IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2009, 25 August 1892, Page 20

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(Pee Puess Association.) Loxdox, August 16. The following are mentioned as likely to hold portfolios in the new Administration :— Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Mr Samuel Walker, Q.C. ; Solicitor-general of Irt-Lind, Mr 11. M«cdermot, Q.C ; Lord Advocate of Scotland, Mr J. B. Balfour, Q C. ; Solicitor-ycneral of ScotLand, Mr Alexander Asher, QO. Mr Charles J. Dyke-Acla:ul will probably have a seat in the Cabinet.

Lord Rosebery has accepted office. Mr Grindstone has submitted the names of the Government to the Queeii, And dined with her Majesty at Osborne. On arrival at Portsmouth Mr Gladstone was abcorded an enthusiastic ■welcome.

The Times states that Lord Kimberlqp will be Secretary for the Colonies. To-day's cablegram re the Cabinet is confirmed, with the following additions : — Lord Kimberley will be Secretary for India and Lord President of the Council ; Sir George O. Trevelyan, Secretary for Scotland ; Mr Arnold Morley, Postmaster-general ; Mr C. T. DykeAcland, Vice-president of the Education department ; Lord Houghton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland — but the latter will not have a seat in the Cabinet.

It is officially announced that the Marquis of Ripon has accepted the portfolio of Secretary for the Colonies.

August 17,

Professor Bryce will be Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with a seat in the Cabinet ; Sir Edward Grey ; Foreign Under-secretary ; Mr J. T. Hibbert, Financial Secretary to the Treasury ; Mr W. Summers, Uuder-secretary for the Colonies; Mr Shaw-Lefevre, Commissioner of Public Works and Buildings and Minister for Agriculture, with a seat in the Cabinet; Mr M'Dermot, Q.C, Attorney - general for Ireland ; Mr Hemphill, Solicitorgeneral for Ireland ; Earl Compton, Comptroller of the Household; Mr J. R. Roby, Solicitor-general ; Mr Herbert Gladstone, Financial Secretary for War ; Sir Edward Reed, Secretary to the Admiralty ; Messrs Walker, Balfour, and Asher take the positions already given.

Lord Rosebery's acceptance of office in the new Cabinet is officially announced, and in consequence foreign stocks generally have hardercd.

Mr Labouchere has had some warm correspondence with Mr Gladstone on the subject of his own exclusion from the Ministry. Mr Gladstone says that the Queen showed some disinclination to Mr Labouchere's inclusion.

The Times says that the Cabinet's vote will be unintelligent, owing to the docility of the members, who will really be chief clerks of Mr Gladstone.

The Daily News states that Lord Rosebery feared that his health would not permit him to hold office, and that he is quite in accord with Mr Gladstone's policy.

The Standard hopes that the Marquis of Ripon will show more tact as Secretary of the Colonieß than he did as Viceroy of India.

The Chronicle doubts whether the Cabinet is of a sufficiently democratic character to meet with the approval of the people.

Mr Gladstone's address to the Midlothian electors was quite of a formal nature.

Mr Labouchere has given notice to move next session that Egypt be evacuated by Great Britain.

The Telegraph says that the personnel of the Ministry is a surprise, especially the inclusion of Lord Houghton as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

The Standard thinks that the Ministry deserve a fair trial.

The labour members are demanding that an autumn session be held, but the Government do not intend to comply with their demand.

The Times declares that Mr Gladstone prefers to govern alone, and that the other members of the Ministry will be as extinct volcanoes.

The Daily News believes that the country has every confidence in the Ministry.

The Irish members were surprised that the Lord Lieutenancy fell to Lord Houghton, but his inclusion meets with their favour.

The Freeman's Journal says that Mr Morley will be the real Viceroy of Ireland.

The French press state that Queen Victoria is secretly displeased with Mr Gladstone's success.

All tho Ministers will be returned unopposed with the exception of the Hon. John Morley, who will have a bitter fight to retain his seat.

It is reported that Lord Carrington will be raised to an earldom.

August 18,

Sir F. J. Kay Shuttleworth takes the position of Secretary to the Admiralty, and Mr G. J. Shaw-Lefevre Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings.

Lord Carrington will become Lord Chamberlain or High Steward.

The Earl of Rosebery's acceptance of the Foreign ,' Office is heartily received in Berlin, but in Paris it is viewed with coolness.

