New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-29

LOSDoS IN HOLY WEEK.
FROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRTBUSEl
LONDON, April 15-The press continues its discus
sion of the defeat of Mr. Danas confirmation. With
out, so far as / know single exception, the ac-
| ton of the Senate is condemned, and sometimes
| condemned with an unsparing severity rare indeed
| with English journals. The Pail Mall Gazette of
Monday devOtes leading article to the subject, re-
| marking of Mr.. Danas nomination that hardly any
other could have distinctly proclaimed the Presi-
dents desire to break with the gang of discredtabe
ntriguers who had hitherto claimed every such ap-
pointment as patronage to be bestowed at their WILL
and on persons only who were subservent to them"
OF Mr.. W. B. Lawrences charges it says their alb
surdity and irrelevance have been amply exposed
adding: "Ihe points on which the American courts
have found in favor of Mr. Lawrence's claims
against Mr.. Dana the of infringement
of the copyright of the Notes Wheaton
are trivial and technical, and Mt the worst could
only be considered instances of careless editing
The Senates refusal to sanction the Presidents nom
nation is deemed remarkable as "a very shameful
proof of the attitude of the regular politicians,
both Republicans and Democrats, toward men who
have held their heads high and taken independ-
cnt line in public affairs" And it supplies to foreign
critics an illustration of " the danger of intrusting
control public appointments, especially i'll the
diplomatic service to any such representative body'
1t supplies also occasion for the remark that the
Senate Of the United States is not privileged to be
very cxacting about the morality of copyright law
considering that its deliberate dealing with the lite
rary property of foreign authors has, as an Ameri-
writer observes, given wholesale literary piracy
the dignity of OF the rights OF American citizen
shipir
To-days SATURDAY. Rcrier is not less emphatic:
The issue was raised between honesty and independ
cnce or one side and corruption AMI Iacon az per,9h
He'd In W. BGer on the Other Inc decision 81 We Mo
tons an tnnknsr cpud MOI Dc GoubtIn; pnt sun ~ -
preference Of that class OF politicians Of which
MIR. Butler Il the notorious type.
There is not / suppose, much ground for The Sat
urday Rcricts conjecture that the scaadalous adj
herencc of the Scna.e 10 ia, prcccdents of political
corruption may cause schis,h in the Republican
party" But there is Justice in the observation that
" tho Democratic senators lost great opportunity
| when they factiously concurrcl in the vote by
which the nomination of Mlr. Dana was rejected"
These and many other comments may serye to as
sure the political accDmpccs of VII. Butler IN the
| Senate that they have degraded in the opinion of
Elroue a once respected body. If it be said that
, The Saturday Rorrr 81 not our friend. much the
more reason form giving it a fair opportunity to
justify is hostility. Bat nobody ever said The
Spectator was not our friend and Tie Spectator agrees
ou tai, point with Tic Saturday Rericc, Just TIE
| DGiiy kcrs did with Tho Standard. The Spectator
SAYS that iir DLua's nomination q" has been vetoed
hy the Senate on prcic1scs incredibly petty, and of
the aUrcucc charges that 1T j. a dispute in which,
whether be turns oIt 20 Be legally right or wrong
there is not the slightest question OF ethics or honor
I'm any way involved And il is well understood
that these charges supplied the prcicNt for the ac-
ton Of the senate the real causes OF which were OF
q very different nature.
Tie MaHchesio- Guardian If today Il very impor-
L.. s.t- fl.l .af.. lpr
th.d timc on Mr. Dana's nomination; clear sighted
and emphatic throughout. On the Lawrence charges,
which IL examines nj length il up with the
declaration that Looked at in every light. 1t is
difficult 10 imagine that accusation affecting
personal honor was made on more prcposterous
grounds II describes Gen. Buffers opposition TO
Mr.. Dana as an enmity of singular persistence
and uuscrupulousncss' II denounces the line taken
iy the Senate Committee ~ breach Of the rules of
courtesy aud equity by judges maniiestly pr'judiced
And il SAYS Of the inal rejection, that il was " III
sigatcd partly 10y desire TO thwart the Govern
mcnt of President Grant. and partly 10y unwilling
ness 10 sanction the admission into political Office OF
men whose promotion has been won by other means
than the practice q. the equyocdl arts OF party war
fare Mr. Danas letter to Senator Boutwell, IT
entirely approves aud concludes with the sound
opinion that the rejected Minister Is not the only
OF the chief sufferer by events which lower the
service from which he is exciudcdn national estna-
tom
In private life the feeling is the same. Few Amer
lean topics have been so much discussed, and hear
but one opinion from everybody, that the accusa-
lions against Mr.. Dana frivolous. and that his
treatment by the Senate was discreditabe TO the
Senate.
This is an o(r-wccl in politics and most other non
ecclesiastical matters yet il has not been wholly
without interest. Parliament was so kind AS TO adj
ioum oa Tuesday, aud don't suppose tea members
If il are left i'm London. The last thing done before
adjournment was to debate once more the sinking
Of the Mis;etoe by the Alberta, debate of Which
the only result has been 10 rokindle angry feelings
on both sides, and 10 convince everybody that the
Admiralty had made another blunder in Its Efforts
to stitIe the matter and its refusal to hold a
court martial on CAPT Nclch and Prince Leinlngen.
But under the present management of the admiralty
ono bluuder more or less does not much matter.
The Queen is in complete retirement at Coburg, and
tbe Tmperor Of Germany, il is now asserted, Is
really going TO pay her on the 18th al that place
the visit ne was expected to make at Baden Baden
week ago. Tho Duke Of Edinburgh is at home, and
he has enraptured the musical world By grac0usly
nromi,ing TO play at concert before he starts on
his two years cruise in the Sultan HIS elder
brother Of Wales will be at Gibraltar tomorrow.
There are painful rumors that he has grown stout
during his Indian journey The talk about tie
royal title has not died away, either in the papers or
in pr,yatc This weeks Punch has of Tennieps
most striking cartoons. He has taken his theme
from Aladdin and you see Mr.. Disracli rs a gorgeous
Oriental with the old cynical leer his face, offer
ing the Queen, who for this occasion il depicted
wang and comely an imperial in exchange for IA