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a Invitation by the Queen to form provisional
government 1t is rumored that Mr. Gladstone
infns,da "a onfiralv abandon nolitical lifa

an Invitation by the Queen to form provisional
government. 1t Is rumored that Mr.. Gladstone
intends TO entirely abandon political life
Lord Randolph Churchill was asked this after
noon is the Conservatives would form govern
menk He answered, "Most certainly" Lobby
gossps mentioa the Marquis of Salisbury for
Prime Minister, Sir Stafford Northcote for Chan
cellor Of the Exchequer, and Lord Randolph
Churchill for Secretary of State for India. The
gossips also say that Sir Michael Hicks Beach
will have prominent place in the new Cabinet
The bourses on the continent were consider
ably agltated by the report of the resignation Of
the Gladstone Ministry.
1t is understood that the Conservatives will
form new Cabinet, and undertake the admins
tration of the government if requested to do so
by the Queen. In the absence Of such request
they will leave the present Ministers to untangle
their own difficulties
The Conservatives acceptance of Office will
necessitate further adjournment of ten days to
complete elections. 1t is expected the Queen will
come to London. A Cabinet messenger went to
Balmoral last evening
COMMENTS OF THE NEWSPAPERS.
The Dublin Freeman's Journal to-day, COM
menting on the defeat of the government last
night on the budget, says: 1.-THE defeat is due to
the action Of the Parnelltes in refusing to up
hold Cabinet from which they received moth
ing but broken promises, and from which
Ireland could expect nothing but injustice,
as was foreshadowed in the proposed
attempt to again saddle upon Ireland the iniqui-
tous provisions of the crimes act. The result of
the vote last night will cause Earl Spencer and
his heutenants at the Castle to quit Ireland,
leaving behind them the memory of an admins
tration which was pre-eminently noted
for cold blood, brutality, and friged
calculating injustice Earl Spencer may receive
a dukedom for his misrule of Ireland, but it
would be we'll for the Queen and Mr.. Gladstone
to bear in mind that it was the Lord-lieutenant's
hand that destroyed the greatest government
aansln, Gngland Ia has :. had during the the last asst
Earl Spencer's misstatements in regard to the
condition of Ireland, and his influence in the
Cabinet Mr.. Gladstone would have sought the
friendship of Mr.. Parnell and his followers, in
stead of provoking their hostility by such arbi-
trary measures as the proposed renewal of the
coercion bill"
Tho London Times, in an editorial says:
Though Sir Charles Dilke's estimate of the
Liberal chances in the election are too sanguine,
the risk of losing ground is far greater on the
Conservative than on the Liberal side.
The most serious stumbling block for the
Conservatives is the coercion question Lord
Randolph Churchill has declared against coer-
cion and there are other leaders prepared to let
the act lapse in face of the prospect of renewed
carnival Of murder and outrage in Ireland"
The News, in an editorial, says: ''The future
of the present moment is the steppng-s stone to
long success. Mr.. Gladstone will be again re-
turned to power by an overwhelming wave of
popular enthusiasm. The government was de-
feated by the negligence or indifference of NOM
inal adherents"
The Daily Telegraph thinks Sir Stafford North
cote will be Premier and leader in the House of
Commons, and the Marquis of Salisbury Foreign
Secretary. In an editorial it says: 1.-The
thoughts of Englishmen may we'll be turned with
respect and gratitude to the western statesman
who relinquish the rens of power with so much
Difference and grace and who will gain, we hope,
by an enforced respite from the tolls of govern
ment vigor to resume, at future period. the
position which none but himself can ever I'LL in
the annals of the country"
The whole European press express the great
est surprise at the sudden collapse of the British
Cabinet The comments are various but the
majority consider that Mr.. Gladstone will be
compelled to remain in Office until after the elec-
tiOns