New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-26
NOTES FROM LONDON.
,o,n c,rRNs-MUNRo THE LArINIsT-

Rv the death OF Loru Oailns '"o
seryative party has lost its only very a"'e
leader in the House of Lords, except LORD oaisouiy
Nor will Lord Salisbury be so good ieader no"
that his colleague is gone Lord cairns wac
moderatiDg force. He was as cool anu ""iy
Lord Salisbury is impulslve. EVERYBODY Ano" .'-'.
Lord Beaconsfeld thought his Loro ,r,'" 80
safer man than his Foreign secrela,S. ,oco ~,
nromise on the Irish Church Bill In dooo' "
80, collision between the Lords and Commons
orortod was the work of Lord CAIRNS Inc
hot,er heads did not like it; sneered az IL as VIC
rvork Of An attorney. But it established nun III
the leadership Of his party in the upper mousse
and this in spite of his hostility to the eccieSias
tical views then in the ascendant among INC
Conservatives He was too Evangelical, tor 'ne
High Church men. True, he never was iiA0" %
header. He was too cold, too hard, too unsyin-
patbetic. too austere. The fexibillty and gehlai
tanner essential to the post were not MS ne
rlt;motalv gave wav to man whom nobody would
think of comparing with him in respect OF aplilty'
tAa Duke of Richmond But on many importan.
occasions the Duke and Lord Cairns acted tose'noi
in oppos,tion to Lord Salisbury after Lord SANS
hurv had gained, or regained, his supremacy III 'no
party. ,.a
r,o +er,itorial Tory magnates never liked Loro
Cairns. nor could they be made 10 UNDERSTAND no"
:, ame IN mass that the son OF an Ulster ATTORNEY
.hor,a he nut over the heads OF great noDies Du'
thew had to submit Lord Carnss aoiiities, thousN
not of mite the first order in politics. were
h,a In a marty which counts so many meo'ocri',''
among those who guide its counsels- lie was d la,
better lawyer than politician. Whiie ne renaineu
a. the Cbancerv Bar he had no rival but Sir Roun-
dell Palmer, now Lord Selborne. As Loro nan.
cellor. he won q place among the very abiest
ba nod a
principles as, for example, the late Mr.. Benjamin.
he had a genius for dealing with facts the more
complicated the better. His was mind formed
for discovering the real point in case, to which ne
went with an unerring instinct. He had faculty
Of lucid and persuasive exposition. his learning
was immense; his authority in the courts and III
the House of Lords in its legal capacity was seldom
challenged and still more seldom challenged sue
Cessfully
His euloey is written at length in every paper in
England to-day and certainly it would be hard 10
praise too much one of the few men who IN TINS
country and in the Conservative party have made
their way to the highest place by sheer force OF
intellect and energy. And yet fame IS queer
thing said to an acquaintance whom i met yes
terday. inst after | had heard the very sudden
news: do you know Lord Cairns is deadf'
"Oh.v was the stererotyped answer, that's very
sad.n Then after a pause: Wasn't he Lord
Garmoyle's fatherf"
An Euelishman not less eminent in his way
than Lord Cairns died few days before him
Mnnro of Cambridge. By common consent, he was
the first Latinist of his time in England; man
who did much to relieve English scholarship from
the reproach of super6cality and slOSenliness. He
had the distinction of being classicst who knew
English. The translation of Lucretius was as
remarkable in dicion as his editing of the text was
in learning The Germans, whose views OF foreign
rivals are not always too generous learned to treat
Munro with respect IN public, and they really
admired him more than they cared to confess.
He had vigor of mind such as few men in these
DAYS devote to the calculation of obscure texts or
the study of classical manuscripts. Though moth
ing like SO famous as his Lucretius. Munros edition
of "Etnar showed qualities of intellect and of
technical scholarship almost remarkable. Many
wears ago a friend who showed me Cambridge
introduced me to Munro; Fellow of Trinity and
living in rooms looking on tie great quadrangle.
thought him the finest possible type OF college
Don. When said something about his Ktna"
he was delighted. "Do you mean to tell me such
hook az that has been heard Of in American" He
took down copy from his shelves, wrote my name
in it and gave it to me: at is my last, but had
rather give it to an American than to any one else"
The best short account of the Russian advance
in Central Asia that has appeared In print is Sur
Henry Rawnsons in the April Nineteenth Century
Soldier dip!omalist, political agent, Oriental
scholar with the widest experience and personal
knowledge of the region and questions in dispute.
Sir Henry Rawnson Ia second to none as an au-
thority Oh this subject He belongs, OF course. to
the most active anti-Russian party OF the Anglo
Indians, and he has sometimes taken line which
events have not shown to be judicous: on Canda-
bar, for instance But this paper is free from any
thing like partisan spirit and is an admirable
summary of the great questions at issue between the
two great Asian Powers as well of the technical
points which NJ. Lessar and Lis friends in the
English press have done their best to confuse.
Lady Wolseley starts to-day for Cairo to join her
husband. Her absence will perhaps put stop to
the manufacture of stories about interviews be-
tween her and Mr.. Gladstone. The whole intel
lectua energy of the Tory party il expended on the
invention of ctions relating TO the Prime Minister
Lady Woseley. according TO one of the latest,
received letter from her husband containing u
passage which he desired her to read in person to
Mr. Gladstone. An appointment was made She
produced the letter Mr.. Gladstone said he should
be glad to hear the passage. Lady Wolseley read
II. At the end she was convinced that Mr.. Glad
stone was ABSORBED IN DIS own thoughts anu had
not heard a word She proposed to repeat it; did
repeat it, but with no better result. When she had
finished the second reading, Mr. Gladstone took
up from the table on which it was lying open be-
side him the life of George Eliot, and asked his
visitor if she did not think il most interesting
work; then bowed her out. and the interview
snded l have met more Torres than one who
declared they knew this elegant story, which have
given in its simplest version. TO be true But as
Lady Woseley says it is devoid of any foundation
whatever, the Tories must try again.
Miss Fortescue is playing Galatea in Glasgow,
and the papers of that city find much to admire in
her performance, for which she has had the help of
Mr.. Gilberrs best coaching. One of them publishes
a long interview with the young actress. The
al Ent found Mica In 4ol1n