New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-10

IOBLlC nONOk IL BtANONcf lLLDs
A MONUMENT IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY VOTED HIM
THE FRENCH VICTORIOUS IL TUN1s-JoRD
SALISBURY TO LEAD THE CONSERVATIVES.
The proposal TO erect a public monument
TO Lord BeaconsReld in Westminster Alb
hey was sanctioned by the British Par
Lament yesterday. Mr. Gladstone made
o graceful speech in favor Of the project
The Kroumlrs are already subdued. Lord
Salisbury has been chosen to lead the Con-
servattve party in the House of Lords. Mr..
Froude explains his course in regard TO the
Carlyle manuscripts. Some members of Col
onel Flatter's Expedition were SO reduced to
want az to become cannibals.
THE BEACONsFIELD MEMORIAL VOTED.
LONDON, May 0.-In the House of Commons to-
day Mr.. Gladstone moved an address praying the
Crown TO provide a monument in Westminster
Abbey 10 Lord Beaconsfed. He appealed to the
House not to make It a subject of partisan discus
sion. Mr.. Labouchere, Liberal member for North
ampton, opposed the motion.
The motion was adopted-ycas, $780, nays, "a.
In the House Of Lords Earl Granville made similar
motion, which was seconded by Lord Salisbury, and
il was adopted without a division.
Mr.. Gladstone moving the grant for the Bca-
consGeld monument spoke in effect as follows:
he earnestly entrcaed that this be not made an &C
casion Of angry dispute Relative 70 his own conduct,
he said De had considered ~ his duty not 10 yield TO
temptation 20 establish precedcnts for compliment
tery Observance which might cause embarrassment IN
The future. lie that In any previous case
the House hnd been called upon 20 pay mark OF honor
20 o Minister 20 whom 10 sharply opposed.
Tho House had 10 look 10 two questions onlywhcther
the object Of the proposed tribute has sustained great
pages OF Parliamentary and Satons history and whether
he acted With the I'M sanction OF the e9nIsti gIsd
stone thought there could not be q SHADOW OF
dont In answcring both questions IN me atnInhtyc'
Despite the sharp change mnnifested at me late cie
tons, The authority boy virtue ot which The late orl
BcacOnshcld had acted emnuaFd from the Hhine iran
chac Of constitution that which maintained tho
prrscnt Government which cndoavored with the same
sincerity 90 promote tho grandeur Of the country.
eorerr ~ ord Ue,enusNcl1 many cts
the most remarkable IN English Parliamentary history.
The only one which was vomafahe 10 u a. ygniu5 tn9
Bcacousnclds afaociatcd with great Const.
t0na changes Mr Gladstone proceeded 10 Hy ne Wotu
never scrup!c 20 admit that the solution OF the
question oi the hli Grafton or thc flhclsc Nd AIky
due % Lori Bcac0u-ncds personal Influence. LOOKING
not ~ friend and aduirrr but mpanialy NJ the mag
nitudc oi fhe part Lord benconshcid Iiay ca ior
years in tnrupr1n Attain on behalf Of England ne hau
not doubt that hr man who had during nat time ss
ainCd once and or thirty y,ar- had lcd eieat pdl2
aud had utcrcsfr The general heart to the extent mani
Tested during h- Illness aud at biz funeral shonld be
! c0mmcm0utrd' .
Although hmsrlf separated from Lord Beaconshcd hy
longer and larger divergence Than perhaps ever cNst
htvecu two persons -o ronst4nty IN contact set he
| extraordinary intellectual powers, which aH Would h d,
well to rcwcmbcr on The siren th or WI ahH l,lsH
| uu h- strong sympathy with his rnoe, and M
hnduo-s % struggling literary genius. IN
arm that Lord Rcaconsheld was never actua
| tod by pcr-ounl antipnthy townrd hmSch
The speech was received with loud cheers
Sir stafford Northcotc. ,rcondlng the motion. said
Mr. Gladstone had already erected monument
bette. than marble.