The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-16

Q former member, and ne called In the usual way
upon Q Parliamentary agent for advice. "Oh."
said the Parliamentary agent, II win give you
letter TO Dr. -, and he Will ask you down to his
house lie is very pleasant fellow, and If you are
q fair Judge OF port wine he win return your
THE POWER OF THE ARIsToCRACY.
The fact Is that the strong thinkers. who hold
the threads OF public opinion, are beginning to
despise Parliament and all belonging 70 it. They
would rather write and speak as they please than
vote Is they do not please. The whole system OF
Parliamentary procedure In England has become
childish and ridiculous. The House Of Commons,
"a at present constituted, Is Mr.. Gladstone and
Mr.. Disrae. occupied and about TO be occupied for
one while in talking nonsense upon the topics
which happen to be upperm0sk and In changing
seats with each other. How does all this rhodo-
montade and seat changing AFFECT the people or
their leaders, IL does not AFFECT them at all.
All the old tricks Of public life played out, and
nobody 10 any longer deceived by them. Such
fierce light OF publicity beats upon once that those
who have arrived at public hOnors appear In their
true proportions. They have been seen climbing
up every step OF the way-sometmes tumbing
down, som etimes ciinging on to bad eminences
dgures enough, poor souls Then they are always
Inc same SET NJ Gaast9ne " indeed middle
Of family OF Liverpool trade smen.
Mr. DiSRARLI
Is brilliant man OF letters, who used to be pleas
antly called "the Jew boy, and who had no ances-
try or connections az the English Court. But the
men who surround both OF them are dukes, earls
and barOns, who could and would render ell gov
ernment impossible, under the existing system,
unless they had the lions share it. Now and then
ate IKE Mr. W aan Mr.
and Mr.. Bruce Is allowed to wrlggle In among
them but the essence Of the British
people. They are formed by their education.
and institutions to be people OF slaves and
IN and nj mn nQf hnor I'D
respect for rent and title Thus few days ago
newspaper editor went to a shop TO buy new hat.
custom of the English nobility to ride in Hyde Park
before breakfast, and the halter was aping them
ever, was ready to serve a customer, II spoken to
with proper guinness; and the editor, who had
bundle Or with him. asked this snS MI Il
Morntng Post q journal which Is nlled with
accounts Of noble Weddings Gnristenings ana IN
for him. A paper setting forth the wants and
interests Of his own class evidently bad no interest
for this shopman He wanted to read about lords
and ladies' as children prefer the Arabian H
the cOmmonest type OF shOpman.
But will, or may say, the American public Are
there no new opinions and interests asserting
themselves in unmistakabie language and about
to make themselves heardT'
Possibly not yet. It Is true that there Is sort
OF misery and discomfort IN England 80 deep, that
1t has not been before imagined or dreamed OF IN
the history Of the world
There are hundreds OF wretches in this rich city
who nave no homes, and spend their lives in wan
but these people viii nave no representative Ia
the next Parliament They never have had any
champion in the political lists The, are not
reputation or prospects, Their cases, when they
are 'tound drowned' or otherwise finally DIS
posed Of supply indnerently good padding Tor the
philosophical weekies; but they are Of no other
use to any one.
As for political combinations OF course, there
WIN be enough Of them. Mr.. Disraeli VIII bld Ior
The az nd out that liberal
ment, so far as Mr.. Gladstone goes In IT, is con-
temptible sham. He has three Lords at the
Enfeid-havlng committed breach Of the copst:
tuition to put them there. He has another Lord
the Duke Of Argyil-governs India In London, and
q banker peer-Lord Marlborough--is supreme az
and he is superintended by an earl-Lord Spencer
Mr. Gladstone has taken TWO OF the highest Offices
10 the ana Two iqr g @ III n He mas
But what could the stanchest tory do more than
thist II Mr. Disraeli comes in soon he must
again be seen in one Cabinet with mob Of expec.
tant earls outside, in waiting for admission All
the possession OF born dipomatists. All the best
Colonial goyernorships are given to born rulers
oasei and M Mr.
said before him, 'Come hlther, my little friends.
and support me am the right man man, for you"
drst know, what We shall have for our sup:
nothlng-uness words will content them.
Any sA s safely ose
laugh and HolyOage have no hold on the public
feeling. Nor has far higher class OF reiormers,
such as Sir W. Dixie, Mr.. Harrison and Mr.. Auber.
son Herbert. Indeed, the last named gentleman
has quilted public lie. for time, in sheer hope.
never quite forgive those who take up their cause.
They look upon Messrs. Odger, Bradlaugh and
they Consider the noble Dixie and the noble Herr
bert as traitors to their order, or crack-brained
young men whose wits can only be SET to rights
Is merely scholar and man or letters. Who
need trouble himself about what such man writes
properly entitled to an opinion in England. LORD
Derby. indeed, with six hundred thousand year.
has a landed right to think as he peases; but Mr..
THE TIcHBoRNE CASE.
''Nevertheless." may observe the intelligent
American, "that TichbOrne case appears one
likely enough to give work to a new Ministry. 1t
has an awkward resemblance to that diamond
archy." So it has. No reasoning can possibly be
truer; and yet nothing will come OF 1t.
THE ENGLISH PRESS
is under terrible sort of censorship. 1t has muZ-
zled ITSELF All the principal newspapers are in
the hands Of very rich men en- MI MI; waiter; the
have 6aronetcy. The Daily Ne,cs is under the
the Morning Posi- are pledged TO approve all exist
ing things. The weekly press is nowhere. The
Pal MAI Gazette is hostile to the claimant. There.
lore, although it Is certain that, whether be Is
TichbOrne or orion, he has been unfairly tried
that government has put forth all It's strength to
take unfair advantage; that it has produced wit
nesses who have perured themselves; that 1t has
brlbed others not only with money but with public
offices. Still IL has done so, and might do so again
without serious fear OF unpleasant consequences.
HOME RULE
To be sure, there is the ''hOme rule movement"
in Ireland, and IT has been agreeably noticed that
Mr.. Butt Is the head OF IT, WHAT then? 1t is, say
the English lobby politicians, an Irish toy; and
there is an end OF it. II Mr.. Butt becomes trou-
blesome they Will deal with him as they dealt with
O'Conne. English royalty Is in no danger from
him. The fighting spirit OF lrishmen has gone to
America. II 1t peases Mr.. Butt to go about talk
ing OF home rule ne is welcome to do 80, up to a
certain point; after that is there not the omni-