, 1872-10-19

| Henry VII, his justification Of that monarch'i
divorce from Catharine, and his palliation OF hi
! treatment Of Anne Of Cleyes and Anne Boleyn
as we'll as the fresh and strong proofs be brough
forward touching the completely Of Mary O.
Scots in tho murder Of Darnley. This oppo
sition, however, has made neither the man mol
his works any the 1ess popular. He gracefully
touched upon this point, few evenings since
in New York, upon the occasion of the reception
rendered him by his publishers, MessrB. Scrib-
ner. Armstrong & Co. A1r. Froude said:
When landed, last week, had not single personal
acquaintance IN this city, and now fnd myself not
only among my own people, but among waEm and gen
erous friends. NY literary has been checker
ed one. I have been connected from the beginning
with subjects On which passion Is still boiling Those
who handle hot coala are apt to burn their fingers and
l have now and then burnt mine. Literature, how
ever, has also brought me many pleasures OF Ill
tnese pleasures, not one has given 80 much graa
cation as the recognition which my writings have been
80 fortunate as to receive in this country We arc all
u us ~ nature Ruch that swallow large es-
sure Of datery, but the digestive power even here has
It's Nnts. You make feel like FaIstaff before the
battle Ct shrewsbury-
Would 'twero evening, aud all we're vc1
World 1t were fortnight hence when you have heard
"ha nave to say to you, and your good opinion Of
me had remained unchanged.
Mr. Froude has come to this country to lee
ture On the relations Of England and Ireland, 8
subject upon which he is thoroughly competent
to speak. In the same speech from which the
above quotation is made, Mr. Froude says:
When at collage, used to spend my vacations wan-
detng In tha 1rdsh mountains. have ltved in peas-
ant' cabins for months together. was once laid up
with severe illness in the wds Of Mayo and the poor
creatures treated ne with tenderness which shall
never forget Their history attracted me Their coll
dion personally interested me. knew ireland before
the famine knew it in the famine. WIS In Ireland
atterward in z84s in the Smith OBren instruction
Since that dme have been IN Irish tenant. Indeed,
may say am an evlcted tenant. have been turned
cut Of my holding and sympathize with the special
wrong Of the country, as was very unwilling 10 Co.
His purpose is indicated in the following ex
tract:
When was writing my "History Of Ehg1zad,"
was 1sd to look closely into the conduct Of the English
Government toward Ireland in earlier times. When
that book WAS off my hands, began to examine into
the action Of tho celebrated penal laws Of the last cen
tury. had read what very few persons have resd,-
the secret correspondence between the English and
Irish Administrations during all that period. fet
In Short that had something Of Importance to aay,
aud wished to say 1t.
You connected equally with both the parties whose
presence In Ireland constitutes the Irish difficulty
You can wish no Ill to either You are peculiarly fitted
to mediate between them, while you are so circum-
stanced that the Judgment Of America, expressed
through the press, through public speeches, in the
thousand Why's In which National sentiment can make
itself felt, will carry weight which Is alrnoBt ill.,
calcu1able.
In regard to the inauence Of America in the
premises, Mr: Froude says: s' The Judgment of
America has moro weight in Ireland than twenty
batteries Of English cannon" It is not only on
this account that Mr. Froude will attract great
audiences in this country. All will want to hear
what he has to say on this ve1ed question !; but
st the same time they will be equally curious to
see the man whom Oxford expelled for his free
thinking, and who understands the art aud the
fascination Of English composition, az very
few other Engish writer's do. The appearance
OF such 8 man as Mr. Froude in the American
lecture-room will make compensation for the
reans Of trash, and rivers Of words, with which
the people OF this country have been afflicted
during the past few years.