The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-14


worth. and parliamentary ability The son Of Liver
pool merchant OF great wealth, he was educated al
Elton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated
in 1881 with the highest honors. His public life com
nenced with professions OF ultra conservatism. In 1882
he was returned 10 the first reform Parliament, mem
Der for Newark Sir Robert Peel with his usual discern.
msnt gave him the posts OF Lord OF the Treasury and
Under Secretary for Colonies in his ephemeral ministry
oil 1S34-35; and, upon returning TO power in ls4i,
placed him in the Board OF Trade and the Mint;
and in lS4a gave him the Colonial SecIelaiyship
Mr. Gladstone, of shared the fortunes Of his
leader in july 1916, having previously tempered his
original urasm 10 the moderate ideas OF that eminent
states man During the Russell and Derby regimes Mr
Gladstone with his old associates has occupied truly
conservative attitude. and until the debate upon The
budget excited every parliamentary dspuiant, seemed
mainly interested in those exerons behalf OF the vic
Tins OF King B0mba which eniiue him to the gratitude OF
humanity The last night OF the Dsraeli drama brought
him out in that stern and dgned rebuke with which he
cooled down the ndscrmnale ardor Of the vanquished
hnancisr. Could Mr. DIsrael have foreseen that the
gentleman who read him that merted lesson to be
his successor in oce. might have elected reort still
more scathng and venomous. .. y. .a
No contrast. indeed could be more decided than that ex
ising between the actual and edeuanf Chancelors OF the
Excheluer. To the notorious attributes OF Dizzy" Mr..
Gladstone opposes the coolest and most logical judgment,
practical common sense devotion TO the esab
l'shed church, keen business ability sharpened by much
experience and unaffected dislike of oratorca and
verbal display. . .r......l
His archaeological writings convey Just idea Of the
bent OF his mind, and form highly set
Oh TO the fantastic composition wberewhitha his prede
csssor formerly amused the intervals in his public abos
Mr. Gladstone will not only command respect for him
ss but for his colleagues the Commons, where he 10
extremely popular. sa a.
With these seemingly heterogeneous but potent ele-
mens. Lord Aberdeen has highly encouraging prospects,
Tho huAno
expedite parliamentary business will perhaps meet with
active opposition from the defeated tories but there is lit
lie doubt that 1t will be framed the views of
the majority That difficulty past, and with the sensible
programme laid down by the premier in his speech the
Lords and repeated by Lord John RUSSELL his address
10 his constituents consistently acted upon the prosper
ity and permanence of the administration are assured
#it ~ * ft.tHt -ss s.al.t
Iowa UNITED STATES sEsAros-t will be great sa,isfac.
ton to the friends of the Hon. George W. Jone,
to learn that he has been reelected by the of the
State ofIowa United States for six years from
the 4th of March next. +# sa-A.3a #1
Gen. Jones has well represented State as one of its
senator's since its admission State and is known at
home and abroad for the efficiency and ability with which
he has devoted himself To him. us also
to his able and highly esteemed associate Gen. Dodge.
and to its efficient Messrs Hem and Clark
10 that rapdygrowing State indebted for the opporune
eDcours cement given the valuable and extended
proyements for which il is already distinguished One
Of the youngest States Of the confedeacy,
become, OF It's richness
SOIL and the of its lable land, of the most
populous and prosperous. Politically il has uniformly
maintained democratic position decidedly national
and patriotic has been free from all sectionasm
any of the baefu influences which have disturbed the po-
liiical relations of other Subsidiary argus.
AUSTRALIAN GOLD rELD-Among the most interesting
items brought by the Baltic the accounts in the Lon
don papers. Of the progress OF gold gathering in Aus ALA
brought down TO the 18th OF October The ship Marco
Polo bad made the voyage from Sydney in 70 days.
tcipating the steamship Australian, which left Mel
bourne 2sh October with 900 900 gold dust the
ship Ph9nician, with AS s59 ounces and the Calphurnea
with S6,710 ounces These three shipments and The
amount on the Marco Polo are worth seven millions OF
dollars #..s ~. =
The week the Marco left. the government and other
escorts brought from the Mount Alexander. Ballarat
and Victoria mines, s0,7si ounces, equal TO 81 $780,
nugget OF gold, weighing $40 ounces. of the value OF
$500 had been taken out, and arrived London by
this opportunity, present to Queen Victoria.
Much embarrassment had already occurred from the
high prices Of -four in Californa) and ESQ The ton
OF S23 the barrel was looked TO the probable rate to
which it would go before relief could be had