New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-05
NOTES FROM ENGLAND.
-, rr1cAL, SANITARY, LITERARY. LEGAL
AND POSTAL.

IRON f'1 ~" LONDON. July ~
M. p.uellites have carried Wexford-thst was
:. =, sxpected, and one other step nas oeeh 'aAo"
70 a.ysloumeut of that interesting policy once
in 'no :. the return of all Dir. Parnelps, od |
desc's .,,.ts and umbrellas 10 the House of Com
wsS1 xarieeatsd collection Of these useful IN
mono .,t. has for some time past been on view al
e'i" - ~ ,s and one more less does not much
Dc :. aha .ttractiveness OF the exhibition. But
sn .hat the Irish rebel party are not httle aus
.-h.d nv the fact that In such oorongh rs WOO
w.. ,hsv ,bould have had 10 sustain contest ae ALL
-. u..lv resigned Wexford 10 ngnt ior Moh-
100 hecaus- among other reasons, Wexio'u "se
ss,,avad To be perfectly safe seat, ana coh'u DO
ssn.oded on to give Mr.. Healy successor WlIpou'
ssn,ble or expense. The appearance oil ne ooouor
I,ou on ths scene was surprise wneh Mr. n9ao
,xaa chosen no opponent th"ughs ~ "oi'n w.
go ogain,t him. At the previous election 'iio
49,, nd nolled but 90 votes to 292 for Home
d.. Now tho Liberal vote has gone up 10 izo'
80 Hem. Ruler. MIR, Redmond, polling Sof. MT
,Is.v sa,a after 1t was over, in his elegant way
~, thsv had puried Whiggery and put mountain
-. &c rotten carcass. But that Is not tue real
-. ~ Mr. Healy or OF the Parneiiites III gen
-, Thsv are in some CONSERVATION AZ tne WAL
,tv NJ Whiggery capable OF cpaiienshs 'h'n.o
w -. own gr,upd and of bringing out nearly
lie 80 many votes as the Home Ruler. MT. heaiy
-. III. OConor Don brbed. What Is certain 10
.,..s a ,nob was set on him and his life was saVeu
with difficulty.
r,. vigor with which Professor Huxley ap-
rroaches a So Dject receives fresh hiustrauon Ia
h,s latest deliverance on sanitation. Remarking
that he had heard of numerous cases where ne"
houses In the best quarters Of London had no con-
pection with the main sewer he expressed his nope
that the London Sanitary Protective Association
uioht presently obtain powers from Parliament to
hang few builders. Some part of Professor Hu1-
l,y's hope seems to be based on the fact that the
DIXIE of Argyll is now President OF the Association
Il may be feared that the hanging Will not oegn q.
once but there is reason to hope that good aeai
of the mischief now so coEmon may Dc pre'en'ou
hv other means. This Association is organized on
an eminsntly sensible and practicable basis IL is
not comm ercial, has shares, and invites nobody
IN exnect dividends. 1t 10 simply an organization
AZ peoole who think their houses ought not to be
vr.re no.son-traps. For yearly fee varying from
az for house renting for $1,000, ur to $lo as a
MAXIMUM. any householder may become mem
her In return for his yearly payment he il entitled
In an inspection OF his house. which may be yearly or
oftener. made by the engineers Of the society. III
az .an;t.rv arrangements arc bad, they will tell
him an and tell him what ought to be done 10 put
than right and believe, supervise the alteration
n shey are all light he will have the comfort OF
knowing that they are and the certainty that ne
mnst look elsewhere for the causes of disease, If
disease there be in his family
In these days Of anxiety about cholera. anybody
ih likely 10 look to the state of his drains but
tins society did not wait for cholera panic to
beru its work Professor Huxley's connection with
il "a sufficient guarantee that whatever 1t under
takes will be done thoroughly. How much need
there is for IL those know best who know most Of
the mbject. A good many of rs know something
IN the most practical way. 1t 10 the fashion TO
sneak of London as u well-drained city, but the
eystem of leasing land for building purposes and the
law of leasehold are well nigh fatal to the efficient
working of any 81 stem whatever. The landlord
lets his ground gets his rent for 1t. and goes his
way. The builder puts up his house, lets II, and,
no long as he pockets his rent the state OF tue
drains 10 nothing to him. Repairs are the business
of the tenant under the covenants OF pinety-nine
eut of every 100 leases in London. To him the
state of the drains signifies much but IL be does not
believe what science tells him abcut poison in the
air, he will not readily spend $500 OF $1,000 to
carr, out the most necessary alteration In the
drains aud pipes Of house which 10 not his own.
Ana 40 the thing drags till typhoid OF scarlstina
briggs HIM q menage he can no longer neglect.
One remark of the Duke of Argyll, though OF rew.
will attract attention 10 the subject. He declared
his belief that the fatal illness of Dean stanley was
due entirely to the bad drainage of Westminster
Tie Quarterly Rerieac for July. which is published
60 day, does Judgment on book which has hitler
to been treated far more leniently than ii deserves
Mr.. J. G. Jeafiresons The Real Lord Byron II 10
an open secret that the reviewer is Dir. Hayward,
probably the greatest authority on Byron now iv-
lug He at least, has not been taken in by the title
ab 20 nj hfra hat
Mr.. Jeaffreson had discovered brand-new Lord
Byron and revealed TO the world mysteries hitler
TO lnheard Of. The title. says Mr.. Hayward, is 9
grstuitons assertion of superiority. with touch
of charlxtanism. And suppose it is true that II
Mr.. Jeaffreson had been content to style bis book
Lord Byron IL might have attracted little atten-
ton Mr.. Jeaffreson, however, is a practical book
MAKER; has written complied, numbers OF vol
umes about Doctors, about tins Clergy, about Law
yors and Others. In attempting book about Byron,
be entered upon very different ground, but the best
thing to DO hoped for is that this like his Other pro
dueIlons. may quickly be forgotten or consigned to
the secondhand bookseller. There Is nothing 10
these TWO volumes. observes Mr. Hayward, TO give
tn semblance of plausibilty to. the authors pro-
tensions. He gives no explanation of his claims to
peculiar sources Of information. The only suthor-
ities be appeals to are what he describes scaled
upp papers which he has never seen and nobody ID
likely to till the conclusion of the century.
Moore he plages and abuseA About Lord Brough-
toms papers he has wholly erroneous notion.
Mr.. Jeafreson thinks that those OF them relating "
Byron are sealed mp till the ebd Of the century.
Mr. Hayward says this statement 10 without foun-
dstion beyond the fact that Lord Bruughton left
some boxes Of papers rot to be opened tll thirty
years after his death. These are 10 the British
Museum. Bat g the Byron Papers, left perfectly
distinct IN separate boxes and unsealed in th,
possession Of Lord Broughtons eldest daughter auC
representative, Lady Dorchester, with full power
TO dispose Of them rs she may think ftr In th,
Memoirs Of Lord Broughton the separation scanda
Is fully dealt with; as for that matter it has beer
nnhlicIv EveryhndY excant Mr. Iaeffresnn MN