New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-07
BEACoNsFIELDls TRIUMPH.

CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH THE HoNoRs
CONFERRED on THE PLENIPoTENTIARIEs -
SIGNS OF REACTION IN PUBLIC FEEIING-rHE
LIBERALS MORE sELF-RELIANT-THE DIssoLU-
TON or PARLIAMENT IN DOUBT.
lFRoN AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT THE TRIBUNE.
LOSDoH, July 27.-Lord BeacOnsfeld has been
made-not what his friends said he would be made,
Duke-but a Knight of the Garter; the Dukedom
NAV vet be in store for him. but at present have
no warning OF il. The reward which his Sovereign
has bestowed upon him for his labors Mt Berlin has
been the " bauble" which he has once previously
refused but which at last las seems to have
persuaded himself 10 accept. i don't know that,
after ALL the distinction is not great one great at
least as royal distinctions are estimated in this
country. There are few things more coveted among
the grandest of the territorial mobiles than the right
TO be enrolled among the Twenty-Five knights OF the
Garter The broad blue ribbon aud the picturesque
robes have been worn in times past by the greatest
of these aud It has ever been considered prize
among this class, because, rs n noble Peer OF the
last generation used TO say, " that infer
nal rubbish called merit" was no quail
fcation for IL. In the strict sense OF the
word, perhaps, Lord Panmure was right
when he made that remark, but certain il is that
merit has since been deemed of some account. The
late Lord Russell was made a knight of the Garter
az of the fact that he scion of the great House
of Bedford, and there are many instances in which
IL has been bestowed by the Sovereign. the rec
ommendatlon Of the Minister of the day. a re-
ward for party services. Lord Melbourne was once
offered IT, but refused the distinction OH the ground
that il might serve him a convenient bride, ana
"A he remarked he had no occasion TO bride him
self he would reserve II for that purpose.
"Strange is the irony of fate" Both the Carriers
which have been bestowed tins week-for of course
as there happened to be two vacant, Lord Salisbury
had 70 share the honor with his political chief
have been previously worn by Wing nobemen. That
which was given 20 Lord Salisbury was previously
worn by Earl Russell, and that which has gone to
the Premier previously adorned the leg OF the
MARQUIS Of Ailesbury, the late head OF the English
Bruees and the Master Of the Horse of successive
Liberal governments. The pill must be bitter one
for the present holder Of the Aesbury title to
swallow. The Bruces though Wings, are before
all things conscious of the ancient title they inherit
and Of the traditions attaching TO the English no.
bty. For Benjamin Disraeli TO have been made a
Peer at all must have offended their sense OF the
great Importance of their ORDER but for him to have
been awarded the Garter which the late Marquis
wore. distinction which he highly priced, must be
more than enough to fill their cup OF bitterness to
the brim.
But these honors to Lords Beaconsfeld and
Salisbury preceded as they have been by the
shouts of a lurid mob at Charing Cross aud the
fulsome aduation of The Daily telegram, have not
blinded the British public to the enormous respon-
sibillties TO which they have been inexorably
bound The supreme triumph OF the lingo
party and the apotheOsis of their chief
do not after a short reflection, appear so
well assured as at first WIS supposed The
discussions which have taken place, both in and
ont Of Parliament, have made people pause for mo-
ment to look back upon the past consider the pres
emf. and think of the future. Turning to the past
thew ace q labyrinth of duplicity, of secrecy, and
como any of chcane The friends of Turkey are
dsgusted with the settlement OF Berlin, while
there are none who can see the solld adXan-
tagcs which are to come to England. WIN
one pocy on the surface, and another ana
totally different policy beneath the surface
Lord BeacOnsiied has hoodwinked tnem
Nobody is satisfied and even those who are willing
to rest content with the Berlin settlement as lhe
best that could have been done, find II convenient
TO saw nothing of the way Ia which that settlement
has been brought about VINO, Indeed, can aEePs
Who as Lord Bath. hitherto one OF the most &c.
voted of the supporters of the Tory party said last
night i'm tho House of Lords, can justify a Govern
ment which one day stands forth as the champion
of public law and for the maintenance OF treaty Op
cations and yet goes 70 q European Congress WIN
two secret conventions IN its pocketI
The trumpet pOte Oh inc OppVS.'ioh wac 'o"nu'u
n week ago. Last Saturday night two important
sneec6es zero made, the effect of which could
scarcely be fully judged until this week had been
well-niQh PASSED. Mt. Gladstone made speech at
Southwark, and Mr.. Forster took advantage
of the occasion on which he acted ds president
of a Golden Club dinner at Greenwich to
deliver @ soatbinR criticism Of the Govern
mont policy. Mr.. Forster alluded to Richard
Golden AZ a man who feared no parliamentary ma
orty in the persistency with which he stood up for
his views. and he intmated that now. all danger OF
the misconstructiOu by other Powers is passed the
Ieaders of the Opposition In the House Of Commons