New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-15
GENERAL NOTES.

The company which is taking r. rliminary
steps ascertain whetoer submarine tunnel can be
made between Calais and has last succeeded
in drlvug shaft down t. the deDrh ~ which the iun-
mel if practicable would have 10 be made Although IN
,he upper strata there good deal Of water there .
no nhtraOn OF 10 IN the gallery which 20 ~ INC sod
rock second shaft Is about to he driven and the d.
rcctors OF company state that n NJ Unforeseen OBJ
stscie the tunnel can be completed II four years
A sad story comes from Rome. 4 young
man named Morett tailor, was condemned 70 short
term o. Imprisonment for some alleged fraud in his deal
mgs A girl To whom he Detrothed went to the po-
lice srate To learn about fate and prospects.
The m agstrate told her he would assucedly remain
many wears IN prison. The girl n despair poisoned her
self aterwsrd Moreu Is found to have been per-
fec,y innocent. and is at once discharged On learning
the miserable end OF his berDtned he too posons hun
self
Mr. George j. HoyOake, in letter to The
C0oDe,aiire Necs, pays nigh compliment to IRE
TRiBUNE's regular London correspondent. American
nrwsplpers" he says, send very able to Europe,
who report upon features and politics in society with
great fidelity To each the humors Of classes,
and of thought Of strange peoples, is rare ac-
auirement-mOre an instinct than an acquisition. u Is
one thing satisfy readers in the couIty For which you
write, who have 10 means OF testing tue accuracy OF
what IA said II il quite different thing 10 satisfy the
people whom YOU describe. At a time when IL WAS
matter of political necessity understand the way
In which the Intelligent foreigner would be impressed
by Eugsh public atfsrs. and the opin ons loimeu Nv
them OF the chief ACES OF English legislation use" !"
fnd THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE of the fst ordeI oil scr
vice. The letters sent from LOndon, signed u W. o.
though they were not received from Ainerici uh'h
twenty days after they written frequently con-
tanned an estimate OF English political questions quito
fresh and instructive then-as said elsewhere years
ago. stranger in "A country. who is competent oO-
server Will see many things which will not strlke an on
server nome all, at any luie carry OF ate -
pns ha We often been asked taey never nave gwen
us the gift of seeing ourselves as ehers see U.s.
The Paris newspapers thrive on pOntlcai
SENSATIONS" The FgorO published fortnight ago u
political essay purporting 10 have been written by "e
late Prince Imperial 1t Arcnenberg IN 1877 The BONA
parust evening papers studously Ignored H. ou mus
was quite consistent with it, genu Tor the F"ss
would naturally deny It's contention tnat the Empire 10"
through its concessions 10 Liberalism. while tne 0fVfe
would as naturally object 90 the effect OF the fiiuces
p0sthumOus writings Prince Napoleon Ano' 1,t NV
was summary IN the GaaloS OF Jales slmons unpup
hsned narrative OF hs dismiss by Marshal cMahon
IL re presents tue latter declining an Application W
Cnmbetta Tor an 'accldentai" meeting IN the DOS 10
Bouloene but a. renarkng that he liked certain ie"
t,res of nj, character GsmOeta yeut IA 6lcgfe aFeo
pAenagne ct MOI aussi" Tue France denies the "no'o
story adding that what the Marshal really said nos ~
1877 but al the OF the la 1870. Was tD''
France was attacked by Germany he meant 10 sy
army and that in 1871 he wrote NJ. GamDeltd w.
complimentary letter ON his Resistance 20 noi i',,.
Juts SIMON declares tne article taOfiidto" io" ''o
| ming To ond o.,
| In Moadville, Penn, the Collector Oh wy
| and County Taxes. James Lirkins. being aet""''
! tho amount OF about $4,000. has not run away 20 ."
rome has not remained to make an elaborate technoA
defence In the courts. but has simphod matters :.
shooting himself 10 10 sure. no has left has oo''''