New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-21
LONDON TOPICS.
,1rn INTERESTS OF THE CAPITAL.

! NAPOLEON MoNUMFNT-THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
DETERMINED TO PRESERVE THE ABBEY
CARLYLEs SIGNATURE TO THF IMMORAL Az
| TUORIZFD-sEN sATloNAL EXHIBITIONS
trno,, ruF RFGr-IAR coRWLspoNDINr OF rRIBUNE.l
| LONDON. Feb 2S-A society journal has pun
| Tshed what purports 10 he an extract from MI o.
T. Young's book about General Grant containing
| report of conversation between General uait anu
Lord Beaconsfed. 1t would seem from tins extract
that General Grant repeated to MI Young "n"'
| ord ReoconsGcld said to him, and Mr. Young
repeats It-by General Grants license and per-
mIs.ion-in his book. Lord Bcaconsfieldis made TO
soy che wished to heaven we [the Americana had
taken Mexico that England would not like any
thing better than 10 see the United states annex IT,
! The hook itself have never seen, but Mr. 1oungS
society" friend describes it as containing many
interesting couv, rsatious between the General ana
most of The leading European statesmen win Whoul
lac came in contact. which have the guarantee oil
ortbent,citv from their having been approved OF III
their published form by General Grant himself"
If tins astounding statement he true, one can only
| infer that General Grant has made mp his mihu
never to return to Europe and that he does not care
what is thought Of HIM here. No douOt many
"leadmc European statesmen" talked with hin
freely II does not seem to have occurred to Gen
eral Grant that they talked with him freely be-
| couse they supposed they were talking conhden-
TALLY If il had occurred TO them that their cOhh-
DENTAL and frank conversation was to be repeated
to an interviewer for publication, the interesting
conversations would have been, 1t IS safe 10 say,
mnch less interesting That General Grant should
publish. or allow TO be published, what was sara
| Lctween him and the public men whose guest he
was is a breach OF good faith and good manners 50
gloss as to be all but incredible. One Woud WISH
TO believe that these conversations are gwen 10 tue
| world with the sanction, not OF Oeherd
| Grant only hut of those whose talk he re-
pcats. Bnt our society journal does not say so'
! Probably General Grant was not conscious that
he was dong anything improper. 1t would be
too much to expect that he should be fetered by
the rulc that govern the conduct of gent omen who
have not structrd fresh social codes for their
urryate use man who could with difficulty be
prevented from smoking in the drawingroom oil the
Princess of Wales may naturally hold rgnal views
on other questions of social proprcty But II len
cral Grant cares TO see what those whose confidence
he has betrayed think of his indlscretons, let HIM
come over here again. lie Will find the conversa-
tions interesting" perhaps. but no Will not De
tempted TO report them.
Dean Stanley said on Tuesday that the presence
ofo fo,g,d signature of Mr. Caryco on the memorial
against the Napoleon monument reflected deep dis
credit on the memorial. lie added that many persons
tbe forgery. Mr. Foriham, whoprcseutcd the docu-
meot. now publishes tins letter:
% crrYNr Row. Cnr1srA Fob. =.
etR: Ihee 20 inform Won. with regard TO the memorial
10 Dean Stanley, TINT sieG-d II Tor nv unor' Ait
CARLYLE at bIs Request, ANA tn"i 'hr hi"HrA u'oto
cdly expresses ms iulut on the subject an -li luls
f,ii,f1ilv MARY CAELYLE
Everybody who has had any correspondence with
Mr.. CARLYLE of laie years knows that his niece has
been his amanucnsis and that most OF his recent
letters are in her handwriting. Dean Stanley. one
would have thought.mus know tins, oua must nave
known the handwriting Of Mary AltNen or Mary
r..Ivle Yet hc had the strange iuds'retlon 10 use
the word forgery with reference TO Ter Signature.
Ifhc had asked Mr.. Carlyle, he wo1ld have known
that Mr. CARLYLE bad authorized las niece TO sign
tbo memorial COZ h,m. But Doe denounced the sigma
ture rs q forgery on The authority of some unnamed
n.rs,n who turns ont to have been wholly mistaken
Coming tins with the extraordinary attempt 70
discredit Mr. Gladstoucs opposition 10 the statue
what are We to think OF rho Deans state of mind on
this subiectf Aud what can be said Of bis treat
ncnt of those who sincerely and from no interested
motive. stl less from dictates oil subscryience To
the Court, oppose the erection OF the statue ]
Mr.. Torlham is within Dis right 80 demanding. os
he docs. On ample explanation AND public apology
for the crleyous cuor INTO which n" has la'ltI.
whether DE- viii ccf 30 i- ano,Arr question.
Morris tie matter 90 Doe allowed TO rest here. The
General Council of Radical Nor,umen's Clubs
and Associations have unanimously resolved;
That r.e dot rmuau1u 20 erect memorial 20
| Wo.fmIu-trr A,bey q the memory OF IAucr
Louie y p'.r.n now, ''un''- lr., rnn'f,9
| of tuc community. u.s. apart from ihe lmpohu
thoiitv on th" prt oi Ilot' VINO "i+ I-i LILLY ,
.rfyaut- aud that this Council take t'ch lmmciAie
,.rprc-sion az opinion from the "othnemeh Of Lond"
| ou thr SUBJECT lh question:
Astill broader effort "a suggested by an evening
r,nar lie Echo which ha- all along been very ont
,poken IN is hostility 20 tins absurd proposal 20
make an English abbey The sitc of Boualartlst
monument now calls Tor prbiic meeting. II Is
desirable" says this popular journal, " IN the inter
e.ts of the friendly feeling that now exists between
r,,i,pd and France. that something should BE- done
H., Englishmcu 10 show TO Frcnchmcu that the pro-
nosrd monument did not originate with them, and
does not receive their sanction IT suggests a
r,llic address. TO he signed by fifty or hundred
| ,bous,nd Euglishmeu, and presented. through some
Commemorative body m Paris, TO the French people
That may or may not be feasible judge the feel
ING og,inst this insult 30 France is keen among the
vorliuqmen but not particularly lively among the
, ,ou.rodo classes The daily press. 20 far ~ IT
s,c,, opposes and ridicues the plan, with the two
,vccpt,ons before noted. Bnt il does not. M this
moment pay 80 much attention 10 II as when 1t was
first preached. Politics, the ruH"r'" "i'S'i"'I""'
,h, olstruction debate, and the Russian ncws have
nosscsson Of mons minds. have spoken before OF
tbc non-political character Of the opposition. Ii
orpcars again IN striking way IN the unwsnted
agreement of The >pcci dor and The Ntardag EerieW
I'm. former describes the project rs "a buudcr m
t,s,c international. historical. and moral; and
| tboroh not DISPOSED 20 take The matter very
. seriouslv condemns II " because II mas been
ncr,i,cd in against the reasonable wishes of great
majority Of thinking people, very moderately and
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