New-York tribune., 1878-12-30
Trading TOPICS IN LONDON;

II,urXrARY ANDIDATE--MR. IRVING'S REAP
PEAE.NCE As HAMLET.
irnoN the REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRlB'NE'I
LoNpov. Dec. 13.-Without asking yon 10 taNo
siu,e step into ecclesiastical controversies must
,ncnti, fine parnphlct for which these controvcr-
sizes have furnished Lord Chlef-Jusuce CoeADurn
with s. rr.teyt II NAV almost be called the sensa-
,op Of the week. The Lord Chlcf-Justice has AT
,acked Lord Pcnzancc with severity which has
hrou4,Li down on his head a remOnsTance from the
press and much censure in private. Ii Is not long
since the public scandalZed by pubic con
troycr,y between the Lord Chlel-BaIon ana inc
ord chancellor. Now we have tho LORD Chei-
Jrs;icc sending a broadsdc into another OF his
brethren ON the bench. The dispute IS simple
enough in essence. Lord Pcnzance, presiding over
tbc Ecclesiastical Court known as the Court of
Archie. declared the notorious Mr.. Mackonochle
guilty of cOntumaCy, and suspended mn
for three years. Mr.. Mackonochie appealed
TO the Queens bench. The Lord Chief JUS
lice held that Lord Pcn2ance had no au-
tbority 10 pronouce the sentence he dd,
and ho cnhvcaed his judgment with some remarks
to the effect that Lord Penzancc did not know thc
practice IA his own court. Lord Pcnzance did not
rush into cxtra-iudical print. but waited TIL an
other ease pavc him the opportunity OF retortmg,
when he in his turn, pointed ont that II was the
Lord Chicf-Iusticc and not the Dean of Arches VINO
was ignorant 1t is by way of rcjolndcr 10 lhiS
that 81, Alexander Cockburn. stepping quite
Gown and out of the Bench, appeals to
the .,uhlic TO judge between him and Lord
Prpz2ucc on a matter Of purely professional
pracucc aud learning. His pamphlet Is written
with great animation. He styles Lord Pcnzanc"s
attack offensive and unprovokcd, He asks how 1t
ispoS,lblc that so small matter can have kindIcd
such fierce and hcadlong wrath in the calm
and placid breast of an ecclesiastical Judge
He talks of railing of inoppoTtune eA-
hbitions Of LOYALTY, Of too sensitive van
itv and Of many other things, in a style which Is
SIMPLY amazing. Coming ao ii does from the
Lord Chcl-,Ju>icc of England, what can be sad OF
it! One grave critic blamcs its exaggerated Nltu-
pcratiou: rs If vituperatiOn without eNaggeratloh
were the correct thing in great legal dlgnitary.
But il IS certain that such ouhurst degrades the
Bench in public opinion. Nobody can think 1t
seeuily spectacle that half dozen judges OF the
highest rank should be wrauglmg with each other
on the Bench and of Of it. The Lord ChIei-Justlce
j,popnIar: but neither his popularity the great
cIeverncs, of his lampocn on Lord Pcp7ance has
saved him from general condemnation.
Dean Stanley Is not gong To write a ho"k on
America This must be stated rc-rctfnliy bat posi-
t;ycly Every inch Of tine ground has been trodden,
hc SAYS: which j. true but is also true hat it mad
not before been troddon by the Dean Of Westmin-
htcr lie thinks. however that his visit was so huT-
yjed and SO private that Il ought not to form the
subject Of published hook. We may he the moro
sorry for 1t because thc impressions the Dean
brought away with him seem to have been ot a
Kind that j.. voull he most Agreeable to Us to have
land bctor. thc English public. wth al the weight
which belongs to So eminent name. Inc Dean
speaks Of his visit wiIh enthusiasm to ali comrrs
IL has returned in better health than lac had
known for years What he says of the attentions
fy C
and friends that none Of their good will had been
wasted.
MI Welsh whose lines, mentioned Yesterday,
i,much better lie has had severe cold which
threatened to settle on the mu2s aud be was adj
vi,cd not 50 venture out while the weather re-
main,d IN its present state Loudoucrs call 1t very
cold. 70 hear the talk that goes on. you Honld
think London lay within the Arctic Circle A coat
ing oi snow about as thick as sheet lies on tue
grass IN Hyde Park and the Scrpeutinc has a quar-
fer Of an inch of lee on it, This passes for severe
weather. But Mr.. Welsh yentured out last night
10 dine With Dean STANLEY. and is, heag none the
worse for il TO-DAY.
II is stated on what seems good authority that
Mr. Edward Levy Lawson Is lo stand for Parhd-
ncnt ~ the next general election, OF earlier II op-
poItuuity offers. You never heard OF b.m? lie IS
pait owner and manager of thc newspaper winch
claims the largest circulation in the world, and
which has beyond dispute the largest supply Of
doubtful news, tie largest stock of the longest
words tie largest talent for discovering what IN"
Grtish hopkccpcr thinks, and for adjusting It's
views 80 hI, and which poGrs ont from the largest
horn the largest stream of oil on the LARGEST
JngO altar in EnEgud-"hi,a 1t had, per
Laps. the largest hand in raising. In so
tar a, there is anything in common between this
sheet and the profession to which the honorable
nam" ul journalism belongs, NT. Law sons candida
turc may denote thc growing power of one or the
other. il may also denote their dcbascmant.
Ihcrc nothing to be said against Mr. Lawson per
sonally He is Il very able nan. Of very marked
success i the line hc has chosen. For many months
il has hccu hiutcd that j" was 10 J." rewarded for
his support Of this Governments wIih q baronrtcy.
The baI"nc;cv fingers. Perhaps seat III Para-
lnent il offered mm as a consolation.
Mr.. Walter, pecragc fingers also. The longer it
is deferred the more strenuous his efforts To
dcserv. It. The advocacy Of Government policy bv
the leading urnal has become more and more zcal-
outs it, attacksO the opponents of the Government
are moI. and more bitter. For the moment, il Is
q completely partisan journal; a purely ministerial
organ: hardly taking he trouble To display that
afectatiur of impartiality which IL - useful with
The more innocent portion oi the public. ] sh0nd
say. for example that the arl,!cs 10 deNot's to Mr.
Gladstone would not be oyrrpald by anything
Lord Bcayou,Gcld has il Ia hi~ power 10 oler. Ihcy
are aInoce the mos marv0lout of recent perform
apcc. in journalism They are 50 bad that Of them
selves ihcy ought to disIIoyr the story about Mr..
Walter, preragc. TO accept il now would be to
authrnticii, rurioTs which we may still for the
sake Of Mr. Walter and his profession, dlshelicye
aud di.crcit.
SIR. Irving viii open the Lyccum Theatre on the
2~th INST playing Hdnio, with Miss Ellen Terry
as O,hcij4 The list Of hi coadiutprS ncHdcs MI.