New-York tribune., 1884-10-26
LONDON GOSSIP.
AN ENGLIsHMANs NOTES ON ENGLISH
TOPICS

is full Of people. This happy welcome 10 us ~" W"
our return from Devastating. grouse and parsrhrc
shooting and more lately cub-huniips stag ard
buck hunting and pheasant shooting Ia due entirely
Ia the House Of Lords; for without their re-
Iccton OF the Franchise bill there would be no Autumn
and without the Autumn Session no possible Lon
don Till the uddie Of November But the strcefs aro
mite cav xra tally that precious" part Of Piccadiy
wb,eh l,e. between Half Moon-st and the st. Jamess
Restaurant Brilliant equpages roll by, and now thas
the Cesarc~itch IL over 1t Ia difficult To wsiks p"ck
without meeting somebody one loves or has loved hases
or will hate Despite severe Newmarket week tns ma
iority appear very good spirits Why every one 20
pleased do not know unless II IL at getting back 70
town Two clear months OF shooting racing and seaside
give one perhaps appetite 'or Bond ST. The theatres
too will he In full Hast next week. am going n ire
Savoy isht to the revived sorcerer and Iria
by Jury -; on Wednesday Herman Mcrvae's burlesque
OF Called Back" viii bring people to the Gaiety; ON
Thursday to see Mr. Wilson Barrett In Hamlet
and on SATURDAY winter OF French plays viii he
sug,raed by NJ Mayer, whose French ventures at tho
Gaiety have brought Mile. Sarah Bernhardt and many
other eminent artists before the London pnbic
he tourists WHO generally love the Continent have
been kept England by the cholera scare and the mum
hcr OF Americans everywhere has been ASTONISHING l
hope their soourn here will remove their supcrsons
concerning climate for the weather has been Tar too
hot for us citizens Bnt the pr'm" fnn OF he
situation the number of French and other Continental
visitors who give London the air Of a foreign city
Everybody is talking in the clubs about the eItraordi
nary pubIca,,on of the Redistribution bill by
Tb, trudard newspaper This II one of the ceverest
newspapcr coups made for long whilc and VIII 10 the
Government and their project great deal o harn ~
bringing OH cloud OF discussion bc'oe any r'hemes
officially before the country. II IL said amt"r'aFev
that it IL only Of many ehemcs under the consera-
tion OF the Cabinet but this has obviously false ri8
There ia no manner o doubt that II Ia the real siion
Pure The favor shown the ir-h Parnellite c"n.t-
euc,e. Il. sufficient to betray the Gladsone Chamberlain
.pirit nnimating the whole. which Il generally aeeepe
as the genuine measure and discussed ~ such
The oue-tion L. how did The Hindpd get an advance
.o,v Tho ON, out fine old crusted Tories. wb) love
noi the occasional d.llyngs Of me Hinjdd With Li'er-
declare that Mr. Chamberlain gave COPY ." the
Editor Of The FongkHy Rer'r Mr. E'cot ana that 'he
| latter who writes o. The SdndTd. gave IL asa c"""e
b,uehe to Editor Of that journal, Mr. hihf"ri ino
latter gentleman T. very snar editor and Il o course
aiyc to OF the stroke he has male bat douot
the Information having rom Mr. Chamberlain. ~
the effect Of premature publication VIII only be w array
q formidable opposition AGAINST the bill 'roin the hr-t
Very few men OF the present day will emua,r the "nan
virtue OF Mr. Charles Butler. nbor for weat Iooe VINO
voted for the Acknowledgement o' his own borough on tho
oooo.,on ~ the drst Reform bill The Acknowledgement
of regiment of patry little pocket boronghs ana the
merging OF others Ia the county divisions VIII act
hornets about the ears Of the Government =" I'M
m,usc number OF hitherto influential people will be re-
carried and these will be arrayei against the Govern
ment almost to a man II :nay fairly be sail In this
eounry that property IA nJe Lightly -urr"n iered th'n
political power despite Byrons sneer u the contrary
Family and local connection and innnenc' on county
politics are priced here far above their real valne ano
