New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-11-13
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
SPEECH OF THE BRITISH PREMIER BEFORE |
HIS CONSTITUENTS.

lie DEFENDS TIN COURSE OF hIo mINloi -
ms VIEWS IRON TIE PROPOSITIONS FOR
RrroRM IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND
Upon TIE NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENT
On the SS,h ult Mr.. Gladstone, the BRUSH
Premier paid his promised visit to his constituents a'
Greenwich, ENGLAND, aud delivered Speech some
points Of which have already beenreceVeo oy
The following however, is q more comprehensive SUM-
mary OF this speech: .,
II am not urout TO spend large portion OF your uns
IN discussing exclusively tho questions cohnece r,.
the late Of FariamCut Icy haIe ocvm oni,es
debated and largely considered before many %
of Englishmen during tho recess and rejoice tnae i
public mind has been actively gwen M m disnenno
totH o ' th ,i o those who believe that because it
has been session distinguished, unhappy, by peculiar
nscr ~ and ineTton it has Therefore been an I'M
productive session. Aud Of all the charges Nnat
brought against the Government the nfn S,,Inn
one that remains is this, that they laid upon
the table OF Parliament too great hu huc
20 MAZE one HhScryatnn-it is not exclusively in the
option of Government u Getcrnine MuaV mentInmcn
~ a. ottn said thai tho present Government has had
very easy task they have Oeen supported ny
drawn Perhaps by OF frlends-a knot Of about
score OF persons over in that quarter 10 VEG WV Ia
laughl-to TIC eff ct that Onr nte'ectua capacy mus
be Very narrow indeed nasmuch as we have exper-
snced iiihcntie, in doing what we wished to 40 %me
we had Tia, Immense liberal majority AZ our naGhs Wei;
now gentlemen, there is a deIusIOn In the publc nlnd
upon TIL subj ct. and perhaps you Will 6e SURPRISED
Nhrn dealing with argument hut with act, ni1rln
vou that the first Liberal Government winch hhs
rvrr suts:ci for three years with large nIQOrlty'
iCheer~l Now, In my time there have DoeA Lhlte LO-
tral CO, riu,ut, with large msjoritieS. u.,,,. .no
{" viii 1T tic present assume that as regards the
class s"crs ON which had the honor OF Az
drcssiu- az Ihc time OF my election ana as TeSdus
those Q'rs To whch we have invited PaIllalhtnt
principally 10 apply Nf you may De 1lSpoStu 10 linn, tinA
tngt LaNr not made AL unreasonable OF lhJuClous
selection though We !II 10 cnoosc Ioi h,u amd
matters OF Dtcp interest ana Importance lreeIsi anu
Will now sly "A word two OF the future. lCheers.l
There is o N particular, OF rather one sci OF
measures, Il iihg TO phhiuI suuJecI Oh Nnen aut
here enter II TO Gotaii mean those measures Nl dI
Will assure YOU that they have received tne cuso
attention tho GOvernment-that we shall be READY
arrives in due course to state our VIEWS
and that We believe VIII then be your OPINION iat
have not rn hort OF the care and interest whch he
selves t ncutIcs that besct it, aud that the modes III
which propose to deal with II may ne nkely 10 com
mani he sUAeral approval Of the intelligent community
REFORMING The HOUSE OF LORDS.
Now, e nt men, there is question OF the future on
which you have heard much said of late. mean the
question Of the Constitution Of the House OF Lords
f. Leave the Constitution Of the House Of Lords alone u
Well / am not prepared to agree with my friend there
fcheers and laugh because the Constitution Of the
House Lords has Oiten been subject OF consideration
example WHEN proposal, Of which my friend diSap
proves, PERHAPS vas mGae few Years o ago to
Lords Of peers holding their peerages for lie.
lCheers am not going to discuss that Particn n
that would be highly Interesting, but which the vast
range Of the subject makes Impossible on the present &C.