Three new whips have been appointed for the Radical paity, including Mr W. A. Macarthur.

Sir Chsrles Russell, speaking at Swiudon (Newcastle), sketched a programme contemporaiy with the treatment of the Home Rule question. Parliament has been prorogued to November

4. The outgoing Government attended at Osborne yesterday, and yielded up the seals of office, which were transferred an hour afterwards to Mr Gladstone and his colleagues. August 19.

It is officially announced that Mr Sydney Buxton will ba Under-secretary for the Colonies ; Mr Herbert Gladstone, Under-secretary for the Home department, instead of Financial Secretary for War ; Lord Sandhurst, Under-secretary for War ; Mr Burt, Under-secretary for the Board of Trade ; Sir B. W. Foster, Under-secretary for Local Government Board ; Mr J. W. Russell, Under-secretary for India ; Mr G. G. LevesonGower, Comptroller of the Household ; and Lord Carrington, Lord Chimberlain.

Mr, Labouchere is very indignant at his exclusion from the Government.

Baron Schroder, of J. Henry Schroder and Co., merchants, of London, has been created a baronet ; aud Lord Pallis, a member of the Privy Council in Ireland, has been made a Privy Councillor for Great Britain. Peerages have been conferred on Mr John Mulholland, Mr John Allen Rolls, and Mr John Legh, of Lyno.

The Lord Provost of Glasgow, Captain Q. C. Armstrong, Mr E. H. Carbutt, Mr H. T. Farquhar, 'Colonel Charles Hamilton, and Mr John Jaffray (of the Birmingham Post) have been created baronets.

Dr William Smith, Messrs Douglas Straight, George Irwin, John Benjamin Stone, T. H. Warner, and W. Renny Watson have been knighted. Reynolds' newspaper publishes a furious article headed •' Gladstone's Blunders," and denouncing the Premier for excluding members of the Radical party from the Cabinet. The latter, it asserts, as at present constituted, lacks the confidence of the people,

August 20. . The appointment of the Marquis of Ripon to the Colonial Office is criticised bysomo English journals. The Saturday Review does not favour the appointment, and considers he will probably do some mischief in the office. The Spectator describes him as the least promising of the Ministerial peers.

August 22. Mr Gladstone promises to bring in tho one-man-one-vote question early in the session.

Mr Morley was received at Newcastle with enthusiasm. He said he adhered to the opinion that a universal eight hours was premature. Messrs Curt and Davitb are supporting Mr Keir-Hardie in his demands on behalf of labour. They urge that if the labour problems are left legally unsolved tho example of the men in the United States will be followed; and the classes may choose their own course to adopt.

The Daily Chronicle is Urging that the time has come for the State to acquire the ownership of railways.

Mr John Burns formally thanks the Australian Trades Union for the interest they showed in the general election.

Mr Herbert Garduer has been appointed Minister for Agriculture.

A letter by Mr Gladstone has been published in the Italian newspapers strongly condemning the Triple Alliance.

Mr Davitt, speaking at Newcastle, said if the Labour party ousted Mr Morley the Irish party would oppose any labour measures.

Society and the Tories are annoyed because a peerage was not conferred on Sir Algernon Borthwick, of the Morning Post, especially as honours were received by Captain G. C. Armstrong (of the Globe), Mr John Jaffray (of the Birmingham Post), and Mr Levy Lawson (of the Telegraph). It appears that the name of Sir A. Borthwick, who sat in tho last Parliament for South Kensington, was originally included in the list of new peers submitted to her Majesty, the idea being to give the vacant seat to. the Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, who was defeated for the East Tower Hamlets, but the Kensington Tories refused to accept Mr Ritchie as their member.

A hot contest is expected at Newcastle. Prayer meetings are being held for the success of Mr Morley and Mr Gladstone's cause.

Peerages have been bestowed on Sir Lyon Playfair and Mr Cyril Flower, and a baronetcy on the Right Hon. G. O. Morgan.

August 23.

A deputation of evicted tenants waited on Mr Morley (Irish Secretary) in Dublin, and asked that an autumn session of Parliament should be held to consider their reinstatement. They urged that they were in a starving condition. Mr Morley replied that he would give the closest consideration to the best way in which to meet the difficulty.

Paris, August 22. Le Temps charges Lord Salisbury with preventing a solution of the recidiviste difficulty, a.nd hopes Lord Rosebery will be more amenable to reason.