New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-11
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
LITTLE ENGLISH INTEREST IN THE PANAMA
CANAL

PAPAL ARBITRATION Lri1S" A'' 80"
RINeroN IN PRISON - STARTLING
auReLARY THE cHAMBER1 Ar'-s
wxIcoMED-MR. HALLIwEI.-
PHILLIPs's BEoUEsTs.
ypY CABLE TO THE rRIBUYE.J
oDSrsght; 1880: BY The Feo York Tribune.
rondon. Jan lO.-The English trouble them
selves littk about the Senate resolution touching
the Panama Caral. and few journals discuss it
panama is not our funeral is what the English
would say il they knew American. The only
serious comment have seen Is in The Manches@r
Guardian ever slert in matters commercial. lhao
Journal seems to behave there is more IN tne
resolution than meets the ear. inc Senaoe' III
e. or,;n,on means. not only to crowd out Europe,
but TO encourage America whether as Gov
ernment or by private enterprise. to take over
canal from the bankrupt company ana nm
A. rerhaus with subsidy from the America
Government Colonel Rives is named as active
in this new move. "Thc Guardian neither favors
nor opposes such project nor Is there any pres
emit sisn that England would stir should Panama
unss into American hands The French OF course
would clamor but neither is it very cieor on what
cround tbey could do more than clamor. The
crow of the Gallo cock is Just now subdued TO
such tones as please the German ear.
Mr., Gladstone has written another letter on the
Roman question. but the public are still as FAR OIL
as ever from knowing his real mind. lie com
plains that the original letter to the Marquis De
Rso was private, and calls for the original text
Meantime he feels certain he has not recommended
that the restoration Of the Popes temporal do
min,on in Italy should be made subject OF In
transitional arbitration. Again the question re-
curs what then did he recommend to arbitration
Meantime letters and kilograms from home,
anne of them said to be urgent exprr ssions o.
alarm. pour in upon him at Naples. fernaps
their result may be read in telegram from
Rome. which gives glimpse from the other slde
There was, says this telegram. great JOY and nope
at the Vatican There was belief that Mr.. Glad
stone was about to intervene in behalf OF the
Pope. not perhaps to make him master OF Italy, put
possibly to give him back Rome. These hopes nave
been dashed to the ground as suddenly as they
were raised. The Pope once more bows bis mead
to the inevitable. and perceives that his nscuer
is not to appear in the person of the grand old
English hereto.
The treatment of Mr. Edward Harrington in
prison has become matter OF newspaper comment.
He is subjected to the ordinary prison rules, wears
prison clothes picks oaSum. is dieted Tor three
DAYS ON bread and water. and will sleep for
month on a plank bed ALI this was known be-
forehand; Mr. Harrington courted it all. and re-
offence on condition of not repeating It, None
the less is fierce outcry set up by his friends,
both Irish and English. He is being Mandc-
villedin cries Mr.. O'Connor. who may always be
quoted with pleasure. They force him to ride
on an outside car. dressed In shameful livery.
They are wearing out his body by harsh and
cruel treatment They are wearing out his mind
by solitary confinement. They are killing both
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has been cut off. and deems this personal out
rage and indgnity for which defence is possible
Yesterdays burglary has startled London al
most as much as murder, and murder may prove
The result. The new Chief of Police. not many
days since. issued warning to London house
holders much in the tone Of Zadkiers Almanac:
Burclaries may be expected about this time
The burglars have taken him at bis word Atkins
House at Musweil Hill seems to have been threat
ened before, and was known to be defended by
armed and resolute men, Yet the burglars proved
as well armed and resolute as they. What shocks
Londoners is the readiness with which these RUIZ
fans used their revolvers and the almost military
urecision of their tactics. They fired the instant
they saw themselves discovered and wounded
dangerously if moi mortally, the son OF the owner
The police turned up half an hour after the burg
lars had got clear off. Nobody knows what is
going TO happen neXt Dut tne panic III INC NiciuS
of Muswell Hill is considerable.
Tho ceremony OF welcome and giving of gifts
70 Mr.. and Mrs Chamberlain were duly transacted
AZ Birmingham Some of his old friends who are
no longer friends make wry faces over this friendly
demonstration by his feliow-townsmen. but there
Is no doubt that the Libe raj Unionist leader and
his bride were most cordially received. Mr.
Chamberlain's speech overhows with pride in the
result Of what he calls his private diplomacy in
America. He frankly admits the failure OF his
public Diplomacy, but none the less reioices in
his belief in American friendship In his speech
Yesterday be announced that he means to live and
to die Commoner If live.' said the Radical
leader. stc the age Of Methuselah. l shall wish
and shall accept no hjgher honor than that OF
being Member for Birmingham" 30 Mrs.
Chamberlain can never be My Lady, gows an
astopished Tory.
The Shakespeare SGeisty Of New-York receives
proof Of the late Mr. Halliwell-Philnpssr regard In
the shape of electroplates eectros or wood-blocks
and wood blocks Ali these OF which he died
possessed he leaves to his American disciples lie
beoueaths 300 bound volumes of autograph letters
to the University OF Edinburgh His unfivalled
collection Of Shakespcarean rarities goes to the
Corporation Of Buckingham. If they like to pay
$4,000 for them His library is left to bis
nephew. The public profits only indirectly by his
sifts. no public institution getting any part OF
- irnruense collection. G. w. s.