New-York tribune., 1871-09-26
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have BEEN expected and certainly different from what
supposed Il was his plainly unwilling tribute 70 tho
iueresng power Of the Press and to tho loyalty Of tho
Ps In s general Of this power, which seemed to
the salient point Of his speech But q said In my
former letter. the Press needs certificate from nobody.
and insamuch Mr. Gladstone coupled bis euloU with
complaint Of the way the Press had used is power In
reference to himself 1t proves be the complaint and
not tho euogy which hAs attracted the most attention
And the London Press clearly was not pleased 70 oe
told that the opinion of what here called the provincial
Press was In resp6cts more valuable than its own
The result Of IL all has been to elicit from most OF tho
London papers Q kind Of protest, which. 70 say the
least does not Nj Gladstone BE has failed
in his object his object must be presumed, 70
strengthen himself; and he has doubly failed he sup
posed the most influential Press In the world wa likely
to be silenced OF tntimidated BY Prime Minister'S
harange am far from saying be had any such object
this last More probably he looked upon his speech as
appeal TO those good intentions" from which be
hopes much In international relations.
There doubt that the French Government are In
earnest about modifying the Commercial Treaty with
England; the Treaty which the iont work OF Mr..
Cooden and the Emperor and which, whatever its merits
from Free Trade point Of view, did Q great deal to
ouns the indignation Of England against tho crimes OK
tne "a December and later days The proposals. OF N.
tners nave been received at the Foreign Once, and
handed over for consideraon the Board of Trade.
tnues In power and her policy will be directed mainly
TO delay in the hope that something may turn up before
the evil day arrives.
Newcastle dispatch, published this morning, says
that tho places Of tho strike are rapidly fll-
ing that there are shout loo hands at the Elswich
works. thai In fortnight 1t 10 hoped all the factories
win be full, and that tho strike Ia looked npon
ct end adding that any number can roc be
obtained, but the difficulty to find accommodations for
them. As the dispatch oontrsdcts ITSELF and contra
dicted BY other Statements 1t may be taken under al
serve. Perhaps 1t u cry Of distress from the
terra than anything else. Foreign workmen no doubt
continue to arrive, but in small numbers and by no
Of high class About 100 have come altogether,
Of whom 900 known to have gone away again.
Thsrelis an article by Mr.. r. W. Chesson In TIE Fort
ai9htlv Repep for September on " The Opium Trade,
which ought TO elicit either conclusive reply, or an
abandonment Of opium dealing by the Enalish Govern
ment It will probably do neither. reply must admit
long series of horrible facts disgsoeful to everybody
concerned in tho traffic while to give the East India
monopoly involves o surrender Of yearly revenue OF
about t40o000oo Mr. Grant Dun the Indian Undersec-
retary inated last session he could not get on with
out the money, and Mr.. Gladstone charactersccally
hoped the evils Of opium might not be 20 bad as
they are painted But Mr. Chessens vigorous stateene
win be to ind an echo In Parliamens
next year. only needs succession OF such blows
10 put opium trading under the ban Of public opinion
II there are still in America any partisans of Imperial
ism any Brummsgem hsRo-worshipers, who think their
hero martyr pining In the misery Of exile, should like
to show them two photographs lately bought One isa
photograph Emperor the other Of the exEmpero
taken Just before the war. the other dated June H.
1871; both-as phoographs-sre admirable The former
Ia the portrait Of o overburdened, oyer-worked,
haggard with care and anxiety and more toll
than he had strength for tmental or other;
the cheeks arc hollow, the lines Of the fore
head and beneath the eye and about the mouth are.
cut as II with hot iron, the shoulders are
rounded forward, and the head IL drocping The
whole would be painful to look at II 1t happened
to be the face of friend Of whom respected
or could respect But look ct him year later The face
has grown round and full the cheeks are rm the lines
are gone wholly, but fast disappearing; the eyes
have careless good nature in place Of the sinister sly
ness which marks the others the face and figure 10
years younger; the musta~he 10 more primlY
waxed and in the whole attitude and expression Of the
man to-day there appearance Of ease OF re-
lief, of goodiving, and Of saying saucly to you who
gaze at him, You think I care, but don't" And
half believe not that he prefers Torquay TO
the Tuilerics. G.w.s