The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-17 00:00:00

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THE REPRZSENTArrom OP SOUTHAMPTON.

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SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 15.
The politics of this town are so peculiar, so com-
pounded of self-interest and public principle, and the pre-
not election is likely to be such a severe struggle for Tory
ascendancy in the town, that a few remarks to give the key
to the short and almost nniotelligible reports which will
appear duly for the next three weeks of the program of this
election, will not perhaps be unacceptable. The Liberal
party hare be. a very strong majority. In fact, when it
was almost equally divided between the late Richard
Andrews, the coadunaker, and Mr. Weguelin, at as election
a few years ago, the Tory candidate, Sir Edward Butler,
could not get into parliament. The Peninsular and
Oriental and the Royal Mail Companies spend enor-
mous sums of money in the town, and have necessarily
peat influence. Both Companies have been rivals for
innuendo& if not monopolising, the representation ;
hitherto, however, the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany has been most successful, Mr. Willcox and Mr.
Wegnelin, both directors of that company, having at
one time represented Southampton. The split in the liberal
party, solely about party leadership, caused Mr. W. D.
Seymour to be elected in thereon of Mr. Wegualin. On the
death of Mr. Willcox, Captain Mangles, the chairman of the
lad w Iliseker et /be llea~

acm odidata. As there was no director of the F;ainonlar
and Oriental Company disposed to moo forward, the local
araigers of that company, portly io a spirit of rivalry to
' the Royal Mail Company, and partly from political ma-
fives, joined the ethoorvstives, and brought forward the tory
Loud Mayor of London. The election will probably take place
shoat the 4th proximo. The riots to which this election
has given rise are most dimpsoofnL Ow Wednesday and
Friday nights men were WOO armed with dangerem
Imago's, and several persons were seriously injured. About
1001. worth of damage was done to the Assembly-rooms last
nigh; where the Lord Mayor's meeting was to have been
held, arid the damage must be made good by the town.

Fears are entertained that there will be a loss of life
before the election is over. The Peninsular sad Ariental,
Royal Mail, South Western Railway, and Dock Companies
employ large numbers of labouring MO, few of wham have
got a vote, and the Companies hays bees directly charged by
the Southampton papers with allowing these men a holiday,
to enable them to disturb the public meetings of the rival
candidates with the moat seamless violence. Already the
eisseffee of reform are pointing to this violence, and ruing
it as se argument against the extension of the suffrage.

BRIGANDAGS IN ITALY.

A very painful sensation has been caused through-
out Italy by the tidings of the massacre of a detachment
of forty infantry men of the royal army by • band of 200
brigands near Bt. Sever°, in the province of Capitanata.
The unlucky soldiers bad been led into an ambush by a spy,
who informed them that ten brigands were lurk* in a
wood called II Bore della Grotta, between Santa Croce di
klagliano and tiaglianico. Surrounded by a force five times
their own number, in the thick of the forest, the brave
men endeavoured to cut their way through the midst of them.
Twenty-one of them were shot or cut down on the spot,
thirteen were taken prisoners, and burnt alive at no great
distance in • straw loft. Among the latter was the oiliest in
command of the detachment, Captain Rota, • Claribaklian,
who was owe of the famous thousand of Marsala. It seems
that no less than 800 brigands, all mounted, are at this pre-
sent moment infesting the open plains of Puglia, and espe-
cially the province of Capitalist&
A Naples letter says :—" If you are not tired of bripod
stories I will give you another, the scene of which was
neer Eboli. There were labourers engaged in some
kind of occupation not far from a large fountain in that
neighbourhood, who filled up the intervals between work
and their devotions to the Nadoosa with • little brigandage
on their own account. When a carriage appeared the
zappa or the trowel was abandoned, and then muskets
were taken up from under the sod. The traveller
were rifled, • horse or a man shot, as the case might
require, and then these industrious fellows resumed
their ordinary labours. This bad gone on for some
time, end no one could trace out the guilty
parties. As for the padrone, be could answer for his men
as being always occupied. One of the band, however, who
divided the affections of • woman with another men who
was not of the band, murdered his rival one fine evening,
and the woman was arrested. Under menace of being that
if she did not reveal the names of the murderer and his
accomplices, she betrayed six of the latter. A week after
she was again arrested, and sentenced to be shot if she did
also betray the expo. Agreed. In the dark of the evening
she goo to her trystlog place, followed by carabineene
mounta • tree, and gives a whistle. Immediately the
ground rises sot far of, end the cope emerges from hie sub.
termweae hiding-place, which had been ingeniously covered
over with boughs of laves, leans, and soda. The woman
despond', and it is wureceeeary to may that the ardour of
their embraces was cooled by the rush of the oarabitmers,
who arrested both.*

