New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-10
LONDON PUT IN MOURNING
BLACK 10 BE WORN FOR THE DUCHESS OF
CAMBRIDGE.
xR. CYRIL FLOWERS PoPuLAR vrcroRy-rHE
sIruATIoN IN BIRMINGHAM-ANoTHER
lIsEL yEapIor-THE MATTHEW
ARNOLD MEMORIAL.
rBY CABLE TO THE TRsBUNE.T

MsEL yEapIcr-THE MATTHEW
ARNOLD MEMORIAL
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Copyright; 1889: By The Ee's- York T'1os'"e.
London, April s.-Four separate offices, or de-
nnrtnents, issue orders with reference to the
mourning for the late Duchess Of Cambridge. The
Iord Chamberlain prcscribes rules of dress for
,ba Court Lord Wolseley, as Acknowledgement
srausmits to the officers Of the Army the queens
or3ers that they wear, when in uniform, band
~ black crane round. the left arm. SThe Lords
commissioners of the Admiralty have received Her
Maiesty's commands to the same enect Tor the
officers Of the Royal Navy. t1naly' tno Earl
Marshal of the realm issues from the Conege Oh
Arms his order. 1t is, specihcaiiy so descrioed'
for a general mourning lt is eApecoeo' says
this great functonary, more commonly Ano"n as
the Duke of Norfolk, that al persons 10 puS
themselves into mourning for oen uays; An
.hssa sa;c,s ,houeh issued only last night bear
t,,s ds,e Of Saturday, April Q, the day Of the
r,rohess,a deaSh. and mourning fs - begin rom
81, 7th So desirouA however. were some OF Hes
s.,sntv,s subjects 20 express theiS grief for tas
ssatb az Her Masesty's sunss that thsy donaAd
suit. Of cable on Saturday evening Pnncess
Marv. dauehtss Of the late Duchess, was 70 have
aiusd that evening with Lord and Lady Stanhope
N Grosvenor Place. OF course she did not dine,
h,s nj the party which followed tho dinnsr-which
the other guests did attend-most Of the ladies
nresent were in black. At Mrs Adair's, In
curzon-st.. scarcely black dress was to be seen,
albeit Mrs. Adair's guests were tho saartest OF
the smart.
Itls. I think, felt that the Queen pushes these
mourning observances somewhat far. There is
for Her Majesty a true luxury Of woe. The
Duchess of Cambridge was an interesting person.
age. who filed in times past considerable posi-
tion The public concerns itself about her, not
ms the daughter of the Landgrave Of Hesse-Casseb
hut as wife to the last surviving son Of George
the Third, himself dead these forty years She
could talk well, loved music, and had charity ana
no multitude of sins for 1t to cover.
The most solemn question of the moment next
after the Duchesss death, is whether the horse
on which Mr.. Cyril Flower won his Parliamentary
steeplechase last week was, or was not named
Home Rule. Perhaps the real question is whether
IL was so named before or after winning. The
evidence is of the most conflicting kind, as SO
often happens where owners are concerned what
ever be the truth, Mr.. Flowers is most popular
victory personally, rs there is no law in England
which prevents a man from calling his horse what
he likes.
Birmingham may stand third. There, too, Home
Rule is concerned. The depth of the pohucai
schism in the Unionists of that city is shown by
the action of Mr. Rowlands, chairman OF the e1ecu-
tive committee of the Birmingham Conservative
Association. He refuses to support Mr. Bright
and resigns his chairmanship This gentleman
knows how TO state case. He says: We had
compact with the local leaders Of the Unionist
Liberals that Lord Randolph Churchill was to be
the Unienist candidate for the Central Division.
They repudiats the compact and ask us TO support
Mr. Bright, whom they hastily brought out with
out our approval or CONSENT And SO Mr. Row
lands repudiates the repudiaton tells his friends
that they are cutting their own threats hy sup
porting Mr.. Bright, and marches to the rear with
oolcrs flying and drums beating There seems
really some chance in these circumstances that
Mr. Beale may be elected. 1t was supposed that
the Tory soreness would wear OF in the presence
of the enemy, but 1t does not. So enraged are
the Tories against Mr. Chamberlain that his en-
gagement to speak for Mr.. Bright tomorrow is in
abeyance. His own friends In his own city, where
last week his supremacy was almost unchallenged,
doubt whether he could safely appear on the plat
form. Lord Randolph, who was asked to take
part In the canvass, has declined. He prefers the
climate of Newmarket. where he spends the week
70 witness the Craven Meeting. Racing for the
moment interests him more than politics.
The finding of the Sultan court-martial is a sur
mise to the public. Captain Rice is adiudged in
uocent of negligence, but guilty of default-a Curl
ousfy nice distinction for sea-lawyers He ran his
hip upon an unknown rock. not marked on the
Admiralty chart This, In the opinion of the
court constituted an error Of judgment for which
Captain Rice is reprimsnded and practically ruined
He had however. stranded another ship seven
years ago and the naval wits have now christened
him Ground Rice"
That portion of the English press which favofs
ee trade In libel is seandazed by sti another YER
diet against their pet doctrine A Jury has awarded
81 500 against = The Fra for describing dance
at The Brighton A1hambra ss "a disgusting
exhibition The Eras errs usually on
the side Of lcniency rather than sever
Ity, but the Jury thought this criticism unjust and
the victims Of it entitled to indemnity. There
upon comes great outcsy from the greatest OF
all journalistic offenders against public decenoy.
Much nonsense is talked about iuries having un-
Emitted discretion, honest criticism being impossi-
bic, and SO on. The respectable papers take no
psrt IN this.
A really serious question Is, however, raised
by yesterdays decision Of the Law Lords that
the paper publishing judges charge is answer
able for libel should the judges statement Of fact
or opinion be partial or unfair. This does not
sound az II the judges had great confidence in
each other. II is probably good law, but suoh
bad common sense that the law win presently
be altered by Parliament
The Memorial Fund to Matthew Arnold now
amounts to about $4,000. A meeting Of sub
scribers is to be held on Friday next in the
Jerusalem Chsmber, Westminster Abbey, 70 con-
ssdsr what is to be done with the money, and to
examine designs for a memorial to be placed in
the Abbey. BY far the greater portion of the
fund win be assigned to Mrs. Arnold. Mac
niIlans have just published volume containing
selections from Arnold's Educational Reports, O
...ia.x "a .-lt.h L. xxraa ynagter Readers Win