New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-12
NOTES FROM LONDON.
RECENT DEATHs-THE NEW LORD MAioh
.NnIoPD COLERIDGE-MR BENJAMIN.

AND LORD COLERIDGE-Nh bENoA1'iN'
rrnou THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiB1s%J
p"O' LONDoN, April IL;
Tho deaths of distinguished people dlrine the
las. week or two havo been singuiariy numerous
Lord Cairns tho oaly surviving ex-Lord Chahcef
lor of England. was followed in few days 'y '"'
lord CT accellor of Ireland, Sir Edward ouiiiVaa'
III. EARLY friend and as lawyer pcrhafs DIS IlVal'
liz Lord Cairns. Sir Edward Sullivan fought MS
,av n, from obscurty to high distinction, ani IKE
him he was Judge If the first or'cr, OF almost t"o
first figure of venerable AID singular interest
disappeared with Sir George Rose oMVoIius,
sanior Admiral of the Fleet. who died
at ninety-Gve lie was a mi shlpman az
trafalgar nnlor Ncsn; be brought TO
FnoIand I'm, news of tho surrender Of Napoleon
no received to thanks of tLe UHited States Congress
in 1s42 fer bis efforts 10 save The United safes
frigate Missouri from bang burnt Fear Gibraltar;
he lived 10 be the Oldest and hisnnst officer IN inc
British NAVY The young gu With TIE OF. Inc
telegraph brought nows uf the death OF CORONER
Primrose Lord ROScbery's hrotheT an ollicer oes,
known as military attacb6 at Vienna, and one OF
tho youngest colonels IN the service. lie dica ~
Abu Fatmeh of enterc fever; respected aai re-
GREETED.
That n Lord Mayor should die in Office is an
event for precedent to which you must 20 back 10
the DAYS of Beckford 10 1870. Lord MAYOR Not
taec Is secure of remembrance for tbs IL lor no
other reason. He WAS An excellent lord Mayor
and. which is rare Liberal. The event Is maze
impressive by the condolences expressed. ha'
tho civic authorities should mark their regret Ill
ali ways is but natural. The City did every honor
to its late chief The great bell Of ST. PauFs tolled
from II tll noon on Sunday; tho Dead March in
"San" was PLAYED in the CATHEDRAL; prayers were
offered for the Lady MayoreSs Canon Lidd N,
who passes for the most eloquent preacher of the
Church of England delivered from Tie pulpit OF
81. Paul's a stately eulpgv upoG the departed
chief magistrate of the City of Lo0d0n Mutfied
peals rang from every church in tie city. The
Bank of England drew down its blinds. mes
sage of sympathy came TO the Lady Mayoress from
the Prince and Princess of Wales. then in Dublin;
and from other royalties The Prime Minister
teecraphed his concern AZ the news and his sym
pathies with the City; the Home Secretary did As
much; the provinces sent numerous expressions OF
regret. What will the 5ewildered foreigner of the
Continent think of al shjs. if not that it is full
proof of his fixed persuasion that the Lord Mayor
is the first fu7ctiouary IN England next after the
Queen and perhaps, though this is doubtful after
"LOrd GadstoneW
Tho successor of the late Lord Mayor is his
predecessor, Alderman Fowler, the joval Tor7,
popular even with Liberals; he whose stem
often put heart into the droopug spirits and halt
ing speeches of the Opposition. He enjoys the
double honor of representing London in Parliament
and of ruling over IT now for the second time
from the Mansion House.
The l. Jrd Chief ia Stce has been bestOwing
eulogy on the new Lori Mayor Part of it he put
in Latin, perhaps by way of gentle ridlcule upon
Lori Mayor Powers indulgence in classical
quotations; a luxury not common In the
City But Mr.. Fowler, as Lord CoierlEe
truly observed, is university graduate;
nay, on referring to the proper authority
find he won't out from the University IF London
in honors; was second in mathematics and fifth in
classics. Lord Coleridge. however, has tried the
Lord Mayor and the public rather high, as the rae
ing man might say. Ills Latin apostrophe to hun
was n variation npon the original, the familiar
summary of Galbo's character, 0mRtHm consens1
Capar impGii niSi imperasset. Bnt to repeat the
words of lactus would not have been polite, for
Mr.. Fowler had already been Lord Mayor. SO
Lord Celori1ge substituted according to one paper
qaampis impTasi; according to another qaamTfs
sRpTasses. To this latter he wrote that the former
was correct: oly to be told now by third that
it is doubtful Latin, and that tho other Is the
right phrase. Meantime, The Pdu Mall Gazette
centrived to mStrAnsate the original quotation
under pretence of setting right those who have for
gotten their Tacitus; which hc of the p. NJ g..
seems never to have known. AID. on the whole,
we are probably on the eve of controversy whica
will shake the classical world to ITS centre.
Lady Selbornes death puts many families into
mourning She was the second daughter of the
eighth Earl Waldegrave One Of her daughters is
married to the present Earl Waldegave, whose first
consin she Is Lord Wolmcr, tie eldest son Of Lord
aud LADY Seborne is married TO the eldest daugh-
ter of Lerd Salisbury, Lady Maud Connections in
various degrees and directions are innumerabe.
Lady Selborne had been i'll during the winter but
her recovery was expected confidently. The i'll
ness which eHded fatally was of few days only.
1t has deprived the roOr of a generous and active
helper; many in all ranks of a valued friend.
Ths customary euogies were pronounced in the
House of Lerds on Monday the late Earl Cairns
by his colleagues and opponents. Not the least
cordial among them came in writing from the
present Lord Chancellor who was prevented by
the recent aud sudden death of Lady SelbOrno from
being present. Lord Selborus would otherwise
he writes to Lcrd Granville have desired to pay that
tribute to the late Earls great qualities and great
virtues for which nearly forty years of constant
tercourseo on terms of friendship never interrupted
might have qualified him. Lord Cairns was a
strong partisan who spared net ais opponents Int
the euloge. of his opponents arc not less cordial
than those of his colleagues.
Lord Coleridge has made public an interesting
bit of history abont the late Mr. Benjamin. In his
address of Monday in the House of Lords upon Earl
Cairns. he related how he had proposed to him
when Lord Chancellor the appointment of Mr..
Benjamin to the Bench. Mr.. Benjamin, says Lord
Coleridge. was man whom was anxious to have
seen among the judges Of England, and who to my
knowledge would have felt himself hOnored BY
being placed among them" Lord Cairns, however,
refused to consider his claims. We are not told
why, nor why Lord Coerdge, having disclosed 50
much, should have kept back this critical part of
the story All ne saws is that Lord Cairnss grounds