Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-04
BRITISH ELECTIONS.
They Are Fully Expected to Result In
Liberal Defeat.
CABINET PRoGNosTIcATioNs.
Goshen Not Desired ms Chancellor
of the Exchequcr-Chom
Chances Khan Not So
ciaI success--ofhcr Notes.

! at by the Cabinet to resoluteIy continue
| the government bills in the House OF
] Commons until autumn. no matter now
| small the Liberal majority may be, j.
due to the desperate position OF the
| party. through its unpreparcdn'ss ior
| general election. The latest report OF
| the Executive Committee OF the Liberal
| Federation shows that here are stiil from
! sixty to seventy constituencies that have
| hitherto been contested by the Liberals
| that are without suitable candidates.
| There are plenty OF men Offering to STAND
| but they would require the aid of the
| party purse. and they lack the local in
! nuence or general reputation that would
| give their candidacy chance OF success
| A drain upon the funds of the party
IS inevitable. and the weather. Liberals
are again subscribing freely.
| The baronetcies just conferred on
Messrs. Drummer. Dale. and Dunn, ana
| the knighthoods conferred on Messrs
Furness, Lees, and Pullar, all OF "noin
are commercial magnates, have their hIse
reason In the large sums each hah con-
tributed to the support OF the party
WEAKNESS OF LIBERALS.
The weakness of the Liberals does
not lie so much in scarcity OF money
as in the lack OF good men 10 ihahe
a fight in the constituencies. This weak
ness threatens to overwhelm the party Ia
disaster at the elections, when are pc
Neved by many TO be close at hand. Inc
members of the government mink thal
delay will enable them to better con
solidate their forces. The business OF tne
House of Commons has been so arranged
for after the Whitsuntide hoiioaS' 'ne
local-veto bill-the stumblinS-biock III
the pathway of the governmeht-"Iiti oe
thrown back until the end of july. III the
supporters OF the local measure persist
in putting II in the front rank genera
conference will be summoned to decide
upon the course TO b followed.
The Unionists are eager TO force a dis
solution of the House They talk OF
moving a vote of want OF confidence IN
the government as soon as the House r.
sumes business, but the impotence OF
the rank and file is controlled by the
leaders, who, continuing confident of the
defeat of the government on the local
veto bill are willing to wait until July
before they attempt TO overthrow the
Ministry.
THE Liberals will enter the electoral
campaign expecting to be defeated.
THE NEXT CABINET.
The Unonisis, who feel assured OF a
majority in the next House, are already
discussing the composition of the next
Cabinet. 1t is almost certain that there
will be startling changes from the last
Unionist Ministry.
The members Of the Carlton Club are
dead set against the Right Hon. George
&. Goschen again having the office OF
Chancellor of the Exchequer and insist
that Sir Michael Hicks-Beach be APP
pointed to the post.
Mr.. Goschen's old colleagues want him
to 20 to the House Of Lords, but political
burial does not suit him. He declares
that he Is not rich enough TO take a
peerage Hitherto II has been supposed
that he was among the wealthiest mem
bers of the Liberal Unionist party. II
transpired that the income from the
firm OF Fruiling & Goschen Is distributed
among numerous proprietors. Mr.. Goschen
Is also required to provide for large
family. and consequently he does not feel
able to maintain the dignity of a peerage.
CHAMBERLAIN.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the leader OF
the Liberal-Unionists. also aims to become
Chancellor of the Exchequer The Con-
servatiyes desire that he should take the
post OF Secretary OF State for War. They
want man in that Office who is strong
enough to tackle the question OF the
Duke of Cambrdge's retention OF the
commandership-in-c hlef of her Majesty 5
forces. 1t is a mistake to suppose that
the Conservatives favor the Duke or
Cambridge. The old Tories have old
time notions on this subject. but the
Younger Conservatives. rejecting the reel
ing of the army, strongly resent the
Dukes continuance in the post. Ihey
would abolish the position, thus de-
driving the Duke of Connaught or other
members Of the royal family OF the chance
of claiming the hereditary right TO COM
mand the army.
NOT n SUCCESS.
Nazrulla Kahn. the second son OF the
Ameer of Afghanistan. who is now visit
ing England. is not social success.
When he makes visits, accompanied by
some Of the members Of his suite, he be-
comes a social anxiety. The natives OF
the party live in barbaric style at Dor
chester House They sleep on mattresses
placed on the floor, and cover themselves
with rugs. refusing to use the more COM
Portable beds. The English officials who
are supervising the party had to correct
their habit OF pocketing the silver-plate
from the table of their entertainers. a
habit which occasioned more or less adj
verse comment during their stay in India,
but which, 1t appears, they were then
allowed TO follow, II they could escape
the observant eyes of their hosts.
According to reports, this plate was in
tended as a present to NaZrulla Kahn.
and his followers felt themselves to be
al liberty to appropriate 1t to their own
use.
Nazrulla Kahn can use a knife and fork
in eating. but he prefers TO use his fingers,
he tah. anil rf1af NfE :.
of civilization. a pipe-bearer attends him,
and at every opportunity he hands TO his
master a pipe loaded with tobacco
strongly charged with opium.
The dignity OF the Afghan Prince APP
proaches sulkiness.
AMAZED AT THE LADIES.
He is greatly amazed at the position
held by the ladies' in society here. and
refuses to be reconciled thereto. At
Lady Tweedmouth's party he first saw a
large gathering Of ladies in evening dress,
and he refused to go into the drawing
room. and declined TO give Lady Lans-
downe his arm In going into the supper
room. He scanned Lady Lansdowne at
tentively. and then marched several PAGES
In front OF her into the supper-room,
Lady Lansdowne following. half amused.
half indignant.
In his audience with the Queen Nazrulla
Kahn spoke In broken French. the Queen
helping him now and then with timely
word. He afterwards expressed amaze
ment at overhearing Her Majesty speak
ing Hindu to her attendant, Munshi Abdul
Karin. At the Derby he said he sup
posed IL was ali arranged before that the
Prince of Wales should win the first
race. and the Prime Minister the second
He added that II would have been SO al
Cabul.
The India Office allotted 10000 for the
entertainment OF the Prince and his suite.
This money VIII be chiefly expended In
presents.
WILDE PICKING OAKUM
Oscar Wilde will serve his two year.
sentence in Norwood Scrubs prison.
The prison doctors affirm that his heart
is weak, and he has therefore, not yes
been placed on the tread-mlll. but has
been compelled to pick oakum. His health
is broken and he hardly sleeps. Taylor,
his accomplice In the detestable crimes,
takes prison-life i'm lighter manner.
Certain low-class papers clamor for the
arrest and trial of the known associates
OF Cocoa" as Taylor is nicknamed. The
police actually arrested several street
pests. but they were afterwards liberated,
the government being unwilling to create
furthQr social