New-York tribune., 1874-02-11
LATEST RETrRNS.


LONDON, Wednesday. Feb. l1--G a. M
So far 2j4 Conservatives, and $50 Liberals have
been returned to the House from England; 10 Con-
seryatives and SO Liberals from Scotland; aud q
Conservatives aud II Liberals and Home Rulers
from Ireland.
There was mych roting at Chesterfield and Barns
ley yesterday, and many policemen were injured.
THE DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT
THE PROMPTNEss OF THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES
STATEMENTS or MEMBERS OF THE MINISTRY
FEELINGS AMONG THE LBERAL5-ADDREsS OF
Mr.. DISRAELI
fFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or TIE TRIBUNE
LONDON Jan. 27-For once. events move quickly
in this slow paced country. Mr.. Gladstone's address
and announcement of the Dissolution of Parliament
appeared on Saturday. Mr. Dlsraelis manifesto fol
lowed on Monday, n Priyy Council was held on the
same day. tho royal proclamation issued. and the
writs went down by post that evening. This morn
ing, Tuesday, they nearly all in the hands oil the
proper officers, who must issue to-day tomorrow
in the borOughs their notice of election, and in the
counties by Thursday at latest The elections in the
counties must be fixed for not later than the ninth
day after receipt of the writ in boroughs the fourth
day. Election in these cases means the nomination
and the show of bands following which always was
and is in law an election; the poll being resorted
to only where the decision upon the show of hands
IS challenged. The poll must be taken in counties
not less than two nor more than six days after the
nomination; in boroughs it must be taken not more
than three days after the nomination. For the
joToughs, therelorc-and it Is the boroughs which
are to decide this elooton-all elections must be
over by Friday of next week As that Is sooner
than this letter can possibly reach New-1ork, put
aside all speculations or my own upon the result.
The cable ought to give you by Monday week, Feb
O. at latest clear notion whether the Liberals or
Conservatives have carried the country. The county
elections will be over in the following week, and
the actual majority in the new House Of Commons
will then be known.
speak of an actual majority because | assume, IN
opposition to The Times of this morning, that the
election to turn substantially upon tho retention
of power by Sr. Gladstone and the Liberal party. or
the transfer of power to Mr. Disraeh and the Con-
servatives. The Times, which keeps clear of en-
tangling alliances urges the constituencies to elect
independent members capable of forming an opinion
and standing by this because it looks forward to
period of incOherent and floating majorites, likely
to carry hither and thither all but men Of strong
convictions 1t breads to see knot of extreme men
holdins tliU balance of power and the great parties
bidding for their support. Without attempting to
peer so far as that into the future, think the cir
cumstances such az to compel broad classification
of candidates 1t is the privilege of the leaders of
parties to s,rl,e the keynote of the election. Mr.
Gladstone chose to make it party contest Mr.
Disraei accepts it as such, and the rank and file
have little choice in the matter. Here and there a
man will come forward asserting bis independence
on one or another topic, and few candidates may
turn up who carry Independence to the point of re-
fusng allegiance to either party OF leader. There
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interests TO party, and sayso; butt as rule, they
are Liberal or Conservative at bottom and it is per-
fectly well known on which side they will vote in
the first great division in the House AT any rate
in summing up the results of the election there will
be no difficulty in saying whether the majority has
declared for Mr. Gladstone or for Mr.. Disrae. The
discipline of the Tories seldom fails them and if
member is telegraphed to you as Independent, you
nav pretty safely set him down as a Liberal, and
add him mp in Mr. Gladstone's column.
There is, / find strong feeling that the Liberals
are going to win, though by reduced majority.
The suddenness of the election is a great blow to
the Conservatives, especially to those intending to
contest constituencies now represented by Liberals.
The advantage thus gained by the latter plus the
bait of aboishing the Income Tax, will, it is be-
leved, prove irresistible. Mr. Gladstone's majority
in the last House. after all defections and defeats
friendly to him reckon that he will have from %
TO so in the next. The Pal Mall Gazette, which
hates him, has already thrown up the sponge, and
looks forward to another triumph of "Radicalism,"
which it hates not less heartily, This mention in
passing, to enable you TO compare predictions and
results together.
We are going fast that the inquiry into the causes
of the sudden dissolution, about which l wrote at
some length only two daysago seems already histOr-
cal But the question will be kept hot through the
vass; and SO outspoken We that an explicit and
even categorical statement has been made by the first
Cabinet Minister who has addressed his constitu-
ents. Mr.. Forster. With CHARACTERISTIC energy he
began his campaign in Bradford last night, and for
want of hall spoke in a circus 1t is not true says
Mr. Forster that there has been a quarrel in the
Cabinet nor was there any cause for the dissolution
beyond what Mr. Gladstone himself has stated-the
dininution of the strength of the Government, the
consequent nsubOrdnaton of the Lords, and the
wish that the country should determine either TO
dismiss the existing Ministry, or to renew and re-
enforce its authority. We tired Of hearing bad
news adds Mr.. Forster by way of enlarging Mr.
Gladstone's explanation; and it appears that the
defeat at Stroud and the smallness of Mr.. Cowen's
majority at Newcastle, were the last two straws
which broke the camels back-in other words. ex-
hausted Mr. Gladstone's patience. We assented,
SAYS Mr. Forster, of himself and his colleagues in
the Cabinet to Mr.. Gladstones proposal because we
had grown weary of single defeats. and desired an
appeal TO the whole country TO declare 10 what
government the administration OF its affairs should
be intrusted Ii does not much augment the force
of that statement to say that they desired also to
take the opinion of the country the abolition of
the Income Tax.