New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-11
NOTES FROM LONDON.
M EGYPT. AMERICANS IN ENGLAND. NEW
v" ROCKS AND OLD SHIPS.

A., C,ndstone's private secretary writes 10 Wy
-. R,untp that Mr.. Gladstone cannot accept
~. oaer to act mediator IN the Sondah' mas
as =. n must already be known throughout
,ast region that the English and Egyptian 0osei'r
u.s. have no other desire than TO promote tho
"onss ,;o, Of the country and the restoration OF
~. ,;,sor,;es. Tho English aud Egyptian Govern
w .,a at present promoting the evacuation OF
-a,,.trv with tho energetic help OF LORD
aud 900 British troops, all striving with
80, might and NAN TO get TO Rhartoum, ana
sa IL hon,ne TO meet and thrash the Mahdi oy
e esS But the Mahd too is engaged IN the
Wv of the liberties OF the Soudan. he
49, thu hest way TO restore them wouio DC 10
80 General Gordon, whom Lord ""iseiey ~
sn"'. ..a,e and General Gordon. whose s.ncer-
90 - h.vond dispute, has very publicly expressed
IVY - to s,aash the Mahdi. Who says that
L. o,.dsto,e,s Government has not perfectly
"a coherent far-sghted and statesmanhke
.a,;.v in Egypt As for Mr.. Wifrid Blunt he is 4
sanatc as mischief rs he is amiable and sincere
T.. .o,e American papers of November 80 appears
hat purports to DO an account Of ali interview"
.;,h Mr.. Lowell the day before. don't Snow that
,hre ;s ANYTHING in this account which IS discred-
;,.hs 20 the American Minister still 1T seems
aesirable TO say that no such interview hau
,sten Mace Mr.. Lowell is not aware that he mas
ha.n aiuteryiewedn at all i bayo pointed out
,o mr. three other recent fabrications relating 10
Air Lowell. one of them coming all the way irom
Vienna une is disposed TO ask. WHO it is that
,h,nls "A worth while 60 manufacture these stories
90 what his object can BET And who was the
ra,;us who communicated ~ an evening paper IN
7 onaon the information that the next American
Ministsr in London would be the Rev. Henry Ward
T.seberf Coald il have been the too-en terprising
fran of soap.makers to whom Mr.. Beoehor has
latsiy given that Astounding certificate oil the
xirtaes of their soapl What glorious pun Tor
them and how delightful for us 10 haze the Envoy
of the United States inviting the British pnbic 10
,..sh i,s multitndlnous hands in the lather of
NesSrs Y Y ~ Hut telegramof tins
usrning disappoints these brilliant hopes
Mr. Bescher with the good sense to be expected vi
him. calls tho story a ridiculous one. And the
evening paper which started it maniully prints
Nr Beechcrs denial.
Mr. ]. =. Sargent, the Young American artist
whose portrait of Mrs. Henry White was one OF the
ornaments Of this years exhibition at the Royal
Academy has been for some months IN LONDON
paintng other portraits Of other beautiful women
Latterly no has been at Bournemouth. where he
has bad Mr.. Robert Louis Stevenson for sitter
aud now he goes back ~ Paris for tue winter. The
English public accept new favorite slowly. unless
ne c0intt foiuUi3uucu W s'ho'h9 """''
law unto the world amid which be eondcscends
On move. Mr.. sErgcnt's style is 80 dIstinctiyelv
Freach that tie nntravelled Philstine scarcely
Knows at FIRST whether 10 applaud OF condemn. aud
waits 20 be told what 10 think by that somebody
whose opinion be instinctively accepts, whether on
a work of art CT on the hour for dinner. Nor always
then for M I was saying the other day nor even
the appreciation OF the Prince Of Wales could make
HASTEN Iepage popular anong-f d. not say tic
Philistinos hut the higher class whom Mr.. Arnold
has taught us 10 call barbnrians. However, Mr.
sargent has been fortunate in his subjects. and his
brilliant and admrable work will again be seeu
aext spring AZ burlington lleuse II he chooses TO
stay in England ne cannot but do well. since The
,ne man now most in demand in England Is the
nan who can and viii paint good portraits Of pretty
women.
Mr. Rol,ert Louis Stevenson is staying az Bourne
south on account. ! am sorry 30 say. "a an
illness which compels him ~ seek such iniltn'ss
sf climate a. can be f0s:.a siihin these islands
lie II too weak to 90 abroad aud the proinise ui i
growing stronger " but remote IIc u not too III
10 write. fur he has contributed a st"ry Ia Que or
moro Of the nnamerable Christmas numbers AT
present in vogue. These singular productions 81
The EnElish press nov constructed on the prn-
eiple Of a pennyworfb of literatare leitBn an
Intrusive advertising. inextricably mixeG up with
the literature. hut this. the trade of the
Publishers has warned ms n exclusively comner
sssl question and not 60 be handled by those eccen
tire outsiders who think the dignity and even
ds~eney of literature are not advanced by an IN
tcr5pineling VI literature with pancgyrics upon
advertising trahesmcn. Both. 20 be sure. are, ~
may lc. works of imagination. II ia more to the
PURPOSE 10 add that Mr. Stevenson Is engaged uPoa
q third volume OF his delightful New Arabian
sightA
"a pleascs Mr.. Eni Il Stock for somr reason brat
snown 10 himself a. call his new editions ~ old
books fac-simile" rcecints Not one NJ them that
have seen u isc.sinile nor - the --latest which
H. johnson's Rasselas. Prince Of Abyssnia." The
original Is In two very small quato volumes. Mr.
Stocks present edition is small foolseap octave.
or perhaps small duodocimo Neither In the shapc
Of The page nor In type dDes It resemble The
original. and IL IL prcsuming the iRr orance Of
the pablo 90 call IL q fac-simile. Or perhaps II is
Mr. StocS's ,enorance "a which the us, OF mslea1-
ing word y due. The original Rssselas IL not "a
book. bns copies In good condition. may he said 90
~ scarce. morning paper with touehn limo
suggests that the distinctive character of the
new matter In this reprint onght 10 he marked 10y
tyre of q moro modern look. wi ich would make the
limits Of the fac smile" at oEce apparent to the
eye AZ n anyboey who had ever seen the original
was kelly 10 mistake this for 1t.
SLOW ships durasthe winter aecms o. b. the watch
vors of some of the steamship companies whose
sply betwesn England and the United States. The
North German Lloyd which has supplied Thus
day serv,oe from Southampton to New-Yofk not
eqnaied In regularity. seems to have withdrawn al
isr fast ships Meme advcftissd in to-day papers
and no boat % any kind leaves southampton on
Tfurlax after n for the ,resenf The Tines.
dny wryicc continues with the Older ana less fast
chips The Cunari Company have Withdrawn the
Unbris and are running among others such mouldy
rciicsof loiaurey past the Bothnia aud scytha.
Among the Liverpool companies there signs OF
sersethlns Ike . deRl. RnmorS have prcYniled