New-York tribune., 1886-01-31
NOTES FROM LONDON.
Mr.. LUCY-MR. STEAD-MR. GLADSTONE
AND MRS. LANGTRY.

AND MRS. LANGIR1.
IRON TIE REGULAR COEREsi ONDENr OF TIE TRBUNEl
LONDON, January Is.
MI Henry w. Lucy, who succeeds Mr.. iii as
Editor Of The Ddily NecS, has long been well known
in Lonlon and provincial journalism. He is known
in America also which he has visited and about
which he has written in a genial temper a genial
temper Is, indeed. one of his characteristics lie
is capable of putting it for time under lock and
kew and does, it must be said, nOurish, and at
times exhibit. some personal preJudlces and even
animosies Traces of them broad traces too, are TO
be found in his Parliamentary work. He is before
all things a Parliament man, as the phrase used to
nm albeit with different meaning. His reputa-
ton was won and has been maintained by sketches
from the House of Commons. He wrote a long
series of such sketches for MI. Yatcss World,
eutitled Under the Clock and for The Observer.
where they were supposed to proceed From the
Cross Benches. "The Essence of Parliament eN-
tractcd from the Diary of Toby NJ. T.. IN Punch is
his and it is in this humorous style that Mr. Lucy
has heretofore shown most originality. To The
Daily Nttrs he has contributed regularly the de
scrptiye Parliamentary Article, which is also 10
some extent a summary Of proceedings. He has
done for the same paper vast deal OF miscellaneous
work almost always fresh accurate and extremely
readable | have met him at Birmingham, at
Edinburgh and elsewhere when Mr.. Bright or Mr..
Gladstone was speak and something more than
\ report was wanted Mr. Lucy has also n corrG-
spondence bureau Of his own. and compOses London
letters for a number of provincial papcrs-the same
letter serving eacn day for them all lie knows
| most of the leading men in the House. and his
industry is sonnet hing marvellous. OF late years lac
has attached himself rather close yto Mr. Chamber
laln. whose speeches he lately edited or rather a
| selection of them.
No man has done better work of It's kind than
| Mfr Lucv but his promotion to the edItorshp of
The Daily NOrs was the less surprise. IL ~
post in which his political know edge and personal
ACQUAINTANCE will be of inestimabe use to him; III
many other respects he has an apprenticeship to
serve and new branch OF his profession to master
The conductor of a great daily paper III Lonuon IL
expected to bring to his duties judgment, breath
of view. seriousness. He ought to be OF much the
same stuif that Cabinet Minister is made of; with,
in addition for this is not deemed ndspensa sable to
| n Cabinet Minister, power of expressing himself
in print with force bTilancy, weight, and. above
| all with conviction This last say with reference
to The Daily Ners the editor Of which Is expected
| 70 write as well rs edit. There is 10 question
| about Mr. Lucy's abilities; the only question Is
| wLeth they viii serve him as well III tins new
| positon as they have in others which made less
demand on a particular set of faculties. Ills first
two editorial articles show, as might be expected, a
want of experience in the art of leader writing,
]
| overnight An editor has TO be not only born, but
| uadc. and Mr. Lucy is yOung enough ana has
| enonqh disability OF mind to master any depart
| uent of journalism to which lac applies himself
Whether his cditorship is to be held upon tho
same conditions as Mr. Hills do not know. II 1t
be. nobody need envy Mr.. Lucy Lis promotion. Mr.
| Hills position was intocrahle position. No
man could do his best when his authority was re-
striced and his control made subject 10 the inter
ference now Of one now Of another proprietor ME-
Iucv is supposed to be more in touch with politics
and politicians. Perhaps he is. lie led OH with a
column of paragraphs in which the gossip OF the
Iohbv was collected Just the sort Of plausible TAX
| which has been supplied to the provinces. Today
this is suspended. Is this the FIRST proprietary
interposltionH Well, Mr. Lucy has an energy ana
elasticity and ! may say t,ughncss OF hhre which
will stand him in good stead i'll the hard hight before
him | wish him well, everybody wishes him well
and there is nothing | should hear with NOR
nleasnre than that he had accepted this edItor<ip
only on condition that he was to have Tree Hand.
Mr. Stead. saws an unfriendly chronicler wanted
20 be editor of The DAILY Aeus. 1t would have
seemed odd t. 90 to Holloway Jail for an editor
Mr. Stead is man of great talents whlch ne nae
thrown away; which have been worse than useless
10 him for want Of good sense and good Judgment
II he has had in times past ambition OF the kind
| made himself impossible. He may have rcpcntec
| of his Maiden Tribute" OF he may not lie Is stl
| editor of The Pail Mall Gazette and is making ~
| effort To observe the dccencles of journalism D
| some of them. But the paper does not find its way
back into houses from which it had been banished
People do not know what Mr.. Stead may do neX' o
say next and do not care to take the rsk III IS III
onnrebens,on of the same kind which will prevent
his being offered the edtorshp of any great journal
Mr. Stead is allowed newspapers in his presen
| seclus,on and NAV have read paragraph published
Yesterday touching his New Crusade MI H. l
Paid has brought an action for libel against Glas
: COW paper for saying that he took part III th
recent notorious investigations oil MT. otead
paper SO this is what il has come to Already
il a libel to say that anybody had anything TO d
,v,.h the enterprise so loudly trumpecd as grea
} humanitarian movement. Tie Crusaders ar
) ashamed-as well they may bc-of the Crusade OIL
Reid was beyond dispute member OF the 10
! famous Mansion House Committee. III lie ala ho
, take part IN the investigations he TOOK part III III
yestigating the Investigations. But IL Is hatuI'
? enonqh that Mr.. Reid, who is lawyer. should no
care 10 be reminded Of his share in the operation
Of a committee distinguished for nothing but goo
intentions and unbounded credulity
A striking remark by Hayward about Mr. CLAD
atone is quoted in a letter to one OF the paper'
, HAYWARD was q friend and admlrer oil Mr' oia'
stone intimately associated with him at some crlt
{ cal periods, aud knew him thoroughly. No ma
was reader with eulogy on the Liberal leader W
re,bor conId he be blind to one trait less deservin
of eulogy "Theres but one iauIt nave 10 ma VIII
! Mr. GlsSstone.D said Hayward. @ho won't look OF
, - al. winaow.u II no had butt looked out of tt
1 window tho other day. lie would have seen enoug