New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-09
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT PREPARING
FOR ITS LABORS.
VA. GLADSTONE AND THE LIVERPOOL CORPORA
11oN|RIsH PROSPECTS, GLooMY-TENNY-
son IN THE ABBEY-THE LAU-
REATEsHIP-THE SUTHER-
LANDS-THE KENDALS.
Ipy cARIR TO TIE rBIRUNE.l
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co,,,,o.t. 1892 =. By TIE Tribune Assor,anon.
London, Oct. s.-The attempt to revive the
,..ro snirit around the Uganda business has li-
,:arouslv failed "The Times" and other Tory
s.nsrs trnmpeted but no response came from town
~ ~ oountrv and the effort has been abandoned
parhans il would he more accurate to say tnat the
.nort has been diverted in another direction Inc
covernment arrangement with the East Africa
rompany provides for extension of the occupation 10
Morcb 81 and, as The Times remarks, with
,s eve plainly on Mr.. Gladstone's approaching
erbty-third birthday great deal may happen by
hat time At any rate, Parliament will be Sit
ling and there will he opportunity to make things
uupeasant for the Government over succession OF
n;sbts By way of preparing the ground, The
Tmos- Yesterday dspatchel special commissioner
20 Uganda. with instructions to write the country
up.
TIL. regular series OF autumn Cabinet Councils
rll commence at the end of this month. III Is
sxnecte6 that Ministers will remain in town for
three weeks, and the whole business of the new
.ssion will be cut out This done. Mr.. Gladstone
r,ands 20 make real holiday of such measure
90 ia conformable with the elaboration and
General superintenderct of the sessional pro-
CANINE lie will 60 to the south Of France, prom
shlv 70 Cannes and remain there couple OF
uontbs Before Cabinet Council work begins ne
till 20 down to Oxford TO put in an incidental
DAVIS work delivering lecture on University
Institutions.
Early in the year a proposal was made In uhe
cornoration of Liverpool TO confer the freedom
~ The city upon Mr.. Gladstone, who is n~'lVe
ot that town. Liverpool is rabidy tory' anu
objection being taken, the proposal was oroPpeo
Nm further reflection more generous counsei pre-
vailed and on the proposal being again mace IL
Was unanimously agreed to. 1t was moved pS
Liberal and seconded by Mr.. Forwood, one OF
the Conservative members for the City, ana oec-
re,sry 10 the Admiralty in the late government
nk expected that Mr.. Gladstone will at some con-
xsnen date revisit his native city and accept 0hls
distinguished honor.
The new Lord-Iieutenant Of Ireland Is max
inv a favorable impression. He had an unpfe
cedentedy hearty reception on making MS o,a'e
entrv and it was renewed last night, when'
aceomp,nled by his two sisters. he visited 'hs
theatre. The audience rose to its feet, entlusl-
sstcsly cheering.
Nr Morley Is preparing to make personai
vis, 20 the coneested districts. Meanwhile, the
material prospects of the country are darKenlhg'
Nothing now can save the crops from railing is
below the average. alike in quantity ana quaiiW'
Nor is there any compensation in connection WIN
live stock. At the great fair at baihhasioe'
lust over sales of horses, cattle ana sheep were
slow and prices low. This incidence OF UNI
versal depression adds materially TO the u,i''-
.r,t;as which the Irish Government mas pe-
(ueathed to It,
ssNThat Tennyson should be buried In weSSnine'ei
Abbey was a matter settled by universal cohsen"
The Dean happens to be out Of town, but u'e ouo-
Dean promptly sent to Aldworth House prohei
of this final rcsting-pace for the great poe.,
which has been accepted. The last man purleu
in the Abbey was Browning and it chances 'na'
in the narrowly circumscribed space still avalaDle
,bere remains room for Tennyson to lie beside MS
friend and brother in arms
When the excavation was made Tor tue ou'i@i
Of Browning there were found remains ~hion .er
erence TO Abbey records idehtifed as those OF
Mrs Simpson, wife of barrlster. She haa oern
laid there in the closing years OF the last century
Al that epoch residents in Westminster ciai'eu
the right TO buried in the Abbey, as IL III were
an ordinary parish church. The records ei our
;o, in the cloisters in the early years of the cen
fury include those of Mary Fisher. daughter OF d
COLLEGE cook. Frances Elizabeth Gayfare, daughter
~ an Abbey mason: Sara Wilks, wife OF col
koe butler: Ann Foster, niece of an Abbey car
,ent.r and so on Thus il has come TO pass
that the precious space within the fame is SO
occunied bv the bones of Obscurities that there
il no room left for the great dead oil the next
century Evidence given before the hoy"l O"
mission, which sat two years ago. shows 'ha' "'
the outside not more than sixty additional In
terments may take place In Poets corner uiei7
is room only for three more. aHd mere VIII u,
Alfred Tennyson, between Robert browning "h"
tho homes of Mrs. Simpson, wife of an otherwise
forgotten barristcr. .
Already there is talk of a successor to Jenny
in
even more limited than is the selec'ioh VI NC"
burial oroupds in Westminster Abbey. MI o"i"-
burne stands head and shoulders above the ree''
fact flat sufficiently marks the ordinary level
Much of Mr. Swnburne's recent Writlhg HAS w.,
tinged with blood red Jingoism lie mas PEI i'"'iA'
asailed Mr. Gladstone with venomous 'o"eu
Since the gift of the laureaeship Is IN tne llai"'
Of the Premier that might seem 70 OAR MI own
burne,s chances With Mr. Gladstone concerheo'
it is more likely to improve them HIS maghahi"-
ity would influence him punctiiously 70 pro'i'o
that merit should not suffer because 1t haa oco'
sonaly been tainted with personal anu Po'i
raneor directed against himself
In some quarters it is recommended tna' '"'
opportunity should be seized 10 abolish the lA"-
reateslip. Though it has salary of f72 year
attached il is purely honorary. NeVert~nno
the poet laureate is expected to come out WIN
something Oh special occasions lhe resui.
not usually conducive 10 his fame. Az one tn'e'
In addition to his salary, the poet laureate hau
sent to him from the royal cellars pu't oi
Canary vine In these more prosac days 'hi'
tribute was commuted for a money value, ~
Tar being added TO the income OF the Poc'
laureate
Three of tn, claimants TO Iennysons iauro
crown made haste to put themselves in evidence by
sriting verses euogistc of the dead master. opln-
~ differs AS 10 which Of the three is the worst
U natter or STYLE but the general agreement
that If this Is the best, second best, that pros
pective poet laureates can do the sooner the posi-
abolished the better