New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-30
NOTES FROM LONDON.
POLITICAL. PERSONAL, DRAMATIC.

eecretarvship Of the Home Office has made sensa-
ton quite out of proportion to the importance OF
| the Office he quits The leading Conservative organ
| devoted column to discussing the causes OF I'm
| event " hich IT treats as unexpected, anu. va
| course as damaging TO the Government All 'lio
! iolrnals have something to say about H. lhe pun
lie for weeks past has been expecting to hear very
different piece Of news, tho promotion Oh boru oo
berry to the Cabinet and their curiosity 10 koo" 'o
secret of a move in the other dlrectlon II az 'io
iaonar The Tories rrofessed TO supply solution
IN An. Language Of Sir William Harcourt last week
The Home Secretary told surprised House tha'
| the anpointment uf Lord Rosebery as Under score
| tarv With a snecal view to Scotch business was
| only a mskeshift designed TO propitate Sco'ch
pembers and never intended to be permanent. III
short according TO this theory. things had Deen
r,ade UNPLEASANT for Lord Rosebery, ana no hau
elected IN consequence to give up his post
II d;d not need SIR Williqm HarcOurts explicit
declaration in the House yesterday to dispose OF
this nonsense 1t was contradcted IN advance IN
| The Scotsman in terms worth quoting. says the
| great Edinburgh journal:
There will be general regret at Lord RoseOerys
resignaton 1t is scarcely necessary 10 Say lltt
tLsTe ia NOT shadow of foundation for the IDLE
r,tmor which has been circulated tnat II Is que 20
what was said by the Home seGsetary. ne ,a sep
in the public interest. The Government VIII, no
conceves, be at liberty to make better arrange
ments for the transaction of Home once business
i'm the House of Commons by his retirement IRON
the post no has held and therefore ne retlTes. ~ ~
safe to say that the Government VIII not nav hiu
more constant support from Lord foSebeiy III
affrr Than thew will have from him divested OF
ofncial ties But 1t would he absurd TO suppose
that his present retirement means permanent aosn,
donment of the public service Inc Wnoies1mo
motive which led to his resignation VIII IN r que
Gu urse lead again 10 the acceptance OF once; In
AT least is what the country Will expect. ~ Las
,,ot so many Young politicians of power, ability snd
thoroughly Liberal principles that IL can alora w
allow Lord ROsebery to he long se'ereu ho"i '"'
actual work of government
All that is tue and othor things are true. Lord
Rossbery undoubtedly was appointed with sVlew
60 the better transaction of Scotch affairs The
| .rrarCement proved in the end too complicated.
The Home Secretary moreover, has always had, or
has for forty years past Under Secretary In the
House of Commons where the departmental Dusi-
ness is very heavy. What is allied the expression
| of feeling" on this sub set by Mr.. Peter kylands
| last Thursday was not perhaps very important
But when Sir Richard Cross. late Home Secretary
| Mr. Heneage and Others declared slmilar opin-
ion the occasion became convenient one lor Loru
Roseberv 10 consult his own incllnations ana retire
| He originally accepted subordinate ofhce hiuon
below his abilities and claims, for particular pur-
pose When it had become clear that tins purpose
could not he fully carried out he withdrew from H.
| There is no great mystery in all that
| rhere is to be however Minister for Scotland.
| A hill to create the Office is now in preparation
| and what Scotland expects is to see LORD hoseOery
| Minister with a seat in the Cabinet. Inc Enghsh
| public neither knows nor, with respect De IL
said cafes mnch about the question OF Scotch bust
ness. But it has of late grown accustomed 10 re-
gard Lord Rosebery as a source OF strength 10 tue
Government and il is because so able man ana 50
| good Liberal and so near friend OF hr' Ulad-
srone at once withdraws from the Ministry lhat IN
terest in the matter is general 1t Will accept Inc
| assurance that the existing arrangement has been
4 tound INV orkable But it will look TO see some
| otber and higher Office offered to Lord Rosebery.
Scotland which knows him better and looks TO him
| as a leader has much deeper feeling with regard
| to the event.
| Ofcourse the question of Peer against Cominoner
| is once more raised. Lord ROsebery cannon now be
mt INTO the Cabinet, cres the Radical. because
| there are too many Peers already. lie must wait
till someone goes out. Mr.. Gladstone is supposed
IN he ready to abolish the Office OF Lord Prvy seal
altogether. Very possibly. But the suggestion
| that Lord ROseherys experience IN the Home
| Office proves that the new Minister ior scotland
| must Do IN the Commons is not sound one. IL Is
nretty clear that lie will not be in the Commons II
| for no other reason than that the Lord Advocate
| wouh with difficulty consent TO be made subordi-
| nate 10 another COmmoner. The Lord Advocate is a
very great person, indeed. in Scotland. lie rs not
| generally what is now called Radical-certalnly
| not a Radical of the RylaDds pattern-and no would
MEIER that the rank OF the Minister whom he - 10
| obey should be higher than his own. Ii has long
been clear that Lord ROsebery would enter the
Cabinet His resignation more likely to acceler-
ate than delay that event: if for no other reason
than the strong expressions Of respect Tor his CHAR
acter and abilities which are to be heard from all
sections of the party.
Mr. HILBERT good and rising man, succeeds
Lord Rosebery Mr. 'Jrge w. +. Russell NJ. T.
for Aylesbury. who sue, is Mr.. Hiboert as secre-
tary to the Local Government Board, il contra
d,ction in terms He is Radical wing Wing
by birth, aud Radical by conviction or caprice
He Is n son of Lord Charles James Fox Russo i
neohew to the late Earl Russell. and cousin TO the
nreseut Duke of Bedford. Nature could hardly
| mako man more Wing than that. But Mr. Russell
! has been known from the moment Of bis entry INTO
| Parliament as an advanced Liberal He became
conspicuous for a moment by some very punRent at
tacks ON Lord Beaconsfeld, whom he described
with aliiteratve force Jingo, Jugger and a
Jew The remark gave great offence; ana among
| those who took it u,ost to heart was, naturally
enonpb. Mr. RusselPs colleague in the representa-
ton of Ayesbury, Sir Nathaniel Rothschd. Mt
RnsselPs clevern-ss is conceded He has succeeded
in making himself heard in the House of Commons.
| whore he is liked and would be still better liked II
he has not coquetted with such crotchcts rs anti
vivisection and female suffrage. But he is young
he has energy courage and ability enough to have
made it clear to the Government that he Is more
desirable ally than critic. Office IS thought To
steady man, and, like public schools, 10 take the
nonsense out OF him. and Mr.. Russell has probably
long official before him. If you like to read
his own account of his conversion. not TO Radical
s1.nra1 linn. find
Nineteenth Century for this month paper by him en
titled A Protest Against Whggery," which Is tull
of interest and epieram For an ,xmpe Of tho latter
it may suic, to quote Mr.. Russclfs summary OF his
conviction that man must be Wing by inner
itance-that Wing nGsoitr non III. " 1t IS a6 I'm