THE ENGLISH ELECTIONS. MR. GLADSTONE'S CAMPAIGN. Enthusiastic Popular Receptions.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 163, 31 July 1886, Page 8

THE ENGLISH ELECTIONS. MR. GLADSTONE'S CAMPAIGN. Enthusiastic Popular Receptions.

Gladstone started from London on his Scotoh campaign, Juno 17th. Thousands of people congregated at the railway station to witness his departure. The crowd was simply enormous and Gladstone reached his coach with the greatest difficulty. The Premier said some parting words to the people from tho coach window, in the course of which he adjured them to allow nothing to hide from them the ono question of the hour. At Lutin and Bedford, the crowds at the station cheered Gladstone as the train sped by, but no stop was made until Leicester was reached, whore he was received by an enormous gathering. Here he was presented with an address, and spoke upon the Home Rule topic as an issue charged with good or evil to the future advancement of the empire. Huge crowds also awaited Gladstone at Trent (made up of people from Nottingham, Ilkstone, and every other place near by), at Galashiels, where the excitement over the approaching election is up to foi'er heat, opinions being about equally divided. At Edinburgh 40,000 persons lined the route from the station to Gladstone's hotel, and the police had difficulty in making a passageway for the Premiers carriage. He spoke in Music Hall on the night of the 19th, on tho issues of the campaign, and tho auditorium, capable of holding 2,000 persons, was filled to its utmost capacity. The audience cheered for Gladstone and Lord Rosebery, and groaned, for Hartiugton, Chamberlain, and other Unionists In the course of his speech Gladstone referred to the -seceding Liberals, and said ihat the question was whether the country would resolve, with a strong sense of justice and sympathy for Ireland, to compensate for these defections, "I am strongly convinced," said he, " that the people have resolved to carry the day, notwithstanding the defection ol prominent lepders of the Liberal party. This contest was fought against us by the officers of our army." He spoke of the barrenness and sterility of mind critics of his Homo Kulo plan had shown in not suggesting any improvement, took Parnfells side in his contro\ersy with Lord Carnarvon, said of Hartington that on the Irish question he talked of certain powers to be delegated to cortain bodies, the members of which are unknown ; of Chamberlain, that he flew high like a lark or low like a swallow before a shower, according to the suggestions of his teoming brain ; and, in conclusion, said that Lord Salisbury may deny that he advocated coercion, but his own words and acts prove that he did. At tho end of his speech, a vote of confidence in Gladstone was carried unanimously amid great enthusiasm Gladstone was received at Free Trade Hall, Manchester, June 25th, with a tremendous outburst of welcome, the cheering lasted three minutes. He spoke for nearly an hour and a half, lamenting that the Irish question had been associated with so much doubt, and said this had resulted in many lossss to the Government and that none of these had cost him acuter pain than tho loss of John Bright. Of course the Government opponents would not now let John Bright alono ; ho was too valuable a man. After challenging Chamberlain to produce his marvellous land scheme, and also Lord Carnarvon what he said to Parnell, he sairl in conclusion, that tho Irish demands were reasonable and moderate, and that their opponents had been ungenerous. Gladstone's reception in Glasgow on June 22nd, was tremendously enthusiastic. Handler's Circus, in which he spoke, was packed 'with people. In the course of his speech, he said : " Scotland had becoaie gradually satisfied with the union, but if a great majority of the people of Scotland wished to manage her local affairs within her own borders, did they think if they arrived at a clear conclusion to that eifect. that if. of seventy-two Scotch members of tho House of. Commons, sixty united in the demand for a c'Aigne, that England dare or would wish to refuse them ?" (Cries of " No ! '") Ho thought this proposed ea t-iron uniformity of institutions for England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, was bad, false, and vulgar in principle. In conclusion, Mr Gladstone appealed to his auditors to give their voice in favour of the work ol peace and justice. His closing words were hailed with loud and prolonged cheers.

