The sun., 1892-03-06
Theatre. he goes solely from stern sense OF
duty. and suffers untold agonies. especially II

tue Is rewarded and villainy punished. MIR.
| Moore loves to portray Illicit passions and
| revels In highly seasoned dishes OF the French
school OF dramatic cookery. He gives weekly
vent to his feelings in an obscure journal which
is not ordinarily read by decent people,
and devotes his intellect. which Is not large.
mainly to translations and adaptations OF
Partisan plays Of the baser sort. Some recent
denunciations Of melodrama By Mr.. Moore
have provoked the ire Of George r. Sims. who
has offered the critic $500 II he will undertake
to write and produce at the Independent The
atre " play OF his own making. which shall
| be original. neither translation nor adapta-
tion. and unconventional. the last qualification
| being considered to mean that the piece
should be OF psychological nature and like in
subject and treatment tho kind which a man.
ager running his theatre on commercial lines
would In all human probability reject as hav
ing no money In it,
Mr. Moore has accepted this curious chal-
lenge. and Is ut this moment seeking inspira-
| ton. 1t seems an easy way OF earning
$500. but. as the play is to be original. the con-
seauent mental exhaustion will be very dis
| tressing.
The will OF the late Lord Lytton has some
highly interesting references which will at
tract attention wherever Bulwer Lytton has
been read. Aftor dealing with his fortune he
goes on to say:
And whereas. there now exist In the hands
OF persons unrestrained by any sense OF
honor or decency certain letters which I be-
| lievo to be garbed and certain written state
ments which 1 know to be wicked and cruel
falsehoods relative to the domestic life Of my
father and mother: and
! Whereas. also. there Is no misstatement.
| however impudent. and no imputation. how
ever baseess. which biographers are incapa-
BILE OF adopting in their pursuit Of sensational
novelties about the private lives OF eminent
persons:
Therefore it is my wish and request that
| Immediately after my death all letters and
papers beauenthed to mo by my father should
be collected by my wife. and placed BY her
| under lock nnd seal In a box or boxes unless
this has been previously done by me.
And do furthermore earnestly requestm my
said eldest son. or whoever else may succeed as
| Earl of Lytton. to beQueath the said papers on
| the same conditions and with the same re-
| quest to his or her successor in order that the
heirs and representatives OF the name render
! ed illustrious by my dear and honored father
| may at no future time be without the means
Of refuting II necessary. the calumnies orig
mated by Rosina. Lady Lytton: for which
reason and with which object do hereby ex-
| hort my said wife and my executors not to
ueStEOys VI " Uo ucotLOycu' Iuo AUoNo
mentioned letters and papers. which contain
the complete refutation OF the said calumnes."
| This Is. OF course. directed against his dead
| mother. Rosina. Lady Lytton. whose domestic
relations were not Of the happiest, and
| who finally separated from her husband.
She died in 1882. but later on Miss Louisa
Dewey published letters OF Lord Lytton to his
wife. the documents having been bequenthed
to her BY Rosina. They dwelt upon the causes
| Of the separation. The late Lord Lytton OBJ
tanned an Injunction and the book was sup
pressed.
The great coal crisis In England is serious.
scared at the idea Of 100000 miners being
idle. and consequently it is ordering coal
freely. Prices are advancing daily and bid
| fair to reach ~ shilngs or $40 per ton. The
| men will commence to play on next Saturday.
| but the effect of their idleness is being dis
counted beforehand. as they have been turn
ing out this week fifty por cent. more coal
than in normal times. Thus. to a great extent
the coal owners and middlemen will reap the
| benefit 1t is doubtful whether the miners will
gain anything by their action. while to the
fsmishing poor the injury caused has been and
| will be incalculable. 1t was at first thought
that all the colliers in Great Britain would join
In restricting the output. but it is now known
that the South Wales men. who have had cri-
sis Of their own recently. will continue work.
So will the kinross men. who also had
fiutter a few weeks ago on their
| account. and many clothers in Stafford and
Warwick will also continue work. Still IL the
Durham men to the number OF 10000 strike.
about which there is now some doubt. the
number idle will not fall far short OF 100000.
1t is not likely. however. that tho prices will
reach the prohibtive sum OF 81 shillinGs per
ton that ruIaI durip~ thu cfrikn NJ w
years ago. for the demand will fall away d.
rectly the supply ceases. The large houses
will have secured their stocks the gas COM
panies will be able to hold out. also tho
factories will stop work rather than pay such
prices. and SO the burden Of the movement
will fall upon the poor who buy their coal from
week to week. 1t is safo to say that when tho
collieries resume work again the demand will
be slack. Large stores will accumulate. prices
will fall. and the miners will be asked to take
that which they are manTuvring to avoid.
viz. reduction in wages London alone con-
sumes 10000 tons of coal daily.
A pitifuI story OF distress was revenled Mt
Coroners inquest In London vest erday. a
story showing how much the Poor-lnw system
OF England Is hated by many whom 1t Is in
| tended to succor. dock aborer fell sick. and
his little twclve- year old son strove to provide
for him. The boy earned g shilings in fort
night. and the two subsisted on this for four
teen days. besides paying rent out OF the sum.
Then the boy fell sick. and the man. who had
held out to tho last. crawled to tho workhouse
and fell dead upon the doorstep. He had
eaten nothing at all for two days and had
starved to death.
There will be quite an emigration OF English
royalties to the south OF France within the
next fortnight The Prince and Princess OF
Wales and their family will leave on Saturday
for Cape st. Martins. n lovely and retired little
spot which the Empress Eugenle has selected
this year as her spring headquarters. With
the Queen and Princess Beatrice at Hyores.
and the Duke and Duchess OF Teck and
Princess May at Lady Wolverton's villa near
Mentone. there will be quite largo number
OF English royalties on the Riviera. 1t is not
likely that London will see much OF the Prince
and Princess OF Wales for several months. 1t
is rumored that they intend to remain abroad
for some time. and will not return to sandring-
ham until October.