New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-08
GREAT BRITAIN.

ABYssIHIAN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Prom Our SPECIAL CouesgODieaI
LONDON October &c, 1897.
Tho Cabinet Ministers are coming up to town.
meeting was held to-day in Downme-st. Lord Stan
Low saws the Tory organ, sent dispatch TO the Ir
cries apropos of The Roman question, expressing the
regret with Which England would view another
Trenc,, occupation Of the Papal city. Tho Emperor
received this startling piece Of diplomacy with
frieudlineas and good will-whch means, suppose,
that he was civil TO Lord Lyons, ana
omitted TO tell him that his reuonst'ance
would not make tie smallest difference
In the movements of the TOulon feet. The day Is
past when protest from England could modify tio
resolve OF q ,inepta Cabinet. As long rs Palmer
ston lived be wa listened to with respect loI Iiis
own sake lie, ~ least, had ideas on european soi1
ties anU had shown twice or three bsh SOuI'isO
and alGoad fof his opinions Where is one TO 90 20
day for The O,lEiOn of Lngahd Oh Coi,. ii,,, -
question 10 !he press MAJ hs !. 1en" eS%"Sriiton
last fortnight When tie 1aubaldltu - pD,'re aa
Started Tho English press exclaimed against i A. lnu-
nCsS-0ll tho WhIe knowing nothing apsIut! e
thing. of the plans and preparations Nl'H0h /" 49,
culed "a n in.eiical. When he was a1e'ieu, Eot "A
single jCuTnal-DOt even me DatF ,>'t"o ,u-o"p
proved that cowardly act-Ot "MGh' sg'hn, mo
EnFlish journal had any account When the Insul~
recfio broke cat ard seemed on the road 70 success
the English press Travelled With il, applauGed It, pro-
cloimed it "a nectSSity-stin without eXart lni0lma-
ton OF It's plo9ress When II was believed ltaiy
stood edr6d ~ 20 to Rome, and NOnd, II necessary
defg NAPOLEON AGAIN the English press applaudod anu
auOuncc0 thar Rome was the manifest destiny
of the kingdom. When suddenly Victor Emmanuel
yielded 81 sac threat % Napoleon, the Eng.lSh press
found tsf OF opinion that on the Whole II was ~,
evitaho That tie Emperor Of the French should
cause the September Convention TO De respected
Through these Kaleidoscope transIOImalols you
may discover one principle to which an unsnaKcn
fidelity is manlicsted-tho worship OF success mere
are EOu0IaDie exceptions. speak OF the majority.
L have heard Americans express surprise glIt
American aaars OCCUPY 50 niue sp4ce IN ~ si .i
journals. il their vanity is wounded lth0ngh Tie
occasion for IS Is rapidly Disappearing 1T may De
soOthed bv looking into the Continental journals 10
see how n.Ucd room they give to England. Iake
the l@Gtpcs5cRoS Bcigc-tbe best newspaper III
Europe Three or four columns to France, q column
TO Italy. two 20 GERMANY one to SPAIN ono To lses1
sia very likely one or two TO America, on special
occasions. To England generally, about as Inuch as
those remarkable steamship dispatches from America
in the Engln lou1dis-say qua yer o. . Colisi".
TIE epeUil commission organized 10 convict The
Manchester Fgni3ns opens court on Monday, Ire
interval since the examination mas not ah4ted we
public desire tor what is called on example, and
presume ID viii not he disappointed The solicitors
Tor tho accused petitioned the Home once TO tians-
fer the tliGI from Manchester to London on the
ground that an impartial jury conid rot De
expected, at. the former place. ms was re-
that one place would supply a jury as Impair
tial as he other-n which perfectly agree lie was
requested alsu postpone the trial. as the prisoners
have had no time 10 prepare, have no money. ana
have not been able to retain counsel 1ills request
nso was refused, and the tria VIII proceed on non
day. There twe9y-slX prisoners charged WIN the
murder of Sergeant Brett Dr. Justice Black burn and
Br. Justice Mellon, senior -pusne Judges Of the
Queens Bench. compose the Commission. The 1T
torney-GcneIal prosecutes. "1he prisoners" saws a
local paper, will b. guarded by strong force OF the
county police armed with 1cyovcIs, and other armed
cOnstabcs 70 the number of 100 altogether, viii be
stationed IN the building military force VIII also be
accommodated in the locality" Whether the accused
are 10 be produced in Court handcued In couples, IS
they were curing the examination we are not IN
formed. Nor is II stated how many the Government
will think it necessary to hang-poar encoara9r rs
0utrts Certainly not all. for even BTltSh pune
in Fenan frenzy would bc shoe ked by alegal butch
cry OF twenty probably innocent The inquiry
into what Is called the Fenian murder In Blooms
bury has ended in tho total collapse of the case !
