New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
NOTES FROM LONDON.
Observation-Disclosures.

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creenwicb. ambitious, il is understood. OF social
and especially of royal recognition. he mas nnauo
himself conspicuous on one side or the other oi
-.,,ho, of ouestions which do not require serlou'
.,,dv or which enable a man of no special pc
I;,,cal abilities to assume for moment prominent
,osition before the public. He IL is who appeared
m the House of Commons on Monday as spokes'""G
and ohampon-self- constituted or other"Se-o-
the Queens youngest son, the Duke Oh Albany UoU
Tor known as Prince Leopold. is it true. queHe1
Rarop Henry de Worms, that the Duke OF AIo"nS
wanted to be Viceroy of Canada, that the proposal
or suggestion of the rnorGeneTalShip" was iiau
70 him by leading Canadians, and that lie s'ehiNo"
his willingness to accept the post The obvious
;tort of tho ouestion was to hint that the Govern
ment. and particularly Mr. Gladstone, to whom tne
.nterrogatorv was addressed. are standing IN the
wav of a capable and Jealous young Prince, eager
IN servo his country and ckurlishly debarred rom
GRATIFYING an honorable ambition by too haoic"
Prime Minister. food
Bnt the Radical Prime Minister, for once refused
In he drawn He declined to answer the question:
Questions relating to the filling of this or that once
ought not he said rule to be answered. ino
interests of the public service forbid that curiosity
of that sort should be INDUCED In the present case
there are still stronger reasons for silence. II
question of this be put in the interest OF
Prince of the Blood, it might be put equally wei
IN his detrment And Mr. Gladstone would say
nothing except that the Duke OF Albanys readiness
10 be of use was known and that it did him honor.
What. then. is the TRUTH Perhaps nobody can or
will saw but what London believes is that the orig-
mol story i. true in substance Sir Alexander Gait,
or some other person of authority III Canada, dld
prcpose the Vicerovalty to Prince Leopold ana the
Prince did express his willingness to rule over his
Canadian fellow-subiects, at $4,000 year. That
how rupnO az
written to propose himself 20 Mr. Gladstone is III the
highest degree improbable. Things are not man
AGED in that way Secretaries and friends exist for
the purpose of saying those things man may not
care to say himself. But the Princes wish was III
some way conveyed to Mr. Gladstone, and he was
made to understand that the opinion of the Prime
Minister was dead against the proposal. The mat
ter has been argued out ~ he press and the reasons
against appointing this or any other Prince Royal
are of the most decisive kind. 1t is not likely that
such scheme will be preached again-certainly not
till another Lord BeacOns6ed is here to carry IT out
Mr.. Chamberlain has scored another point. and his
success affords incidentally illustration OF the
growing importance of the Grand Committees. lie
has been plotting his Bankruptcy bill through the
Committee on Trade. with, on the whole excellent
success There has been opposition but 1t has not
been as in the Law Committee, openly obstructive
perhaps not Obstructive at all, though there are
people who say publicly that the often expressed
desire of the mercantile community for thorough
going bankruptcy bill is not genuine desire But
last week the critics of the bill Joined forces against
the clause requiring all moneys belonging to bank
rupt estates to be paid into the Bank Of England.
At present they are paid INTO whatever bank the
trustee chooses or the court orders aud as the yearly
amount is not less than $5,O0O,00O the county
banks who have had the use of the money, often
without interest do not like TO give up their profit
able privilege Great pressure was brought TO bear
both on Mr.. Chamberlain and the committee. The
former said he regarded the clause as an essential
part of the bill, and would not give way. The COM
mittee was canyassed until Mr.. Dixon Hartland
who had prepared the amendment believed he could
carry il When tue vote was taken on Monday
il was waited for in the clubs and elsewhere with
good deal of curiosity, and there was some surprise
wien Mr. Chamberlain was found to have trl
umphed by Al to 27. He had made certain conces-
sions II was not, he said, much the saving OF
interest be cared about insurng thorough
audit of accounts. and he agreed TO Sir Hussey
Viyian's proposals that when the trustees thought
II necessary for carving on the debtors business
the money should go into local bank. The CON
cession is impor ant but it is, the testimony of
Mr. Chamberlain's critics his act and his readiness
for legitimate compromise which have insured his
suecess What is more likely to interest the distant
observer is the fact that 50 much depended on
division in one of those new committees which their
opponents have lately been describing as cum
brous failure. Ii much debated whether the
Government if beaten in committee would succeed
in inducing the House to reverse the decision, or
even whether they would try to reverse IT.
The very clever and well-informed correspondent
Who writes from Paris TO Mr. Labouchere's paper
III London concludes a column of eulOgv on Com
mandlnt Riviere lately killed al Hanoi, with the
following pregnant sentence:
"Riyiere's true object IN storning Hanoi was to
obtain publicity for his works OF notion, ana on
their tardIly recognized merits, TO enter Inc Acao-
envy
Earlier in the same letter you may read that
Rylere had not the courage TO return 10 rams ana
show himself on the BOulevards, where he had once
been popular, in houses where women naI ldol-
lied him-with gray head If anenemy had writ
ten this one might hesitate to beheveit But the
mouth of a friend what comment 1t is on French
politics in the China Seas!
Mr.. Matthew Arnolds change of view about his
American journey, aud his present Intention TO
make lecturing tour in the United States are OF
very recent date. One obstacle which, when the
subject was last considered. he thought grave, has
removed itself With curious modesty about his
own services and position in the Education Depart
ment he was reluctant 10 ask leave oil absence LOT
the four months deemed necessary. The Depart
mont has now of its own accord offered Mr. Arnold
vacation. undertaking to continue his salary
while his colleagues will divide his duties among
them. 1t is presume, Mr.. Mundella whom Ameri-
cans have to thank for thus smoothing Mr.. Arnoifs
path. As to business matters i'll America no settled
arrangement has yet been made and there is per-
haps no great urgency in respect of time. think,
however, it may be taken as pretty certain that
Mr. Matthew Arnold will leave England some time
In October and spend four months with you, lectur-