New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-21
GREAT BRITAIN.
PERSONAL NEWS.

PEkSONAL NENSs
LONDON, Wednesday. Oct. 90, 1882
Lord Derby is again unconscious. He is sinking
slowly. ,,,, vo,,.s,ov a., On 1870
The Right Honorable John Walsh, Master of the
Rolls, is dead.
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN MISREPRESENTATION OF
Mp sIJMNER-MR. BRIGHT'S CONVERSATIONS
AND MR., SUMMERS LETTER-A vINDICATION
MR.. THOMAS WALKER-NEWS OF JOUR-
NALIsM.
IPRoM OUR own CORRESPONDENT
LONDON Oct I'll referred in a recent letterto the
statement teleTaphed over here by Reuters agent
In New-York that Mr.. Summers speech had been re
pudiated" by the Massachusetts, Republican Conven-
ton. We had four days ago the American papers
containing full reports of the Convention No Lon
don journal has thought it worth while to correct the
absurd Misrepresentation which they all circulated,
although il appears that the speech instead of being
''repudated" was received with cheers, and fol-
lowed by a vote of thanks to its author.
The same speech contains Mr.. Summers correction
of a few out of the numberless perversions of his
Senate speech on the Alabama question. 1t points
out particularly that he makes no demand. The
demand he was said to have made was the grayest
among the many ofenses imputed to him by the
English press. Yet no English paper that have
seen certainly no London paper, retracts its old
charges or corects its mistakes, has uttered one
the speech they criticised, and they refuse now to
print the brief paragraphs that would expose the
injustice Of their attacks. The Star alone is partial
exception II prints passages from the speech, but
offers apology for its offensive and unfounded
comments on the former address-comments made
ii is fair to remember under another edtorship On
the teleTaphic reports of the speech, which were
neither accurate nor fair and which suppressed what
was most essential there was plenty OF eager writing
in the old tone.
Ii need not be supposed that. the press mean to
ignore Mr.. Sumner. They quick to seize on any
thing that offers decent or indecent pretext for
attacking him. In his rules OF courtesy are for
gotten. When The Nation of New-YOTk published
what purported 10 be the substance OF private let,
tiers from Mr. Sumner to Mr.. Bright The Pau Mall
Gazette reproduced the story, and other journals
copied it from that 1t is no new thing to see me
Nation serving as jackal-proyider TO The PdH NAL
Gazette. On the authority the English journal
accused President Grant of bribery, and in its
search for whatever is discredtabe 10 America and
above all to the Republican party. an unening in
stinct sends 1t TO the columns Of its Newlork CO.
temporary.
AS to tie story about Mr. Summers letters to Mr..
Bright, II is not necessary for TO 90 into details
because The Nations fasehOOds are TO be contra
dieted authOrtatiyely. know the facts and have
much better right TO them than The Nation had
which had none at all But don't think the pub
location by The Nation Of a garbled version of Mr..
Brights conversations gives me the right to publish
true version the conversations having been in
both private. have, however. no difficulty In
saying two things: First, that the printing by The
Nation was gross violation of decency; aud second,
that the paragraph as copied apparently rGbdti00
into The Pail Mall Gazette contains much that is nm
true, and that what has any bit of truth IN II Is
greatly exaggerated might add good deal more,
and indeed the important statements are capa-
BILE of a specific contradiction but presume the
need Of my saying even thus much will have been
anticipated before this letter reaches NewYOrk.
Since the above was written, two copies OF Ihe
Nation have been put into my hand. From that OF
Sept % IL is plain enough that the paper is paving
the way for a retreat from position 10 has dscoy-
cred 10 be anteBalle. Other things also plain.
This once Republican journal has at last become the
personal organ Of Mr. keyefdy Johnson by whom IL
10 supplied with material for attacks aRepublican
leader. IL Mr. johnson WAS not ashamed 10 send TO
The Nation private letter 10 him from Mr. Bright it