New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-06
MR.. BLAINE IN LONDON.
SUFFERING FROM A COLD, But LOOKING
WE'LL AND IN GOOD SPIRITS.


rBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUsEI
copyr,oht. 1888. BY Tae Eer, York Trfoune.
London. June 5.-Mr. and Mrs Blaine and their
,wo daughters and Miss Dodge arrived on Saturday
evening in London. Their departure from Paris
had been postponed, owing partly to engagements
and nartlv to q severe cold which Mr.. Blaine had
caurbt. and which made travelling imprudent.
They are all at the Hctel Metropole one of tho
birrest in London, where after twenty minutes
waiting nAious inquirers may sometimes find out
whether Mr.. Blaine is in. Mr.. and Mrs. Carnegie
are STAYING at the same hotel and the whole party
start on Thursday morning on that already famous
coaclrng tour 10 Scotland Their road lies through
,be eastern counties Of England, and all or nearly
ali the eastern Cathedral towns will be visited,
including Peterborough Ely, Lincoln, York and
Durham Their destination is Cluny Castle, be-
longing TO Mr.. Macpherson, of Cluny, in the Spey-
side country with some eleven thousand acres
,bout it, but no deer forest. Thirty days arc
allowed for the journey. There will be no travel
ling on Sundays, OF course Mr. Blaine and his
family will spend about fortnight at Carnegie
Castle, as for the summer Cluny is likely to be
called They will return to London by rail- arrive
here about the 5th of July, and sail on Jaly 10
from Southampton for New-York on the Nord
Dcutscher steamer Trave
Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie will remain in Cluny till
the end of September and return on that gigantic
new Inman ship the City of New-York, which is
bigger by $500 tons than anything a0oat on the
Atlantic, and is expected TO break the record on
her first voyage. Mr.. Carnegie was a guest on
Sunday evening at the Gallery Club, where he met
a number of eminent men, TO all of whom his repu-
taton as Radical seemed well known.
Mr. Blaine. in spite of his Paris cold. is looking
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Presidency is in extremely good spirits. His faith
in the election of the Republican candidate is
firm. provided only that good candidate be
chosen, who will force the fighting on the tariff.
The fears and hopes Of most Americans abroad
point in the same direction. l have met no Free
Trader who believes or wishes that the Democrats
will put themselves squarely a Free-Trade plat
form, and no Protectionist who doubts that the
country could be carried with Mr.. Blaine as the
candidate. orVwho does not believe that 1t can
now be carried if the contest is between American
Protection and British Free Trade.
The Ministry are daily more impressed with
the force and significance of opinion against
their license compensation policy Saturdays
turnout n Hyde Park was numerous and enthusi-
astic not TO say fanatical. Mr.. Gaines speech
was the most mcnacing feature of the day. Mr..
Cainc is one Of the Liberal Unionist Whips yet
he said: If the Ministry elect to stand or fall
on these licensing clauses, so far as l am con-
cerned, they may fall" II that spirit should
spread in the Liberal Unionist ranks they would
fall fast enough. But il will not spread. Mr..
Caine is a unique instance of man who is for
temperance first and Union afterward Be-
sides. tho Ministry do not mean to let the
question at present come to vote
They will take advantage of the recent judicial
he via xrhi fhpcp
clauses were framed. That decision has been ap-
pealed against and is thought likely to be reversed
Mr. Ritchie viii announce, when these clauses are
reached, that the Government is unwilling TO pro-
ceed with them while the point at issue is before
the courts and will move to postpone them; and
this will be carried.
Their tactics if not heroic are clever enough
and will shelve the difficulty for the moment. They
cannot got rid of the question permanently nor
will the British taxpayer forget the attack that
has been made on his pockets.
The Irish Exhibition in London has been opened
with a s,iccch from Mr.. Sexton, the Lord Mayor
Of Dublin, eloquent enough to discourage English
competition. The Lord Mayor Of London, who
joined in the ceremony with his colleague of
Dublin, contented himself with saying ditto" to
Mr.. Sexton. Orangemen and Catholics, National
lists and UnionistS, stood side by side on the plat
form. Mr. parnell was present but said nothing
The Exhibition is still far from ready.
The Committee of the Gallery Club, which in
eludes some Of the most distinguished persons in
London, have elected the of eX-Presdent
Arthur an honorary member of the Club for year.
This compliment is unusual if not unique. The
Committee wish it known that II was meant as
mark Of respect to the late Chief Magistrate of the
Eofto Of 1,,-il1 Mr.
Arthur's proposer was l believe the Earl of
Wharnclife, and the election was unanimous.
The Scarlet Letter" was produced last night
by Miss Calhoun at the Royalty Theatre, in the
Carbohydrates version. This version proves TO
be very excellent literary performance, but
lacking in dramatic energy and conference. The
hye short acts many tableaus Yet each OF
the first four Is fun of life and color the interest
rising steadily till the fifth is reached Here
unhappily the adapters have tried to improve on
Hawthorne that while nothing but cordial
applause heard during the first four acts.
the curtain went down on the fifth amid applause
mingled with Kissing. The mistake was that
MessrS Colerdgc and Forbes, in order to avoid
an unhappy ending, prevented Dimmesdale from
coniesslng that he killed off Chillingworth.
1t IS the hand OF Cod says Hester as the
curtain ialS Perhaps: but the hands of men and
women did not approve this change. But for this
mistake everything from the beginning 10 the end
OF the evening would have gone well.
Miss Calhoun has become better actress than
when at the HaymarSet, where she mado he- Lon
Con reputation She played Hester Prynne
with tenderness, often with power, and with re-
serve and ripeness of method which delighted
critics and public. She was both pathetic and
sympathetic. Few more difficult scenes than that
ol the plllory have taslSed any actress's powers
lnefe IS almost nothing to say, but very much to
express Miss Calhoun bore this ordeal with COM
posure and courage. The play may very likely
succeed when the last act has been rewritten.
Inc house was full Of Americans. including Mrs
Fheips' Ms. Loomis White and Mr.. Charles
fheips. The Lord Chief Justice was present 70