Evening journal., 1892-08-17
THE LIBERAL CABINET.
Gladstone Announces the New
Ministry of Great Britain.
ROsEBERRY IS FOREIGN SECRETARY.

R0sEBERRY Is FOREIGN SECRETARY.
John Morley, chief Secretary for Ire
land, and Baron Houghton as Irish
Niceroy without n Seat In the Cabinet.
Labouohere wouldn't Suit the Queen.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE official announce
ment OF NJ Gladstone's cabinet has just
been made William Ewart Gladstone, the
new prime minister, is first lord Of the
treasury aud lord pryy seal His cabinet is
composed rs follows:
Baron Herschell lord chancellor.
The Earl Of Kimberly, secretary for In
aia and lord president of the council
The Earl Of Roseberry foreign secretary.
H. II. Asquith, home secretary.
Marquis Of Ripon, colonial secretary.
II. Campbell Bannerman, secretary Of war.
Earl Spencer first lord of the admiralty
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, chancellor
Of the ezchequer
Mr. John Morley, chief secretary for Ire
land.
Sir George Otto Trevelyan, secretary for
Scotland
Anthony John Mundella president of the
board of trade.
Henry II. Fowler, president of the local
government board. is-. o.qi...,..
Arnold Morley, postmaster general.
Arthur Acland, vice president Of the coun-
Gil of education
The other official appointment of noncab-
met rank is that of Baron Houghton, who
becomes viceroy Of Ireland.
The chief surprise in the list Of ministers
are the names Of Lord Houghton and Mr.
Acland. Lord Houghtons father, better
known as the Poet Monckton Mines, was
great friend of Gladstone, who has I'M
bounded confidence in the abilities Of the
son. Aclaud has had no official training to
tlt him for his new post, but is a bright and
capable man. His special hobby is educa-
ton. He is also prominent in movements
on behalf Of the working classes. He is a
good debater, and will do good work for the
government In the house Arnold Morley
doubtless owes his elevation in good part to
Mr. Gladstone's friendship for his father,
samuel Morley.
The Cabinets Compared.
A comparison Of the present cabinet with
that which served Mr. Gladstone when he
took Office in 1856 shows these changes:
The Marquis Of Ripon succeeds the late
Earl Of Granville in the colonial depart
ment and Mr. Fowler follows James STAINS
field as president OF the local government
board, that gentleman having accepted the
Office when Joseph Chamberlain, who orig
inally held it, resigned for the same reason
as Sir George Trevelyan
The Earl of Kimberly now accepts the
duties of lord president Of the council in ad-
dition to the secretaryship for India and
thus assumes the position formerly oc.
cupied by Earl Spencer, who succeeds the
Marquis Of Ripon as first lord of the admir-
atty.
OF the others-those who have never be-
fore held cabinet oiiice-Mr Il. Fl. Asquith
] follows Mr. Childers in the home office, and
Mr.. Arnold Morley succeeds the late Lord
/ Wolverton In the postoiiice, which appoint
ment did not carry cabinet rank in 1886. al
though it did in Mr. Gladstone's previous
ministry uSs0 and 1880, when it was held
by Mr.. Shaw Lefevre.
Baron Houghton succeeds the Earl OF
Aberdeen ms viceroyof Ireland as the Office
is commonly though incorrectly termed,
the real designation being "lord lieuten-
ant of Ireland
Labouehere Disappointed.
Mr. Gladstone expressed himself to his
intimates as delighted with the way in
which the queen received and treated him in
Osborne House. Mr.. Gladstone conferred
with Sir William Harcourt, Earl Spencer.
Lord Roseherry, John Morley and five other
men chosen as members of his ministry. He
informed them of the queens acceptance Of
their names, and the official list of the min
listers was at once issued. The conference
lasted two hours and half
Henry Labouchere feels sighted in not
having been invited TO any Office II is un.
derstood that Mr.. Gladstone induced court
friend to sound the queen as TO whether she
would accept Mr.. Labouchere's name, and
that her majesty dismissed the subject so
CURLY that it was not considered polite for
Mr.. Gladstone to himself suggest the bril-
liant Radical editor One Of Laboucheres
first acts viii probably be to challenge the
governments foreign policy, especially in
regard to Egypt. A motion made by
Labouchere in 1890 that England evacuate
Egypt entirely was supported by almost all
the Liberals and the Radicals
The absence Of the progressive element
from the cabinet is being commented
on unfavorably by the more advanced sec
ton of the Liberals Some uneasiness is
felt lest this presages the sacrifice Of all re-
forms except the particular one Of Irish
home rule, which Mr. Gladstone has so
much at heart.