Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 23, 1887, Page 1

ONLY ONE UNITED. All the English Parliamentary Parties Di- vided Exoept the Followers of Parnell, WHAT THE SESSION WILL SHOW Lord Randoloh to Explain His Resignation to the People's Ratisfaction. VERY LIVELY TIMES PROMISED Great Excitement in Germany Over the Elections to the Reichstag. ALARMIST VIEWS EXPRESSED The Structure of War 8hips Disoussed By Experts in London, MANY IMPORTANT POINTS MADE Hicks-Beach Expresses His Opinion on the Terrible Glenbeigh Evictions, SCENES OF TERROR DESCRIBED First Performance of Gilbert and Sul- livan's New Opera—A Famous Kng- 1ish Portrait Painter to Visit America Soon—Other Foreign News, A Commoner's Views, [Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxvos, Jan. 22.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.|—To the Editor: ‘There is no parallel for the position which political parties will occupy, whether in rela- tion to themseives or to each other, at the opening of parliament in the jubilee year. ‘he Parnellites now constitute the only see- tion able to boast that they are united. The liberal divisions are deeper than ever ana would not be settled even if Chamberlain entered into a temvorary treaty at the conferenee. The basis of the confer- ence, whatever you may lhear to the contrary, rests upon the proposal to shely homs rule for a given period, provided the liberal ministers consent toact with Glads'one during the interval. T'he Parnellites would accept this, having no better terms to look for from the other side; but Hartington, and at least seventy out of the seventy-live dissentients, would decline 10 be bound by any such arrangement. Con- sequently, Chamberlain would go back almost alone, and the treaty would miss fire altogether. Circumstances will drive Hart- ington more and more to the conservatives, The tu'k of the unionists will follow him. Liberal difierences are, therefore, irreconcil- able. T NED CONSERVATINESPLIT. But now another complication of most serious moment comes into play. It will s0on be quite impossible for the conservatives that a serious split is impending in their own party in consequence of the fpeculiar inei- donts attending it. You have been told that Churehill is entirely to blame; that he acted in a fit of petulance: spoiled by popularity, ete. One side is good till the other side heard. CHURCHILL'S COMING EXPLANATION, Lord Randolph’s explanation next Thurs- day will present his case in a different as- peet. The public wlll find he resigns on prineiples of the highest moment connected with leading questions of national policy, and not with the _question of economy alone. He objected to further waste of money on war preparations, to the reactionary ten- deney in the cabinet, to a disposition’ to re- turn to the fossilized toryism of George the Third’s reign, to the neglect of pledues folemnly given by the country, and to a dis- Inclination to pay due regard to the interests and wishes of the working classes, All this will come out strongly in Lord Randolph's letters to Salisbury and Akers Douglas, the chief con- servative whip. 1 forewarn you to pay par- ticular attention to what fmay be said about war and preparations for war, and to read carefully between the lines. Everything cannot be told for several reasons, but enough will be indicated to show that at one time England was drifting rapidly toward war. If Churehill’s resignation prevented this and compelled the goyernment to reverse its course and sail in the opposite direction, the country will not be long in coming to the conclusion that it owes him a debt of grati tule, IS PROGRESSIVE OPINIONS, Moreover, Churchill has earnest opintons of the imperative duties and obligations of the conservative party toward the working nd the madness of seeking to govern the country on aristoeratic prineiples and forming winistries of the old-fashioned family party plan. These opinions are shared by all the progressive members of the party, Phiey may diffor as to his resignation at that particular moment, but they are heartily with hin in bis views. They contend that the liberals have preached economy for fifty years and have never practiced it, and that is high thne that couservatives showed them how to do it A THOROUGI CLEANSING NECESSARY, The Augean stables of the forcign oflice, the war office and the admiralty must be cleaned out, aud only the broom of modern Prozressive conservatism can be of any use, Whese nleas will govern the future, and must ire ascendancy in the conservative party orthat party will desecyedly perish, Such are 11 e feelings of a no swail shietion of conserv- atives, which will undoudtedly find expres- sion hefore the session is far advanced. How can they be brought into barmony with the exclusive, aristoeratic, reactionary sentiment prevaling in the present cabinet ¥ It is lmpossible, and one wmight as well try to wmix milk and water, If Chuyehill shows, as Lo can, that his objec- tions were nover fairly wmet and that he stood almost alone In the cabinet, even the diseus- sion of his visws often being ref.sed, e will prove that Mis position the' e was inconsistent with Liis duty as a man of honor, The pub- lie, wisled by the Loeden newspapers, most of which be offend d by giving the news of his resignation exclusively to the Times, will do hitzn justice all the more generously becan ¢ of the undeseryed odivin he bias gone hrangh, usse 01D PARTY HACKS, Geachen hi'n's N0 strepgth whatover to the concarvatives. Me aill be like a stray catin the garret. e pever b d any o~ hes woeks 1o make up b's wind on 12leet of gu stions and will be & tborn i¢ side of 1ha party beduwe miny weeks #re enn Tie winisiry bus been recos- strocied ma'rly from old pasly backs and PART I. PAGES 1-8. family relations, No force has been added | to it from Any quarter. A government o | constituted is scarcely in condition to ven- ture ou the hazardous enterprise of a new cocreion bill. Storm and hostile winds await 1t as 500N as it goes out of port. WIHAT CHURCINLL WILT, DO, Next Thursday Churchill will avoid opposi- tion, and give a sort of formal notice of the fact by sitting behind the ministers, not re- turning to his old seat below the gangway,the head-quarters of the guerillas, But the govs ernment has driven him forth, and when its conduct is thoroughly understood, great will be the re-nction 1n his favor. It is probable that Churehill will abroad soon atter the meeting of parliament that it misfortune happens to the ministry it can never be said he caused it. I hear that other resignations are impending. A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, IN BER S0 DOINGS AN, The Election Excitement Widespread —Good Winter Sport. [ Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] Brrias, Jan, 22, —(New York Herald Cable —Speeial to the Bik.