The record-union., 1897-11-14
Henry Lahouchere Contrasts II With
English Methods.
Unable to Find Much Difference in the Po-
IiiiGaI Customs.
Weu-Paid Court Appointments
Always Distributed Among
Peers on the Winning Side
The House of Commons Gets Its
Share of Patronage.

| LONDON. Nov. 13.-A series of ar
| ticles which is attracting much atten-
| ton. headed Marching Backward,
has been appearing in the Daily Mail.
| The writer has shown that Great
Britain is falling behind in the great
| industrial race, and has demonstrated
how the United States. France and
| Germany, can show increased exports
to the amount of f25 100000 in the
| twelve years from 1883 to 1895. 1t is
| further proved that the imports of the
| United Kingdom in the same period
decreased f9,000 900 S45,000,00O.
! Commenting upon this showing, the
Daily Mali expresses the opinion that
the main reasons. for this falling off in
| British trade are want of business in
| stinct and want of genuine patriotism
"as evidenced by ship owners carrying
! foreign goods at lower rates than Brit
| ishers.'
| While the English newspapers gen.
orally are preaching against the 'spoils
system in America, contrasting it with
English methods, Henry Labouchere, In
Truth" is unable to find much differ
ence in the political customs of the two
countries. He points out that number
of well-paid court appointments are al
ways distributed among the peers on
| the winning side, adds that the House
of Commons gets its share of patron
| age, showing that there are many
| prizes ''on the judicial bench which GO
to the victors, and asserts that when
! the party needs a war chest there are
various wealthy gentlemen always will
ing to subscribe upon the understand
ing that they will be repaid by a peer
age or by a lesser title" The only diff
| ference Mr.. Labouchere can see be-
tween British methods and those fol-
| lowed in America is that in the United
States each party insists upon the
rank and file sharing the spoils, while
| in this country the spoils go almost ex-
| clusively to the upper crust.
! His health permitting, Mr.. Gladstone
| meditates an important biogra phical
work, embracing the lives of most of
the distinguished modern divines, but
there are disquieting rumors in Cir
culation as to the marked manner in
which old age and infirmities are grow
ing upon the grand old man." He
seems to be developing facial weakness
).
ever he catches a cold it settles in his
eyes and in the left side of his face,
making it extremely painful to bear.
AS a result Mr.. Gladstone has been
| ordered to Riviera in order to escape
the winter, and he with his wife and
daughter. will start for Cannes on No
vember Goth. AT Cannes Mr.. Glad
stone and his party viii be the guests
of Lord Rendel, whose daughter is mar
ried to Mr.. Gladstone's third son.
1t is said that the Duke of Beaufort
has transferred all his property to his
son. the Marquis of Worcester. The
Duke is in very feeble health, and this
transfer of the estate enables the Mar
quis to escape the enormous death
duties which ne would otherwise have
to pay on succeeding to the estates.
The very Rev. Samuel r. Hole. Dean
of Rochester, opening the school bazaar
at Chatham on Thursday last, made an
address, in the course of which. speak
ing Of the necessity for the religious
education of children, he said: New
York has the most perfect arrangement
in the world for secular education. but
it has too little regard for the immortal
souls of the children. I am quite GER
tain but for the want of moral convic-
ton and practical Christianity among
the inhabitants of that great city such
a disgraceful election as that of Tam
many Mayor would never have occur
red
The so-called Raronets' trades union
in other words the movement of the
Baronets to protect their rights and
Il, So. ~
view Of the recent decision according
children during the legal life of peers
the title of honorable, and giving them
precedence after the younger children
Of Barons and ahead of Baronets--is
taking form.
A meeting was held by the aggrieved
Raronets on Wednesday and resolu-
tions were adopted looking to the sup
preston of the unauthorized assunp-
ton of Baronets and the maintenance
of the privileges and precedents of the
order The first resolution draws at
tention to the long standing scandal in
the Spurious assumption of title at the
present moment OF at least forty bogus
Baronets who are unable to show their
title 10 the rank. and it is claimed that.
besides the disputed Baronetcies, the
claimants to which all use the title,
there is absolutely no jurisdiction over
the order such as the House of Lords
exercises over the peerags In other
words. If a man fancies he is entitled
to a barenetcy. he assumes it. no one
having the power TO ask him for proof
of his claim The second resolution
adopted BY the Barouets is a protest
against the bestowal of the designation
Honorable on children during the legal
life Of peers, as already referred to,
which gives them a precedence which
the Baronets hold they are not entitled
to-
The Prince of Wales new racing
yacht. which is being built by the Hen
dersons of Glasgow, after the designs
of George l.. Watson. is discussed with
great interest in yachting circles 1t is
expected that she Will make her debut
in the Mediterranean regattas next
spring. and the Sportsman and Dra-
matte News expresses the hope that
the American yacht Defender will be
there and meet such genuine repre-
sentative of the sport as the Prince of
Wales
The Prince of Wales does not intend
to challenge for the Americas cup
THE Little Minister" which was