NOTES OF THE CANVASS. Michael Davitt pronounces a so-called Fenian manifesto published in the " Times " as an election dodge. He says the document was written by an ex-editor of an extinct Irish paper, which pretended to represent entreme Nationalist views. Karl Blind Writes in favour of the policy of Bright, Hartington, and their followers, as alone consistent with the safety of the British Empire. At a Unionist gathering at Paisley, on the 22nd, Lord Iddlesleigh urged that Scotland compel Gladstone to distinctly answer whether Ihe Land Purchase Bill would, or would not, be brought forward again. Mr Childers, speaking at Edinburgh, said he was unable to support any proposal to vote fifty or one hundred millions of pounds to buy out Irish landlords. According to a despatch from Birmingham, | June 30th, Joseph Chamberlain told a reporter of tho Mail of that city that well-informed | friends had notified him of the existence of an Irish plot to take his life. " This information," Chamberlain added, "has been confirmed by the London police, who warned me of the conspiracy, and informed mo that the assassins intended to kill Lord Hartington also." Chamberlain further said that both himself and Lord Hartington had, in consequence, permitted themselves to be placed under police protection. Tho meeting held at Islington, on the night of June 18, to support the Conservative candidate, ended in a riot. The furniture of the meeting room was smashed by a turbulent mob. Several women fainted ; one was sent to the hospital with a broken arm The platform on which tho Whig Duko of Norfolk was seated,.was stormed, and he was roughly seized by the neck, jammed against the wall and hustled on* tho stage. A numbor of his aristocratic friends present were also badly handled. The rioting was only stopped by the arrival of tho police. Mr Gladstone has written as follows to Mr. Bright :— " I regret to read your letter to Mr. Peter Rylands. Without losing a moment I beg of you either to publicly except mo from your assertion that one year ago all the Liberals held Mr Rylands' opinions, or to give proof of what you say. Never since the Home-rule struggle was started, fifteen years ago, have I once condemned it in principle, or hold in any way the opinions of Mr Rylands, which, to speak frankly, I think absurd." The Marquis of Salisbury made a speech at Leeds on Juno 18th. before nearly five thousand persons, in which ho ridiculed Gladstone and his plan of Home Rule, and defended coercion. "We may say the Criminal Law is coercion. If Gladstone is opposed to it, we must presume he sympathises with the criminals against whom all efforts have been made. (Cheers,) Our coercion which he denounces was directed against robbery, murder, mutilation, terrorism, and tho system of organised intimidation which made life bitter to thousands of innocent persons." .... "If the Protestants have shown their deep, entliralling interest in tho matter, it is because they know by experience that their dearest interests are involved. They know they will have to meet a terrible enemy. They have an undying recollection of their long hereditary feudsr .... "Much has bee a made of the Parnellites' recent protestations in the debate, but it should be Remembered that Parnell said deliberately that America would not bo satisfied till she had destroyed tha last link that keeps Ireland bound to England." The Liberal Association of Ayloabury rejected, June 18th, tho election address of Sir Nathan Meyer de Rothschild. He was returned as a Liberal, but opposes Gladstone's Home Rule Bill. " ' An inaugural meeting of the branch of the Protestant, Home Rule Association, held in Dublin on June 21, ended in a free fight Several persons were forcibly ejected from tho

