New-York tribune., 1884-12-14
NOTES FROM LONDON.
vr,ATING ENr LsELY TO PERSONS OF DIS
TIN CTlON.


-. p, ia present at his daughters wedding on
~ %. instant Miss Rachel Huxley was married
VI rcker,ley at ST. Marks Church IN ST. Johh
y,od ,ecorling to the forms and ceremonies OF tue
~ 90 England Science aud Religion have TO
.,'.ste,t been reconciled. Ii would be more 10
,;o, i'll we're able to add that Professor hnx-
[ health has been restored by his trip 10 tne A"r'
~! INT that is an announcement for when we
"'" u 10 IN wait little. Prudence would nave
ehtu 10 -. ,,here he was and not risk journey
"" "',' I'D miles northward and the climate OF
VI =: vovember | don't know that he is the
'o"'' s,r his short stay in England. but he is not
- and he has already left for Italy again. lie
~, rrsse,tly 60 down the east coast OF the PENN
WI" s;.;r snend some weeks at Palermo, and
-, winter in Florence Sir Andrew clark pre-
IN, ahs,nte ideness as the first condition OF re-
cory Professor IInxlcys first idea ot absolute
,,'.,..s v,s eirht hoars day of vigorous mental
"s,rt. q time now to do soma OF tie things have
.,I 60 mt Of as he said in his too-conlidcnt way
no, ho hos at last been convinced that he must rest
- ,hat eight hours of work day instead oi SIX,
.a, ;s stu tco much lie has done enough these
80 five and twenty years to break down three
arli,arv constitutions aud finally the strain has
,roye1 too much even for his which extraordinary.
N,, ia over.wurl the only trouble The liver ia on
sitike aud altogether doubt whether we shali see
ptoressot Huxley again IN London before nest
summer
If he will takc wears vacation and obey his
,osiof n,eantime. 40 easy task for ilful man ho
may turn 40 al saht oh his sNtieth bhthlV
which ia nest May, fosshly lao may chooHe 10 10
ssu snns of the routine work which lies heavily oh
him Ito has been Professor OF Natural History At
Iermyn-st aud South kenhngton Tar nearly thtN
years and might, presume, retire with pension
The labor which dnyoiyes GA him as- s-ifesilehl nl
tie ROYAL Society il in great part such as cefh "'
priVate secretary oush TO perform AMI shth a. Tue
foremost scientific body ot England perhaps oi
Europe ought not TO exact fromnny man nj I" be
ITS President The English, practical as thcy are III
some things are among the least practical oi nations
when they have to deal with MANOR genlns' lher
common sense fails them in such emergencies. Ihcy
harnes. most of their thor0ughbreds &c the plough
Professor Huxley is one 'of the half-dOIcn men ol
this century with natural endowments and acquire
ments such as enable man to take the lead n
science to advance it another stage to hit II out
of the rus. to generalze upon the results OF Iapor
GUS research; to direct and inspire the WORK oil
generation. For whcL reason he is appointed by
the practical governors of praccal.eope to teach
bows the elements of physiology. Just rs Matthew
Arnold a man of genius in different way, Is ap-
pontel to inspect the schools IN which other boys
ere mastering the rudiments OF education ITO
fessor Huxley has ploddcd along III the burrows
where fate has placed him just as patiently ana with
lust as mlch devotion to his allotted task as II ne
were fit for nothing better. His days work at Souih
Kensington done. he has gone home to he'ih
another All or nearly all the scientific and literary
achievements by which he is best known have been
ACCOMPLISHED in the hours when other men would
have been ENJOYING well-earned leisure. On tho
verge of sixty he has had notice to stop this living
of two lives Indeed, lie had one notice some years
since which he needed for a while and then diSre-
carlcd and went on as before To the world which
looks ON more or less curiously the change seems
sudden The iron-gray hair turns white, the hre IN
the eyes burns less vvdly. the strong face looks
little haggard. the doctor appears or the scene anI
the double and treble toll OF the weary giant ceases
for the time.
II have spoken OF the interest felt in England in
the Presidential election as but moderate. might
add that the intelligence devoted TO the subject IS
but moderate also. An English friend said to me
the other dav that he was deli GIFTED with Mr. Cleve
lands success "WhyI" | Quercd. For moment
he was dumb, then answered: Well but didn
Mr. Blaine write q dispatch about Peru or some
place in south America /" AMI yet my friend Il q
man of more than common acl uaintauce with
affairs outside OF England.
There is. however. sort ~of conviction or hope
that Mr.. cleveland and hs party may do something
for the British manufacturers Free trale III the
British sens, the Brt0n hardly hope, tor y iong
~ expected 10 triumph in another three months or
50 sprinklcd over all the years since the war ended
have been followed by as many distressing dl-ap-
roiptments. and the British manufacturer is ro
lancer SD hoprful a he was. But he stu thinks
the tqrif may hr tinkered by the Democrat ~ i'~
interest Nr Bright has been one Of the most FEY
vent believer in the near appOach OF the iic.-tiide
millennium The contest in Hackney over Mr. iaV-
ce,fs seat anil the Tory appeal lor Fair Trade have
l this venerable apostle of the gospel according io
Coblen t1 take up his parable ONCE more against
the proicctionst uolicy of the United states. IN
tlilt ben GIFTED land as Wcll rs IN RUSSIA am
France where also higher tariffs eyist, the dis
,ithance anl depression 90 manufa turing irirs
tries is far rfet.ar ~ this n,on,nt than 0ith N-'
g. VIZ prrht Herlafes ani hp alls th.it tat's !
Ntte y raHueslitt bf ther rs hrve iaip ntuipn
tr.if "-rsiien aNi rrtn rs thr r0nttitr nItwi'h |
slsnANq srHpe4 Brt ,ha eh & nfiuNurs. lhr |
.eeeNl eeaiplt ~ ,ie liNitt siAps ias Ntt,'tHtH |
the pasif 0l Wlta.tpN sHi W1NNnit' NWth |
sppals sigpns st4ieMaAh hDNstr, tNN iNNt Is, a. |
aud styaH-esi Ni All a u hp tg'p 80 Ne Afe nN ntr
hege thai va the neSI tpnsrss iha uasupn p
plWerpn ta,h ISSUES sill hu hail h iwItcuenl'
Democrats.
THIS le,tcr Of Mr. Bright's is production which
might tempt one to say stronger things than one
would like to of an old friend. But viii oto what
Lord Dunravcn says. Quoting Mr. BrighFs remark
on the overthrow of the party of protection and
monopoly. " Is this the way asks LOrd DunrWcn,
ain which Mr. Bright can bring himself To speak OF
the party which he has supported by tongue and
pen as the party of moral aims and statesmanke
instincts ever since the year 1861 Has he nothing
for it in the first moment Of its misfortune and
humiliation but contemptuous epithet, and is he
indecd Ignorant thHfuke Democratic party OF the
United States is HnHSh pledged To policy of pro-
ion as RepuliicluS he laff rcln nCl