New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-18

ply bringing Parliamentary pressure 10 pear ou '"'
Home Secretary in the discharge OF duty noV
Parliamentary at all, in matter where he -
responsible, not TO the House. but TO the Ofo"n
and his own conscience. The feeling througnouV
the country continues to be strong Much Oh IL
is undoubtedly genuine. and some OF IL ID ln'el'
hgent: but the agitation as whole tends 10 SUI.
stitute trial by plebiscite for trial by Jury Al
medical opinion be expressed by "The Lancet
certainly the leading medical journal 1t supports
the conviction. That journal reviews the evil
dence through five columns. and fully !ustlnes
the verdict. To-day's rumor is. however that
Mr. Matthews will give way. 1t Is known that
some of his colleagues favor repreve on the
express ground that the refusal of it will ALLEVIATE
some of their political supporters. Some good
may spring from all this turmoil in the shape OF
a court Of criminal appeal Lord Esher, the
Master of the Rolls. and one of the best judges
in the Kingdom argues strongly for it in letter
10 "The Times" Lord Herschell, another legal
luminary, is for it, and lawyers generally believe
that the time has come to establish such tribunal
The shooting of ex-Judge Terry is discussed by
British Podsnaps with extreme solemnity; most
solemnly of all, perhaps, by " The Daily News
and with its wonted profundity of wisdom when
dealing with things American. " 1t may help
Naele, observes that journal, to justify it, to
plead that he was defending brother Of Mr..
CYRUS Field. one Of the most eminent citizens Of
the Republic"
Mr.. Octavius Morgan's question in the House
of Commons about American Consular fees elected
the usual sort Of an answer from the Under Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs. The English
exporter as represented by Mr. Morgan, thinks
that he has grievance because he is charged
half-crown for notarial fee when swearing to the
correctness Of his invoice. l Judge that he would
! like TO be excused from swearing declaring
ANYTHING whatever on this delicate subject.
What steps, queried Mr.. Morgan, do the Gov
ernment mean TO take 20 relieve the British
shipper from these unfair charges?' None
answered Sir James Ferguson, discreetly. There
is, according TO Mr. Morgan, an outcry in America
against them. The only outcry he mentions is
in a Free-Tade journal of small circulation pub
lished in New-York. This organ of British i'm.
porters and obbers is distressed because its clients
have contributed TO the income of American Con-
sus. Why should they not?
The performance of the Teutonic on her first
voyage TO New York has been watched here with
great interest Probably no vessel ever attracted
so much attention at home and abroad. English
experts regard her run as extraordinary. 1t was
known IN Liverpool that she would not be pressed
on her first Atlantic voyage, nor was she expected
TO beat the record of maiden runs, as she actually
did.
London, which was much IN need of new SEN
sation. had one on Thursday evening in the opening
to invited guests Of Her Majestys Theatre. which
the public will crowd tonight to hear promenade
concert Neither the Oldest nor the newest play
goer would recognize this familiar interior in its
present transformation. The interior has become
an exterior. ard the old auditorium is now an
open market place of Queen Ehzabeth's timc-a
miracle of clever illusion The boxes and galleries
are so many fronts of old English houses, story
above story with lattice windows, out of which
the spectators looked down on Thursday evening
on a scene which might have been gayer, but could
| hardly have been more novel, 1t is a com pletely
new departure in theatrical decoration. a new
motive which any number of variations are
| possible The chief figures at the private view
| were Mr. Alfred de ROthschild and Sir Rivers
Wilson. arm in arm; Lord Stalbridge, Sir Gerald
| Fitzgerald and Miss Marie Tempest in over
| shadowing white hat as if really Out-of-dOorS.
The death of Mr.. James Alberty might well
have been a serious loss to the English stage II
is now loss but only in the sense that a gifted
dramatist departs from whom no more work was
10 be expected The author Of The Two Roses
wrote other successful pieces. but none Of merit
equal to that. Latterly he wrote nothing, and
all his power of work was gone. He was the
husband Of the wcll-known actress, Miss Mary
Moore, now at St. Mortz in the Engadinc, who
goes to America at the end of next month with
Mr.. Wyndham.
The puzzled Briton has at last found out why
American illustrated magazines are better than
English IL is because the American Postoflice
is wiser than the British, and American facilities
for distributing magazines by post are SO much
superior to the British. In short, English rates
are 800 per cent higher than American. IIar-
pers.' 'Scrbner's and The Century," says the
puzzled Briton, airing his British grievances in
print, invade our British markets by the favor
of the British Tostmaster-General" Yet he con-
cedes that these magazines give better value for
the money than their English rivals.
Mr. Marion Crawfords new novel, SAINT
Ilario," is here reckoned about mis- best The
plot" says one unfriendy critic, is slIllully
concoctod and the interest sustained to the end,
and as a story Of incident it leaves little 10 be
desired The various events, romantic and even
sensational follow naturally and neatly, and the
whole is "a very clever piece OF work. Mr.. Craw-
fords chief faults appear to be that he knows
too much about the Italians, and takes himself
too seriously" SO perhaps does his critic
Mr. Henry James is spending tho dreary months
Of August and September in London, writing all
the harder because he has vacation from his
more pressing, social duties. Yet even amid
these innocent occupations the American novelist
has reused the rage of at least one British critic
who declares that Mr. James deserves TO be
torn in pieces by wild reviewers. This fate is
TO be his, because he has advised Americans
TO write more than they now do about actual
life.
Mr.. Swinburne is reported i'll by some corre-
spondent who says The Athenaeum,' has Deen
exercising his autumnal imagination upon the
poet Mr. Swinburne is in better health than
ever before and is not engaged upon play,