|—Several sensational facts stand out from the hundred lesser e dents in the electoral war now raging in Ger-, . In his anxicty for the safety of the and” the kaiser has abandoned the Lattitude usually assumed by consti- tutional monurchy. The mext wreat tact 1s the melodramatie political re-entree of Herr von Bennigsen, Another is the formal coa- lition of the three Bismarckian factions. The high and low conservatives and the so-calied national liberals have joined hands and now stand united against the elec- toral onslaughts of the center and Deutsch friessining parties, the Poles, Alsations and social democrats, The unanimity with which the ministerial organs, since the dissolution of the refehstag, have been *parading bloody shirts” and trying to secure the nation by conjuring up the spectre of French revanchie, would be erotesque if it were not so danger- ALARMIST NEWSPAPER VEIW The Post and the Kreuz Zeitung have been conspienous in the alarmist movement. The Kreuz Zeitung declares that Bismarck's speech will prove to been the prologue to a tragedy, ‘The National Zeitung wiich, while prosessing independence, leans toward national liberalism takes a very grave view ¢ things. “In countries,” it says, “‘where t1 > parliamentary system is firmly rooted, final decisions may be looked for from new elections. A new ministry replaces the old and gives effect to the wiil of the ma- Jority; but with us, however, dynasties and their governments have independent and verily great power, They can constitution- ally be no more compelled to adont decision than the reichstag can. 1n other words, if noagreement is reacicd, there comes a con- flict and the question of right is transformed into a question of might.” The opinion “of the National Zeitung was expressed to me almost in the same words the other day by one of the most notable men of the opposition. It was might versus right, he said—the army versus parliament. The weaker, in the long run, must 2o to the wall and, he added gloomily, “here parliament is not the stronger.” A VETERAN RECRUITED, Herr Von Bennigsen, whose return to the fold has filled the hearts of the national liberals with joy, will address a great meet- ing in Hanover to-morrow. Meanwhile he writes to me briefly as follows: *“1 have de- cided myself ready to re-enter the reichstag solely beeause it seems to me that the re- jection of the army bill threatens grave danger to the politieal development of Ger- many. Under such circumstances it is the duty of every man who has not definitely withdrawn from active polities to put his shoulder to the wheel. Hochachtungstroll, R. VoN BENNIGSEN.” PARTY WAR CRI Anpostles of all parties are preaching, north, south, east and west. “Forward with God for truth, freedom, rlgat” shont the center. “Rally round the kaiser,” ery the minis- terialists, **Let us fight for our own land” shriek the social dewmoce “Nobody will fight for us,” wi sroy Wahile the battle of the vot goes on the Berliners still find time to amuse them- selves, Skating and sleighing go on wmer- rily in Theirgarten ndon a score of other lakes which surround the eity. he other mnight a grand ice festival was held In the gardens of the Ausselungs park. The grounds were prettily illuminated with thousands of .Chinese lan- terns and Bengal lights. The military bands were playing in all directions, and hundreds of experts joined in the skating quadrilles and polonaises which are the great features of these festi s, The cold has been in- tense this week. Berlin looks quite Siberian, The kaiser, who braves all weathers, has thought it advisable to quit his favorite cor- ner study in the palace for the neighboring room, which 15 less exposed to draughts and frost. INTEREST IN STANLEY'S FAT Stanley’s expedition for the relief of Emin Bey is being watched with lively interest here, “Never,” as a leading paper remarks, “has a daring and devoted explorer been sped on his way with heartier sympathies.” Whether he succeeds or fails; whether he retuins safe and sound, or dies like a brave soldier on the battlefield of humanity, his undertakinz is great and noble, and will add a proud laurel to the glorious wreath which already encireles his brow. AAPANESE SOCIAT STARS, Social stars here at present are the Japan- oso Prince Akibito Komatsu and his wife, who the other day were received by the em- peror in pieturesqu uese costumes, The prince and nis suite are making quite a com- motioy here, ‘The vrincess, like the other ladies of the Japauese court, affects Euro- pean toilets, At the recoption in the palace she wore a charming silver-zray satin dress with purple stripes, Her baie was trimmed inthe Furopean fashion and glittered with diamonds, while around ber throat wasa wag niticent diamond n MODERN WAR SHIPS, Talks on Their Construction and the Improvements Needed, L Copyright 158 Gordon Bennett,) Loxvoy, Jan, -[New York Herala Cable—Special to the Lke, |--The lecture, de- liverd last night by My, W. 1. White, diree- tor of al construetion, on “Modern War Sbips,” before the *worshiptul shipwrights,” treated the subject alimost entirely from a historical point of view, While interesting, it contained, bowever, little information new to Awmerican naval authorities, or valuable