New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-29

as fresh as Mr. Dickens had been heard last night
for the first time
Mr. Cyrus Field came from Switzerland TO London
last week, and next week is going home 10 vote Tor
Gen. Grant. How many Americans are there VINO
would travel 5000 miles aud cross the Atantq u,
October TO votel Indeed his journey u more IMAM
GOOO miles and he makes two voyages Tor ne leaves
his family in Switzerland and will rejOin them WOeil
he has put his ballot into the box. Mr. koeDuoh
thinks cultivated and wealthy Americans take no
interest in politics. What VIII he say 10 the energy
of Mr.. Fields patriotism And whore are the ne
publican sluggards who viii not be shaneu mo
activity by such all exampief u W. o
MR. THOMAS HUGHESs RETIREMENT FROM LAM
BETH-THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN TUE NEWS
PAPERS AND AT THE FOREIGN OfilCh--AN-
NOUNCEMENTs OF FORTHCOMING BOok9-
NEW POEMS--LTERARY GOSSIP AND liLNS'
lFaoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
LONDON. Oct. 3-9ir lIughcss retirement from
Lambeth is o most striking inst'nco OF the WahI
of organization and discipline and some central
controlling power in the Liberal party. lie was OPP
posed by three Liberals and two Conservatives
There are but two seats IN tho borough ana were
there but two Liberal candidates both would DO sure
10 be elected by an overwhelming majority An
Alderman who is Lord-M ayorelect OF London a
Sheriff. and a third nobody whose name and calling
have escaped me- presented themselves as candidates
in addition to Mr. Hughes. They profess TO oppose
not him but each other Their furious rivalry. how
ever was carried on Mt the risk OF so dividing the
Liberal vote as 10 endanger tho second seat, ana
make il very probable that Mr. w. H. Smith, tho
leading Tory candidate. would slip III between them
In these circumstances, aud neither OF the Liberals
who aspred to the honor Of being MIR. Hughess col
league could be made to listen 10 reason. and retire
Mr. Hughes himself has resolved 10 withdraw. The
sentiment of dcccncy not strong enough IN
any of the other candidates to induce them To take
themselves ont of the way and the sacrifice OF Mr.
ia. Of lam
beth loses its only eminent representative whom
nine-tenths Of the Liberals undoubtedly preferred
and will supply his place with two rich aud stupid
members who will never be heard Of except 10 be
laughed at.
Parliament however. is not 10 lose SIr Hughes.
whom it could by means afford to lose He is TO
stand for Frome. represented now by Sir Henry
Rawlinson whose seat becomes vacant by his nccep-
tance Of nomination to the India Council Promo
is little town OF 1900 inhabitants. in Somerset
shire, NOTED for its ale" says The Gazetteer. Undcr
the old law il had 4l4 electors has probably three
times as many now IL chose Sir Henry Rawnson,
Liberal In 1866. by 200 TO 1s3 for Wickham. Conser
vative Two-thrds OF the new electors proba-
bly, Liberals and tho seat is reckoned sure for Mr.
Hughes There il a difference. doubt, between
sitting in the Honse for great metropolitan Dor
ough like Lambeth, with 10000 elections, and sitting
for an unimportant country town like PRONE. But
Mr. IIugbes's withdrawal from Lambeth - 30 chiyl- !
rously done, aud 80 unseltshiy volunteered IN the
interest Of the Liberal party 20 save seat which
might be lost otherwise. that he has earned new
title 20 the confidence and gratitude OF his associates
Mr. BuTlincame is making better progress with bis !
mission than might be expected from the cold reccp
ton first given 1t by the press. Ia addition 20 Inc
Daily Ne,Cs The Star has urged his claim to fair
hearing. and manifests an unmstalnble fnendliness
toward the ambassador and the objects of hs visit
Its article Thursday was very able and good a |
paper similar in tone Will appear in the forthcoming
Westminster Rerioo. The Illustrated London Nets pub
fishes portraits of the Embassy with friendly no.
tees of It's object ~ the Liberal press generally
backward i'm approaching the true character Of the |
mission. The hostile articles in The Iim@, etc. |
came first simply because their insertion was pro
cured iii advance by persons Interested commercially
in perpetuating tho alternate systems OF force aud
fraud on which much Of British trade and suprom-
acy in China were built up.
