New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-20
DULL DAYS IN LONDON.
OPTICIANS rHREsHISG OUT OLD TOPICS.
rur xrSS1SeroN ELECTION = MEssRs' HAR-
,,,seroN AND o,BREE-THE, CONSERVATIVE
LEADERSHIP THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
QUARREL THEATRICAL NOTES
far cAnIE TO THE TRIBUSEl
tNN -naa Ia ri. Ns.e Yoel T,;la,ns

.nryOrrIp-THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
on.ppE1, THEATRICAL NOTES.
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,...-,aat, 1889 BIZ The Hesc York Tribune.
-, March New topics among the poll
.....ss ars so few that Remington is still dis
s~...d Mr. O'Irien is discussed; The llmes,'
- .o,,se Is discussed, and the general WICKED
-. ~ the Ministry is an inexhausnole theme.
r, has now been discovered that Socialism nao
.arnefbinr 10 do with the Liberal victory IN Aen-
,ingtou. John Burns claims it as victory OF
M own Trafalgar Square fanatics who never
sen get over or admit their deleaV AheS
snnounce it as the herald OF q LONDON oommuno,
ararohv itself is to lift its head because local
,.-..u.s h.d eso votes more than Lord Salisburys
s.....t.har nephew. Remington" said an out
s..i,.r ISberal once colleague of Mr.. Gladstone
az tb;a advantage: it enables US to kick the
ns;r,s,rv We can attack them on every subJeo1
uad ws lost Remington, they would have nung
:. ~ our faces every time we cried Pigott.
~, x,e ran cry 'Pigott as much as we like
cnoh are the high politics of the moment IN Eng
land.
Mr. Smiths i'll health gives fresh currency 10
,rroors of Cabinet reconstruction. oeheVe c,nU
thew have little foundation except IN the PoSsO10
necessity of finding new leader Tor tne howso s
AZ Commons. 1t is insomnia from which 'ui
smith suffers, and his friends say it is mosV
unlikely that hc can continue IN MS 49, 49,
position through the session. Loro honuOip. :p.
Churchill being out Of the question: 'here ie" ~.
sn,v Mr Goscben. Mr. Balfour cannot qult inc
Irish ofiee nor lead the House "h'ie Ai''n ~"
retary.
n.ssrs o,Brien and Harrington have 'ootn TO-
n,sed TO accept the release offered them oy Oh
James Hannen on the condition OF apSuinae
from agitation. Sir Charles Russell anu M
parneIl both urged these gentlemen 10 0one ~
tr tbeir own interests, and especiauy IN '
hte,esss of their colleagues. MI. ni.A
srs.rstood to hold that his acceptance OIL VI.
aroposed condition would imply confession "
x,one-doing; nobody else quite understands nO"
: why. But Mr.. oBrien is 10" un'o ~, nm
seff.s sagely observes one Of ms aonifets. -.
,oiut refusal spoils the spectace ".'ch ~
-. 80 ,,annipg. They proposed that Mr.
-, .+,r ,houh appear in the House Of Com
- =. hts nr;son clothes These Music Hall
notios are mush in favor with the less respectable
q - oxc;tahle Gladstonians No one has yet
urono,,.d that MIR. OBrien should appear IN has
r,tson onrb, he had none Mr.. Gladstone graveiy
pnt his question yesterday about Mr.. oBriens
alothes he wanted to know whether any ana
what inquiry would be made into the CONNECT
NJ testimony about Mr. O,Briens treatment. IL
comes 20 this. therefor, that IL anybody choose
10 dispute an Official account an official inquiry
must be ordered. As every official account Is ds-
puted. half the population Of the Kingdom wouId
soon be serving on committees
The Tories amid all their troubles contrive TO
preserye an appearance Of cheerfulness. 1hey
nusfered in tremendous fotce 40 the Countess
~ --sse.upuuers reee,,z7on On Satufday evening"
sShs,e the<c was no lack Of beaming faces ana
confident words What have We to be unhappy
.hou. ps said one Minister "a Government
which could not govern with majority Of eighty
would not be o governments"
The Board of Works does not like being Guffed
snt Hike fiuttering candle. The chairman OF this
amaxinr BODY. Lord Magheramorne, who is also
one of its respectable minority is getting his col
leagues to sign pledge that they will not, If
allowed to live ont their term, confirm the Black
wall Tunnel contract Protests against the COM
inc annihilation appear in the papers from sundry
nenbers-protests as virtuous in tone as their
acts are the reverse Lord Rosebery and MIR.
Richie seem to me men not likely to be hood
winked by these death-bed repentances. Lord
Rosebery proposed, and 1t was carried by acclama-
ton this afternoon, that the Local Government
Board be asked to extinguish the Board Of Works
on Thursday. There was one dissentient
Sir Julian Pauncefote does not sail until April
l3. This is not a postponement for no date had
ever been filed by the Foreign Office. The sug-
eestion appears in one paper that the delay is
due to the Presidents delay in sending On Amer
ican Minister to London; but neither for that
is there any foundation.
Mr.. Mansfeld's long-expected production Of
Richard the Third" proves to have far less Of
Richard the Third" than Mr. Irvings Macbeth
has of Shakespeare's Macbeth MIR. Irving, with
few exceptions now believe, abolished, respected
BIS authors text. Mr.. Mansfield gave us Colley
Cibbcr instead of Shakespeare, and pieeed out
sRichsrd the Third with Henry the Sixth
No splendo. of mounting or even good acting could
atone for this. Splendor Of mounting there was,
and much good scenery and good dressing. But
Mr. Mansdelds Richard is hardly more than
clever attempt st originality. He has discarded
tradition, as he has discarded Shakespeare, and
Mr. Mansfield alone is hardly sufficient substitute
for both.
Mr.. Pineros The Weaker Sex" which has been
acted in q different form In the provinces, was
brought out at ths Court Theatre, London, the
same night as Mr.. Mansfeld's performance at the
Globe This extraordinary play turns on the love
OF the same man, at different periods, for mother
and her daughter. II is revolving motive, re
yoitingly treated. Mr. Pinero is an expert play
wright, but is anything but q man Of the world or
o student Of human nature. IN difficult situations
be strikes o false note with unerring accuracy
This Is true of most Of his plays; 1t IL true
Throughout Of The Weaker Sex" The play was.
however, saved, so far as salvation was possible.
by the acting, which was fairly good as whole
and in Mrs. Kendars case magnificent. The
scene at the end If the second act, in which she
meets her former lover, was played as no other
woman on the English stage could play it-played
with q power and passion with a convincing
energy and deNcacy Of rendering which this
actress has never surpassed g. w s.
THE AMERICAN PILGRIMS HoNoREp.
Yorns. March 1e.--The American College gave a
dinner this evening IA honor Of the leaders Of the
american pilgrims. Many prelates we're present