The , London, Telegraph.", asserts that* the speeches made by Gladstone and John Morley are antagonistic, and that, the members of the Government seem to have "no uniform ebneeption of the policy wMch electors are asked to affirm. The damea of the Primrose League are making an active house to house canvass throughout England against Gladstone. # John Bright issued a manifesto to the electors in Central Birmingham on June 24 in which he Bttid : Ido not oppose the views of the Government on account oil England more than on account of Ireland. No Irish Parliament can be so powerful or just as the United Imperial Parliament at Westminster. I cannot entrust the peace and interests of Ireland, north or south, to the Irish Parliamentary party to whom the Government now proposes to make a general surrender. My Bix years' experience of them and their language in the House of Commons, and their deeds in Ireland, make it impossible for me to hand over to them the industry, prosperity and rights of 5,000,000 of the Queen's subjects, our countrymen in Ireland." * , On his way to Glasgow, June 24th, Joseph Chamberlain stopped at Preston, Lancashire, whore a large crowd jeered and hooted him. Among the cries was, "You're in the wrong boat this time, Joe." He attempted to address the electors of West Islington on the night of the 26th, but was met by the cries of " traitor," and the platform was stormed. Chamberlain and his friends escaped through the back door. Parnell has determined to run Irish Protestant candidates in Ulster wherever Nationalists are a good half of the population. In a speech at Plymouth on the 26th, he said the present struggle was that of British and Irish democracies against the aristocracy. He also said that Lord Carnarvon had agreed with him as to the main lines on which' autonomy should be granted to Ireland ; and also' admitted that the progress of the campaign had made the Irish Land Bill impossible. , , John Morley, speaking at Newcastle,' On June 26th. said the defection of Bright was the most painful incident of the electoral campaign. Whil ) he would ever revere Bright as one of the purest of English statesmen, he must' say that the gentleman's defection would not abate one jot or tittle of the policy adopted by one intellectually as great, and in political grasp and foresight greater than Mr Bright. Randolpn Cnurchill, speaking at Paddington on the 27th June, defended his election address as " gospel truth." "Mr Gladstone's schemes," he said, "placed the GovernmGnt in the hands of the Catholic Celtic peasantry, under the control of American adventurers and an unscrupulous fanatical priesthood." He had nothing to say to the American dynamite and dagger faction, but to offer the old English challenge : " Our prisons are large, rope is cheap, and we have plenty of amateur hangmen." He declared that " for the first victim of dynamite or the dagger we have scores of avengers. When the first Englishman falls, the lives and persons of the dynamiters and their allies will be placed at the mercy of an angry and outraged people."

CARNARVON AND PARNELL. A London dispatch of June 13lh, says :— The Earl of Carnarvon has written a letter with reference to his interview with Mr Parnell, in which he says that the meeting was due neither to his or Parnell's initiative but was brought about by other parties. The Earl continues : '• I am unable to understand how Parnell misapprehended my condition regarding the interviews. I recollect perfectly stating them. The purport and tenor of the conversation left an entirely different impression on my mind. I proposed notliing, but as Mr Parnell talked' l put questions, suggested to him difficulties and raised objections for him to answer or explain. He dwelt upon the character and functions of the central legislature, tho necessity of developing Irish industries, tine congestion of population in parts of Ireland, tho commercial depression and the relations and difficulties between landlords and tenants. I remember his alluding to some kind, I think some limited kind of protection as necessary to promote Irish industries, to which I replied that whatever the individual opinion might be as regards protection, such a proposal must arouso great omection among many classes. I said noihing Implying the concurrence of the Government to the plan to givo Ireland a statutory Parliament, with power to protoct Irish industries. I regret that my impression was so different from Parnell s. I do not wish to impute any unfairness to him. I found him during tho conversation frank and straightforward. I only regret that he so greatly misunderstood me. I must reaffirm that I never said anything on these subjects in anywise committing the other members of the Cabinet." Mr Parnell published a letter on the 11th, in which he said : "I positively deny that I sought an interview with the Earl of Carnarvon. I also differ with the earl as to the two conditions upon which he alleges was based tho interview, viz., that he was acting on his own responsibility, and that he declined to hear or say one word to the detriment of tho Union. The Earlclid not lay down these conditions previously. I admit thero was a foundation for the third condition mentioned, that is, he hoped it was understood he was not engaged in making a treaty or bargain."

GLADSTONE ELECTED FOR TWO SCOTCH SEATS. The most desperate electoral struggle between Glndstonites and Unionists ended on July 2nd by the utter rout of the hitter in tho' Parliamentary district known as the Leith borough. \V. Jacks was returned to the last Parliament as the regular Liberal by the large majority of 3.570 in a total poll of 8,840 votes. He opposed tho Home Rule Bill, put was nevertheless considered invincible in his district, and was dominated in the present canvass as a Unionist to continue his opposition to the Premier's Irish policy. The Tories in order to emphasize the Unionist opposition to the Premier, left tho field clear to Jacks. At the last hour the Liberal managers nominated Gladstonehimsolf as theircandidato, the Premier consenting. Jacks became scared, and withdrew from the contest, and Gladstono was elected without opposition, This will give the Premier two seats in Scotland. Ho will, perhaps, choose to sit for Midlothian and select a reliable man to re-contest Leith with the assurance of success.

