New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-04
THE NEW BRITISH CABINET.
NAMES OF MR.. GLADsToNEs ADVISERS.


UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION.
LONDON, Feb. 3.-The new Cabinet is offl-
sially announced as follows
Mr. GLADSTONE Prime Minister and First Lord OF the
Treasury
SIR FARRER HERscHELL Lord High Chancellor
EARL SPENCER, Lord President Of the Council
II. II. CnILDERs. Home Secretary.
EARL RosEBERY Secretary for Foreign Ahairs'
EARL GRANVILLE, Secretary for the Colonies
EARL KIMBERLEY. Secretary for India
H. CAMPBELL BANNERMAN, Secretary for War.
SIR WILLIAM yERNoN-HAECOURT, Chancellor Of the
ExcheQuer.
THE MARQUIS OF RIPoN, First Lord of the Admiralty.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIS, President OF the Local Gov
ernment Board
q. o. TREvELYAS, Secretary for Scotland
AL MUNDELLA, President OF the Board OF Trade
JOHN MORLEY, Chief Secretary for Ireland
The composition OF the new Cabinet mas causeo
great surprise 1t is thought to show marks of com
promise
The following appointments have been made under
the Administration:
Earl Sydney, Lord Steward OF the queens householu
Arnold Morley, Patronage Secretary.
Charles Russell, Attorney General
MIR Russell is an lrishman and was educated at
Castleknock College and Trinity College, Dublin. lie
WAS appointed Queens Counsel IN 1872 and has since
appeared in macy prominent law cases. AS Liberal
and an ardent supporter OF Mr. Gladstone, he unsuc
eessfully contested Mr. Callans Dandak' district In
1874 but defeated him in 1SS0.l
Joseph Chamberlain, Radical. declined the Office OF
Fipst Lord Of the Admiralty offered him by Mt Glad
stone in the Cabinet. The reason given by MI
Chamberlain is that he does not desire TO be oclaly
connected with the military department. of the Govern
ment 1t is reported that he aspred to be made Chan
eellOr OF the Exchequer.
SKETCHES OF THE CABINE MINISTER'S.
NEARLY ALL THE MEMBERS SERVING UNDER MR.
GLADSTONE BEFORE.
This is the third Cabinet Mr. Gladstone has
formed the first having conducted the Government
from December o. 1865 February 81, 1874, and the
second from April %, $780, TO June 49, 1850 Most OF
the members of the latter enter the new one though III
several occupying new positions.
Sir Farrar Hersche selected for Lord High Chancel
lor and hence presiding officer OF the House OF Lords is
lawyer and Mr.. Gladstones last Solicitor General
holding that Office five years He sat in Parliament Tor
North Lancashire, North Honsdale Division
Earl Spencer Lord President of The Council for
the second tne having served as such from 1850 to
1888 Though only ftyone years of age he is veteran
In governmental service, having also been Lord Lieu
tenant OF Ireland from 1865 to 1874, and again from
arch 10. 1888. to June %. 1885.
Mr. Childers has held several cabinet offices before
He was one OF junior Lords of the Admiralty In 1861
g. then Financial Secretary of the Treasury and from
1865 1874 FIRST Lord of the Admiralty In the last
Liberal Cabinet he at first Secretary OF
",
Earl Rosebery, age thrtyn is one of the younger
and newer ministers This rich Scottish peer, husband
OF q Rothscmd, devoted lover of horses and a fine
scholar is cmuently democrat in his IDEAS and has OF
regarded of the most promising OF Liberal
statesmen. His rise the Office of Secretary Tor For
eign Affairs has been rapid lie was Under Secretary for
the Homo Department from 1881 to 1888, and from
February IL to June 23, 1885, Lord Privy Seal and
Fist Commissioner Of Works.
Earl Granville. next to Mr. Gladstone is tho oldest
member OF the Ministry in years His age is sew
eny-one or six years less than that of the Premier
As early as 1SjI52 lie Secretary for Foreign Affairs
aud held the Office again in the first and second
Gladstone Cabinets. lie has also at various times,
ben Lord President OF the Council Chancellor for the
Duchy of Lancaster and Secretary for the Colonies
which last Office he now resumes.
Earl Kimberly another veteran in ministerial service.
age sixty is the only member OF Mr. GadstOnes second
Cabinet who takes up tbs portfolio he laid down
last June Besides his present Office OF Secretary for
India ne twice held that OF Secretary 6tale for
the Colonies and mas Lord Prvy Seal, Lord Lieu
tenant OF Ireland and he las been in the diplomatic ser
wee.
Henry Campbell Bannernann, age fifty, has sat in
Parliament for Stirling Scotland, ever since ls6S, bnt
his experience Office is comparatively brief
From $50 October 30 1854 he was an under secre
tary In the War once, OF which ne is Chief secre-
tary and the next eight months Ae was ChcI Seere-
tary for ireland.
Sir William Vernon HarcOurt, who ~ the last moment
has been made Chancellor Of the EXchoqI9r ms cal Of
Home Secretary held the latter Office IN the last Liberal
Cabinet lie had previously been Professor OF Interna-
tiona1 Law at Cambridge and was SO ictor General in
1854. His age is 1fty-nlne.
The Marquis of Rlpon. who takes the onico Of First
ford Of the Admiralty which Mr.. Chamberlain is re-
ported have declined. has held war and Indian port
olios and served Lord Resident of the Council In
forIn Cabinets His latest office that 0f NicerOy Of
India which he filled with nrked ability from ss0 to
October, 1884. lie is Catholic. and his age Is fifty
nine.
Local Government Board which Sir Charles Dixie had
in the last Cabinet from 1850 TO 1SSJ president Of
the Board o. Trade lie has been chiefly conspicuous as
radical champion OF land reform, representing the
mingham from 1874 10 1876. and ia one Cf the men,
les of Parliament from that borough His age Is hity-
Macaulay's Lephew aud bio IrdpheT, one OF the
EDder the Admiralty frJm 1868 10 1870,
and again from $50 to lSSI. iIe then became Chie
Chancellor Of the Ducny OF Lancaster in October.
lsSi
Mr Mundelia, the new President OF the Board OF
Trade, vice president Of The Committee or the
Council for Education under the last Cabinet He has
Sheffield since 1865 almost continuously aud hs
lectured ard written extensively ON capital labor ANA
education.
John Morley. Secretary for Ireland. is
ministerial service His career has been terry rather
than political He wrote biographies of CObder Burke
ana NOtaire, and edited The fOIintGhuH IdH MdH
cnaIuns OF The gazette he gave ROChefOrt and louise
Michel access He Is devoted supporter OF Mr.. Cham
beain and except the Promier IS the only member OF
Cabinet openly committed to Home Rulc. IL Is
only two three years since lie entered Parliament
RIOTOUs FRENCH STRIKERS DISPERSED.
PARIS, Feb. 3.-A serious strike is in progress