in the construction of a new American nayy. ‘Ihe ball of the Mansion house was erowded, wmany of the ewinent ship-constructorsof Great Britain being among the audience? ‘The chairman, J.ord Charles I ford, at the conclusion of Mr. White's lecture, made a ting speech, muck less reserved than the lecturer, and contaluing several points of great lwportance, Mr, White reviewed the history of waval construction, show- ing that progress is now so rapid that some modern British men-of-war become obsolete and useless befove they are ready for commission, whereas hetween Ll and i piogroas was 5o slow that tue Royal Wikliaw 4 Jianes built in 1670, was in active service until 1815, Comparing also cannon, he showed that the Great Harry, built in 1512, earried 120 guns, the larzest being thirty-two pounders, against the Victoria, built in 1850, with 121 guns, the largest being sixty-eight pounders. During the last thirty yearsa jump had been made from sixty-eizht pounders to 120 ton cannon. He laid great stress on the fact that the con- test between armor and cannon now was more favorable to cannon than at any period sinee the first iron-clod was built, Ile also bronght out the value of light, quick-firing eannon, and stated broadly the opinion that cannons were the chief factor in the construc- tion of modern war ships, UNFAVORABLE TO TORPEDO BOATS, With regara to the torpedo boat he did not think the days of large, costly cruisers were ended. Life on board these small torpedo boats was almost unendurable. Few com- manders or inen were able to live entirely, as one friend of his did when at sea in a tor- pedo boat, on sherry and ezgs. e urged that all war ships should contain guns, rams, and torpedoes, and should not be built with only one means of offence, § TIE IMPORTANCE OF SPEED. As regards speed, Tie said, the Maniw nineteen knots, was the speediest cruiser yet launched, but it was likely soon to be sur- passed. He stated that all naval experts agree that high speed was of primary 1m- portance. All classes of war vessels, even the great-ironciads, must now have high speed orbe placed ata fatal disadvantaze compared with eruisers or torpedoss, He placed the standard of speed of armor-clads at from ten to eighteen knots, and torpedo crafts from nineteen to twenty-five. He thought sail power on fast vessels of little use. Rigging was uow being removed from several British men-of- war, and no other full-rigged vessels would be built except for small craft on the China station or African coast. e urged strongly an ample avpropriation to enable ships to be completed at the shortest period after they were begun: also the con- struetion of swilt protected eruisers and of torpedo craft, as even England’s great ship building resources would be of no use what- ever in an age when war was decided by a short sharp struggle, begun without warnine, He thought armed merchant vessels of value, but not to be treated as substitutes for regular war ships. LORD BERESFORD'S OPINION. Lord Charles Beresford followed. He dif- fered with Mr. White on many points. Ile thought the power of guns was over-rated. The Shalt’s guns would, for instance, have penetrated the Huascar five times out of seventy shots if the conditions had been the e as at target trials, As a matter of fact notoneof the Shal’s seventy shots pene- trated the Huasear. He stronly urged the use of many small guns in addition to large ones, partly because, as a necessity, the frequent firing of the latter discouraged the erew. e abstracted belted eruisers as opposed to the eitadel construction of the Inflexible type. Ile would not dare to ram a belted eruiser with the Inflexible, be. cause he thought the bow of the Intlexible would collapse without harming the enemy., Then the [nflexible eitadel would probably turn turtle. He believed no more larze armor-clads ouzhit to be built, but that Eng- land must build them if any nation did. He praised the Freneh Admiral Aube for his policy in building small, fast cruisers, able to run out in mid-Atlantie and_ destroy British commeree, his could be done unless Eng- land was very earetul to prevent i MERCIANTMEN AS CRUISERS, Hie urged that thirty of the fastest merehant steamers should be so arranged that within three days of the declaration of war at least half of this number would be able to start, fully cquipped with large cannons, to ali parts of the world, and sweep the ocoan of privateers. Oti ewise, o single slow priva- teer might in two weeks produce a panic in London and stop the sailing of all British merchantmen, He rather poohed-poohed torpe’'o s as being useful, but as nov likely to revolution z» naval warfare, He th 0 it that speed hud now taken the place of sca- manskip and should therefore be the oue es. sential ~ point in action, He did not wish to suegest that big armor-clads would run vay from small vessels, but to win the fight they must be able to steam away until they could de- stroy the small eraft, one by one, with quick- firing cannon, [t would be fatal for a big mor-clad to tey and fight a large number of 1 torpedo-boats or cruisers, As regards sail-power, he thought it would be as sensible to take twenty horses in each train running out of London to pull the train in ease the engine broke down, as to put sail on war vessels. Sallsare a danger without being useful, even in case the screw wa: destroyed. e highly approved the policy of trying the speed of all new vessels under precisely the same conditions as in active war, Thus the worse would be warned at onee, not afterward, when it was too late, He closed with a repetition of the statement that the greatest danger to Eng- lish comme would be in the first three weeks after war was declared, In moving votes of thanks Mr, Lewis, mas- ter of the shipwrights companv stated, as proving the Ameriean interest in the subject of the lecture that afull account of the pro- ceedings would be eabled under the Atlantic for the benelit of your readers, A MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIC In an editorial