New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-09
BRITISH GOSSIP.
NOTES FROM LONDON.


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,-.ov THE prcrLlR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNE.l
LONDON. June 26.-The London correspondent of
ana Of the best of the provincial papers, The Leeds
lfercsrs has been making some observations about
American visitors 10 England They are too sweep
ING Int there is certain proportion OF our traVe
inc countrynen who will not be harmed by reading
his remarks and quote the essential part OF them
rer,ris privae society there can be no doubt that
.nr transatlantic friends are maie very wcconc, anu
81 wonld be- made still more welcome bat for one pec,
Sartv which ninctenths of them seem nnaole 10 ge u
Of unless indeed when heightened esidehce III Eope
INKS cure This regularity on the part OF nearly
every American one meets Is profound seeonsSl"in
80 ~ his being Americana selfconsciousness Whlcn
@nuallv proVokes him comparison. He seems To be
haunted by the notion that the English people nave poor
prove the superiority of everythng american n 10 e'cy
;hinr European. This Is patriotic, nut tresOme' An
rnnishman is not anxious to defend the institutions of
his country argument, because he considers tnsin III
s Mitch of compacency and especially within the first
month two of his stay over here ne must neeu 10
onntry and his own OF the advantage of the
latter lie does not see how heartily tlreu OF ths pam
selfconscousness his English friends become nor YET
the admirable sefcOntrOl with which they refrain from
arguing with him, and replying to his renecuons "t GU
yiOus retOrts.
Now nobody need put this cap on whom il does
NOT ft The "nine tenthsn of this writer is mani
fest exacceration, but there are enough whom II
does fiji TO make the gOodnatured censure worm con-
sdering In most cases, the habit is only amusing;
in some il is offensive. 1t is offensive when IL taxes
the form of direct attack upon England Ill the pres
once Of Fnelisbmen; or of superciious comment;
or worse STILL of nnuendo and sheer. All these
have heard not often, but sometimes, ana almost
never from the best class of Americans; by when
mean those who take the most real pride IN thelr
own country. and IN whom their country takes or
has right to take real pride Occasionally the ieel
Ing assumes the shape of exaggerated dislike TO mere
oNlil ifG IfSpl
refusal to comply with them. have known Amen-
cans who would take pains to treat an Engllshman
nnciylly because he had the misfortune to possess
title; though the unhappy man had for his part
taken pains to be civil to his American acquaintance
have heard of others who would resent and refuse
what were meant TO be attentions from EngliShlnen
because they were not offered in the precise way
which is the custom in some parts of Amerca-lt
may be remote parts. Others, who found klnd OF
ibred pleasure in violating certain SOCIAL rules
which are here thought to have close connection
with morals. Others, again, who found pleasure IN
nrov,ng that they despsed that essential rule of
civilized intercourse which makes guests OF one
host 20 long as they guests, friends, and
entitles all of them to be treated as such.
Not 10 make too long catalogue of such mistakes
will stop where am; repeating with emphasis that
those tOwhom such remarks apply are the lnfreqnent
eyceptions The greatest pleasure an American
living in England has is to see his own cOuntrymen
and countrywOmen; his next greatest to BRING them
into easy relations with his English friends. Ii ac-
cidents sometimes happen, they are annoying,
mainly because they may give Englshmen wrong
notion of Americans, or lead them, as is the case OF
the correspondent have quoted, to generaze too
RAPIDLY The two nations are rapidly becoming better
acouainted and like each other better in proportion
Enaiishusu as yea know, are journeying every year
Al. G4oto ~ and
NAV not know return full of gratitude for the kind
ness of their reception. Over and over again have
heard Englishmen contrast their own country un-
favorably in this respect with ours think they do
their own Injustice They don't visit it as strangers
An Encishman, for instance, is sure to be struck
NV the freedom with which the best clubs in Boston,
New-York, and Philadelphia are opened to him,
whereas in London excusiveness is the rule and the
provisions for admitting guests are narrow; Tor
reasons need not 90 into. SO of other points, and
rightly OF wrongly the effect is that the Enghshman
who has travelled in America spreads throughout his
own circle here the praises of that country.
Before The Echo was sold to Gen. Schcncks friend,
Mr.. Albert Grant, an effort made to find pur-
chaser for it from among the Liberals The business
managers of the party were informed; they had a
month during which to look about, and at the end
they were obliged to say they could hear of nobody
who cared to pay the money Yet / believe only
f25 900 were required. No fact could speak more
strongly to the Encouragement and apathy prevail
ing on the Liberal side. The EchO has not been
Marty organ but it has been strongly Liberal, and
much less freely critical of Liberal mistakes than
The Daily Ners 1t was the only evening paper
which had any real sympathy with Liberalism, while
there are already two thckandthin Tory papers, The
Ereping Standard and The Globe each with large cir
eulatons and The Pail Mall Gazette, which fights for
aapat LOFT ion lint
great influence Yet in these circumstances, the
chiefs of the Liberal party don't think 1t worth
while to prevent journal which has the largest cir
culaton of all tevening circulation, that Isl from
passing into the hands of Tory ex-member of Par
hament. mir Grant was returned at the last cleo
ton for kidderminster and sat till he was unseated
for brbery) 1t may be cOniectured, TO be sure that
Mr. Grants objects in buying The Echo were phi
marily financial and not political but that does not
alter the case with reference to the Liberals Nor is
question Of independent journalism involved in
the transaction The Echo was independent, and
might have remained sO-must Rave remalncdsO had
its editorship continued in Mr. Archer Arnolds
hands or in the hands of any man with character
enough 10 conduct such paper Miss Frances
Power Cobbe who has been a regular contributor
from its foundation, resigned with Mr. Arnold
Their resignation takes effect on the 3Oth June,
after which date the property passes to Mr. Grant
Who is to succeed Mr.. Arnold, is not known
Mr.. Schurz haves London this afternoon at 8 for
Hamburg, and will rejoin his wife at Kiel with whom
he eoes to Switzerland there TO remain till the mid
die of August. He will return to America in Octo-
her. He has believe, found his London visit
agreeable and profitable. The universal attention
shown him continued to the last, ard he has been
obliged TO decline many invitations among others
that of be of Salisbury for this evening