New-York tribune., 1884-03-23
NOTES FROM LONDON.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The Liberals would account for Mr.. Mar
riott's success at Brighton by the support
of his personal friends Six hundred Liberal
votes were given for him. They were on purely
personal grounds and TO these his election, and II
not his election, the formidable figure of his ma
! ioritv. must be attributed But | doubt whether
this explanation is quite adequate. Brighton IS by
no a Liberal Stronghold; still, at the general
election Of 1850 it returned two Liberals, Mr.. Ho-
! land and Slr. VI aToet, by something over 100 ma
| jority apiece Now it gives Mr.. Marriott in his new
! character of converted Conservative nearly 1000
votes in excess of his opponents The moment Is one
| of general interest in particular question. The
| country had been deeply stirred by the succession
| of mishaps and disasters and Ministerial mistakes
IN Egypt The victory of General Graham was not
known Mr. Marriott had voted against the
Government on the Conservative proposal for a
! vote Of ceusnre and resigned on account OF that
| vote. IL Is hardly conceivable that the election
! should not have turned, in the main, on the issue
| thus squarey presented. The Birmingham caucus
was dragged in by Mr.. Marriott and held mp as
] horrld machine with which its inventors were try
| ing TO grind Brighton TO powder. Perhaps that
| helped. but have doubt that Brighton, on the
| whole meant to express an opinion on the conduct
| of the Ministry with reference to Egypt. Nor IS
| there much need to doubt that Brighton expressed
also the opinion Of the country The country might
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for it, past errors any than the House of Com
mons did But there is nothing IN which an En-
| gsh constituency takes keener delight than in
administering lesson to a Ministry which has gone
counter to the general wish provided it can be done
safely,as it could in this instance.
As for Mr. Marriott himself, it is not easy to see
why he should have cared to desert his party and
| take permanent place in the Tory ranks. He was
elected as a Liberal. He differed from his chiefs on
| the closure He has differed from them again on
Egypt But the body of Liberal doctrine is not 10
| be found in either or both Of those questlo ns'
| There is a story Of some rebuff in the matter Of
| legal appointment which Mr.. Marriott desired and
| found be could not have. But desire for distinc-
ton or even for notoriety, had perhaps as much to
do with the matter any merely personal motive
| Notorietv Mr.. Marriott has certainly attained,
though the celebrity which attaches TO the name OF
| man who rats is not precisely the kind which
| most men would ann at The Tories, however. sup
ported him Loyalty, and received him his return
to the House with general cheering.
| One unique distinction Mr. Marriott has at any
rate attained Within week of his changing sides
he has been backbaled at one club the st. Jamess,
| seen his name withdrawn as candidate by his sup
porters at a second Brookss, and has been elected
with aacrity at third, the Carlton: the last being
| the chief Conservative club of London Mr.. Mar
rott is lawyer and fairly successful IN his profes-
son lie was first heard of in politics when he be-
Gan to oppose his own party Then he achieved GER
tain sort of fame by pamphlet onslaught on Mr
| Chamberlain. The Conservatives are so much IN
want of men that Mr. Marriott may find It to his ad-
vantage to have cast in his lot with the political
sect Which Mill described the stupider party.
| new Conservative speaker, however, has made
his appearance in the House OF Commons, Mr.. Finch
| Hatton. member for South Lincolnshire. whose
| maiden address was delivered last night. There are
notes of exuberant vigor in this performance, and
sometimes the House laughed when 1t was not
meant to. The spectacle of young member per-
haps the Youngest, warning Mr.. Gladstone in set
phrase against the consequences of his conduct, IS
in fact. laughable. But Mr.. Finch-Hatton none the
less showed remarkable qualities OF diction de SAID
| for example, that he thought the House was en-
titled to ask the question " whether the money they
| were now about to vote to 20 TO make a crown
| for the Mahdi or a bowstrng for Osman Dgma
whether it would strike off the feters of the slaves
| who reached Suakim would rivet the fetters of
the slaves who reached Khartoum.' This sort OF
cpicramatic antthess is not common in the House;
least Of all on the Conservative side. People who
do not like Lord Randolph Churchill are already
hailing Mr. Fmch-HattOn horrible substitute
for that terrible young man.
Miss Jane Golden, according to a telegram from
| Washington, has expressed TO somebody IN Amer
lea her sanguine hope that tie cause of woman suf-
frage is about to proceed TO q simultaneous tri-
umph in England and the United States. Miss Cob
den bears an honored name and is of an enthu-
siastc temper. If her prophetic foresight has given
fresh encouragement to her cO-religiOnsts III Amer
ica should grieve to depress them, but the facts
of the case and the views held here, hardly con-
firm Miss Cobden's expectation. Nobody has the
least belief that women will be included in the Re-
form Bill now before the House of Com
mons. The advocates of female fran
chise viii push their proposal 10 vote,
az they have done for many years past. They adj
nit however, that they expect less favorable
division this year than last One reason for this is
no doubt Mr. GladstOne's appeal 20 the crotcheeers
among his supporters not to embarrass the bill by
irving to overload it, There is a disposition among
the less unreasonable to follow his advice. They
agree that the bill 1t stands is bill worth hav-
ing and they are ready to postpone till more con-
venient season any serious effort for the remedy OF
pureIy theoretical grievances. An amable and
charming advocate of wOman's rights there are
executions to all rules describes this temper of
moderation in that energetic and abrupt languageso
often heard from the female platform. She aiiirms
that their Liberal friends are going to 6 skulk."
Lord and Lady Rosebery arrived IN London on
| Monday morning from their visit to America and
Australia returning by way of the Suez Canal IN
stead of by san Francisco they had hoped TO.
They went at once to the Durdans.Lord Rosebery's
place near EPSON. infer from Mr. Lucys pub
Iished letters that the passage across the Pacific,
whether TO Sidney Yokohama, is not of a nature
to tempt those who have once encountered it to
repeat the exp eriment. Lord and Lady Rosebery
are both believe exceedingly desrous OF cOmplet-
ing their visit to the United State but you
they thought best on the whole to see England again
first. do not know that they have any plans Of
fresh travel for the future. Their reception in
Australia was of the most cordial and brilliant
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