New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-25

from the Committee Is the assurance that what
they give is honestly spent.
A sonorous bias; 1rpm General Booths
trumpet follows H. wants, of course, more
money: something over Il quarter Of a million 70
pay of pressing debts, and $4,000 yearly TO
keep the Darkest England" work going. He
never hcless declines to accept ihc suggestion OF
the committee that the funds intrUstcl TO him
shall be legally projected and the proper app-
cation Of them legally secured.
Mr. Cadman, who runs the bankrupt social
wing of the Salvation Army has bcrm flying az
high game He wants 10 give a Christmas
dinner to 5000 Of tie Submerged, and having
no money has asked The Queen. tho Tiince of
Wales, the Lord Mayor, and others 10 give
him some, or to pat onze his scheme The
Queen curtly declines The Prince of Wales de-
cincs, telling Mr. Cadnan with piairncsS that
his sympathics with distress VIII be expressed
through the usual channels Both answers are
by private secretaries The Lord Mayor, more
squeezablc, sends five euineaS aud his sympathics
1t is understood thai the worthy Chief Magistrate
of the city of London took this rash step before
the refusals Of the Queen and The Prince OF wales
had been published.
| The dulncss of tine vcc, in London has been
enivened by letters which have passed between
| Sir William IIarcourt and tlut eminent apostle OF
socialism, Mr. Hyndman. 1t is Mr.. llyndman
opinion that the reconstruction Of the existing
social fabric may be promoted by repeating, OF
perhaps By inventing. private conversation NO
doubt it would; bat tie preJudiccs oil society
are a, present opposed 10 that particular lorm oi
socialistic propapanda M Ilyndman accuses
Sir William Harcourt Of having said In Lady
Jeune's drawing.room, al don't believe IN any
thing serious until | hear of shops looted ana
rjcks fired" Sir William lIarcourt denies that
he said il. denies all acqIan?nc" WIN MI
Uvndman. and is not aware that he ever mel
him That ends the matter; or. 70 SPEAK nlolc
accurately, dsposoS Of statement supp'lrn ~
no evidence Mr.. Hyndnan saws mat he oD''i''eo
consent 10 publish il, hut Is Lump IL answer -
Sir William Uarcourts challenge to say "Hen o'
from whom he obtained consent
rho ,vor1 has but one standard OF Judgment
IN such matters If Mr. liyrdman STORY Is uur'
! his conduct was violation OF that l'ip'i.''
nlodcc against the publication OF prIVa'e '''" -
which every man ia held bolnd' IL Is "VT i',-
rossible that Sir William liarcourt anu MI 'N NV
| man may have met in Lady 'cnhe
.aor, r. is conceivable, or would be but for Els
,ial ,ho, Sir William llarcourt should have
| soiI something Ike what Mr. Hyndman imP",ru
80 lin, Wlv should he not? Dld NOT M
! cl,l.,o,a inform an astcnished world tha' ''
| ,n,osiop q, Ccrkcnwcll was the ringing OF ''c
! hnrol boll and that thus and not otlcr"lSe
,as his mind first turned toward the redress OF
! Irish grievances? If Mr.. Gladstones a''eh'o"
/ ia only 70 be won by dynamite, why sho"'' III
William Harcourt lend ear TO any less ci!ersr'''
! ANNALS than the looting Of shops ana the H'4"S
OF ricks?
Tho huver Of the Tcnnyson manuscript. foeihS
hr T,vo Rrothers' sold Yesterday for S2'4oo, l.
| cath IN be the University OF Cambridge i"o
! r,dorbildcr was an American name not give"
v,Loovcr ha WAC he ought to have known th@'
many EXPERTS thought this precious hia"uS,'rPv
would have fetched still higher price, wig
Combridra should particularly want II Is not c'r''
! nv. tho English rejoice that America mas i,'''c'
| co corrr "A this prize Has tho American m'li''"
mir, no taste for literature? asks one ulh'nP"""'
! Triton. and we are once more rcinln"e" ''"
America omitted TO buy the Mthorp hio''''
@, p;cbor0 Owens death has elected respect
,,1 notices from the press and messages Of tr-'c'
from the Queen ard the Prince OF ""!es ihe'o
letters are remarkable. Royal Testimonies Oh III
,rost IN science or in men OF science are no' Ire
| ou.n, The world Of modern ecienre respects
| Sir Richard Owen as one who hat r. MS o"" 'ii'
| and in his own way done important service I'M
roeoorcbes were on n colossal scale. IFS III
cations and his administrative wor" "c'c "'iN'
| OF immense utility. lie "as 'o'!'''
and IN organizer Of museums ana 10 Ha' P'-
djeious knowledge os the result Of prooit''- III
dustrv The use he made of his knowleaSe Is
ono.hor matter lie chose his place in the rear
,,unrd and kept II. lie was reacronary. ne
| novor accented tic doctrine Of evolution, ana 4
hioloyist who is also an anti-Darwinian l. almost
A. much an arachroa-m as one OF the Sisah''c
,e1tilcs which Sir Richard Owen recon'f"c'e'
ont Of a single bone and his own scientific CON
| sciousncqs tic hated Darwin and las ~rhooA
They in return, while handsomely ackno"'"Is-
ING his industrious accumulation OF Materials
were not disposed to think that he knew what TO
lo with them. His genius was not CONSTRUCTIVE
mar modern Hi. books arc mere catalogues ol
facts Eu' he had character and courage ana
his slccesefuI contest with stinHy Government
il behalf Of science in general ana museums III
r,i.,,I.r ,,,u over be remembered t. lis honor.
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