New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-20


chanan has cassed with the eshy school OF course
Mr. swinburne who has also equally Of course taken mp
his pen In Defense and has written some Things OF Mr.
Buchanan quite strong and would seem rom the
stronger than anything that MI BUCHANAN
ever wrote Of him. This feeling has been kept alive ana
whenever the embers showed any signs OF dying OUT
they were sure famed by either or the other
At length there appeared a poem entitled Jonas
Fisher" from an anonymous pen, vigorous as ever I'D
denuncaton Of the feshly school" in general AND MT
Swinburne In particular. OF course Mr. SwnDnrne ln
medatey took it up and wrote review OF the poem ID
The Examiner, in the course Of which this passage
occurs:
This anonymous poem ia said by the London CORE
spCndent 10 be of either Mr. Robert Buchanan
or tho devil and delicate as may be inc question rssu
by this dOubelded Suppostl0n the weight Oh INC pioo
ability ncnes to the first Of these alternatives.
As matter of fact, the poem not written by Mr.
Buchanan the devil but by the Earl OF Southeast The
cause OF complaint did not however end with THIS re-
view for a week or two after The Examiner followed up
its article by another, which was headed, 1.-THE
Devils Due" and when in tho form OF letter from
St. Kida signed "Thomas Maitland" this being nom
de plume under winch Mr.. Buchanan had written in The
Contemporary Reriep. This article also was from the
pen of Mr. Swinbune and. its title and form VIII IN
dcate also very severely sarcastic at the expense
Of Mr. Buchanan Among the epitheis picked out by
Mr. Buchanans counsel from the articles "a having been
applied to his client those OF "sEulk' shuier
"lar" and the "dyllst of the gutter" Mr.. Buchanan
on the appearance of the second article forthwith com
menced proceedings against Mr. Taylor as the proprietor
OF The Examiner Mr.. Taylor at once avowed that MI
swinburne was the author and also informed Mr Bu
chanan that that gentleman prepared to take the
full responsibility Of the article This declined and
accordingly the case was proceeded with, and has
lasted Dig days OF this week in the Common
Pleas. division of the High Court OF Justice
Mr.. Hawkins the leading counsel for the dciense
and by the least interesting part Of the case
was his animation OF the plaintiff whom he hid
upon the rack for nearly two days. The point In the
cross-examinaOn OF course what had been s2d py
the plaintiff Of Mr. swiDburne. ~. Buchanan aOit'ed
that he had sent paragraph TO The Echo denying the
authorship Of Jonas Fisher" lie did not however
send il to The Examiner, as, he said the ecitor MI
Minto was friend OF Swnhurne, and would he feared
represent him unfairly. He acknowledged that he had
written Of Mr. Swnburnes personal appearance and Aad
alleged that addicted to excessive drinking He
shond he said have considered it unfair to say these
things with other object than to maze them known
but he had introduced them as points bearing on MI
Swinbrnes character; and To the charge of drunken
ness, all he meant to Imply was that man must be
drunk 10 write such books he had done lie admitted
also thar he had instrumental IN starting appeal
10 the public on behalf OF Walt Whitman whose works he
quite thought contained things which filthy in the
extreme "YOu do lavish in your writings abont ~ much
abuse upon Mr.. Svinburne, Mr. EOscti aud others OF
tLe ne7hly school you put pen TO y asked M
Hawkins To which Mr.. Buchanan cmphatically an
! swered, al do-decdcdly." He Acknowledged that he
thought it insulting to call monkey, but on being
taxed with some lines III which he had applied that az
persion to Mr. Swinburne cXc5ed himself On the ground
that he d3 think it insulting To man WHO did
not believe IN soul and who traced his descent from
monkey-a shaft at Mr.. SWnburne's matoriasiic views
Mr. Hawkins hardly attempted TO struggle against the
fact Of the article being technical libel but he asked
the jury to award farhing damages, on the ground
that Mr. buchanan had said Of Mr. Swiuburne quite a.
hard things as he now complained Of Mr. Swnhurnc hay-
ing said OF him. The Jury, rs above stated found Ter me
plaintiff with $3.50 damages should hardly think the
verdict viii be allowed 10 stand Probably there VIII be
another trial.
Mr. Butt after occupying nearly the whole week with
one or another OF his futile schemes wound up thc Par
amcntary week last night with motion on the saAce
OF Home Rule. The terms OF the motion were FOR s,tt
committee to inquire into the nature, extent and ground
Of the demand cor Home Rllo. The Home Encfs la"
the House and the debate almost TO themselves fo with
the exception o: Mr. Jacob Bright member Of The Op
uositou proper essayed TO spraA, and the Government
were only by the Irish secretary SIR Michael
Hicks Beach St 3Ir. BUtt took 81 followers ILo the
lohby which he halls triumph, nasnucha As he could
only count So supporters in division upon auo'hcI ~
his bills early this week There was but one incident in
the debate and that was brilliant and effective speech
! from Mr.. b j. smythe, the member for Wcshueaih,
aga os the motion. Mr. Suyth took the ground Of an
OLD Repeater ana demanded that Ireland s separate
kingdom as matter Of ndoieasibie and prtscilPu'f
! night. The union had, he cOntcndod, been brought
about against the wishes o. people OF Ireland, AMI
was continued IN spite OF Then protests III, rest {" me
speech however lay ~ his vigorous dcluuciaons OF
Mr. Butts scheme Of Home Rule. lie pointed out that
the difficulty which would come of deciding between in
uerial and local object, would De great that most o.
them would be classoG imperial aHd the irish Iia-
mcnt" sink to the level Of yestry. Moreover, II
was he said, nothing bu mere federation schcme,ior
the grant a separate local Parliament 20 Ireland must
logically be followed by to England. Another to
Wales and il GIT even be "a various parts Of Ireland
such as L-iu-ter Mr.. smyths speech is, in fact the
talk Of the day. and Is hcaiGed by Tie Times as tnt
finest suecch winch has been delivered during tho
! present Parliament"