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one of those conjugal disputes from which the sympathising English public respectfully averts its eyes . And if we are not making intifcn pirbfcress in title reform of convict discipline , or railway discipline , we have introduced reform into a new field—the poultry-yard—with great likelihood of success . In the Representative Glimhber of Baker-street > after the more majestic quadrupeds have held their conclave , the poultry of the United Kingdom have been holding their conference . This
Parliament of birds presents two remarkable points of contrast to the other Parliament of bipeds : the sale of members is openly carried on ; and it is supposed that the conference will be really beneficial to the species represented .
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ELECTION MATTERS . We have still to chronicle the fact 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 . OXFOED UNIVERSITY . 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 , lias been published . It has the brevity and the conciseness of the turf , and the slang of W . B . It is in these words : —
"My dear Sir , —Pray go to Oxford , if possible on Monday , tvJicn we make our push ; and if we exert ourselves , wo can win . " Mr . Charles Lempriere ' s share in the transaction is also now manifest . It appears that Mr . Lcmpriere called on Lord Chanilos 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 ought the great honour conferred on him , and the imperative necessity of lighting the battle ; but fairly thinks the people of . Buckingham , who elected him i ' reo of expense , ought to have a voice ; . He therefore goes early on Monday to ask his friends' consent , and will see me at the Carlton Club at three on that clay , to accept the Chiltern Hundreds . In the meantime , he agrees to be put in nomination , and demand a poll . Will you kindly send me up to the Albion . Hotel , Cockspur-street , your committee , and send round his cards to common-rooms , &c . "
This is uio letter which Dr . Machnde had seen , and which Mr . ( jreswell so vainly tried to obtain . Hut tho murder is now out , and Mr . Lempriere proved to bowhat ho is . At all events he has proved himself an apt pupil of W . H . That the poll has told in favour of Mr . (* lads tone , is no wonder , after the prompt exposure of the "dishonourable ladies of his opponents . " On Saturday ho had a majority of 87 ; this on Monday was increased to 11 1 , rising to 1 I . ' { on Tuesday , 11 G on Wednesday , and to 125 on Thursday . The gross numbcrH pulled on Thursday wens—Gladstone l ) li <) Perceval 801 There wen ; only 21 vol . es given during the day : 1 (> for Gladstone ; and ft for Perceval . Ah to Mr . Perceval himself , he still remains in obscurity . Nobody hears anything of him or from him . It is only too obvious that he is a mere name , and nothing more -a watchword in u disgraceful conflict ; and his election , if he win , will be only a dishonour .
HODTII WIl / TH . In this county tho Deibyifes have signally fuilod . Mr . ( Jrnnfley Berkeley , utter insulting the shade ol l / mdloy Murray by his original uyntax , and the sub-Ht . aut . iui presence of everybody by his wretched politics , vanished from tho contest . Mr . Sidney Herbert was elected at . Salisbury on Tuesday , with only tho slightest murmur of opposition , which the audience in the Town Hall would not , tolerate . Mr Herbert , then addressed his constituents . After delivering u succinct retrospect of Hie pant year , and cleverly dissecting tins defunct , budget , he spoke of bin connexion with tho Administration and their future policy .
Tho party to wbion . he waa attached had long held an isolated position , bat they thought that the time was come when , by collecting their forces , they might coalesce -with those with whbftO political opinions they were to a certain extent identified . The Government was now formed , and the gentlemen around him could as well judge as himself what it was competent to achieve . They had , in some respects , a difficult task to perform . The foundation that was laid for the material prosperity of this country in 1846 was now rendered fixed and permanent , despite of the exertions of the fifty-three or fifty-six members of the House of Commons who sfcill held on to Protection . Such
a thing as a , Protectionist was now hardly to be seen out of the Mouse of Commons . They had this advantage over their predecessors in office—that they had not appealed to the country to find a policy 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 , because 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 the 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 before borough 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 country time 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 was to be 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 and 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 principle 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 religion 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 its usefulness extended , its efficiency increased , and nil its abuses removed . At tho same time that he professed his deep attachment to the Church of England , which
was his church and his creed , he wished to give full toleration and liberty to all other religious sects , 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 . ) Iteligion flourished most where persecution was unknown . For himself , he would make no promises , and would not bid'for popularity . He would endeavour to do his duty in the situation he had been called upon to fill , and when at last ho sheathed his sword he trusted he might have the satisfaction of reflecting that , to some extent , lie had been humbly instrumental in promoting tho bonclit of his country .
