New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-18
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
n WEEK OF SENSATIONS IN THE PARNELL
TRIAL

n WEEK OF SENSATIONS IN THE PARNELL
TRIAL
pMINoUs WORK IN FRANCE-HoNoRs TO THE
HEROIC EMPRESS Observation-Disclosures
AIRY ToPIcs-vINDIcATING SIR CHARLES
wARREN-MR. BRIGur's HEALTH-LoHD
TENNYsoN LIKELY TO RECovER-
PROFESSOR HUXLEY-LITERARY
NOTES.-THE PRINCE OF WALES
AND "NADJY."
BIT CABLE THE TRIBUNE
Copyright: 1885, BY The Ne'c- York Tribune
London, Nov 1.-THE political news from
France is depressing to those who would wish
to see the Republic successful and respected In
Europe. The Committee on Revision OF the
Constitution have voted in favor OF aboiishng
both Senate and Presidency. They want no check
on dem ocracy. no constitutional safeguards against
the dictatorship of a single Assembly. They re-
gard the American Republic Old-fsshloned and
reactonary. They want, in short. another Con-
yention, another Jacobin conquest. The presence
of General Boulanger in the background as the
Bonaparte of the period seems to assure everybody
that there is no danger Of another Caesar But
che Marquis De Bretenil has practically come
out for General Boulanger. rs the Bonspartsts
have. The Marquis is leading Royahs1 ana
no means disowns him
The civilities to be offered to the Dowager
Empress Frederick on her arrival on Monday are
OF a very marked kind. The Prince of Wales
goes all the way to Flushing to meet his sister.
The Queen journeys from Windsor to Fort VIC
toria and there goes on board yacht to welcome
her daughter and escort her to Windsor. Inc
Germans will interpret this most unusual cere-
mony as meant once more to emphasize the dis
like of the English Royal family to the Emperor
and to keep open the quarrel between him and
his mother.
1t is now certain that the great struggle OF the
session is to be on tie new Land bill The Min
istry gave notice on Thursday that it should In
troduce bill for extending Lord Ashbournes
Act. | have explained before that this act is ds-
liked by the Home-Rulc party, as tending to quiet
agitation, but it has worked well and is popular
with the tenants. 1t help, to transform tenants
into owners. To oppose it is, therefore, dangerous
Mr. Gladstone, however, offers an alternative
scheme, dealing with arrears and further revising
rents The Government will, Of course, support
and carry their measure, about which no
difference of opinion exists between the Tories
snd Liberal-Unionsts but there will be warm
work the next fortnight
This weeks debate on the Civil Service esti-
mates in the House of Commons contains some
interesting reading for American Civil Service
reformers Mr. Jennings put up by Lord
Randolph Churchill to set forth some fragrant
abuses both of expenditure and patronage. You
will find some of your late colleagues hgures
worth attention. Lord Randolph summed them
up as a state of things amounting to more than
a public scandal; amounting to National dis
grace. 1t was absolute malversaton of public
money on a large scale. 1t was outrage on the
taxpayer. II was absolute brigandage;-a state
ment which the House received with laughter
So they did Lord Randolphs accusation that all
Governments pursued the same hereditary tactics
delIdin1 humbugging and battling the House OF
Commons in such matters. No serious answer
was offered to these charges, and the money was
voted, as usual
The Parnell Commission has sat but three days
this week and has made no great progress Sir
James Hannen has more than once expressed his
impatence at the way in which testimony is
given, but nothing can hurry Mr.. Murphy or Mr.
Atkinson, who examine in chief most OF the Wit
nesses 1t has, however, been week OF sensa-
fions The evidence Of those who suffered from
outragcs has been supported by those who per-
petraed them. MannIOn and Flaherty are nov
elites in English courts They swore with cool
ness to the commission of horrible crimes. Man
and Fenian. Flaherty svowed himself Moon
lighter with murder in his programme; he too was
member of the Land League. Paying rent or
taking land from which a member OF the League
had been evicted was capital offence.
Yesterday there were three or four scenes IN
fbe presence of what might be called orlliianU
bouse. Lady Mountmorres, after testfylng Oh
bsr husbands murder, tainted under Sir Charles
Rnssclrs cross-examinaton. Then came a tussie
between Sir Charles and an Irish peasant witness
whose stubborn cunning was more than 1haoch
for the great lawyers trained ingenuity. lhen'
his temper perhaps little rufled by this defeat
Sir Charles made another effort to alter the
,,urs. of proceedings -Batled In this he sat
aovn with the angry remark that the Judges de-
cision WAS not conducive 10 the ends OF Justice'
~ which Sir James Hannen wisely took no no'ice'
last of all. Mr. T. Harrington, Nj p, who
snnears as one OF the counsel for some OF inc ue-
PENDANTS tried TO appear as 1. witness too or W
contradict what he supposed the witness on ,he
srapd to be saying. He refused 10 ooey Hii ''nos
uonnens repeatcd orders TO be silent contradlcted
him. too. talked him down. and became so vioieh'
,bat the president adjourned the court Tor ten
ro;rrtes Then. under pressure from Slr Charles
pussell Mr.. Harm gton apologized 1t is no secret
.b,+ Mr. Parnell strongly objected to M. mar
r,ne+on,s acting as counsel in the case, dreadlns
90 doubt such scenes as this, which are not help
.r, ,o the Irish cause. But even Mr. Parneil
aoe. not always have his own way
Questions are TO bo asked in the House OF
C.mmons next week abouy the British Minister
At washington and the fisheries, but there IS
/ hear no present disposition TO raise debate
on the Sackvillc incident.
The Dewsbury election affords neither party
cause for great exultation. The Unionists have
Increased their vote rather more than the Home
Rulers. and cut down the Liberal majority by
few hundreds in poll of many thousands. NO