New-York tribune., 1885-01-01
n. ..ora reading vss Unexpectedly large the chief

sats Of as) to 1877 The third reading occurred
June 49, Mr. Gladstone In closing the deDa!e sort to
satisfy reasonable demands OF the OpposIlon, sha h
warning the country that the conflict between the
two honses would be the most serious one rnce tns
sSotion Of the Corn Laws. The Lords gave no
heeo to the warning, but relected the n,a oS
Bill July 81 on the second reading agyncsS oy That
an antnmn session would be held, that the fran
chise iysil would be reintroduced and that mo no
Redistr button Bill, the presentation OF when sn9
iords had demanded, would be brought forward
until the chief measure had become law. Iaria ndms
ment adjourned august nO% %tnOdtd dsooss Of the
budget appropriations There had been tne uSuaf az
Bradaugh scenes and prolonged asSns:It Dli hnt the
Goyeynment measures had not been advanced. nc
Sel,ate on the Address alone occupied fourteen
nights. The failure to act & upon n ''1 Vas % most
ingenious measure and had Deen intIo9utou % y an
William HarcOurt in most lucid ana s'a'eSin"n
nay sf,er the adjournment of Parliament series ot
cTeat meetings was held in England ana ocotanu o.an
IN favor of the Franchise Bill, and an g;as agodvH;m
AGAINST the House of Lords in many locantless Titles
bcc ,me a popular movement Mr. Gladslohe wenS b
20 70 a,d half Years of administration, and was
Irostenthusiastcay received Ills sspeeehos 81 tne
no Lack of frmness but were III the
'Tbe Conservative orators were active during INC
vsoati6n Mr Parne was more quiet than nsuaI fo
apparently occupying himself with ia
his power. The irish members nave acteu WIN t
sagacty in accepting the Reform Blll ana tae
count upon great Nationalist gains with 4Oo,oVo
additional electors in the island Their speeches In
and ont of Parliament have been more moderate III
tone and while not betokenng any signs OF con-
ciliation have given less offence 10 EhglEsnn;en ;
than in narcS ae bv he plots Of
dynamite fanatics, who In February ,sougnC W
s6attcr three railway stations in London, and IN IN
Nav succeeded in exploding large QUANTITIES. Oh
Miro Jty siycerne in Scotland Yard and IN St james
Square, aud finally in December planned tie de-
struction of London Bridge. These outLages were
trape1 nut naturally WtTc NJ
tributed in England to the Vaccinations OF lrish
extremists.
THE COMPROMISE.
At the opening of the autumn session October
OBJ the speeches of the leaders in Opposition gave
no promise of concessions to the majority OF the
nonnlar house Lord Salisbury sternly refused 10
accent the Franchise Bill unless it should be accom-
paucd by scheme OF Redistribution. Ihs po.nt
he eventually carried. ihe franchlse psil h C was
rapidly advanced TO the third reading IN the Com,
mons and sent to the Lords. where after beng read
twice it was practically hnng up IN Sominlile9e &c Oh
the whole house. MT Gladstone after making
repeated advances finally accepted compromise,
which virtually admitted Lord Salisbury into ms
Cabinet BY the terms oil ths Goipiolse con, 70 h c otc
Lords agreed TO pass the Franchise bll, IL the 10Y
ernment wonld introduce Redistribution PHI
that would be satisfactory to the CONSERVATIVE
leaders So far as practical results Were cohcerheu
this was a great gain since It secured the passage
of the Franchise Bill and large metnou OF deanhs
with RedIsTDGtGf Ea in tbe ne Commons should Yield
to the majority the Lords, or wee FerSt was u9
cded in favor OF Chamber tnat Is not IcSpolislole
TO auy body of electors. .,
The Ketistrbuton Bill was introduced by Mr.;
Gladstone in the Commons (December l. and passed
TO a second reading the same week without di-
vision On the same day the Franchise Bill was re-
ported to the House of Lords without aihehIheht
aud signed by the Queen December o. o. Iaiia 1a
standing that the Redistribution blu would then De
taken up for general discussion. The general puI-
pose of this measure is to give more adequate
renresentation TO the counties where the number OF
electors has been greatly increased by the Franchise
Bill subordinate object Is 10 slttn ID sen unc
Representation OF the large bOroughs at the expense
OF the small bOrOughs. The nuInher OF county ihe-
bcrs is increased from 269 to 800 Inc toia nun nun
Der of members is raised from COS TO go 10 theSe
l2new seats are added l4s obtained by disiTan-
chising boroughs in whole or in part: Boroughs
having less than $4,000 in population lose
and six boroughs with double seats lose IA
additional seats; borouGhs having less than
ond members-37 in all these 1fs seats with
the IL ones making iGo OF wcn ne sD drv boyen~h
receiving seats from the counties Lquai elecIoial
districts are virtually established In all the counties
and all the great bOroughs, rule based on fato OF
nooulation being adopted in the new electoral di-
visions and the principle of single inemDer LOT
each district being generally Introduced England re-
ceiyes & and scotland y additional seats the repre-
seutation of Ireland and Wales remaining uh-
changed. This is larger measure tuah any hi1Is- 1
try could have introG lce1 alone, without an under
standing with the Opposition; and on this account
the compromise has been most fortunate result lor
the British electorate. Opinions as to the political
effects of the scheme differ widely, the leaders on
both sides claiming positive gains at the next general
election the Conservatives counting upon increas-
ng their representation from the large boroughs and
counties, and the Liberals anticipating revolution
IN the counties in consequence OF the creation OF
100000 new electors. The Radicals are sOreiy
disappointed in the abandonment OF the principle OF
proportional or minority representation. Mr. S09Ii @
hey having resigned Office and united with sir VII
frid Lawson and Others IN organizing meetings III
opposition to the measure
BRITISH DEPENDENCIES.
Egypt has been the great theatre where the
Liberal Ministry in England have displayed their
incapacty for accepting the inevitable consequences
of their own acts From the day when Arabis army
was routed at TeelKebr that Ministry became re-
.sponsbe for the future of the Nile Valley, above as
well as below Cairo That responsibility they per-
sistently shrked. entertaining the vain hope that
the Egyptians would prove capable of governing
themselves in accordance with European ideas ana
that the English garrison might speedily be with
drawn They refused to assert their authority in a
DOS tive way to restore financial order, to recast
Egyptian methods Of administration and to prohibit
campaigns of reckless adventure. When the Khe-
dive and his Ministers decided to send army OF un
willing military slaves into the heart OF the S0udan
to reconquer Kordofan, the Eng sh Ministry ADVISED
against the undertaking. bit did not take measures
to prevent AT the opening OF the year they had
TO face the consequences OF their haltlng, bal-
hearted policy. The massacre OF fiichss army had
kindled an insurrectIon in the Sondan and placed
every Egyptian garrison IN peril Inc Ehglsh
Ministry adopted the speedest measures for making
tfat nsurrecton general and increasing the peril OF
every garrison They decided TO Ga abandon mo,cv tne
forcing the Egyptian Ministry 10 resign NO sooner
had they taken this step than they found that 1t
Vas lmpracti icable to withdraw the garrisons.
Suakim TOkar. Snkat, Kassala, Berber, khaIt0uin
and all the Upper Nile ports became centres OIL local
disaiiecton and the garrsons were henmed II" III. ne
ton and vacatiOn. and finally allowed cowardly
body of llorganzed Nubin troops TO go to the res
enc of the seaboard garrisons. and dispatched two
III,