, 1870-02-27
LONDON.
Mr. Bright's Health
Tie Radicals and Their Demands
Sir Charles Dixie and His "Greater
Britain"

Sir Charles Dixie and His Greater
Britain"
Parliament Newspapers.
tYKox QUE own ooEaEsroNpHNr1
LoxpoN. Fdb.s ..
M. rH10HrS uEALrR.
isis unfortunate ror tho Liberal cause hat M
Er1Qht1 health ahoud fail lust - Tho Wo1k nAS Do
gun. IreQret 10 say tua, the right honorable gen.
uennan looks extremely H. When the honse ot
Commons met yesterday, h!s seat wat FacAuI Als
lob.n tacs Ia shrunkeD, and worn. weafy e1piea'
fton sits IN bis eyes n1 frlen1s cannot bat ieaf
there may b . return OF tho uJtnR ancaon
which, scme years ago. took him alto9eh-
er ont Of puel!c life, ard uaaeeo
hin to helplessness. Du11rg that lonR Pc |
nod he was unab,e 10 read o. convene
npou any but the slupless topics. MANI conclaoei
that hls nne powers would leave bit, aud that A.
was lost to the circles amidst which he hat been
vehement power. Happily, 1t WAS rot 10. Slozl,
he returned to health. AID TO activity. Hh subse'
quenl speeches n4ve been 4mcng t7e best Of his
life. The ntwf. yesterday. CT his Illness, srd Of
the imperative osder1 that be Wtthd1ns tof
while from pol1llce, has caused great senssuoo.
OF course The Tories mate handle Of It: but l
NIlkG WuAt 1HoN- 0nfA BE1kQl% lO( Lie lQVLAGAA
Is unnt for the least bodily or mental txers.on-
TIE RApICALA
We h1ve the Ministerial rrogTsmuae: but In
front OF the MnlbterA-n advance Of tho nefe
governing clAas,-are q band Of Radicals who
want things I OF down IN the otncial rlau- s,ne
| Of them, Represented By a brother Of a Cabinet
| Mlniater tMr. Jacob brightly, are for giving the
Suffrage 10 women hou.eholdefs; others want
!" "resmtsHtse BILL " AZ 10 restr1cuons on the sale
! Ct Intoxicating drinks A large reduction IN tho
| natloI nj expenditure IL unanimously called for.
MD The feeling spleadl In favor Of gigantic efforts
TO pay on tho national debt, 10 thAs
England, beng unfet!eEed IN the r0ce
| OF commerce, may distance al nAlou1
! IN fuppl.icE the vast u1askeu which ara open To
enterprise and adventure. The Irtsn Land bill;
the new education scheme; the legalzItou OF
tIsdts.unions: tie ballot; the removal Of uuiyet-
si,y4 tess, and iIcenllnR bill, aro the most the
government can think about; Act doues II the
Tcres will ros be nb1e TO postpone hall escn Of
thote until another Sear,
stRcHARLEs D11Kk
Somebody told Sir Charles Duke, the other day.
he was ono Of tue confident politicians who were
raid BY Lord Pnlme11ton 10 be "cock.surc Of
everything" 6lt Chatas. indeed, hss no dlaIus1
OF his own Judgment. He speaAs faitiy.-haytng
good voice. ard an easy manner; but he IL as
PIT sent apotgst "the enthusasmf." He aecond-
cd the reply to the royal speech With pluck and
| RQEu Hcu&E, DQt Q6 0uotku VI kAc +0VA@
esty which tho House likes 10 see Ia the young.
lie carries on the Athtn1tsm with spniI
acd has Improved 1t IN au res2eetf.
Not often ha1 Light book o.
travel been favored 80 quickly With o1lctsl com
pllrren,s ~ the Greater Br1tate" Of s,r Charlie
Dixie. n. Thiers, IN The Corps 1eg!alatu, spots
! Of 1t the other day as ia book Of extraordinary
| merit" and described the author as tone OF tnl
most enlightened men OF his country" and tn
Governor OF New zesland mentions the WORK In
cetpatcn 10 the Colonial Min1ater. "The chap
iers,"ne says, "on New Zealand are admiral!
graphic, snd the description Of The Manses and 9
the dttnculties Of Sex Zealand warfare arc rru
to the lile." Not lorg ago WAS IN the comp4n
Of toGe literary people where "Greater Britain
hspEencd to be discussed. One Of the psrty We
| an anterrrlAlng American bookseller, stayirE
| London On busluess; and th1s gentleman, 8fIt
prais,nR Tho book. with limitations, went On
conrl1.n that It aaounded In GuperlAt1vc
Tskng the volume from shelf close BY, I
opened it and said he would illustrate what
meant, at venture; ard certainly he did. AZ 0:
pagn It was a read, which was the dccs
the b1oaaest, the longest on tho whole ca
t1nert: then It was a school, which was Il
mot advanced, the most successful, the be
supported Of any IN the county: agsI
n II WAS railway, an individual,
horse, tree, DC. It matc n lAugn TO hear u
cool American stop atter esch quotation and shc
that the author was wrorg, ard that there u
something somewhere else deserving cl more d
rlause. This, however, q but et1erTeseence.
new Dalpnet has good stud In hin, and will rea'
an honorable place, both In literature md in pr
ucg.
