New-York tribune., 1868-12-30
GREAT BRITAIN.
TIE CABINET AND PARLIAMENT l.
fFpov Our own CORRESPONDENT

+r which he has been before, IN 1871 ana io'-' vi"
der ord ErsseH and Mr. Gladstone wanted TO n''o
him In many respects be Is well itteo LOT 'ho p'o
.,t 200 well bred 20 90 lcctuuug and hcctonng
.te European Power n the Russell style ana Il esS
,o,o,rp Diplomatic kind of man than LoId CIieiiUo"
Les epfanaled also i'm some unpleasant quesuohS
bic mn tt be dealt with in the next twelve moh'h
1oss of q Palmerstouiau for one thing Which is
eouiyslcrt to saying he is less OF bnIly to"a'"
,yeak governments. or governments lA ui-'c"'.'0''
But Her Gracious Majesty bad got 1t INTO iici $40"
German head that Lord Clarendon must be Ioie'5n
Minister. and mo is, accordingly. MI OI1o9'o",'
they say. has not been, personally l"'o"'e WIN
the Queen. Tie is iu q fair way to become one il Ho
goes ON bumorng her royal wbims as he has beGnn.
II is the fashion say that the political power Oh le
Crown has departed, and so 1t has. But IT'S Socl"
mower has not aud cannot too often repeat, that h
England social forces are political forces. 1t ls ln
possible 10 understand the course OF affairs IN ~
Gland without. bearing u M d the tremendous iun'-
euce which on every great Qucstonis wieictu Uy '0
saloons the clubs. aud the cOteries OF LoN0o" 4'o
abuse is so hard to be got nd oi as 'n''
which one or two men or women on Eie'o i'""i'
and po.ition have an interest IN perpetIar-
ing Al London, for instance wants am
lane straichtenel 40 its lower ehd ana '"NeH
into PiccodiIv through Hamilton Place. 1t has been
.riod to nm, three tines No human being has q
,yorl to sqv aqainst it on public grounds But The
Dukt Of Cambridge happens TO live IN gloucester
House which happens 10 stand where the new s'Ieet
Xould pass. Three or four more wealthy noD.eheh'
a, gentlemen Of great position. would be equally IN
convcnicnccd by the removal Of their houses anu
they bid defiance to all London and to Parliament II
they do not bid defiance they apply such influences
~ seci adapte3 10 the case The amount of such in
Guonco brought 10 bear on the formation OF Mr'
Gladstoncs Cabinet is simply inconceiyabie by one
who does not know something Of the social aristoc-
racy that survives every political reform Mr.
psrael might lie supposed more capable OF resisting
fssciuations Of this sort Yet Nj Disraells Hgh
Church friends plead that he appointed DR.. TAFT
Archbishop of Canterbury solely in Difference to the
,ersoua wishes of Majesty. believe the fact to be
that the Queen wanted Dean Stanley to have that
great dignity, but Dean Stanleys appointment Woud
have caused q reyoluuon-sO Liberals Dean Stanley
IN Theological as well as political matters, and so
hateful is Liberalism to your true Ecclesiastlc Inc
Bishop OF London was taken as a compromise what
happened in that matter is good illustration OF the
Kind of power the Crown has now used in making
or altering the new Liberal Cabinet The Queen
could not refuse to accept whoever her consutu-
toDal adviser should recommend; but II anybody is
distasteful to her. she coaXes Mr. Gladstone not to
recommend him, and Mr. Gladstone is too loyal ana
too gallant subject to neglect the personal prefer
ences of the woman whom he still calls his SoVer-
Gcn.
The difficulty about the Solictor-Generalship IS
settled bv the final acceptance of MI Colendge. Sr
Robert Collier is Attorney General and so much less
eminent at the bar than Mr. COleIidge that the lat
ter was extremely unwilling TO serve underhim Po-
tca etiouette forbade the two offices to be assigned
on the ground of merit; they must CO. as everything
does 20 in England, according to procedure Sir
Robert had been SOcltOT-Geneal; could not again
be if a new man were put over his head; neverthe-
less was entitled to be something The same ques-
tiou arose in the PamerstOn Ministry when Sir
Rounded Palmer had TO take the SOicltOr-General-
ship under Sir William AthertOn; and everybody
has been saying Mr.. Colerdge ought TO be satisfied
with such precedent Sir William vas much
dulIer man than Sir Robert Collier. One Of Lord
Westburys Jokes grew out OF the negotiations at the
time of that appointment. Somebody told him it
had been resolved to promote Sir Rounded Palmer
over Sir William AthertOns head. How can theyf'
oueried the old Lord Chancellor. "I did not know
that Sir William rad head" / believe Mr. Cole
ridge says he objected for personal reasons The
law officers are very considerable personages but
have no seat in the Cabinet.
There has been a good deal Of delay in the
minor appointments of the new administration,
vet on the whole Mr.. Gladstone is considered
to have been very expeditions Lord Derby was
a fortnight in getting his men together in 1896.
The distribution Of the small offices calls for no par
ticuar remark the character of the Ministry beng
determined by the who fill the great posts Tn
til something happens to disturb its composition and
rearrange the members of it, Mr.. GladstOnes Minis
try must remain aristOcTate, IeactionaTy. and on all
but two questions torpid. The two things in which
it cannot escape showing signs of life are the Irish
Church and Finance i think the plan is TO cOnfne
all administrative action for the next year 10 these
two matters Whether events will obey Mr. Glad
stones desire for pOstponement is a quite different
Places have been found for Mr.. Forster and Mr..
Stansfeld, but they unworthy Of then accept
ance and 90 not give them seats in the Cabinet Mr..
Forster il NiccPIasident of the Council as was eX-
pected. Mr. Stansfed has office created by
dividing the duties Of FINANCIAL Secretary to the
Treasury He becomes Third Lord of the Treasury,
Mr. Gladstone being the first, the Chancellor OF the
Exchequer the second. But Junior Lordshlp is
dignity. only IN title Ine AdmlraIty mas them e as
we'll a. the Treasury. The other half OF the Secre-
taryship goes 10 Mr.. AyrtOn the well-known member
for Tower Hamets a man with prodiglous capa-
city for hard work all of which he will want for this
office Mr. Grant Duff who ought TO have been In
der Secretary in the Foreign Oice-eXcept that II is
suggested that he knows too much of foreign poll
tics-is put into a corresponding place In the India
Ofie under the Duke OF Argyll: As they are both
ScOtchInen. a general rush OF their cOuutfynen 10
London and thence 10 India may be expected For
that matter Mr.. Dixie remarks IN his recent book
that all the successful in business III India are
already of that nation. Mr. Layard differs from Mr.
Grant Duff 1t Is not the Foreign Once that wanted
him but he who wanted tile Foreign ONCE. lie
is ono of the surviving PalmerstOnians, with
an immense capacity for interfering and protecting
and misunderstanding generally. Mt Gladstone mas
conveniently pige0n-hOcd him IN the Commissioners
ship of Public Works and Buildings, whore he can
scarcely meddle with Continental politics. but may
indulge his taste for art without DONG any paTticu
lar damage. The appointment OF MI JustiSe y lia-
gan to be Lord Chancellor of Ireland Is welcomed by
all but the rabid PrOtestants and QTangemen IL is
fresh statute which permits Catholic 10 hold that
Office and Mr.. OIOgans professional htneSs Tor II