New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-25
NOTES FROM LONDON.
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Not a few anxicticS,-rcal. whether we'll or III
bunAc,i-arr relieved hy tho safe return
Of The rriuce and Princess of wales
fron Ireland. The runcc Is welt entitled To '@N'
.re,lit for adhcriug to his own judgment and max
inr ,hc tour spito of all ominous predictions aud
warnings nom his own friends Those OF thoni
who aid no, believe thcre was danger iorotold
nnneyanco. rherc were mon high in position who
fcareA that Nationalist hostility 10 England
might take the foua oi insult "a the Prince;
thing which no police vigilance could secure HIM
against. Wha, happened at Mal.ow, ut Cork. ana
puc OF two other places, showed that these appte-
heasious hal something TO build on. But ON the
whole. the course of events has answered To the
Priucc's expectation. He did not anticipate great
political result from his presence IN Ireland Tor
three weeks What he told his friends was that
he could complete his tour in perfect safety ana
that he was convinced he could count on respectiul
treatment even where no enthusiasm OF loyalty
was shown And so it has turned out
The leading Nationalist paper of Ireland sums up
the results of this visit from its own point OF view'
No sane man il assures us, believes that the pot-
ical situation has been changed one harsbreadrh.
There is sense in which this is perfectly true IL
Is not TO be supposed that one Parnelhfe member
the less Will be returned at the next electoh III
consequence of anything that has happened withih
the last month. Mr.. Parnolis political hold on the
people of Ireland has not been shaken; no sane
man, to use our Irish friends phrase. supposed II
would be. The visit of the Prince had no sucn
object The object of it was to give the people OF
Ireland an opportunity of expressing their persona
LOYALTY to the Heir to the Ihrone or of withhold
ing its expression if the loyalty did not exist The
speeches OF Mr. O'Brien and his colleagues are the
best proof that to this extent the object has been
gained If you put aside every English account OF
the incidents of the visit the Irish narratives
supply evidences enough of the enthusiasm Win
which the Prince was welcomed. He made a good
impression on the susceptible Irish heart There
is, | think, ample proof that the manifestations IN
his honor have been confined t. no class Al
classes understood the question of the reception to
be given to the Prince and Princess as being
personal rather than political. The Prince stands
aloof from parties and from party con-
troversies He went among his future subjects as
a quest and was treated with the courtesy due to
puest The more sensible of the Eng lSh papers do
not try to put the matter much more strongly thah
this. The Nationalist on their side. or the less
violent of them, are disposed to concede as much
aud to recognize the fact that moro oya'ty than
they expectol-in The sense which the word has
here-was shown to the Prince and Princess IN
every portion of the Island which they visited
How far the classification OF The Pal Nal
Gazette has proceeded may be from its line on
the arbitration proposal It does not think much0t
arbitration in genera. sneers at the " sub line
ethical development which enabled England TO
send the Alabama question to arbitration and
opposes it a. between Russia and England. "What
are we to arbrate about p cries the organ Of Mr..
Lessar. and proceeds to observe that upon the
patent and notorious facts with which the whole
world is acquainted there is difference as to the
essential points. And then says: Both Koma-
rolf and Lumsden agree so entirely
even in details that are at some loss to UNDER
stand what it is the Government proposes to send
before an arbitrator"
Sir Peter Lumsden meantime is sending Mr.
Condie stephen all the way TO London with map
and masses Of evidence relating to General koma-
roh7s attack on Penjdeh and slaughter OF the
Afghans Solely, of course. in order to explain
how entirely he agrees with General komaroh'
Mr. Gladstone has asked for Ell ,OOOOOO to make
the agreement even in details still clearer.
The following is from Punch:
"RUss IN URBE-The Pail Nal Gazette"
Mr.. Escott's England" has lately been rcissued
in single volume by Messrs. Chapman ~ Hail.
with some alterations and revsions by the author.
In its present form II is perhaps, the best existing
compendium Of English life be found between two
covers The writer does not aim at more than
sketch but the sketch is for the most part accurate
and fairly impartial. Mr.. Esc0tt has the gift of
treating dry topics IN a readable way and his
knowledge is of that encycope lie kind but too
seldom combined with viyacty of STYLE The
American will be able to collect from these pages
sufficient account of English institutions and to
form good general idea of the complicated struc-
ture of English society; using society In wider
sense than 1t is sometimes used IN London.
1t was announced the other day that the papers
and correspondence of the late Mr.. Hayward had
been placed by his sister in the hands OF Mr. Henry
L. Carlisle. The statement is quite true and sets
at rest the curious fiction circulated shortly after
bis death that MI. Hayward had left no papers, or
had forbidden their publication Mr. Carlisle is
now engaged in editing memoir, and this, I'M
derstand willcontan large selection of the letters
Few men of the last two generations have been In
closer relations with many OF the first statesmen
of Europe and with celebrities of every sort. Mr..
Carlisle woCld be very glad to have the oppor-
tunity of seeing any American reviews of Mr.. Hay
wards works and any letters of his 70 American
correspondents. They may be sent to him at The
Cottage, Lyme Regis, DOrsetshire. There must be
many Americans who were Indebted to Mr. Hay
ward for some of their acquaintance with London
and London society. Anything they cOniide to
Mr.. Carlisle will be used with discretion
Mr. Irving's friends have given their welcome to
him the usual form of a dinner and the dinner took
place last night at the Criterion, the Earl of
Wharncfe presiding There has been some COM
ment on the number and frequency of these public
greetings to Mr.. Irving. He himself. with doubt
full discretion referred to the matter in his speech.
friend of his, he tells us, remarked when he
heard that this dinner was TO gwen, What,
another dinner! We'll, l suppose he's hungry"
And Mr. Irviag avowed himself hungry to meet
his friends. Very many more of his friends than
cared 20 pay, or could pay, two guineas $40
head for dinner would join in welcoming him.