New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-15
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
RNGLISH GOSSIP.
THE RY-PERs0NM-TRAvRL TO PARIS.
lPRON OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE

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| fPROY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
| Ioxnoy March l5-The vacancies in the Govern.
ment have been filled by appointing Mr.. Shaw Le-
| feyro Secretary TO the Admiralty in Mr.. Baxter's
| nIoco and Mr. Winterbotham TO be Understanding
| ~ tbe Home Office in place of Mr. Shaw Lefevre.
The Admiralty Secretaryship was offered to MI w.
p Adam. now one of the Junior Lords OF the Treas
ury and Assisan-Whip, but he preferred DIS oiu po-
sition. and rightly enough since beng AssiStaht-
Wbin ia next thing to being Whip, and beng Wihp
is almost next thing to being Prime Mlnlstcr-heA'
in the sense of nearest Of course not III the sense o
next in rule or next in promotion, winch couu no'
happen Mr.. Shaw Lefevre's appointment Is uheA'
ceptionabe He has been pretty much eVerytnih
was NOT long since at the Board Of Trade, Which nc
administered very well during all Mr.. Brlghts III
moss When he knew the business Of that Office thor
orobIv be WA nromoted to the Home Office and
now he goes to the Admiralty, where L pehe'e no
has bcon before This is carrying out Mr. Gladstone
theory Of training Young statesmen by shifting them
about through half a dozen departments by the
time man is 80 and ripe for tho Cabinet he VIII
have smattering knowledge of his ha1 dozen
bureaus and thorough administrative knowledge
of none. Mr. Winterbotham's acceptance OF an
Office raises the cry Of "another Radical muzAed'
but doubt whether Mr.. Winterbotham takes that
view He is one of the young members, not an arls
tocrat. Dissenter and there is something gained
when Mr.. Gladstone for any reason Is induced 10
leaven his administration with a man who belongs
neither to the upper classes nor to the Church Oh
England Mr.. Winterbotham sits for Stroud. can
speak. has views of his own and has made his marx
very early-would not be worth muzzling if he had
not.
Iheard Yesterday curious bit of gossip about MIR.
Stansfeld. 3 appointment Mr. GladstOne's eyes had
al last been opened they say 10 the absolute neces
sitv of taking Mr. Stansfeld into the Cabinet and he
had made ND his mind to put him at the Admiralty
A .oon as this became known there was STIR
among the men TO whom Mr. Stansfeld was odlous
ON account of his old connection with the continental
Republicans, Mazzini and the rest. They went to
Mr.. GIvn and threatened, if Stansfeld were APP
pointed to make a row about it in the House, ana
BRING I'D the old accusations of his acquaintance
with the Orsn plot Il think 1t was, and know not
what other rubbish. Mr.. Baillie-COchraue Tory
member for the Isle Of Wight is even reported to
have sent somebody TO Paris 10 see what conld
be raked out of the dirtiest pigeon-holes OF the
Imperial police. When Mr. Glyn took this precious
tale to Mr. Gladstone il seemed to have been listened
to-pot that Mr. Gladstone believed an atom OF the
exploded libel but that he dreaded above all things
an esclandre in the House He gave way, ana by
putting Mr. Goschen at the Admiralty and Mr. STAINS
field into the Poor Law Presidency, concillated the
Tory wrath which he ought to have dehed But the
story came 10 Mr. Stansfelds ears and Mr. Stansfed
was so Justly Indignant that he took the strong
course of going to Mr.. Gladstone and asking him
pont-blank whether the report was true, or why he
had been denied the Admiralty Mr.. Gladstone de-
clined to answer On this latter point Of Mr. STAINS
fields questioning Mr. Gladstone and Mr.. Gladstones
REFUSAL believe there is no doubt, and that beng
SO there can scarcely be much doubt that the other
| part of the story is substantially true
| Communications with Paris and other parts OF
France though nomnay restored, are still far from
being as rapid as before the war. Letters to and
from Paris take two days each way, though tho nc
tual Journey can be made in less than The Prs
slams still obstruct portions of the railway lines and
what obstrcts them still more is the broken bridges
at Creil aud Pontoise. At Creil indeed, there Is a
temporary bridge, but when crossed it month ago
| it was not in condition to support the passage OF
heavy or swift trains. The old bridge took lying
leap from the clif-like banks of the river. When il
was blown up by the French the Prussians found
the construction of trestle-work bridge at the
Same spot too stiff piece of work. so they
built their bridge little higher up where the
banks slope rapidly down to the stream, and built
new track on either side to meet the bridge. Being
intended as n make-shift the whole thing was
rckety enough. but il remains, and is likely for
some time 10 remain the only means of reaching
Paris over the Northern Railroad by the most direct
route At Pontoise there is only bridge of boats.
and passengers are invited TO get out and walk over
carrying what luggage they have. And instead of
the whole journey being done in Q! hours from Lon
don to Paris it now takes II hours from Calais only
and what with delays between steamer and rail-
some 10 hours in ALL BY one train you may have
luggage not exceeding co pounds, by the Others only
what can be carried in the hand.
Mr.. Carl Rosa, who has been spending the Winter
in London and Italy, will return to America in
August with an opera company; meaning, believe,
70 produce English opera on large scale. His
troupe will comprise Madame Parepa-Rosa, Madame
yanzini from Covent Garden new and very
handsome tenor from the Scala, and many other
celebrities. "' VS.