The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-18

ordered him in his viii to leave her Il turned out
tss' hs s'' T.. ms as 0 for eA
nobeman with SO enormous an income. Lord
woughby refused 70 sec the Countess refused 70 pro
which the Countess had expended upon the house; re-
fused TO listen 10 the advice OF mutual friends or 70
abide By the arbitration OF . man OF hoaor Conse.
quenty the Countess brought suit against him TOR the
value Of her furniture plate china and other articles
opened the In his best style denounced the LORD
Great Chamberlain ~ NO gentleman, and asked nov
srtuoui Queen m. LORD Chief JUSTICE Without wait
ing to hear all the evidence, stigmatizod Lord VIII.
loughbys conduct as disgracsfu, and advised him TO
details yet arranged The boosted aristocracy
OF England has another black page In history
usanimous in condsmning Lord wilIoughby; but tho
Poll Nail Gazette has flung the last and smallest stone
hing @ n. 6Ss
England not only washes his dirty linen In public but
also deals in pugs and sells the little monsters at highly
rsmunerative proeA" There's q British nobleman ht
You viii doubtless remember tho excitement caused
loren. paris Of dead body In different localities near
the city and that clue ever found 20 the dent
ou but exactly ns The of .Se New YORK.
now agitang London. On the 9Th Of January the Rev.
NJ Spoke, Abrothsr Of the famous African traveller
bought return ticket intending 10 back the next
morning, and he ordered his groom to be in waiting for
him at the station. He had very reasonable motive
for his journey, a. his most intimate friend 70 bs
married the next morning, and Mr. Spoke had been in
ved to assist Ut the ceremony Arrived safely IN Lon
don, he took cab, drove his house
in Ecclest0n square, talked with the fo0tman, made
several appointments and then loft the house, telling
the servant that he going business to wsstmn-
ster-a district OF L0nd0n-and would buy himself .
new hat on the road He stopped at hattsrs, bought
hat ordered 1t 10 DO sent 10 his brothern laws house
and then left the shop The time OF his leaving s fixed
at halfpast five T. NJ a. which hour 1t is nearly dark
Mr.. Spoke, but Ihe nat which he wore was picked up
by workngman close by the IRON ratings Of PARK 10
pearsd few days after this man saw the advertise
ments which were posted about, and having noticed
MI Spekes name in the hat no handed to the police
Five hundred pounds reward offered for any in
formation of the missing clergy and the police have
exhausted all their ingenuity to find some trace OF him;
but no has vanished, ss bJ magic Has he been muir
dered The Times and Telegraph that this Is almost
impossible, and suggest that he may have some reason
for hiding may have gone to New York. But on the
other hand, there does appear be the sgntest
motive for such proceeding, while there every
motive to induce him TO stay here go TO his friends
the New York police have already boon toegraphed in
regard to this mystery and the story Of their searcn
whether II be successful unsuccessful, would be read
with intense interest here. Does not the wnoe story
recall the Parker murder at Boston?
Mr.. John Bright delivered another great speech on
Ireland at Birmingham last evening Perhaps you may
not have room tor tho entire Grafton which tee-
graphed to the papers here through the enterprise Of the
telegraph company. Mr. Bright says nothing very
novel, and proposes deal with the Irish question just
hs proposed to deal with 1t during his Irish tour He
wants the connection between Church and State broken
and the subsidy paid 10 the English Church fairly
divided among the different denominations He op.
posed the idea Of repeal Of the between England
and Ireland. He insists upon the ballot the remedy
for all grievances just as Greeley once insisted that
you gave the Southern negroes the right to vote u would
curing hunger BY political Blooms has not succeeded
in America; 4. could not succeed in Ireland
the crown purchase cory Certain .'a great ssssss
price, and with long credits. In word, the member for
Birmingham was just ~ eloquent, just earnest and
speeches and Lord stsn'sy's and Mr. Giadstonss and
Fart Derby's and Earl Russell's together you will
English politicians to do something for Ireland and to
do II Immediately The trouble Is nobody can sug-
gess any practical plan, and the result something like
despair, which he present panic about Fenisnism i'm
creases That this view Of tho situation s exag.