HOBART PASHA'S DEATH. Hobarfc Pasha (Auguat Charles Hobart), Marshal of the Turkish Empire, died in London (?) on June 19th. A shorb biography of him says he was the third eon of the Earl of Buckinghamshire by his first wife, Mary, eldest daughter of John Williams, King'e Sergeant, and sister of the Right Honourable Edward Vaughn Williams, the eminent English Judge. He was born in April, 1822, and joined the Royal Navy in 1536, and was appointed to the Queen's yacht for eminent services. He commanded H.M.S. Driver in the Crimean War, and was officially commended for his Bervices. He retired from active service on half pay, and during the War of the Rebellion in this country commanded the blockader Don along the Coaat of North Carolina. , He published a narrative of his exploits under the title of "Captain Roberte." In 1868 he wag appointed to a high command in the Turkish navy. His services in preventing Greek blockade running, and in a delicate negotiation off Syria, in behalf of peace, were recognised by honours bestowed on him by Austria, France, and 'I urkey. ) On his return to Constantinople he wa=t promoted to the rank of Pashq, and created a full Admiral. The Greek Ministry in 1867 called the British Government's atteution to Hobart Pasha's employment by Turkey, and his name was stricken from the British navy's list. Hobart protested, saying his enemies would make the most of that fact, as no explanation had been made why he was dismissed. The Lords of the Admiralty consented to his reinstatement to his former rank as captain in the navy, placing him on the retired list in 1874. On the outbreak of war between Russia and Turkey, Hobart's appointment to the command of the Black Sea fleet provoked diecusBion, which Hobart ended by severing his connection with the British navy. On January 8, 1881, the Sultan raised him to the rank of "Mushir"and Marshal of the Empiro. He was the first Christian on whom this honour was ever conferred. Owing to ill-health Hobart a few weeks ago resigned all service with the Suit in. A despatch of the 27th says the deceased soldier was buried by the Turkish Government at Constantinople, with great pomp. The remains were brought in a Turkish gunboat from Genoa,

LADY CAMPBELLS DIVORCE PETITION. Lord Colin Campbell, defendant in the divorce case Campbell v. Campbell, applied to the Court on July 2nd jto have stricken from the plaintiff's petition the paragraph charging him with •* adultery with per-

sons unknown." The,, Court. re6er s ved,de 7 . oision for a fortnight, and in the meantime, will read »the - t whole correspondence, and all the affidavits submitted by Lord Campbell, in his cross;suits, toj,substantiate his. charges that Lady Campbell, has been guilty of adultery with the Duke of Maryborough; Chief Fire Commissioner Shaw, and others.' ■ ,• , ■

A SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Eight persons were instantly killed on June 30th by an accident to the mail train from Belfast to Dublin. The train, while going at a hi?h rate of speed, left the rails at Knockbridge. Twenty persons were wounded, and the train completely smashed. i The accident was due to an expansion of the rails; caused by the excessive heat. The driver and guard were arrested, but are held blameless. An express train on the Stuttgart and Berlin railway ran into a local train, near Murzburg, on July Ist, demolishing the latter, and killing and wounding a large number of persons. Nine are known to have been killed. None of the express passengers were fatally hurt.

