New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-25

Toyiea. Ihis recopcliaUen 10 brougtI ABOUT ~
tAa 1J;eod,hi of Lord Stanley and John Bright by
Tia sartest endeavors Of Sir Jobs Pakingtoa for
serpsehensve measures in the odusaionsl ques.
ton and by the guaranty OF The Peei es that Al, pro-
teetionst schemes are forever tabOoed IN the Con-
servstive camp. THIS reconstruction If the great
party, broken up by the late Sir Robert Peel, can
not fail TO become permanent if the divis ON should
leave tie Cabinet IN q minority
The news from China is stirring; we msy soon
hear Of the complete destruction Of Canton, Of
which the suburbs, containing about 5000 houses,
have been burned by the British. The summary OF
the overland China mail says: " 1t becomes hourly
"more Necessary that Canton be dealt with speed
"iy and severely; our insecurity here and all msor
" aDDoyances Will then probably cease But We
"doubt If ali that is reedfui 70 restore animation
" to commerce, and TO guarantee 'he future secu-
"rity OF trade, property aud bfe itself, can De
4" effected by naval force alone. We have seeh
" that We may shell, bura and destroy with little
a. result except an increase OF bolduess and perth
nacity On the part Of our foe" The Chinese
carry on the war IN bsrbarous manner, ny poison.
ing, arson and assassination; but the English act
just rs badly Smelling aud setting on fire sown OF
1900, 600 Inhabitants. The whole affair If scken-
ing from the beginning to the present moment
LONDON, Friday, March g. 1897.
The Ministerial defest on the Chinese question
was unexpected by the Cabinet and even oy Inc
London Times. The latter had leader already
in type speskirg OF Lord Palmerton TRIUMPH
vhAn the ssartlDe report Of the division arrived As
pnnt,uo. nou,e square, and the article had 10 DO
remode ed ia the most prccipitate base all the
pohtlcaI Clubs were in great exc'ement tor I've
ds,s for it was known that the decision OF the
ouestiop whether the Cabinet should resign or Paf-
liam ept be dissolved rested excdsveiS with the
Oueep: and ss It is sufficiently kuo w toat Lord
Pslmerston is DO great favorite at Windsor Castle,
the chances of Derby Ministry, including che Peel
ties, were rather strong. Yesterday evening, how.
ever the defeated Cabinet declared ts lntsntOn to
appeal to the country, maintaining that the ma
jOrity ceusuriDg the policy OF Lord Pdmerston
was factOus coalition, without any real party
cohesion. Wemust acknowledge that this statement
ia not without foundation, though 1t merely meaus
that Lord PalnerstOl has managed personally to
insult all the most important leaders Of the Radical
factions which had so often before saved hun
from defeat, only In order to avoid Tory Cab
met Now, however, they have come to the
conclusion that Lord Palmerston is as great
an enemy ~ progress as any Tory aud that
the Liberal party has nothing to expect from
him, except disgrace and ruin. HIS opposition
to Locke Kings and Sir Joshua Walmsleys reform
schemes, to Sir w. Cay's Church rate bill, to Mr..
GibsOns endeavUr to remove the taxes on know
ledge, the heavy Taxation, che new Beer bill and
the personal attacks ON Mr.. Layard, Mr.. Roebuck,
Golden and Bright! have deprived him of the support
of all the most important Radicals with the escep
ton of Thomas Dunscombe and Sir Joshua Walms-
ley, who stick to him even now for better or for
worse. 1t 10 altogether impossible even to guess
how the elections will result and which party will
have the majority. 1t is, however, certain that
Lord PalmerstOn stands poor chance, since the
Liberal interest r divided between him, Lord John
Russell, who is now his enemy and the Manchester
party, which, by the admirable way in which Cob
den regained his high position in the House, has
been considerably strengthened. 1t is certainly
most significant that the two Parliamentary repre-
sentatives Of the house of Barring Brothers, aud
Sir John HOgg, the great East India CompaDy Di-
rector have deserted Lord PalmerstOn, probably
with the intention of sailing under Lord John Rus
sells colors At any rate the decision OF The House
does credit to Parliament, since it is the very
6rst time that Ministry has been condemned 10 En-
gland for having engaged in an unjust war. The
weight OF the argument was altogether on the
sioe Of Ibe opposition, and the Caoioet
fastened, therefore, 10 conclude the neg0ts-
tons with Persia, lest it should experience
new and fatal defeat oD its Persian policy. Though
Lord Paners ron did not tbuk it Convenient to
disclose the policy he is about TO pursue for the
next three months, still 1t is understood that Sir
John BowriIg is 10 be superseded by he appoint
ment Of Lord Elgin as Commissioner, with full
power either TO continue the or 70 come to an ar
rargement with Pekiug. Should the Scotch states
man accept this not very euvable trust, then the
Ministry may still have hope OF a0 honorable
and advanta geous result; and Loid Elgns prestige
won in Jamaica and the Canadas would increase
10 much az to raise him at to the head OF the
Liberal party i'll the place Of the efee politicians
who nominally command this most Important po-
litcal body. Should, however, in the mean hme
The somewhat precarious position OF the English IN
China change for the worse, then it is the sO-caed
Conservative party which would reap the be1eht
of Sir John BOwri Ga blunders certainly net % the
detriment of the public interest; for we are unable
to see that Lord Stanley, Sir John PakingtOn, Mr..
Stafford and so many other members of the Carl
ton Club, are less friendly to reform aud good adj
mnistration than Lord PalmerstOn, Sir George
Grey or Sir Chas. Wood, while Gladstone is GER
tainly far superior to Sir George c. Lewis in any
question connected with finances.
The Neufchatel Conferences have at last met at
Paris and there is sOme hope that they may lead
to satisfactory settlement.
The Emperor of Austria, in order to show his
COED understanding with Napoleon H., has ordered
that Canoya's statue of Napoleon L., which, ever
since 1915, lay buried under heap of old clothing,
saddeIy and harness in the Imperial stabe-yard at
Milan, shall be placed in the new public gardens of
that town.
We hear from Paris that all commercial inter-
course between the Chinese and the English has
been prohibited by the Chinese authorities all over
the Empire; aud from Petersburg, that the Russian
mission at Peking had succeeded in effecting an
armistice between the Emperor and his rebels