The sun., 1884-11-02
NEWS FROM EUROPE.
EVERYTHING GOING WRONG FOR THE
0LADBTONK GOVERNMENT

AOutk ArrScN, and from Ireland, ana %
Storm nlso Brewins nj uome-The Cry Tor
Protection IN England Growiog Loudcr-
Yeavs OF Couins Trouble IN spain -1nt-r.
essins Literary n~d Theatrical COSBY.
LONDON, Nov. The Gladstone Govern
mont seems going to pieces. Nobody can give
the exact reason for this universal conviction.
but everybody declares he feels 1t In tho air.
Things certainly are going wrong all round.
The vague runners OF impending disaster In
Egypt have passed. from the bazaars OF Cairo
TO the clubs OF London. and although Khar-
toum may not have fallen already. not one man
in hundred believes Wolseley will get thore
In time to save 1t. The fall OF Khartoum Just
now would be also the fall OF Gladstone. In
South Africa the avoidance Of war is apparently
no longer possible and In the debate In the
House OF Commons last Wednesday the Min
istry we're denounced with as much vehemence
from their own az from the opposite side. The
debate on the Maamtrasna murder case. while
leaving Lord Spencer unhurt in English opin-
Ion has spread the uneasy feeling that there
10 something very rotten In Dublin Castle. and
the attack In reference to Myles Joyce has
scarcely passed away when the relentless Par
nelites threaten an even bitterer assault In
consequence OF tho extraordinary revelations
In the letters published during the trial OF De-
tective Inspector French. Finally tho implied
condemnation OF Chamberlain's violent lam
Ruage by the refusal OF so many Ministeriallsts
to vote against Churchill's motion OF censure.
the ostentatious abstention OF Lord Harrington
and Sir William Harcourt from the debate. and
Chamberlain's narrow escape by the small ma
jority OF SO. give tho impression OF the in
ternal divisions which precipltate Ministerial
dissolutions.
The future OF the franchise struggle mean
time seems pretty well determined. The To-
ries have resolved to allow the bill to 90
through the House Of Commons without any
prolonged discussion. In order to avoid oil ap-
pearance OF obstruction. and the House OF
Lords will thus be left to do all the fighting.
Lord Randolph Churchill emphatically declared
IN the lobby OF the House OF Commons last
night that the Lords would not only vote with
Lord Salisbury. but would give him a bigger
majority. The plan finally adopted is to accept
tho second reading OF the bill. but to postpone
its further stages until some date In next
spring or to insert a clause suspending its on
GRAFTON till after the Redistribution bill mas
passed. Over all this struggle there hangs the
dread spectacle Of the ever-deeponing agricul-
tural and commercial depression. and pessi-
mists acquainted with tho tigerish fcrocity OF
the hungry EnglishmEn dream discomforting
visions Of the scene which may be enacted dur
ing tho coming winter II starving men arc
dashed to fury by a ilorco political struggle.
The general unrest displays itself In the
large space which Is occupied In tho nowspn-
pers by controversy as to whether tho Eng
lish postal authorities were justified in allow
ting one OF their contractors to purchase postnl
cards from German firm. Mr.. Mundela. q
prominent member OF Mr. Giadstone's Cabinet.
has been tieroely assailed BECAUSE he has u
branch house In Germany. and last night In
the House Of Commons the whole Conservative
party joined In the cry that protection was re-
Quired to restore England prosperity.
A feature OF the debate that must be inter-
esting to Americans was that when Mr.. Nun
della was attacked because OF his German
house. he retorted by calling attention to the
fact that the noblemen who always posed as
the friends Of tho British farmer were the same
persons who. by purchasing large cattle and
other ranches in America. were competing
with the home farmer in his chief products OF
wheat and cattle. Bismarck processes not to be
90 alarmed over the enormous increase in tho
strength OF the Socialists which !Ie elections
have developed He has within thirty OF Il ma.
jorty of the House. and these thirty he can al
ways get from tho Catholic party by some re-
taxation in tho laws passed during the fret and
fever Of tho Cuiturkampf.
The various mnnifestoes Of Ruiz Gorilla in
crease the apprehension OF coming trouble in
spain to be brought about by the wholesale
Journalists arc already bowling that the honor
OF France is gone. because Jules Ferry is
thinking Of accepting English mediation to get
him out of his Chinese trouble.
In London the town is brilliantly gay. and
both tho literary and theatrical worlds are in
the fullest swing. There Is q troublesome dis
pute as to whether Covent Garden. the once
stately and beautiful home OF grand opera.
should be allowed to DO opened as a circus a
form OF entertainment that has ceased 10 be
regarded as ediiYing. Tho Duke OF Bedford
who owns an immense property in the district
T. said to contemplate interference; but on the
part OF the promoters II is pointed out tha,
everything else has been tried. and has only
brought bankruptcy. Wilson Barrett is sc
pleased with the success Of the Hamlet expert.
ment that he contemplates trying ON,ello next
and the dramatic critics. pointing TO the vast
fortunes which have been made by Irving and
others out Of Shakespeare. recall tho time. not
moro than fifteen years ago. when the chic
London manager declared that Shgkespear
spelled bankruptcy and Byron ruin
The announcement OF tho proposed retire
ment OF Mr.. and Mrs Bancroft has taken the
whole world by surprise. and everybody ,hinks
that there Is somo reason at tho bottom OF i
not yet revealed to tho public. Mrs. Bancroft
had a sIuald childhood and stormy youth
but she has long ago purged all her earlier
peccaailloes and is received almost every
where. She made her first rsal hit by perform
ing the society comedies OF Robertson witt
tasteful surroundings. in a little theatre known
as the Prince Of Wales's. and was the forerun
ner OF tho gentee school OF stage realism. Hel
husband WAS q small actor until she took hin
up. but he is now regarded as the best repre-
sentative OF the lanGuld swell on tho stage. ant
Is. besides. q man OF great ability. The pair
during a career OF ton years at their first thoa
tire, never had failure. and made 100000
They live In Berkeley square. the dearest old
est. and most aristocratic square In London
Their managershlp OF the Haymarket Theatre
their last venture. has not been so uniforml.
successful.
The papers arc complaining Of the vast sum
which are now being mado by dramatic au
thors. MIR. Hawtrey is declared to be taking II
. thousand pounds week out Of The Private
Secretary" the success Of which continues Il
be phenomenal. and three other authors ar
said to be making ten thousand pounds year
The preliminary announcements of the bi
o,hy ~ Iy In