New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-23

they can help it, and therefore. they nave
asked the Emigration Commissioners OF TINS
port to send them 200 or 800 families OF IN
dustrous working people. The Commissioners
can undoubtedly supply them with JUST .iie
men who are needed. and who will be glad 10
60 there. The beauty of the site is great 'ic
climate is fine, and the soil is excelieh'' h'
the immigrants who will be selected VIII NOV oo
lazy or afraid to work, Rugby may yeV W
source of satisfaction to Thomas llughes' ~
tbouob il will differ from what he hoped Ior
II must be remembered, however, that MI
Hughes always said Rugby was not meant eA-
clusivelv for the English, but that any INDUS
trious farmers or mechanics would be welcome
The bill which has recently become law
increasing the pay of police headquarters nc
tectives, is fair specimen of carelessness III
legislation. 1t was intended to make the
detective force stronger; but 1t VIII reduce
the police force. 1t is in conflict with tne
Public Burdens bill, in that it allows patrol
man recently appointed at $500 year to De
nut on the list of detectives with his pay
doubled. Moreover, no provision is MADE ior
fine navment TO the men of the extra sum.
The charge of hasty legislation cannot pe
made in this case; it was pure carelesshess'
The measure was before the Assembly LOT
reasonable length of time. If the Police COM
missioners paid less attention to general legis-
lation affecting politics, and more to that which
touches the efficiency of the force under their
control. these inconsistencies and contradic-
tons would have been caught before the Dill
became law.
The country will not have to endure repe-
titiop of the wearisome and irritating scenes
that took place in Washington during two
months last winter The Court in banc has
denied the motion for a new trial FOR the
wretcbed assassin of Garfield. 1t seemed
foregone conclusion that this would be the
result The verdict of guilty was Just, ana
in accordance with the law and the
evidence. 1t was clearly established that
Guiteau committed criminal act with
deliberation and with a perfect understand
ING of what he was about. 1t is said that
his counsel means to try to establish the
assassin's responsibility 10y means of COM
mission de lunatico inquirendo. Recalling
the expert testimony it is hard to see what
he hopes to gain, except possibly a si'Sht
DELAY. AT the trial the best specialists in the
country watched in vain for the slightest sign
of insanity. 1t seems likely that tardy justice
will at last be done on June 80.
Some light is thrown upon the recent CORE
spondence between the British Government and
our own by the documents just sent TO
Congress by the President. They touch
mainly upon the negotiations after April
3. at which time nearly all OF
the Americans had been released Mr.. Lowell
telegraphed that he did not believe he could
obtain the freedom of 0MahOny, insolvency,
McEnery, Slatterly, Brophy and Cannon,
except upon condition that they would leave
the country. He was directed to consent to
no conditions, but to provide 5000 to pay the
expenses to the United States of each man
who might be released, and otherwise to
care for them. On the 2Sth of April Mr..
Lowell reported by cable that the offers of
money had been Withdrawn in all cases; that
OMahony was undecided, and four other pris-
oners would not accept release offered on con-
dition of returning to the United States
The Presidents position in this NATTER as de-
scribed by the Secretary of State in his letters
to Mr.. Lowell, briefly is as follows
The President could not expect that
the exercise of sovereignty assumed
by the United States when their Sc
curity was imperiled should not be
performed by other powers similarly situated.
But when the system of legal administration
worked actual injustice to an American citizen,
it became the Presidents duty to inquire into
it. Notwithstanding the state of Ireland, he
saw no reason why an American citizen should
remain locked up without trial The reasons
why he could not consent to a conditional re-
lease are given in full. In connection with
these communications, Mr. Trevelyan's state
ment in the Commons yesterday that O,Ma-
bony is not an American citizen is of much
interest.