New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-18
GREAT BRITAIN.
CHARACTER OF LORD CLARENDON-THE IRISH
LAND BILL-THE EDUCATION BILL.
CORRESPnNnENTl

LAND BILL-THE EDUCATION BILL.
IRON OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, July "A run of i'll luck seems to
pursue Gladstone far his Cabinet is concerned
Mr.. Bright is ill., Mr.. Chders is i'll, Lord Clarendon is
dead do to put either both Of the last two
in comparison with Mr. Bright, but it is quite possible
that their Is for the moment and for routine work.
embarrassing than that Of the greater man. Lord
Clarendon belonged TO that is rapidly disappear
ing from politics He liberal arstocrat and in En-
gland the liberal arstocrat is commonly good deal
arstocratc than the Tory who belongs TO the
order 1t is not possible there should be such man in
America. l doubt if it is possible to understand in
America precisely why man OF such moderate abilities
should WELD the influence Lord Clarendon unques-
ionably did WELD. He has been a dipomatist all
his life has succeeded sometimes, and failed some
times; but has never succeeded brilliantly
failed dsasrousy. In ali his he clever cool,
sometimes astute politician, of that class which believes
that OF the solar system is to be found in Bel
grava. His worst bunders sprang from his social posi-
tOn and his greatest successes due to the same
cause He willing to let the press be crushed in
Belgium and If he had dared would have been equally
willing in England. Probably he never quite under
stood why his acquiescence in that matter made him
unpopular. Probably he did try. Very likely he did
not greatly The opinion he valued the opinion
OF clubs and drawingrooms The opinion OF the people
OF England he studied he studied any other force in
politics which il might be necessary 10 concate, to
believed in his order and in the continuance Of
isence Of his order apoca power. Small blame
to him for that Younger and ADLER with less
believe still in the thing. They will Lord
Clarendon as valuable ally To the rest OF the world
his loss not irreparabe. The French papers OF
them, profess scarcely to have heard OF him, and
considering at what low ebb English diplomacy is and
for years has BEEN the Continent the contempt
uous silence more contemptuous eulogy OF European
journals Is not remarkable In the Crimean Lord
Clarendons opportunity great but il happened that
the French Minister Of Foreign Affairs that time
NJ Thouvenel, probably the ablest dispateh-wrer Of
modern days, with such special knowledge OF the ntri-
caces OF Eastern diplomacy no man in ngand could
rival So it happened that he and not Lord Clarendon
did the work and the fame In American affairs the
departed dpomatist has scarcely shown greater ability
or won any signal honor He put his TO the John
son Convention only to find the treaty rejected in Wash
ington and acrmoniously attacked in London a
render-which II was notion the part OF England Much
praise has been thrown away on his memorandum in re-
ply TO Mr. Fish, and there plenty OF people here who
think Mr.. Fish withheld Lord Clarendon's answer from
publication because 1t was so damaging to Mr. Fish's
original dispatch should Judge that our Secretary OF
State might have been very glad to print Lord Caren
dOns paper IL he had wished TO throw further difficult
ties in the way Of a settlement.
II anybody ever supposed that the Duke OF Richmond
was going to be the leader OF the House Of Lords I'm any
but technical sense. he been undeceived by
the last weeks work the Irish Land bill The leader
who leads Is the Marquis OF Salisbury On question
about which he does not much care or on which he can
persuade the Duke OF Richmond to do as he wants. the
Marquis is seemingly obedent on question really In
teresng to him, II Is clear he will follow mans BAN
ner nor accept orders even from him whom he himself
appointed to command II n difficult make out just
what the Marquis means at this moment His
the Land bill leads straight TO a conflict between the
Lords and Commons and one would think that ia the
"A man who nds he
real distribution OF political forces who has been to
school in the other House. who has since become Peer
and who soeitous to keep all that is left Of power
10 his own order. Mr.. Gladstone sent the bill
mp with parting speech by way Of notification 10 the
Lords Iwhat they might do and what they might not.
They were not to tamper with bill They not to
mutilse II under cover OF amending IL they were To
leave s vital prncplend ts effective everywhere
untouched Yet the Lords under the lead OF the Marquis
Of Salisbury have adopted Amendments after amendment
which they mean and know to be fatal 10 the working OF
the scheme and which they know the Commons cannot,
dare not Will not accept They have limited the prInci