New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-08

| his assailant because he was drunk. which OF
| course is denied.
1t is distressing to have to add that this thrash
ing of Mr.. Healy does not provoke that outn'rs'
| of Indignation which might be expected. HIS
own allies do not at least in England, oher MIN
their sympathy. His declaration that he will not
| be silenced commands, however, the ad-
| miration of some of his opponents, who THINK
that, if Mr.. HeaIy could be sienced. the prospects
( of Home Rule might be improved. =" lie can oe
generous says one of them, to man so ill-advlsed
as to appeal to a horsewhip, but he will never
| carry the weakness to the length of sparing the
! feelings of woman The accuracy of this fore
( cast was proved on Wednesday, when Mr.. Heaiy
spoke in Dublin at meeting of the Irish Nationai
Federation and repeated what he said at Longford,
namely. that Mrs. Parnell, whom he calls Mrs
| O'Sln,, was "a proved British prostitute This
was received by the Irish National Federation with
| great cheering and a young Irish lady, Miss
OReilly, thought it deserved laurel wreath, with
which she then and there presented the author.
| The lips from which this phrase fell are the
same lips which at Longford pronounced Mr.
Gladstone the greatest statesman of the English
race. The statesman's organ, for some reason,
suppressed both of Mr. Healys sentences. Mr.
McDermott is to be presented with silver salver
the use of which is not quite clear. and a silver
mounted whip in place of that which was used
upon Mr. Healy.
| The National Vigilance Association has held its
annual meeting at the Mansion House under the
congeni& presidency Of the Lord Mayor. This
high functionary is the same who borrowed and
preached sermon by Mr.. Spurgeon, and forgot
to mention that it Mr.. Spurgeon's and not
his own. Purity, it seems may flourish without
honesty. The meeting was. much occupied with
the German Emperor, who signalized his recent
visit 10 London by presenting q scarf-pin 20 the
secretary of the society about the same time
that he congratulated Sir Augustus Druriolanus
Harris on his knighthood, and the Lord Mayor
himself his baronetcy, saying nothing about
the Spurgeon sermon The Lord Mayor and the
Vigilance Association generally now return His
Imperial Majestys kindness. They are de.
lighted to learn that the Emperor has taken
charge OF public morals in Berlin. 1t might
be supposed that his manifesto of last week would
! be approved by these busybodies. They now want
an international law, desiring apparently to sup
press the Rabelais pictures, not in London only
but in Berlin, and dare say, in New-York, and to
suppress Rabelais also, and Shakespeare, and thon
the Bible, or such parts of it as they do not ap-
prove. They have obtained from Mr. Gladstone
an expression Of regret that he could not attend
their meeting, and an assurance that they have
his sympathy, all within the compass of postcard.
The Association consists in part, if not in whole
| for there are female members-of persons who have
votes.
The appointment of Lord Dufferin to be Lord
Warden of the Cinque Ports in succession to Mr..
Smith sets some of the English papers, especially
the more radical papers, to quoting Scripture.
| They do it occasion. Unto every
| that hath shall be given,' exclaim these pious
souls, and they print long list of his appoint
| ments and honOrs. some twenty in ALL including
three embassies, the Viceroyalty of India, the
Governor-Generalship of Canada. three promo
tions in the peerage, and four grand crosses.
Nobody disputes that he earned each of these hand
somely. II is the total number which perplexes
| the Philistine, who declares that not since the
| Duke of Wellington has any one Engshman Ind
SO many. Perhaps not; but then, II Lord DuIferin
be not Wellington, he is at least one Of the most
versatile of living subjects Of the Queen. He is
not an Englishman, but an Irishman, whereas, II
he were Scot, the more he got the more natural
| it would SEEM The Gladstonians do not care to
| criticisc They thought that Mr.. Goschen TO
| be Lord Warden and are so pleased that he is not
that they are positively grateful to Lord DufTerin
for keeping him out of this coveted place.
Mr.. D'Oyly Carte has broadencd his plans, and
the Royal English Opera has ceased to be the
on Tuesday NJ Messengers " La Basoche" with an
English version Of NJ. Cares original French
libretto, to which none other than Sir Augustus
Harris himself is willing to lend his name as trans
lator, adaptcr. Mr.. Eugene Oudn assisting
the great man. This work is already year old
but anything year old abroad lis generally
novelty in England, where. / imagine VI. Mes
sagers charming music had hardly been heard Of
and certainly had not been heard. The success of
il unequivocal. The music has distinction,
animation, tunefulness and many high technical
qualities The story proved amusing, while Sir
Augustus Harriss English is at least ineligible,
and the flavor of Drury Lane is not too marked
The costumes. scenery and management are all
what Mr.. Carte has taught his public 10 expect
Both singing and acting of high ORDER and
| the ensemble is excellent.
Sir Arthur Sullivans :" Ivanhoe' has not lost
its attractiveness- This and LA Basoche' are
now given alternately.
| Mr. Henry Arthur Jones is the ambitious play
wright who desires to substitute the author
manager for the actor-manager. lie took the
Avenue Theatre and there produced on Monday,
under his own management, his own new piece.
THE Crusaders" The result is not entirely dis
couraging to the actor-manager THE Cru
saders' though well written, wellenough mounted.
and well-enough acted very ill-received by
the usual friendly ~2.rst-night audience. Perhaps
it deserved a better fate. Mr.. Jones thinks that
it did The public did not like his handling of
the story, and thought the plot weak.
Moreover, Mr.. Jonesis play has q
purpose and though it is good
purpose, plays with a purpose generally
fail, and generally deserve to fail What he has
tried to do is TO ridicule the purity craze
The purity people deserve all the rdicule that
can be heaped them. but it is a dangerous
business from dramatic point of view. Nothing
but success could excuse such an attempt, and