The first official interview between Lord Stanley |
and Dir Builingame took place ON Thursday, the LIST
inst. Lord Staneys reception Of Mr.. Burllngane and
his colleagues in the mission was natterlng and |
friendly. He expressed his qualification at the send
finding 1t constituted II is 1t peculiarly for
tunate. Lord Stanley thought that its chief should
be an American, and he so far from manilesting
any Of the petty jealousy displayed in The Times,
that he regarded it ~ natural and proptiOus that
China had thus proclaimed her confidence in and
sympathy with the youngest OF civilized nations lie
ayowed his perfect readiness 10 enter upon nogotia
lions TO insure 10 China the fair policy which she de-
sired TO adopt and that freedom from an odons and
irritating foreign dictati0n which she Justly
sented. The interview was completely satisfactory
from beginning TO end.
far from being complete Two ut least OF the great
publishing houses reserve their announcements Tor
fortnight, and the month viii DO we'll filled down To
its close with successive advertisements from great
number OF firms. The prospect OF u busy season
seems tolerably good-better at any rate than last
year, when the number Of important new works was
very small.
Mr. Brownings long-expected poem has at last
reached the stage Of being announced by his pub
fishers, Messrs. Smith, Elder * Co II is still un-
baptized, and the advertisement gives other de-
sSciption than this A New, Poem By NJ. Robert
Browning. In -Four Monthly Volumes Fcp. syo'
Mr.. Dickens OrigDated--Or pOpularized, know not
which-the practice of issuing stories in numbers.
1t has been reserved for Mr. Browning TO apply this.
method 10 verse. All the whispers about the great
length of the new poem seem to be justified by rs
appearance in parts-as II the whole were more than
the public could he expected to absorb at once The
will comfortably fill the four volumes which are 10
be- let ms suppose and hope uniform in size and style
with the edition of the previous poems just
Messrs. Macmillan 4 Co. publish this month. Mr..
Charles Wentworth bikes Greater Britain; n record
Df travel In EngllslI-s peaking countries AmcTca |
Australia, India during 1851: 2 vols, SvO; a book
of which high expectations have been formed The |
Illness of the author has hitherto DELAYED s appear
ance. Mr.. Edwards Lac Of ST UdItG Raleigh. based
on contemporary documents, appears today ia vols
MI Clements X. Markham, who went out rs Gcog-
Tapher to tic Abyssinian expedition cOniTibnted n !
number OF interesting papors to WdcmHtdn's Waga-
sine during the progress of the war. Messrs. Mae
MILAN Will soon publish by the same competent
writer 4 History Of he AiyssiHidH IrpeiifiOH with |
maps, &c, aud with chapter by Lcnt Pfideanv |
containing narrative OF his mission aud captivity
The very convenient. and indeed, INDISPENSABLE |
Sfdfesmdns Lar Book, by Frederick Martin, will bc
issued is usual by the same firm. for 1869 Tho an
n0uypcment OF Mcssrs. Macmillan include also The
LtodHd Naturalization Of The Second kdii Of Lire,-
J0O III vols. edited by Prof Yongc; History Of the
EBgiish Bite, by Il. +. WestcOtt The FIRE Ddgp en-
toiaiHmtRs al UenhrOrh Grange by Francis Tur.
ner Palgayc; and book for boys by Sir Samuel
Baker, entitled Cast up by The Set Sir Samuels rival
in travel, Mr.. VIM. Clifford PaTaye brother io
Francis IT, has novel in press. or in preparations
but not yet announced.
A new novel by the authOr OF John Halifax l. |