Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-31
SALISBURY'S SURPRISES.
HENRY MATTHEW'S APPOINTED
HOME SECRETARY.

HIS Selection Causing More Surprise
ThRn Any of the Others-Commsnts
of the Press on the Appointments
wales AgitatIng n Demand for Home
Rule.
LONDON, July 30.-Mr. Gladstone has
gone to Osborne to submit to the Queen a
list of the EOnors that it is customary for
a retiring Premier to bestOw.
The appointment of Henry Matthews,
g. c., to be Home Secretary causes more
general surprise than any other appoints
ment made by the present government.
The Pail Mall Gazette welcomes the
appointment. 1t says that Mr.. Matthew'S
is pronounced anti.coercionist and
Roman Catholic.
The Globe pronounces Mr.. Matthews
Zone of the ablest men In the United
kingdOm-a man who possesses unusual
elOquence, as was proved by his address
in the Crawford Dixie case"
Leonard Liell, Gladstonian. has been re.
elected to the House of Commons for Ork-
ney and Shetland. He polIed 1883 votes.
his Untonist antagonist, Hoare, obtaining
1882.
WALES DEMANDS HOME RULE.
Handbills demanding home rule ara
I0Gl
circular says: ''The time has arrived
when Welshmen should have the right to-
govern themselves. The Parliament at
London makes laws not for the benefit Of
Welshmen, but for the enrichment Of
landlords and idlers. Welshmen demand
the privilege OF making their own laws;
they demand free education, the abolition
OF landlordism and the dIsestabltsh ment
OF the church"
MATTHEW'S SUGGESTED BY THE QUEENa
The appointment of Henry Matthews to
the Home Secretaryship was due TO sug1
gestlon of the Queen, who was charmed
by his yindicatlon, in the Crawford trial.
of the sanctities OF English home life.
The Catholic press IS grautled at tha
Matthews promotion, as 1t initiates de-
parture from the Tory tradition that mol
Catholic should be placed in office.
ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS.
LONDON. July 81, 5 A. M.-Ths follow,
ing additional appointments are an-
nOunced:
Attorney General-Sir r. f. Webster.
Lord Chamberlain-Ear OF Latham.
Judge Advocate General-Rt. Hon. w.
7. Marriott.
The Post says that, with two obvious
exceptions, solIdlty rather than brIl-
lisucy IS the leading characteristic OF the
new Cabinet.
The Chronicle says MIR. Matthews will
doubtless make a good Home Secretary.
| but the passing over of Mr.. Plunkett Ia
| favor OF Mr.. Matthew's will make the
| people doubt the stability OF Lord Sails
! bury's position. They will be apt to think
the unruly element has the upper hand Of
the Tory party.
HONoRED BY THEIR QUEEN.
w. l.. Booker, the British Consul GEN
eral at New York, and John Henry G..
! Bergner, superintendent of the Treaty
! Department Of the Foreign Office, have
| been appointed Knights Commanders OF
the order OF st. Michael and ST. George.
| The following gentlemen have been
recommended to the Queen by Mr.. Glad
stone for elevation TO the Peerage: Sir
Thomas Brassey, Sir Michael Bass,
| Bart. the well known brewer,
John Glenoairn, Garter Hamil.
ton, who failed OF reelection
10 Parliament from south Lanarkshre la
the late contest. and Sir Henry Thring, OF
the Treasury Department. Mr.. Glad
stone has also recommended that the fol-
lowing gentlemen be made Baronets:
Messrs. Frederick Thorpe Mappln and
Charles Mark Palmer, members of Parlia-
ment, ex-CommOner Thomas ID. l.. jones'
Parry, and Mr.. Kitson, the defeated
Gladstonian candidate in Leeds.