The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-25

mike ed very little with the world OF fashion.
The MARQUIS OF Stafford. who succeeds to the
duk edom. sat for some years in the House OF
Commons. lie was not on tho best OF terms
with his father. as he took . rather lively OBJ
lection to the Duke disentailing the estate
and cutting down the timber. The Earl OF
Cromartie. the second son. was the Dukes
favorite.
Mrs. Bernard Beere arrived in London this
week from her Australian tour. and Is already
busy making preparations for her visit to
America under Marcus Mayors management.
Mayer has engaged Maurice Barrymore as
leading man to support Mrs. Deere. and also
Ned Buckley and Marius. They will open the
new Manhattan Opera House on Nov. IL In
As In a Looking GLASS;" Mrs. Beere will also
appear in Tho Fringe Of Society" the Amsri-
can rights OF which Mayer purchased this
week from Charles wyndham. and in Masks
and Faces" The Fringe Of Society" was
adapted from the French for Mrs. Beere. and
1t was through her inability to play the part
on account Of illness that Mrs. Langtry won't
on at the Criterion to make . dismal failure.
Isabelle Urauhart returned with Mrs. Beors
from Australia. whore she. also. made q sue
cess in leading parts.
Mr.. Oscar Wilde is said to be slowly recover
Ing from the shock to his system caused BY
the Lord Chamberlain refusal to allow his
tragedy. "salome." to be played In London.
The world had been given to understand that
he was living in deep seclusion. far from the
madding crowd" and Unchecked rumor had
located him in q monastery. But q Sun
reporter saw tho great man at Cromer.
a fashionable seaside resort, early this
week. looking quite cheerful and most un-
Economically stout and robust. thanks
to = course Of new-laid eggs and sea air which
he had courageously followed for several
weeks. Yesterday he wrote to the newspapers
denying that he has the slightest intention Of
producing "salome" in the United States
Irrespective. he says. Of the fact that "sa-
lome" has not been translated into English.
and that there is. as far as he knows. no
American actress who can act In French. Nine.
Sarah Bernhardt is tho only artistic on any
stage to whom he would intrust the part Of
the heroine. He intends to produce the play
in Paris next year.
"Haddon Hail." Sullivan and Grundy's new
comic opera was produced tonight at the
Savoy. and was enthusiastically received by .
crowded house.. The Duke Of Edinburgh. suf-
fering from a bad cough. and the principal
society people in town were present. Sullivan.
who conducted. received an ovation. His
pallor was q relic Of his illness. The scenery
was delightful. representing m old English
hall. a dream OF pastoral beauty. The stage
was a parterre OF flowers and the costumes
bright and pretty.
The opera was a success before the end OF
the first act. Sullivan being at his best and the
music full OF incidental character. Carte In
vented something altogether new in q stage
thunder storm and Sullivan in the now orches-
tration accompaniment. This was o feature.
In the second act there was an elopement. and
forked lightning played throughout the scene.
Then there was a sudden transition into one
Of the most brilliant ballroom scenes ever
produced. The Puritans provide the fun OF
the opsrA. this part being q hit at tho Radicals
and social purity faddists. All the artists &C.
quilted themselves we'll. Rutland Darlington
as q FESTIVE. disguised Roundhead being fitted
to the life. and Lucille Hill as Dorothy Vernon
being very effective.
John Murray. the head Of the British pub
fishing house. has made an appeal to the pub-
lie for funds to purchase the tomb outside the
Damascus gate at Jerusalem. which is be-
lieved by many experts to be the actual tomb
OF the Saviour. The intention Is to preserve the
tomb from dissertation and to maintain q gar
den around the sacred spot. The amount re-
Quired Is $4,000.
Patriotic Englishmen have been candal-
lied this week by the sale Of Nelson's old flag
ship. Fondroyant, to q German shipbuilder,
to DO broken up for old junk. The indigna-
ton over the proposed fate Of the historic
craft has become so great that the Lord Mayor
has opened a Mansion Hous subscription in
order to raise f6.O 600 with which to rescue the
grand old war ship from so ignominious a
fate. 1t Is proposed to bring the ship back to
the Thames and open q public naval museum
on board.
The removal OF the Inman line to South
ampton has stirred the Liverpool authorities
to provide better facilities than the present
landing stage for the embarkation OF passen-
GERS. 1t Is proposed to build o new landing
stage ut the entrance north Of the River Mer.
sey. which shall be available at all states OF
the tide. Rail connection can then be provided
direct from the dock to London. II the trans
atlantic companies approve the scheme the
Mersey Docks Board will ask Parliament for
the necessary authority.
The continual absence Of Mr.. Winans. who
has not visited his vast Highland deer forests
for five years. is provoking tho criticism OF the
Scotch newspapers. Those preserves. in the
north OF Scotland. stretch from sea to sea. and
Mr.. Winans pays an annual rental OF $25. 900
for the territory. The point Is made that an
American should not be permitted to keep
such q great tract locked up for years when
there Is such a dearth OF and for pasturaRe
and other purposes.
The present mania for record making and
record breaking has extended to donkey rae
ing. A London and a Manchester donkey
were driven over q mile course on Thursday
at Loughborough In light carts. The animals
were allowed to gallop the distance. The
Manchester donkey. Flying Scud. accom-
plished tho distance in 3 minutes 10 seconds.
and this Is said to be a record.
Two great races have been decided In Eng
land this week. In the first. the Leicester
shire Handicap. Mr.. Hamar Bass secured the
first prize Of f5. 600 with his horse Rusticus,
who started with odds OF 20 to l laid against
him. Baron de Hirsch's Windgall was second.
beaten only by o head after a furnishing race.
The ~favorite. Lord Hastings's horse Breach.
finished fifth. Baron de Hirsch. however. was
recompensed for his previous disappointment
to-day when his sterling mare La Fleche. with
odds OF q to 4 laid against her. won the Ian
cashire Plate. value 10000. Orvieto. the four
year-old son OF Bond Or. was second. and
Llauthony third. Tho Derby winner. Sir
Hugo. was beaten a long way before reaching
home. La Fleche won Just as she liked. and
was three lengths ahead at the finish.