New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-21
LEADING TOPICS IN LONDON.


LEADING TOPICS IN LONDON,
,,,sH AG1rArfoS-Tus SUPPOSED MINISTERIAL
n,sssSsIoSs-rnE ARRIVAL HOME OF GENERAL
poerErs-PRoFEssoR SYLVESTER HoNoRED.
lBY CABLE TO THE rRIBUSsi
LONDON Saturday Nov. 90, 1880.
r..,,,,rs Ireland. General attention continues
s,sd on Erin, public and private gossip beng al
most wholly Hibernian. The press in London and
=, ,ovipces devotes many columns daily to Irish
;nclndine innumerable reports of outrages
,.ascbes and projects. Common rumor attributes
~. ho,ding of three Cabinet councils this week ex-
.,us;velv TO the urgency of Irish affairs. believe
N. trutb is that as the case last week, other
=. o,o,e discussed though Ireland was undoubt-
A.. fo-ouost London lives in an atmosphere |
.,oosrv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as to the Minis
,.,;ol nnrposes | may say emphaucally from
a.;,o, .utborIty that all rumors Of the rcsiena-
,;or of this or that Minister are utterly unfounded
v;,hor ord Selporne and the Duke of Argyll ON
,ha ooo side. nor Mr. Bright and Mr. Chamberlain
~ the other have uttered word to indicate that
,Aor cortemp!ated sevcung themselves from
n.,r colleagues Members of the Cabinet
,ote opposing views on Irish questions,
=. ofen happcns on other matters, but
,o ro,ion that this is to result in the breakup
# the Ministry only the product of unusually
lively Tory imaginations. The conjectures based on
The frequency of the Cabinet meetings are con-
r,ted BY the fact that the three summonses for
item were issued simultaneously.
BRIGHT AND GLADSTONE IN ACCORD.
The speeches of Mr. Bright and Mr.. Chamberlain
at Birmingham. which the Tories alege to be IN
consistent with Mr.. GladstOne's Guildhall speech,
are not so regarded by either branch of the Liberal
party Northumberland appeal to the Irish is deemed
unfortunate, because it amounts to an entreaty to
obey the law. whereas Minister'S duty consists IN
enforcing the law. Mr.. Bright, as always dwells
on the necessity of remedial Legislation, out
nothnc in either speech impars the force OF Mr.
Gadstone's declaration that the restoration OF
order must precede remedy for existing
grievances. The Liberal press, however,
throughout the country dwels most on
the remedial measures. and insists that there IL no
evidence as yet that the Government is unable,
with the existing laws. to repress disorder. Mr
Forster it is believed has pressed for thesuspension
of the Habeas Corpus act but he admits that the
teal difficulties to passing such measure are
almost insuperable. The success of the Boycott
expedition, his opponents insist, proves that the
Government has sufficient powers to deal with
even exceptional cases.
DISORDER SPREADING.
Meantime organized opposition to law, organized
attempts to terrorizc. not landlords only, but all
law-abiding people, rapidly spreading. Most
statements | see in American papers, telegraphed
hence. give one side too prominently. Mr.. ParnelPs
own telegrams monstrously pervert facts. The
Tories here rival Mr. Parnell IN exaggerating news
in the opposite direction. Lord Salisburys speech
last night contains agrant examples OF every fault
the Tories used to charge against the Liberals whn
in opposition. such as unpatriotic attempts to en-
barrass the Government.
DEFENDING LORD LANsDowNE.
Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, Lord Lansdowne's
brother. publishes a long reply 10 Charles RusseiPs
accusations regarding the management of the Lans-
downe estate, affirming hat the material charges
are unfounded or exaggerated, and appealing to
the forthcoming report of the Land Commissioners
The MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.
The date of the assembling of Parliament it is now
supposed. will be determined by the course oil
events
TIE QUEEN CENsURFD.
The Qneen's protIacted stay i'll Balnoral eiicits
the usual hostile comments from the press and So
clety. 1t obliqes a Cabinet Minister to journey
thither at a moment when the gravest decisions
have TO he taken in London. There is also gossip
over the fact that the Queen delays at Bamoral to
attend the gilhes entertainments, prefeirng un-
conventional amusements of that sort 30 the more
eerenonous life of Windsor Castle.
GENERAL RoBERTs's RETURN.
The arrival of General Roberts and the effuslve
demonstrations which are proposed In his honor re-
awaken among workIngmen resentment against MIN
for the cruetes which stained his Afghan triumphs
Few protests appear in the press, but those knowing
what artisans think allege that the feeling
among them against General Roberts is most bitter.
They recall the hanging under his orders oil Afghan
prisoners of war, and complain that he Is largely re-
spoDsible for the magnitude and duration OF the
war. But other classes, even Liberals. hail General
Roberts as a conqucrcr. readily forgetting his pre-
ylous defeats and condoning his offences III thelr
ceight at finding the British Army able 10 boast OF
second efficient commander, and that Generai WOE
seiey is no longer the sole capable soldier
LORD BEACoNsFIELD's NEW BOOK
Lord Beaconfed's Endymion,0 in three vol
anes, will be published, undoubtedly. next week.
An edition Of 1000 copies has been printed