New-York tribune., 1879-09-10
BRITISH TOPICS.

t,Roy rnr REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
ISvERNEsS-sHlRr, Aug. 27.-lt is a far cry from
london to the Highlands, and | am not sure that
Won or any body else will thank me for treating of
English affairs from spot so remote. Yet even
here one j. moi from the inToss of civiliza-
ton The railway station and telegraph office are
only fifteen minutes of We get Aberdeen paper
every morning at IL. with more than we
want and the London papers come alon. early next
da, not much more than twenty -four hours after
publication So that it is impossible TO keep ones
mind perfectly from contact witbturTcatoyeris
or 10 insure that absolute ignorance Of all things
u-inted which would be- so desi alb If il were pos
sihle. yield TO the force Of habit, which proves
stronger now aud then than constitutional into-
lencs, strengthened that is by the good eSslupl
Of my companions and by all the alurcments 10 do
nothing with which an English or Scotch country
house abpgnds. Let that once for all as pre-
face and ap,logy for any letter may write from
this par of the island.
The word apology reminds me that owe one to
ths Duke of Cambridge. On the authority OF an
iusnisoi leader in The Times. said the Duke had
ex xaressrd an opinion that there was nothing DIS
cr,d,tah,. ia the conduct of Carey II now appears
that heneysr said anything of tie kind. His oii-
col ,ncrno.ais.um on the court-maTtial was pub
lishci Yesterday. and emhod censrre of the
strong.s, kind on Carey. The Dnke tells his officer
thai tro,, the first he formed wrong conception of
ms pasilor; that he in fact sent as
coach aud dry-nurse to the Iriace; that If
This was not fully explained 10 him, he ought
+o have known a. much that he had no business
20 imagine tha, the Prince in command; that
beonght TO have taken precauton for the safety of
the p,rtv finally. that it will ever remain TO the
Dc and TO the whole army source of regret that.
whether or not an attempt at Rescue was possible,
the survivors Of this expedition rode off without
making sure tnat nothing could be done fol their
comrades who had been left behind.
That from the Commander-in-Chict OF the
British Army speaking for himself and for his fe!-
low-officerS and soldiers. No doubt il is hard on
Carey - 50 hard that if Carey be the
sensitive aud high-Spirited soul his friends
represent him, he will surely throw up
his conmis sion and quit the service forever. But
Carey is not the first consideration. The honor of
The English Army was concerned. There would
have been "a stain on it had the Duke taken the view
he was reported TO take. The military reputation
o. England stands mono too high on the Continent.
IL would lave stood lower if it had come to be be-
lcvei that its chief authorities found nothing 10
ceusuro IN the conduct Of officer whose views of
duty were limited to running away wh"n attacked
Yet fear n must be said that English opinion III
this matter is ON the side of Carey and against the
Duke Iexplaincd lately why, so far as could
make ont people took this yiew-that il was a re-
action against the excessive and foolish distress
and mad lamentations about the Prince. But many
who bad no share in the Imperial craze now take
part vijh Carey The press IS strongly for him.
Most If those with whom have talked are for him.
L. obi, house. ont of a company of fourteen, find
myself IA q minority Of two on this question. All
The rest thought the Dukes censure unjust. l. rs
not at all party question My one ally staunch
Conservative.
Bur Carey viii not long occupy pubc attention.
Othor claimants are already pushing him aside.
slipoad Of Generals. with all tire honors of their
single victory over the South African savage TO di-
vide among tnem, arrived yesterday. Sir Evelyn
Wood and Colonel Butler are the two officers who
have shown real In:.itary talent. Lord Chelmsford
comes with them. His reception By the Queen
l. If the most flatcring kind. telegram lay wait
Ing for him. conveying an invitation To visit Her
Majesty AT Osborne lie came too late TO avail hlm-
self Of IT, The Queen, who waits for no guest being
already If for Balmoral when the vessel that oore
Chelmsford steamed up the bay. But that does not
matter. The Queen meant to give and did give
puhlic expression of her continued confidence in
discredi,cd commander She has stood by him all
through, deaf, one must say, To ali considerations
Of public interest. 1t was, as l wrote at the
time IN Difference TO her remOnstrances that the
Cabinet renowned its purpose OF superseding
Cholm ord after the disaster at lsandula. That Is
what SIS as sad by people with good means Of know
u is from her that his Grand cross ot the Dath
came. And il is she, it is Her Majesty OF Great
Britain, who once more steps forward to greet Lord
Chelmsford as he touches English soil again, and
oilers him one more shining mark Of royal favor.
No doubt it IA meant robuke to the Press or at
least as a royal protest against that criticism
which the Queen thinks unjust to her favorte,
and Of which he has complained 80 bitterly.
1t will crafty Lord Chelmsford. 1t will
not hurt the Ptess it will not even much hurt the
Queen Lord Chelmsford is thought TO have got
luckily out OF bis troubles by that Ulundi battle.
but the public do not think him great General.
II is no; likely that he will ever again be offered a
high command There ls an awkward report-sad
by Tory correspondent 10 be generally believed at
the Cape-that Chelmsford never meant TO hight this
battle. He was preparing to retreat, and only saved
from il by the vigorous resistance or Sir Evelyn
Wood. Lord Chelmsford has devoted so much at
tentlon to newspaper attacks that he might find
time TO notice this story also, and contradict 1t II
be can There is at least ono Of his comrades
who does not credit it. General Thuilller. OF
whom never before heard has expressed the opn-
ion that Lord Chelmsford is " the incarnation OF
good sollier," whatever that may mean.
II was at Sheffield that General Thuier an
nOuneed this discOvery-st Sheffield and at the din
nor given by the Mayor to the British Association
II We can let General Thuilier pass TRANQUILITY ont
OF mind, we may get away from the rattle of drums
and sit down cOntsn tedly before the picture OF
peace, Of good will and brothery love which
shefned presented on that occasion. Some
thing very like truce has been de-
clared between of science and their
invetcrate euemies the clergy. The herald is no
less parsonage than the Archbishop of York; the
second greatest prelate and spiritual father IN Eng
land Nav the Archbishop had 10 show his charity,