New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-03

n, ,ba ra,cs,,o, ac+ and IIovd George, who
VIII r-oba blv be Minister OF Education in the
Liberal Cabinet, seems willing TO lend ASSIST
ance The new Scotch Education bill satisnes
everybody north Of the Tweed. since the re-
lgIoas question is not raised. The Assumption
that the government has made deal Win the
Marcort COMPANY IS inaccurate. Lord Stanley
has agreed TO recommend the extension OF faclIl-
ties to the wireless company tentatively In
modified degree, but the government is not fully
committed TO the principle OF equality in treat
rnent with the cable companies. The Licensing
bill is likely to be a compromise which viii irri-
tate the temperance men without SATISFYING lhe
liquor trade. The deficit for which Austen
Chamberlain must provide is variously esu-
mated from 100000 to f7.Oo0OOo. but the
shrinkage of revenues from the excise. customs
and stamps shows that the country Is feelng
severely the pinch OF hard times. Consumers
are spending less on iuxuries ana drink ana
there is a marked decline In general business
The deficit comes when local expenditures have
increased 100000 in a single year and when
London taxpayers have been saddled with an
extra penny on a pound sterling.
There are fewer Easter parties and more
Continental Journeys than usual The Prime
Minister and George Wyndham Will be with
Percy wyndham at Clouds, where a large party
will probably be the next Prime Minister. is
with the duchess in Rome. and Lord Rosebery
has a small party at the Villa Posilippo. near
Naples Lords Beauchamp. Derby, Tweed
mouth, Aberdeen and Londonderry are among
the chief entertainers at country houses, but
large number OF smart people have followed the
royal example and have gone abroad and VIII
not return until the first court Monte Carlo
according TO all accounts. is unusually crowded
and gaming is remarkably high, rich Americans
competing briskly with jewellers from English
country houses. Mr.. Chamberlain's health mas
greatly improved and his followers are con-
ident that he Will astonish the country with
some fresh display Of political resources after
the Budget speech. The rumor is renewed that
Mr. Brodrick vii be Viceroy OF India and ele-
waited TO the peerage. but this is probably a too
easy inference from the appointment Of Lord
Curzon TO be Lord Warden Of the Cinque Ports,
which may or may not be an intimatiOn Of his
impending resignation
The Messiah" sung at Albert Hall on
Good Friday and there were sacred concerts at
the Crystal Palace and half dozen theatres
and music halls. Tschaikowskys "Pathetique
SYMPHONY will he performed Easter in
Queens Hall William Poers Elizabethan Stage
Society has given ten Passion Week perform
ances OF the morality play. "EveryInan." at the
Coronet Theatre. with impressive effect. ana
the audiences have been large. The Easter
holidays will bring few changes Of programme
at the theatres. Julia Nelson and Fred Terry
are producing Thomas Racewards four act
play entitled Sunday" and there viii be new
comedies at wyndham's and the st. James.
The chief topic in literary circles IS Herbert
Spencers autobiography, from which copious
extracts are printed although the book Will not
be published for a fortnight. His reference to
his own relations with George Eliot and strict
ures upon classical education. the dulness of
Homer's epic. Carlyle's habit Of thinking in a
passion and Ruskin's unsound judgments on art
are as characteristic as the quaint account Of
his own resources and versatility. J. y. F.