New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08
rur NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
continued from Hrst page.

,asa There is ample ground for criticism
indian financial advisers talk calmly Of
.s,c,r the redundant rupee circulation. with
- - quoted at II per cent. and coolly ask
w large gold reserve from England when
.-.is no gold TO spare.
I'D George Hamilton's new committee will
.-a,o. an inquiry into the whole subject and
..h,rq is likely u be done for wear WAYS
.,A means for establishing the gold standard
~ he criticised. but the trend OF opinion
".,o,p the governing classes here and in India
:. rnp,lstakabv toward a deliberate attempt 10
..,tle The currency question on a gold basis
,ri,b the rupee at IL pence the difficulties are
-.a, but consdera bic advantage will be de-
s,ed from the advance in the price Of wheat.
rrds has a good crop FOR export. which may
facilitate the sale % council bills and raise the
vchange value Of the rupee.
Lord salisburys speech has been Sharply
criticised and warmly defended. but was mainly
,mnortant from the evidence which ii offered
=. his restoration TO health and his disinclra-
80, 10 retire from the Foreign Office. The Irish
roca! Government bill is making steady prog
rass through the committee The debates in the
Commons are dull and spiritless. The defeat Of
he Tramway bill for disfguring the Embank-
nent and the passage at arms between Sir Will
am Harcourt and Mr.. Chamberlain last night
I'VE. the new regulations for the control Of the
chartered Company are the chief incidents Of
ne week Sir William Harcourt was aggres-
sre. but Mr.. Chamberlain had chosen his
around aad was in his best defensive form The
final result for South Africa is that Nh Rhodes
s forgiven for the buaders OF the Jameson
raid and licensed 10 do what he likes in future
HIS friends are now wondering how long It will
b. before he is Premier again.
Sir Henry Irving has found a rev part with
Ike clothes Of the period in The Medicine Man"
and enacts Il with subtle refinement Of method.
HIS performance is weird and powerful but can
hardly be compared with his Matthias Meph!s-
,opheles and other uncanny parts. His Ire
gonna Is a man OF sciel &C experimenting with
hypno;sm. playing with che hdeous subject a
drunken wife-heater from the East End and
vreakng private vengeance upon the daughter
Of the heroine q his own early romance. The
paywr.chts Messrs Trail and Hichens have
rot enabled him - render this character con-
vncng Their work Is an essay on the uses and
abuses of will-power. with contracted study II
vengeance against body and mind The hypno-
tiled dock laborer who finally stranglcs Ire
gonna in a frenzy Of brutality. is ineligible. be-
cause he IS a beast OF prey. Tregenna himself
lacks an adequate motive for his awful ven-
geance Of attacking Sylvias mind and attempt
Ing 10 drive her insane. simply because her
mother fitted him. Miss Ellen Terry plays the
uncongeH:al par, OF TreEenna's Truby with
great skill. but viii he relieved by Miss Baird
a. the matinee performances. MIR. Macintosh
enacts the part 90 the dock tiger with amazing
realism and delights the galleries The critics
are sceptical about tie merits Of the play, but
I; has been cleverly adapted to the taste II
many classes Of 9lavgoers. with stirring melo-
drama for Pit aud galleries. and drawing-room
byplay and handsome gowns for the stalls. The
play will probably have a good run. but
Tregenna is not likely to be one Of Irving S
greatest parts. lie puts more mind and art
into il than this anomalous psychical play
really deserves.
The new piece which Will replace The Geisha"
is under rehearsal Al Days Theatre with
Roman costumes, Greek slaves. Ethiopian
housekeepers and a miscellaneous assortment O.
princesses. sculptors and socthsayers.
The Earls Court show opened to-day with an
effective naval exhibition Of twelve large models
of warships and q sham fght and bombardment
and the demolition Of a fortified port. The war
ships were propelled by electricity and executed
their raanouyres in big pool. As two English
aGm!rals had supervised me arrangements for
this mimic naval review and attack on land
fortresses all the details were most skilfuny
arranged
NJ Henry Norman and Mr. PoutHey Bgeloo
are now crossing the Atlantic for war service as
correspondents. Conan Doyle has in press
volume Of verse. NJ Gable is doing literary
London with Mr. Barrie guide and enjoying
his experience. He was guest at the Authors
Society dinner this week. over which the B.shoI
Of London presided. He IS planning series Of
readings from his books.
Rudylrd Kipling heard Thursday night ST
Frederick Bridges spirited setting OF MS poem
The Flag Of England" at Albert Hall. where
sulNvan's Golden Legend" was also given by
the Royal Choral Society. The chorus sang will
splendid fire. and the orchestra made free use O
the brass in the Bridges music and threw th'
audience into patriotic frenzy
Relics from Wonderland will be in the narke
next week. when Lewis CAROLS books. pictures
and brtc-a- brac are 10 be sold at auction at OK
ford. Dr. Hopkins who sang a chorister a
the coronation OF William ", and has beer
organist Of the Temple Church forty-hve years
will retire from service tomorrow. The musH
a, the farewell service will be his own
The booksellers dinner tonight brought 10
ge,her a company Of I'VE hundred publisher
and men of letters. Mr.. James Pryce va
chairman and Mr. Sydney Pairing vice-chair
man % this well-ordered feast % the Englisl
book trade The chief speeches were delivered
BY Mr Bryce. Mr.. Andrew Lang and Mr. Gang
Will. and were thoughtful and witty, delightin
brilliant company /. y. F.
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