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elusive.
British Affairs.

British Affairs
Lord Randolph Churchill has now
with a rapidity for which there
are few presidents, nearly to the summit
of his ambition. 1t is but a step from the
leadership of the House to the Office Of
Prime Minister. The city, which here
means the financial world, views his ac-
cession to the CHARACTERISTIC OF the Elk
che4uer with a certain distrust. He is, or
was, Protectionist, and has advocated III
times past sweeping changes in the exist
ing methods of finance; but nobody doubts
his capacity and industry, while his init
mate relations with the Rothschilds are
thought likely TO sober his financial views.
Old-fashioned Tories question not Church
Ills ability to lead The House, but his dis
cretion, and doubt whether he IS likely TO
conciliate the Unionsts
Matthews, at the Home Office, is the
greatest surprise OF all 1t is understood
TO be Lord Randolph ChurChill's nomina-
ton, pressed on Lord Salisbury in order to
secure the exclusion OF Sir Richard Cross.
Matthews election for Birmingham, fol-
lowed by his success on the trial OF Sir
familiar to the public. He is a Roman
Catholic, with reported Home Rule lean
ings, but his eminence is purely profess
sional. He is a man of great resolution
and Yigor Of character, who has his spurs
to win in politics. Sir Richard Cross, how
ever, was not so easily disposed of. He de-
clined to regard the peerage as a sufficient
consolation for a retirement. He insists on
the Indian Office or Colonial Office, and
has some other personal pretensiOns. He
has blocked the road for two days past, so
that this morning the Cabinet remains in
complete. Only ten places are certainly
filed.
Lord Hallsbury as Lord Chancellor, and
Lord Ashbourne as Lord Chancellor OF
Ireland, were matters of course. Both are
able and popular statesmen. Smiths re-
turn to the War Office excites neither en-
thusiam nor bitterness. The same may be
said OF Lord George Hamilton at the AID
miralty Office while of Lord John Man.
vers in the sinecure post of the Duchy Of
Lancaster nothing whatever requires to be
said. The Cabinet, as a whole, supposing
it TO be completed by Sir Richard Cross in
the Indian Office and perhaps in the Co
lonial Office, is distinctly inferior i'll ability
and political authority to the outgeing
Ministry.
The notion gains ground that efforts viii
be made on both sides to avoid a collision
between the new Government and the Ma
tional League in and out of Parliament
The Tory organs publish conciliatory ar
1,,ff fhof 81 vii
meet Parnell halfway. They don't wish
coercion if he will keep the league within
bounds. The intimation comes from Other
quarters of higher authority that if the es
Inmates are passed in August and Parlia-
ment allowed to adjourn till February, the
Ministry will employ the interval in devils
ing benevolent measures for Ireland. Par
nell keeps absolute silence.
An exchange of views among the Par
nellites has led to the decision to give TIT
Government time to prepare an Irish bill
but the Parnellites will demand a measure
for the suspension of evictions. Owing tt
a fall in prices numerous tenants in Ire
land are in arrears and are unable to pay
their rents. If the introduction of TIA,
Irish bill be postponed until spring, land
lords will in all likelihood resort to whole
sale evictions, unless restrained from dom!
So
The Welsh members of the House o
Commons propose to form national party
Beecher has been explaining American
politics to the readers of the LondOl
Daily News" According to Beeche
there is in America no restriction on til
purchase of votes, and men are bough
and sold like sheep before the ballot boxes
and the use of money does not stop til
one reaches the United States Senate.
The Batoum question is passing rapid.
into the limits of dead diplomatic diff
culties The English Foreign Secretar
contents himself with acknowledging tn
receipt of the Russian dispatch and re
serving all rights The Tories look o.
calmly enough while Russia tears up Lor
Beaconsfield's handiwork. His friend
say that he never attached much import
ance to Batouln, and never expected tina
the Berlin settlement of that question
would be permanent.
The new British Parliament will be sum
moned to meet August 5th. 1t will the
be adjourned till some time in October.
nEnTENsI IN RELFAST