New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-27
FOR TWO NEW CUNARDERS.
EXPERTS CONSIDER A SPEED OF TWEEN
TY-FIVE KNOTS ESSENTIAL.

one TO BE BUILT AT BARROW AND ONE
AT CLYDEBANK-LATEsT LON
DON NEWS.
Special 70 The New-YorE Tribune by French cable)
Copyright 1902 BY The Tribune Association)
London Nov. %. a. m.-The construction Of
the new Cunarders has become a question OF
national Importance. since the British Govern
,,ent lends money on easy terms and subsidies
the line heavily for the expense OF outclassing
the best German vessels. The forecasts which
T telegraphed several weeks ago are again pub
rsbed. indicating that enc will be built at Bar
row and the other at Clydebank. and that to
she constructors Will be allowed a percentage on
the aggregate cost The German liners which
have deprived England of the transatlantic rec
or5 have been constructed on this plan, and the
White Star liners also. The two firms which
will obtain the contracts are favored by the
admiralty. Each represents the process of
condemnation of manufacturing interests now in
,,ogrsss in many industries. The CIydebank
ward was founded and managed by the Thorn
sons until John Brown. the Sheffield manufact-
urer Of aruor plate. effected a combination and
became shipbunder; and recently he has ar
ranged z new amalgamation with Firth & Sons,
If Glasgow, who make ordnance. gun mountings
and projectiles- The Barrow yard also stands
for three combination Vicker's Sons & Maxim
srDalgauated the Sheffield steel plant with the
shipbuilding industry of Barrow. and subse-
ouently formed q fresh amalgamation with a
Glasgow firm headed by William Beardmore.
Sheffield and Glasgow are equally interested in
these contracts for Cunarders. The Admiralty
has been examining the plans for the liners. and
experts consider speed of twenty-five knots
Indispensable. It IS generally understood that
Mr.. Chamberlain arranged the contract with
the Cunard company.
The Penruddocke case has been kept out Of
Parliament by means Of evasive answers from
the Home Secretary but for all that it remains
the topic Of discussion in newspapers and in
public meetings. Justice Bigham, for his lenient
sentence in this child-cruelty case, has been
condemned for discriminating between rich and
poor. and for condoning the unnatural conduct
Of a mother who could hire five eminent lawyers
10 defend her. The comments from the plat
form and in the press are clearly designed 20
bring a prominent judge into contempt, and TO
discredit the judicial procedure, YET no at
tempt is made 20 discipline these outspoken
critics. a journalist not long ago was commit
ted before the full bench for contempt of court
in commenting adversely upon decision. and
was compelled 10 beg for mercy. His criticism
OF the rulings Of the bench was trivial in COM
parison with the assaults now made with i'm
punity upon Justice Bighan's conduct
The convalescence Of Mr.. Carnegie is reported
10 be proceeding favorably, but reticence is
raintained by those attending him. He has
neither left his room nor his bed. but is report
ed to be doing well in every respect and is
anxious TO return TO America
A rumor Of John Hares retirement from the
stage is not credited by either actors or man
ayers. who agree that he is far more likely u
revisit America in another year. His provincial
tour has been successful. and his temperance
in London is confidently expected.
The American Thanksgiving dinner at the
Hotel Cecil tonight viii be the largest affair
ever planned in London for the Yankee autumn
festival The attendance will exceed four hun
dred and forty. The chief speakers will be Sir
Robert Ffnlay, Sir Edward Carson, H. H. AS
quith, Ambassador Choate, H. Clay Evans and
Sir H. ". Norman. The new Ambassador 70
Russia, Robert Mccormick arriving by the
Philadelphia, is expected, and Lord Reay, Lord
Glenesk, Lord Denbigh and many prominent
Englishmen viii be guests.
Il is announced by The Daily Express this
morning, with some show OF authority, that the
BrlIlSn-ATnerlCan lODdCCO Company Will d
capital Of 100000. will make London its head
quarters for control Of the export tobacco trade
Of the world This new combination is the out
come Of the struggle between the British and
American tobacco trusts. J. B. Duke is chair
man, and there are six other American direc-
tors-W. P Harris W. W. Fuller, ]. B. Cobb,
H Roberts, c. c. Dula and P. S. Hil-but there
are eleven Englishnaen on the directorate also.
Al last there is hope for the unfortunate IN
come tax payer. Strong suggestions that the tax
viii be reduced next April was made by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer at Croydon last
night. But he also intinlated that more money
might have TO be raised for the TransvaaL
Arnold Dolnnetsch's concert at the Dirkbeck
Institute last night was similar in programme
70 the entertainments which he will give in
American and Canadian cities after December
It consisted OF series of illustrations on antique
instruments, such as the lutte, virginia., harpsi-
chord VOL da gambia, viola d'amore and claw
chord with music of the seventeenth and eigh-
teenth centuries composed for them One of Ben
Jonson's songs was sung to a score three hun
dred years old. and Dolmetsch. with Lutte &C
companied the singer. The pieces for the vir-
ginal were equally old, but sonatas and fantasies
for harpsichord, clavichord and violas were by
Bach and Italian composers Of the eighteenth
century. Doluletsch was assisted by Mrs. Elodie
Dolmetsch and Miss Johnson. They will sail
Cor America on December u. L y. F.