New-York tribune., 1871-11-17
BRITISH TOPICS.


ARTIFICIAL WATERWAYS.
tgRoN THE RBGULAR oOBRRsPoSDRNT OF THK TRIBUNE
LONDON Oct! 28.-A great part Of the signif-
canoe or rather Of the practical importance Of the
alliance betweaH Peers and WOrld4gpen, has diSap
peared with the phboa4ono Of the oaclaL statements
both sdHs We know before from separate letters that
most Of the Peers and MembersO Parliament repudated
the hmous seVen propositions. Whist they actually
asseuted to is something totally different There Is not
Tory or Q Liberal IN the United Kingdom who
might not adhere to tia mempEandpm now published
without lettering tho least degree his political action
The memorandum drawn up by clever politician.
1t seems TO pledge the Geners Of it to something In
reality pledges them TO nothing They take general
interest In improving the condition Of the worknRmen
but TO themselves unettered discretion In the
manner Of shOWingh,
Their statement Was published Wednesday On
Thursday the Council Of WorkinGmen put forth q de-
tailed narrative. The net result of their story Is mat
they have been, will not cay cheated. but conpie'oy
mised The least attention 70 dates proves thaI lne
pendeAy OF their allegation that they were dls1ncy
given 10 understand that the Peers had asSeheu W 'uo
propositions Those propositions had been loIlhu
lated early In the year. appears at ail events S
time before the 10th Of August. They had beeh put Id
the hands of Mr. Scott Russell who acted FOR the Feers
and the wOrkingnen took for granted tSt they had
been shown 10 the Peers After they had been TOT some
time IN Mr. scOtt RusseIls pOssessOn Special meeting
OF the Council was held at which Mr. Scott Russe mace
abatement II was the 10th Of August. What he said
u given ~ II . verbatim report or copy OF aWrltten
paper and 1t begins with this remarkable declaration:
Ny neeotistons have been successful; all the objects
proDossd have been obtained" II Is true that Mr. sCot
Russell aftcrward gave them copy Of the Peers memo
randun, but without in any way qualifying his first
statement.
Had the workingmen been practced In politics. they
would have remarked the discrepancy between what Mr.
Russell the agent, told them and the written statement
which was all he had to produce the part OF his prn
4. q NpkAr ArVrnI 10
between two and to have either dscredted Mr. Rus
sells verbal assurance demanded the written con-
hrmatiOn Of It, They failed TO do this They seem really
TO have believed that the alliance between themselves
and the representatives Of Of the most powerful
classes In the Empire de faetO concluded and they
talked about It In half public way as thing settled
Vague hints Of a political millennium dropped from
their lips in conversation At last whether with or
without the knowledge and tact consent Of the Council
the story given TO the newspapers in Its most
positive shape. It great Olunder. 1t may serve
a warning. don't that 1t can help much other
WISE The Peers and that great middle class which is
far irreconclable enemy than the arstocracy to
the working class have for the moment all the advant
age They all their sdversarys cards. They
have shown Of their own. Even now, the Council
reeratc their readiness TO take their stand the
propositions, and for such programme to work with
any person persons, Whig Tory Liberal Radical
Well courage is always wise, and your cards really
the strongest you may play game on the table and
win all the same will only add that Peers and work
ugmen equally rSsdy to dsowu Mr.. Scott Russell
The Peers say he applied them behalf Represent
ative Council OF WOrkngmen OF which he was chairman
Tho woringmen say Mr. Russell acted for the Lords,
and that Mr. George Porter was their representative
Clearly, little explanation from Mr. Scott Russell him
self would not I've out Of order,
Tho Commission appointed by the Tehuantepec Rail- |
way and Canal Company, 10 examine and report upon
Of the important artificial waterways Of |
Europe, has completed great part Of its work. The
Commissioners MajorGen. ]. 8. Barnard T. S. A. de-
tailed by President Grant, Col. ]. W. Adams, Chief |
Engineer Of Brooklyn, and Col J. T. Williams Engineer
in.Chiet Of the Tehuantepeo Railway and Ship Canal
They came over during the Summer, and examined,
under very favorable circumstances, the CalcdOnan
Canal and the canals Of Holland including the
from Amsterdam TO the North Sea, now constructing
Every facility was Afforded them, and after thorough
surveys obtaining full sets Of plans and papers, the
members OF tho Commission have returned to London
and are preparing their report 1t Is understood that
they arc convinced Of the feasibility Of the Tehuantepeo
Canal in respect to which favorable report had been
made to the President by Capt shued Of the Navy in
June of this year. They believe that the canal may be
made larger than the CaledOnian, with available
depth Of 20 feet With locks $50 by 80 feet The President
of the Company, MI Simon Stevens, is In London, con-
sultng with the Commissioners, who will shortly return
to America.
report that NJ Louis Blanc La to edit new paper In
Paris 10 be called lie Jo1 has found It's way somewhat
prematurey the English papers The TRUTHS that Of
fers have made him to take charge Of the political
department of such paper, but the negotiations are
pending. and arrangements still incomplete. may say
also with reference possible report OF conversations
with NJ Louis Blanc that be has not authorized any
statement to be made in his and does not wish to
aeoept the responsibility o. declarations imputed to
him. no matter in how good faith. Anything he has to
say be win say over his own name.
Another eminent Frenohman, to whom the vacation Of
funiiV fOr a III.
t victor schoelcher whose ought to be familiar
20 every American 80 the WlberfOree and more
than the Wberforce Of France. The abolition OF slavery
I'm the French colonies was the work OF NJ schoeeher
He gave TO the energies Of half lifetime and more tnan
half his fortune Exed since 1851 for the crlmeof loving
the Republic too well. he Lived in London aloof from
The sooety which he was we'll fitted to adOrn by his
character his accomplishments, his services, ana MS
wealth In modest house In one Of the most secluded
marta Of Chelsea M Schoecher found occupation at first
in writing those two remarkable books, lie 6o"rer7e-
,Denf du Deur Deceu,bFe" and His0te des Grimes du
n,,,z D...mbrs books from which Kngake, I think,
drew largely when he painted his hideous nfeike pic
tra NJ the usurper Napoleon III. They tel the story
NJ the COUP Eat has not elsewhere been tod Win
fidelity and minute detail That DONE there remained 70
schoecher his active benevolence ana his tastes Sun
sularly cultivated and acute, for art and literature
Not 70 commit the impeTnenCe Of describing the tnte
ror OF house not accessible to the public, may VEN
ture TO say that contains treasures OF KIND Whlen
few OF the splendid palaces in London can rival
Aubrary Of some 5000 1000 volumes museum flled
with raritios partly collected during his many voyages
70 the French colonies and to Africa, while pros
ecuting HIS emancipation work, and COlec-
fton Of prints formed on the principle Of bring
ing tOrether one specimen of each enraver from the
beginning Of the art to this hour when the art
almost extinct-these are part Of the gradual aCcumu
latons Of life Of exile, II. SehOecher Il again. Is In
IH member Of the Assembly or as he would prefer to
he called Representative Of the people Lke his iend
" Ts Tape he is one Of that party Of the Left which