New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-17
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
GENERAL ELECTION IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM.

.oov OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT THE
yorsE OF LORDS EXPECTED TO RE
Ecr ANY HoMERULE MEASURE
THE VOTE IN MIDLOTHIAN.
IsycABLE TO rHR rxBuxE.
r,ov,fch,s 1892: By The Tribune Annexation
rnndon July l6-There has been very con-
,...oble change of scene since the end of last
- The English boroughs had then declared
=. large majority for Lord Salisbury and Union
"a though it was not believed that this pre-
.,a.rance could be maintained the best Judges
:, both sides still thought that the final majority
., Mr. Gladstone and Home Rule would be small
q NOW promises 10 be toward fifty, the actual
.,ovu majority this morning being forty. The
.rcient anita gonism between the counties and the
.,,ouQhs has once more declared itself The
.aptjes have in one sense reversed the verdict
>, the borOughs. In other words, though MIR.
gladstone has gained not many more seats in the
nnties than he did in the boroughs he has
aimed enough to insure him, when they are COM
sned with the seats held and gained elsewhere, an
urual numerical majority in the new House of
rommons The net Gladstonian gains in the Eng
S.h counties up 10 this morning are 10 less than
10 The net gain in the English boroughs was
q The total net Gladstt nian gains are 53 The
rn,onist ma iOrity in England, including counties
,,d boroughs, is rs. The Gladstonian majority
IN Wales is 20; in Scotland, 20; the Unionist
,a,ority in the whole Of Great Britain, &c; the
Fome-Rule majority in Ireland, 46. These fig
ms bring out clearly the true nature of the con-
,st and its result. Ireland gives the casting
yoe In her own favor, which she has clear
upsttutonal right TO do. The total votes
throughout the Kingdom thus far show an anti
rrionst majority of nearly 100000 votes. This
sould perhaps disappear. if the votes in un-
Snested constituencies should be counted.
No feature in the election is more remarkable
hsn the vitality of those Liberal-Unionsts who
we're to have been extinguished They now num-
es forty-three The returns for the House as
whole are now in for all but forty-nine seats,
uiry of which will be known to-day Not more
ian six Of the remaining seats are thought doubt
tl II is, therefore, possible to consider the
sneral result of the election as pretty we'll
,rled 1t is settled in Ireland also. where the
rt Parnellites have made good their predictions
Nd beaten the Parnellites handsomely. They
csnd ffty-nine to eight. The changes in Ireland,
sotland and Wales during the week have not
cen numerous They would not of themselves
hve given Mr. Gladstone a majority. HIS re-
urn TO Office is, having regard to the state OF
matters last Saturday, the work OF the agIl-
,1tural laborer 1t is Hodge who has made
lin for the fourth time Prime Minister 1t is the
bucolic constituencies which have overruled inc
uhn. The ploughman and the hedger are for
lie moment the arbiters of the destlnles OF Great
Hitain The two heroes of the hour are Hodge
md Mr.. Gladstone Neither could have won
Without the other. 1t is not alleged that Hodge
snows or cares much about Home Rule He has
milded better than he knew; or, as the Union
ss think, worse.
The net result of this long struggle is, as shown
Sove. TO leave Mr.. Gladstone wholly dependent
4 Irish support 1t need not be supposed that he
rrets it, He has changed his mind since, in
! |lm5 he appealed TO the rest of the United King
| au 10 give him majority independent Of Ire
md In order TO settle the Irish question in man.
y most conducive to the general interests OF
~ Kingdom He has dilated during this cam
aign on the generosity Of the Irish. lie has eX-
Nled the spirit of concession they have shoWn
IA their readiness 10 take what they could get
ysad of demanding impossible liberties "heh
IA adversaries reply that they avowedly accep'eu
Is last Home-Rule bill as an inStalment only, ana
rhen they quote the proceedings and declarations
| : Committee Room No. Is as proof OF this'
| either reply nor proof shakes his cohVlctloii
Il seems still 10 believe that he can nave hs
IN way with the interests of lreland,a ana th'' the
| ksh Members will trust him 10 grant them the
| rgest possible measure Of independence
Yet among the Irish themselves, and especla4lS
uo.- the Parnelites, breaks out now ana 'hsh
he old spirit of ditrust which the Leaders oi oo'h
lrsh WINS have so often eXpIe sed iheIe mas
been strong expression of it this week MI " al
noas said in his last MIdlothlan speech that II
void I've his duty when he resumed once u coh-
tle, with care the entire situation, lnd thch 10
gpy himself 10 the great and dlversihed WORK
which Law before him. Instantly the Parnelllte Or
cans asked whether this meant that he was goihe
70 shslve Home Pule in favor of the Newcastle pro-
ssnme do not believe that he means 10 uo
anything of the kind but ii Is worth houcih9 'h'
when he made that declaration, he eApecteu !e''
majority than is now certain. Ills son. MI ii'i
let Gladstone who is often chosen as the medium
if expressing his fathers views cNpeIinen0hHS'
LES since declared that in common sense ana COM
non honesty" Home Rule must come hfs.'' nc wa;
IN which il is likely TO be handled and Mr. Glad
Fanes probable plans in case his Dill Is reeo'7u
he House Of Lords were stated 10 you last week
That account stiu holds good and so do the Glad
ronian uncertainties touching the chances OF the
i'thcoming measure. There can be no douo'
saat Mr Gladstone's expectations were and whN
Tie purpose was which he based on them. lie
hAy believed that he should sweep the country
nat he should return, not merely to ONCE DuO q
hser. and with a majority sufficient to oVera"e
us House Of Lords. lie meant, | think, 70 maze
Us Home-Rule bill as conservative as possible. IL
had obtained an independent majority, the Dill
night not have differed very much from Una,
v 1856, save in retaining the Irish Members al
Westminster.
AL those calculations have gone 10 water Inc
Snns blu must now be such as ArchplshoP
sAsh and the other real leaders of the Irish home
1tefs will accept. Should lie agree with them
p0n the main lines OF il, even then his dlifcul'les
WI only have begun. lie cannot now hope TO oe
'10aie master in his own house. Never was a
G0fe Heterogeneous maioritv than that which WIZ