New-York tribune., 1891-05-24

praises, heaping the curses Of the Church on MI
Parnell, but saying nothing of the ruin whicn all
of them together have brought on the once pros
porous city of Tpperary
So troublesome is the destitute alien becoming
in England that the English show much interest
in American dealings with him. He has hardly
got into politics yet but he attracts good deal
of attention from students Of social questions
His working brother attracts still more. The
English worlungman is alive to his presence, re-
sents his competition in the labor market and Is
quite ready for strong measures to diminish the
ever-increasing pressure Of the foreigner.
Reports are that 10O,O 900 Italians arc going TINS
year to America in spite of New-Oreans Whac
shall we do with them ?" is the question the Eng
lish think us perfectly entitled to put lhey, per-
haps. rather hope that our Commission TO ltaiy
will come TO something and that rigld lmihl
grafton law in America may supply convenient
precedent for England, where need OF restric'ioh
is perhaps more imperative
At 10 o'clock last evening $500 tailors were on
strike in London. They want better workshops
better hours, Sunday and other things. and have
struck against the employers who will not promise
70 consider their demands. About one-thlrd OF the
EMPLOYERS have given it. Most Of the leading
firms in London belong TO what they call tne
Master Tailors' Committee, which will meet To-
day Meantime London is regaled with the si8he
of tailors in procession, badly dressed, emitting
groans as they pass well-known shops NO sVrike
is complete without meeting in Hyde Park, ana
meeting has been held. the female tailors joining
in. Mr. Mowbray, male tailor, presided lie
annonnced that the tailors had something more to
strike for than the shortening of hours and high
erng" of wages The endless strifes would never
be checked till the workers had abolished the
whole capitalistic system which was their rum
and degradation" Mr.. Mowbray and his fellow
strikers even appeal the foreigner TO join them
which the foreigner seems quite ready to do. Yet
some 5000 tailors, male and female, English ana
foreign have already returned to work
II is now thought prudent to admit publicly that
Mr. Gadstone's attack of influenza has been very
severe one. The admission is the best proof that
his recovery is deemed certain. His departure for
Hawarden is thought safe. The worst of the cpl
demic is believed TO be over, yet the daily bulletins
contain many fresh names of distinction. 30 gen.
era has been the alarm in the House of Commons
that less than one-third of the Members appeared
when the House resumed on Thursday. Those who
came were rewarded by the assurance from the
First Commissioner Of Works that the scrubbing
and fumgation had during recess been so thorough
as to render the House probably the safest place in
the metropolis. Sulphur, eucalyptagone and car
bolc soap were the purifying agents employed
The serious illness of man not less eminent than
Mr.. John Morley passed almost without notice
In ordinary times daily bulletins about him would
have been issued. The papers now find their
columns crowded with lists of patients among the
nobility.
The most notable deaths Of the week are those
oh otnia iahI
high-sprited Englshman, of a type yearly becom-
ing less common Sir Robert Fowler. figure in the
City of London for which he was Member of Par
lament and in the House of Commons. and Mr.
Henry Sampson, journalist of an original kind
who created and sustained sporting paper which
could be read for something besides its racing re-
ports.
The amusements provided for the playgoers
are but old stories. The theatres have no novel
ties to offer. Mr. Pinero's Lady Bountiful" at
the Garrick draws nigh the end Of its short run.
A piece of which the best part was the mount
ing. The Dancing Girl, fills the Haymarket; but
the praise of Mr. Jones's play was certainly over
done at the beginning.
Mrs. John Wood is filling the gap left by the
failure of "The Volcano" with another three-act
farce THE Late Lamented," in no respect de-
serving of criticism.
Mr. Wyndham's production Of The School Tor
Scandal enlisted some interest, but gave way on
Monday TO wild Oats" which in its turn VIII
be succeeded by Mr. Burnand's "Headless Man.
"The Idlg7 seems likely TO crowd the 81
Jamess TS5atre till the end of the season IL
thoroughly well-aoted play.
The attempt of the Ibsenites to attract an even
ing audience with "Hedda Gabler" gives little
tha verdict
strange composition is dull and morbid and re-
pulsive.
"LEnfant Prologue" is a greater success than
ever with its delightful revelation of possibilities
in pantomime hitherto undreamt of. Even the
British public, often SO dead TO what is most del
icate in dramatic art sees how admirable are the
methods exposed in the present piece. The pro-
ducton of this unspoken play is the real sensation
of this rather dreary season. Mr.. Clement SCOTT,
however who is good authority if anybody Is,
announces that Mr. Tree will presently produce at
the Haymarket a novelty, on absolute novelty
an original work on a classical subject by new
author unnamed Presently seems to mean next
winter.
The election of NJ Pierre Lott to Octave Feuil-
let's chair in the French Academy was expected,
and the defeat of NJ Zola was expected. Both
events are gratifying. NJ. Lott is writer with a
style, with power of telling story, with gift OF
observation and a gift of description. OF hundreds
of books which have been written about Japan,
his Madame Chrysanthcme" is the most japanese
1t contains useful information of any kind; but
when you have read it you feel as if you had been
breathing the air of Japan. Nobody could be more
delicate, more refined, in dealing with subjects
which Mrs. Grundy would call indeicate. NJ.
Lofts chief fame, however, came to him from his
Pecheur d'Islande" and other books of the sea.
He was a French naval officer. His real name is
Jean Viaud.
The new Archbishop of York is DR. Maclagan,
Bishop of Lichfield, and eX-lieutenant in the
Anglo-Indian Army. II is almost forty years since
he quilted the military service for college and
Church. vet they said of him in Lichfeld that he