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ELECTION MATTERS. We have still to chron...
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LETTERS FROM PARIS. [FBOM OUB OWN CdttRK...
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In England, The Course Of The Ministers ...
one of those conjugal disputes from which , the sympathising English public respectfully averts its eyes . And if we are not making Q ) tyf $ pCggPP * iu % P reform of convict discipline , or railwj | p discipline , we have introduced reform into a nqgf field—the poultry-yard—with great likelihood § f success . In the Representative Chamber of f ^ er-stree ^ ,
after the more majestic quadrupeds have held their conclave , the poultry df the United Kingdom have been holding their conference . This Parliament of birds presents two remarkable pomta o £ contrast to the other Parliament of bipeds : the sale of members is openly : carried on ; and it is supposed that the cqnference wfll be realty beneficial to the species represented .
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Election Matters. We Have Still To Chron...
ELECTION MATTERS . We have still to chronicle the feet that as yet none of the new Ministers have met with a defeat . The elections this week have been South Wilts , Cavan , Limerick County , Haddingtonshire , and Dumfriesshire .
OXFORD TTNIVEBSITY . The University election has hitherto been decidedly favourable to Mr , Gladstone . We say " hitherto , " because it is the intention of Beresford-Denison party to keep the poll open to the full extent allowed by usage—fifteen days . The fact that Major Beresford has taken a part in the contest , " beyond the mere giving of his vote , " as the Herald alleged , is now undeniable ; for a letter dated from the' " Oxford University Election Committee Room , " and bearing his signature , has been published . It has the brevity and the conciseness of the turf , and the slang of W , B . It is in these words : —
"Mi peab Sib , —Pray go to Oxford , if possible on Monday , when ws make our push ; and if we exert oureelves , we can win . " Mr . Charles Lempriere ' s share in the transaction is also now manifest . It appears that Mr . Lempriere called on Lord Chandos at Wotton on Sunday , the 2 nd of January , and told'him that his name was announced
as a candidate in the Standard , and that it was intended to propose him whether he consented or not . Lord Chandos says , " I stated that I could not give my consent without consulting some of my friends . " Nevertheless , Mr . Charles Lempriere had already written the following letter to the President of St . John ' s , which the President received on Sunday morning , before Mr . Lempriere had seen the Marquis !
" Dear President , —Lord Chandos feels as ho ou ^ ht the great honour conferred on him , and the imperative necessity of fighting the battle ; but fairly thinks the people of Buckingham , who elected him free of expense , ought to have a voice . He therefore goes early on Monday to aak his friends' consent , and will aeo m 0 at the Corltoa . Club at three on that day , to accept the Chiltern Huncjreda . In the meantime , ho agrees to be put in nomination , and demand a poll . Will you kindly send me up to the Albion Hotel , Cockspur-street , yqur committee , aud send iQund hia cards to common-rooms , & c . " This is the letter which Dr . Macbride had seen , and
which Mr . Greswell so vainly tried to obtain . But the murder is now out , and Mr . Lempriere proved to bewhat he in . At all events he haa proved himself an apt pupil of W . B . That the poll has told in favour of Mr . Gladstone , is no wonder , after the prompt exposure of the " dishonourable tactics of his opponents . " On Saturday he had a majority of 87 ; this on Monday was increased to 111 , rising to 113 on Tuesday , 116 on Wednesday , and to 125 on Thursday . The gross numbers polled on Thursday were—Gladstone 929
Perceval ...... .. 804 . There were only 21 votes given during the day ; 10 for Gladstone ; and 5 for Perceval A ? to . Mr . Perceval himself , ho still rqinuina in obscurity . Nobody hearw anything of him or from him . It in only too obvious that ho is a mere name , and nothing more—a watchword in a disgraceful conflict ; and Inn election , if he win , will be only a dishonour .
