New-York tribune., 1884-11-02
NOTES FROM LONDON.
,nsrIY PERSONAL, JOURNALISTIC AND
TIIE ArRICAI.

I
talks tn you of anything bat Redistribution or the
v.,r;ngbom riot or Lord Randolph Church'fs
still moro rotous speeches, or Of what Lord Sans-
hury is going to do or not do about the frahc"'so
nil or which Of three courses Mr.. Gladstone VIII
take when next the Tory majority IN inc Lo,u'
,hall have wreaked t. cir will on tins measure nu'
IL seems TO me Ihave lately tired your pa''o"oo VIZ ,
oyermuch politics aud for to-day. AT ieas'' wiz
nav nothing about them one brie1 h'o'o a"oo"o''
excepted. o,, -
Edinburgh the Tory Inn keeper OF int"iiieehcc
,,hom I have before mentioned. asked nm
orcs,;on OF two about the reception of Sir Stafford
No,,bcotc Was il true tiat Edinburgh greeted
him coldy. that there was little cheering outside
rho hall where he spoke and none in the streets
in short no demonstration that could he caiieu
oopularl well. sir" answered he, whoever told
vou this was not far of the truth" 1hen a''er
aanse he added: "You would not yourself think
Sir stafford Northcote the kind Of man 10 be en-
'husastic about TO which answered that win
every respect 10 his character and Abilities
certainly should not.
u,spow three weeks since the accident to Lord
Roscbery and no is so Gar recovered as 10 I've ao'e
10 leave Dalmeny for London. He arrived last
night at Lausdowno House. For the first TWO OF
three DAYS there was, imagine, more anxiety
horse put his foot into hole and iol l-ord Rose
berv was thrown heavily and broke his collar
bone That IA a slight matter, but somo intcfila
mischief was done which was not s1gbt Inc in-
ternal pain was great and the doctors were P"h-
ylod | don't know whether they ever "'no up
their minds wha, had happened. Whatever ''e
,ronbe was 10 disappeared before a week was over
and the progress toward recovery has since pecn
fairly rapid week he was able to DIVE
,,o1 IN Mt no Ia,
Sir Algeron Borthwick, conductor and owner OF
The Morning Post of London publishes III that and
other papers a very curious correspondence between
himself and the Earl OF Malincsbnry. In the
Memoirs of an OK Minister which Lord Manesbury
has lately given to the world. occurs this passage:
Sent for Walcwski; he confessed that the French
Government paid The Morning POST and that he
saw Borthwick the editor. every day.
This statement Sir AlgernOn Borthwick denies,
and confidently anticipates that Lord Malmosbury
will withdraw 1t. But the anticipation proves too
saneune Lord Malmesbury says he is very sorry
his statement should cause anybody annoyance,
but deca it is impossible he should retract what
he said Count Walewski did say Re Morning fost
was IN the pay of the French Government; the ac-
count in the Memoirs is perfectly exact, and the
matter is as fresh in his memory as il it occurred
yesterday Then follows the gem of this corro-
spondence:
Although
statement derogatory to Mr.. Borthwick l~ir Ager-
mons fat herl, ] Cannot view IL IN the same light.
The relations between a respectable journal ana
Minister recIprocally almost IndispensaDie, ana
may deserve the greatest proofs vi gratitude OF each
to the other!
The Earl of Malmesbury is therefore of opinion
that an English newspaper may rightly take pay
from foreign Government for supporting the pol
ley of that Government There would be nothing
"derogatoryD to an editor in that Lord Malmes-
bury IS Tory Peer He has twice been a Cabinet
Minister. lie was never thought brilliant even
an abem man. but nobody eould have supposed him
capable of holding publishing such an opinion
as this. The only thing one say is that he is
scventy-seven years old
Sir Algernon Borthwick naturally is not content
with Lord Malmesburys estimate of the alleged
transaction. I'm Sir AlgernOns view. the account is
calumny. lie insists that 1T is false, and
he rightly declares that for an English journal
to take French gold would have been dishonOrable
aud unpa riotIc. He points out that the paper Of
ten opposed the French Government, and was
sometimes seized aad the sale Of it in France pro-
hbIted. Lord Malmesburvy has in fact, rather
lightly hazaIded an accusation impossible of proof
If it true, difficult to disproye If false. Ii was
long known to everybody that the relations be-
tween The Pot and the Emperor friendly
The Paris correspondent of that paper had foot
ing at the uileries and to information such
az wOuld nave been granted 10 NOBODY VINO was not
thought useful to the French Government. But
Lord Manesbury's notion that money passed is
probably incorrect as his idea that the position
OF pcnsOner on France would not be " dcroga- |
tory to an English journal.
Somebody has set afioat fresh Tumor Of q com
promise of Miss Fortsecue's action against Lord |
Gamoyle for breach of promise. The sum to he |
paid according to this latest story, is less than
$l25,000. Miss Forescue is to give up all letters |
Lord Garnoy le bad declar ID to his father that he
never could face Mr.. Charles Russells crOss-cx- |
animation and so the purse-strings of Lord Gar
mOylcs father had to be ooscd. IL is all very in
teresting Unhappily IT not true, orevcn paus-
iblc nor was there the smallest foundation for the |
gossip when it last got into print. There is no |
probability ofany agreement OF settlement between
the parties to this suit until they meet court.
Then when the plaintiffs has been opened, and
Miss Forescue steps into the witness-box letters
in hand, it is thought the defence will give III. |
There is defence in fact, it ~ merely question
Of how much money shall be paid coupled with a |
pnbhc statement by Lord Garnoylc's counsel That |
Miss Forescues conduct has been throu ghou ir1e-
proachabc.
"The Sorcererr by Mr.. w. $. Gilbert and Sir Ar |
thur Sullivan (who still modestly omits the" Sir
from the playbll was reproduced last Saturday at
the Savoy Theatre. This aud " Iral by Jury were
TO hii tho interval between the withdrawal of
"lolantho " aud the appearance of n new opera
understood to be laid down on lines more definitely
dramatic and less purely whimsical than the recent
pieces of these two gifted aud successful authors
But tho success of " The Sorccrer - is so marked
that 1t ~ likely to hold the stage all winter. There
have always been critics To insist that this which
Is the first work OF Messrs Gilbert and
Sullivan, is also their best. However tn at NAV be-
nothing could have been moro favorable than the |
reception of IL by a crowded house on Saturday. II