New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-12
midas NEW vICEROY.
GENERAL SIR HENRY NORMAN'S APPOINT
MENT A SURPRISE.

THE PRINCE OF WALES AT HOME AGAIy-rHr
PRIVILEGES OF AMBAssAooRs-A BIOGRAPHY
OF THE WICKED BARRYMoREs-AN ELIZA.
BETHAN PLAY WITH LOCAL COLOR.
(sY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE,
Copuight: 1893 BY The Tribune A"octa,ion
London. Sept 1.-THE choice OF the new vicerv
Of India no doubt came as a great surprise. TIA
selection of General Sir Henry Norman was en-
tirey unexpected and has yet to be explained. Il
was unexpected in the first place, because Il
seemed so unlikely that Mr. Gladstone, with 10
many hungry followers, should have gone to tn,
ranks OF the really hard-working deserving on.
Gals. instead OF choosing some callow peer with
renutaton still to make or lose at the expense OF
the Indian Empire. Again, the surprise Is all the
greater that Mr.. Gladstone has gone near doing Q
very wise and judicious thing. He may not have
got exactly the best man. but he Is not far or
1t has been generally agreed for some time past
that at the present juncture soldier would be the
ideal Viceroy 1t has been urged that Lord VOL.
seey stood facile princeps among these as the
strongest and ablest, IL not the most experienced
man for the post. No doubt Lord Roberts could
show still stronger qualification as regards longer
and more intimate acquaintance with india, where
he has done the whole OF his excellent service till
now: but this apart; ana althoush IL ID Always
invidious to draw comparisons, there can be no
orestion which is the better man or the two Lord
WoIseley is undoubtedly the superior In breadth.
CRASH and intellect, and he has far deeper In
sight into and affairs
Tbere was however, little likelihood that either
NJ these distinguished Generals would md favor
with Mr. Gladstone. Apart from their known polit.
ical leanings, their views, II Is Wen KNOWN are
too pronounced to please the Premier, and neither
olv accented his cautious, not
sav retrograde policy on the question OF the North.
west frontier General Norman on the other hand,
is generally believed to be n warm supporter OF
Mr. Gladstone in this as in every other respect
Now he gets his reward. Whatever else may b
said against the Grand Old Man." ne can sell
dom be charged with neglectng MS trends
THE PRINCE OF wALEs's MOVEMENTS.
The Prince of Wales, having abandoned his In.
tention OF visiting Denmark LETT Homourg Tor
England on Sunday and arrived at MARLBOROUGH
House yesterday morning. The Prince VIII stay
I'm town a day or two before going 10 Scotiand' ana
he is to pay a brief visit to the Queen at Bamoral
before ioining the Duke and Duchess of Flies
party at New Mar Lodge. The Prince OF Wales
will return to London about the 9TH OF October.
and he is to be at Newmarket during Cesarewitch
week.
TO WELCOME HOME AN ARcHDUKE.
The Duke OF Connaught who has been staying
at BalmoraI with the Queen since his return from
Coburg leaves to-day for Vienna to attend the
autumn manoeuvres in Hungary, during which he
IL 10 be the guest OF the Emperor OF Austria.
The Duke is to take over the Aldershot command
October g. 4 series OF fetes are to be given In
Vienna as a welcome home TO the Emperors
psnhew and heir the Archduke Francis Joseph.
who is expected back from voyage AROUND the
world before the end OF the year. He was Few
DAVIS ago at Vancouver's Island. The young Arch
duke is 10 publish an elaborate narrative OF his
travels, with Photographic illustrations
THE ALDERsHoT COMMAND.
7, "a surprising how much ignorance is dis
PLAYED by those who have criticised the appoint
ment OF the Duke Of Connsught to the Aldershot
command There never any question OF Cen
eraI Roberts's appointment. General Roberts did
NOT wish for employment on his return from lndla-
having been recommended by his medical ADVISERS
10 seek rest after his years service III the East
and he would not have accepted the Aldershos
charge under any circumstances. even had he been
eligible which he was not. Lord Roberts mas peeh
visiting his fathers old regiment, the LIST Battalion
OF the. Royal Munster Fuseers. in Dublin lie
WAS born In the regimen: when IL was the iss
Bengal Fusileers. his father. the late General sir
Abraham Roberts. having served in IL many years
and afterward having held the colonelcy until his
death In 1913.
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF AMBASSADORS
A contemporary has expressed surprise that a
representative OF the United States In London should
have cared to h. promoted from being IN MINOR
legation to be- AN ambassador. There is however a
vast difference between the two. An ambassador
takes precedence OF everybody, and - invited 10 al
coprt functions which is by no means the case
with the grade vi diplomatists Tor very often
invitations issued Only on the fanny vi ''''S
ters Early in the present reign ministers penn
potentiary came next to ambassadors at the Eal-
ace and had the pas of the Queens own subjects
Of the highest rank. This arrangement excited much
Indignation among the high nobility, ana IN ls~
The Duke of Sutherland addressed remonsrahce
10 Lord Pamerston on the subject, as lie oDJec'ea
10 foreign ministers. not ambassadors having
place before himself. The matter was consldereo
bv the Queen and Prince Albert, who were al
visad by Lord Melbourne and Lord Palmerston the
result being that 1t was settled that losesn
ministers should take precedence after dukes ana
before marquesses. and this rule is still in force
THE oUARRELS OF THE IRISH NATlONALlsls.
The newspapers last week were full Of the quar-.
relling in the Irish Nationalist ranks, which mao
spoken OF two weeks before. AS then SAID ths
feud WAS owing first, to jealousies of rival claimants
To- the reyersion OF the leadership and secondly 10
the fears OF the rank and ME for the payment VI
their salaries All this has since come TO lsht III
the most definite way, and, strange 10 say, the man
who has brought matters 10 an issue Is persohaiV
independent on the mann points VI tiic NiHP"sS
John Barry does not aspire to leadership ana 10
makes claims upon the treasury OF the parry
Speaking in general terms, about two-thirds oil f'
scCarthy's following are dependent wholly or IN
part upon the Parliamentary fund. and as much d.
they affect to love evcted tenants they are ho'
content that the money granted for their own SAL
aries should be diverted TO support them The dis-
content f. very deep and spreading but unless am
much mistaken little more will be heard OF II OUT
OF doors.
An INTERESTING BIOGRAPHY FORTHCOMING.
\ curious biographical work by Mr.. John ROPER.
Robinson author OF The Princey Chandos. VIII
be among the features OF the approaching literary
season. The last earls OF Barrymore were amohs
the least edifying Of the typical bloods ana raNes
of the end OF the last century and the peslhh''S
of the present-persons OF the klhd uia"" ''.
I'm In RnWdOn CrlWley Tor WANT