New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-01
NOTES NJ FROM SCOTLAND.
,rrpsnIrnY-MR. CHAMBERLAIN

,.,o,s NAV still be allowed worn VI WV oAi
"a shaftesbury, late though 1T bo. ana wanting
ho'r enc connection with Scotland. cohhec-
.:a~ there is. nevertheless as you VIII Sec
"Un ~, ho had never met Lord Shaftesbury were
o. think OF him as an austere man In private
W. He was not that. lie was genial ilheu
M oto,v and was ready to tell ore at tls own
t..so Evenin England, where the Peerage iSpro,
eApS .roton of AZ tho Daily Bible (which would
a. checked Lord Shaftesbury beyond any
n" ,here are people who do not follow changes
s"'rIo or recognize o son when he has succceueu
" .ho name of his father. One oftLese ind'Viuu'''
"a Lord ShafteSbury, once wrote Hill :"
go in recent years, reproducing MN Ior occupy
~ "a much of his life with devotional ehorts'
~" mn ,orv we'll your praying and speech-maKihs
".r1e,er Hall and your professions OF syinPa'ns
o. a. .bo roor You call yourself a phllnthropist'
W., don't Won do something Why don't you W
" -sork like Lord Ashley. who passed the factoiS
.sn This fervent person had no IDEA that Ciio
~ ,sb,ev. who passed the Factory Acts ana the
I'D sbaftesbury, whom he was rebuklng' "oIoo
NV,. r. gare person This and maay other auec-
s". Ihove heard Lord Shaftesbury relate Win Us
W. .,;o,ment rs If he had been leading tho eAer
i,sn. a. an Evangelical prayer-meeting'
%a Shottasbury's face and whole appearance
S.nih,ro. he was the sort of man that once
WV ,,ond never forget. There are excellent
sho,ooronhs of him, but if they are not 10 W
pporh, in New-York you have only to turn 10 any
aood likeness of the first Earl OF ShatteSnnry anu
Co.., viii see the last The distinguishing features
- ,eome down through seven generations; Iohe
III ones they must have been 1or the nrst Eari
Nv - in 1901 icreated Earl in 1879 ana the
"", hos lint iust come into his title, himself
20. fa,r roors old. The late Lord Shaftesbury
ito this world i'll 1901; MS
Sathc, in 17Gs. The portraits OF the
t'...,..a;ota earls do rot know; the third eX-
oented who wrote the characteristics" Inc
line however, is direct each earl from the trst
having been succeeded by his eldest or only son.
Tho fifth excepted who died without male ISSUE the
title devolying on his only brother, the only one OF
l+ben, all who was not named Anthony, and father
to the late man.
The kiuship of the seventh earl to the first IS
written large in his powerful face; resolute; per-
hans little severe. the features those which be-
long to man of organizing and ruling capacity !;
the eyes, as might he supposed, rather TOO near
together. He was a man TO narrow his creed ana
broaden his life: believed implicitly yon were
co;nc straight 10 q real hell Of actual birthstone and
ntter everlasting torment if you varied from his
own religions doctrine, bnt would take
much pans to make it comfortable TO you on ms
side the gulf He was deaf of late years, but his
faeuties seemed otherwise as clear ana Keen as
ever | met him not seldom last winter near MS
house IN Grosvenor Square, walking IN the pitless
northeast wind with no better outer garmept thaD
short cloak, cut rather like a policeman's cape
and not much longer. AS for Is character ana
his lifelong efforts for the classes of people whom
others left to themselves, they are part OF the
history of the past two generations III
is enough to say that there Is
no single individual who did so much
nractical good by intelligent. organized ondcavor
as had Lord Shaftes6ury. HIS life is a standing
answer TO the sneers about the efficacy OF acts OF
Parliament
He has left successor to the title; successor 10
himself there can be none except qualified sense.
Much of his work has been done oace for all done
90 we'll and declsivey that 1t needs no furtherance
in the future There IS always. however, place
for Peer of position, character aud wealth to
whom the religious side of life is more than all
else Such man is the present
Earl of Aberdeen. and it IS upon
him that the devotional part of Lord Shaftesburys
mission is thought most likely to fall. Lord Aber
deem is known as O man of singular purity of ma
ture, with plenty of the ability and restle energy
which are wanted for leadership III such cause
He has been coming steadily forward OF late, and
is likely to be heard of in the near future more
frequently than before For FIVE years in succession
he has been the Queens Lord High Commissioner
10 the General Assembly of the Established Church
Of Scotland post of dignity which he has filed
with distinction and splendor. He has had, mean
time, a great deal of more earnest work III
hand, much of it of kind which Lord Shaftes-
bury himself cared most for.
heard the other day piece Of political gossip
which is probably without foundation, but curious
enough to be repeated The political gossip of coun-
tryhouscs is seldOmwOrth much it IS more likelyto
be form of entertainment than contribution TO
actual knowledge. This, however, purports to be
an explanation of the reason why Mr.. Chamberlain
In his recent London speech read himself out Of tho
next Liberal Cabinet. 1t was in the interest, said
o little company of Liberals, of his friend Sir
Charles Dixie. SupposIng. as most men do sup
pose, Liberal majority returned in
November, the next question will be the
formation of a Liberal Cabinet. Mr.. Glad
stone will form it, and he will
have 10 CONSIDER the position Of Sir Charles Dixie
There il no probability that the pending action for
divorce in which Sir Charles is correspondent will
have been tried The Cabinc: must be settled early
in January and the hearing of Mr. Crawford's petit
ton isnot likely to come on before February. We all
suppose that the case against SIR Charles Dixie will
collapse, but. of course the result is not quite
tain-no law suit over is. Mr.. Gladstone, therefore
must take Into account the possibility Of an adj
verso decision, and he must feel that verdict of
adultery against member Of his Cabinet would be
blow to his Government. What is he to do
he offers portfolio TO Sir Charles
he runs this risk Of his early re-
trement in obedience to his pledge.
If he does not offer it, he risks sfIronting the
Radical wing Of the party Mr.. Chamberlain, first
OF ALL whose alliance with his longtime partner in
politics is as close as ever This difficulty must
have been considered on both sides Would il not
be an easy way out of it if Mr.. Chamberlain should
announce that he cannot himself entera Government
Which excludes his own proposals from it's pro-
erammef That at any rate, is what he has done.
nus Withdrawal would involve as a matter Of
SlF all nj