serated you may learn from the following mournfui
speech descantsd the blesssdnsss OF q future when
the inhabitants of the sister island. regenerated
reconcica with US, might live in contentmsns and
peace with all men Who has not forecast such .
promise Who has not sokened as he measured
more and more the apparently ineradcable obstacles
which make its realization almost hopelessf Let
past vanish out Of remembrance and what 10 tho
chance Of prosperity and peace in 1relands We may
abolish the Irish Church We may nvert the relations
Of Irish socsly-and what remanse It In legs-
ation 10 make the mprovdent careful the careless
thrity TO convert Indifference about dirt ana beggary
howell for shelter into struggle for Improvement OF
house and home; 70 replace, by sereiance, trust in
Y
lous of truth felt the necessity Of vera
city. These are standing evils which crown aud Pariia-
ment cannot touch Their existence furnishes no excuse
Why the Legislature should BOT do what 1t towards
the improvement Of Ireland; but they make us dlff-
dent OF nattering schemes promising any immediate
change OF its condition. and they teach that first
and last lesson in dealing with the Irish problem is
patience"
The Fenisn outrages and the discussions about the
Alabama clams are srousing intelligent Englishmen
the necessity OF preparing for war You seldom
troubled with quotations In this cofrespon sy,c, -.
bQQ YOut mi frCu
the best OF English Journals the Pal Mall Cascs which
clearly states the danger and the Of England
The article Is important In itself and from tho paper in
which IL appears journal not Ut all sensational but
always ready to state plain facts in plain words
"The position in winch We find ourselves is one Of
isolation from European politics. qualified always by
possibility that We might al almost any moment by
one Of several great Powers and in particular with
either France Russia or the United States. In OF
with Russia we probably might though also
might not the alliance OF France In case OF war
with either France the United States should have
to agh tngle handed and might have to fight
how would they acts We need speculate on the pro-
liabilities and possibilities Of invasion The exstencs
OF the volunteer force conclusive admission that IL
At oil events sufficiently possible TO require TO be
guarded against and no one caa have read on tho
hand the about the condition of our feet
OF roncads and toe other the accounts Of the land
ing OF the French army at Civits vecchis without cs
ing that an adequate cause arose and n nsst hap
peDc< not 70 bs absolutely ubiquitous, which At times It
is not, the question OF invasion might become most
pleasantly practical Its importance, sG all events In
tmWensey onnanceu CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH atAroS
In the face though have made surprisingly
little impression the Brsh mind. This circumstances
49, that hes changed Its character all Europe.
Armies like MiItons two-hsndsd engine the door
stand read TO strike once and strike moro. The
theory Of modern warfare s that means should be pro-
vlded to strike on the shortest possible netcs lew Of
those deadly crushing blows which leave chance Of
recovery. II was 50 with the French In 1859,
With the Germans in $685. and conspicuousy in the
American civil war. which .. nrst sight may sp-
pear 10 form exception. The Two parties that
occasion doubt struggled long and hard 1t great
d 4 kOrth ~
gigantic efforts had contrved 70 squp itself after the
modern fashon with the enormous army which enabled
Grant 70 overvheim Lee and seize Richmond BY sheer
overpoweng force concentrated upon great object
The contest ended ~ soon - the stronger side got
chance OF dwelling one crushing hsming blow ~
the heart OF s opponent 10 Of course impossible 10
prophecy to Details but the fortunes OF this
country come 10 depend upon the ssue OF Europoan
war what We shall have TO do will BE- 70 meet and, II
possible, return the Of blows which delivered
a. Scerino and Sadowa This 10 the for
winch France, Germany and Itay In their various
4aIs nrepaIiuR thamealyaa and do n0thuQ hut