New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-03
LONDON NOTES.
EUGENE SCHUYLER-S1R RICHARD WALLAOh
THE MDOUGALL AND HIS CON
FEDERATES-VESTRY 10y
ALTY-NONELISTS
PROFITS

ALTY-NOVELISTS'
PROFITS.
London, July %.
,Ua Loco In Encrne SCHUYLER one of the best
oublic servants America had. lie was type OF
the Kind of man who ought to abound in our
Civil Service and does not. l would speak Oh
the dulomatic service. If we had one, ana refer
in fact only TO so much Of the American 'lVli
Service as is carried elsewhere than al home'
and 10 those servants who lie abroad for the good
or as the case may be- for the Ill, oi thet COUNTY
We have many able men; we have rev OF en-
pcricrce, few who spend time enough ABROAD 10
become really useful 10 the full extent o' thelr
capacity There was once Secretary OF Legation
in Iondon who remained at his post during seven
Teen vrars-Mr. Moran. The present Secretary,
Mr.. Henry White. has been here for some years,
and was Secretary at Vienna before he came 70
England q most accomplished and capable Official
But they are the exceptions.
The idea Of rotation in Office seems to have got
possession Of the American mind as If Office were
a thing 70 be conferred and withdrawn for the
personal advantage of the holder, Of some other
holder, or some competitor. The doctrine tha' II
is public trust and that the public advantage,
and that only, ought 10 he considered in ming
all civil posts. belongs l suppose, 10 academic
well In a nlatforrn. but when the man who stands
on the platform finds himself In position 10 give
effect to tho hedges does he? Or does lie often
Never I supposr Systematically: and without
sysema tic application Of the doctrine IL is OF tte
use Certain il Is that it. has never been applied
OH any system 10 diplomatic appointments, nor
TO consular.
Mr. Schuylcr's was case in point lie had a
wide knowledge of affairs in the Balkan Peninsula
the most difficult politics Of Europe, and was made
consul at Birmingham in the Midlands OF England.
Could there DC better illustration of the linita-
tons which circumstances impose on the discretion
and good sense of the State Department at wash
ingtnn? No doubt he was a good consul, and,
alike at Birmingham and, by another odd tran
sition, at Rome; and wherever he happened 80 be
sent, did excellent work. The Department dld,
at least, keep him. and chose such places for him
as it could His last post that of Consul-Grncral
in Egypt, was one for which he was extremely
well fitted, Consuls-G General in Egypt are prac-
tically Ministers, with very large powers. Schuyler
knew as we'll as anybody the peculariticS OF
Oriental methods He had studied them in ST.
Petersburg, which is half Oriental, in Bucharest,
in Central Asia and elsewhere. Cairo is a great
centre of diplomacy, at once Oriental ana
European. 1t is, unhappily, a centre also OF
malaria. Tie conditions Of life in that capital
are-cven since it has been Observation-Disclosures
unhealthy, and sometimes poisonous. They have
proved fatal 10 Schuyler. and whoever knew him
is now lamenting the untimely death OF a man
who was not only skilled Minister, but one who
attached friends TO him by many amaOle and
admirable traits of character He was kindly,
generous, agreeable good talker, with large
stores Of Renaissance 10 draw upon, man OF the
world, yet not cynical; student. in the sense
L. riN. c,,lin 0,,1
master many. His Life Of Peter the Great is
a book which contains all that is known about
that eccentric and energetic creature; and is as
readable as any such book can be The author of
it has a permanent place in biographical literature
But Schuyler will be remembered by his friends
for what he was as well as for what he did; and
both they and his official chiefs will he AZ loss
where TO turn in search Of his counterpart.
Sir Richard Wallace's death is q Sudden one, and
the general feeling about il Is rather striking.
lie was an Englishman, who lived the greater
part of his life abroad, yet never forgot his native
land or became a Frenchman in feeling. He was
SO far French as TO take a sympathetic interest
in the people among whom be dwelt. They
profited by his large charities, and since in that
country charity on large scale is no, so common
as it is here, Sir Richards generosity seemed 10
them the more remarkable. Perhaps 1t even
carried him a certain portion of gratitude. When
he gave a SUN of $4,000 10 the poor Of Paris
during the siege of le70-'7l lie was thought
prodigy of uberality; still more when he founded
the Hcrtford Hospital at q cost of nearly million.
lie gave Also his time and services not less freely
Here in London he possessed mansion in Man
chester Square, the fame Of which is worldwide
by reason of its gallery. There was no other
gallery in England like it; none with pictures Of
such quality belonging 10 various schools Of
which the best examples are more commonly seen
abroad than In England. II was fine piece OF
Hne feeling to lend this priceless collection 10
Bcthnal Green, so that the poor of the Fast End
Of London light, for in their lives some
hing of q rare and beautiful art, never likely to
oc known TO them otherwise, or TO DE visible TO
them again. Art was, perhaps, the one thing he
most cared for. His father, the late Marquis OF
IIertford-if indeed he were Sir Richards father
aught him to love pictures, and left him his
wonderful galleries at his death, with an immense
fortune besides. So immense was II that when
Sir Seymour Hamilton contested the Will, the
estate scarcely felt the loss of tie million and q
half paid by way of compromise. II one were 10
set out 20 describe the singular incidents in the
relations between Lord Hartford and Sir Richard
the story would he a long one, and there was
much In Lord llertfordS lie winch c0nld not Dc
described at all. But this is not the time to he
going back into those dingy periods Nothing Is
said of Sir Richard which is not to his credit
The McDougall Is not without worthy allies
in the London County Council Three of them
are the Rev Fleming Williams, the Rev. Hugh
b. Chapman. and Mr. Ieachcroft name then
on the authority OF Captain Moeswor;h. chairman
and managing director of the Aquarium. who has
addressed 10 Lord Ross berry, as Chairman OF tho
London County Council, letter Of protest against
the attacks on the Aquarium by these three curl
Gus colleagues OF his. Their utterances. says Cap
tain Wordsworth, both injurious 10 the Aqua
rum Company and in5olent to the directors. AnC