predecessors, was stranger .old
| IN bis manner and certainly was ~ ~
| love with England aud English ways.
/ Aud NJ Tissot was scarcely
an Improvement on him consid-
cred from ,au English standpoint.
! 4 he prol,abl tiles are that the new
ambassador will seek TO re-esiab'ish
those feelings 0flively good will " hich
/ existed between the two countfits
/ throup bout the reign Of Napoleon Ill.
| a result TO be dcvontly wished for W
those who wish 70 see peace In europe,
I which cannot be az eate while England
and France ARE at logyer-heads
/ In ireland everything has been
I seiene ur,ey,ral hours. Indeed there
! l. a sort of lull here in tie III tlef "
! Irish politics generally. la l@rlia
meut absolutely nuthipg Is being done
! in that direction and MIR. Parftll has
I even gune II on a short junkciinB
tour. 1rcl ,n1 though stin las a his.
< tory 20 iic discussed, aud late inlRrs
4 announce that a new book Oi, the SUBJ
1 iect Is uow going through The rtss
/ aud will .onIl be ready TOR circulation.
! IL VIII be Il li-tory OF the gov rn-
mcnt. concessions 20 lrelan tnr the
hast twenty years, AMI | und r.tind
/ Is not writ en- tp sustain Mr.. faFneU
aud his parry The author IS
MIR. Barry @ Brien. larfiater az law
/ formerly ai lTisll member Of philia-
nent, and gentleman who has al
ready written much on The Irish qG, j.
ton | have had the pleasure OF con-
versi0g with him on the subject and
4 have 10 acl<npw ledge my Indebtedness
to him for two of his buoks, which are
highly spoken Of by the press aud by
such statesmen ms Mr.. Gladstone aud
John Bright. one OF them, " The
\ Irish Land Question was issued in
1850. and has had "A large circuiuti N.
In II the author has eudeavored 10
trace from authentic sources The par
! iinmentary history Of the Irish land
4 question, aud hiss given Ia concise mar
4 ra,iye Of legislative eiIurts from 1879 to
1 1863 made TO settle this much veXed
question. The other is a supplement
70 the former, issued i'm 1881, and has
been well received Mr.. O Brien. /
find, Is very conservative in bis feel
iugs ana views. but he is a firm friend
of Ireland, and being Al young man,
, will yet in all probability make his I'M
ilaence ielt where 1t will do the most
. good for his native country.
In the matter Of amu-en'ents here,
the season is now nearly over, aud IN
another fortnight there will hegin the
, general rush cont of Un," which
will mike London very dull place.
The leading operate and dramatic
stars viii soon have closed their en-
gagements here, and when London so
clety men aud women have no opera
or theatre to go To, they hunt for the
I fields and the sea shore. Even the
/. lpupils of The city are going To lose
, their several n table attractions, and
, the small fryp Will now hnvea chance
TO try their hands in the city, while
i, the city clergy proper are rustich'in2
OF C, uIse, in theory, there will be a
greet less, but ! apprchend that IN
> practice those who stay viii be thu
T. eain,r by the exchange. You zee
. Tie big bugs who have
q % preach all the year round fine
! it difficult, If not impossible To preact
!. eloquently and learnedly every week
!. and inevitably they often fall very "a
. short OF general cloquence. Indeed
4 know they often preach very ordinar.
:, sermons-,o put II even mildly. The
. young man. who-only- waits-a.cbahc-
/. on the other hand, has been workinl
. IN hi, enforced retirement for mouth
past 10 prepare n few sermons, Is
, pecially in view of the chance he /
, now 10 enjoy. He has ransackej til,
; Theological "b!ue- boDksn for theories
the great works OF his great prede
cessCrs for ideas, aud the various vol
umcs OF Gems of Prose" and "thoic'
poetical Quotations for apt expies
sions, and Tor few weeks at least h,
= II going to reost high - metaphoricaliA
. speaking. The change will he enjoy
able TO these " ho occupy tie leWs
for eyes the most orthodox and mat
, ter OF fact christians are are now AM
/, then able 10 enjoy somethin
! more uicy than they are re
, ga,ed with the greater,
!, not the better part Of every year.
a. will not he able TO run away from bol
i don during the season, which Is sad
!. is It not {? But / will at any rai
1 watch some of the new preachers I
/ see whatthey are going To do wit
! their chancel
have once or twice before ha
something 10 say about the Englis
government, and bave even venture
{ TO criticse some o( its acts, which, {
course Is very inMertinont. This WASH
/ at all because Xdon't like the Englis
. people, .or us matter of fact | thin
Il they are admirable in II great man
II way s, aud the government isabont IN
" most liberal, all things considered, tina
% | knew o. outside OF our own. But
4 have lust noticed Il little tit-hit Gu I'll
"a subject OF governmental expenses hel
>. That must send you, since IL wi
Ne interest certain class
+, your readers who think Il
Texas state government
of ieartuily and terrifylpgly eXtravagau
10 Every now .and then some .nne, eve
Is, In nigh place has something to 81
ID about the HcoSt OF keeping the roy
IN family. The other day the Night Htd
a orable MIR Chamberlain spoke out
ot meeting (meaning Blrainghaml {
n. the subject, and what hc said raised
~ little ilutter here. also lind the {,
~ lowing in print and being circulat,
"a on the streets:
~ 1T may besnme salts action 70 tho
/ who are In poverty, " no are willing
/, work, but unable 20 secure the nleal
i. -lYf earning living lit may be "A sour
,lQsp4y.anme qualification to such people
~ NariNsAat no living monarch, Eur
te ISean1sE Asiatic, not even the ear
Y All the Rlissias, can boast of such :,
a Vice OF plate as that owned by Que'
N Victoria. to whose gu, sts IL Is often q
D. htbted, on huge bullets at either eI
of of the banquating table In 81. Geargt
~ Hall vase, plateaux, cups. and ca
N delahta, all wrought In the precio
\. metal, the net value OF which l. "a
N To exceed two millions sterling, 20
a. spicuous among the trophies are q