New-York tribune., 1885-08-16
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
..,1.MENr pRoRoGUED--THE QUEEN
TORY sYMPATHIEs'


fpY CABLE To THE TRIBUNE . On
,onox Auc. 15.-The Queens speec" 10 "A
-. nv the present Ministry on the ac's VI 'n'
0i' &c. ofsc,al decorum forbids direct cr'-
,,;s, nv Her Majesty on her former ser'""'.
az known that the Queen shares the views y.
-,-.,, covornment respecting the Nile exped'''on'
.,o oonsro, condition of Egypt and England re'A
.;.,, pnssia Her saying that she has ie"ih'u
=. ,o.n sorrow that the Nile expedition arri'ou
-. IL understood here as meaning 'na' +"
s,arted too late. Her promise not 10 relax Ao'
.o nlace the government and good order vi Ne'
.,.oo a firm foundation is interpreted In cohue'''A
"a. Cir Michael Hicks Beach's recent speech aS
.;,.;oc to an indefinite occupation. The queen
..no. of n satisfactory settlement OF tne Afghan
80, with Russia are not sanguine enough 10
.,,ae , reference to the necessity for placing 'n0
Indian frontier in condition OF adequate o'''n'''
CONSERVATIVE DIPLOMACY.
lord Randolph Churchilrs answer to question
=. .,,o Honse of Commons on Thursday piaihry
.,s that he expects no substantial progress OF the
negotiations pending the elections in England Inc
denarture of NJ Lessar from London connrms 'n''
..so.anos Tho truth is that Lord Salisbury THINK
inc IL impossible to deal with the Russian anu
rrvnt;an difficulties simultaneously, has devoted
,;ssf to Eovpt. reestablished good relations with
AZ. oh;af European Powers. and secured their
sanction of the issue of the Egyptian ioan' "h'on
for fonr months they had refused to Inc oiads'ohe
Ministry. II Sir Henry Drummond Wolh succeeus
IN his mission to Constantinople and caro- tne
co,servatives hope to convince the country that
.,s, have achieved real success in foreign policy
The departure of Count Kalnoky from Vienna
before Sir Henry Drummond Woihs arriVai
strengthens the belief that Lord Salisbury Is aiming
at close agreement with the Sultan which Austria
wishes ,either to help nor to hinder.
RESULTS OF THE SESSION.
Tho catalogue of completed legislation in the
uueen's speech includes no great measure passed py
the Liberal Ministry. electoral reform excep'eu'
The present Ministry unexpectedly succeeded III
carving every important bill it undertook. inciud-
inc tho Irish Land Purchase and Dwelling for the
Poor measures. both of which it once thought 1T
would be obliged to abandon lts-suceess.s due
partly to the loyal cooperation OF the Liberal
majority and partly to their compact, by which the
Irish members for value received abstained from
obstruction; did ether party in view OF the COM
ing election wish to oppose measures, when were
believed to promise direct benefit to the people.
THE NILE EXPEDITION.
TIE adoption in both Houses of Parliament OF
rotes of thanks to the officers soldiers and sailors
of the Egyptian expedition was unanimous Rad-
icals like Sir Wilfrid Lawson and Mr.. Labouchere
absenting themselves. Lord Harrington supported
the motion in the House of Commons, vanly
attempting to excuse the refusal of the late Min-
i,try to propose similar votes the ground of want
Of precedents.
Lord Wolseley's well-earned Viscountship de-
scends to his daughter if he shall have no SON.
Wednesdays resolution the first Parliamentary
tribute 70 General Gordon to whose character Lord
Salisbury offered just and adequate Ministerial
homage
THE CAUSE OF DEPRESSION.
Lord Iddesleighs (sir Stafford Nortbcote COM
mission of inquiry into the causes of depression of
trade and agriculture in spite of the rofusals of
leading Liberals contains many strong names.
it because the commission means to inquire for
itself instead of blndly accepting Free Trade
dogmas
THE CONSERVATIVE DEMONSTRATION.
Many thousands of Conservatives gathered at
Lord Wimborne's beautiful park. Crawford Manor,
Dorsetshre. on Wednesday, arriving in aprocession
two miles long Lord Randolph Churchill made
dashing speech, but disclosed no great secret of
Conservative policy for the coming campaign He
surprised those who had expected him to outbd Mr.
Chamberlain, by declining to compete with the
Radicals in promises which neither party will be
able to fulfil The Tory Democracy apparently in
tends to stop short of Socialism.
THE CRIMINAL LAW BILL
The passage of the Criminal Law amendment act.
though certain otherwise, removes the last pretext
for the continued publication of filthy matter by
which The Pail Mall Gazette has earned an infamous
notoriety; but the publication of this sort of
literature continues and the agitation continues.
public meeting is called at Hyde Park, and indecent
open circulars with advertisements still more in
decent are distributed in London houses. The
Archbishop of Canterbury publishes a dsavowal of
his supposed approval of the so-caled revelations
Of The Pail Man Gazette. The Attorney General is
investigating alleged case of abduction of girl
by somebody connected with this business but
The Pau Mall Gazette daily fills its columns with
accounts of what it calls "A New Crusade"
1t has apparently renounced all hope of regaining
respectable position.
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