, 1873-04-06
From Our 0rn Corrtspondenf.

tue United States these things all testify to hi
capacity for legislation It WAS the instinctiv
recognition Of his individual prominence whicl
led all the Liboral side OF the House to give hin
such cheer as they did when he glided into hi
| seat on tho evening on which he announced hi
| resignation. There was no little feeling in tn
CRY, and the diBcontented Radicals VIII
had voted against him looked spe
cially humble. Without being uncharitablo,
| suppose may say that, Of the English Radicals
only one Of the opposition votes was really Of
the merits of the question, viz: The vote Of Mr.
! Fawcett. And really lIr. Fawcctt is possessed
| with SO strong q personal antipathy to Mr. Glad
stone, that even With him the merits Of the dis
pute are obscured. The Irish Roman Catholics
who voted en- bloc against the Ministry wer.
! compelled to do so by their Bishops. The com
nunication existing between fifty or sixty mem
bers Of the House Of Commons and the Iisl
Hierarchy is becoming too much for thepatienct
of quiet Protestant members, who never dream
Of referring to their Vicar or Rector before they
venture upon vote. Directly an importan,
question is before Parliament, you hear what
the Bishop Of some 1riah Diocese has pronounced
shout it. Irish members catch you by the arm,
and insist upon reading you extracts from private
letters detailing the Episcopal opinion The
reasons for Or against never enter into thei1
minds the only dispute is as to what the heads
of their priesthood have said. That known,
they are as docile as Bishop Dupanloup was
when the Pope's infallibility WAS declared. II
Imperial interests did not suffer thereby, it
would be grateful relief to allow these gentle
men Parliament Of their own at Dublin, where
they could be priest-sadded to their hearts con-
tent.
AN ELECT1oNI
II IN election really takes place, We shall find
Scotland returning about the same number Of Lib
erals as now Wales the same. Ireland will not
alter her representatives. in many instances,
save, perhaps, BY increasing the number
OF Would Home not hpef' nha It all bu sTsnt
England, the Conservatives may gain forty or
fifty seats. This does not give Mr. DisrAei q
ajo1ity, but the new House would no doubt
yield him fair trial, and the Marquis Of Sails
bury would again be tornented by seeing Con-
Bervative Ministry purchasing support by orig
mating Liberal measures.
a STORY OF TIE CRISIS
known to be authentic, is to the effect that, be-
fore the vote on the second reading OF the Uni
versity bill was taken, half-a-dozen Of the
"rebelB on the Tory side-Legitinist Tories,
who hate Disraeli-communicate with Mr. G.
Hardy, in whom they believe, and said they
would vote against the Government il he would
promise them that, under no circumstances,
would the Conservative leaders form
Government With the present House
Of Commons. ~. Hardy promised foE
promise for bis distinguished friends. So the
" rebels " voted, and to-day they are indignantly
asking how Ms' .i pisrseh % could dnre to think
even tor two af or three hours hours; Of forming an Ad
mlnistrntlon before an appeal to tho country.
Mr. Cyrus Field is over here, working heaven
and earth to fasten together hard monopoly OF
telegraph companies against The interests ct the
Ruhhc: Ihere mas been x another Westminster ST.
Palace Aotel dinner, and fFesn bursts Of M laugh
to
charges was not what was looked Tor
when special opportunities wero afforded to
ne esangencal Cyfns and hls 11lenos.
Never, certainty, was there ting go