New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
NOTES FROM LONDON.
Mp. GLADSTONE AND TIE TORIES the
N.TIoyn nAGArN-JlTNIUsrMR s'oN'

Soma interesting samples OF ioty ieioo"y
Mr Gladstone are appearing IN Ihe "o'H"y
now the organ of the tru,st and o'heS' ''uo
.rarvsm of the olden time. Ii Is the presence .,
~" c,,dstooa,s oume on the Cor Ton Memorial
COMMITTEE which cxcites the present iuS, ~
;rat. d,v,dnai who hides under the pseu"'hym
.Ioo,ocas, ~ remarks that Judas lscr'ot AT 'eas'
had the cocelcy to 90 out I'd nans hIhse'', 'u'
the chief of the gentienea who slt on I'o i''"
uIy Bench Grst goes to rnlichine rc' ""o
then puts do vn bis name on tue c'mhi'teo az
pointei TO raise n mem rial to the man he un
be.raved In 50 dnIIg he ha outJuniSeu J"i"''
Other not less irate and mostly an0myous perSouS
write in very milir terms. One Hi thcse roo"oes
the hale business to Its true aosuTuity oy pro-
testing that not only should no nember OF tbe
Cabinet bc allowed on the committee, hut that
noboly who voted against censurlhg the GoVern-
nent should have anything to do WIN t''e
Memorial The journal which prints these
letters thinks the feeling thew express JiSS anu
patnrapi H. adds however, that hlano might
have been expressed had Mr.. Gia istone reiraneu
from all share in the tribute to Gordon. Which
seems reasonable reflection.
The R,nng to n roilicktng farce 10 an aitusl'n
To Mr. Gl.dstones VISIT to the Criterion To sec Inc
Candidate: for which he has been much abused.
A earcatnre may be seen prut shop window
in It. Jl,nes's-5t.n which the killing oi Gordon is
depicted in a corner, while Mr. Gladstone 'o"S''S
out OF a private box, ills the page. The current
version is that the Prlme Minister was present AZ
this performance the evening of tho day when
the newssf the fall of KhsrtOum was received nat
is one of the playful exaggorafIons OF ms iofV
friends II was u week so later. Had the
story been true il is very like one ont OF which
Prosiden, Lincoin's enemies used to make capital,
History does not think the worse OF Lincolp
because he triel tJ tighten al iutolerahle bnrdenof
an nxicty nv gong to the Opara-with th> choce' as
| believe he said. of gong mad. But the true
account of Mr. Gadstones presence at tho Criterion
has not been published hero, as it we'll might nave
been. lie propIse1 hn,self to dine that evening
at the house of au intimate FIR end. "Deilghted'
was the answer "ouly instead of coming at s.
come a quarter before and go wlth us at % to the
CriierIou, whore we have hov." And so he did
This is rather dRereut from the Tory conception of
Mr.. Gladstohc's condnct-sendng ont for box IN
fie,dIsb delight hearing of Gurdors dea'h.
There is n iaiquity or heartless or wicked folly
of which tho London Tory docs not believe Mr..
Gadst0se capable.
Perhaps NAV give ansther instance. Con-
servati,o friend said to the other day N was no
wonder things gnIuC SO badly. since the Prime
t. public business.
NAV | ask how YOU know thatT
lie sail so himself"
~ hon''
"Tho other evening at diruor. They were talk
ing of Crokers Memoirs. which had but inst come
out Mr.. Gladstone knew the book by heart and
when s,,ne asked him how he found time to
read 50 nuch, he answered tha nc never gave
more thas three hours q aay to publIc business,
and 90 had plenty Of tima for ros ling"
in vain pointed out that this charming nara
tive was obviously fiction that Mr. Gladstone
hal that very dag been sitting four hours AMI
taot nax ooffa
IN the Honsa Of c ,nnsns from four in the after
noon till two nr three next mornings that he knew
the et ais Of the cnrro0t business Of most depart
pleats rs ninutely as their iiefs: and on. The
Conservative MAD b ID complete answer 70 that
in story which cOu not possibly be true-a
story incredible in itself but not beyond the
limits Of Conservative credulity, when Mr.. Glad-
slone was III question.
With its usual felic,tous accuracy in diseours-
ing upon English matters The Nation (Kew-Yorkl
observes that Lori Rosebcrv has "at last got
into the Cabinet the ingenious reader of
course to UNDERSTAND that Lor! Rose
berry has loug been trying. aa1 has "at last"
succoed d Tie facts that Lord Rosebery
was twice or,rel and has twice refused seat in
NJ. Gladsto ie's Cabiaet. Our New-York oracle
saws he Is now Fifst Commissioner of Public
Works rhere is snch oflics Then the
interesting statement that though he has long been
conspcu ,us of Mr.. Gladstouesm0st devoted
snpporCers Lord R0sebcry has been too young
20 have much done for him the way of poi.i-
cal advance nent wlthoIG the mdOrsenant Of u
great CO lstifue lcy. and this ~ he was in tie
House OF Lorls. he could not get" THIS impries
intimate kunwielge of EnglIsn politics which de
serves to be held mp admiration. Too young" was
heY Well he Is tblrty-seven. lie was Under Secre-
tary Of State Home Departneo ot in 1881 being ten
rour nd re pued his place in 1888 Mr. Gad-
stone hngan his Official life 1894. at the age of
twenty five and by \ t3 was President of tho Hoard
of rade IN Sir Robert Pceps Ministry. tie was then
iy-fohr years DID, and the great const tuenGy"
he hal behind him whIch eHabied him 10 have
something doue for him. was the packet borough of
Newark; for which he had sat since 1882. Lord
Granvi.I was tiirty-sx when he became Forsign
Secretary III Lord John Russeh's Ministry with
scat III the Cabinet; and he, like Lori RoseheTy.
had succeeded his fither aad was IN the fiense of
Lords Lord Derby then Lord Stanley and member
for that vast constituency known IN Lynn Regis
(uuder g. 600 electors even noSl, was offered a seat
Ia tue Cabinet by Lord PallncrstOn in 1885. at the
age of tweaty-nne He declined It, but tliree years
later accepted the SecreIaryshp of state for India
with Cabinet rank
There are plenty of other examples. bnt these,
taken from the existing Ministry, will serve 10
show how mneh The Nation knew of its subject
when IL described Lord Rosebery az 'too young"
TO have much done for him. As TO tho great con-
stitueacy" for want of which this neglected young
man could not get everybody The Nation cxcepted)
knows that Lord Rosebsry has behind him the
thusiastIc support, not of a constituency, but Of
paElon. Scotland is his constituency and tkere is
at the moment no man public life. below the
rank of Prime Minister, whose following is so
Numerous. so compact. so devoted There has not
been n day since 1870 hen Lord kosebery's pro-