8 OUTH WILTS . In this county the Derbyifcea have signally failed . Mr . Grantley Berkeley , af ter insulting the slmdo of Lindley Murray by liia or iginal ¦ yntax , and the « uut » Untial presence of everybody by h \* wretched politics , wfcWbtottL the content . Mr- Sidney Herbert vim j l S > Mt ^ Si ^ g » wbury on Tuesday , wif ; h only tl » e slightest < N ^ qpW ^ lkposition , which fcho audience in the Town ¦ 1 j jHK > Mi ^« fI ti | tolerate . Mr- Herbert then atldrctiflod f ^ mMg ^ jM ^ - ter d ^ livorinjf a succinct retro-!!^ ieiPfk 4 t year , and devevly diaBeeting the do-1 # 'MP »> "P <* o of hU wwiwwon wM *»» A 4-** ilMP % fod th « ir fetuw policy . ** W
The party to whigfe he waa ) attached had long held an isolated position , bufttey thought' that the time was come when , by collecting rfeir forces , they might coalesce with those with whosjk ' Bdpticai opinions tbjy were to a certain psbgnt identj $ ) tf . * Tk | Government « # > now formed , § a » th » aentlentfjfc arounfl ijim coulcl g § well mige as bjgaself wmf it was « jmpeteift fe > achieve , ffhej nad , in some respajste , a difl ^^ t tas k to perform . The foundation that w f * fud for j ^ g > matei ^ l prosperity fl | this opuntry in 1846 ¦ mm bow re : |& red § $$ 4 anc * P JHf ^> despite of the Sertions of % i fjflp lnree or . fife-six ## mbera dS _ tj » House of Comm « p £ who still helqj on to ftfptection . Su «& a thingas a Protectionist was now hardly to be seen out of the House of Commons . They had this advantage over their predecessors in office—that they had not appealed to tha cQuntrx to find a bqUcy for them ; they had found a
policy settled for them and they should call upon the country to assist them in supporting it . They would continue to adhere to Free-trade principles , and not only so , but they were determined to extend them , hee , ause they Knew that they were wise , just , and beneficial . ( Hear . ) Talk about their not being an united Administration ! Why , all the Ministerial addresses that had been issued showed their deep attachment " to tha institutions of the country , while they were determined to promote sound reforms . They did not hold various creeds—those who represented counties holding one creed , while those who presented themselves beforeborougb . constituencies professed another ; they were decided upon principles which they themselves originated ,
and which they believed to be true . ( Hear , hear . ) He might be allowed to say that with respect to the question of reform , they should seek from the countrytftime to give it a patient and deliberate consideration . He , was not one of those who wished to abolish our ancient institutions , but still he thought they ought to be so modified as to adapt them to the circumstances of the times . ( Hear . ) He wished to see education extensively spread amongst the people . He thought that to the prevalence of education waa to . he attributed much of the peaceful spirit which had of late years prevailed amongst the people , and of that ^ increased moral feeling which was perceptible in every direction . The people of England were generous and liberal , and must be governed in a generous aiyi liberal spirit . Governments ,
have spoken in fear of the people , and when governments spoke In fear of the people it was not unnatural that the people should fear the Government . Fear was not the right pr inciple to prevail between the people and the Government . He hoped that whatever reforms they might have to make they would be guided by a firm attachment to the constitution of the country . In promoting education there were many difficulties to encounter on account of the religious conviction of England . There were countries in which education had been carried further than in England but with less success , because relig ion was not connected with it , and he was convinced that without religion education could have no lasting foundation . ( Hear , hear . ) He wished to see the Church of England predominant in this country , for he had a deep attachment to that church . He
wished to see ita usefulness extended , its efficiency increased , and all its abuses removed . At the same time that he professed his deep attachment to the Church of England , which waa his church and his creed , he washed to give full toleration and liberty to all other religious seats , for he" was not one of those who thought that the infliction of civil penalties ever tended to the advancement of religious truth . ( Hear , hear . ) Religion flourished most where persecution was unknown . For himself , he would make no promises , and would not bid | for popularity . He would endeavour to dp his duty in the situation he had been called upon to fill , and when at last he sheathed his aword he trusted he might have the satisfaction of reflecting that , to some extent , he had been humbly instrumental m promoting the benefit of his country .
CAVAN . Sin John Young- was re-elected on Monday . There was not the slightest opposition . Mr . Deano , an elector , alone submitted to the candidate a crowd of questions bearing on the Irish policy of the Government . Sir John disapproves of the abolitipn of the Vice-Royalty ; he will not vote a grant for Galway Harhour , unless competent commissioners report its desirability ; ho will follow the Cabinet in questions of Irish taxation , even including the Income-tax ;* he will not vote against the Maynooth Grant ; and ho has no intentions of touching the Protestant Church . As tP the Landlord and Tenant Bills , he said , ——
" On onp question in particular I was very sorry that Mr . Napior was displaced . I bolievo he placed on the table or tha House of Commons propositions with reganct to tu < i settlement of the landlord and tenant question , which , if not in | iheir present shape entirely acceptable to the country , might in their course through committee , and by deliberation , have been made a satisfactory settlement of that question . I believe ( hut those bills will be bo arranged , that they will be carried on , and , by improvement in the course of discussion , bo made the basin of a Battlement . " Religious politics he referred to in n statesmanlike spirit : —
** I think that a littlo leas admixture of religious questions ill political disputes would be one of tha greatest ol « - mantu of concord and good fooling . If we oould loavo to religion its own boneficont , charitable , and poaceablo character , and not mix it up with acrimonious feelingsif we could regard others ae flincora in thalr balio ^ and that that belief acts beneficially upon their practice , wo hIiouUI be doing good service to religion and no harm at all to political quOHtiom . I am quite uuro of thin , that it in mri . Vu » duatrincu of any religion , it it ) not ita morality , it is not tho inyHtorjuq it iuculeutou , which aro promoted by its admixture with secular and other interested motives j and , if wo oould lepavata it from thooa motivoa * tfUspm wohW W what it r-uajly , wgktt U ^ h ^ m ^ tfi « pnfAl % -
tion of the ft £ | icl 0 dL and tfce greatest benefit that can bo possessed to £ ^ M fijt fb and for hereafter . " Mr . Wiu ! an | MmgM was re-elected for the county of LUpcrick , woSk ^ Wednesday .
