New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-28

with the Conservative leaders. That astute poht-
,cal manager had stipulated mat Lioeidi-
Unionist should succeed a Liberal-Cnionis' III al
seats held by that small band OF fa'"lu' a,heS'
The Conservative leaders in London admitted the
OBLIGATION of that compact and George Peel son
y, tho late Sneaker himself a LIBERAL Mon
,s+ u,os nominated for the united borough or
bennington and Warwick. There were protests
hu, Mr. Chamberlain persisted. II is supposed
that the representation Of bennington was part
n, that alleged deal by which the Liberal mon
,st support was withheld from MI courtney LOT
Sneaker and diverted to the Conservative c'n'i-
date Sir Matthew White-Ridley. Inc success
OF that manoeuvre in the house was I'l WI
snicuous: II ended in the election OF MT HuiiE. ~
has now come equally to srle1 IN L'a'i'ilh'o''
What Messrs Chamberlain and Baiiour forgot
N take into account was the constituency l'seii'
The electors Of bennington objected 10 peihs
,o,,cht and sold. Sold or not. they declined to be
dauvered They revolted in a body against MT
Ceoree Peel; they wanted their own man. Mr..
Nelson. They had no personal objection 10 Mr.
Peel: what they stood out for was their right 70
o,oosa their own candidate. They went to Mt
POOLS meeting this week. and voted down reso-
,u,,on in his favor by ten TO one. Mr. Peel hao
the good sense to see that the game was up ana
Withdrew in a manly letter full of good feelhg
His future IS safe enough somewhere else pu'
the party managers have had lesson they WI"
not soon forget. The lesson Is as goou TOT one
side as for the other. and is also OF appHca'io"
elsewhere than In England. Here. at any rate II
is now seen that though the party boss can 90
much he cannot coerce constituency Wheh
that constituency is intelligent and resolved; put
It is a blow to the Liberals who really hopeu
that by the help of these dissensions they were
going 10 elect their own man for borough I'M
doubtedly Conservative.
Mr. Bafour's speech yesterday 70 the PRIMROSE
League at Covent Garden disspates another LIB
eraI delusion For weeks, as l explained last
Saturday. they have been counting on split in
the Iynionist ranks and looking TO soc Mr.. Cham
herIain driven out into the wilderness by Tory
cabal II is now evident hat II he goes. Mr.
Ps,four will 90 too Nothing could be more eX-
nIcit than Mr. Balfour's contemptuous refuta-
ton OF the rumors industrously spread by MT
Chamberlans Radica. enemies. I'VE nave ne
said "a record behind us of nine years OF the
closest political cooperation and the closest per-
sonal friendship. Never was that friendship more
unclouded than now" He paid the highest trib-
ute 10 Mr. Chamberlain's loyalty and efficiency
and made the most complete acknowledgment OF
the obligations Of the Conservatives TO him and
of their reliance upon him in the future 50 down
One obstinate crotchet has received its quietus
from the Opium Commission. That respectable
body. by a vote of 10 l. has reported against
interfering with the sale or use OF this drug IN
India The medical opinion against the inter-
ference was all but unanimous. The doctors
seem 10 agree that opium is Ike alcohol' taken
moderately IL is harmless or beneficial; IL Is only
Injurious in excess like food anything else.
Of
with India and Indian customs, and also Chinese,
was on The same side. What is remarkable is
that the investigation converted Mr.. Pease, a
member Of the well-known phianthropic family
which has long mixed sentimental: humanitarian
ism with its politics and public duties Others
also were converted even without the help Of the
argunent-not | believe, seriously contested
that the Indian Government would be bankrupt
II 4. relinquished its opium revenue. IT would
be too much to hope that all the ant-opium
fanatics In England will now keep quiet. but
their teeth have been drawn. and the agitation
is reduced to impotence Mr.. Wilson, the dis
senting member of the commission. can find moth
ing better to say than that the Indian Govern
ment has done its best 10 burke the inquiry
That d.sposes of him.
Froudes English Seamen In the Sixteenth
Century" published this week by Longmans. en-
bodies the lectures denVeEeo al oNlOio III the
Easter terms of 1893 and 1894. n this volume he
tells the story of Hawkins. Drake and other
patriot sailors who saved England from the
Spaniard and the Pope. and ie-tella by the light
of the latest Spanish documents. the immortal
story OF the-defeat OF the Armada. 1t is the sub
ject for which he cared more than fo' all others
religious freedom and the unity Of tho Eng
l.sh nation. Those We're the two great achieve
mcnts Of the first and last halves Of the sixteenth
century when for the first time Engshmen
Joined. as Froude says. in loyal enthusiasm for
the Queen, and resolved that nenceforward no
italian priest should 1.-THE or toll in her do
minons The adventures ard enterprises Of the
heroes Of those stirring days recounted in
English worthy Of the acts it describes. Froude's
sympathy with them and his love Of their deeds
are as fresh as ever. though when these lectures