IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9154, 11 July 1895, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

ADVICE FROM MR GLADSTONE.

ANTI-PARXELLITE CONVEN-

TION.

FURTHER APPOINTMENTS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright Londo.v, July 9. The Duke of Devonshire, in the course of an address, said the Government believed there were no political reforms or oppressive grievances urgently requiring the immediate attention of Parliament. They intended to improve the material and social condition of the people, and secure a period of tranquil rest, which the country sorely needed. Mr Gladstone "writes, urging the electors to vindicate the rights of the House of Commons as the organ of the people, to establish the honour of England and consolidate the strength of the Empire by conceding the just constitutional claims of Ireland. Rowdy scenes have taken place at the Anti-Parnell Convention in Ireland. Mr Healy read correspondence showing that the Liberal whips offered £200 annually for four Irish seats, if they were considered Liberal and not Home Rule. Mr Dillon denounced Mr Healy as a traitor in making the correspondence public. July 10. The Duke of Portland has been appointed Master of the Horse, Lord Ranf urley Lord in Waiting and Sir R. Webster Attorney-General. Lord Knutsford has been made a Viscount. The Times suggests, in view of the Healy episode, that an enquiry should be made into the number of seats bought by the Liberals. Mr Balfour, at Manchester, discussing the question of local veto, said such measures had totally failed in Australasia and America. No form of local coercion could alter the tastes of the people. The hopes of the temperance advocates should be based on the improvement in the sentiments of all classes.