" OPPOIIITION" JOURNALISN.—The Herald, hay-
log pretended that we are outraged, attributes to the
government the intention to see the cotton trade perish,
and with it the million* dependent spots it, "rather than
that England should go to war is vindication of her
wounded honour." Having published to the world that this
is the policy of the cabinet, our contemporary brands it as
one of 'abject patience and dastardly suomiesion," es being
"an unpardonable crime," for which the country, will never
forgive the ministry, while it is charitably doubted
whether they will obtain absolution even from their
conscience. "A/road-blooded cruelty, and pusillanimous
betrayal of duty, Lord Rowell and his colleagues are hisdly
to be matched among statesmen, living or dead." Is
possible that our contemporary ena expect the most credo.
loss of hie party to read, and to belilITO? Common wow is
DO, so rare with them as the Hosed seems to think when
he supplies them with orguments and language which would
he an moult even were they addressed to a paid mob in •
gasket borough The leaders end the press of the so-
Wig conservative party are after all its wont
enemies. They discredit it by their misrepresenta-
tion, while they divide and damage it by adopt-
ing • passionate and unreasoning mode of attacking
the prrenment. It is ridiculous to suppose that lade-
Lat gentlemen bringing their judgment to beer upon
:duct of public affairs can at the present day be ex-
posited to obey the gall sad follow the orders of
aids who wage • war of eager partiamehip, regartewilail
what is due to deosacy, ooesastency, or truthfulness. Such
mote as thaw whisk Mr. Disraeli made law session only
weaken and diminish his owe following. If the langoems of
the Herald foreshadows the sort of attack to be made in
the beginning of the year the government may consider
itself ode to tee heads of its 111101Zille.—Morsting Past.
EARL RIIIIIIILL'S DERPATCH IN LIVIRPOOL. The
reply of Earl Russell to the "Intervention Circular" of M.
Drouyn de Lhur bas given general satisfaction in Liver-
pool to all perms, with the ezesption. indeed, of • few
whom sympathies with the South sae too extreme to admit
of any signpost except that of immediate recognition.
UNIVIREPTY OF EDINEVROR.—The second tri-
ennial election to the office of Rector to the University of
Edinburgh took place on Saturday. The candidates weirs
Mr. Gladetoe Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has held
the office does the first election in 1869, and Mr. Stirling,
M.P. At the close the numbers stood as follows :—For
Mr. Glaciates*, 644; for Mr. Stirling, 468; majority for
Mr. Gladstone, 176. The result wee received with tremen-
dous Mewing ky Mr. Gladstom's friends, who were mainly
of the liberal party.
METROPOLITAN TAERRNACLE.—Yesterday, at the
Metropolitan Tabernacle, the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon an-
Pounced that Wm additional ealecriptioom received during
the week in aided the dieing, in Lamm/tire bad raised the
amount at the sollectime wade at that place of worship
an the preolaus Sabbath is 735 L He propseed to keep it
grit It. fie issdell dWOW* MONMPlisos during the
edam of the present week end is gees an account shortly
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the maw m'bleb ft bad bon disposed of. Hie
ha*, aseouverd that in about sex weeks hence another
griat IlsolfMal GM evening terries, for the seals
roeld be Mel at the Tabecescle, when he hoped
lie ecurrepalca weeld tabs alum equal is amount to that
lineey bed now osalsibetsd.
'WORT OE 13aemo1.—The new judge commenced
Ids lithe ca litecrirr as *der Lord.Ordacary. In eon.
WL Ida He annellesed the Ilsottish bomb. he lair the
of awassis. The psonotlemo cemesseat ea Ms.
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