this evening in the Globe, headed *Mail Steamers in War Time,” the paper says: “Lord Charles Bereesford dealt with the important question of utilizing mail steamers in the event of war, It is satists tory to find the government fully alive to the necessity of treating this class of ships as an auxilary to the naval reserve. Lord Charles informs us there are now on the admiralty list thirty swift passenger steamers avail- able for cruisers to protect commerce in case of a sudden declaration of war At least half of these might be expected to beat home and capable of being armed, wanned and dispatehed to sea in three days, ‘The admiralty have, in fact, entered into ne- gotiations whereby the service of the most suitable steamers in war service will be 1e- tained for the government by the payment of 4 moderate annual subvention. Nobody grudges the money necessary to make us perfectly safe at sea, and money can hardly be Iaid out to a3greater advantaze than in se- curing for the government because of this ma-nificent commercial fleet at the shortest possible notice. kan. THE GLENBEIGH EVICTIONS, Scenes and Incidents of Sufferings Intlicted on Tenants. [Copyright 1557 by James Gordon Bennett,] Dupriy, Jan, 22. —[New York Herald Cable —Special to the BEk.)—The Irish secretary, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, has hitherto played his men on the political chess board carefully, but to-day be incautiously moved his castie too suddenly, and sent the following telegram to Mr. Conyheare, an English member of par- liament, and the Irish members watching the terrivle Cromwellian evietions at Glenbeigh: 1t is not possible forme to go to Glenbeigh, and from all accounts it apuears the poflu are only protecting the pwners and tho nee, sary euloicement of their rights. Any -suf- terl that way result are to be regarded as altogether due’ to others. - (Signed) M, Hicks-Beach, Downing street, Londou. Al the nembers of parliaweut there jn- | | year for work. 3, stantly returned tl answer to Sir Michael: Having thought fit to etate that the suffer- ing inflicted is due 1o others, it scems to us you are clearly bound to explain and make publie the proof of the authority on which the statement is made. We are on the spot and have made most assiduous inquiry, and we atterly deny there is a shadow of founda- tion for such a stafement, CoNYBEARE, DILLON, HARRINGTON, MATIONEY, AN EVICTED TENANT'S TALY Mr. Dillon sends word here of his inter- view with Mrs, Thomas Moriarty, who was yesterday cruelly evicted with her children and husband. Moriarty only speaks Gaelic. I1e had, in 1835, worked sometimes at Castle Island, where he éarned six, seven or eleht shillings a week., This year his wages were five shillings and sixpence, as it was a bad ‘The Moriarties had six chil- dren at home and three in America, who had sentno money home since last Christmas two years. One, a little boy who had gone last May, they did no blame, for he had not mueh when he landed. He was liv- ing at a place seven miles from © o, the name of which they eould not remember, Moriarty sometimes had got money from a daughter who was in service at Castle Island and had earned £3 in eight montns, He had three cows but two had died, and now only one remained. Moriarty, throngh the inte terpreter, said, when asked how they had lately managed to live, that it was by gather- ing carrigreen moss, for which they got 4 pence and sometimes 3 pence a stone, or fourteen pounds, from a merehant in - Killer- glin, nine miles away. THE EVICTING PARTY. I need not apologise in giving the follow- ing deseription of how the evictors reached the locality of the Moriarities, as furnished to me to-day by aeporter of the Freeman's Journal: A party of Baton men marched in the van, followed by the sheriff, who, ac- companied by the bailiff, drove in a dog cart. At eithierside of the car marehed policemen ; then came Messrs, Roe und Douglas, repre senting the landlord, and two bailiffs revre- senting justice, followed by a ear surrounded by police and lower bailifis, who presumably symbolized the law. After a short interval matehied a company of fifty police, with rifles, in the centre of whom walked three ill-looking emergency men. known during the day as the “‘three graces.” "Thiey bore iron crowbars, five feet long. This section was followed by distriet in- spector, and lastly came a party of baton men. Messrs. Dillon, Gonybeare and Harrington, and a squad of reporters brought ip the rear of the black column, whose progress bronght terror to man; poor fenant’s heart. The column set off af brisk walk, and, winding through a short wooded glen, came out into a superb, rocky ain, through the middle of which runs tne iver Behey, and the sides of which curve gracefully up into lofty mountain ridges, The morning air was fresh and b ing, the pace invizorating and View beautiful, and at the right mo- ment the element of melody was supplied by the melancholy music of warning horns blown up among the heights. From thattime to the close of day the horn of the watcher was hieard on the hill almost santly, and bare-legged girls, spun friezes and women pieturesque red petticonts were seen seampering down the slopes on the road antil a column of country people about 200 strong followed the eviet- inz party. WIAT TIE REGULT WILL BE. Doubtless even a better deseription will be furnished when the M. P.'s bring up the sub- ject in parliament, for the delegation has a stenographer making a verbatim diar everything said and done. It is regarded liere by even calm conservatives that the n of campaign,” both in banking rents nd emphasizing evietions, will prevent the passage of the coercion bill soon to be intro- duced into liament. An English mem- ber of parliament reeently, r eferving to this, argues, and Beach's dispateh «n iorses his arguinent, that the tories continue the traditional mistake of underrating the quick wit and ingenuity of res livical gifts of the Irish, He writes Irish went (o America fifty years variahs. To-day they govern its cit