New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-08
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
o,tLoNs SPEECH sTARTLES THE ENGLISH
LIBERALS.

oILLONS SPEECH STARTLES THE ENGLioh
LIBERALS.
rvntfsH APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENTS MkssAdE
THE CAMPBELL DIVORCE CASE NEARING
THE END-ACTIoN AGAINST THE
CUSARD coMPANY-CAP FIT, CAP
wEAR-DRAMArIC NOTES.
by CABLE TO THE TRiPUNE)
IoypoN Dec7. The two features OF the irsu
.;tnatiou are the sudden energy with whlch Tue
National Leagues plan OF campaign Is oeNo'o"'ns'
and the alarm which Dlon's and OBriens pro-
ce.dinu, cause among the English Liberals
O,Ryien's excursion to Cork was signalzed py
rsmarkable speech and an open declaration OF the
,netboa bv which he means to bring the LANDLORDS
IN terms The most ingenious part IS perhaps. that
by which all the costs incurred by the tenants h
resisting evIctons TO be paid out OF inc rents
in the hands of the trustees. Mr.. Diloh goes sun
further and threatens vengeance whenever tno
parpellites come into power those baifs. judges
md police who now execute the law. ms 10 wha'
startles the English Liberals 1he Dd'y Ne'os
appeals to Mr. Dillon to withdraw his threats anu
urges the Nationalist party to repuaiate 'nen''
aIf he does not the English democracy" says this
,orrnal swill never Subscribe to policy OF
revenge, Archbishop Walshs complaint about
;nrv hacking has been speedily followed by what
The Pail Mall Gazette considers the viudication OF
the Castle authorities Protestants and Cathohcs
oual,ied to ac. as jurors nearly equal ana their
number on the panel are also nearly equal
President Clevelands Message has been received
nv the English press with that chorus of applause
which they habitually bestow on his efforts.
Tories Liberals and Independents vie with one
another In praisinc his moderation good sense ana
statesman-like qualities Thy have done their
best TO extract from his financial proposals some
hints of a policy favoring free trade as against
what The Daily Neos politely calls the insatisp'e
preed of protection" but British hopes that
America :neaus to adopt British IDEAS are growing
faint. They recognize the concliatory tone i'll
which the President discusses the fisheries question,
Int no more concern is here expressed than IS
thought civil to Canada
"a horrid scandal is what Mr.. Justice Butt
himself calls tue Colin Campbell case. Ihis
iudcial protest does not shorten by one line or
relieve from one single horror the newspaper re-
ports of the trial Lord Collins appearance yester-
dav in the witness-box is supposed to indicate
that the end of the testimony for that side is some
where in sight. Before he came TO the front his
attempt to kidnap his wife IN Paris had peen
proved by his own witnesses. The DUKE OF Argyll
lends tie moral weight of his own unbiehished
character to his son. The new witness CONSIST
chiefly of the professional detectives who dogged
Lady Colin on the Continent and the solicitor vino
employed them. There was no hearing to-day.
The refusal OF the Cunard Company to allow the
Post Oihce 10 put three mail bags aboard the
II,,bria seems TO have convinced the authorities
that they must meet boldly the high-handed policy
habituay pursued by that company. lhe fost
Once has the legal right to send mails by any
English ship and the company incurs a penalty of
n thousand dollars for each refusal The Govern
ment bas still simpler means of enforcing coin
pliance by Withholding clearance from the vessel
till the mails are aboard. This sulkiness had
already cost the Cunar1eIs some Cf that spurious
sympathy bestowed them by the pubic. Ihe
Post Office has the game in its own hands IL IL mas
the courage to play it, The Government applied
in court this morning for leave to serve short
notice of process against the Cunard Company,
and as it was the Solicitor-General vino appeared
the Government evidently means business.
The persecution against Mr.. Burnand, Editor OF
Punch. has been abandoned Mr. Gent DAVIS,
NJ p publishes letter from MI. MllKen, inc
writer of the article in Punca on Mrs Gore JENKINS
saving that he intended aIluson to Mrs Gent
Davis This is prec sely what Mr.. Bnrnand told
him before. Mr.. Gent Davis is now in the slightly
ridiculous position of an ovsranxIous husband who
fitted OH his wife a bead-cap never meant for her.
The position of the public prosecutor who author
lied proceedings something moRe than ridiculous.
MI. loOc pIouuCo" NOV P'0'@ '' o w.
titled "The Butler" by Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Merivale The piece is devoid of literary merit
and bui:t ON very old-fashioned lines; but 1oole
carried it through with his usual 90 and broad
humor.
Mr. Irving's alterations aud additions in Faust"
now on trial some weeks, are not considered I'M
mixed improvements His Own acting with the
new Martha of Mrs. Chppendale lacks some OF
tine refinement which he preserved with Mrs. Ster-
ling in the uost equivocal situations. The Kitchen
scene wants animation but the immense success
OF the play continues.
The American Minister has Deen confined some
DAYS to the house by sharp attack of lumbago.
which has. however, not prevented bis attention TO
business lie is no " much better. G. W. S.