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,oxnoy. Jan. 3h.--NTuch importance Ia at
I'D ~ the speech which Lord Salisbury will
at. ~ rxc.er OH next Tuesday evening upon
.l.a,,.s,or 81 the great Conservative demon
Wv 4, that city Tho local Tories have
,.., orranizrc this affair for months past.and
- ni,. tenn porary hall capable of holding
In ooO reonIs The meeting was to have been
,st tor,uisht ago. but had to be postponed
49, account Of the death OF tho Duke OF
,,.,on,,, loud Salisbury had decided
:, cancel tn. engagement altogether. as
there was 10 particular reason why he
.Ncn,a co TO Exeter. bat the Thought Of
.bs good Tory gold srcnt in building
sn,sal hall in his honor touched his heart
AVID he releuted at the last moment. AS tho
,,ino Minister was 50 willing to forcgo the
.isit n is difficult to understand why SO much
,nportapco should now DO attached to 1t. or
why the speech should be expected to differ
ram scores that have boon delivered by Tory
leaders since Parliament was prorogued In
August last. Tho explanation Is to be
found in tho fact that mems minds are
occupied with thoughts OF the coming great
poiitiral struggle and whenever n Cabinet
Minister is announce" to speak Liberal hopes
and Tory fears arc aroused in expectation Of
hearing scme denaiie announcement OF the
date o, the gen eral election and of tho issues
10 he nut before the constituencies; but there
is nothing in the immediate political situation
10 encourage the Government to prccipitate Il
struggle. and the result # Rossendalo is not
calculated tn give the Tories an appetite for
.iactioneerng.
An opportunity may and probably will be
gwen 10 the Government In the course Of the
coming session. and for that chance Lord
Salisbury ard his colleagues arc evidently dis
posed to wait.
The signs accumulate that the crisis will
arise out Of the Irish Locals Government bill.
Desperate efforts are being made to heal, or,
falling that. to conceal the Tory schism. but so
far without success. There are scores Of Tory
members who declare that they will oppose
the Government scheme. and as most ofthese
mutineers DO not propose to seek reelection
4, the end Of the present Parliament. 1t will
not be possible to coerce them into submission
in the ordinary way. while they are too numer-
Gus to be brbed by pecrages or baronetcies in
the old fashioned way.
The Ulster Tory members are dissatisfied
with the guarantees for protection Of the
loyal minority" and their newspaper organ
only Yesterday sounded q note OF defiance to
the Government
E.. c"ta II tho Government should manage
oquell the revolt in its own ranks it will still
have to reck on with the Liberal phalanx eager
for fight and led by the doughtiest and most
tkiiul Of political warriors. Mr.. Gladstone's
llan 81 campaign is simple enough to be I'M
dHstood by all men. II the Local Government
| III should be a fair and statesmanlike meas
IRE. worthy of Liberal support, which is wildly
improbable. he will help the Government to
lass it in tho teeth VI the opposition
Of Tory macontents IT, as will almost GER
,anly be the case, 1t should prove TO bea bill
drafted in the interests Of Irish landlords and
oranGemen. he will oppose it line by line.
Then there vii! arise great howl of "obstruc-
ton aud upon that battle cry the Govern
ment will appeal to the country Tho Liberal
customary letters TO their supporters re-
auestirg them TO be in their places at the
"len!DS Of Parliament. and the other prelimi-
Hary work referred to in The Sun last week is
Icing pushed along with refreshing vsor.
The loudly hcraIulcl "Iural Conferences"
convened hy The Tories IS IL on to the
Great demonstration hail In London last
monfh and addressed 10y Gladstone. took place
~ LILY Yesterday. 1t consisted in tina ptny
language Of Il Liberal critic. OF Chaplin re-
ireshmcnt> and beer" The delegates had
lecn care.Iiiy selected and bribed to
attend By the Il"n,isa that al! expenses
Would 10 raid and that there would be
licn'y Of drink. Two hundred and fifty at
tended and listened with open mouths to
ms p""rons rlatItudcs Of tho Minister OF
agriculture. After Chaplin had spoken. a
a"rprf little man in corduroyS rose and de-
!Ntfei ;attIln. speech. crummcd full Of
"'eo!ice ard argumt nts Of tho most pro-
'oaaceu radical character The horriNed or
sahizefs tried TO stop the little mans tongue.
eu'in vain, and lie held forth Just as long as
necaGen TO d. So while the delegates. thinking
NO sbeech was in the programme. and there
,,Te perfectly orthodox. applauded vehement
- iii.!y tho little man sat down. and only
,'en was II discovered that he was "A sturdy
.auica' 10 whom ticket and invitation to
o''nk beer had been sent by some laundering
..e'A' dircct from headquarters instead of
.iou.h The local organizer. or the 300 dele
.a'es present not fifty were genuine aglicul-
.ufa' !aoorerS, The whole thing was Il sham.
au so lal!y carried out that Its fraudulent
>" u ms been clearly demonstrated.
-'0 luoht a.arm caused by the continued
'"esd o. influenza has almost grown into a
'n ,a and there 10 NJ doubt that if any Access
..oe country free from the disease could DO
.na IN Europe everybody who could afford
,n'el would flock thither. This Is due in
'a'se measure to popular INSTRUMENTATION
,.iaseu by some ignorant newspaper
, ... ni I'll" figures given in the Regis
,'ehefa' return issued on last Tuesday
return It was said that during the pre-
,.,,. week the annual tate of NOR
viz" Yer thousand living" WAS forty
80 III London, WEcrcupon tho min
,r,'"oNh' l"!in. into the common error that
Ill., ' meant that fcry-six Persons in every
rsaHu mao died IN one week expressed tho
eai mat tic influenza would mass tbo
,;o u an epidemic and attain the dimen-
.VnS" an unknown and dreadful plague"
- hia,'er Of fact. 50G deaths were recorded
week us primarily duo to influenza. and.
'~e estimated population OF London proner
IN. ,.-oa.-'l, tho mortality was actually
.a' ~ e'i.G. or. taking the deaths from nil
do"' one In LBS; but as this is moro than