New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-06
ENGLISH POLITICS.
ORD DERRY JoISs THE LIBERALS.


LAMENT.
,rrou TIL. REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF rHE rRrBuSE.l
LONDON, Oct. 25.-Seldom has there hecn
political vacation marked nv much political &C.
tiylty as the present. In the speeches delivered
during the past ten days there is the materiai ior
many letters, one disposed tn write thoh. iwo
leading members of the Government, Lord sans
burv and Mr.. Cross. have made half dozen ha-
rangucs between them. sir William Harcourt had
preceded them with speeches far more brilliant
and effective; embodying perhaps the most damag-
ing attacks on the policy If this Government that
recent DAYS have witnessed: and which remain,
even after Lord Sal sbnrv has been heard. without
any snbstan tial aud sufficient answer. Lord Har-
t,nctop kent up the fire last night with n strong
and temperate address and to-day Mr.. Bright is 10
sneak Mr. Parnell--if he may he named III suon
company-has been stumping ireland Tor mo"'"'
and Mr. Gladstone. after a brief holda IN i'AN'
has been talking to French ard Russian rep"''eis
in Paris unable to wait TIL he got nome oeio'e IT,
suming his endless vet always weighty dlsco"tses'
TO his countryncn. and the world IN general ""
things human aud divine. Yet ont OF al 'n's u"
encv and flood of words one need quote but little
in dealing with the essential facts OF to-days S'lu-
alton. man who tries TO make his way anna 'his
hinge collection of oratons may complain, like the
rustic that he cannot see the town for the multi
tude of houses But with patience. and with que
time for digestion. the reader OF them NAV arrive
at one or two general ideas the condition OF this
country. 80
Personal influences in an aristocratc State Ike
England coGni for much that one NAV DE eA-
eused for think ny that Lord Derbys new depaf-
ture Is not the least significant fact IN the eo"'
lancashire demonstrations, of which Sir William
Harcourt and Lord Harrington on one siue' anu
Lord Salisbury ON the other. are to all appearance
the central figures IL was announced with some eau
t,on fortnight ago that Lord Derby, whose aliena-
tiop from the present Ministry was known 10 DE
comm etc was medItatlng an alliance OF some sor'
with the Liberals. Lord Derby himself said Moth
ing Nobody pretended 10 quote any declaration
made by HIM. The papers took the matter up. ana
argued il ia their usual half-omniscent, hait-con-
iectura stylc The Liberals hailed the new convert
The Conservative organ. which seldom lacks
couraCe for plump contradiction OF
unpleasant announcements, while admitting
that Lord Derby was not likely to be found support
IN, the pre,ent Government again. denied that he
had gone over to tue enemy. or would be found CO.
onerating with them. 1t was not denied that Sir
William Harcourt had been Lord Dcrbys guest or
that II was from Knowsley that the Liberal orator
had set out Tor Southport and Liverpool where his
speeches were delivered. 1t could not be denied
that Lord Harrington about TO visit Manchester on
a similar Grand, had been asked by LORD DERBY 10
make KnOwsley his headquarters. No more couid IL
no Unattended that Lord Salisbury, Lord Derby's
brother-in-law. had received any similar invitation.
la this case the omission might be set down to the
lpovn persnnal estrangcmcnt between the two
mon an closey connected IN recent days by ties OF
marriage and ties of politics. Lord Derby has never
spoken 10 Lord Salisbury since the memorable occa-
sion in the House of Lords when The present Foreign
Minister Thought II proper and decent To compare
his predecessor to Titus Oates.
But there is. in fact no reason for weighing prob
abilities or discussing motives In tins case. am
not bound initiate the deoorous reserve pracuseu
nv the Liberal papers in welcoming Lord Derby 8
accession 10 the Liberal ranks am at liberty I" say
without qualification of any kind that Lord Derby
has cast in ms fortunes with the Liberal party; that
he has not only broken finally with the Conserva-
tiyes but has defntIvely joined their adyersries
that he is henceforth to all inteDis and purposes
"a much a Liberal as Lord Harrington himself. No
body contests the value of the service Sir
William Harcourt rendered to his party
/ should say TO hs country, also--by his
recent speeches. But he rendered still
more sclid service when he arranged with Lord Derby
the terms ON winch lac was to take his place on the
front Opposition bench in the Lords. The people OF
Lancashire are quick witied in such matters. The
Jopdon papers might debate about IT as much a.
they liked But Lord Derby's mel ghbOrs understood
perfectly well what had happened When Slr W iiilaI
Uarcourt drove TO the Liverpool Reform Club III
Lord Derbys carriage. The iverics and arms OF the
house of Stanley, they knew, were moi at the ser
vice of political opponents on great political ocea
sion need ouly add. on equally good authority,
that when Lord Derby sent his invitation to Lord
Harrington the leader OF the Liberal party IN the
House of Commons, to stay at Knowsley, he did it
with full knowledge of the infeT that would be
drawn from it, and with the intention that this ill.,
ference shOnld be drawn
The first effect OF this new alliance will be TO
modify the political complexion OF Lancashire. The
four divisions OF that populous and powerful county
now return eight Conservatives 10 the House OF
Commons aud not a single Liberal. Ia Northeast
md Southeast Lancashire tie DRY seats were won
by comparatively narrow majOrIties, with the
whole influence of the Stanloys on that side.
spite of Reform Bills and the Ballot that
influence was, and Is very great, and there
can be little doubt that its transfer to the
Liberal side at the next general election viii result
In diyiding-to say the leaSt-the representation
now entirely devoted to Lord Beaconsfed's Govern
meut. 10 North Lancashire Lord Derby's brother,
Colonel Stanley holds what may seem to bc a safe
seat But when Colonel Stanley fit TO accept the
SecretaryshIp Of War Oh his brothers retirement
from the Foreign Office, he cast off all hope of
future support from the head of this house which he
abandoned. The two men have since been barely
on speaking terms and should North Lancashire
be contested by Liberal, The Stanley Influence
will De thrown against the candidate who bears the
name of Stanley. These may seem local details and
and don't dwell them. But they more
local than the influence of the Ohio election the
next Presidential election Is local
And the next election III England. though nobody
knows when il will occur is IA everybodys mind
II is with reference TO that election that all tins
I.,.t a