New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-21
NOTES FROM LONDON.
GENERAL TOPICS.

uROH REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRiBUhh'J
LONDON, June love are taking our new Sultan
very quietly. Had he come before the Sultan OF
Turkey and the Shah of Persia and the Emperor OF
Russia, he might have made great excitement But
ve have had surfeit of Oriental potentates, fol-
lowing each other as they did in quick succession,
and the sightseeing and mOnarch-loving Briton is
Of opinion he rather overdid the matter with the
Shah He is going to stand on his dignity with the
Zanzibar sovereign. 1t appears he is not exactly
Sultan. Some one has explained to us with much
learning that his proper title is "seyyid" and
seyyid means Lord-a higher title than Sultan, it
averred. The belief that he was a negTo-people
here say nigger-fast fixed in the British mind, has
been dispelled by sight of him. He is of course,
IN Arab and rules his negro subjects by right OF con-
quest-or as he expressed it, when asked what set
tied the right of succession among the sons OF his
father, 1.-THE longest sword"
He arrived yesterday. If you wish to give him his
absolutely correct and complete title you Will call
him Seyyid Barghesh Fin Said. The Sultan or the
Seyyid will do for common use. His journey has
been by sea- and he has with him suite of 81 per-
sons; among them that DR.. Kirk whose controver-
sizes with Livingstone and Stanley made him at one
time rather too famous. Kirk is Consul-General and
political agent at Zanzibar and for the time be-
ing dry-nurse to the ruler over whom he usually
stands sentine-for that is about the function which
British political agent in the East is expected to
exercise The Canara brought the party from Lis
bon The names of the principal personages accom-
panying the Sultan of the mo IT formidable kind.
The unnamed and possibly most important include
secretary cashier, painter, four cooks, and two
BARRIERS. This company is enlarged by the addition
of o guard of honor, appointed by the Brit
ish Government to attend upon their guest.
The number of this guard of honor is three Its
component persons are the Rev. DR.. G. ?. Badger
fare they going to convert the SayyidY, Mr.. Mac
naughton and Mr.. Dawes; the two latter defined as
gentlemen connected with the East India Steam
Navigation Company. A royal salute of 81 guns
was fred by the flagship at Sheerness, and on land
ing at Westminster the royal visitor was formally
received by Mr.. Bourkc Under Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs and couple of clubs. Sir Bar
tie Frere, who headed the embassy to Zanzibar for
the suppression of the slave trade, had previously
received him informally. There was a moderate
crowd to look on from the bridge, and Mr.. Bourke
made civil speech. band played God Save the
Queen-there being presumably no national air from
Zanzibar known to them-the Guard of Honor of
the I'd battalion of the COldstreams meanwhile
presenting arms. No member of the royal
family or royal household, not even an
squerry, was present. Everybody is at Ascot
excepting the Queen, who is at Balmoral The GER
emonies over, the Sultan was driven TO the Alex
andra Hotel This seems too much OF too little-too
much for prince incognitO, and too little for a
royal guest. But the Queen and the Court have
views of their own about these matters which com
mon people cannot be expected to understand. The
ruler of Zanzibar is an important man to the EHhsh
for some purposes The slave trade business proved
that. When Sir Bartle Freres peaceful diplomacy
failed show of force became necessary to bring
over the Sultan TO English views, and secure
treaty. This treaty he is said to have observed
faithfully since; extorted from him though 1T was
and against what he thinks his interests though 1t
be-against his immediate pecuniary interests be-
yond doubt. That is much, to say the least, as
European power would have done in similar crcuDl-
stances, and deserves q civil recognition. To-day
the Sultan goes down to Ascot to the races Let
Ms hope he will be permitted to see them from inside
the royal Enclosure.
There is pleasing fiction that the same law exists
In England for rich and poor, for peer and peasant
That is correct in theory When 1t comes 10 prac-
tice the result is sometimes queer III you were Ear
Of Gainsborough, for example, you would discover
how gracefully the theory may on occasions bend TO
your wishes The Earl of Gainsborough is by no
means a great man among earls His carbon Is not
yet forty years old his property nothing wonderful
for bis rank he himself not known to be remarKaDie
above the average of ears for virtues talents But
beowns two ffhs of the land in Rutlandshre and IN
that county knows neither superior nor equal
man has been found bold enough to bring an action
AGAINST him and has since spent good deal OF time
IN efforts TO get il tried. The bold mans name is
Baxter He bad been injured while driving the
seryants of the Earl of Gainsborough having
nsgllgently left a ladder in the highway. The SUIT
was brought in the county. Finding he could not
hope for an unbiased Rutlandshlre jury, the
plaintiff tried to get the venue changed u
London but failed He then abandoned that
setion paid the Earrs eosts-amounting 10
ooA.n in
which the defendant promptly caused to be
transferred again to his private county. Not dis-
souraged the plaintiff went before the Court OF Com
mon Pleas sitting i'll bench, and moved for rule TO
snter a suggestion for the trial of the cause IN Lon
don or in some county adjoining Rutlandshlre Ills
Affidavit recited some Of the above facts ana one
ether still full OF meaning-that two local
collectors had declined to bring the action for fear OF
offending the Earl and his connections. before whom
they practced at sessions This takes US oasK 10
tho Middle Ages, when a bailif served VIII Oh
nobleman at the risk of his life. In these days he
would merely risks being ruined for ffe Inc Court
Of Common Pleas granted the rule, which Will be
argued presently.
1t is worth noting that Oxford ComIuemordIioh
passed off this year without disturbance But the
authorities have only evaded the old difficnltyin
stead of meeting it, They closed the Sheldonan
Theater as they had threatened and held the cerc-
monies in a small room belonging to the Divinity
School where the facilities for disturbance seem TO
have been few Everything went on decently, but
also DULY aud there is great lamentation over the
sacrfce Of 'the one great day of the year. An out
Eder cannot understand why the Ions should admit
their inability 10 control their turbulent yonth They
had only 10 send to London and borrow score
Of Col Heuderson's hellneted police, swear them in
constabes give them orders TO arrest the irst man
who was disordcrly, and the thing was dono. But