New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-03
TOPICS IN TIE BRITISH CAPllAL,
ryY CABLE TO TIE TRiBUNh'I

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with the extreme gravity of the lrlSh Sl'"''''0,'
the Ministers, while admitting that the coi'n''' -
soriors profess confidence in rapid Improvement
n. Trovelvan,s statement that he welcomes Tue aP'
oocb of the crisis, that is conflict between au
=. a,a oss,sssins expresses the feeling OF the
entire Government. The Dublin pchce' since oa''
,,raev,s murder regard the struggle as a uucI oo-
+,roen themselves and the secret societies. winch
oor have but one result. They fully expect tha'
othor murders will be committed in pursuance oi
ossoeins resolve to terrOrize the judges, JuIles'
nolice and all officials. But the police are now
unmarried as they never were before, While Eng
psb oniuion upholds the Government in any neces-
cary act of energy. Mr. Healy will be arrested II
b. carries out his brayado; Mr. Dayitt also.
Tue END OF THE SESSION.
The prorogaton of Parliament to-day was
dno 70 the unexpected collapse of the Tory
onnos;tion TO the rules of procedure, and
tbe failure of their efforts to raise de-
hates on the Irish and Egyptian questions The
Tories admit that the Government carried their pro-
posals substantially as preserted; MI Gladstone
"sbowipc spirit of Cancellation only so far.as was
compatble with the practical tenacity of his pnr-
poseD saws The Standard. Mr. ParnelI insists that
he will still find means to make obstruction as mis-
cbieyous as ever. The Opposition generally showed
that they were disposed to reduce the rule against
moving an adjournment to a practical aDsurdlty'
The verdict of the public will depend on the ein-
cheney of the next session. which the Parneltes
fully intend to convert into an Irish session.
FRENCH FIuBUsTERING.
TIE visit of the Malagasy envoy will result in
d,plomatic remOnstrance from England against
French flibustering The English are not disposed
to quarrel, but growing pubiic opinion strongly
censures the French proceedings both In Madagas-
car and on the Congo, where the fimsicst preteSts
fail TO disguise the rapacity of the French Ministry
backed unhappily, by popular feeling.
WHY TIE TRIAL OF ARABI Is To BE ABANDONED.
The intended abandonment of Arabs trial is the
result Of Lord DuHern's conviction that the dis
closures would so discredit the leading Egyptians
from tho Khedive downward as to make a retention
OF the present system impossible. Hence the project
10 allow Arab to plead guilty to the charge OF
rebellion only. His sentence will be to exile with
lenient conditions. Arabis defence published in
Tile Nineteenth Century makes large drafts on the
creduty of She British public. 1t is abundantly
plain from Cairo kilograms that Arab has given a
variety of conflicting accounts of his acts, equvo-
eating and contradicting himself in true Oriental
fashion.
TIE LONGFELLOW MEMORIAL
Dean Bradley's formal consent to the plac-
ing of a bust of Longfellow in Westminster Ab-
bey is coupled with the extraordinary suggestion to
inscribe Irvings name on its base or an adjacent
tablet. The Daily Ne,gs justly rdculcs the pro-
posal; ridculing also, as usual, American literature
generally and announcing that Irving and Poe were
the best prose and pOetical writer's The same pa
per yesterday eulogzed Oliver Wendell Holmes
cordially. but was unable to conclude the article
without characteristic sneer at American writers
as half ineligible in England. One 6. c. Macau-
lay prOnounces panegyrc on Walt Whitman IN
the December Naeteeah Century.
An INTERESTING AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
Mison'S autobiography, which was expected
withnerest proves to contain some entertaining
"reminiscences of eminent people. generally OF title,
but it abounds like his History, in solemn absurdi-
ties and emptyTenections. 1t contains fresh proofs
that Providence is on the side of the Tories.
1t mentions few Americans, but extols
the rebel commissioner Mason sngularly in
teIigent and agreeable man. 1t devotes pages to
s,onewall Jackson. who Mason told HIM. formed
his strategy from Alisons recreative campaigns Of
the Archduke Charles in 1897 and Of Napoleon iu
1914. lie praises Prescotfs powers as pictorial
writer, and euogizes Bancrofts conversation and
writings, saying that they are alike judicioas,
sensible well-informed and show occasional
flashes of genius, adding that this able, eloquent
politician showed him great courtesy attention
ana hospitality while Minister in London.
TIE COPYRIGHT CONTROVERSY.
Alison gives the statement that there was a sale
1000 copies of the Hapers' reprint of his His
tory during two years. He also gives an ac-
count Of the meeting with Mr. Harper IN Lon
don. who told Alison that they made
$4,000 on that edition alone. Nothing was
said of any payment to Alison. Carey & Hart, OF
Philadelphia, soon after published the essays, pay
Ing Alison fifty euineas
Clark Russell. replying in The AhenGum to
the Harpers letter published The TRIBUNE,
iays the Harpers are mistaken in supposing
him satisfied. He did not answer their letter
because he felt the utter uselessncss of
repeating his protest. lie now declares,