New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-07
Eye PEAN POLITICS.
CONSEQUENCES OF ALFoNso's RECEPTION
IN PARIS.

THE FERRY CABINET IN AN EMBARBASsL'u =
TIoN-coNsEBvATIvE AND IRISH TAclIO' -,
QUEENS EXTRAORDINARY TRIBUTES lo '01''
BROWN.
lBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNEI
TovDov. Oct. 6.-Personal knowledge py many
soc,,sbmen Of King Alfonso, together with DIS
popularity at the English Court makes Vh0 p"'i'o
here view his reception in Paris Win leeiins' %
aisuust 1t accentuatss to France herset tLe uouo'
ord a,strrst which have been growing over
british relations with France. Saturdays event 10
sn,ted IN her absolute isolation, and landed her ID
.,.,o,io, more dangerous than any crisis she has
surmorptsd since the German war. The torOear-
ance Of Germany and SPAN, and their eonsidera'e
regard for the present weak condition oil the FTencu
Government, are elements which make Tor peace
Tho chances are that the event Will blow over Dut
ne effect so far as the relations Of. France to the
,oiobbor,nc Powers are concerned, must remain for
vears, Meanwhile, Spain awaits tie fuller pubhca-
+lon of President Gr6vy's apology, In which the moo
were denounced as misfa5les 1t is doubtful Pre-
mier Ferry and his Cabinet will dare publicly 10
stIrnatIze them in this way, and, If spain insls'S
upon their doing So there may be further dlmcuIty
II &, recarded as a hopeful sign that General Ihl-
baudin. Minister of War, has at last resigned lie
is credited with beng averse to making an Official
apology. In this perhaps he was consistent, since
he was from the first opposed to the reception OF she
King and took no part in it. The dismissal OF this
Minister is also probably due to desire on the part
of tb. Government to mollify Germany who per-
ssts that he dishonored himself by breaking bis
parole during the war with France.
TIE CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN.
The Conservatives have begun an active CAM
paign against the Government. The three king
doms have been attacked simultaneously, and all the
members of the front Opposition oench have been
heard. some of them indeed more uhan once Much
attention has heen given to the speeches fSlrStaoro
Northccte IN Ulster Englishmen had hoped that
they might have from HIM, as the leader OF the Op'
position. commUn-sense declaration of policy for
that unhappy country. These hopes have been dis
appointed. There is plenty of ancient history and
destructive criticism, but nothing more. Mr. Glib
sons notions in favor of better dwellings for the
Door and OF the formation Of peasant proprietary
are neither new nor of Tory origin.
FRANCE AND CHINA.
The present position of the nco-Chineso nego-
tatopsls not very clear 1t is declared that France
has sent an ultimatum to Pekin, In which The de-
msnds are such that they must result in war; but
there are indications that Premier Ferry Will await
the meeting of the Chambers before moving further
The more aggressive forces in China are gaining
strength daily at Canton and other port towns and
The French Cabinet may find itself fouted before 1t
70 aware Of it.
MOVES IN THE IRISH GAME.
The ostentatious attack of tho Parnellites upon
Ulster to establish the Irish National League in the
North came to an early collapse and moro discreet
and s,cret methods will probably be adopted hence
forward The Orangemon have made such for
mdable and dangerous Ounter-demons,ration as TO
asconcert all the plans of the Parnellites.
This week Mr. Parnsll has suffered a severe check
In Manchester The Conservative member for that
city being dead, the Liberals agreed not to oppose
Mr. Houldsworth, who was nominated by the Con-
servstive party; but a contest was forced by Rad
ical lawyer Dr. Parkhurst, Of an irreconciable
type in politics He made a direct bid for the Irish
vote and got Mr. Parnelps approval, but the Llber-
ais left him severely alone ald be was dIsgracefully
beaten by vote of three to
THE CONGRESSES.
The autumn Congresses are still il full swing.
The Social Science Congress, the Church Congress
and the Railway Servants Congress are all III ses-
sion. The railway operatives make the confession
that their movement for reducing the hours of daily
work has entirely failed
THE QUEENS LATE lACKEY.
Great surprise and irritation have been caused in
all parts of the country by tho announcement that
the Queen intends beyond what she las already !
done III concentrating John Brown to erect a
fu-length statue of her deceased servant at Balmo
raj in close relation to the statue of the Prince Con
sort, and further to put in the Royal Mausoeum at
Frogmore and IN st. Georges Chape! at Windsor
marble tablets to his memory.
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Mr.. Irving concludes an unparalleled tour of the |
Provinces at Liverpool to-day. The receipts have
been enormous aud the enthusiasm has been such |
that the actor has been publicly entertained in |
every city he has visited
1t is understood that Miss Mary Anderson will
appear very soon as Galatea, as well as in new
piece written by Mr.. Gilbert.
version Of Ohenbach's La Vie Parisienne has
been produced with some success at the Avenue
Theatre From a dramatic point of view it is poor
Ituf
FRENCH FOREIGN INI,RIGUES.