The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-02
ALL PURE GUESS WORK.
THE NEW ENGLISH CABINET IS YET
IN EMBRYO.
SIR. Gladstone is Not Even Certain that
He VIII be sent For-He Remembers
snub--SaiIsbu-y May be DrAmatIe-LOrd
BartIngton-Mi nister Mclean

LONDON, Jan. 80 All statements con
cer1ing the per onnel Of the new cabinet art
pure guess work. Mr.. Gladstone is not even
certain that be will be sent for lie well re-
members that 10 a parallel case he was
sighted for a few hours. A repetition Of
this piece Of royal folly is, however, itn-
probable. In conversation with a genile-
IN whose irieuls warranted the question.
Who viii your advisers BE- in event Of your
accepting Officer MIR. Gladstone replied:
al would be inconsistent with the respect
due her msj sty for me to assn ne that sne
| will exercis, her prerogative in any rarticu-
lar manner have done nothing beyond
learning the op MON Of certain OF my col
leagues on the question Of Home Rule and
other Or essing matters"
THIS is the whole story, all current reports
20 the contrary. Notwithstanding. The min
| istry have resgned, ana the leaders OF par.
| ties and factions are resting on their oars
until the reassemtling Of parliament on
| Monday, when something definite may be
! glsaneI couc ,rning the political future.
While Salisbury is less Likely to DO dramatic
| in bis acts tuan BeacoDsIielu, ne is still the
| pupil If that great mas.er OF parliamentary
| tnessa, aud none can fOretell tue outcome OF
q sinterview with his sovereign, Hs is full
| ly convinced that Home Rue in the form
demanded by Parnell IS not acceptable to
the English masses, AMI 1t is Just possible
TIA. he may be induced 10 appeal TO the
country again on this issue. He LOOKS upon
the modified cry OF land reform as a blind,
aud it is hardly to be doubted that the queen
shares this opinion.
On the Liberal side Lord Granville ) in
cordial accord VITA Ola istone, tut all Ell orts
to secure the assent of Lord Hartin ston to
anything like home Rule failed. At the
c.uos the chef topic CT discussion is fart
.ngton's chance Of being summoned by the
queen in place OF Gladstone. Many loudly
insist that her majesty will find it next to
impossible to reconcile Glldstone's position
with her own in view of tue wide divergence
of sentiment existing between the speech
from the throne and his utterances while
speaKing to the address.
The balance Of opinion, however, is against
the selection of Harrington. it is argued
that he VOID refuse to accept office in the
first place anl that were he willing he could
not form cabinet In any event he could
| w uOluluA NltuOub pi-upkuu5
wh.cl is almost GU, of the question. Mean.
while the Tory newspapers are striving to
M lme put lac opinion and excite British
pugnacity by giving absurd prominence to
the widest writings and orationS Of the Ma
| tionallsts
Ons prominent instance of this class is
noted in the vii publication of United Ire
Ian IS report 'Opinion in Parliament," al
aruicle written IN rather bad taste, relating
to tue scenes at opening OF parliament
describes the queens sour, unhappy face,
surrounded by her white liyere1 subjects,
CSC" These paragraphs are undoubtedly
selected for the purpose of augmenting tn,
popular dislike OF anything Irish, AMI ar
orlntel With view 10 the possibilities Of
another election.
kilograms from Paris state that Minister
McLean's has mucI improved and that ne
was abba TO attend dinner given by Prssi
dent Grevy last night