The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-12-24


and outside the Cabinet. Such is the case at
tho present moment with Mr.. Fawcett.. There
sa sT Ssfs w sS cSns ee h ss
ship OF tine .Exche1ner.. the Lord Chancellor
tarYshipi the First Iordshiipo OF the Admiralty;
and TIE Indian sgGretaryshp N, nm my sya sS
Pssdent u the Ss
Board. Chief Secretary for Ireland Chancellor
Of the many cases in which there is a plausi-
bity in English arrangements which. II mis-
rightly OF "A written Constitution like that OF
the United States. Your readers need not be
dents controversy on tho comparative merits
Of the American and the English Constitutions;
Mr.. Gladstone as you arc aware holds two
Cabinet Gal Offices at the present mComent-the
Hed ba t' BEEN Of the
time of giving ur. the ilutter ofllce., which en-:
tails great deal of departmental labor, but all
Is ono of the wellknown peculiarites Of Mr..
GsdiSt oa rmm i is the pecYarity OF
talking Of retiring from ONCE. There has
scarcely been month. il n week believe. for
spoken of his wearincss Of his heavy task. his
advanced years. and his desire for the solitude
has been described at its conimencement as the
last as but at IT, close has become the second
ho high w ocs # ThesS viii thns sn 6o%ove to
have been said so often that nobody now pays
en Tin ai aed to them and Gadstones too
grateful to hear that he will carry out his in
on Sc hs " rs no Eys e ss fl
rms makes one vacancy; and another is ere
shp tRe bmcIy Of %, tne aas
has not yet been filed up, and which. as it has
nF ynG NO other t Junction but that OF sup.
politician like Mr. Bright. might very we'll DO
You will understand when typo such high
That Rnmor has whispered herself hoarse in
pse et asFETants There was an Impression
BILE in encouraging this idea; fora very vul-
ear vain nqlshnEg and ambitious manahe has
to say that he had taken to drink, The story ry
Danish dull care and ever-constant terror by
playing at cards in a well-known club there
an eminent prison ofiieiai notorous for loving ing
the the bottle , with a fatuous Affection; that
never before fa,homed;, and that, when at last
a Minister. he sought TEMPORARY soace in his
best to. get back into office. and that ali his
He went up TO his constituents and delivered
9 defence Of his own conduct as Chief Secretary
the haranSue sqco cit o say 'f that he sd dccared
the only fault he had to find with the present
severe enough if he had had his way Gl You'd
have been much mere ., sstrnCent; Parns and
IN m shor n s be
regime Of the Quaker and Humanitarian
e ass Snd ssa al SSnis
Mao to a oi pss or
Forster misinterpreted this speech in tho most
thu Ra They
stone not to take Mr.. Forster back to his bosom.
Mhe to haze i that Gng
b hss there sSa ;hnS f.
OF his being taken back. His game, was this, He
to to hsSs shar
in the. government Of his country. it was be-
fs he in SRi Of ran an G Fs
minatGn to put down the Irish ,b people Such
peru we Depths a srSss
the English character: but to make appeals to
,h IS of the sp with shs air III Fl
ter's most artistic and successful roles on the
Another aspirant whose expectations are dis
appointed-l hope. though fear not, forever
is Nj: Goschen. l have often msntioned this
your readers will probably have some idea Of
his charaScter He is, Is-though ! believe he
Hs fran the gs regular
and the compact and symmetricaI figure OF
Rothschild, who represents Aylesbury in the
cunning in every line Of Goschen's face; an
other aspect is entirely vulpine-he has knock
;ura and snufllq; he handles his ring Il n Se
sanity as he speaks. and-as O'Kelly. the mem
Ssd ar qs R1 Ts hsaFa h%
spsak about the g!0rss Of he British emore
cat Hi9' gSs ike eSy" the eow ms
other q the IoTl IN
appealing to the weak points of the people TO
T he Hs 9f has @e PUT po nop IF dag hs
sort OF Jingo SIN abroad and a hatred OF Ireland
at home; and YOU WI understand s that such
English politics a pretty long way
G9sehen has been playing ms cards ards In the
occasion for Gladstone and his colleagues is
, thes i2s Of h5 9se Spen
the moderate and the extreme section-the
Wings and the Redicals-of the Ministerial
partially steers his course between the two
make him most formidable to the Ministry
In the Irish Land bill, for instance there We're
diyelEs1nce Of feeling 9etween the Wings and
tine faasp 9e Mhf he iSE 5hs mos
rfactprers The Radicals could therefore.
h that h sSs b sh1a 8, p in aa Ing
uttcrmost limit in favor OF the tenant
against the landlord; while the Wings were
satisfied to remember that they had landed
estates themselves. and that by and by what
was considered sauce for the goose OF Irish
might be considered equally good sauce for the
gan'Ier OF English landordism; On such oc-
casions Goschen generally sided with the
Wings. and often went near defeating the Gov
eminent. Similarly on the last Coercion bill.
ii could not be too severe for the Wings. while
some Of the Radicals were DESTROYS that few
of the clauses at least might be soitened. Go
schen interviewed whenever the split between
the two sections threatened to arise. and
made 1t wider by denouncng the Irish leaders
in the most violent terms. and on one occasion,
by course OF steady and secret intrigue for
several weeks. he succeeded in putting Glad
stone and the Government in minority. At
other times Goschcn when he was expected to
oppose tho Government, stood up strongly for
them. the dodge being. of course to make his ac-
ton so uncertain that it might wear an air OF
impartiality and So be always matter Of in
terest and speculation. 1t was expected that
Gladstone would have been anxious to silence
an opponent SO deXterouS and 50 unscrupu-
lous; but there have been very awkward reve-
lations recently as to the part which Mr..