THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1880.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3528, 16 April 1880, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1880.

Pbom the following cablegram it will be seen that the resignation of the Ministry is imminent:—"London, April J3. —The Standard publishes a paragraph stating that the present Ministry only delays its resignation in consequence of Her Majesty being on the Continent, but it farther states that the resignations will be tendered immediately the Queen returns." The Conservatives, after a long reign in England, will have to give place to the Liberala, and with the change in government a change in the policy, both home and foreign may be expected. The centrepiece of the new political fabric will no doubt be Gladstone, but he is too eccentric to gain the entire confidence of the public. Since his stumping the country, axe in hand, he has not been so much thought of, even by bis own partisans. It it, therefore, rery doubtful whether Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, will entrust to him the organising of the new government. There are not only the reasons already given in support of this view, but if rumour speak correctly, Gladstone is looked upon by the Sovereign with more disfavor than was Sir Robert Feel. Earl Granville, w ho has given the greatest satisfaction while attending to Foreign Affairs, has shown himself to be a shrewd politician and a statesman of the highest order. The Marquis of Hartingtou was thought of as Beaconsfield's successor, but it is generally thought that he does not possess half 10 much tact and nice judgment at Earl Granville, who continually attacked the weak points of the foreign policy of the Conservative Government in the House of Lords. The Conservatives have now been in power since 1874, and it must be justly remarked that whatever blunders they, have made, they have succeeded by their Srm attitude in making the name of England respected, if not feared among the great European Powers. They were deserving of great praise for their action in regard to the Busgo-Turkish war. With infinite tact they succeeded in warding off a war with Eussia, but at the same time checked her onward progress. When in the Council of Berlin, when the peace of the Empire was trembling in the balance, our representatives held their own with a high and mighty hand, and for this they deserve the greatest credit from every real patriot. There are many thing! for which the Conservatives deserve praise, but the great mistake! have been the Zulu and Afghan wars. The Liberals when in power will probably pursue a far different course, and it remains for them to show their ability by patting to rights the unsettled state of affairs in Afghanistan, Zululand, and by establishing the peace of Great Britain on more permanent and substantial principles.