New-York tribune., 1885-07-05
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
NO REACTION FROM THE STRAIN OF IhE
MINISTERIAL CRISIS.
INTENSE POLITICAL ACrIvITY-MR. GLADsio"A ~
HOLD THE UMBRELLA-roRY GAINS IN VAhioo'
ouARrEHs-MR. PARNELL COOPERATING VIII
THE TORIES.

.,rs-up pARyrIL COOPERATING WITH
THE TORIES.
lpY CABLE TO THE TRIBUSE.l
LONDON, July 4.-Politics continue 10 monopo'-
tze public attention. The expected reactioh ai'cr
the pro,onged strain of the Ministerial Crisis mas
not vet arrived. Each party has con'riou'0u
is sbare of interesting incidents during the "ooA
AZ Gladstone led off with q letter to his Mldio-
THAN constituents. which everybody interprets as
an announcement of his intention to retain 'h0
leadership of the Liberal party during the CAM
,aion That will force him to take office again. IL
the Liberals carry the country in November
LIBERAL POLICY.
Lord Rosebcry, speaking at the meeting which
baord Mr. Gladstone's letter read. implicitly pledged
~, oodsr and friend not to retire from public life
He enlvenod politics by new simile. deprecia'
ing divisions in the party and declaring
himself to be neither Radical nor
n Wing, but Liberal name
GOOD enough for Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright;
and he believed that all Liberals would be Wiling
IN walk under the same umbrella with those Two
gentlemen. TIE Radicals answer "Yes, II MT.
Gladstone holds the umoreiia.
The Liberals undoubtedly expect TO go to the
conntry on the strength of Mr.. Gadstone's popu-
larity, which they believe rightly. so far rs he
personally is concerned, is unabatcd.
TORY SUCCESSES.
Tho elections this week reveal an unsupported
increase of Tory strength in constituencies "i"cS
dissimilar Mr.. Ashmead BARTLETT gets an IN
creased majority at Eye, where the voters are
mainly agricultural. Launceston, Sir Hardinge
Gifrards borough in Cornwall, county that Is
mostly a stronghold of Liberalism, accepts MI
Webster the new Attorney General. Wakefield. a
large urban electorate, replaces Liberal
with Conservative by large major
ity. This last is most slgnlhcaht
of all tbough the Woodstock election excited far
keeuer interest.
THE WOODSTOCK ELECTION.
The Radicals undertook to prevent Lord Ran
dolpb Churchilrs reelection In opposition to the
advice of the Liberal leaders, who recognize the
uselessness of the law requiring the reelection OF
Member of Parliament accepting Office they noml-
mated Mr.. Grant. q pushing young lawyer from
London. A spirited contest followed. Lord Ran
dolph Churchill alleging his duties at the India
Office declined to visit Woodstock. Lady Randolph
Churchill conducted the canvass with brilliant en-
ergy aud TACT Lady Curzon and many Others help
ing her. The result was that Lord Randolph
Churchill was elected by twice his former majority
amid general rejoicing even Liberals being content
at the failure of the opposition.
RADICAL DESIGNS.
II is generally thought shabby that the Radicals
should show signs of meaning to harass the Minis
try as soon as Parliament meets regardless of Mr..
Gladstone's generous pledge in his Midlothian let
ter to support and assist the Queens government
in doing right and not to anticipate that 1t will do
wrong.
The National Liberal Federation has issued
menacing manifesto. LIBERAL organs talk of the
Ministry's obtaining Office by false pretences.
There are other signs of mischievous activity be-
low the gangway.
EGYPTIAN POLICY.
The scuttlers obviously fear that the Marquis of
Salisbury means to do something sensible in Egypt.
Lord Wolseley's return is believed to signify new
concerted action Sir E. Maets arrival from Ber-
lin points in the same direction. Sir ii. Drummond
VOLTS mission to Egypt in the meantime is sus-
pended. Strong opposition from many quarters
may perhaps induce the Marquis of Salisbury to
cancel dangerous appointment.
BIDS FOR IRISH SUPPORT.
The Liberals are making an obvious effort to con-
centrate the attention of the constituencies on
domestic questions. Men belonging to different
sections of the party agree in putting forward local
government as the urgent issue. The
Liberals expected to disguise the coming
surrender to Mr.. Parnell by conferrng largo pow
ers of local rule on England and Scotland well
rs upon Ireland.
Mr. Chamberlain supplements his recent speech
by an article in The Fortnqhtly Reuev proposing to
hand over all purely Irish questions to Irish Couu
ellis with huge National Council of underlined
authority over all. lie borrows from the Ameri-
can Constitution the idea of giving asupreme court
jurisdiction to determine whether the new Legisla
ture exceeds its Constitutional powers. Mr.. Par
nclps organ instantly rejected this Offer saying that
nothing less than a sovereign assembly would sat
isfy Irish aspirations. The same paper reterates
its advice TO Mr.. Chamberlain end Sir Charles
Dixie to abandon their proposed visit to Ireland.
The Parnellites appear resolved to recognize no
friends among the Liberals.
Lord Rosebery, speaking at Midlothian on Mon
day, defined the Liberal policy the largest pos
siblc amount Of local self-government consistent
with the unity Of tie Empire. lie approves grant
Ing to the Irish real control over their own affairs
and hints at tho possibility of settling even the