NArrnIIyR u. rH.
LooRtng round the House OF Commons,
night and see!ng the appearances Of nttensi
during even q dull Epeecn-fos wa1 It not the d
night I'll could not help thinking Of remark
an Illustration made IN paper Just published
Mr. Arthur HelpA Al Secretary Of the Pr
Council, Mr.. Helps II often IN and out both hons
AID secs good uany parliamentary people.
obscryes how even during the Eraodest speee1
cre's mind whuders into quite other regions
thought. and he describes scene. Tbs Phi
90, A1n,ster Is Eliminating away after nis Is
fashion. Tne1e Is Jounx member,
hm own side, looking up at hin with pA'Hrol {
neatrefs. He nas TrrasuV Bench loot-no,
look that tho Trca1ury Bench ought to have;
there u MI the dt1c1eeee between thelr looks a
hts that there ia In the applause OF a hired
qtseur and thAt Of Jonng man from the c.
try who sees 4 play for the nrst time. Whist
the real thoushta Of my young parliament
f,teId. TteJ are these: "My wife may aaI Y
the hs es snont my large feat tve.y unttnd Of
-sne DID Eor cay 1t before nhyrtsgeh but
not sQueere them into these tight boots 10 pit
anybody. II ftnat fellow would but stop, WI
me, 60 hoEne at once md change them. Bat can
TIL he hRs Finished. They will think AM III.
ia Ike going cut cf church during the SER
C-ul1onEd Il there he Is Al It again with that
b.eesed compound householder oil his, We an
gos nno,her hat hour Of It, On! how thel
plnch!"
krvsrArfa Gossr.
The srcoessor to Nj. Dissent IN the Aas!s
L edttorrhip Of the Tsnes u Nj. Stebb:nq, gal
man who has written In The paper for some
: while. The Times Is Wofu1ly d11. For tho h
ds NATION 1t coDveys, this once lesttug touEus
ssN to be valued; but 1t Is only IN limited q
tied guide 10 public oplufou. The high pr!ce zee
out OF tho hands OF uanJ Of the middle claass
Who, II sney zee it. do 10 At their hotel, or In {
or sta railway wating-room: whereas, p<
paper tney buy. The azsic!ea are vel Wi,
tn. the Brilliant witty, daah1ng contributions
once brought the readers color Into bis CD
and made his eye momentar1J bright, arc Y
rg. Tha harp u mute+ The 7fmts writer's
tnue TO Affect. as class, to Stand ep,rt
other }ournasllts- They rsse!y write IN any Q
publication, and toe!r narDeA aEe strange Il
world. Whoever heard Of Ar. s:eoolrg7 But
loee By the slolauon+ Ia the thlck Of llte1ar
= men gre and take OF each Others Dire.
Tins sJatem masically Ignores the ordinary tnea
mailing !tsen popular, ard the result Is TIL
circulation IL lese TEAM tEat OF any other no1
Journal save the EaaA HAIL Ga-en<. With n
TO tic 1htter paper, the experiment II to r
l IEG HEEe mas nut RIueItO PtUFtN =
GERS. Du1trE the seafon now entered I
JULY there nAy be a chsrEe In it1 fortunes; but
rav 1!eyc tie prioe IL wreng. It u curious 10
aHopR professional men, the regret 1t ,ne 10
lown t1e FIJI! Mall Gazette ~ 8n original evening
= TIE la~yeE. the s,oct-broker, the barber. the
toY, ind !he gentleman, had grown sccusto1
L hu} hl4 full Han Of I light Is he entered hu
way rn,n Or bis broughau, and 10 take it
:, wish hlta. TO rrAd AFTER dinner. he u esya
lo m!at1nx II. II was the dniAniog luxury.
~, thing d wanting ii biz ord nary tile. The ev
edition OF The Pull Hail u reprint Of the I
q HgtAue. The articles arc the 1sno. BIZ
class TO whom / n fer {. not 1asge enough oy
10 ustc N evening journal pay; and nae
butter 70 rarBnips-"
1HK STATE Or r1LpY.
It's refreshing 10 b able 70 repott better
ada. Of things II tue North OF England TI4deis hl
production Is Increased, and mills which had
- been stopped, are again 1t WORK. There Il, Il
ON prtsent Il least an abundance Of raw u1ter.a
Price Of the lancashire goods has sdyanced
out 4 corresponding advance, with r1ther 4
nutiou, IN thu prfco uf cotton. THIS Improve
les IN ! yorS .na ccrra-.,t..,v rhe.n c,oth,,o
three | - r. ~ -
.uma. oee@ ste4.k1 ~ AAo Lave ooS0 He$'s AA0
the arc poorer; they arc again cneap, AID pros
Of coEes back. When food IS ceAT the great q
mos, Of onnsnmers h2ye al once leas to.spend On
it:: tndrzs, acd alac1Des& In tbs trades to which
xhlis give employment eusues. With cheap foot
inner Eress conluuirg classes begin 10 tpeud
VITA | End the efIecs re4ts on every deph1fMes