New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-05
NOTES FROM LONDON.
Personal, COMMERCIAL. THEATRICAL.
IRON HE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE

Tn. hest proof if moro proof be wanting. OF Mr.
Gladstone's freedom from artual Illness may DO
found in Mrs. Gladstone's visit to Scotland IL 10
oute certain that wife so devoted as she 10 known
to be would not have quilted her husband had no
really needed her by his side. She was in glasgow
rs.t,rdav 70 launch and chrlsten q new ship of Sir
Donald Curr1e's line to South Africa, named III
honor of Mr.. Gladstone the Hawarden Castle and
the largest ship vet designed for the Cape service
Mr. Gladstone and Sir Donald Curre have long
b.en friends II was in one of Sir Donald Curiries
ships the Grantully Castle thas Mr.. GLADSTONE
crcumnavigated- was going to say his Kingdom
of Great Britain But Mrs GladstonoS presence at
Yesterdays ceremony denotes something more than
personal friendship. 1t signifies how deep IS 'he III
terest which Mr. Gladstone has long been known 10
take in the shipbuiding trade OF Great BRIAN l
SUI pose there are few Englishmen VINO nave not
that interest at heart and few who believe ta1 tho
commercial supremacy of England can De cnai'
l-nred 40 long as she retains the control of her own
and the American carrying trade. sir Dohad
Currie in his speech nj the luncheon which FOL
lowed the launch remark ed on the increase IN the
size NJ the steamers carrying the mails to south Al
rican norris Only ten years ago they measured nom
400 to 1 500 tons The HawaIden Castle is j, 100
tons burden and q sister ship Is building. Not uu
YOU send weekly feet of ships of that SIZE OF Dig
ger into Liverpool from New-lork, ships buiit IN
American yards and dying the American nag VIII
England believe that her monopoly OF the Atahuc
is IN danger
We are ant TO think mainly OF the Atlantic tralhc'
and no doubt it the first thing for us TO thlhK o.
and our first serious struggle for the privilege Oh
carving our goods and passengers VIII be inade
on the Atlantic But Sir Donald Cures stateneht
suggests wider reflection Ii Is but Just ten years
since regular mail lines havo been established nc
tween Great Britain and her South African posses
,ons. The two companies which do the vork the
Union and Castle Packet lines, then owneh lt'ooo
tons Of shipping They now own 100, 600 tons. In
1870 the total external trade of Cape Colony was
less than i've millions sterling. Eight years after
these lines of steamships began their regular trips
the yalus of that trade was twelve millions. The
colonial revenue within the same period has IN
creased from rather over half million to moro than
two millions and half sterling These hguTeS' |
will venture to say. have Mt least rs much Sehin-
canoe for Americans for Africans When we see
the wife OF an American President going 10 New
York TO launch an American ship like the Iiawarden
Castle n new era OF American independence VIII
have opened
Mrs Gladstone, I need hardly add. is heartily
welcomed in Scotland. In public estimation, |
read In my Scottish paper OF this morning. Mrs
Gladstone shines it'll no mere reelected light; she
not only the SNmpalNlLHg ueIlhlo't VI 'h' h''"1
statesmqn and popular leader. but by her example
and influence has herself contributed L forward
many works o. true philanthropy. That is all true,
and il much 'oI a leading daily paper in Scotland
Ia say. and means none tho less because IL Is an
Fdirhurrh paper that says It, who 10 Is Glas2u"
which Gets the most dIrcct and conspicuous
beneff IRON Mrs. Gadstones presence. But
II - by no means all the truth. When the time
comes to sum up the whole matter, 1t VIII be known
how much Mr. Gladstone owes to the lifelong he
voon Of his wife, and to her readiness to merge her
own life in his. AL think over those memorable
DAVIS OF the first Midlothian campaign OF lN'9
cannot separate the two figures. cannot
1ecollect that | ever saw Mr.. Gladstone on a
Scottish platform unaccompancd hy his wife. She
was always by his SIDE and always taking that sort
Of care of hsr husband when has been seen lately,
he cannot he got to take for hin'elf When he sat
down after speaking Mrs. Gladstone was there TO
see that his nyercoat vas put on at once, and hrs
neck rnun,ed up. aud to help In eItricatn2 the
orator from the crowd IF friends and admirers VINO
.ycre only too ready Il Kill him with Ihdlscrert
kindness IL IL certainly for him that she no" per
forms What WAS originally intended to hayo been
her share IN the Midlothian tour OF neat week.
She f. her husbands right hand IN launching no
UawHrlcn Castle rs much rs she Is III the oilrr
U,,,ardcn Castle which is their homo Mrs. Glad
II
utatious lie in wait for her at the railway station
The Liberal committee which WAS to have received
Mr.. Gladstone receives his wife. and other atlcn-
ti,nsuvait her In the afternoon sns drives Dat to
Dalmeny Park 10 pav a brief visit 20 Lady Rose
r.ry. whom she will be able to congratulate on the
birth OF her second boy, now four weeks old
Tboue,lical journals are writing IN strong terms
about Mr. Gladstonos persistenco In habits o. e1-
po,nre AMI fatigue which they deem hazardous at
hisag. The Lancet COUPLES the unnecessary risks Of
falling trees in " inter DAYS and undertaking p"lit
ical work which might DO left To Others; adding
that such Indications are the more unreas"hAbls III
view OF tho prodigiUus labor thrown on him by e1-
ccptlonal political circumstances. 1t would be
wronc continues this high authority. TO c1aggerate
the importance OF his present Illness. and mole 40 TO
inore the lesson taught by It, Sleeplessness means
.,igbt nervous exhaustion. and is the moro slgnif
can't ia his case because he Ia ordinarily a good
.issner And 1t calls upon Dr. Andrew Clarke to
u.e his authority despOtically. don't kho" that
Ur Clarke need employ much authority MI "Iad-
stone L. in fact what doctors call goou patient
ut only from the moment he fairly surrenders HIM
..lf iuto In. pnyscIans hands. At the time OF his
accident two winters ago. when a slip on the ICY
oayement by his door caused an ugly scalp WOUND
DR. Clarke wescribed absolute rest Ills pre'crip-
tio vas followed to the letter and for the first time
during many years Mr.. UlaustOho h"o" """' " ""
TO do nothing His usual method of rest Is to do
something else. | should bo curious 10 kho"
ubetber Dr. Clarke still allows his patient tea at
bed-tjme OF tea DIR. Clarke 10 a declared enemy
and Mr. Gladstone a regular drinker. AT whatever
hour he retiros "A cup of tea and strong tea, Is
brong ht him. and this he takes as a nght-cap. NOT
many men would sleep he sounder for dose OF
that sort But all the public hears Is that l'r.
Clarke inssis once more on absolute rest and some
change of climate. When it was heard to day thai
Cannes had been named. some OF tho earlier rumors
bout serious maladies other than insomnia started
mn again But for those there is no moro founda-
t,,n than there was on Monday | apprehend that
Journey TO Cannes means two things; hfst' an