New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-01
ANGLO-AMERICAN TOPICS.
THE TRIBUTES TO NAPOLEON.

UNITED STATES.
FRoN TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRBUSE.l
LONDON, July 1S.-In Westminster Abbey near
the spot where CromwelTs remains lay till they
were disturbed at the Restoration, monument is
to be raised to the late Prince Louis Napoleon, say
the morning papers. The Prince of Wales IS cred
tied with the conception Of this scheme. aud the
Dean of Westminster Is understood to have assented
to the proposal. 1t one Of the misfortuues, or
penalties, of being popular at Court that the Dean
could hardly use his own judgment in the matter.
To have refused the Princes request would have
been thought ungracious. Yet the Dean is custodian
Of Westminster Abbey for the nation, and not
for the royal family only. mainly. Perhaps
his own Judgment fayors the plan. | know
nothing about that. Before the Princes body was
brought back, at least English journal proposed
that It should be buried IN Westminster The pres
ent scheme is a shade less absurd than that. but 1t
viii have the evil influence on French opinion.
Mischief enough has been done already by the
BOnapaTtIst demonstrations IN England: to put up
a cenotaph in the Abbey is only to perpetuate the
memory OF public sentiment which French Repuh-
hcans look upon as distnctvely hostile to their Gov
erument. The Abbey Is an English burial place
what place has an exiled Napoleon therel The
zine VIII come when everybody viii see that it IS
mistake to enshTine the memory OF a French
Pretender But when the monument has once been
set up, it must remain. Nobody will venture to
take II down, and there it will stand as emblem
of one of the most extraordinary moods into which
the English people and their rulers ever fell The
Dean could not refuse perhaps but II is none the
less true that this Is hIs first mistake and that it
NAV stand against him when his many admirable
services to the great church Of which he is the
guardian, are-uot forgotten, but less clearly re-
membered than now. II remains to be seen what
will be the effect OF the strong protests addressed TO
him.
This is not the only memorial which the
English Nation is to set up to the foe OF friendly
government. There seems to be a muddle Of
memorials TO use the apt expression Of one Of the
late Princes friends. B sides the Abbey statue
there Is a memorial-form ofIJnot yet settled-tO be
erected out of subscriptions from the Army and
| Navy. known as the United Service Memorial.
/ Thirdly. there is the national memorial Of a be-
/ nevoant character Whatever that NAV mean.
THIS last is under the special patronage of the Prince
Of Wales. It may be anything from charity
| school exhibition TO n hospital for ncurable Bona
/ partists according 10 the amount subscribed. The
I worthy British public has given It's money indIs-
| crmuateiv 20 al three. There is too much for the
/ statue and not enough for the iucurabes. But it
/ does not much natter. The amount ought to be
largely augmented by the quits of the prJpuefors IF
Tie two chief uustratedlpaper- of London, to whom
the boys death las been godseud special extra
number Of one Of them Is lying on the table, de-
voted 10 the " Death and Funeral of the Prince I'm
/ perai" The pictures are largely due 10 the fancy
OF the artists who composed them, and the seusa-
tiona character of these works may be guessed from
such titles as "The Messenger, of Death ana from
/ MIR r. C.. WOodvillfs AT Bay In this latter tie
| Prince has his back against a boulder, and seven
/ Zulu devils are rushing upon him with brandt he'd
assegais II does not appear why Mr. Noodviile
should have chosen TO represent this tragedy as
passing in the Arctic regions.
London is fun Of Americans. We have to thank
you for lending us some Of yoIr best. 1ir. Has
! sard's visit have mentioned before. He stayed
| fortnight, and is now wandering through the rural
/ districts getting glmpses between the clouds and
fogs of what there rs lOveliestaud there IS vas,
deal more than most Americans know of-iu Eng
lsh scenery. MIR. l.. T.. Stcdman has been here as
long, and like Mr.. Ha,sarl, is making good use Of
his time ana many friends. Mr.. Stedman was
known before DE came by his book on Victorian
Poets, and is more pleasantly welcomed by the
poets than most critics would be. Perhaps
that is because he Is himself poet also
as well as critic and because bis criticism is Of that
genuine kind. in winch sympathetic estimate plays
F. q larger part than mere f5ut-fnding lie has been
dining at Greenwich for whicn be seems none the
wor,eI, visiting at Holland House, cOusOrtng with
Mr.. Browning, and besJowug the intervals Of his
many engagements on his humber friends, and on
his own work. dis health may, think, be called
better than when he left New-York. Mr.. J. W.
Choate has been here FOR some days, and Is 10 be
heard Of all over London a. the handsome Ameri-
can; title which presently-amoug those whocome
10 know hm-passes into that clever American OF
THAT deli gltful American lie met Sir. Bright at
breakfast this morning, and they were going together
this afternoon to the House of Commons. heard
of him III the Record Office, D0Uug over DomeSday
Book, and deCphering suudry royal and other
famous manuscripts which are among hc treasures
of that repository and which ITS polite custodians
are ever happy show 10 their cousins from across
the Atlantic. Mr.. Forster was inquirDg yesterday
for Mr. ClOate who is believe, to prOlOng his stay
uutI uear the END Of next week ID order TO accept
an invitation from the Liberal leader. Boston has
delegates here also-Mr. Henry Adams, Mr. L. i.
Pierce, wAois on his way home and Mrs. Andrew,
the widow Of the great Governor Of Mas
sachuse.ts whose loss the State and the
country have not yet ceased to deplOre.
And Mr. Hoppn, Secretary of the United States Le-
CATION, has come back TO Us from his home visit
lust IN time for the penutmate festivities Of the
season. and for many pleasant greetings from that
society Of which he is one Of the diplomatic orna-
| ments.
Mr. George J. Holyoake sails for America early
next mOn,h-Oue OF the pioneers IL the cooperative
movement in England, and more recently It's his
torian. don't speak Of that cooperation which has
lately reused the wrath Of the British shopkeeper,
but of tie earlier and more genuine form Of co.
operation. which dates from ROchdale. Mr..
Holvoake is a man Of the people, who has spent his
/ life IN work for the peOpe-w9rk Of many kinds,
useful intelligent, but for the most part un-
! rev arded and to some extent uuTecOmIzed.
/ III YOU care to know something about the
present social and industrial condition of what are