New-York tribune., 1871-09-13
GREAT BRITAIN.
NEWSPAPER TOPICS-TIIE VICTORY OF THE
WARD CREw-PRofosED MEETING in FA'oh
OF THE STRIKERS.

OF TIE STRIKERS
LONDON, Tuesday, Sept II, 1871.
The London journals of to-day discuss the
success OF Chinese labor in In it's relation to
the recent strikes in England The newspapers also
comment savagey upon the many disasters which have
recently bcfallcn British ships Of war.
The victory of the Ward in the Saratoga regatta
is also general topic Of remark, and some OF the
Journals express the opinion that the was won by
the Wards because OF the sakcboat arrangement when
has been discarded in England.
meeting in support Of the Newcastle strikers Is an
nounccd to be held in Taalg Monday, the
25th inst
is rerorcd that the entire shpbuilding interest OF
the port Of Hull has been transferred to company the
leading officers Of which NiccAdmlral Robert Spcn
Ger Robinson, and Naval Constructor Ecid
Col Rowland, accredited American agent TO assist
the cause OF emigration has arrived in London and pro-
cccds Scandinavia and Germany to commence
the duties Of his mission.
CLOSE OF TIE PARLIAMENTARY sE>>IoNS-AGI-
TATION FOR REFORM IN THE HOUSE OF
LOEDS-STRlKES on THE TYNE-TIiE INTER-
NATIONAL BOAT RACE.
IFHuM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, Aug. 26.-Parlament is at large
again. Members are abroad upon political Ilcket-"
Leave On Monday last the dispersion took place at the
hands Of the Lord Chancellor, who read Her Maiesys
Spccc-not a wel-written Speech we'll read by the
opening Speech of the Queen at the beginning OF the scs
sions did il admirably with faultcss and flowing clo
cutOn But this occasion the separatGfOos on which
the Speech written out got themselves iutrminged
and the Lord Chancellor read the finish before he camo
the end and looked wildly about for the cOncuSion
OF spoiled the effect OF the pcroration and Mr.
Gladstone, who stood at the bar and who alone knew
what was wrong looked pretty much author whose
tragedy acted upside down, and the grand speech OF
the the fall Of the curtain put into the mouth of
fool Of the piece in the middle 1t ALL however cam"
light in the all the errors OF mankind
are rcctifcd.
MI Gladstone, though unlonbt' dy looking pale and
worn has ss aimed loss Of Iergy uf action or speech
Notwithstanding his cXtraorlin Iry vgs In the House
lie has gone down TO Whithy. northern watering
place which his eldest represents His family met
him at the railway station, and he has already under
taken 10 be present Whtby concert for the bcnent
Of the Mr. Gladstone is not only the ahlc-t IRE
ncr had but also the most conScicntious' In
deed We had Premier before, "Ao We ~er" '@ie
had conscience The others doubtless had such com
modify about them. hut making any public Use OF
IT, the nation never dsccrncd IT, III Mr. Gladstone II is
ucuous All through the Sessions he has been faith
fui 10 lis compact with the people. Having
voted for the dlsesablishnent or the Irish
CluIch, and the Improvement OF the Irish land
laws most members Of Parliament Thought they had
done enough. and willing to let the Army BILL ana
especially the Bill Of tie Ballot, slide" But Mr. Glad
stone kept right on and stra ht and ali the COM
plants that hi> hills have been illconrivcd come from
men who would have said the same thing III whatever
way his bills had been constructed. The real enlnty
was TO the subject of the bill. Birmingham has taken
the field gainst the Lords Since 1882 when the famous
Truin liam Political Union took in hand the Reform
bill Of taat day the town has done nothing historically
memorable except return Mr. Bright. Lately II has
made mark with its Education League. 1t vows
now to prosecute an agitation of character against
the House OF Lords. Mr. Dixon one OF the Members Ia
brother .aw Mr.. stansfd, President of the Poor
Law Boar or whatever nov il cali"), proposes 10
limit the Lords to one veto against any bill The diff
Guilty of aholiehiny the House altogether il the
Lords would then make their way into the House of
Commons. which would lie more react onary than now.
We cannot kill the Lords and must retain them and limit
Their power for mischief
The late Mr. Charles Buxton, TIC wise and thoughtful
Radical who had ideas OF public policy has been sue
ceeCd in Surrey by young ana rather silly brewer
a Mr.. Watney, who contested tho seat In the Co!scrva
live interest His opponent was Mr. Leveson-Gowcr. a
WING Ll!cd IN bribery, and who excited no interest
STILL VI Watncy's great succcsSfOr he beat his rival by
LOO yotes-wl be a great triumph to the Tory party.
At the last election Mr. Buxton opposed with fanat
ical energy he tried to bring to justice Gov
Eyre who committed the brutal Of the blacks
of Jamaica Yet Mr.. Buxton triumphed' by large
majority over the pianofoe-wrecat party no logged
negroes with this denOniaca instrument. 1t does
great reaction for the county to send feeble
Dlac ck-sklnnlng brewer IN his place. Our
explain a good deal OF the triumph The Bung party
are well organized and they have b en- threatened
by a Licensing bill which would have modified
their traffic In intlriati n; and have towcd
for Tories i'll revenge, and have k,pt their word
Bung will give us political trouble before We Shall
put him down. The Buag party ayc to Us what the
Slavery party To NUu
The strike Of the oneine,rs tie Tyne has not got
itself settled nor is II Likely 10 be adjusted. Sir VIM
Armstrong the most ip0r,an; and one Of the most
obstinate Of the at cmp"ycrs. who, by refusing TO
confer With the men in ciI way at first. together with
the coenplOyers the Tyne side, have incura
Die feeling Of resistance the Belgian aud
other ign wOrkmen collected TO take the place Of
the who have struck. As many as 1890 Of the
Unionists remain still unemployed about Newcastle
5000 have left, emgrated or obtained work else
where. Daily collisions between tn, men on strike and
the foreigners The pinch OF the strike Is begin
ming to be felt among Union families. The be-
coming desperate, and Tyne-side man makes
what Mr.. Henley, the member for OXfordshre,
calls an ugly rush" when in @ desperate mood Of
mind. Nor are the masters su cessful. The men they
import mostly wretched mechanics, aud personally
doubtful characters Many have been soldiers and are
better a fighting than working and 1t s feared that
the dark nights there will be displays Of this
quality The police augmented there is talk OF the
military being held at hand, in OF need Beside the
foreign workmen being bungers they spoil the costly
and intricate machinery inrusted to them not speaking
English. the foremen find it difficult To direct then and
a small army Of interpreters are needed to keep them
going and Interpreters not being engineers are unable
10 translate technical to proper directions
seems likely that the mastersand the men VIII rum me
great industry OF the Tyne tetweeH iicm
AL this part OF the country has been ae't"tcd pn
another way this week Everybody has been expecting
the from Canada ot the g7cIt bOatface between
the Plr. Crew ana the ne Grew under RtnfO.th. .hc
chhin scu.cr Of the Tyne Al ro md T.: oIn whtTe
ihe D,rvo r.L, L0.setaclLr is icAgioh IL n Lie