New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-29
BRITISH GOSSIP.
PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.


wORLD-MR. MOTLEY To SAIL FOR AMERICA.
uRoh THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuNs.l
LONDON, June 17.-Mr. Carl Schurz arrived in
London late Sunday evening, having left Berlin Sat
urday noon and come through dIrect-a tedious and
fatiguing journey, for which, however, he seemed
none the worse early Monday morning Reuters
agent in Berlin had taken the trouble to telegraph
the London papers that Mr. Schurz had gone to
eouthern Germany, but the actual presence Of the
distinguished ex-senator was sufficient, and TO us
most gratifying contradiction of Reuter-. 1he Times
next morning announced Mr.. Schurz's arrival. since
then the interest shown in him has been of an I'M
usual kind 1t was hardly to be expected that
Englishmen should be as eager to welcome a Ger
man American statesman as either the country
which gave him birth or the country which adopted
him. But his remarkable career long since
attracted attention here. IL has been well under
stood in England of late years that Mr.. Carl
Schurz in point of ability and accomplishments in
purity and force of character had no superior and
not many equals among living Americans i'll pubhc
life. / can hardly recall an instance IN which the
English press has shown itself better Informed, OF
taken more pains to inform its readers, about any
American of distinction who happened to be visiting
Europe Three or four of the leading journals OF
London have discussed his remarkable history in
tone equally free from prejudice against his country
and full of admiration and respect for the man. The
Standard of Tuesday is, perhaps, most remarkable
among them all; so seldom does that organ OF con-
servatism deviate into an expression OF liking Tor
anything OF anybody American-late RebeseXcepted.
How much TO say about the civilities which Mr..
Schurz receives in private life and from ind viduas,
hardly know. They numerous, and of kind
honorable both TO him and to the Englishmen who
offer them. / shall not take too great a liberty,
trust, If mention the names Of one or two of the
hos
who have wished TO make Mr.. Schurz's stay in Lon
don pleasant to him-Mr. Forster, Mr. Hughes, Mr..
Russell Quincy, the Marquis of Ripon. and Mr..
Bright. Already Mr. Schurz finds invitations so
pouring in upon him that he has decided 10 prolOng
his stay through next week, and perhaps later,
instead of returning to Germany In the middle
of il as he had intended. He is to be
guest at the CRYSTAL Palace dinner on Saturday,
where the Sultan of Zanzibar, Lord Derby, Mr..
Dsrae and many other celebrities are to be present
Tonight he attends the reception of the Countess OF
Derby, going on afterward t. that of theDuehess
of Westminster which will be one of the
most brilliant of the season. l should hardly
venture to say that / suppose these social
splendors have any great allurement for MIR.
schurz though he certainly would not be insen-
sible to the compliment intended by the numerous
invitations sent him. His great desire believe to
be the opportunity Of seeing something OF the real
England-Of which, indeed, London society forms an
element of no little importance He will see before
he goes what is inside well outside, and have
an opportunity of talking Within addition to some
of those have named the representative men OF
England of different parties and of party those
at the head of affairs and those who have been, OF
will be, at the head-in word with the men to
whom the future of England is likely to be
intrusted, and with whom o man sure himself
70 play o great part at home, needs to
know how to reckon. 1t is for the interest
of both countries that acquaintance OF this sors
should be formed. remember well how much store
the late Mr. Sumner used to set by his knowledge oil
European leaders, and how eager he was to increase
It, Like Mr.. Sumner and Mr. Everett and-among
the few strong men of that generation now left us
Mr. Adams, Mr.. Schurz is sincere student OF dlplo
matte and political literature and of contemporary
European history, for which some lesser men have
Thought il worth while to display contempt born
of ignorance. All of them thought that one source
of snch knowledge was to be found in the society OF
the best men of the time. One result OF their
familiarity with Europe was to make them intensely
American in feeling-Mr. Sumner was passionately
so-a result which follows from foreign residence In
the case of Americans who were not born west OF
the Atlantic by mistake.
Mr. Delane Is not to re ire from The Times. There
are and have been no disagreements between him
IL
discrodted last week from Family Fair is without
particle of truth or of foundation. l wrote then
that believed might fay much as that Now
Am able to repeat the contradiction more elnphati-
eally and without any sort of qualification 1t is
pleasure to be able to do it; pleasure in which any
hodv who has the interests of journalism at heart
must share.
Sir Charles Dixie is to make another voyage round
the world He sails from Liverpool for New-York,
Sent 4, to be absent from home four months You
will be sorry to hear that he means to spend very
little time in the United States. The chief object of
this tourney is Japan, which he will explore as
Thoroughly as time and circumstances permit.
Neither In New-YOrk nor anywhere in the Eastern
States does he propose to stop, but may renew bis
aeonaintance with Brigham Young and the Nor
mons. who seem to be an unfailing attraction to
every class of Englishmen. Whether Sir Charles
means to write another book, cannot say. Per-
haps he himself cannot say. suppose his tour is
undertaken partly to satisfy the reStlessness which
at one time or another always resumes its hold
on a man who has Travelled much and
RAPIDLY: partly to judge for himself something
of an extraordinary people whose relations to Eu-
rope. and particularly to England, are growing
yearly more intimate. There is great field for
rising English politician in Oriental questions Few
Englishmen study them, except from a commercial
point of view a mistake Sir Charles Dixie Will not
commit He Is able to master a subject, and has
lately shown cleveTness than he at hrst did III
the use he makes of the knowledge he accumulates.
Once unpopular in the House-for purely political
reasons-he is now popular having taken the sure
way TO regain its cOnfdence-constant attendance,
infreouent speaking and steadily speaking better.
When n man has abilities and industry, with some
tact he need not wait long to get share OF the con-