New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-08
TOPICS IN LONDON.
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DoINGs Is AND OUT OF PARLIAMENT
,r,r nvSAM1TE DISCLOSURES RECEIVED 'Hl'nr
NY THE PUBLC-THE PLOT BELih'"D
IRISH u-AMERICAN-ENGLAND AND THE A''ANN''
SURPLUS
Tho ondon cable letter to THE lRIBoNh
savs that the discovery of the dynamite p,oV
has been received with great compoSuie w
1he nnh,ic. This calmness is principahy "o
In +he successful activity of the pohce' "no
- worked with skill in tracing tne oVn.
sm;rotors. The belief is general that tne plO'
.,.oo Irish. American, and the action VI NV
n,r,or;con Government is watched with lh'ero'''
I,ho hudget statement of Mr.. Chlders was io-
ceived favorably by everybody CO. .:op,osad
Tories. whose financial methous pnrEo-
This week has been unusually nuSy ia Tho
ment. but little has been accoinpi'9hoe -,
l;scussion over the Alabama sur A'S T-,.,a
from the Ministry a statement 'iia' - .,,a
has nothing to do with the disposi'ion y.
nonev. Herbert Spencer's health has oeen IN:
naired by his trip TO this country anu III -
,robIe to accomplish his usual WORK.
WHAT INTERESTS THE BRITISH ArliAh'
,BY cABLs TO THE TRIBuNE'l
1oxnoS. April THE dynamite disclosures yes
+sr5av and to-day fill many columns IN the news
,onars but are received by the public with degree
s. oomnosure which may fairly be called amazing
,rhs no,ice entertain no doubt that Whitehcad
Norman. Gallagher Wilson and OConnor are all ui-
rectlv concerned IN plot on great SCALE prooaoy
aiming at simultaneous explosions IN various parCS
of London. They believe that these arrests nave
ha,lcd the conspiracy for the moment, but decllhe
to affirm explicitly that they will be aoie iui'heui-
atelv TO break up the whole gang. They admit tna.
thew have other information on which active steps
ora +ot;no They wisely withhold from the public
further accounts probably having published already
ssveraj things that would better have been Kept
sccret The public calmness is due IN some degree
70 the conviction that the ponce nave
shown unusual energy and acuteness In u"o
ing the criminals. The only serious m'S'aAo
known thus far has been the premature arrest Oh
Nor,non whose confederate Fletcher, believed TO DO
the moro important person, has escaped IN conSe-
quence.
AMERICAN RESPONSIBILITY.
The press discusses the matter with cooines' anu
cood sense No human being doubts that the ploo
WOO Irish American, the direct connection OF nearly
every prisoner with America being clearly pro'eu'
Featberstone who has been arrested In CORK al
ready claims protection as an American ciuzen' ne
identify of the operators in Cork, Liverpool uIs
cow and London is probable.
American dispatches are scanned with interest TO
Gov nuHpr
these circumstances, will be likely to take Inc
Standard, misled by its New-York correspondent
observes that the American press never seems 10 rise
nerior TO the satisfaction of contemplating friends
in misfortunes.
Sir William Harcourt's bill to amend the present
law relating to explosives, which was designed
mainly to prevent carelessness, proposes 10 make
the possession of plosives prma face evidence Oh
cp,lt and the penaty penal servitude. 1t may DO
expected to pass both houses next week.
LIBERAL FINANCE.
Mr. Cbilders's lucid budget statement proved un-
expeetedly favorable. and was well received Dy
everybody except the Tories whose unsound
finance in pas years it exposed The announce
ment that the whole expense of the Egyptian ex-
pedtion has been paid out of the years revenue is
welcomed by Liberals as the putting in practice OF
Mr. Gladstone's principle of "pay as you CO." Mr..
Gladstone himself Is really entitled to this credit.
The surplus for the current year, nominaly over
two millions and half. is really little over hall
million the Ministry being pledged in advance to
abolish an extra penny half-penny Of the income
tax levied ON account of Egypt. The Tories com
MAN that the remaining surplus is so used as to
create suspicion of popularity hunting the budget
being devoted mainly to securing sixpenny tele-
grams and to the abolition of portion OF the rail-
way passenger duty. Both objects have long been
resolved upon by both parties as practicable when
ever an occasion should permit. The falling of OF
five millions in the spirit duties rejoices Sir Will
find Lawson considerably but rejoices less those
paying direct taxes.
BUSY WEEK.
Parliament this week has gone through rather an
unusual amount of work, though it has been mostly
talk Mr.. Jacob Brghts motion forbidding the
Government to proceed with the proposed treaty
recognizing Portuguese sovereignty on the Congo
was rejected, but his object was practically at
tanned. the Ministry accepting an amendment bind
ing them to terms which Portugal Is regarded as
certain to refuse. The House showed deeper dis
trust of Portugal than of French Adventures like
De Brazza.
The Attorney Generals Criminal Law Amend
ment bill is regarded by the legal profession as
wholly inadequate 1t limits the right of appeal to
capital cases, but is supported by reformers on the
half-loaf principle.