The sun., 1883-12-09
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
POLITICAL DISCUSSION BECOMING VERY
LIGELY IN ENGLAND.

Political DISCUSSION BECOMING VERY
LIVELY IN ENGLAND.
Isdirn,ieus or STIRRING Times after Parlin-
meat Present Aspect OF the
Frauco- chinese Troubles - Prospeets OF
Peace III Eurape-The Egyptian Governs
paenV. Counter Attraction to IL Mnhdi-
Frcsh Literary and Dramatic Gossip.
LONDON, Dec. s.-Wc have had another
week Of tremendous speechmaking. PoltI-
eally wo have not advanced further than last
week. save that tho conviction is deepened Of
the success OF the radical section In the Cabi-
net and that the session will open with fran-
ehse bill extending to the three kngdoms
Qhilders and Trevelyan have spoken In the
same sense as Chamberlain Of Irish claims
Tho speeches possess greater interest In the
light they throw on the chief personages In the
political drama which must follow 0ladstone's
death or retirement. Chamberlain daily In
sreases In boldness. and the palpable differ
sncos between him and Harrington are sug-
eesting many curious reflections. North
cote and Conservative journals call for a
population Of Chamberlains radicalism
BIZ tho other members OF the Cabinet,
and Salisbury has poured on Harting-
toms pliancy and inconsistency the most
yitrioic and most effective epigrams almost
Of bis whole life. 1t is inferred from these
things that an attack in force on Chamberlain
will be ono OF tho first Conservative moves OF
the session. and shrewd admirers OF Chamber
lain whisper that this will Just suit him. as his
present game is to rule or ruin the Wings.
Dixie. who used to be thought Chamberlains
most dangerous rival for the future Premier
ship. says nothing. but busily EMPLOYS him
self In visiting those hideous London slums
whose condition now forms the chief object
OF political and journalistic sontimentality.
During one Of these visits Dixie and his secre-
tary were robbed.
The refusal OF Goschen to accept the Speaker
ship on account OF his semi blindness induces
discussions on the physical qualities Of our
chief men. and many journals declare that
Gladstone is not only better mentally and
morally than his colleagues. but also physically.
with his iron nerves and muscles and ostrich
like digestion. Tho grand old man. who has
been telling trees and taking long walks in his
,ountry homo. enters on his 74th year on the
10Th. Arthur Peel tho new Speaker. is a tall.
gloomy man with very long and wooden face.
md has never done anything particular,
The publication OF the Franco Chinese cor
respondence has damaged NJ. Ferry the gen.
oral impression being that the heathen Chinee
has not only been cleverer and more consistent
but also more honest than his Christian oppo-
nonts. The feeling OF many even moderate
sections in the Assembly has grown very hos
tile to the Ministry. Lord Hartngton's an
nouncement that Germany would join England
md other powers in protecting life and prop
Hty in Chinese waters. while slightly explained
away by a semi-offlcial note. is taken to mean
hat in the event OF war France will not be
allowed to make anything like an effective
blockade OF Chinese ports. The strange pause
In French operations suggests that both sides
re In the same mood for fighting as tho
luelist who begged his friend not to call the
police.
Tho prospects, of peace on the Continent are
snee more bright. Two things ara held TO prove
sonclusively that Russia won't fight: first. an
smphaticassurance to that effect BY the Emper-
Or Of Germany. and. secondly. the enormous
sagerness Of the German public to invest in the
In their own blood by Nihilist prisoners tricklc
into newspapers and give horrible and heart
rending accounts OF their treatment.
Tho situation in Egypt is not yet clear.
Baker Pasha has been sent toward Suakim. In
spite OF his earnest protests. and his gendarmes
are said to have ceased deserting. The E2yp-
tan Government has cut of every chance OF
active English support in reconQuering the
Boudan by employing Zebehr Pasha. tho most
notorious slave dealor In Egypt who. after six
years. imprisonmentin Cairo. is trotted out as
acounter attraction to the Mahdi.
Things have an ugly look In India. where
there has been the unprecedented exhibition
Of Viceroy hootcd by the English and cheered
by the native population.
The Portuguese papers write against the
Queen. the Prince OF Wales. and English So
ciety generally for neglecting their Crown
l. Prince. allowing him to go to hotel. and not
giving him single reception or ball. The
Times reports that tho Prince came at the
wrong time OF tho year. and must not expect
English society to reverse all its arrangements
Tor his special behoof.
King Alfonso is highly delighted over the
Grown Princess visit and over his own rhetorl.
cal success. and has confided to a German in.
serviewer that he knows he can speak with a
bold and easy freedom. When he came to Spain
q youth OF 18 he had to make speech on
horseback. This" he added. was my best
Speech and ever since then have always been
able to speak,"
We have had an interesting literary and
dramatic week. Lord Lytton's biography oi
bis father. though 1t threatens to run into
eight volumes. Is intensely interesting. The
great novelist had many curious love affairs
and knew and describes the chief mon OF his
DAY. There Is capital letter OF Disrae;is. In
which. describing his own nature as indolen,
and melancholy he writes lovingly OF lux.
srious time In Constantinople.
The general regret that Tennyson accepts a
pecrage Is tempered by the announcement thai
no will retain his own name.
An Edinburgh Presbyterian clergyman named
hacauay. who has never read play Of Shake.
speare. and never entered theatre has dis.
covered from tho study OF Shakespeare's son.
nets that he was Puritan of tho strictest or.
Ger, and regretted ever having written play
An old love of Alfred do Musset has Just died
In Paris She refused the poet. married Q
Vu'ch banker, was very happy. and remained
beautiful to the end
Chudian." produced by Wilson Barrett n
The Prncess's. is the most ambitious dramati,
attempt for some years In England. and though
faulty In execution has much poetry and beauty
Ihe story is another version OF the idea o
Tho Wandering jew" The scene. laid II
byzantium. lends itself to splendid decorations is
winch are produced with painstaking accurac
py Mr. Goodwin, great archaeological author
NY. and .one scene. representing the dcstruc