morrow they may control the government, We have trodden on them because they de- spaired and had small trust in each othe To-day they see astar of hope, They have learned the value of a seeret, mutual trust and associated diseipline. Tt will take a great deal of good galloms to beat the heart out of them, more than the English parliament will ever have heart to emloy. Their cour- age is fed from over the sea, There is no arti- fice, ruse or ingenius engine of warfare, legal, politieal or social, which they will not employ to strike against them. This will be followed by a_strike against country taxes. They will make the board of guardiansa seat of conspiracy against the government, and every town council a nest of rebels, ery relic of power left in their hands will use to embarrass and weaken the tyrant. Every successive stage in the process of coercion will be contested step by step in every Enzlish constitueney where the Irish are numerous. While organizing for a policy of passive resistance, they will none the Iéss pre for the opportunity of war.” “ltis atleast a prospect of disaster and probably of catastrophe,” said one to-day more orange than nationalist, *“These evic- tions at this period are the greatest mistake Beach or the Castle could possibly make,” manly the inces. men in home- “RUDDYGORE,"” Gilbert and Sullivan's New Opera Not Favorably Keceved. (Conright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.) NpoN, Jan, 22,—|New York Herald Special to the Bee. |—Gilbert and Sul are likely to recall Sheridan’sanswer to alady w asked him why he did not write another brace of eomedies. That answer was: “1 fear the rivalry of the author of “I'he Rivals, and dread comparison with the author of the ‘School of Scandal.’” The authors of Ruddygore, or the Witeh's Curse,” which was produced this evening at the Savoy before an audience mainly com posed of the friends and admirers of the famous pair, have liké reason to dread the rivalry and fear comparison with the authors of “Pinafore,” %Putience,” and The Mikado.” Friendly though the dience was, it departed Jooking somewhat disa vointed, Naturally, all compared it with ““The Mikado,” which was so pre-emi- nently original in ideas aud scope, and which had such fresh, cle treat- ment from the composer. !Even cowpared with “Pinafore” and *Patience,” both the librette and numbers of “*Ruddygore” fall far below the high water mark of the fame of the librettist and composer. Remembering the oberas cited, the hearing of the new one was like, after Listeniu to an an overture by Meyerbeer, hearing a prelude to some work by an Edward Solomon. The new piece is to “The Mikado” w'- for in as a novel “The Fortunes of a Nigel” was to “Ivanhoe.” Should the opera be- comes a “go” it will be because Gilvert and Sullivau have not ceased to be the fash- ion. However, Bulwer, who scored with “Money™ and *'Ricuelieu,” had nis failure in *“The Ship Captainy” Boucicault, who wrote the “Shaughran,” had his *“Belle Lawmar,” and Verdi his great failure in “Mas Madiere,” although Jenpy Lind was its Licros ine. Speaking of the WOOUErS &b 8 Whoke ll fear New York lovers of music, if they have built glowingly upon their hoves, will, in hearing the opera a month hence. keenly feel the disappointment, and there will doubtless be no avidity after Gilbert's nightmare, “Piracy.” Really, save for the bril- lianc; of the aundience, yesterday's dress rehearsal was @ preteniere. Practieally, ~ I could have sent acriticism this morning, but all the press men present yesterday were under honorable and express promise to say nothing of the dress rehearsal, but to await this evening. The plan of the piece, and that it wonld be a burlesque or melodrama, were months cabled, but there have been many Kindred burlesques in the history of the London stage since The second titie, *“The Witeh's Curse,” is outlined 1n a palter song in the first act, run ninz doggerel wise, and which, by the way, is a fair sample of the literary execution throughout the libretto, ddygorge™ is the name of the ancestral estate of the bad baro- net of the piece, The curse refers to & ban inflicted on the first one by a witch he burned in the days of James Fivst, an incident simi- lar toone in a well known American novel laid in the time ot Cotton Mather, It runs thus: Onee on a villaze green A palsied hog he roasted; And what took place 1 ween Shook his composure boasted, For as the torture grim Seized on each withered limb, “The writhing same, mid fire and flame, Yelled forth this curse on him: “Tach lord of Ruddygore, despite his best en- deavor, Shall do one crime or moro Once every day forever, “This doom he can’t defy, However he may try: For should he stay his hand that day, In torture he shall die.”” The Saboy was suffiziently erowded. The gallery people seemed to rest on the ceiling, like flies, yot no seats for a first night at the Saboy are sold save in the pit and gal- lery, T was assured at the principal box office in the city that sueh was the curiosity that it could have alone sold 1,200 seats when there are only in the house 1,700, Mr, Sutton, critie, in to day’s issue of the Country Gentleman, wittily hits off such in- cidents, thus: “It is well migh time that an allotment bill should be introduced at the Savoy. Many apply, but few are ehosen. ‘The first performanee is reall private en: tertainment. at which those who are well disposed to the authors and actors are ad- mitled. But why advertised when they are really exclusive gatherings? 1 pray some one may enligiten me, that 1 may show my gratitude for admission. Wihen the next new Gilbert and Sallivan is fortheoming, Iam willing toapplaud the per- formance from first to last. Lam willing to admit that the ‘Greek Hen,” is the greatest of the human mind, You must qualify for a tirst nighting at the Savoy or blow Gilbert's trumpet, or you haven'ta chance. On Sun- day morning we shall read descriptions of this new version of a sensational story writ ten by the hands of favored friends.’ Sir Arthur punctually took the conducto seat, looking nervous, but, with baton in hand, soon showed contidence. Gilbert, who seldom attend§his first nights, was actually brave enongh to be present. Interviewed to- day on the subject he said: “However well the picce may o, I am apt to grow hoiter and hotier and perlaps faint, he com- poser was in evening d ress, wearing as a bouttaniere a white rose, with the traditionai white gloves. The overture developing the operatic themes was, masically, an unequal work., Some parts were as good as any of Sullivan’s work; others were decidedly com- monplace, in which, while you eannot say any melody was borrowed, itimparted that efteet, The orchestration throughout the performanee was musically rich in color, The enrtain rose, like in “Billie Taylor, on a fishing village on the Cornwall coast, with the sea in prospectus. Un one side was the cottage of the heroine, Rose Maybud, (Leonora Breham, sovranv). The scene opens o a chorus of professional brides- maids in_short fizured mustin: gowns, with odd fashioned waists, who have been waiting six months for the wedding. This ehorus, one of the most eharming in the piece, is a graceful movement, which forms a connect- ing knot, as 1t were, of the musical threads of the first act, Zorah (Miss Findley, contralto), bridesmaid, interrupts with afsolo which” is unimportant. Hannah (Miss Brandrall, con- ralto), next sings the legend of the curse, two verses of which have just been quoted. ‘The music in this is unequal, but the curse assumes and is given with dramatic power, but it was not encore ‘Then enters Rose, the intended bride, who, hol ling a book upon etiquette, sings a ballad beginning: as o 1t somebody there chanced to be, Who loved me in a manner true, My heart wonld point him out to me And I would puint him out to you, The words throughout are commonplace and the song fell flat for, while the melody is wehing, the musie is not especially$origing he music seemed too high for the and the effort may be said to have fallen flat, Soon there enters her intended husband, Robin Oakapple, a timid youth in drab, with smooth looks, played by George Grosssmith, but the character is ill suited to him, He is masquerading as a peasant, as did the son of the Mikado, although he is the righttul baro- net. The happy rindulge in a duet, which delineates Robin’s basifulness, and Rose's coquetry, In this t music was weak, but the acting was excellent, The pair was encored. This is follow Y chorus of bridesinaids announcing the tenor Richard Foster, Robn's foster-trother, the' tbeing played by Durward Lely, Ie sang a stirring British sailor ballad descriptive of his frigate beating a French one. T'nus, ap- pealing to the patriotism of the house, and especially to that of the gallery, it became thusiastic. At the end of the ballad Lely danced a sort of a cloz dance decidedly more gracerul and pleasing than those generally n in musie halls, The bridesmaids made good business by beating time with their heads as they grouped about Lely, not unlike the maiden ehorus in the “Mikado,” where the funs keep time, Robin next sang a patter song, making fun of his own timidity with the refrain: 1f you wish in the world to advan: You muststirand stump it And blow your own trumpet; Or, trust me, you haven’t a chance, 1t was encored on account of Goldsmith's acting, for the music is commonplace and not up to Sullivan’s usual form. Next was a pleasing coquetted love duet between Richard and Rose, pleasing but not especially original. After this is a somewhat taking chorus of bridesmaids. At the end of this scene the interest, now flagging, was revived vy the entrance of Mad Mar garet (Jessie Hond), who, bur- lesquin Ophelia’s madiess—much as the business was done in Poole’s Hamlet travestie—was introduced, By evpress weird wusic frein flutes alone Sullivan's orchestral musie here is wuch stronger, as it 1o indéed ihroughout the opera, than Ll 1887 -~ l?\\'EL\'l;] PAG OISN voeal. Margaret sings a seene beginning: Checrily carols the lark over the eot, Merrily whistles the clerk scratehing a blot But the lark and the clerk, 1 remark, Comfort me not, This is followed by a ballad framed some- thing like Ophelia in Thomas' opera. 1t was sung with sweet pathos, but the oppo- nents to a proposed encore prevailed. The cello and wood wind instraments made a somewhat effective accompaniment. Soon enters the wicked baronet, who is cursed by a chorus of bucks and blades in rich uniforms, actually representing twenty glish regiments, and of bridesmaids, "hese certainly made a pretty stage picture, but not an original one, yet better than the dragons and maidens in ience.” The baronet puts, line by line, conundrums to the chorus, who answer in lnes of two syllables, which effeet was evidently not re- garded warmly by the audience. 1t woke up, however, toa marriage, participatea in by the soldiers, the bridesmaids and the Misses Brandram and Braliam, which is not as fine as the *Mikado™ madrigal, and unlike that it was not encored. This was « preceded by gavotte, which of course, was eracefuily danced by Grossmith and the ladies, and serving maid played by Rudolph Lowis, The nd and last act oceurs o sueh a picture gallery as one sees in the *School for Scandal.” Thiscontains tull length portraits twenty wicked baronets, The act opens with a duct between Grossmith, now come into his estate and title, doomed to daily erime, and his servant, wbich was not a musical success, althongh Grossmith's anties and tacial play doubtless pleased the audi- ence. Another duet for tenor and soprano and a baliad by the soprano had but slight ef- all but Grossmith entered, the stage and anditorium became so dark that Sullivan had an electric light at the end of his baton to guide th orchestra, and the musi- cians, dim-shaded, get over the Seore For two minutes the orchestra play descriptive dramatic musie, approach- ing crand opera, and suggesting what, if Sir Arthur should ever try that, he can do, Next the baroncts, as the light lifts, are scen to step out of their frames, each