New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
LORD NAPrER's DEPARTURE.

Various ard cO5nlcilOg OYiulons nave 7PP'1'oo
- The press ~ to the csuses which induced the
txs,,fer of Lord Napier from Washington 70 the
Hague and tls personal matter has been cauvsssed
sla specuisted upon, as if il really invoiSet some
uportance, whether Scotch Baron without
seat in Parliament, snd Of ordinary capacity, who,
by freak Of COED lock, bad been jumped from
Seerstaryshp Of Legation into idl Mission,
should =. main in tie United States or DOt. IL was
r.osntly stated in TIL. n. Y. Times that nc had
been chosen 70 regOtiAte marriage be'8een lhe
rcyai beuse holds Of England and Hcil.n1 and h's
transfer vss preliminary to promotion 70 Berlin
The story is all CANNON. Certainly, the person
nost interested has no such informa''on and there
is pone 10 tie Department Of State wsrran'iDg the
assertion in any form whatever.
To this day, Lord MslDesbury has never coade.
s.ebded TO explain why be consigned tni' Ninisser
to exile "a ,uddeBly az lord Clarendon had pro-
Noted Lim-for exile it il, both in infeTiority Of
POSITION and in loss Of pay to the tune Of nearly
stkoussnd pounds per anDuID, which any Scotch
Baron can convert into dollars and cent?. Mr..
DsllAs rever Inquired why his comb Vas cut, be
cause il was not considered OF enough consequence.
That tie change was unexpected, proVed BY 'he
kst that ny Lord leased his resdeDce here Tor
-four years, and two Of them have not Jet expired.
The supposed reason il, that the Bntisa hpls'Y
thought more competent msn would render to'm
better service. Since Lord Napier's APPEARANCE
Ia Washington be has done little else than piay he
role of q red.tsps roDt mist. Tne only serious
diplomacy was inuui.ed 10 Sir Gore Od'eley, VINO
held posit on entirely Independent OF LORD Napief,
while the latter wss occasionally used as sn official
medium of CONN nuuication.
Washington il VIGOROUSLY fuDkeylsb, and all the
rsgtets"whieh have been uttered over Napers
deposition belong TO tas ssinineites-to coln
uerd-wLich bsbitnslly flourish in snobdom. Wait
till Lord Lyons comes ard then you viii hear
sgaip, k roi est moTt-cius k ro, tbs true that,
no far ss certsin sort Of Hospitality i. concerned,
Lord Nsper has .triven 10 concate iasoraoe
opinion. He hts lived freely end fsstly but not
with more bberality, ard with far less refinement,
than Sir Henry Bulwer did aud in no comparison
with the tone Of Lord Ashburt0n during hrs brief
stay Lord Napier has made M impression here,
either a. man Of mSrb or OF mind ana ne mas
exhibited some qualities which have not commended
HIM to any high degree OF moral regard Upon
his first arrival be WIS Immediately surrounded by
whom he has found cOngeHial association ever
since. He has never yet reached the intimacy of
those Whose worth and character give elevation to
the permanent and transient society Of this capital
That fact is well known here and elsewhere If
frNolty frippery, ard fllrtatOns edd anything to
the dignity of the British mission, Lord Napier has
eenferrcd it, and his predecessors suffer by
marked contrast. In these walks OF diplomacy be
may be said to be distinguished and in no Others.
No Foreign Minister has ever before so openly
and 30 Extensively addressed himself to one interest
or opinion in this country, or 50 compromised Inc
high dignity aud sentiment OF the position, which
as the Minister Of England be represents, by fat
tering and humilstiDg concessions t0 It. Lord Ma
pier was not to be blamed for making court to ths
Administration, for he was accredited to II, aud
that is d part of his vocation. But when he fol-
lowed the example Of the President and his Cab
met, and impertinently obtruded his exclusion Of
most Of those who were not the prOpagandlsis OF
Slavery and at the same time Osientstousy ex-
bbited his devotion to others whose best boasts WAS
the championship of the peculiar institution, he
transcribed the limits of propriety, and by giving
that official stamp to bis intercourse, justly subjected
such acts to public criticism. To Repu ocan sea-
stor now lamcntably absent fom the seat be 50
much honored, he had the assurance TO announce
after dinner last year. that he was the only men,
ber of his party whom be had then invited to his
table. And initiating the example OF Mr.. Buchanan,
in the assertion Of that insulting discrimination Il
il well kI own he made secret of this practice on
other occasions. That he had perfect right to
dispense his hospitality according TO bis own TASTE
no one will pretend TO dispute; but when Foreign
Minister undertake to act the partisan here, he
must expect TO confront the consequences. Like
the President, he has seen the personal discrejit
which was invoked by this exceptional course, and
has conveniently abandoned it, Perhaps there are
those who think he never adopted 1t at all, but they
may be blinded by more recent relations which
have been cultivated oa both sides, and studioGsly
on one. If the British Ministry were in any way
Influenced in the transfer-as il is not known that
they wereby this csuse, it is cmincnily crelitable
10 them, and is example worthy OF imitation aud
IL is proposed TO give Lord and Lady Napier an
ovation here, in the shape of public ball on the
I7th Of this month. In consideration of their
hospitality, they deserve some such recognition;
ard, so far as Lady Napier is concerned, there
is 10 testimonial or honor whi,h society would Rot
gladly bestOw for she has the sterling wOmanly
qualities which command both respect aud esteem.
There is no division of opinion in her case. But
since this occasion is sought TO be converted into
one OF public character il is proper to be stated
that the movement originated in no such impulse as
has been represented, and is no. expressive of sn
entirely voluntary sentiment. Ii started under
peculiar auspices, and, after some newspaper
admopitions, list was carried round BY some
ofhcious person. soliciting signatures and suhscrp
lions, when Lord NaPer's butler might have
Ofciated with quite as much propriety in that
service. do not mean 10 say, IN any manner that the
compliment is not meried, but only that 1t did not
begin in q spontaneous demonstration from public
men or from society, bur received its Inspiration
entirely from different source, aud, being thus
eommenced was necessarily, and perhaps viii
6ngb, countenaneed. That is the whole story;
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