New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-07

been introduced. This Is the Employers hiaph
fly bill. which will probably apply TO all acei-
dents without regard to the degree OF hesnseh'e'
The Kitchen Committee Of the Commons mas
urged the Attorney General to prepare spec'a.
act legaizing the liquor traffic In the HouseS vi
Parliament A full dress parade on the WOMAN >
suffrage question brought out q large STOCK VI
small beer Jokes and majority vote IN iaVo' vi
the resolution In spite Of this vote, the move
ment for woman suffrage is not gaining grouno
IN England. There is little evidence tha' ''e
women themselves are interested in H.
While the South African Committee Is Slowly
pulling Itself together and deciding what tne
LAWYERS can do for their clients and what facili-
ties shall he offered to the press Sir John ie"-
MEL. in punch" expresses the public feeling
I'm an ingenious cartoon. 1t represents tne
ghost Of Warren Hastings in an interview with
NJ, Cecu Rhodes. saving: Il succeeded and
was ,mpeached; you fail and are called as WIZ
ness"
Tho Prince Of Wales settles the vexed ques-
,,on of the nature and scope Of the metropolitan
charities during the Queens Year by care
f,,,v nrepared appeal for the endowment Vi
hosn,,a1s and convalescent homes when are
NOW hurdensd by q deficiency OF So'o''"V III
current receipts It will be a characteristic me-
mortal of the longest reign in Englisn his'or!
and OF the Queens virtues and kindness or
heart.
Mr. Iabouchere has had fine opportunity OF
restating the programme Of democratic raui-
calism at a dinner given to him by the Jui'ioi
a,,h.ards Of the National Liberal Club, and
cleo the advantage at second hand Of a sup
n)emental victory over Brooks, the begging ie'-
ter writer. whose libel suit against The 81
James's Gazette" has again been flung OUT OF
court Brooks has ceased 10 be amusing ana
only excites contempt by his dull clumsy at
tempts to secure a retral Of an issue already
decided in two courts His main victim is MI
Balfour, who gave him pension and whose
credulity is exposed wherever Brooks demon
strates his Incompetence and folly.
Lord Penrhyn is evidently weary OF his fsht
with the uuarrymen. which is damaging en-
ployers' interests throughout the United King
DOM He is negotiating with the millionaire
Hooley for the sale of his quarries, and VIII be
lucky II that ingenious stock promoter opens
bridge In his rear for his retreat. Meanwhile
the Ouarrymen's Choir is entertaining LONDON
with quiet Welsh music. which has an original
and pathetic note The choir has engagements
in London for the remainder of the month"; ana
is singing itself into public favor, and excitihG
sympathy for the quarryn1en, with whom LORD
Penrhyn has been dealing harshly ana with
wanton intolerance.
The Speaker, Mr. Gully has given his first full
dress Parliamentary dinner and crowded re-
ception. and the Duchess of Devopshire opens
the West End season by big p1ftyt Nansen Is
the greatest social lion in London,Sdnd pats the
British lion gently on the name. his nrst speech
was at the dinner of the Royal Societies Clup
He was modest. manly and humorous. ana closed
with the assertion that there was only one nation
that could finish Arctic exploration. ana tha'
was England This showed that the gallant ex-
plorer was a good diplomatist He was CAREFUL
however. to express the hope that England
would take up the work in the Antarctic re-
gions If not in the Arctic. thereby securing HIS
own conquests In the north
Nansen is overwhelmed with social attentions
Yesterday the Prince of Wales lunChed with him
at General Stanley Clarke's and to-day Mr. Rich
ard Heard entertained party of TIVE nty-two at
tho Hotel Cecil 10 meet the explorer and his wire
and Lieutenant and Mrs Hansen a lurcheon To-
night the Savage Club opens its house for hlf1'
and for next week he has numberess engage
uents He is q sinewy young giant WIN an
unaffected, boyish manner and straightforward
habits Of speech. His English is fluent, but
,norked bv q foreign accent. He speaks with
pleasure of his journey to America next autumn
where he will deliver certainly nifty lectures
possibly hundred. under the management Oh
Richard Heard. Mrs. Nansen said to-day that
probably she would not accompany her husband
10 America DR.. Watson, in DAILY News IN
terview has many kind things to say about
American men OF letters. and refers TO Mr.. Will
lam Winters address at the Lotos Club Inner
as the best after-dnner speech he ever heard or
read l. ~ l.
TWO AMBASSADORS TO RETIRE.