The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-07-08
ENGLAND'S NEW PREMIER.
The Marquis of Salisbury Sue
cpedS Mr.. Gladstone.
The Conservative Leaders who
have Come into Power.

The Marquis of Salisbury has accepted
Queen Nictor;a's request to become Gia'l-
stones successor rs EmSlanl'S prime minister,
md to form a new British cabinet. As re'
mlt of the queens efforts the Marquis oil
Salisbury also resolved t. accept Mr.. Glad
'tone's promise to lis" his influence with th?
ibcrals to prevent factious opposition to the
,oicy of the now government.
Sir Charles Dixie, the liberal lca'lcr, adj
lressing meeting of liberals, said hc was
prepared TO give the conservatives reosona-
)le assurances. He wished to study in Ire
and n plan for the tievolution from pnrlia.
ncnt to Welsh, Scotch and Irish bnlics much
# the business that parliam mt is now not
Competent to d;s"harS' He would
visit Ireland as soon ms possible
or that rurpo;r. llr hcli"vri that
many Irish officials were in favor of 'lcc2r-
radiation. and many agreed TINT IL was
necessary To abolish Dublin Castle Hc
bought that Lord Salisbury's recent attitude
favored of bluff AMI brag and was rot Likely
0 induce the liberals to enter into formal
'omract
The following is an authentic isS Of tn,
lew British cabinet:
AHairs-The Marquis of Salisbury. -,
FIRST Lord of tho Treasury Stafford
%orthcote.
Chancellor of the Exchcpucr-Sir Michael
4. HickS-Reach
Lord High Characteristic HardinSe Gif-
ord.
Lord President of the Council-Fiscount
Cranbrook.
Lord Privy Seal-The earl of Harrowby.
Secretary for the Homo Department-Sir
Richard Assheton Gross.
Secretary for tho Colonial Department.
Colonel Frederick Stanley.
Secretary for War.-Right Hon. William
Henry Smith.
Secretary of State for India-Lord Ran
lolph Churchill
First Lord of tho Admiralty-Lord George
Hamilton.
President of the Local Government Board
Arthur James Balfour.
President of the Board of Trade-The
Duke of Richmond and Gordon.
Vice-President Of the Council-Hon. Ed
ward Stanhope.
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland-The Earl OF
Carnarvon.
Lord Chancellor Of Ireland-Right Hon.
Edward Gibson.
Postmaster General-Lord John Manners.
ATTORNEY General for Ireland-Mr. Holmes.
Solicitor General for 1rcland-Mr. Monroe.
Chancellor Of the Duchy of Lancaster
Henry Chaplin.
First Commissioner of Works-Right Hon.
David K. Plunket
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Rowland Winn.
Parliamentary Secretary to the India Of
fice-Lord Harris.
Secretary to the Acknowledgements T
Ritchie.
Civil Lord of the Admiralty-Ellis Ash
lnead Bartlett.
The members of the cabinet proper are Lore
Salisbury, Sir Stafford Northcote, Sir Nlichae
Hicks Beach, Sir Hardinge Gitrard, Eiscoun
Cranbrook, Lord Harrowby, Sir Richard
Assheton Cross, Colonel Frederick Stanley
Right Hon William H. Smith, Lord Ran
dolph Churchill. Lord George Hamilton, Lore
John Manners, the Duke Of Richmond ant
Gordon. Hon. Edward Stanhope, the Earl o
Carnarvon and Right. Hon. Edward Gibson.
The Earl of Granville announced III tht
house of lords, and Mr.. Gladstone made {
similar announcement in the house OF com
mons, that the Marquis of Salisbury had &c
cepted office and that he had gone to Wind
sor Castle to so inform the queen.
The queen confirmed Lord Saisbury's cab
met
The Irish secretary portfolio was offered t
five others and declined before Sir William
Hart Dyke accepted it,
There are sympt omS already, says Lon
don dispatch, that the radicals will do thel
utmost to llarasS the conservatives. At al
informal meeting they decided to fight th
financial budget in parliament unless 1T
fully satisfactory, and to oppose the issue O
cxchenucr bonds to meet the deficit.