fff Mgp ELECTIONS . Mr . * Fraaqa . QfeSjgjIi was duly re-elected on Tuesday , wij ^ out oprji ^ tfon , for Haddingtonshire . Lord Prumlaari f ? h « $ MI 9 $ with nearly similar fortune in Dumfirijsi ^ ei . ^ lthpug h Sir William Jardine issued an address , the ^ ri gin of which we shall expose below , yet at the last moment tye withdrew from the contest , and left Lord Drumianrig in undisputed possession of the field . It appears from a passage in a speech he delivered last week at Lockerby that Sir William Jardine was the nominee of the Carlton . Here is the story : —
"He had been accused of a servile adherence to the Peelite party , and of compromising the independence of the county ; why , for a whole session he separated himself from them—sitting on a different bench—and on that question voting against Lord Aberdeen , Mr . Sidney Herbert , and others , all intimate friends of his . No one , therefore , bad a right to say that he had compromised the independence of the county . Lord Aberdeen and hia friends had thought none the worse of him for tha course he had taken on that question ; they had made no attempt to oust him when he returned to their benches , a ^ s it was nqw attempted to oust him from the representation of
DumgaeBshire . He was not so certain but that , if the nature of this opposition were sifted , it indeed would be found to compromise the independence of the county . He would tell them a somewhat remarkable story ; he would gjve them a plain unvarnished tale , without any comments upon it ; and on this they could think and draw their awn conclusions . He would ask any one present when they had first heard of this opposition ? ( A voice from the erowd—Last Saturday . ) Well , on Thursday last he was in London . He called in at the Qarlton Club ; they all knew , he supposed , what that iras—it was a place where Torv elections were managed under the superintendence
of Major Beresford . They had heard © f Mr . Frail , and others like him . It was a place where a rod in pickle wag kept for naughty boys who would not support men like Lord Derby . ( Cheers and laughter . ) When he went in , he met there a Dumfriesshire gentleman . He would make no secret of the matter , but give his name—Mr . Butler Johnstone . Mr . Johnstone was a good friend of his . He ¦ aid— " Come here , Drumlanrig , I want to talk _ with you . Do you expect to be opposed in Dumfriesshire P" He ( Lord Drumlanrig ) said he did not think so ; he did not see any reason why he should be opposed now . " Well , " said Mr . Johnstone , " I pan tell y ou you will be opposed . It was all talked over here last night , several names were mentioned , but it was not settled who the man was to be . "
He ( Lord DrumTanrig ) eould have mentioned all these names , hut he thought it better not to do so . So , then , the independence or the county was to be kept up by the Carltpn Club . The electors of Dumfriesshire were not to be allowed to choose whom they considered the best man as their representative , but the Carlton Club was to arrange this for them . Now , he could most solemnly assure them that all these statements were facts . Letters , h e believed , had also been sent to the county from the . Carlton Club to ascertain if a Derbyite candidate could be found , and , if so , offering to support him . He would challenge contradiction to these statements , and leave them to judge what ground there was for the accusation brought against him . ' *
Mr . Butler Johnstone was present at the nomination . He gave a slightly different version of the convernation , to show that the Carlton had nothing t « do with the election . The other point he made confirms the report that " No Popery" is to be the rallying cry of the Derbyites . Ho persisted in asking whether Lord Drumlanrig would oppose the Maynooth grant , although the people laughed and jeered at him each time he put the question . All the English elections , are now at an end except that of the University of Oxford .
Letters From Paris. [Fbom Oub Own Cdttrk...
LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ FBOM OUB OWN CdttRKBrONDBWT . ] Letteb LV . Paria , January 11 , 1858 . Wb have been within an ace of war . The critical moment has passed , but for twenty-four hours the pigmies who have seized tho direction of France wore in anguish ; they grew pale at the terrible meuaco of war , and ww with Russia . For a brief uiomuut , from Tuesday to WednoBday , they thought all wns lost . l $ onauart , a himself was in a atate of deep discouragement . Per-Higny forgot hia habitual insolence , and deapaired of the uituation . Tho presentation of the Russian
ainbansador's credential !) wus the question . These letter * of credence , or rather , their content * , had been comiuunicatttd to Bonapurte on Tuosduy last . The Emperor JTicholaa refuaed to bestow on Bonaparte the title of brother- He contented bimaolf with calling our Emperor Sire et bon ami . Thia aent Bonaparte into a rioleut rage , and before iUI tho Miniatera assembled } n Council ho burnt out in reproaches and invectives against the stupidity of the Hovoreigna of Kurope , " who ( he fluid ) uftur having demanded of h \ xa the immflnw forvico of saving thvir t ) irojuea by stifling the revolution in France , now refused to recognise him , pr would Oftty roco ^ wo him by ajfrqntiu" And , then ho pronged fe »
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 15, 1853, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15011853/page/2/
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