New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-04

precisely what irish assassins ala toWaru Loru ai
tington after the Bacut speech. IL was found
necessary to protect Lord Harrington, who ever
since has had the pleasure OF gong about IN the
company of a policeman. Apologies OF the irish
Parliamentary faction are forever explaining how
far asunder their ideas and methods are from the
party of action. Yet here we the same speech
exciting the same anger in the breasts OF Mr. Par
nell and his friends OIL the one hand, and, on tho
other. of the sinner circle OF Irish nurderers.
They express their resentment in different ways.
Bat they recognize a common enemy and they work
tor o common eud.
Mr. Joseph B. Walsh, Of Castelar,. County Mayo,
Ireland has lately appeared in print AS making In
quiries aUout the approaching vacancy IN the Par
liamentary representation of the county. Ho wrote
to Mr.. Parnell, and Mr.. Parnell answered him at
length. Mr. Joseph b. Walsh. in SHORT. takes an
active part Irish citizen in Irish elections and
as such il in communication with Mr.. Parnell.
But see how odd are the condolences of public
life. There was once Mr.. Joseph b. Walsh, of
Castlebar. County Mayo Ireland. whom the Gov
eminent Of Ireland for reasons sufficient to them,
arrested and locked up rs a suspect. He at once
demanded his release an American citizen; was
if recolect rightly the second on that formidable
list Of prisoners claiming to be citizens of the Re-
public whose prison doors Mr. Robinson and the
New York Aldermen and Mr. Hurlbert wonld have
opened with American oannvn 1t is impossible to
suppose that the Mr. Joseph Is. Walsh who only
two years ago was a naturalI2ed American citizen,
and had forever renowned his allegiance TO the
British Crown shOuld be the came Mr. Joseph Is.
Walsh who is now leading Irish politician In
Castlebar occupying himself with the election Of
members to the British Parliament. The only
thing wish to point is AS said, the curons idcu
dty of name and residence in the OF two InJi-
viduas ho mist he totally distinct.
The Conservatives are. AZ we all know. the gen
tlcmanly parity Two OF their best anown members
are Sir Robert Peel and the recently elected MEM
Der for tie University of Cambridge, Mr. Ea.Acs.
sir Robert Peel. Speaking 10 lis constituents
avoWed in 80 many words his belief that Ir. Glad
stone WAS simply shanmine illness lr. Rallies dc-
scribes. With Some power OF picture-drawinE. the
Ca met sitting with o,cd door listening t1 Lord
Spcnccrs tale OF horror from Ireland. aud looking
about for one of thcir colleagues who ~ the
was driving Though the streets Of au Italian
town on the knife board OF an omnibus with
wIrs mask over ais face in order TO protect hiu
from the showers of couiits which were being scat
tered al, ut by an excited OVID Mr.. kai,es.
with chlyalrOuS CouftesY. added that no one vould
grrGeo tho Prime Minister h.s holiday, bat ti0t
Earl Russell would hardly have taken Vt in similar
Giro INSTANCES. Mr.. Raikes no more bel'cvca SIR.
Gladstone IN need OF rest than does Sir Robert Peel
and he contrives TO hint ut his incrodulity with
even greater elegance.
Mr. Convays lecture on Emerson al The Royal
Institution last Friday va, just such Tribute TO
the great thinker as Americans may be rlad to have
had pronounced before an English audience. l
don't pretend to judge what value the scientific
claim set up for Emerson may have. Whether Tho
W ise man OF Concord did or did not anticipate Oar
win in his conception, or perception. OF tie idea
which lies at the bottom Of Evolution, may lo lett
for evolutionists TO determines. Nh Conway argu-
ment was ingenious and ample, and to the lay mind
conclusive enough rs far as it went. Enorson's
speculatUus on that subject were. in au, case not
carried to practical result oy th'
only method thas vUuIu insure their being fruitful
I'm q scientific sense II ne had been n different sort
of ran they might have passed for brilliant
gue1es. Being what he was he must he SAID 10
have reached his conclusions by patient brooiing
upon the problems set before him. and by intimate
communion with nature. For tho rest of the lee
ture no praise con give il will reach the height OF
the pleasure 10 gave 10 one OF those cultivated au-
dences which mako tho Friday evenings OF tho
Royal Institution fine tribunal for tho many
causes tried before them MI Conway knows what
a lecture Is, and what may be done within its linn
It's His survey OF Einerson's character wa a
broad one vet filed with minute touches which
gave life to his story IL ahounded IN critical pas
sages and still more in those sympathetic estI-
mates which. in Emrrson's case are worth so much
more than any acutcncss of sterile criticism. Not
IN VAN had Mr. Conway lived and thought and felt
in the company OF hts hero. Something OF tho spr-
ltual and poetic quality of the master hid dc
81 IA t,fa nd yb the la
Of his eulogy had been uttered Emerson am SURF.
was TO most OF those present moro real and bean
tiful figure than he had been to them before.
We received on Monday. February r. in London
by a single delivery tho whole OF tho American
mails for the week ending February 3. The steam
ers which brought them were the Bothnia. sailing
Wednesday, January 30; the Baltic. sailing Thurs
day, February and the Alaska. sailing Saturday,
ebruary g. For all practical purposes there might
as well have been but one mail tina, week from
New-York for England. and / again commend to
the Postmaster Of New-lork a suggestion have
made once before. wiz that there are cases in
which mails may advantageously " held back for
a day. or even longer The primary Of tho
curious result in the present case is the sovenly
for forwarding the mails from
Queenstown to London The Bothnia arrived oil
,4ueenstoWh ~ r. Ill VII riI""J' iho hi"'l ti"lu
for London had left at 1l:30 that morning and the
British Post. Office in such makes effort 10
bring on the mails to London in advance of tho
next regular service. Had the Bothna arrived
hrce hours sooner her mails would have been de-
vered in London on Saturday morning. Some of
her letters we're, in fact distributed Saturday even
ing long after business hours and after the closing
Of the outward mail 10 America. The bulk of them,
however, were actually received by their address
9es on Monday. Thus delay OF three hours In ar
irving at Queenstown makes delay of forty-eght
hours ia the reception OF letters in London. And il
Is very seldom indeed that the Cunard steamers
leaving New-York Wednesdays now reach
queenstown in season to deliver their letters on n
They are capable OF doing it, but the
company think it too costly to burn the fow extra
tons of coal which would give us our letters two