New-York tribune., 1884-12-28
NOTES FROM LONDON,
RELATING TO the RECENT SLlrlCAL
REVOLUTION.

.,her,s throats IL Is easy to bchoVo ''"' '''
Majesty rcjoicss over this unexpected ena 10 oo'
a,et which threatened to disturo tho 'hrono '."'
Her delight has taken the equally unexpecte" lo'"
:, an elaborate cpyram. "Tho Duke OF Weinhg-
,on remarked the Quccn, used 10 say III the
ss of tbe irs. Reform bill he did not sec how the
v,no's Government was to be carried on ro'
mo mart don't soc how the Opposition IL 10 oe car
ed on. Here Is Lord Salisbury saying tho most
.n,busiastic things about Mr.. Gladstone, and Mr..
Gladstone cannot Gnd words enough to praise Lord
salisbury. They seem to have just discoveie" 'h"'
they ought always - have bccn colleagues 'hs'c''"
o,ooponents." q, Thesc may not DO tho exact terms
Of Her Majcsty's littlc speech. but believe 'he
sense and substance OF II are correctly given
r,soot IN every political circle that the seni-
reuts of peace on earth and good will to men OF
al narties prevail. Mr.. Chamberlain himself has
,o, been able 10 bring the rank and file or the klh
ica,s round 10 his way of thinking. or to persuade
them that a surrender is victory. Among thc
To-es Mr.. Chaplin and Mr. James Lowther refuse
70 be comfortod But the immense majority
Of both parties arc only too giaa W
have done with an autumn session on any termS'
and be off to the phcasants and the foxes Lohuon
has al, at once become so quiet that WITHOUT SUI
ring from Mayfair You may fancy Yourself amid
fields and coverts. Yet an agitation rs gong on !"
the country II not here, of the most serious kinh
200 members of Parliament woke up last week 10
find themselves unscated, their boroughs annih'-
lated or cnt i'm two, Themselves thrown upon
the world Mr. Tcnnie with his nsnai
genius for piercing to the central part OF 'he s'
nation devotes this wceks cartoon TO the he-
distributed NJ. p, who thus souoauNes
sadly in front of his own statue IN what has
heen his own borough: For tho last hfteeh
.o.,s rvo subscribed 10 the inirmary
.l.oIc cl,h.. |
drinking fountain I've opened Bazaar; I'VE
laid sixtecn foundation stones; I've founded aims
bouses I've become an Oddfeow; I've hunted
+te county for 'em ; they've raised me statue,
aud bu,lt EN- a lighthouse. There's no compen-
sa,ion for disturbance! and-where am now
Not bad summary of the relations between con-
stituencv and member in this virtuous country
where bribery is criminal offence, and the Cor
,npt Practices Act stcrnly represscs every form OF
benevolent solicitation of Office.
o,s oJ5 Incident Of the situation is the position
NJ thu Goyernnert. The Franchise bill does NOT
.oke effect tin January 1. 1885 The Redistribution
hin ls not passed II is agteed on al sides
that general election IN these circumstances is aii
M, irnrrssbe d 80 ron kno* what that ineansi
.stsi a Radical ~ T. The uther day ~ n Cabinet
Minister, n tneans that tou ean dp what tun
ihe and We eaH SAT what we like. Wa shall not
tsu tan eal ani g6u vii htt tesIEa, and t0r nfe
uteiY ~ tesf i,,ase fnih sp6keh ab5nt yourselves
~ IhR u9yi sls mHnihs tlah t0u haTe hsaih ~ w
lasl s. FfsrsN sam9iaN the Cabinet Minister ii0
~, seem ~ ilke lha piespeeli
One ethef fact, whiph perhaps had samsihna ~
do With the inai Fes0vn at ihe Cabinet 10 iaahp
tsms with iord Salisbury, oHghl ~
be mentioned. Those Radicals who were
for lighting To the hitter end believed that an ap-
peal 10 the country for the reform or abolition ol
a, A., -. I
iority larger than the present Mr.. Chamberlain
was at one time supposed TO he of that mind or
roneously | now think. The assumption, who's
ever n may have been was not acted on. and VIII
never be verified or disproved. Int there Is reason
10 believe that the cooler heads of the party, Rad
icals included never took this view, nor aiquesced
in that sanguine expression Of Mr.. Gadstone's at
Carlisle to the effect that England was of one mind
with Scotland on this subject They were con-
yinced that tho counties voting on the pres
ent register would return greater Tory
majority than ever and that the Liberal gains in the
boroughs would not be large enough to balance
this That the Parnellites would come back from
Ireland with seventy eighty seats in place of the
thirty odd they hold was conceded on both
sides The probable result then OF general cleo
tion according to this calculation, would have
been a lessenei Liberal majority in the House of
Commons and Mr.. Parnell holding the balance of
power as hehaslong since fondly foreseen Now
Mr. Parnell might no doubt, favor the abolition of
the House of Lords, but no Liberal Ministry would
enter upon such task In such circumstances
and on terms that made them dependent on Par
neite support; which, of course, could only be had
Of price, 1t il probable, therefore that If the
House of Lords had rejected the Franchise bill
there woald have been no dissolution this winter,
hut the dark months would have been pied
with an agitation which even those likely "a take
part Ia u dreaded dangerous 10 the public
psaaa, aud naIi ~ 0thef institutions Than the
House " Lords,
The ons Liberal Minislar entitled ~ contemplate
The passing VI the franchise bill With unalloved
sst,sfaotion Ia Mf Troveiyan Long beiole the
Liberal party, ~ any large seeton ~ the itlbeial
party began to think Of further fefofm MI rfevel'
yam had made the Erisnaion of the County Fran
shiss hls own measure. liz tooh up the osnse OF
tho agricultural laborer NJ time when " seemed
beyond the range II practical politics. Year after
year hs urged the question upon the country and
she House ~ Commons Ills speeches may be
studied M good examples of political ofatory In the
most dol,cats circumstances rborc h nothing the
IIous~ Of Commons drcads 40 much M n man with
n ranse IN he have not the incest senac
Of the feeling o. the House coupled with crcep
tionai abilities and unquestioned sincerity,
he 10 certain 10 degenerate into that most
hopeless Of . characters Parliamentary
bore. Mr.. Trcvclyan was not then 40
brilliant q speaker "a he Is now. but he gained
and kept the ear of that cnrousy fastdious
assembly on question which the great majority
Of his hearers regarded with feeling that was
somethug between indifference and dismay
EVERYBODY knew that the vote for the agricultural
Isborer meant such disturbance Of tho political
systefu OF England as had not occurred for half a
century. But here was man who had
mastered his subject nnd could speak on
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