, 1870-02-13
LONDON.
Historical and Political lit
erature.
English Writer'S on the Byron
Scandal,

Scandal
Newspaper Gossip aud the
Postal Telegraph.
ireland and the Colonies.
[FR0N ouR OWN coHRxsroKpLNr.l
LONDON. Jan II.
BCpGN OF L1Ezlsf 0oss1r.
At. LoTe, The chAocelor Q, the E1caequer. Is
corssanty c1ed,.ed with pleces OF pe,:y eeonon1.
BE haa Offended large tumoe1s by reductions that
were feauJ t7d'c.ous, and Ia revenge they spread
stos1ea which e1asgetate his intentions IN o:ner
departments. 1t l. said for example, that he viii
allow no more money for he publication Of tho
cAleIdaFs OF state papers, ac.; but Of the ueu-
ber for the lnlveraity Of London this canuot be
tine. That Nr. A5rtoD. The Commissioner Of
Pa1ks, de-, may be disposed to pull up the rantA
IN the public efeuuds, o1e might believe, tat no.
that UT. Lowe, the scholsr, can gTutlge few hun.
d1eds for Worls 50 vaiunb.e to the co1u:ry, and
which are out Of The range OF pri7ste enter
Prise The retcgcs. State papers and documents
IN tne POSSESSION OF Yne State coc8tf-
tute The Eost complete aud perfect series Of
That i,1d in the cts,.tzed wsr!d; hut, before tia
publication Of tho Calendars and Indexes CON-
netccd, they were comparatively useless. 1t
would be thousand p!t.s4 10 discontinue the
seflet. Cr TO twelve yeaIs sgo the wofks Of
taA ancient historians CT Grea, Britain ana Ire
lara were 1rconsen!ent and delecure, seEerA!
beng 10 manuscript al3ne In 1855 Il was agreed
10 Pub tab the best Of them, tha materials OF
which wouid help 10 nn mp bl2u1s IN EDgl:sn
history for which no satisfactory and authentic
iufcrmAton hitherto existed In any accessIble
form. The Volumes IN existence embrace the
pertcd from the earliest tine OF DtitlBn history
down 70 the reign Of Henry VII. MI. Love
mult avoid all the literary societies II he cuts
cf the mssalrceot huu which paIs los the Issue
OF these worss-
1nlheze days PUBLIC 1en are very communities
tive aa 10 their Official experience. Every Cabinet
Minister and Ambassador wou.d seem TO hhve \
d:asy AID Memorandum In his desk, which Is one
dy 10 Zee The Light II former times
such documents were for the eye OF the
family aloDe, or, Il they reached the
printing cfnce, Il Was when the writer
ard liz contemporaries had passed Away, Now.
alsys men hhow passion 70 anticipate poster1-
". Earl Russell wants TO know what the world
will say Of hlrn, and to AaKlat II IN forming It's
judgment, Hence his sWo volumes OF dispatches
aid tpeechtA Colonial Governors, recalled or
tuperADUua;ed, cone out cn platforms OF break
into pamphlets nnd 1etters- Sir George Gsay Is Al
tusy Al = Using ba1r!s1er. Sir ". Denlsou
toilowl, and Is presently to give two volumes,
EetlipE forth "yasleties Of Vice Regal Lie"
There arc no secrets In these days. The special
commissioner Of the 1Sntss IN Ireland
one Mt. U'coppot Morr1a-ts 10 puo-
ith letters on the land question IN
tha. country; and the father Of Ar. Oodkin,
tie able edlior Of the New York .Natio" Is coming
out with volume called nTAe Land War IN Ire
lAnd." An entc1nR announcement 70 thoughtful
{nla hcxx Ia tnSt tna tlpft tAAt tAyn
Sir George Coruewnil Lewis. ThtI volume Is ces-
tain 10 contain snsewd comments and aarcasna
upon English political society. Selections
from the correspondence OF the late Eakl
Of E'gtn are TO be made pubic: bat here
the wedding VII! have been carefully doae. Ar.
Lawrence OAphant. does he care tor anything 50
pkotAue, could tell nore Of lhe Ear! Of E7gtu's
v.eNs Of his contemporaries than anyone el4e
out OF tue ian ,lJ.
In history, Earl ssannopc- -1ormerly Nr. Jared
! Sparks' aItsgor!6t-,s to lssue work on The
| Reign Of Queen Anne until Ihe Peace Of Etccht,
| designed AZ conrecslDg Ink oetHcen the coEclu-
| s!o0 OF Lord MacaulaJ's History aGd the con.
\ meucement 6f Lord MahoLs &. e., the Earl Of
Stannortt). In Scotland, ser!es Of rare eAsays $
arc promised, under the ttle OF "Recess Stud.es" !"
| Perhaps The nest Important will be paper en-
1.-THE Dee1in,ng Production Of Human Food in Ire
LAND, i" By Professor P1aJlalr. Cambridge sptor
alh FeGow-Ar. r. Hurn-!A preparing TO indulge
! AOla1s with Historical and typographical te.
scrp1!on cI the stte, buildings and the uciznoor.
hood OF NJ Client Rome; with enEravings maps
ard plans; ard the antob,ogrsphieal recol.ectlonl
OF venerable Professor OF the zane university,
WIN died = few months aSo, arc NOW ready,
Yet arnIher book On American society: The
newcomer "tn the p,eX" u called "Tne
Americana at Home; Pen and lux skesches," One
David Macrac "a the author,
lone OIL the papers this week heg!na Beilas o,
articles on the female noyeiist1 Of Tho day, win
the intent Of Proving that most OF the novel.
