The sun., 1884-10-12
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
uOT DISCUSSION IN EN0LAND OYER THE
REDTsTRInUTION BCHkMK.

REDTSTRInUTION BCHkME
ne nasls or Political Debate Completely
Cbonxsd-r -rubIic Opiui"n Gr~a'lv Excited
Over tAe s-F' nneo ncc"ni"w Ttred
sf the Chinese Busn~ss-Resps- -nd~"t Wed.
ding spestncIes In tngInnd-Max ON~is
D.sevspsion cf Ers,iss Couriing ana Flirt-
sux-New Caprices of FAshioa-Lase Gosstp.
LONDON. Oct. 1.-THE rival newspapers
howl In anger and affect horror or pompous
dis,iain, and Ministers issue ambiguous deni-
ais bnt tho great fact romans that the Sttnd-
srd nswspapor has scored an immense journal
latic triumph. has got hold Of an authentic doc
ument. and hns entirely rovolut.onzcd the ha-
sis OF political discussion. Tho question
whether O franchise and distribution bill
should accompany each other. whether the
compromise offered by the Whigrsh Lord Har-
tington is tho snme as that suggested In tho
dofantly Radical address OF Mr.. Chamberlain
al these thingn upon which tho newspapers
and public mon were working themselves into
fury and fever few days ngo.'hnvo suddenly
become as anachronistic as n dobate ON tho
execution Of Charles l.. and the real point now
b whether the redistribution scheme published
by the Standard has fair chance OF boing ac-
eepted Its first reception was rather favora-
bic. but. - time goes on. whole
crop Of objections Is starting UP. Tho
Radicals. though they call 1t two
penny halfpenny affair. are willing to nc
eept II In tho full confidence that tho reinforce
mont OF two million votes will enable them bo-
fore long to undo tho whole arrangement. and
TO Introduce equal electoral districts and de-
sennial redistricting. The Conservatives. how
ever. will probably change their ground. de-
clare that what tho House Of Lords wanted
Was not merely the accompaniment OF fran
shiso by redistribution. but by redistribution
OF An equitable character and then proceed to
denounce tho Gladstone plan rs the climax
OF unscrupulous gerrymandering. strong
temptation to this change Of front Is the
chance of support from the hundred members
whom the new scheme would drive from public
life. To sum up. tho situation Is not made
much clearer. and the party leaders on both
sidos are still far from settled resolves. The
triumph OF tho Standard In getting hold OF the
redistribution draft Ia groatly enhanced by the
pathetic complaint OF tho Daily Telegraph that
u was offered the document. but Indignantly
refused 1t. Everybody laughs consumedly at
this assumption Of virtue by newspaper which
owedits early fortune to baby farming adver-
tisements and lengthy reports OF obscene casos
Tho real reason OF its refusal Is believed to bo
ita unwillingness to initiate tho enterprise OF
the Standard. which purchased Its information
for tho substantial sum OF f750.
The news from Egypt Ia scandalously sparse.
Lord Wolselsy is carrying out the military CEN
sorship with suoh strictness rs to suggest
greater difficulties and gloomier forobodings
than perhaps should exist The latest rumor
b that the camel corps is imperative because
tho very necessary supply OF saddles was for
cotton. The newspapers talk OF sending corre-
Spondents to points where they can see and
tell the whole truth without the permit OF the
Commander in Chief. Meantime public opinion
has became 80 excited on the aggressiveness OF
the Beers that the Ministry have been forced to
within short intorval OF war. II the Boers had
not under some judcious private pressure
from London. made some retreat. conflict would
have been inevitable.
Tho general feeling In France is that she has
Had quito enough OF the judicious destruction
which M. Ferry declines to cell war. that bonn
bardment Of small scaports does not appear to
carry things much further. and that big
expedition against the Chinese empire is not
TO be thought OF. The vision OF TonQuin
Is home for colonial enterprise. which was
always laughed at by the cynical pens Of the
stay at home journalists Of tho boulevnrds. has
disappeared finally in the inability OF the
French commander to keep tho country mod
eratoly Quiot. and in the growing burdens i'm
posed by frances white elephant In Algeria.
London and Paris. meantime. are once more
full OF returned exies. and tho car OF matri-
mony and other social Joys runs fast and fu-
rious. In the crowd Of weddings which havo
Just taken place in England tho page. In all
kinds OF pretty costumes and OF both sexes.
has been the chief figure At the marriage oil
Lady Alice Nevill. her youngest brother and
sister were resplsndent In violet velvet. Miss
Hollands dress. when she wns marrying Mr..
John Dyson. an eminent Anglo Indian. was
borne by o nephew In purple velyot and Mas
tor Percy Brassoy. son OF tho great million
Aire. The lady who writes about the voyages
OF the Sunbeam ofllciated at tho wedding oi
Miss Evetts with Capt. Wyld OF the Sixteenth
Lancers. In q costume OF whito satin. slashed
with deep rod velvet and stockings OF the
Same hue. The chief impending marriage IL
Paris is that OF the daughter OF Worth with
tho son Of the tailor Delbalke. an archmillIon
afretwho has palace in the Avenue du Boif
de Boulogne. and a famous art collection. The
newspapers. giving long catalogue OF wealthy
Partisan tradesmon. declare that the sceptre o
the day Is IL needle. and that tho millionairel
are tailors. dressmnkere. and mi!liners.
Different reflections are suggested by the con
troyersy over the candidature OF NJ Jules La
croix for the vacant chdr In the Academy. The
non-Iecorous author OF Poctical Versions O
Shakespeare is accused OF having written. II
poverty-stricken youth: novels whose realism
left Zola nowhere. He Is also charged with l.y
following tho lmmemorial practice Of canvass
ing the Academicians for their votes. Hi
friends say that his carly novels We're wildly
improbably. and fantasticaly me!odramRtiC
but in no way immoral. and that he will no
canvass for the Academy because with the los
OF his sight four years ago came tho loss OF a
further ambition. A London journal append
The commentary that most Acadomicians ar
driven by their poverty to tho sixth floor. an
that man both old and blind may be well e1
sused from the !Sbors Of mounting tho 200
steps to their garrets.
English landowners are menaced with tn
Same impecuniosity as French litterateur'
No less than 30OO0 acres vainly demand tenant
IL Essex. Within thirty miles OF London II
acres were lately sold for f24c0 for whio
$4,000 were refused ton years ago. The lo'
price Of wheat and cattle with the high rent
loft by the land courts. have SO impovsrishe
tho Irish farmers that II there were sevent
Parnellites in Parliament We would probabl
have another no-rent manifesto. Lady Cath
srine Gaskell. a great aristocrat, proposes in
magazine article. AS a remedy for all this ths
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