New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-28
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
POLITICS WAR AND THE THEATRE.
PARTY MANGUvREs CONCERNING THE FRANCiiSh
BiIL-ruE ENGLISH FLEET-A NEW PLAY
tpY CABLE TO THE rmBUNE.l

nuI-rur ENGLISH FLEET-.A NEW PLAY
1BY CABLE To THE TWBuNE1
1oSpCN. Sept. o. 1t is expected 'h"'
fx@d Nor,hbrook will return TO LONDON
,o attend the meeting of Parliament
The Foreign Office is unconcerned at the protests
agoipst the seizure Of the sinking fund. IL mas no"
under consideration the gravCr matter ot ou'''"s
the coupons when this is attempted the opposing
Powers may ask the Egyptian Tribunal TO ior'c'oS'
ON the Government property, bringing matters 10
cr,s,s 4 second European Conference probably
ynl fol,ov. Meanwhile the Khedve's Government
will smply acknowledge the protests. Bismarck
co-operation with France is explained DIV MS u'
sirc to embroil her with England, and by de'eS'"-
tion of Gladstone. The German Chancellor 'Noi-
reached him>eli lie cannot have intended 10 Sho"
how little hold he has on Italy. The Italian Oao'-
net so far declines to protest against the EheHSn
action
A SCHEME OF FRANCHISE.
The Cabinet IN eet in London on October 10 or -
Meanwhile Mr.. Gladstone remains at hawaiu'n
studylnq the redistribution question. The Caolhe'
Committee on the subject have just issued TO tneir
colleagues an important memorandum 1t Is oe-
1oved the aim of the Government viii be to aVold
disfronchisement by grouping boronehs and
spbdividinR counties Three-cornered constitu-
encies will be abolished. and large
towns will get more members; to be
arranged in colleges This scheme IS stIH suo-
iect TO revision and alteration. The Standard oe-
lievinr the bill TO be actually drafted demands Us
production at the autumn session, as offering moo'S
rrend. ThePaU Mall Ga.ette, strange TO say agrees
that nothing will please the Tories better Inc
Cabinet have 9th T views. and Will make no state
mcnt until the present crisis is past.
Lord Salisbury's article in The National Her'e"
shows him against any modification OF the present
system and deslrous of the impracticabe scheme OF
the representation of minorities. The Times rldl-
oules him. and The Spectator saysneither he nor SIR
Stafford rthcote knows where they arc going All
their figures arc arguments for electoral districts
their chief adherence. A compromise evidently
Is impossible. Mr. Gladstone brought
back from scotland fifty addresses from pubic
bodies and political associations with numerous
gifts. iii, later speeches exhibit increasing hIn-
ness toward the Lords. At Perth he al
luded Significantly to the fact that. though
Scotland and Ireland were largely Liberal, the
two countries had forty-four representative peers,
of whom two only are Liberals 1t Is
believed ne is inclined TO rcctify this by reforming
tl srsto,p of election. This weeks Times actually
r,,,. 20, Inc ,ion that the Lords must be re-
formed 1t would weed ont the hereditary peers
aud add life peers. Public feeling on this subject
crows apacc.
THE RESCUE OF GoRDoS.
The sondan news is very satisfactory lhe
relief of Khartoum IS now resolved INTO the 'r'nII
away of the Egyptian garrison and the Hienu'F
uopulation. The British Government auhere 10
their policy Woicley has positive orders for Tor
don aud will himself expedite the evacuation ol
the citv
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