New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-15
IRELAND'S SORRY PLIGHT.
LANDLORDS THINK. 1T NEVER WAS WORSE
THAN NOW.
- POLICY OF IMB%CiLITy LORD ABERDEEN's
INDIAN ToUR.-LORD ROsEBERY-LApY
COLIN cAMrBKLLs TRIUMPH
THE LAURRATE's NEW
VOLUME.
ipY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.

THE LAUREATES NEW
VOLUME.
my CABLE 10 THE TRIBUNE
Copyriont, 1886. North american cable T'~s co.
LONDON, Dec. 14.-An Irish landlord OF hiGh
character en- position tells me that Ireland never
from the Ian lords point Of view. was in worse
G. eniition than now. They would have KNOWN
what to EXPECT had Mr.. Gladstone's Home kule
hiu nassed. and whatever may be their political
opinions, there are few Irish landowners VINO
would not have rcoiccd at the OPT ortunity to turn
over their estates to somebody else. They woud
have been content however had the present
Government adopted what they think to be the
only alternative policy and adhered to 1t; out
now nobody knows whether they have policy
nor whose it is Lord Randolph Churchill is
leader to-day, Lord Salisbury tomorrow. Lord
Asbbourne has his way one week. Sir Michael
Hicks Reach the next. "The result OF this In
decision says the landlord whom quote rs a
Icy of imbecility.' lie insists that Dublin
Caste could easily have chccl<mated Mr. Dinons
plan Of camraign at the start. or could do so even
now II it would act with decision. Wherever the
Cove, nmcnt give the land ords help opposition
rollarses but no landlord knows whether he can
rev OH their helm or not They give 1t here ana
refuse It there in circumstances practically iden-
tical The tenants. he declares, have shown
great reluctance to adopt the plan OF Mr.. Dillon
u
discouraged but the Government strengthen their
hands and tolerate them, and allow Mr. Dillon
to treat courts and Castle with open contempt
The prosecution is farce, and nothing brings au-
tho ity into such contempt as pr secutlon whlch
fails This. lie believes. will be practically
failure whatever may be the decision OF the
court an that is the point on which MIR. Dillon
agr cs with him.
The journey Of the Earl OF Aberdeen late VICE
roy of Ireland TO India. it is supposed. VIII
prohably qualify him for the Indian Viceroyalty.
the most splendid of all the prizes in the Gift OF
the English Go crnment Like tie Roseberys.
the Earl and Countess Of Aberdeen begin their
In Ian tour as guests OF Lord Reay the present
30 ernor OF Bombay. and Lady Reay. who have
made the Cove nor's house moro brilliant and
popular than it has lately been The report OF
Lord Roscbcry's immediate return is probably
basclcss The Liberal minority in the House or
Lords will get on very well at the beginning OF
the session un1er the easy leadership OF LORI
Gran ille II Lord RosebeIy cuts short his tour
which was not expected to end before March
il will he because Mr. GLADSTONE wants him here
for G. Insulation The list of friends whose adj
vice and ornon The Liberal leader really values is
now very short one. Lord Rosebery is the
only member left of the sinner Cabinet" Lord
la tin ton hay in, gone over to the enemy. Lord
Granville being out OF touch Of public opinion
and Il Earl Of Dalhouse. who has returned
from Gibraltar. still suffering from insomnia
The evidcnre of the last two DAYS in Lady
Colin Campbels behalf has turned the current
OF cencl al opinion in her favor. Her own tcs
timony made q great impression the profcs-
sional mini Mr.. Locllwooods very clever and
dangerous cross examination failed to shake her
on a single roint. Yesterdays alibi as against
The Purfeet story which Lord Colin mainly
relied seems complete. and many other minor
points also disposed OF
Lord Tennysons new volume meets with but
cold reception f. ON the critics. Only the Tory
Dr'an unc. nsciously grateful. perhaps. for the
poets Toryism pluclSs up courage to say that It's
favorable expectations are sicnally fulfilled IN the
"New Locl1slcy Hall" "Ihe hatred and CON
TEMPT which Lord Tennyson feels Tor the mouth
ing politicians AMI cant of the democracy finds
saws "The Standard "ful.cst expression But
the ranturc Of admiration which pervades this
notice finds no echo elsewhere. Most people
feel as they struggle through these latest stanzas
that Lord Tennyson's Cnce inimitable delcacy
and precision Of diction have given place to con
ccits to O, er-elaboration and to false ornament
and his best friends wish him TO publish no more
The on Ion Chamber OF Commerce. the most i'm
portant body in the Kin dom, emphatically IN
tolicy. and the Glasgow Chamber OF Commerce
where the hostility was supposed to be greatest
refl scs to condemn him. The Cunard AMI White
Star companies seize the opportunity to reduce
their New-York sailings from weekly to fort
ni htly doubtless thus saving money during the
dun season. The Cunarders have already begun
runnin, their old boats.
The Roberts North billiard match came to an
end Saturday miinight, amid q scene of excite
ment to which there has been rarallcl in recent
years. The hall crowded and hundreds were
O., ned away. Roberts. at first nearly thou an
points behind. PLAYED with w nderful nerve and
skill an came finally within ll6 points when
North ran out by nuke and so won. The
billiard world regards Roberts's performance as
uncauared, but North pocketed the stakes with
the remark that he had wish TO play the cham
pion again