New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-19

been in the habit of meeting authors Views oh 'nis
point. But hear that the present case mas leu
more than one publisher to declare that future no
will pay nothing till he has the whole novel IN his
hands.
Sundry Englishmen, one hears are to appear 10
the French Government IN behalf OF Prince hrapo'-
klne, lately and Justly condemned at Lyons TO h'e
years penal servitude. DR.. Richardson, MT. heniy
Maudesley and others mentioned and MI Joseph
Cowen, no doubt, would join the band II his own
name were not in too evil odor with the Continental
police The appeal is to be on the ground tna' .ho
Prince is a student of science, and advocates
anarchy from the purest motives. No doubt he uoe'
and nobody has any more animosity against MN
than he has against the classes whom he desires 10
despoil or the society he seeks to c0nvulse an"
overthrow But it is for the general interest that
Prince Kapotkine should pursue his medltatIons oh
the merits of chaos during five years TO come III pei
feet secluson. Well-meaning Dr. Richardson anu
his coadjutors WILL it is safe to say take no.iiDe
by their motion. A French Government whch mas
once got parcel of dynamite under lock ana KEY
may be trusted to keep it there.
The controversy about the Brabourne peerage haS
come to an end for the present, with letter from
Mr. Granville Berkeley withdrawing his charge ana
regrettng his attacks This step Mr. Berkeley 'aNes
because Lord Monson. to whom Lord braDourho
submitted Mr. Gladstone's letter is OF OPINION tnlt
il need not be published in full. and Mr Berkeley Is
therefore without the means of substantiatlhe Ills
accusation that Lord Brabourne solicited his pro-
notion But fancy more will some DAY DC healu
of tbe matter. Lord Brabournc is an extremely
unpopular man dsliked by Liberals Cor his deser-
ton of the party to whom he owes everything he
is. and despised by the Conservatives to whom he
has transferred his services. Nor does anybody
douit that Mr. acknowledgement did, directly
or Ipdirectly cause it to be made known TO Mr.
Gladstone that he desired and expected peerage,
or that he became Lord Brlbourne in consequence
of this Importantly But the world at larg" VIII
hardly keep its open forever TO hear the latest
gossip about man who is politically discredited
and of no personal weight in public life.
I copy from Mr. Bowcss paper, without extra
charge, this exciting paragraph:
A clerk in q Government office wrote an anon'-
mons letter 10 Ihc NtdRd0rt making G. riaI,i COM
nIainis 4 high official from the office called on
ihc editor of The Standard and gently required l"
know the writer OF the letter. ne edof sent uo"i
for TWO full-orown compo TORS. and the Eleu
official was conveyed from the premises III d" I""''
uudi gnlHed manner.
After this hope we shall hear no more anon Nr.
Mudford's retirement Or was If Nh Woods who
performed this scrvlcel | hope, in any case, no.
body will come forward to contradict so pleasing
story.
Mr.. Richard A. Proctor is gentleman more or
less known in the United States, whe,c lie has tray
elied. lectuicd made money and received GOO
treatment He has not been scalp,d, nOr robbed.
nor blown up in a steamboat. But he Is not happy.
and he has written 10 Tie Iimcs to say My Inc
causes of his distress various, and a. space s
precious cannot enumcratc them all. Or, perhaps.
they may all be summed mp in the awful word Cu'-
tom.House With that decoroIs reserve Of style
peculiar 20 him. Mr. Proctor dcnounccs to the English
public the gross wrong-doiugs of Cu-tom-tiousc
officials in America; the protective system
maintained by politicians for the bcnc-
fit of certain classes; and the paltrv
swindlings TO which it gives rise. To the grosscr
frauds and the patry swind.ings alike Mr. Proctor
is sternlv opposed. u he leyyiug OF duty on book
sent through the port rouscs IN him a glow OF PIC
turesouc vitupcration: "In Ncw-York. "a m the
Garden Of Eden, Satan sits hard by the tree OF
kuowledger Satan. | fear, is our friend Judge
Robertson Other articles have Jared n badly as
books Mr.. Proctor tells us pathetically how he IL
wont to send at Xmas tide sundry presents To his
vifris relatives IN America. fact winch m'kcs one
regret that the lamcnicd Aricmus Ward no longer
with rs am sure Judge Robcrison's friends wall
be distressed to know thai he has been ob'truct'ng
this amablc flow Of dorestic harmony. MI Proc
tors wfes relatives have not received these proofs
of their rCIdilNt-lN-ldN k''u VIII Jh'h' i''''A'
SOD has seized them. They were. SAYS Mr. Proctor
easy prey to that greedy customs collector =" also
voter" adds he. with charming neggc, &c Of man
ner All is fish that TO his rather dirty net
What make. Judge Robcrtson's conduct tho more
utterly incxcu,able is the fact that Mr. Proctor's
p,fta did not include n single duuable article. Mr..
Proctor is an authority lat tines comets and 1t
would be rash to dispute his competence as an eI-
nounder OF the tariH. But if it be
true that the seized gifts were not
dutiable, why complain Of the National
Legsla,ureYv Let him stick TO Judge Robertson
who. if the articles are not dutiable is clearly
violating the law Let him complain TO Lord
Granville. or 10 Judge Folger who may perhaps
be trusted to metc out justice upon his fellow-cI
Judge Mr. Proctor is so much in the habit of deal
ing with celestial magntudes and multiudes that
he Is not content TO fastcn his gage and his stigma
ON an individual offender. HIS non-dntiable gifts
Gle there the prey OF the great Nation which has
the Eagle for its National emblem, but, judged by
its Customs might much more appropriately take
the Raven" The sarcasm is wltherIng but not orig
inaL But suppose any stick il good enough to
beat Pro ectonists with Mr. Proctor, 1t is easy to
ace expected with confidence the sympathy Of the
Protectionist public Of Great Britain. II il tho
more painful 10 have 10 say that the Anti-PrOIcc-
ZIONIST public of Great Britain is an ungraieful pub
lic and only laughs at Mr. Proctor. CIV. 5.
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