New-York tribune., 1879-03-03
LONDON TOPICS.

on r. II. DANA's DEATH-BRET HARrE IN PUB
lie AND PRIVATE.
PROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRBUSE.l
LONDON, Feb. l5.-Of the opening session of Par
lament but a word need be said The debates in
both houses were languid. In both, the Tory lead
ers made the statements of which the substance is
gwen IN my last letter. and which was supplied to
the papers IN advance in place Of the usual summary
OF the Queen speech. On the Zulu war nothingnew
was SAID but it has since been made plain that the
Government mean to throw the RESPONSE
buiy Tor II on Sir Bartle Frere. The
Colonial Sccretary's dispatches urging coucil-
Iatlon and deprecatIng the use of rcnforcements
for INVASION, if invasion could be avoided are made
much Of don't doubt that Sir Bartle Frcre de-
serves his full share of blame but before acQutting
the Government one would like TO see the private
etteS as well a. the formal dispatches. The public
knew that Sir Bartle Frcrc was pushing on TO a war;
lhGeed' war was predicted rs tue sure result Of
hs appointment and of his known ideas about q
south African empire. Is il li4 p, that the Govern
menj were less acquainted than the public with the
manner Of MAJ they wcle putting IN that high post
Two new things nevertheless. Lord Beacouslcd
did manage % say, though ou other subjects lie
alleged with an etiroutcry all his own that by the
new treaty between Russia and Turkey the last
traces Of the treaty Of san Stcano have been abo-
I-hed The truth being that, Of the most essential
features IA the san Stcf4uo treaty one half was en-
b"d."d IN the treaty OF Berlin. and good portion
Of ia" remainder reapprar in the last agreement
He announced further that the object of his inter-
ference IN Aighaui-tan had been completely accom-
p'i-h"d 'y the possession OF "a frontier. including
The three gredi highways between Afgnanistan and
India. " Thu, sad Lord Bcacou,heid we have
secured tbe object for waIch the expedition was
undertaken IL j. NOT three months since Lord
Boac'nSfeld ez7r -!e denied that this scientific
frontier was The object" Of the war. Yet Tory
orgaa, complain that their leader Is accused Of pre-
vaucaton!
Oace moro tie Tory chief has laid his hand on &.
Liberal to do diplomatic work for him. aud this
time 1t is your friend Lord Dutterin, fresh from
Canada. His appointment puts the great diplo-
matte GuatU.e,rral wholly into Liberal hands.
The four CHEF English Embassies are those Of
Pans, Berlin, Coustauuuople and 81. Petersburg
Lord Lyon, /, at Paris, Lord Odo Russell at Berlin
TT Austen Layard at Constantnople and now Lord
DuiierIn goes to Il. Petersburg. Lord Lyous. To
be sure, has been IN Paris ever since 1867 having
been transferred thther from Con5tautuopie by the
late Lord Derby Government. Lord Odo Russell
was sent to Berlin by Mr. Gladstone. Ministry in
ISL AMI the most that can bc said Is that the pres
ent Cow rament ha, not thought IL desirable 10 r.
move ID N. 50 highly have Lord Odo services been
esteemed, that LOd ByaconSt.ld offered nina Il peer
age last year which Lord Odo declined on tie dis
tluct ground that AewIs Liberal, that Ae meant to
remain Liberal and that he would not put himself
In an eQuyocal position lbs accepting a pcerage NJ
the hands of Tory Government. In vain did Lord
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