New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-15
>. MARCH IL, 1891 9l.-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES

a great deal OF trainc DS rOau anu ToIl' 'uH'
trains have been blocked, some telegraph lines
were down, a certain number Of cabmcn, usually
plying for hire. have stayed indoors The weather
along the coast more severe and the gale on
Monday night did some damage and kept most
Of the Channel steamers in port The papers talk
of blizzard and hurricane. | crossed from
Calais to Dover that afternoon, tie passage oc-
cupying four hours instead of the usual seventy
minutes. Most of this tine spent in trying
TO get into port. 1t was nasty weather, but was
nothing family resembling "A blizzard, nor was
the sea very heavy. Tie gale increased LATER
but would have attracted little attention in
America The worst weather of all has been in
the Southwest Of England. No trains from Ply
mouth reached London for two days. There has
been lamentable loss of life from wrecks on the
coasts of Cornwall and DevOnshire.
Whether it will be possible TO live in London
for the next few years seems at present an open
question. Some very powerful persons are doing
their best to make this capital an impossible resi-
dence Sir Edward Watkin is one. That mighty
autocrat has a scheme in hand for running the
whole northwest of London, through which he
proposes to run r,w railway from Manchester
There is no other excuse for this project than Sir
Edwards unsatisfcd ambition. The three cUstlnS
companies connecting London with the North OF
England will not give their rival what he thinks
is n fair share of business, hence this new com
petition in absolute disregard of public interests
The Central London Railway is another enter
prise whose directors are now before farha-
mcnt for authority 10 turn some OF inc
chief tboroughfares of this city upside down.
The third most mischcvous of all, perhaps Is
the intended subway through kcnsington Gardens
This IS partly job in the interest OF the Alper'
Hall. which is in difficulties partly an eHor'
of the Great Western and other railways 10
carry their traffic southward. II means. III any
case. irrcparablc injury 10 the finest lntrahui"i
woods in the world. The system by which private
bills are engineered through Parliament is such
that it is very doubtful whether the most Streh"-
Gus private opposition will succeed in defeating
any Of these measures.
The passage Of the American Copyright bill, here
wholly unexpected at the last has been received
in shopkecpng spirit. We ought not indeed
70 EXPECT much laudation for what IS, after ALL
only an act of common honesty. After stealing
English books for several generations, we nave
voted that we will steal no more IT. IS not dc,l'h'
bed rcucntancc but il certainly comes TOO h'e
10 be graceful on our part or - enlltlc us 10 inc
admiration of the universe These, however dIc
reflections more proper for us u MAKE thah lor 'nc
English. ana Sdcn EngIlSh achIlo" i'"7'"'''' 49,
have appeared in print are of the Grudglng' not
10 sav earning, order The view taken Is IN" CON
n,crcial view The English seem 20 care less about
the English author whose rights are now Tor the
first time 10 be protected in America than apout
the English printer. whose profits are sup
posed to he in danger OF dlmlhu'loh
from American competition. Most of their com
mcnt turns in that direction. 1t In ungraclous'
and it is the comment Of the amateur lhe
printers are not complaining nor greatly alarmed
The great printing houses say they can take
care Of themselves; the lesser ones are haTdY o'
national concern A. for the publishers. they pro-
fcss indifference, or at the worst doubt. "It IS
too soon to form an opinion said one OF lhc
most eminent Nobody can yet foresee what
the operation of this will be With which
cautions yet wise conclusion Others who know
less may well bc content.
Something was said on the same subject at
rcccnt dinner of publishers, but nothing much
to tbc point. The English author, too, has been
heard from. through tie Council Of the Society
Of Authors. Ills Judgment is no more adequate
than that of the press lie is good enough to
,cnd his CONGRATULATIONS to the American Copy
rpb, LEAGUE. "at this stage be says, of
the long struggle He, too, is troubled IN his
mind about the fortunes OF printers and pup
fishers. who, as rule. have shown little
solicitude in times past for his. lie Is
q Frcr-Tradcr. moreover. All doctrinarcs are
cctradcrs and the protective principle of this
act distrcsscs him lie believes II will be- struck
ont some day So do lat the Greek kalcnds.
G.. W :.