New-York tribune., 1889-11-07
NOTES FROM LONDON.
GLEANINGS FROM MIR. GLADSTONE Avn
OTHER CELEBIITIEs-MR. GEORGE
RUSSELL AS THE FRIEND
OF VIRTUE

| In his elaborate way the publication and n,o
muigauon OF the ugliest emblems that were eve,
placed In the hands Of the British people, n.
adds small piece Of autobiography: ma
| myself-it Is very bumilating confession :.
have to make-to have a weakness that eJ ,,o
| If had lot of silver. always to keep back -,
new coins to the last Now have compls,o,.
| changed that practice. If have now ANY na.
CONS among the old ones shoot off the new onos
So do most people / imagine, with the on.
cept,on above referred to- the Queen. II I. a.
Queen who is responsible for the ugliness Of ~.
diverse of these amazing products of the Br,I
Mint. The medallst was Mr.. Boehn .sa
strictly speaking, is not medallist at all D..
! "a sculptor of high merit. He WIS comma,S.,
10 design a new head of Her Majesty TO reph..
the youthful one which had done duty for a..
| years. unchanged. He submitted many dessn,
many of them good. and one or TWO very sn,
Her Majesty. whose taste in art is peculiar. wosd
none of them. In despair; Mr.. Boehm drp,v
the horrd effgy we now see. The very things
cried the Queen with Joy, and thus it was tba,
the present coinage settled. Mr. Gladstone
| holds the Ministry responsible and no doubt thov
are Lbe Queen can do wrong. But uher,
Is the Minister, present or past who would hav,
cared TO oppose the Queen such n matter AZ
this, or to tell her that she was not tie best
| Judge OF own likeness in silver and gold?
The same speech contains an example Of Mr.
Gladstones. style. which submit to the curious
in such matters:
Il am afraid it would not be too much to say
that according to appearances-I do not say tha,
we are yet provided with fulness of knowledge
but that according 10 appearances it mav be that
the standing misgo, ernment of Turkey may be a
unl tba Of
1t may be that t!ls sentence may be meant as
q menace to Turkey, but 1 do not say that we
are yet provided with fulness of knowledge as
to what is passing in Mr. Gladstone's mind on the
subject of Turkey any other subject and
| am afraid it would be too much TO say that ac-
cording &c appearances there may be some def
mite meaning in it. to which he may be. or here
after ought to be, pinned.
Sir George Trevelyan is Of opinion that Lord
Harrington. in alleging that MIR. Gladstone lei
the Liberal party to disaster and defeat in lscS
passed the limits of political controversy. Sir
George is sensitive and the limits OF political
controversy oa the Irish question have not yet
been defined with precision Mr.. Chamberlain
was thought to have oversepped these iuctuatins
boundaries when he accused MIR. Gladstone Of
obtaining votes for Home Rule by bribery. Then
he told Mr. Chamberlain that this statement was
"a calumnious falsehood? No man. added Sir
William. knows that better than the man who
made the statement" There was other language
hardly less strong Mr. Cbamberain's chalc,s
are if you accept Sir Williams account of them,
nothing but the vindctive railing of bai.ed
politician. who sanders the friend he has left
and the party ne has betrayed The per-
GIN IaPp
and Mr.. Chamberlain have thus far. spite OF
some pretty hot broadsides, remained friendly.
Sir William goes to stay with Mr. Chamberlain
at Highbury and Mr. Chamberlain returns the
visit at Malwood, and each has an American
wife, and the two wives both came from Boston.
What is to happen now? If Mr.. Chamberlain
accuses Sir William Harcourt of being concerned
in bribery, and Sir William replies that Mr.
Chamberlain is a liar-for that is what it comes
to-will they go on exchanging hospitalites and
amiabilities just the same? There were signs
last summer of some softening of that social
hostility which had divided London. But social
intercourse with the decanters flying about the
table is difficult
Other Gladstonian opponents Of Mr. Chamber
lain have taken less enient view tLan Sir
William of what they deem his offences. One o.
the most distinguished of them has refused 70
enter his house since the split He will still
speak to his old associate, and they discuss the
weather and other such exciting topics, and
neither of them walks out OF the room if The
other enters. But neither crosses the threshOd
OF the other. In at least matters have
gone further than this, and there is a tot
breach between Mr.. Chamberlain and founa
Cabinet colleague. They pass each other wit
out recognition in the loose social slang d
Md Donr
who wish to be disa greeable remind the Birmins
ham ex-Mayor that he has consultations; that
he has Joined. in his own too well remembercS
phrase, 81 the gentlemen of England that tb
society of Dukes and DuGhesscs is his; whist
more could he want? 1t does not seem clG
that anything is gained by this sort of railing
that the cause of the Union on one side 9 Of
Home Rule on the other y, much advsnced
the rancor sometimes shawn by the parisn
of both.
Sir William Harcourt, indeed, always liked pan ii
speaking inconvenient as extreme painness sone
times proves amid the vicssituds Of ponue
When oontesting Oxford in 1850, he was attacks
by Sir Robert Peel, then a Conservative, ana
retorted upon him with enargy The passage nov
does duty at Brighton, where Sir Robert is s,sna
ing as candidate of the Gladistonian party "f"
know of him. said Sir William, :" is tha'
has disipated great inheritance and dsnOnO..s
great name" This, or something at sio,s.
length, of which this is the essence, IS wnA' -.
Tories circulate as a leafet at Brighton DO" W.
Sir Robert has changed siies And the resuI
the contest seems to show that Brighton ~ va
with the Sir William of $50 rather 'n'
the Sir William of to-day.
What.a relief TO find now and then 49, rSsr,s
humor still left in the Irish patriot hu,
Thompson is not an Irish name, but e' a.,
the man himself is Irish. lie was sunmo aa
Juror in the Gweedore trials MY D''D
Thomas Thompson, / wish you 10 eN. ,,ay
from serving for am suffering from s''"
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