New-York tribune., 1901-08-28
GAIN FOR LIBERALS.
,,ssaT1sFACTIoN IN ENGLAND OVER
LENGTH OF THE WAR.
,o,,.s EcUMENIcAL CONFERENCE.-THE
PIE TEMPEST AS BECKY SHARP

INV CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.l
sor Aug. 2s-The poll for the Andover
.,'-,sion ~ Hampshire, announced yesterday
-.,sa5 the efforts Of the Liberals TO contest
uticb the Conservatives have occupied
,.Lo,,+ q struggle for sixteen years Ihey suc-
r..asd in reducing the Unionist majority 10
cesue. eo ,,erA well rewarded for their vigorous
ss The Liberal journals are not extract
20 s,,rbeams from cucumbers when they assert
..+ the contest proves that every seat VIII be
%. agbting for the next general election
.+,o, ,n favor Of the Liberal party will
,-alIv set in when the Boer war is hrought
end and the country is not forced to vote
Ia. soldiers are fighting. Liberals may fritter
~ +teir chances by factional warfare. but
- osn hardly fail TO gain seats and TO reduce
,..,-ist rnaiorties when the full pressure OF IN
1-..ssd war taxation and bad trade Is felt
The Andover election IS one or the earnest
lens of public discomfort with the feeble man.
.s.rsnt OF the Unionist government and the
r-asns Of heavy taxation. Attacks made upon
-. .,,riotisrn of the Liberal candidate reacted
.r.rst the Unionists because he was well
,,aoun 70 the voters as loyal Englishman.
ror5 Miners speech in South Africa is ia
,o-ehlv received by the press here. His arrival
a, the signal for northward movement OF
,stugees 10 johannesburg.
The SUSPENSION OF relations between France
and the Porte is explained by the diplomatic nc
zion that while there was an agreement on prin-
ciples there was a disagreement on details
more accurate account probably would be that
the French Government, depending upon Rus
sian influence. lacked the patience TO await the
slow processes Of Eastern diplomacy. and, by
subiecting the Sultan to undue pressure forced
him 10 offer strenuous resistance. An ultimate
settlement Of the dispute through the good offices
Of Russia and Germany may be expected.
-h. sAcre+arv NJ the Methodist Ecumenical
Conference tells me that American and Cana
dian delegates are arriving slowly, since they
made an early start and are scattered over the
Continent before settling down 10 work at the
City Road Wesleyan Chapel. The list Of these
Western delegates is still incomplete, and some
changes in the programme Of discussion will bo
required Bishop Hurst VIII probably take
Bishop Goodselrs place in the opening debate
on The Influence Of Methodism in the Promo
ton Of International Peace" and a substitute
will be found for Chief Justice Lore. OF Della
ware in the discussion of the evils OF gambling.
Dr.. Thomas Allen, DR.. NJ. B. Stephenson and
the Rev. Charles H. Kelly viii he prominent
figures Of the British Wesleyan churches at the
conference
The British shipping trade Will soon be seri-
ously threatened by German rivalry. The North
German Lloyd company proposes TO establish
regular service between Bombay and Alden in
connection wtth their Australia and China
steamers and thus TO provide a weekly service
10 the East. This scheme Will certainly do dam
age 10 the monopoly which the Pennsular and
Oriental Company have hitherto enjoyed be-
tween London and India.
Gossip has been free with Lord Strathcona's
name in the last few days. It IS rumored that
he is going TO succeed the late Lord Herschell on
the Angio-American Joint Commission. and It is
also stated that he intends on his arrival in Can
ada 10 take a leading part in the establishment
OF fast line Of direct mail steamers between
England and the Dominion. So strongly does
the veteran peer feel regarding this subject that
if none Of the existing steamship lines he in
duced 10 take up the Canadian route on rea-
sonable terms, IL is said that he viii put con-
siderable portion of his own fortune into a COM
pany which will be specially organized for this
purpose.
Marie Tempest is the third actress to under
take 30 enact the part Of Becky Sharp. and the
version arranged for her by Robert Hichens and
Cosrno Gordon Lennox differs from the one used
by Mrs. Fiske and Annie Hughes Major Dob
bin. unhappily, is suppressed, but twenty-six OF
Thackeray's characters reproduced from
Vanity Fair" The first and third acts are
staged for Park Lane. with Brussels in the sec
ond and Gaunt House in the fourth Moss's
sponging house provides the opening scene OF
The nth act and the curtain finally falls upon
Park Lane
large audience greeted the new Becky Sharp
al the Princess Theatre last night and followed
tae play with eager interest The play was
brilliantly costumed and stage managed. The
prettiest scene the flower market at Brus-
sis and the most dramatic effect was produced
U the third act. when Becky Sharp. by alterna-
IONS OF ooquetry and tears coaxed the Marquis
u steyne 10 write check for her and to invite
IT 10 Gaunt House. The most interesting pas
Nge Vas in the fourth act with the ball at
'aoni House. in which Becky Sharp triumphs
1ier being snubbed by duchesses and dow
ayers The theatricals for the entertainment Of
He royal Parsonage were followed by a cosey
sage supper with Becky by his side, and Thack-
cray $ Vanity Fair was brought perilously
" l" Gate The audience hardly knew whether
was altogether proper and loyal TO applaud
nis act, but had fewer misgivings in the fifth
act
MISS Tempest acted with greater fexIbIIity
N sne mas ever shown. and was we'll sup
PRED by Gilbert Hare the Marquis OF Steyne
~"o Leonard Boyne as Colonel Crawley. 1t was
Justly production. and was we'll received The
number OF The Week End" has a re-
Aaoie article on womens clubs in London.
ihunatons that smoking rooms. billiard
o'ils and cardrooms are special attractions;
- sdthoiing goes on recklessly, and that mem
80 hang over tickers and stiffen themselves
s-tia n "hiskies and sodas Vanity Fair" IL this
IT, De true, has deteriorated even from
w the surface n
STEAMER CUTS DOWN SCHOONER.