wfilten by women are consplcaoua for laxtty oj
moral tone and for highly wrought descriptions
OF SEMINAL passion. No mercy Is 70 be ahoEp,
lie Women to be 1fst dealt With kro laoSe who
have Offended only 10 certain degree, who sre
r>ure remarkable for Ao uuWnnteAoue moral tcne
than for absolute onenalveuess OF expression. a
suffels Of Illustrations Of d12racefu1 writing non
the PEGS Of "lsdy " roselttts 10 to follow. Amope
the nunhcr selected as examples, uon the namei
Of Mls. z. Ridden. Msl Annie Tno {uo1 Ms
Cudil>, Mn. Steeia tniece Of the Lord Ctaaceloi)
Lady Barrett Lenua1d, 'Ouida, d" and the autntl
oi "Corcth rp Us Flower"
The author Of the violent articles 10 BL1eil-aod.
| Nd5astne, directed sGat1st Lady Blrop, Is II.
fsget one Of the esiptndtarJ police magistrate.
u Lordou-t gentleman who, though nomtrally 4
Liberal In politics, u, a. far az his abilities 20
| bitter and perslHtcut enemy OF IoeralIam
MI. s:ane, BY her ignorance aud rastness, b..
Rysn men Ike Nj Pagtt:an Immense aavantsce
They haze the 1eid 10 themselves, Mr. Hay 5000
u the Quarterly pegs deal too ruuch. however
| when he aA5s That Ar9. Stove has, :" ca1onze1 M
Mncer." Lady Byron stands lower than pe1ort
through Mrs. S:ove's c.umsinesJ and tnere HI,
eeeh m ootoufst Of npoiog1es FOR B5snu, bas III
I ecandaaous revelations xnica the poesb defender,
haze been compelled 10 make through toe docu.
mcuta used tn bis favor, have Bunk Into tue nub
lc ni1d III" present generation hardlJ
FesH1ed before hd~ bad mao he
Wa Defpiie, Therefore, the universal
condemnation Of the ssowe rar1ati.e, Lard By.
ron ass been punished BY It. No one would wan,
70 oufJ AIN In Wesiu1nster AbbeY n2r. AZ the
eovent Garden Thease1-the largest II England
could nos, The other nigh, help noticing the
co!onesa OF the audience 0lrnp~s Of ~ ioctdea,
Intended 10 elicit their synpatny. In the course
oi The piece. an italian inaee-hoy crossea ine
stage, carrying on hs head various bus,s In plas.
ter Q: Parts. On hts way he Is Joated BY p,sset.
e5, and one Of the "lcpages" falls TO the ground,
Ine nan takes II 1r, and, coming 10 the foot.
| afhte, eaJs, "Leta see who II H. Oh, RS
111d Iyron- All: this Is not the rtss
] time they've tr-ed to puli hIm 10 Pieces
but they can't 10 tt.'' There Was not tho slight
est respocte. though the house WAS crowded, ard
though several other hits were loudly appIaudeG.
lltheS don't cheer Byron at Coven, Garden Thea-
tre, donb, there i much enthusiasm anywhere
else.
NEWSPAPER MATTERS.
"cold ehuddcr'' SurB through ar1s.ocyAsic
families ~ the RouDd OF rutnor that the
tHffn'a Aukn.ST is 10 he revived o. rte
ofcnlrs OF Parliament Mi, Grenvule Murray has
neyer appeared TO take h:s tfsal and would be AZ
fesfed 1nstRntef were he recognized he Is Al uE-
ecruruous End daring aa he Is able, tot the v1y
10 punish him WAS lllassrated BY Loru casztnstor
md think The tear OF lynch law, together With
the unified charge Of perjury will keep him aHny.
Po:sestilg ~ hls o1ta ard acquaintance m
lE,ln ate knowledge OF the weak places In fau.-
Lee. he Wal able, by his e1aggesnttors and his
dkRu.Aea OF nane. 10 Greats terror in socesy
Which, TO The present EenerAuou. vAs new. He
roStd n1d It next TO Impossible now to discover
pttnttr and ruof3sher, Wien the expoeu1e came
everyone shank away fFpu h,u IN DISGUST,
complaint 10 raised that all the wi.d elephants
IN foItscs a1c tu1ned into tame opes-atke u tie
word Ct toutnAI, Md srorgst the Patlta nertasy
people, The gIIcsAcce Is ceutcAlly pat.
and Ia worth co1y!ug. "Wny," eays
the GruHhler, "to The daily psoers
al give thee leaders, whether they have ytatuc
~ ray Ct ros- Then each leader II divided TITO
thtec ratae1aphf. Of which lne nrat contains
rcar.ta!a,lou Ct torce op,ni,n or expression
1eoasea OCT one*htr., OF acme platform. ts
feCcsodJ VINO hal Leither yoca cor tnnueace Oh
II; the aeeoEd OF which states what ran be au1.
or Hs5 be tso. or. perhaps, has te:1 sad, begin.
n'ff. ntuals-'7ter, on the o:htr ha1d;' md tae
tn:Id {. " ea assascs u taAt Al f2t ~ We can
ase Al Present. things arc much nf = much.
oese; bot very ttott tine E31t SHOW rs
ctut!Esels which Way raattets a:e ltkc.y 10 tend,
ssc ~ A esents the cc11ur uaJ rely upon I.
ssA1 Aese great Questions ATE eDj2}iag the eou.
nj ~