The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-07-22

The canal difficulty. the latest difference
that has arisen. grows moro and moro compli-
Gated and. a. an element OF political difdculty
in England. promises TO Be the immediate o.
casion Of the downfall Of the present Govern
ment. 1t Is said. apparently with some authori-
ty. that Mr.. Gladstone will exhaust every
means to induce N. de Lesseps to make salts
factory concessions. and that failing to do 30.
IS he certainly will fail. he will submit the
agreement TO tho House and 60 to the country.
As the discussion progresses. It becomes moro
and moro apparent that tho circumstances Of
the case afford Mr.. Gladstone an opportunity
70 retire with dignity; and IL 10 we'll known
that as there IL no longer any hope OF his being
able to beQueath triumphant Ministry TO his
successor. he will gladly embrace the occasion
OF an honorable retreat Ho can say that he
retires before . party check. inspired by tho
spirit Of rapscity and spolistion; that he was
unwilling. BY fraudulent tschnicalities or force.
to deprive NJ. do Lesseps OF his Justly vested
rights. and that he Is willing to leave to others.
II the country desires It. the responsibility Of
policy at once dishonest and fatal.
A capitulation which would shift every polti-
cal burden OF tho day to the shoulders Of tho
Tories. and practically saddle upon them the
duty OF making the annexation Of Egypt formal
a. we'll as actual. would be - good an exit 40
Mr.. Gladstone could hope for at present. He
10 very weary statesman. and with tho House
OF Commons unmanaseabls and distracted
domestic legislation affords NO hope Of rehabil-
itation to his Government. and no national
misfortune threatens the country from abroad
to call forth his energies and >instate him In
the fulness Of his power.
The French Government are certainly to be
commended for the spirit which prompted tho
sending OF N. Waddlngton to succeed N. Tissot
In WA al vaatardav and V}Il fakA
possession OF the embassy on Monday and dine
with Lord Granville on Tuesday. He 10 the
best choice that they could have made In the
present condition Of Affairs.
Europe IL again In spasm OF apprehension
ct the approach Of the cholera. It has spread
to Cairo. and 10 raging there with virulence
that may we'll excite alarm. the deaths being
hundreds daily. according to Trustworthy OBJ
server. who. doubling the truth Of the Govern
ment returns. has Investigated for himself.
New reports como to hand Of tho unspeakable
horrors endured By tho unfortunate communi-
ties which the Khedive. in obedience to the
orders OF the English Government. has isolated.
Heretofore these Mussulmsn oities have met
I. sAnplexn4Sxith ,thaiS papal fatalism. and have
3 sssoystsA. AZ the worsk the psesis hssa eeos,
Into The desert until the pssulenes hes passed
over Now British sanitary within. having its
origin In ofAcialism and not In medical science.
confines them to their walls. but sends them
neither food nor medicine. The rich. to a
man. escape by bribery: the poer take their
chances or rush on the bayonets Of their
guards to md preferable death or 90 driven
back into the peat house. Damietta and Man
sourah are charnel houses Of putrefaotion. full
OF unburied dead and starving thousands.
monuments to tho now civilization Of Egypt's
new Pharaohs.
The Indian mails are no longer landed at
Brndisi. but are taken directly to England.
There is consequently great outcry In France
against the probable transfer to French terri-
tory by way OF England Of injected goods from
the East.
The overwhelming defeat OF 50 strong . can
didlte "a the O'Connor Don In Wexford where
the Nationalist vote proved twice creator than
the Liberal and Conservative combined. has
had depressing effect In London. It proves
that Mr.. Parnell will be able to carry his
threats into execution. and that the National
party Is stronger than over. In spite Of disas-
ters within and PUBLICATIONS without. In Lon
don tho Tories are seeking an unholy alliance
with 1t at Westminster: In ireland they are
uniting with the Wings to defeat its candidates.
Neither effort 10 efIectual. and the outlook IL as
gloomy ON the one hand - 1t 10 brilliant on the
other.
Tho deepest interest continues to DO mani
tested In tho Tisza- Eszlar trial. and its slngu-
lar disclosures. The complete breakdown of
tho boy Moritz schsrf IL hailed with JOY by
every Jewish community In Europe. It 10 be-
lieved that all tho prisoners will shortly be dis
charged and tho public prosecutor directed to
take proceedings against tho guilty witnesses.
Great uneasinsss has been caused BY recent
revelations In Paris with regard to the for
geriss OF pictures by an artist named Troille-
bert and by the fact that Corot of his manu-
iacture deceived even 20 good judge as
Dumas Ais. Trouillebert signed his limitations.
and the dealers efYaced his namo and substi-
tuted that OF Corot Tho number OF victims In
Paris is said here to be only equal to that OF the
victims in America. . statement which will not
alarm many New York collectors.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie gave brilliant dinner
on Tuesday to Matthew Arnold. In Wow Of his
approaching departure for America to lecture
on sweetness and light. All tho eminent
Americans In London including Senator Cam
sron. were present. Mr.. Carnegie has sppar-
ently hidden farewell to Pittsburgh. He is
negotiating for mansion In Mayfair. and will
stand for u Northern borough at the earliest
opportunity. He believes that he has q useful
mission to fulfil in Westminster. and he IL al
ready on intimate terms with Minister Cham
berlain and tho Birmingham Radicals.
grand f6te was given under the auspices OF
royalty ON Wednesday night at tho Fisheries
Exhibition. In aid Of the new English church
at Berlin. Royalty and beauty presided at the
stalls. and sold oil manner Of objects at out
rageous prices. All London was present, and
a largo sum WAS realized. In the morning pa
pers 1t WAS announced srsvely that Mrs. Low
ell presided at an American bar. and sold I'M
told quantities OF mixed drinks. Mr.. Lowell
requested . prompt contradiction OF the state
ment. and 1t now appears that the real bar
keeper was the Duke Of Connausht
The Duke OF Marlborough In bis will left
everything over which he had control to Lord
Randolph Churchill. to the great delight Of the
dowag,r Duchess. who has always spoken Of
him In society with great pride - Ny Randy.
The new Duke will not venture into the House
Of Lords for some time. ~ he 10 sure OF very
chill reception when he does
The idea obtains here that Mr.. Vanderbilt
ought TO buy the prinoipality OF Monaco. which
inc owner is trying TO sell TO the French Gov.
eminent All he wants u two million dollars
ma an agreement that Tie 1lAae Eanblina