New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-12-17
ANGLO-AMERICAN NOTES.
ENGLAND AND THE sUEz CANAL.

CHESTER-CARLYLEs f1GHiiEIH BlRIhpAh-
TIE LATE PROF. KEY-wINrER IN LONDON
AMERICANS ABROAD.
,vRom THE REGULAR CONFECTIONERY OF THE rRrBusE.i
LONDON, Dec. A word must again be SAID ABOUT
the Suez Canal purchase but it shall be brief one
Some light lie thrown on the matter by the dls-
matches the French Government have made haste 10
puhlsh Something had to be done TO calm publlc
opinon in Paris where the feeling against England
was daily growing stronger, thanks MAINLY 10 tue
rartisan view taken and 10 the incredibly reckless
spirit p which the French press have carried on The
discussion But single dispatch relates To the pur
chase though there are many Others from which the
course of the negotiations on canal dues and other
matters. from 1873 down. may be learned. will quote
only what Lord Derby says in answer to the French
Embassador This was two days at least after the
purchase had been completed. What the Marquis
dHarcourt was doing all Friday does not appear.
IL is safe o presume that his sluggshneSs was slim
Mated by dispatch from his chief III Pans, for on
Saturday morning Nov. 81 he goes 10 Lord Derby,
and Immediately on his return To Albert Gate writes
home He expressed TO Lord Derby, he says, the
desire he felt of knowing from his own mouth what
had decided England to buy the Khedive's shares.
The following he gives as the substance OF LORD
Derby's reply:
II was only at beginning Of the week tnst we knew
The intentions and need the Khedve TO sell his shares
NV wish and expressed II, was tlat ne shouu Keep
Them But the other hand. he had urgent he.d Oh oo
lsnlng resources for repayments which admitted OF NJ
delay. the other hand, we knew that negot5s
were going between the socieie Generate ana the
Egyptian Government for the acquisition OF .n"se ao
shares therefore had either 10 allow the scrip 70
Pass into other hands OF 10 buy II ourselves can assure
Won that we have acted solely with the intention of pre-
Venting a larger foreign influence from pIepOndeiatng
CONS der.lon for NJ de Lesseps. We acknowledge that
instead OF opposing him in his great work we should nav
AZ ne hctfer 10 associate ourselves with him. deDy OH
behalf OF my colleagues and myself any intention OF pre-
dominating III the deliberations OF ine company vi VI
aguu ii
What have done is purely defensive q" not tnnh'
STopricors OF the majority of sarcs said some time
tgo in the of Lords that would not oppose an ar
oauage mcnt of an international syndicate VIII not
propose this, but in no way withdraw my words
That is all very well but it is diplomatic, and if it
De not necessary 10 read between the lines, 1t ls at
least necessary TO look behind Lord Derby before
accept ng his smooth words to French Embassador
rs anal The tone of it will not be liked in England
It's a tone which Lord Derby himself would proba-
bly, not have used few days later, when he, cold
ard slow az he il, must have become convinced mat
the enthusiasm of the English people had rpened
into a settled conviction of the great advantage
they had gained. 1t is not tone which Mr.. DiSrael
will readily adopt. 1t is too apologize, and En-
gland, though with every disposition to be civil,
does not at present why she should apologize for
amending four mill ons of her money IN the way
that suits her best.
The appointment of Mr.. Cave rs agent on the part
of the English Government to look into Egyptian
finances, has been received by the public with blank
amazemcnt. What was wanted for such a post was
man of known force and decision of character
with genius for finance Mr. Cave $50 far as the
public knows-an ordinary person in every respect;
a fair business man, a magistrate, member of Par
lament since 1859; but, though steady Tory be
has never risen higher than the ofice OF Judge
Acknowledgement which he resigns to go to Egypt
Nevertheless, Mr.. Disraeh is judge of men, and
NAV have had surprise in store as he had when be
made Lord Mayo Viceroy of lndia, who always a
commonplace politician at home, developed an ex-
traoriinary talent for governing m the East, and
left behind him reputation that may fairly be
called brilliant believe it deemed necessary
to send somebody officially connected with the adj
ministration There arc Liberals who would have
been gladly accepted by the public but the spectacle
of Tory chief throwing q good thing away ON a
Liberal is one TO which the world is not OFTEN
treated.
The setting ND of a statue TO Oliver Cromwell an
event which occurred this week in Manchester,
calls out singular expressions of feeling from some
quarters. The Tories have never forgiven Crom-
well, and never WILL suppose, and their principal
organ devotes q column to satirical remarks upon
him, and upon the people who give ond accept a
statue of HIM. To the Tory, Cromwell is what Mr..
w. c. Wills tried to make him in his play Of Charles
l. The same author has drawn what is, hear,
still more absurd earicature of the great Protector
uanew play inst produced and damned under the
nameSf buckingham" Damned is perhaps strong
word to express the cold reception the play has met
with but not stronger than it deserves The better
critics without reference to its political and personal
ibels pronounce il a failure The giver Of the
Cromwell statue is Mrs Haywood; the artist Is Mr.
Matthew Noble, whose series fportrait busts, now
4 mt orIIf
ike presentments of many of the greatest men of
the past generation and the present. The Cromwell
] have not seen. 1t is highly praised, and hope
deserves all praise for of Cromwell good statue
exists in England. 10 is a mistake TO say none ex-
lists for there is one Ira BradfTl Town Hail. and
another-I think but have no time To 90 and see
in Westminster Hal. Mr.. Mobiles statue stands
now on the spot where the first man killed i'll the
Parlalne1tar war is said to have fallen. IL is nine
feet high in bronze the sculptor having studied for
the likeness the famous mask and Lord dc GIeys
miniature. The costume s Of the period, with ar
mcr, the head uncovered.
Mr. Carlyle was asked to be present at the cere-
mony Of unvang which took place on "Wednesday
but excused himself on the ground of weak health
Travel know, is fatiguing and disagreeable to him.
but he is not think, more infrm than man of his
age, after life of such toll as his, must To-day
is his elghtieth birthday, and he still is, recently
was, capable of doing a days work which
might shame much younger man. Mr.
Carlyle's friends and admirers TO the number
Of 100 have signalized this eightieth anniversary
by marked expression Of regard They have had
prepared gold medal and address, and both were
offered for his acceptance to-day. The medal is
large and costly, bearing on the diverse head Of
Nr. Carlyle, executed in bas-rel;ef by Mr.. Boehm
the sculptor whose statue of the distinguished
a. Do