New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-28

amioble weaknesses He is extremely sensible 10
otte,tiop from crowned heads but, as MIR. Dcane
did makes light of the small fry of royalty ana ans
tocracy He is also a dandy of the first water nc
gray musache aforesaid is always brought oy Ino
aid of pate hongrOise to a Napoleonc nont' ana his
lmode black frock coat of outdoor life Is cx-
changed within doors for n suit If black velvet from
head to foot faced with bright blue silk. Mr. Arch
ibald Forbes, the greatest war correspondent oil
these latter DAYS. always declares Mr. Russell the
head Of his branch of journalism, and making all
allowances for generosity. Mr. Forbes must De u
good Judge / must confess that am at n loss 10
Mace n third 20 these two so rarely Is literary skill
combined with the physical strength ana energy
demanded by war correspondence of the best KILL
Mr. Russell has lived duriI e the last twenty
five years. whenever he has Deen on INC
war-path IN Brompfon, n few yards from Onslow
SQUARE whore he has house of the coniortaole
bourgeois kind without n trace OF @stncllclSln
without pictures or engrayngS WplIu s ans
and adorned only with "A line collecl0h Oh ai,I,s
savage and civilized. that is. 80 FAR as elal VII
Ons NAV be pronounced civilized ne us l'Iio I've
from nearly cvcrv battlefield since the Crlnea lob
of the vulgar kind but connected with distinguish,
ed generals and her men OF the hour ~ - st'"
that when he wen. with the Prince OF wares W III
dia. some of the wilder spirits. uncheckeu ny .io
stern ascctIcism of Canon Duckworth, anu ne
grim autOcracy of Lord Alfred Paget atteniplcu ~
/" make hay" or otherwise " lark IN MT lusse,l
cabin: bu that they received such lesson lnd'' DC
inc with all their faults gentlemen theV maze inc
.'omendeD most handsomely and the happy fam
ily went on without hitch Thereafter. neS
would have been Odd fish if they could not nave
got on" with Mr. Russell, whose little weaknesses
are all o. the kindly sort, and only increase the love
Of his friends. -, .u
spondent of HE Times, is Mr. Gallenga, whose ca
recr has been of a romantic, II not rohah'c-pul
lcque, character. An Italian by blrth, lie was az an
lTly age affiliate to the CarbOnar or some ndred
patriotic or revolutionary society. As lhe s'oiy
told among journalists goes, Mr.. Gallenga was the
man upon whom the lot tell 90 assassnaie INC hlus
of Italy with jasper-hlted dagger, anu 10 "hVIn
the dagger aforesaid was handed over IoI
use. They say also that, not relshing
the work Of an ass1cslnl , anu neih hs
thought il would he better to put the dagger III ms
travelling trunk, 90 TO England and write an ac-
count of the whole alial Tor ne i'mes, dIis pV
gramme carried out, and MI Gaiienga haEIihg
been discovered to be well acquainted WIN ltIin
plhtics, thenceiOrward employer oy me tW' t
as political. editorial AMI descrlpllNeI,aIuIcio
writer on subjects connected with southern Europe
II is supposed tnat his former associates Oh tlc 80
cret society not altogether inclined 10 loigNc
hi for not killing the King OF lazy, allhougn NJ
forbearance had turned out very iaVoraDy loI tni'
country. for hen he went TO Rome rs corleSpohu-
ent OF The Times he found It 10y no means PledSail
place To live in. The Pope ana the cleIlCal
party abhOrred him as "A CarbOnaro or whatever ne
once was The national party, the Carpohdil III
cluded, loathed and detested hlm rs an eAecutolel
who had not done his duty Hence his soIourh was
cat short and he returned TO England aitcr NIl'lhH
some admlra Ole articles on Italy ana ltdll tONl''
Editor OF Tie Tines MrGailcnsa found his position
of leader-wnter, after while, untcnaOle. ana WenI
on various distant missions. The result oi HIS tdN
ell, has been l.Vcn TO the pubic III volumes lc-
printed from his letters TO The Times. such iS me
Pearl Of the Antilles and the narrative oil MS trlp
to Russia la>t year. His work Is conspicuous lof
lis statesndnllke and comprehensive grasp
In peIce and III war The Imts has numbered
large contingent of eminent writers
among ITS correspondents As Lor no, 90,
dolphin Osborne -. e.. o., Sir Nliilam
Hafcourt ullstOncusi, and Lord Sherbrooke,
vui,c yet Mr. Robert Lowe, have Inquired rs ieauer,,
writers or lcttoT-wrteTs Of tine JACOB OHliuih
type so have a multitude OF ready pens suPPiGu
chronicles. ami by no means bilel abstracts ol i,ic
Time. II not endowed with the picturesque faculty.