CAVAN . Sir . John Young was re-elected on Monday . There was not the slightest opposition . Mr . Deune , an elector , alone submitted to . the candidate a crowd of questions bearing on the Irish policy of the Government . Sir John disapproves of the abolition of the V ice-1 toy alt . y ; lie will not vote a grant for ( Jalvvay Harbour , unless competent commissioners report its desirability ; he will follow the Cabinet in questions of Irish taxation , even including the Income-tax ; he will not vote against the Maynooth Grant ; and he has no intentions of touching the Protestant Church . As to the . Landlord and Tenant IVdls , be said , —¦
" On oiio question in particular 1 wiih very sorry that Mr . Napier wiih displaced . 1 believe ho placed on the table oi the House of Commons propositions with regard lo the settlement ol the landlord and tenant question , which , if not in their present shape entirely acceptable to the country , might in their course through committee , and by deliberation , have been mode a satisfactory settlement ; of that question . I believe that those bills will be so arranged , Unit they will be carried on , and , by improvements in tlio eourso of discussion , bo made the basis of a settlement . "
Religious polities he referred to in a statesmanlike spirit : — " 1 think that a little loss admixture of religious questions in political disputes would be One of tho grout cut elements ol concord and good fooling . If we could leave to religion its own beneficent , charitable , and neaeoablo character , and not mix it up with acrimonious leolingrtif we could regard others as sincere in their belief , mid that that belief nets beneficially upon their practice , wo should be doing good service to religion and no barm at . all to political <| iientions . I am quite ouro of this , that it , is not th
cumHolation of the afflicted , and tho greatest benefit that can bo possessed by man on earth ana for hereafjter . " Mr . William Mdnsell was re-elected for tho county of Limerick , unopposed , on Wednesday . SCOTCH ELECTIONS . Mr . Francis Charteris was duly re-elected on Tuesday , without opposition , for Haddingtonshire . Lord Drumlanrig has met with nearly similar fortune in Dumfriesshire . Although Sir William Jardine issued an address , the origin of which we shall expose below , yet at the last moment he withdrew from the contest , and left Lord Drumlanrig 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 , had a right to say that he had compromised the independence of the county . Lord Aberdeen and his friends had thought none the worse of him for the course he had taken on that question ; they had made no attempt to oust him when he returned to their benches , as it was now attempted to oust him from the representation of Dumfriesshire . 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 give them a plain unvarnished tale , without any comments upon it ; and on this they could think and draw their own conclusions . He would ask any one present when they had first heard of this opposition ? ( A voice from the crowd—Last Saturday . ) Well , on Thursday last he was in London . He called in at the Carlton Club ; they all knew , he supposed , what that was—it was a place where Tory elections were managed under the superintendence of Major Beresford . They had heard of Mr . Frail , and others like him . It was a place where a rod in pickle was 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 said— " Come here , Drumlanrig , I want to talk with you . Do you expect to bo opposed in Dumfriesshire ? " He ( Lord Drumlanrig ) said he did not think so ; he did not see any reason why he should be opposed now . " Well , " said Mr . Johnsfcone , " I can tell you 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 Drumlanrig ) could have mentioned all these names , but he thought it better not to do so . So , then , the independence of the county was to be kept up by tho Carlton 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 , he believed , had also been sent to the county from tho Carlton Club to ascertain if a Dorbyite candidate could bo 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 conversation , to show that the Carlton had nothing to do with the election . The other point ho made confirms the report that " No Popery" is to be tho rall ying cry of the Derb yites . He -persisted in asking whether Lord Drumlanrig would oppose tho Maynooth grant , although the people laughed and jeered at him each time he put the question . All tlu ) JCnglish elections are now at an end except that of the University of Oxford .
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LETTKRS FROM PAltlS . [ Fuom oon own Cohhkhpondknt . ] Lkttek LV . PariH , January 11 , 1853 . Wjc have boon within an uce of war . The critical moment has passed , but for twenty-four hours tho pigmies who have seized the direction of France were in anguish ; they grew pale at the terrible menace of war , ami war with Russia . For a brief moment , from Tuesday to Wednesday , they thought all was lost . Bonaparte himself was in a state of deep discouragement . I'ersigny forgot his habitual insolence , and despaired of the situation . The , proH « ntat ion of tho Russian
ambassador h credentials was the question . These letters ol credence , or rather their contents , had been communicated to Honapnrto on Tuesday last . The Kmperor Nicholas refused to bestow on Bonaparte the title ol brother . He contented himself with calling our Kmperor tiir / i tit ban ami . Thin sent Bonaparte into a violent rage , and before all tho Ministers assembled in Council lie burst out in reproachcH ami invectives against the stupidity of the Sovereigns of Kuro ] x > , " ( he said ) after having demanded of him the immense Horvice of saving their thrones by stilling the revolution in France , now refused to recognise him , or would only recognise him by affronts . " And then ho proponed to
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 15, 1853, page 50, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1969/page/2/
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