nothing e1asperates territorial magnate more Than any
attempt however slight TO interfere with his eectoner
inc mower ONLY Ouxotio centrcities like the warden
OF Merton College oxford would attempt TO beard me
lords OF the soil their own domain as De mas "ohs
once II not twice by contesng Wooi,tock AGAINST inc
nominee of the Duke OF Marlborough All the borongh'
having ess than 10000 inhabitants VIII he swept away
and many larger will be- reduced from TWO "cmprrs
IN one M ,nprcssIon that the Peers, who own an u-
mense proportion of the land IN Great Britain VIII makd
a desperate resistance TO scheme which TEARS u""n
n,,ca,ea and otherwise encountered by settlements And
the like Till In the present condition OF the agrsu'nrM
interest they know not which way 10 turn I"r money
One must never he blinded by the spendor of Enssh
rent rolls As quito 40 per cent must he deducted
for repars and inlet FARMS and quite 30 cent not
more for settlements that II Peer with rent rou oi
a5O o0O gets clear income OF 100000 for himseii ana
| his children, he may be esteemed fairly fortfa'e'
Some. ike the Marquis Of Ailesoury, have hariiy any
margin for themselves at all Others, ia" Lori TANKER
vlc thrown into serious pecnni'ry dicu's ny ''
cost Of entertaining tie Prince Of Wales In TINS country
the frame 10 big for the picture tie houses ana
.eryants too yast and for the income Power
IL all that IL left to tue land-own
One OF those peculiarly well-infOrmei people who
understand evcrybodys business but their own tells '
nj this that there Is no doubt thai the di OF '
Redistribution bill wa abstracteJ by printer IL seem
riic,lois that document Of which only twenty I'VE
Comics were required the Cabinet and which IL was es
sentia to keep secret until II was "hcaiy promulgated
.houd have been given ont OF tue olce NJ All. IL cor"
have been copied by hand or better STILL bS tue gyp'o
graph within official bounds. since the ease ." har'
iii. hard 70 say who is to trusted bat should hanll,
A for A r.
for brbe from newspaper and lose his place thercoy'
But 10 send important paper into large pra's -
tabli,hment IL 20 court betrayal Con'erva'r com
postor would have been delighted to 10 the Job without
bribe merely ,or sheer mischief AMI tie oh-ena1oc
"A damaging the Government.
Turning from politics tn horse rain' II curious
oh..rve the success OF democratic comb nation Gica
lords and county baronets very poor creltue' VIII
confronted by the jockey rin--that IL to say com '
,ion Of crkeys owners and trainers IL y declared
op, nly by disappointed aristocra, thlt the hFN Jo'he
OF the day are this ring and pull horses 10 SUIT t
interests OF the conederacy. I'll Significant 'ac' III"
.o many OF the Jockeys wlO role IL the Cesarc"l-h W"
by the success Of ST. Gaen an 1t IL polniei ont Una
4 Archer was third Archduc and ST. Gaten was riic
nv Charley Wood II Il said that the conedeiacy toDA
origin from the astute Charles Archer brother o 'h
, great Jockey whose heavy betting Drought ~''"'''
h cism to bear upon him. subsequently Johh h'n"'"
10 aced accor,iiny to my informant. as betting con
missioner for the confederlcy, AM being Dol oeor
a his own account made his fortune. Ihis year
"A has won An immense sum Of money. Haif the Dern
- and the whole OF the Manchester CuT besides ns VIII
a zinc. a, Ascot must have placed at least 10000 TO
ir credit and he has. informed. won x7o'ooo la
week on St Gaten. Melton. Pompey AMI Enra'ian
the money ma not have been for John Hammond nh
s but suspect that the most OF 1t was Tor hone o'
copfederates bet with his confidence There are rnn"
n or row at Newmarket about this matter bnt DO
.ea wb,, cau lie proved. All that the stewards OF
nj ckey Club can do TO watch he suspected Jockeys
"A susuend or warn them of altogether when th"y oo
r., Them out But racing stewards are apt TO have "'
20 side when their money Is ON the winner anu " M 80