oil Russell. Iho condensed and instructive stSio
OF Oalenga, these scrlDcs nave sent eN'cIicut az
counts of distant countries ana campaigns 10 nedu-
quarters Mr. Charles Aust II has written admir-
ably ON the East, aud has evidently NOT ohiy syn
the United states but understood many OF inc
curious social and religious Phenomena visible
there, sucA as the "camDlngs OUT" ana mutual
associations Colonel G.. Is. BracHenDury, VINO Is
not the Colonel Henry Brackenbury VINO recently
resigned his appointment I'm Ireland but like MIN
an artillery officer, acted as war corre'p9n1ent ID
the campaigns of S66 and loIO-Il, ana Coiohci
Erred" Burnaby. Oh khva andiaeronautlc Lame,
figured III similar capacity curing Inc CaillS' wal
III SPAIN 80 .i
cnts among whom the best kuOwn-and BEST
abused-Is sir. BlOW1tz IT'S PARIS Correspondent, Oh
whom VI. Gamoe Ia ~ reported 40 nave Sdiu, - 'o'
juiJ. cdthOttqac ct d,cOTt.' MI BlOwlth VINO seld9
during tAc year Immense quantity oil hateliai
through the private WIRE IRON PTis 10 Ihe Tunes
Office, has All able assistant III Nj. joan
Aver VINO has 1t Is SAID, hard work
IN getting things INTO something hh"
mteiis Iblc English. Three other very weil-knowA
foreign correspondents are Mr. Shan. s'etfe w oou
al Rome. than VhOmnOOOdy could be better pldccu'
Mr.. dackenZIe Wallace al ConstantlnOpie' ana SI
Low at Berlin
At nome Mr Abraham Hayward, who has occu-
pied a prominent position IN political ana literary
LONDON fOI Just half century, ana al ON Illhc Wis
one oi the ignt, of Tie HOraiag Chronicle has the
rel
Mr. ChcneTy, bui, Whatever may be sald, mas Cd
YlOusly not exercised any important influence Oh
the policy of The LINES OF late ycaIa MI Hayward
Is one OF the few eminent men LETT VINO gdlheicu
round Rogers and was up TO the death 0i FRANCES
Countess MaidcgraVe, the most favored guest AZ
straw berry ii!lt. Oh another type and, BY reason
of his knowledge OF the East, ~ pdthetlc WIN MI
CheneTy, Is Sr Thomas BlIdwOod, the founder OF
the Botanic Gardens at Bombay an excellent writer
on scientific subjects ANA lndlan arcnito'ogJ ana
anthropOOgy. The head "l The Im| Parlanen-
tary stan III the Gallery of the House OF Commons
Is IA remarkable old gentleman, Mr. Charles loss,
one OF the Oldest Journalists III London. lie was
porn IN 1900, aud, among the reporters, Is second
only TO MI john Byrnc, me Father ol tue NdIlclJ
MI. C.. Ross is sad TO have gwen an historic answer
when hc was IuterIOgated as to he necessity Tor
increasing the accommodation III the gallery, which
had become CrOWucd by the increase OF LONDON
journals aud the provincial press. Ar kO,S SAID ne
thUHBht there was plenty Oh room LOT Iht IW'eS
aud lhe NOrHing POSt' But. IL WAS objected, thcie
were other journals. Il know nOtDIng Of thcm,"
replied the conservative veteran. w1O Is also re
ported to have sad That the weather As never
been settled since the frst Reform Dui"-Just hall
Il century ago.
In the VarOu; departments of artistic and literary
criticism The times was once very ably supported
" hle NV James Davidson. Nj. John OAen.oid, and
Nj. lOm ay lOr presided respectively over music, tnc
drama and painting those arts, especially music,
were dealt with III a manner WhlCn AT Icdst pro-
yoked little hostile crltclsn, ana was very scluOm
laughed al outright. Nj. DdNi usOn was hrad ana
shoulders above either Mr. OXcnIOrd or MI laylOr,
ana cOntesaedly the best musical clltlc Ill Eng
land. lie Is succeeded by DR.. i. liucilcT, whose
opinions by no means carry the same Wclgnt as
those of almost cntlrcy retired predecessor
Mir. OXenIord, Oi whose work during his idttc wears
one would desire To speak tcndcrS, Was sue, ctucd
Dy MIR. W. MOuls, the son OF Mr.. SION blaf MOTIFS
formerly manager OF Inc Innos. MI. AIorIls " no
united 10 lar knowledge OF the stage an earnest
desire 10 avoid undue partlallty or antpai ny,
proved unfortunately not 50 pOlls Icd writer
III technical sense. ~ MI. OAchioid,
L.. IT, ILL L. IL I-L.