in different historleal costumes. One baronet, (that capital basso of the late Mikado temple), sings a duet with Grossmith, and the others the chorus to a refraim, Ha, ha! the dead of the night’s high noon. ‘This, with Mad Margaret’s scene, was jthe only voint which at all greatly took hold of the audlenee, and the musie, without exactly imitating Wagner, decidly approaches his school in effect, Presentinly Grossmith con- vinees the baronets they vainly died, wearied of erime, by committing suicide, beeause that 1s the worst crime of ally therefore the; So they agree to contmue alive until the finale. Mad Marg- arct recovers lier senses and marries the ex- bad baronet, all of which makes the chorus of bridesmaids happy, and a patter duet and ballad by the central, to lead up to the ftinal chorous, which is far from impressive, the words being such doggerel as this: For happy the lady that's kissed by the bee, And sipping tranquilly quite happy if he, And happy the filly that neighs in her pride But happier than any, a pound to a penny, A lover is when he embraces his bride. During the performance there was much DISEHHE MATiTy; Déctiaps, beeause of the exu- berant applause from the friendly audience. Butat the close the hissing with eries of “Mikado,” “Mikado,” waged a fair battle with the vlaudits. Of course Gilbert Sullivan, “D'Oyly-Carte,” and all the performers received an ovation at the end. On mmgling with the departing audience 1 found there was a general feeling of disap- pointment, yet some asserted that this was the best of the series of operas, while others remarked on the great faliing off in llbretto and musi If finally successful, “guddy- gore” will be found so because of the exeel- lent acting, rich, tasteful costumes, and the ancestral seene, I took oceasion during the tween the acts to poll the 1was going ont. These almost unerring eritics of London esses and good dra- matic barometers were outspoken in- their isabpointment. Certainly thie hisses trom the pit largely predominated at the close. Said one pitter, quite epigranmatieally: shes, but no steady brillianey.” COMING TO AMERICA, Hall, the G long wait be- s, and also as nter, to Visit This [Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett,] LONDON, New York Ierald Cable—Speeial to the Berk,|—"Frank Hall, R A., will visit New York in February,” said two or three American papers lately. Itherefore paid a visit to Mr. Hall’s pie turesque, - triple-fonted vl alled —the “Ihree Gables,” on Fitz John avenue, South Hampstead, to learn what his plans were. Mr. Hall's house is not far from the London residence of Jenkins Vanschaick and of Miss F It is charmingly situated, and is in the Queen Anne style, built of red brick, faced with white stone, Mr. Hall was in his studio said the maid, who was pretty enouzh to bea model for the rival in portait- ure of SirJohn Millais. Mr. Hall met me at his studio door. He is a man with a graceful, gentlemanly figure, 1 should take his age to be about forty-five, He is of medium hej fair complexion, with slight, sitky whiskers and mustache, which are as soft as camel erushes, Ile had a kind smile and a nice modulated voice, Ol he said, as he be; ing the card of your Te pencilled apology, “the rumor is both right and wrong, 1 have wade arrangemcnts to visit New vork in ashort time, but not so soon as St, Valentine month, 1 have o few commissions, but my prineipal object in going there is to get the ocean trip, change of air and recreation. Whose portraits am 1 to paint? Ah, Lought not to say that yet, My portrait of Di. 8, Weir Litehell, which was in last year's Royal Academy, already hangs in Philadelphia, and there are portraits in Ameriea by me of Mr. Warren of Buston, Edward 1, Adams and others besides. 1 have had extremely kind soclal invitations from America, Verhaps 1 am at lberty to say that 1 am to paint the portrait of Seere- tary Bayard and also that of ason of J. 8, Morgan, tie ban} No; Lam not neglecting my own country- men, Lhave on my casels here Lords Ken- delsham aud Yarborough, and Mr. Plunket, M. %, and Jast, not least, the Prince of Wales, His royal highness' portrait 15 intended for ‘Prinity house. I am also in the thick of i Acadewy work, What are 1y subjects? It is premature yet to letthie public know, but you may say 1 will certainly send wy portraitof Sir George Otto Trevelyan, who, by thl way, read the statement that 1 was soon to go to 4 ic and becawe alarmed lest it should inte with his portrait. L am glad to Liave you ers right as to my visit, linpses of Mr. Hall's work, ol was leaving, showed that he vo tine touch of his father aud gr ere great engravers. His known in America by the Railway Station,” after the painting Frith. 1 ventured toassure Mr. Lall that he would meet with a warul welcome wi he reached New York, and one wworthy of 1! painter of *S A the Resurrection and ) re-examine ponent and its ot dined as | esses all tie ndiather,who father i best print of “The enever UMBER 219, Pov- (a plcture T wedding ring), or a ' The last named 18 ssion and hangs In Life,” (a village funeral), “Want, Her erty, But Not Her Will, Consent, of a wifo pawning he Tidings From the Se now in the queen's po: Osborne house, POINTS FROM PARIS, Bad Weather Causes Man to Leave the (Copyrigt in 188 crsons ench Capital, (« by James Gordon Bennetty I. ARIs, Jan. 22.—([New York Herald Cable =Special to the Ber.]