KING LUDWIG S SUICIDE. King Louis, of Bavaria, who had been recently deposed, from his nominal throne on account of insanity, drowned himself in Starnberg Lake, on June 13th. His | physician, Dr. Guddon, who was in his company, attempted to rescue the King, and was also drowned. The King's fate cast a deep gloom over Munich, and a despatch from that city says :—": — " Now it is seen , plainly that the people were deeply, attached to, the King, and evidences are everywhere manifest of the popular sorrow caused by his tragic death." There are evidences that a violent struggle occurred in the lake between the unhappy Kiag and Dr Guddon, in the endeavour of the latter to rescue his patient, and many footprints can be seen in the Boil of the bottom of the lake near where the bodies were found/ There were also several bruises on Dr Gudden's face, which probably were made by the King's finger nails. The King, before plunging into the water, divested himself of his two coats, which were found on the bank, and led to the discovery of the bodies. In the sworn deposition, dated June Bth, the physicians who examined King Ludwig unanimously declared thdt he was gravely deranged, his affection taking the form known to lunacy experts as parancia, which is incurable. When the Ministerial ccmmiesion, which was headed by Count Holstein, called upon the King to procure his consent to the regency, he ordered the members to be flogged till they bled, and then have their eyes extracted before death. The malady abso lutely deprived the King of free volition, and would have prevented his governing for the remainder of his life. At 10 o'clock on the morning of the 14th, the generals of the Bavarian Army met and took the oath of allegiance to the deceaeed King's brother Otto, who at once assumed the title of Ring, under the name Otto the First. He is three yeara younger than Ludwig, having been born on April 27th, 1848. Otto, however, will eimply be nominally king, as he is mentally incapable of governing, and Prince Luitpold, his uncle, will remain regent. To him, also, the generals took the oath of allegiance.

A STRANGE STORY OP THE SEA The mate of the British barque Arklow, who was picked up at sea in an open boat by the American ship Frank Pendleton, and brought to Queenstown, has, according to a despatch of June 23rd, disappeared. The rescued man had said that the Arklow wae sunk in a collision, May Bth. He left a note stating that his heartrending story of the collision was false, and added: "I left the vessel for a reason which I will hereafter explain."

ENGLAND'S TROUBLES IN EGYPT AND BURMAH. London despatches of the 23rd June say that in Egypt and Burmah the British are threatened with increasing difficulties. The conduct of the campaign in the latter country, as well as the methods of seating the Government, are alike a failure. Thebaw's disbanded soldiers are constantly attacking the British garrison. Every attack has been repulsed ; but the garrisons are worn out v ith incessant duty. In Egypt, derviehes are resuming activity, and the Soudan border ia once more threatened by clouda of rebels. From both countries come urgent calls for reinforcements. A despatch from Rangoon, June 29th, eayß a force of British troops with two batteries had had a severe fight with 1,500 Burmeee rebels strongly intrenched near Tummuc. The fight lasted five hours, and the British failing to dislodge the Burmese, retired. Several officers were killed and wounded.

RUSSIAN WARLIKE PREPARATIONS. A London cablegram of July Ist sayß late Berlin dispatches, stating that the evident' determination to stir up renewed difficulties in the Balkan principalities, create much concern in diplomatic circles. Russia is urging the Sultan to insist upon his rights on the frontier revenue question. Turkey, alarmed by Russian intervention in the difficulty ' with Prince Alexander on this subject, is disposed to come to a friendly understanding with the Priuce. This Kuseia Beems resolved to prevent. Letters received in Berlin from Sebastopol declare that measures are being taken that leave no doubt of the intention of the Russian Government to embark a large force for points on the Black Sea. A remarkable article in the organ of the Premier of Greece, warning the country to be prepared for the outbreak' of a tempest in the East, coming simultaneously with the above report, adds to the general uneasiness.

THE CSAWFORD-DILKE SCANDAL. This case was in Court again on ' June 11th, on the issue of Sir Charles Dilke's right to have the Queen's proctor re-open it, in order to enable the member for Chelsea to produce testimony in his own vindication. Crawford asked the Court to refuse to allow the proctor to intervene, alleging that theonly witnesses who would be produced to contradict the confession of Mrs Crawford were Sir Charles himeelf, vihom that confession implicated, and his servarts. Mr Crawford contended that unless it could be' proved that the divorce was obtained by collusion, which wad not alleged, the proctor had no right to intervene in Sir Charles's interest. The Judge decided that the proctor had a right to intervene if the fresh evidence now offered by Fanny Stock and Sarah Gray was material, showing that the plaintiffs ! charges were untrue. The Judge retused to make Mrs Crawford and Mrs Charles Dilke parties to the proctor's suit, to enable them to be heard by counsel.