Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-12
ENGLISH AFFAIRS.
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

Conservative Hopes STRENGTHENED By the
North Lipcolrsbire Eiecuou- Parneirs Pct
ies-Th, BIund,r in the Admiralty Account.
lBy cable to the Dispatch.l
LONDON, July 1.-THE hopes en-
detained by the Conservatives of sue
cess in the coming general elections
were nuch strengthened by the result
Of the North Lincolnshire special par
liamentary election to-day. The Tory
candidate, Mr.. Atkinson, increased the
Conservative majority by over LOCO
votes. Mr.. Gladstone himself had
taken personal interest in the election
and written campaign letters in support
Of the Liberal candidate.
The Earl OF Carnarvon, the new Vice
roy Of Ireland, had special conference
yesterday with resident magistrates of
Dublin for the purpose of furnishing to
the present Government material for a
reply to the question which Sexton will
ask in the House Of Commons as to
whether the Ministry intend to remove
from Ireland the extra police force on
the lapse Of the crimes act. IL is re-
ported that Parnell has promised the
new Government to do all in his power
to discourage the commission of crime
in ireland, but that he refuses to issue
any manifesto to the Irish people on The
subject.
The Irish leaders friends declare that
to issue a manifesto would commit the
National League to sort Of adoption
Of the responsibility for the agrarian
outrages which were recently prevalent
in Ireland.
The Parnellite policy is to give sup
port as far possible to the Conserva-
tives, in order to "even up" the
chances of the regular Tory and Liberal
parliamentary candidates, so that the
Homc-Rule members which Parnell
expects his party to have in the next
Parliament may have the certainty Of
possessing the balance of power. With
that possession, the Home-Rule vote
could be thrown either way with
decision as the interests of the National
League might require.
The discovery of blunder in the
admiralty accounts was brought about
by an estimate which permanent OIL
cial was required to make Of the ex-
penses of the department up to June
Goth. His figures were found to be
the same as those which had been given
by Mr.. Childers, the Liberal Chancellor
of the Exchequer, for the period end
ing three weeks earlier. This remarka.
bic result induced Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, the Tory Chancellor of the
Exchequer, to make an investigation.
The result is, it is now stated,
that the new Government has in its
possession facts which prove that there
really had not been for years under the
Gladstone Government any adequate
financial supervision of the Admiralty
Department. Lord NOrthbroOk, First
Lord of Admiralty under the Liberals,
had such frequent missions to Egypt and
elsewhere that he was prevented by his
absence from giving the necessary close
attention to the financial affairs Of the
admiralty.
Doubts are now expressed as to
whether the Amer of Afghanistan
will consent to the proposed British
cantonment of Candahar, through fear
that his subjects may revolt and re-
place Ayhab Khan on the Afghan
throne and drive the whole British in
terest out of Afghanistan.
The Russian Embassy in London in
innate that the definition of Zulficar,
to which the Car is willing to agree.
cedes TO the Ameer nothing but the
pass proper, and under no construction
will it include in the cession any posi-
tons commanding the pass.
A rumor is current tonight that the
convention on the entire Afghan ques-
ton is practically concluded between
England and Russia, and that its terms
will soon be made public. The fact
that W. II. Smith. the new Minister OF
War, has reScinded tho prohibition
which the Marquis Of Harrington.
Gladstope's War Minister, instituted
only few months ago against volun-
tary retirement from the army. is taken
to indicate that the Government has
peaceful prospects.
General WolScley, after consulting
with the Government on his arrival in
London, will be granted a short fur
Tough.
The latest announced returns from
RusSia's custom duties show an enor-
nous decrease in revenue, despite the
augmented duties. This decrease is
put at $4,000 daily at the present
writing.