—Cold, foggy, London weather, variable with occasional rain, has driven from Paris to the Riviera, to Italy and to Egyptall who ean got away. Among those who remain are Mwe. Do Soubreville and her husband, who are giy ing large din- ner parties, followed by musieal receptions in their sumptuous apartments on the Aye enue Du Bois de Boulogne. On Monday evening the third floral dinner will be wiven, so called from the profusion and perfection of the blossoms that literally cover the tables and surround the Dresden plates. On the last occasion roses only were used in the or= namentations and nothing more fairy-like could be imazined. M, and Mme, De Sous breville will soon leave for Florence, 2 A WOMAN IN TIE CASE, Vibert, a painter, much appreciated by New York art collectors, is about to sell all his works of art. goods and chattels, at a publie Auction at the Hotel Drouet. The sale 1s the result of the artist's divorce from his wife, ||§-<'i«loxl by the Paris courts last September, Vibert martied a daughter of a w 11 known Paris modiste under the fregime de com- munante” law, which enters the divorcee to A large share of her ex-husband's proverty, Lenco the sale. A celebrated lady, who for some time past has helped the artist to get throueh a considerable portion of his well earned fortune, was the chief ause of the - voree, TWO NICE RECEPTION TOILETS, !h‘n‘ are the deseriptions of two reception toilets, worn at arecent private club enters tainment, The first had a corsage, full coat and skirt of cabalt and blue velvet over a petticoat of silver and white satin damask in three broad orgzan pleats, the interspaces ornamented with shell-like scallops of Eng- lish point fixed with windmill bows of white satin, Narrow revers of velvet outline the square decolletes back and front. The second dress has the walst and train of pale pink and gold damask over a petticoat of absinthe plush, edied with gold embroid- ery ten inches deep. A stomacher of em- broidery o plush matehes the underskirt, while a band of narrow embrolidery forms an apology for sleeves. An aigrotto of green and gold wheat ears, with a pale pink ostrich tip and a large diamond creseent, was worn in the hair. AMERICANS ABROAD, Colonel Oliver Payne, the brother-in-law of Seeretary Whitney, arrived in Paris last night, Mrs. Hale, wife of the United States sena- tor, Eugene Hale, and a dauehter of Senator X‘:n'h Chandler, pending the winter at Versailles with her mother and children, The Misses Leslie, of New York, are at the Hotel av Norrmandie Mrs. and Miss Harriott and Mr. Bloom field Harriott, of New York, have gone to Gienoa, Mwe. Emma Nevada and Dr. Palmer were among the guests at a fancy dress party re- cently given in Florence. Mme, Nevada were her lakemeo costume and Dr. Palmer was attired as Lohkengrin, Colonel and Mrs. Hungerford have gone to tome to visit their daughter, the Countess Telfener, PHALEN NERATL. The funeral of the late James Phelan took place to-day at the Roman Catholie church of Saint Pierre du 2Chaillot, near the Champs Elysees. His two daughters, the one married to the Comte de Galbrieace, and the other to the Comte de Narbenne. Sara and agreat number of Americans and French people were present at the funeral, A Famons Horse Purchased. ICopyright 1557 by James Gordon Bennett.) RicintoNn, Surkey, Jan, 22,—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Ber | braith Bros,, of Jonesville, Wis., purchased hera to-day the well known stallion Enter- prise, of Cannock, He is admitted to be the handsomest British work horse ever toaled, Enterprise won the champion cupat the great draught horse show at Islington. e will be shippad ina few days and will be shown at the Chicazo and other exhibitions, Sinee the purchase of the champion Clydesdale stallion, Druid, six years azo, this is believed by competent judges to be the finest draught horse ever secured by Ameriean purchasers, ‘The price paid is not named, but s known to be a large one. German Liberals Map Outa Policy. BERLIN, Jan, 22.—The German iberals of the second Berlin district met to-day for the purpose of deciding on thoir action In the coming elcetion for members of the reich- stag. ‘I'nree thousand electors attended, 1t vas resolved to support Prof. Zirchon azainst Von Moltke, §Reichster, in a speceh, sald it was not the duty of elec to provide that the military interests of the empire should be strongly represented in the reichstag, but ather to clect to that body those who could and would defend the eivil interests of the people 1o the end that there might be a proper gauilization of civil and military clains put orth, The Vacant Irish Electorates, LoNDON, —~Mr, Parnell, writing to the Dublin Eveming ‘Telesraph with refer- ence to the vacancies in the Irish electorates, S0y ded to sk Swift MeNeall to offer himse candidate in South Done- gal, and hie has_consented to run. My, Par- nell says: “McNeall's retirn as a Protestang nationalist by a Catholie electorate will havo it effeet in dispelling the fears and prejudices of northern Protéstants,” [t has also been settled that Mr, Healy shall contest Longford in place ot Mr, Justin Mc - Another Bond Call Is WASHINGTON, Jan, Il the treasury gives notice that the prineipal and acerncd interest of the bonds nherein below designated will be paid at the treasury of the United States at Washington on the 1st day of March, 1557, and that interest on d bands will céase on that day, viz.; 8 per cent bonds issued under act of Congress aps proved July 12 18, and numbered as fole Ws: 850, orleinal number 26 to original number 46, both inclusive; $100, original number 316 to original nuwber 552, botl ins clusive; 8500, original number 163 to original number 245 both inclusive; $1,000, origimal number 1,531 o original number £,016, both inelusive: $10,000, original number’ %5 oniginal number 5515, hoth inclusive, Total, 4,557,000, Parties holding bonds called by s cilcular can ublatu Tniediute payment with interest to date of vresentation by re- questing the same in a letter forwarding the bouds (or redemption. [Note—There are now exactly $40,000,000 uncalled 3 per cent bonds outstanding, - Classification of Iron Ore. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22— Attorney tivneral Garland lias given an opinien 1o the o tary of the ‘Treasury in 1egard 1o the classifie cation of ion ore. Ee savs Whe question to whether iron ore dried at 21 deg Falirenheit is or 1s not 1 o4 016 of comine; is A question of tact lie canuot be ex- pectod to decide. s up his views hesays: “Where o ¢ deranies of evidence cannot e i tinental construetion tacitly aniroy \' concTesy lonal recognition cud turug the se be uecepted as it I tive jute