New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-27
NOTES FROM LONDON.
UE-GARMOYLE-MISS GRISWOLD-
PRINT AND BOOK SELLING.

Tbere is no truth In the story OF
,ociety journal that Miss Fortescues ac-
lion against Lord GarmOyie has been con'pro-
r,;sed or was anywhere near beng COMPROMISED
FIERY preparation had been made to uy IT, INC
ose was next but three and would IN the halul
ourse of things have come on TINS week INC
;,dqes knew that they were expected to near th's
and other special jury causes. They knew 'nS'
Creat EXPENSES had been incurred witnesses sum-
enod arrancemeuts made. All at once they an
ronnce that they will not hhlSh
-; work II ia rather tagrant
;,sto,ce of that disregard of the convenience
IS sritors which the occupants of the Bench some
times display. .,:.;a, to;res
In this instance these august and Judlcia' ooi"s'
have ANNOYED the public as well as pul su''',o ~
loss and particularly that part OF the pno"c M
&c called society Their object, one he"r'' vas ~
sccure a longer vacation and TO maintain III i'' -"
reasonable integrity the whole OF that prePo''r'o"'
recess l-ch they have been in the habit OF taxing
aud which il was foudly supposed by sultors had
hee, shortened Be that as il may, here was all
Tondon waiting for the Fortescue-Garmoyle
ease. and 1t was greyed aud veNed over
its disappointment. In the ebb OF season
which everybody agrees to pronounce duI
what could have been more delightful than to hear
the fun and true history of the promise made by
The son of Earl Cairns to the young lady VINO now
wa
beye that the full and true history will prove cred
table 10 her-dudeed nobody has anything to say
10 her discrcditl-and anything but credItabe to
him In its present state, the issue between MISS
For.escue and Lord Garmoyle is purely queSuo II
Of money. The promise is admitted. Inc 0reach
of il Is not denied nor defended. Not word has
ever been said about Miss Fortescue which couIu
be urged in court or anvwhercelse as lusthcati"h
for this Young mans deliberate Withdrawn from
.falr~ aaptaG
Some Of the less scrupuluus partsans of the Cairns
family amused themselves at the time ny inNen'ihg
sundrv little anecdotes which, had they been true
would have denoted at most faults Of taste ana
manner on the part of the young lady. But they
were not true. Their currency in society did no
particular harm Miss Fortescue retained the place
which she had gained before she knew Lord Car
movie She was To be met them and is 10 be met
STILL in houses as good as those which the pro-
iected alliance wOuld have opened To her. Inc
friends of the Cairns family have never sought to
excuse the mtriguos and hOstilticS with which
under cover of an acceptance of the engagement
Lord Garmoyles intended bride was from the first
assailed save on the ground of her profession The
stage thew have always sad was abLC11'nt
10 the pure pety of these eminent and eX-
ce,lcnt people This adherence took on it's crudest
form of expression in the too famous phrase of the
letter in which Lord GarmOylc sgnlied to MISS
Fortescue his intention of breaking his word. To
the Carnses and to some of their friends as she was
told anybody who belonged TO the stage was no
better than so much dirt When this civil and
consIderate declaration comes to be read out
in court what Will be the effect of it
on the jury9 l may quote two expressions
have heard The jury which hears that read, said
an eminent lawyer, will give her anything she
likes to ask. Ii il were for Inc to decide remarked
one of Her Maesrys judges only the other day /
would award her &2000O-not a penny less. And
vet Lord Cairns thinks it good policy 10 Maggie
over the Que ton of damages If all reports be
true the utmost sum he has vet offered by way OF
conpromiss hardly exceeds One-third of the sum
named above. The interval of reflection now
offered may possibly bring him TO sounder views.
But as began by saying no proposition of compro-
mise or offer of negotiation has yet been heard Of
The delay in the trial pats end, for this year l
suppose T. the visit To America Miss Fortescue had
some notion of making. She cannot 60 till her case
has been tried. Meantime she Is acting nightly ID
the familiar piece "Our Boys which has renewed
It's perennial youth at the Strand Theatre HOT
part is the girls part originally assigned to Miss
AMY Roselle. Miss Fortescue plays it with pleas
ant simplicity of manner, and without the light
and shade which she will doubtless learn to be-
stow ON 1t when she adds experience 10 all the
natural gifts which seem TO lit her for the stage.
Of these Won are likely to have an opportunity to
nlgc for the dllatoriness even of the English
Bench has limits and Miss Fortescue will b. free
for her American journey next year should she
finally decide to make II.
Miss Gertrude Criswod, our American prima-donna,
is to give next week what is here called an afternoon
private concert at the house OF Lady waterfowl IL
Gresham place. Such entertainments are always
fashionable in London, and are not less so than
usual at this season despite that heat and heavness
of the air which make the unmuscal wonder at
thcenthusasm which delights To shut Itself up III
a drawing room with two OF three hundred other
enthuslasms. Whether Miss Grswold viii again
sing in opera before Coyent Garden closes for the
simmer is doubtful Her successful debut as Mar
gH5if in Faust" does not clear away obstacles
Sprnging from previous arrangements, nor
make up to her for the withdrawal OF
@tolumba." which would naturally have been
given number of times, and would have been
novelty to the Italian opera public Mr. eye had
every wish. hear. to- keep faith with his patrons
and to give Miss GrIswold the opportunity which
this opera would have offered hor But another in
dispensabc singer i'm the cast found herself unable
10 sing and without hW the opera could not be pro-
duccd
Tho printscllcrs have been heard from in reply TO
the charges of The PdH NdH Gd;stte and of Mr. Soy
mour lladen. II is the so-called Fine Art Society
winch undertakes the defence of the ring. The de
fence consists, in the main, of confession coupled
with some foolish calumnics on Mr. lladcn. On the
point where the public are most directly concerned
the admissions are practically complete. Mr. lladen
alleged that print Publishers after announcing to
the public limited number # so-called artists
proofs" issue as many more ~ they Ike, and that
the Prntse!ers Association stamps as many as 1t is
asked TO stamp All the Association does Is to re
quire declaration of the number. and the Fine Art
Society has the GOODNESS to talk of the security "
thus offered to the public. " At present" says this
conccn thcv can hefOre buYing on inquiry ascer-