New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-27


Mr.. Gladstone accepted and supported the amend
ment After discussion of some length the House
| divided with the following result: For Mr.. rms
amendment, 232; against it, 131; majority, lOl.
,,p uoTIry-THE RECOGNITION OF CUBA-MR.
| DICKENS AND THE LITERARY PROFESSION
THE TORY POLICY ON DIsESrABLlsHMENI'
| IPRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
| LONDON. April 14-The effect Of Mr.. Motley's APP
pointment, which we have this morning, had Deeh
anticipated. or 1 may say discounted, by the an
nouncement some days ago that it had been resolved
on The papers have said their say 1t in advance.
| Mr. Motley is so widely known in London person
ally as well as by his public reputation that his
probable nomination excited the keenest interest.
| think the highest compliment paid him, OF that
| could be paid him, is the desire l have heard OK
pressed more than once, that he would come IN any
other capacity than that of Minister. MIR. Motley
has many English friends to whom his return VIII
| be a qualification, but who don't at all like the
| positiye Americanism he will Introduce into his
| diplomacy They know he is not to be cajoled by
the sort of batteries to which his predecessor fell
| victim, and they begin to suspect-and perhaps TO
dread-that he will come without any purpose OF any
| instructions to renew negotiations on the Alabama
| ouestion The same dispatch that announces his
appointment announces the rejection OF the Johnson
treaty, by "a to /, in the Senate. Even an English
| nublio ought to detect some connection between
| those two facts. On the present state OF opinion
here, in respect to America, have good deal more
| 10 say, but not this morning. few days may add
something to the public evidence OF what IN private
has rather increased than diminished since the first
squirt of irritation following the adverse report by
! the Senate Committee the Alabama treaty.
| Opinion has not cooled down. far as can see.
| What wrote some weeks since, in discussing the
| probable effect of Sir Henry BulweTs motion. is
probably still true. Circumstances may bring on or
may postpone that motion. In either event, the
| coming of Mr. Motley will DO eagerly looked
| for There is no one thing Englshman so
| much want as authoritative statement OF what
| America wants-what will content YOU We have
had all kinds of rumors about Mr. Summers speech.
II Mr. Sumner has not yet delivered it, he would i'm
mensely oblige people this side by doing so at tho
earliest moment. In the lack of other material one
or two journals have shown q certain enterprise in
hunting ND Mr.. Motley's address TO the Historical
| Society of New-York, from which they have drawn
deductions that might be surprising to its author
| Another kind Of compliment, which will not much
crafty Mr. Motley. is the copious advertising in the
London papers of pirated edition Of his histories,
offered at third of the price which purchasers have
| TO pay his own publishers
One result of the English anxiety to think them
selves right the Alabama question Is an effort to
| make us out wrong in the matter Of begerency.
The vote OF the House of Representatives in respect
10 Cuba has furnished text for people who enjoy
| the Ia ouoque style of argument See, cry The Pal
! Mall Gazette and The Times they complain OF En-
| gland for recognizing the Confcderacy yet tho
| House OF Representatives has voted TO recognize
| Cuba One is a. bad as the other. recognition Is
| a recogntion-they no longer hav" tho face go
make "A grievance of ours. These writers belong 10
| the celebrated school Of logic which established
the identity of Maceddn and Monmouth. 1t is not
to an American audience that the impudent fallacy
| needs to be pointed out. But with English
| men incapacty to place themselves in the
position Of their antagonists ia national character
| istic. For their benefit, Mr.. Conway has written
| brief answer 10 Tho Pail Mall, remarking that what
we complained of in the English recognition. was its
haste and dscourtesy. Lord Russell would not wait
| for the arrival Of tho American Minister who was
| bourly expected But the American Government has
| not only waited for the Spanish Minister, but has
| not, though he has been weeks IN Washington, yet
recognized Cuba. There are points enough beside
this, which completely discriminate the two cases.
| but you may expect the English papers to 90 on for
some months in their headlong way, repeating this
| parrot-cry about Cuba.
The telegraph does not give US the name Of the
magnificent minority of one in favor of the Alabama
treaty which is pity. lie would if only his name
were known, be the most popular OF Americans in
| England, and il he would but pay visit TO this
little island he might perhaps, have as many dinners
given him as Mr.. johnson.
We--and by VIC mean journalists and Others to
| whom literature Is profession-we, / say, owe
thanks to Mr. Dickens for the very straightforward
way in which he has stood up for the indie
| pendent rank of his profession. They gave him a
dinner at Liverpool on Saturday last. Liverpool
prides herself being kind of provincial London
and follows the dinner-giving example of the me-
tropolis. / suppose 1t has local celebrities, but
they are not 30 easily recognizable among tho list
of guests az the celebrities not local. Among the
latter were Lord Houghton and Lord Dufferin; II.
Alpbonse Esquiros-one of the three living, or, in
| Guiding the Emperor, four living Frenchmen who
| know something of England-Mr. Anthony Trollope
and Mr. Hepworth Dixon-though perhaps the latter
| ought TO DO reckoned among the notoreties rather
than the celebrities. Mr. Dudley. Liverpool Con-
sul was there and Mr.. c. L. Norton Of Boston. Lord
Houghton replied TO the toast of the House Of Lords
whereof he is very young member, and upon which
he seems 10 set value proportionate TO the newDess
! of his peerage. In Lord Houghton's mind.
| TO DO member Of the House of Lords
is to share in political life His own in
auenco in public affairs may be considerable,
but ia pretty much unknown TO the public. More or
less it has such attraction for him that he wonders
Mr. Dickens is not eager to ENJOY these sensations of
power. why is it," exclaims Lord Houghton.
that lie has not taken part in the civic rights of his
friendsi" And he went on TO declare his con victon
that any of letters however great his indiviau-
atty may be, would be the better for mixing little
in politics. With singular i'll taste, Lord Houghton,
whose good taste can seldom be questioned, added
that Mr. Dickens if he had chosen. or perhaps con-
descended SO far might have acceded to the honors
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