particulars in which the Constitution Of the House OF
Lords might, under favorable circumstances be I'M
proved. lChcersl And am hound to say that though
believe there politicians bearing the name Of
lords with TO rcsect to the pBSot bill at the close Of
last session lcheers and nterruptOnl, l must own
It "' seems S'' % me to have been Great error
After the House Of Commons, which had per
formed other aud most serious aOors Tor four OF hEe
months had given the last six weeks Of the sessOnsix
weeks Of great abOr-to maturing the Ballot bill, 1t APP
pears 10 to have been great and greyous frrOr-
cannot call it OtherwiseOn the part OF the House OF
Lords in the second week Of the month Of August to say
that really such the time at which they had arrived
that 1t impossible for them to give 70 that measure
s GS Of al Sas
Of them lCheersl Why. in 1885 the House %, Of
face Of the Wing Government, devoted not only the
Of August carried into september the sbors
lot and for subject which then Cane for tim,
into public % S9e sSSjsS. 81 A ms T
led by great man--Ass Conservative mASoEity wa
own part not able all other points to admire th
statesmanship OF the Duke Of Wellington shall AWAY
tlonai principle with which he managed the House
h9d 90 FL e IHS
popular branch and with the sentiment OF the country
But, gentlemen the reform OF the House Of Lords
which has been recommended in many quarters is briefly
friend if may so call lin or he viii agree with
Tie reior recommended is this that We should eject
hereditary principle. Cheers and interruption.l Now
rnemen hope that am at least IN earnest and sin
before / agree and before / commit myself to
cxpellng from the House OF Lords the nerealtar y
principle, l will think once, l Will think twlce
| will even think thrice. [Cheers;l 1t IS not on
Gt% by al public assembly that we are vtay or pro
oundly change the established and accustomed usages
marx What Iappc led. Lord shaftesDury whom I men;
ton with profound respect on account OF hts earnest
to Glasgow and received at Glasgow. believe, most
warm welcome gu the part Of the vast population and
the working population Of that city. When that Oc-
threw UP their hats and said The people Of
glasgow approve Of d mo0h we
cusOn lcheertl, but think 1t showed this, that the
not sosed on eccuht Of that PARTICULAR error to draw
rapid and precpitate conclusion either against man
against body who had performed distinguished ser
vice Cheer No. gentlemen TINS If question OF so
much interest 10 all that, even after the length to
consider two things Before you determine TO e1pe the
hereditary principle from the House of Lords, ask
Of England to consider in the aTst place, what
you will substitute for the hereditary pItn-
point to suggest, and it is this. have shrewd
suspicion in my mind that very large proportion Of the
people of England have sneAklng kindness for this
hereditary principle Cheers and aughter.I 90 NJ
mean gentlemen by that that large PnuS n o. 1t
Thai which hone they never will desire, intend or per
paramount influence over the legislation Of the country.
ICheers That IL GHite another matter But THIS 90
Of France, lovers Of naked political equality lChetrs
THE NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENT.
"YOu have all heard Of the seven points daughter
am going enter into the mysterious and mystical
part of chat transaction, which, have doubt des
tined under the action Of time which brings all things
TO light to undergo further calculation But there is
one gentleman there lie doubt about ct a for he is in
the thick Of IT, Ibeieve he Ia very DISTINGUISHED man
Mr. Scott Russell to have cast his eyes around
and after surveying the whole circuit Of the cOmmu
nifty be thought he had got secret whereby the dscords
OF classes could removed 30 lie proceeded TO organ
lie a body Of wOrkingmen whom he considered in
some degree-great small, don't eay-to represent
the workngmen on the side, and no also organized
body 10 represent the other classes the other side
Here was one body one side, another BODY on the
other side, and the middle Mr. Scott Russell Laugh
teri Dir. scott Russell comes in communication with
bOt6 OF these bodies He speaks first to the one and
then TO the other lLaughter) You have seen clergy