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Lord Churchill, the ZOuave of British Poll
tics, Son-in-Law of Leonard Jerome.

tics, Son-in-Law of Leonard jerome.
Lord Randolph Churchill is known in English
politics as the leader of the fourth party"
This consists of young gentlemen oil the House
of Commons whose chief distinction seems to
be- that of batting the government, Mr.. Glad
stone particularly. They are supposed to be
members of the Conservative party. but are de-
cidedly untrustworthy as such. Wherever they
stand on any question, they are a sore annoy
ance to those who hold the opposite opinion.
They are accused of the grave wrong of wasting
the public time by insisting on answers by the
government to inopportune aud impairment
questions. Whatever their faults and mistakes,
they are plucky and irreprosslble, and ENJOY a
considerable popularity on this account, of
which Lord Randolph gets the lions share. AL
though snubbed by the leaders of their own
party and chastised occasionally by the wrath
of Mr.. Gladstone, up to the present time, during
the years in which they have figured at all in
public life, they have fourished on their notori-
ETY.. Lord Randolph, as their leader, has been
the recipient of many honors, and has promised
to contest a Parliamentary seat IN birmingham,
the headquarters and stronghold of Radicalism.
He is a son of the Duke of Marlborough, and
inherits the courage, if none of the other great
qualities. of the illustrious soldier who won the
battle Of Blenheim. His prominence is of recent
growth, as he is quite n young man, and has
been chiefly made by his attacks on the Gladstone
Ministry. Their policy with regard 10 Egypt and
Ireland have been his favorite subjects, and
the credit must be given him Of selecting his
points of attacks with good judgment. Here,
perhaps. the praise due to him as leader must
end in the contemplation of the judicious, as bis
speeches have been characterized by a real or
assumed bitterness and extravaganza which
have largely diminished, or in some cases multi
fed, their effect He is often compared with Mr..
Disraeli at the time when he attacked Sir Rob
ert Peel. The great difference between them is,
that Disraeli had a great party behind him.
Lord Churchill has not, and his starting on a
prolonged tour of travel at this time is regarded
us an admission of weakness or chagrin not
promising of future eminenee.
In short, of late his plans have proved futile,
even beyond his historic attack on the Khedive
of Egypt. Thinking to split the Liberals in
two by setting the Wing portion of it
against the Radicals, he made a
charge against Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, a
Radical member Of the Cabinet, of employing
roughs to break up Conservative mass-meetings,
and of suborning periured testimony to escape
responsibility for his acts. He followed this up
by proposing a vote of censure on the right hon
orabie gentleman. Dismal defeat followed the
attempt, rendering the grand object of the at
tack, to defeat the Liberals by ~effecting their
disunion, an impossibility. Following this up
by urging Conservative persisteney in the policy
of fighting the government on the franchise
question, which has of late agitated the United
Kingdom, by maintaining an attitude Of uncOm-
promising opposition in the HoHse of Lords, he