, 1880-02-29

iiasory bnlytwo 1ou1nals 1 f6s ba}1i; pasPas pnzs
Stanley. The Others, of every shnde
of political opinion, attack him. !. All
admit tl5at Dean Stanley is 4: yield
aE afEmp tS to Gen5t snounie 4fass %hSa Gas Ca9va % M
nature as forgery is confuted by letter
from Car1yle's niece saying that the signature
was appended to the memorial BY her, at
Carlyle's express request. Mr.. Gladstone,
IL basttvp published a 4a stts 9s,ea Tss his
general. The Council Of the Workingmen's
Association, a radica Organization, resolved
to take immediate steps to obtain a renewed
expression Of workingmen's opinions. 1t is
scribe an address to the people OF France,
and thus endeayor to counteract the unfriend-
" impression the memorial produces.
FREDERICK HARRISON ON AFGHAN1srAN.
Frederick Harrison replies in the March
FortnightlN Repieao to Gen: Roberts an
swer to a former article. He reviews the
substance of the accusations, declines
to accept Gen. Roberts defense as
sufficient, and, while not impugn-
ing Gen.. Roberts, honor or veracfty,
convicts him of publishing inconsistentstate-
which the British army inyades an unoffend-
Ing people, and carries into every valley the
halter and the lash. Since Prot. Harrison's
ARTICLE was written {. dispatch has appeared
in the Times purporting to give the official
statement Of the Indian Government admit
ting that men were hanged for possessing the
property OF the Embassy, melting the people
to rise, and attacking the escort. Gen. Rob
erts personally confirmed each sentence. of
this dispatch. This amounts to confession
of the gravest charge
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHTS.
A \ ri, IN n
riodical an; important article on copyright,
urging the English publishers to adopt the
French system as the only solution Of the do
mestic difficulties arising. from! the grow
ing public demand for cheap books. He
means Of securing justice for American and
English authors. He admits the expediency
Of conceding to Americans the exclusive
manufacture OF foreign books, approving ot
an authors and not 4 publishers copyright;
payments by American publishers to English
auttlors he never himself received altogether
sIO0.
PERSONAL.
Carlyle has been lately much indisposed.
He is unable to drive out, and sees few
friends, except Froude and Iecky. lie be-
gins to experience all occasional failure Of
wise unimpaired.
Notwithstanding his extreme physical ex~
haustfon, Cardinal NeWman's acc!dent al
though resulting in broken rlD, threatens
mendlng rapidly, considering his advanced
Lord Salisbury is improving slowly and
transacts some business. "
Lord Rosebery is able to leave his cham
The poet Browning, after a tedious indis-
position, is agnln going out.
It is reported that Monsignor Capel has
been suspended from his functions for two
years On grave charges.
candidature at Salisbury, yielding to a eabal,
composed mainly Of tradesman, resentlnE
Mr: Hughes cooperative views, and partly OF
Nonconformists, who dislike stanch Chureh
Of England man: Sandry personal lnt1lgoes
also Contributed to his withdrawal.
MINISTER LOWELL.
There is no news from Minister Lowell
since last week, when he wrote that he
could not form definit plans, his wife having
had relapse. He could not leave her in her
present condition, but would start for Lon;
don the moment she is better. He had not
then received his English credentials.
THE STAGE.
Mr.. Irving has accepted new play by Ten
uyson. It IS in two acts, was written for the
Lyceum Theatre, and is dedicated to ar.
Irving. The subject IS unknown: Replying
to an inquiry for information, Mr. Irving
makes the PUBLIC answer that he has an oath
registered in Heaven to reveal nothing; 3;
The Bancrofts, aftersome hesitation, decline
defnitly to produce Sardon's "Danlel
Mochat oa G9ga@S 81 he ae ona. ab
lee of Victor Hugo's drama, "Ilernanl,'' y was
y rreat Failure, owing to il. Pcrrin's mean
treatment Of the dramatic critics and the
literary world generally. AZ that is