against Groves. There case against him t |
the woman lehman was produced TO supply the |
missing links of evidence. She dld Ter work
with too much zeal, was destroyed by crOss-e1aml-
nation, and tie prosecution had to give her mp. The
charge of murder has been withdrawn against
Groves. and the Coroners jury have concluded Their
inquiry by verdict OF murder against some person
out, man delivered himself up at ponce station
on Thursday declaring that he fired the shot wnich
killed McDonuell-flrcd 1t without meaning to hurt
anybody. Brought up III Court next DAY,
he recalled his confession, explaining that he
was drunk when he made II. lie was
dismissed, and tie mystery remains a mystory
much as ever, but, repeat has apparent cOnnec
ton with FenanisIn. Nevertheless II has served TO
keep alive the popular ALARM and has furnished
topic for dozen leaders 70 the journals full OF sound
and fury. siinifyiDg-pcIhap3 OmetLing.
The Reform League is i'll difficulties. i. has com
mtted the objectionable sin OF not joining the
tenian hue and cry, and the panic-stricAen public,
indignant that anybody should presume not to he
panic-strickon hOwls unsteady on the track of its
new victim. At meeting Oh Wednesday evening,
certain indiscrcet LeagueTs avOwed their sympathy
with the Fenian movement. One or two went so
far as to say that they thought the Irish quite lusti-
fed in using physical force TO throw off tho
oppression Of English rnle. No doubt this
1rankness was have called It, indiscreet,
since the League j. PoltieStl ,oTfanzati0n
bers Of tho Reformed Parliament. it were an or
ganzation which, like the American Antl-Slavery
Society stood outside of politics and renounced the
doctrine OF eNpediency, the case wOud DC Inherent
Now, like Fenianism itself, the League fur
nishes CAPITAL to Ioryism, and excuses to that
mild type of Liberalism which VIII not DO
any more liberal than it can help. The 1ee-
graph which represents a certain mercantile
Liberalism excommunicates the League with bell
book md candle. English Liberalism has
nothing 10 do with the advocacy Of murder and
rebellion" t1he telegraph an unScrupalOus
partisan of Rebellion IN America, but likes 1T even IN
1reland) THE Council of the Reform League has
avowed itself the champion Of BOTH which is lot
true in any sense TO any extent. This same paper
threatens two members OF the League with cnmI-
nal prosecution at the hands OF the General
aud other papers, both daily and weekly. Tory and
Liberal are not slow TO join in the cry that Jhe
League is guilty Of treason. The clamor is about rs
sensible the old American fury against the Adolf
tiOnists,
Dr. Liyingstone's brother-in-law, Mr. J. s. Mofat,
sums mp in & recent letter the evidence, want of
evidence which pTOOngs the uncertainty whether
The great explorer be living or dead. All the eyi-
dence SAYS Dr. NOifat, of DR.. LIvingstone's death,
comes through one chanuc that is to say from the
Johanna men, with Moussa at their head. Their
stories not consistent but conflicting and stand
ing by themselves, could not DO deemed conclusive
From other sources they are not con-
ing through the country. and near the spot where
the murder is said 10 have occurred heard nothing
of it, The Sultan of Zanzibar has actually had news
OfLivngstOnes arrival at point beyond the alleged
scene OF his murder. The Africans who were with
Livingstone, who are not said to have been killed.
have not been heard ron N any way NAY finally s the
from does not much exceed IL months, and he was