New-York tribune., 1876-01-21
THE EMMA MINE SCANDAL.

| HIS sUCCEssoR-A NEW WEEKLY REVIEW
| AMERICANS ABROAD.
| lTRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRTBUSEl
| LONDON, Jan. S.-The Chairman Of the Emma
Mine Company stated TO the shareholders yesterday,
with frankness which leaves nothing to be desired,
the nature Of the remedies he is going to seek.
gave in my last letter the substance of the new d-
rectOrs report, with Mr.. MacDougalPs offer to pay
the expenses of legal measures, and the proposal to
hold special meeting Jan. 20, for the passing OF q
resolution to authorize him to act in the name and
behalf Of the Company. In answer to question at
yesterdays general meeting, to the nature of tho
resolution, the Chairman said
"lhe pnrport Of the resolution will be that Mr..
MacDougal shall be at liberty to take proceedings in
the name of The Company against the original directors
for conspiracy 10 ddud and fer the purpose of put
ting aside fraudulent contract"
So there We arel There is reason todoubt that
this resolution will be adopted fortnight hence.
When adopted, it puts into Mr. MacDougalTs hands
the power of taking both civil and criminal proceed
ings against the original directors of the Emma Mine,
of them then and still American Minister. As if TO
remove all doubt whether Gen. Schenck is to be in
cluded in the prosecution, Mr.. MacDougall has
already made public in his paper the specific
accusation that Gen. Schenck was bribed in the sum
of $4,000 by Mr.. Trenor w. Park. We must make
up our minds therefore, to see the American Minis
ter in the position Of defendant on criminal charge
for conspiracy to defraud. Against that charge
ho may plead his privilege Minister which
will be accepted by the English public n confession
OF guilt. Or he may elect to waive his privilege
and take his stand in the dock with the rest, in the
hope Of persuading British jury that when he ac-
cepted $40, 900 under the form of n loan, with
secret guarantee from n total stranger, the fraudu-
lent yender Of an empty mine, he was not selling
the official title Of American Minister under which
he was subsequently advertised in the newspapers
director and trustee. | hope the alternative is
enjoyed at Washington. And one would like to
know how far Gen. Grants rule not to remove an
official when under fire" extends That it extends
TO the case Of guilty officials under fire in the news
papers we know But will il cover IA Foreign Min
iscr under fire in the criminal courts of the coun-
try 10 whose Government he is accreditedf We
are likely to fud out before long.
One shareholder Mr.. Richardson, mentioned re-
port that Mr. Albert Grant is going to make gift to
the nation of the big house he has lately built III
London, and call il the Ruined Shareholders Home
and Mr.. Richardson wanted To know whether in
such case the Chairman would put in clam in be-
half If the German shareholders for their proper
tionatc number OF rooms. But i am afraid there
will not be enough To 20 round. The meeting ad-
journcd after voting not adopt the accounts ofthe
increased by about - 900 received from some of
tho directors in repayment of the qualifying fees
given them.
IL is proyerbially difficult to arouse an interest in
India but Mr.. Dsrae-who ought Ia have been
stage manager at Drury Lanc-has again conquered
the difficulty. And 10 do the English justice, they
have never been wholly indifferent in the matter of
high Indian appointments. Lord Northbrooks
resignation has been expected for some time, though
perhaps not by the general public. Lord Lytton's
appointment as his successor has been expected by
nobody: not since the offer made to
him Of tho Governorship Of Madras. SO
once more the Prime Minister has given the
town something to talk of, and the talk is not
altogether fattering either to Lord Norhbrook or
Lord Lytton. Ever since the yceroy's blnnders in
the Baroda business, his early retirement has been
probable and he now goes year before the expira-
ton of Viceroy's usual tcm-iive years. The plea
of Ill health docs well any other To cover ii. Ii
would not have done TO allow Lord Northbrook 10
resign Immediately after he had deposed the Gaik-
war. That would have been interpreted all over
India as a proof of divided counsels among their
British rulers who make every effort to avoid giving
rise 10 a suspicion sure To prove mischcvous In its
results Nor would il have done 10 be changing
rulers just the Prince was having his run through
India nor again, could new Vceroy have been
easily found able and disposed to spend as much of
his own money in receiving the Prince IA Lord
Northbrool who is a millionaire ready to
spend, and has spent. Nor, finally, could his great
services IN averting what but for him would have
been terrible famine, be forgotten Ii is for these,
presumably that Mr. Disraeli filings him an carldom
as he rctires People think this magnaninous,
because Lord Northbr0ok was Mr. GladstOne's
Viceroy IL happens to be one Of those things which
can be given without disappointing anybody
else The number Of earldoms may be increased at
pleasure and II il a very different matter from be-
slowing the ducaI title of Gordon, which Of right
belongs TO the Liberal Marquis of Huntly, on the
Tory Duke OF Richmond. ones own Lord President
Of the Council
Lord Northbrook has shown ability in India, but
not ability of the highest, even of a very high,
kind. He in good man of business, aborious, oc-
cupying himself far too much with details, and
without capacity for great things. He will go with
out leaving mark OH the great Empire he has ruled
for four years.
Lord Lytton. who is 10 succeed him, has been
pretty much everything in the diplomatic service,
embassalor excepted, though he is not yet -. He
was born with silver gilt spoon in his mouth,
mimic Tyre in his hand and some brains in his head.
OF all Englishmen. he is one Of the least English.
lie was educated ia Germany and has dwet every
where excepting in the land Of his birth-if indeed
England be the land of his birth. There may be
people yet living in Washington who remember him,
for he was attache of the British Legation there,
before he was 1S, when his uncle then
Sir Henry Bulwer was Minister. He has since
served IN most of the capitals of Europe rising rap
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