The New York herald., 1879-10-03

hamshlfe. lie himsclf has repreScntco |" ii"'oi
and Middlesex in the liberal interest and,
despite his subsequent defeat, has remained
stanch to his party. Hence nothing has
pleased him more thap to assail the
Daily Telegraph, once the organ OF the
tories. When the Russo-TurlSish war broke out
he covered the paper with ridicule in the matter
OF fur coat said to be employed in turn by
each of its correspondents, and from the date OF
that absurd incident till the encounter in King
William street he has lost no opportunity OF
overwhelming it with abuse. Utterly careless
of public opinion, living in an atmosphere OF
libel suits, cynic in his speech, man of
originality in his thought, Mr.. Labouchere occu-
pies a place apart in English journalism, and
has never hestated to defend in the law courts
his sometimes very advanced views. WHAT
he thinks abont the Daiiy Telegraph is recorded
in Truth, of September 49,
AN EXTRACT FROM TRUTH"
The Daily Telegraph belongs to a family of
the name OF Levy. The patriarch OF the brood
is an old man, one Joseph Moses Levy, good
natured, not very refined, and with about as
much knowledge OF politics the vender OF
fried fish from barrow i'll Pctticoat lane. His
son is the editor. He may be seen every day i'll
the lobby of the House of Commons during the
session buttonholng members, and when lie is
not thus occupied he is sneaking up official back
stairs to pick up scraps OF news. lie has
keen eye to business. He worshipped the lib
erals SO long as they were i'll power, and has
f1.s, al hnV pa-
placed them. Scrvilc to Mr.. Gladstone when he
was Prime Minister he overwhelmed him with
abuse when nothing was to be gained by licking
his boots. OF course, he il unable himself to
string together phrases. He therefore has hired
one Arnold, gushing fanatic, To indite articles
virulcntly abusing the liberal party, and stis-
matizing all those who are not ready to
follow the newspaper III its change OF
front as traitors to honor. The younger Levy
has, i believe, been good enough to patronize
the Christian religion by adopting it. and with
u view, suppose OF getting some sort ot loot
ing on the lower rungs Of the social ladder lie
has changed his name Of Levy to that of law
son, although why Lawson should rush in
where Levy does not dare to tread | fail
to perceive. 1t is well, however, that the
journalistic 1--WE" should be unveiled when
the public should distinctly understand that
when half the nation arc vliiied us traitors, the
viltiers arc three rats, one of whom Is worthy
but unretined old man, another person whose
uftln Is SOclul fccoHultlOu, uuQ WAoSC Auct Va
conducting Il Journal seems to be to puff any
Minister who will allow him to crawl up back
stair, and the third, hired fanatic, who has ut
least the merit of believing i'll the snarling
trash that he writes.
WHAT TIE TELEGRAPH SAYS.
applied to-day ut tho Office of the Daily Iele-
furnished with the following details printed
slip, which has been issued by the Office, and is
stated by the editor to be a convenient method
Of replying to many inquiries. ''With refer
cnce," it says, Ito the paragraphs published in
Truth respecting the encounter between Mr..
Henry Labouchere, part proprietor Of the.
Dailh Ne,cs, and editor of Truth on the
one side, and Mr.. Edward Lawson, editor
and part proprietor OF the Daily Telegraph
on the other, We understand that the following
is the correct account of what actually took
place:-Last Monday evening, as Mr.. Edward
Lawson was leaving the Beefsteak Club, of
which both he and Mr.. Labouchere are men,
bers, Mr.. Lawson met Mr. Labouchere, and, ad-
dressing him by name "Henry Labouchere,"
he said, ''you are liar and II scoundrel For
months past you have maligned my family and
myself, and last week, on the day of his funeral,
you insulted the memory of my uncle" "Eh!
What's thisl what's thisl" Mr.. Labouchere
calculated. The reply was a blow with the fist,
followed by several other blows. Mr.. Labou-
chere offered no resistance. After striking the
latter with his uncles cane, Mr.. Lawson quilted
the scene, and Mr.. Labouchere, entering tho
club, declared he would have his revenge Next
morning he sent q challenge to Mr.. Lawson,
which was refused in scornful terms, with the
remark that he might either have the encoun-