, 1881-12-18
That Is, Not Until, Like Bismarck,
He Has "Gone to Ca
nossa."
7ranquilizinq official Report that the
Vienna Multitude "Died
Speedily"
Fifty-four Persons Drowned in
Algeria by the Bursting
Of q Dam.

THE BRITISH.

THE BRITISH.
CRITICISM OF BLf1SE's NOTE
Sptcial catae.
IIoyuoS, Dec T-Snlaxiey'S special says:
Mr. Blai1c:s dispatch to DIR. Lowell OIL Nov.
IL, respecting the modification Of the Clay
l;ulwcr Treaty, is pubIi;siled here today.
aud produces painful impression.
1t clicits strong protests from various
quarters The form i'll which Mr.
blaine states his demand is quite rs unpalatr
able as the substance People criticise the
1eremptory abruptness of the. tone, and the
1ise Of suchs phrases as requires modifica-
1ions,'' ''asscrts the right to control the trtl-
sit" 'sncEessary changes.:' and Twill
hot consent to perperuate the treaty.
All these lie outside the ordinary diplomatic
vocabulary. Some resent tlais as the lam
Eaage Of menace, some ridicuic 1t as clum-
siness and want OF acquaintance with diplo-
1natic usages on the part of Mr.. Blaine, say
ing: Why bring up the matter while the
relations OF the two nations are SO cordial q
NOBODY rRErESDs TO KNOW =.
what Lord Granville replied to Mr. Lowell,
but the ultimate action Of the English Gov
ernment must be influenced greatly by the
general opinion that it is not get time for tue
public to consider the subject fully. It
is probable enough that an agreement
on essential points may be reached, but the
publication OF this dispatch has undoubtedly
created a fresh obstacle and made concession
more difficult >
OSCAR WILDE
sails for America next week with view OF
producing his plays. He may accept.invita~
tions to lecture.
A DIFFERENT VIEW.
Specl1t Cab1.
LONDON. Dec. 11.-Jennings' special says:
Mr. Blaine's instructions to Dir. Lowell on
the CIayton-Bulwer Treaty excite much
interest, and take the public somewhat by
surprise. The opinions entertained by the
Government are not officially known,
hut it seems tn be felt that htr.
blaine is correct in the view that the conyen-
ton was made under circumstances Which
have greatly changed, AID that no important
object is to be gained by EnEland's insisting
on keeping in force a supertluous treaty. 1t
is, therefore, probable that no difficulty will
be experienced in meeting the wishes of the
United States.
THIS is THE MORE PROBABLE
that the Irish landlords, or at least enough
Of them to make serioust trouble, are taxing
steps to insist upon raising the question Of
compensation. It is only too clear that.
in many cases. the official va1uers have
been cutting down rents with no
pretcnse of &: preliminary examination. I
AMI informed OF one case i'll which after the
professional yaluers had been carefully ex-
anining one property held at about $500
year for nearly ten days, without
being able to come to a de-
cision as 10 the just appraisement the
official yaluers appeared, spent single
morning, and struck the rents down 20 per
cent Of course men cannot he expected to
submit patiently to this. "3t looks,'' said
one very Intelligent landlord the other day,
las if the ya1ners were
INSTRUCTED BEFORE THEY WENT TO WORK. "
and have only one end in view, which is to
prepare, by their revaluations. for loud
1fean over the prophetic financial insight Of
William The Confiscator.' Then, too, n
reduction OF rents is not followed by
the payment OF the reduced rents, so
that the landholders, naturally enough,
are getting out Of patience as
we'll as out Of pocket. In short, nobodS!
seems to he satisfied, neither Mr.. Parneli and
his friends, nor the peasants, nor tie
proprictors, II indeed anybody can, be said !
properly to be q *'proprie1orn just ROW in
Ireland.
STANLEY.
Spectat Cubte-
LONDON, Dec. 17.-Jennings' special says:
At the Dean Stanley memorial meeting one
Of the best speeches was made by 4 working
nlan. I1ec Prince Of Wales went up to him
and asked to llave the pleasure Of shaking
hands with him, expressing great admiration
for his speech. Mr.. Lowell made a very
pretty speech on the familiar old. theme OF
the coMEon language, common literature,
anu the rest of 1t, which was universally ad-
1nired. The Dean has left behind him
great nsass Of papers, containing much I'M
J,ortant matter. 4 life of the Dean will
be prepared by the person in all
England most competent to do tile work, DR..
Gtnrgr Grove. editor of lNucmilla7,'s Mng1-
1inc, who accompanied Dean Stanley to
America. and whom, l am sure, you all must
remember with pleasure. You ought to, fur
no recent traveller speaks with more cordial
admiration and goodwill Of America than
Or. Grove.
TIE w1MBLEpoS MYSTERY
Is the great social topic of the day. Opin-
ions are mitch divided: Some think DR..
Lanson is guilty Of a clumsy murder, but
others. Including many medical ulen, think
tie boy died 1T consequence Of NOR
phta, administered By the doctors.
HE case has excited as much attention
90 o4"t VI Le1IUt- 1ut ponce OIL L0nd0n
furnish these details Of the story: On Satur~
day evening. Dec. 5, about O'clock, Mr. e.
T. l41iilsuil, aged 3d. surgeon, called at
Blentein House school, in oruer to pay a !
visit to the deceased, who was his brother
in>1aw. Nr. Malcolm John was
THE suI.E SURVIVING ME1I:
10 considerable property. and it is not
known how lonE his father and mother
. have been dead He. has two sisters.
, "ne Ut whom is the wife of Mr.. Lam
son. but none of thefu has settled
residence III England. Mr.. Lamson, when
last heard Of i'll this country, was residing at j
Tour1'en,outl', where he 1ractic:d occa-
sionally in Ills profession. When he called
at the school, OH Saturday evening, he saw
Ills brother:tnlaw in compauy With
Mr. ". 4. Bedrock, the Principal