THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN ENGLAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2260, 4 January 1887, Page 2

THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN ENGLAND.

THEMA.RQUISOPHA.RTINSTON DECLINES TO JOIN THE GOVERNMENT. THE TIMES Otf THE CRISIS. [BY TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.] [keotku's tki.kokams.] London, December 30. Mil ChambkiilaiN has arrived in London, .md is conferring with Lord Harrington on t.ho question of forming a coalition with the Conservative party. Lord Harrington is :is yet undecided,' lest the Liberal iiarty should oppose a coalition. Efforts are being iiuido to induce Sir M. Hicks-Beach to take the leadership of the House of Commons. A section of the Conservative party is endeavouring to induce Lord R Churchill to. re-enter the Cabinet.', A conference take*}' place to-day between Lords Harrington and Salisbury. Later. Lord Harrington has declined to accept the premiership or leadership of the House of Commons, as he believes he can be of use to the Government outside the Cabinet. It-is believed thatJVlr \V. H. Smith will be leader of the 'Commons. December 31. It is stated that,Mr Smith will be leader of the Commons, but retains the position of Secretary for \Var. ; '- Mr Stanhope will be Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Earl of Carnarvon will succeed Mr Stanhope as Secretary for the Colonies. n£

I?RI£SS ASSOCIATION.] London, December 31. An article in the' Times on the political crisis implies that the protests of the Conservatives prevented the Marqufc of Harrington joining a coalition Ministry. It is understood that Lord Randolph Churchill will retain his position in the Cabinet if the Earl of Iddesleigh, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Lord Gross, Secretary of State for India, at present holding seats in the Cabinet, are sacrificed for Mr Ritchie, President of the Local Government Board, and SSir H. Holland, Vice-President of the Council. THE LATEST. MR GOSHEN OFFERED THE CHANCELLORSHIP. (reutkr's telegrams.) Received January 3rd, 1 p.m. London, January 2. The report that Lord Carnavon is to take the Secretaryship of the Colonies is now known to be premature. To day it was stated that the Chancellorship and the leadership of the Commons had been offered r.o Mr Goschen, who will support the Conservatives, and will contest the seat for the Exchange Division of Liverpool, rendered vacant by the de^itb of Mr David Duncan.