The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-25 00:00:00

A FRENCH VIEW OF THE ELECTIONS.

The Annsir National of yesterday writes as
follows upon the English elections :

The Esglih elatios is really the voile of the foram, the
popular declaim with its eathusisam, its tumult, its truth.
Even the non-electors have their share in it. When the
csadid►te presents himself upon the bustinp everyone ma
have woes, there ; nothiog hinders those excluded from
voting from constituting themselves judges of the speaker,
from applauding or hissing him, or from playing
en active part io the manifestations of pablie
opiate. Those who do not vote are not there-
fore without 100101161011 over the maser. and freep this
point of view universal suffrage is exercised perhaps as
genuinely in England sa in France. It a true that in the
hotly contested elections this intervention of the multitude
may produce disorders, more frequently grotesque than
°floosie& Systematio voefferation. drown the voice of the
speaker, who is sae to gesticulate upon the platform of the
hustings, though not a ward he utters ma be heard. Then
come mans pleasantries ; some bring begs of soot, which
they throw upon their adversaries; others bogs of clay.
Four days linos at Carlisle on. of the liberal candidates,
Yr. Potter, presented himself upon the beatings
with his coat stained entirely with yellow. Sometime.
ware diaagreeable projectiles proceed from the crowd
apples, vegetables, and rotten flip. This is what happened
at Colchester, where a ale/ruler sight wee sees. The can.
diiates, and those who supported them, spoke with their
umbrella up, in order to be sheltered from the shower of
projectiles. Yet after this ebullition, after the soturnalia
of the first day, the voting teas piece cent day with calm-
ness sad dignity; the storms have ceased, sod there re-
mains oaly the controlled excitement of the elector, who
gives his vote with the deliberation becoming a great pell-
etal aert. II is certain that with all this appear's°s of
tumult and thoughtlessness the heal smolt of the elation'
is England represents in all its troth the reel state of public
opinion.

Referring to Mr. Gladstone, the .Arenir
Nationale says :

The most serious incident of the elections which have
just taken place has been the exclusion of Mr. Gladstone
from Oxford, which he has represented for eightsan tiara
and hie returnjreara,
(or a district hitherto 6:elusively oemspied
by brim. Itisalsokychanoeforthememieselthe Ueirsreity
of Oxford. We might suppose that a learned body would
be a better judge of the merits of a statesman than trades-
men and farmers. But that leaned body hos in so way
appreciated the lustre reflected upon it by the eminent qua-
lities of its representative : it did not wish its representa-
tive to ham say liberty of thought or notion. It wanted,
in feet, a special &staple ; it preferred a nullity to the man
of whom every Englishman is proud, except the English.
men of the University of Oxford.

CHARON OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A BOT.—
Rt the olerkeswell police-court yesterday, James Ward,
aged 16, described on the chergothest se a labourer, risk:-
log at 7, Winchester-cottages. Witiobseter-street, Piston-
vile, was charged before Mr. Barker wick amain the
death of James Willie, a boy 16 mars of age, at
Wineheatermottagss, Peutonville. Mr. & Minton said-1
reside at 6, Winchester-cottage,. I saw the primmer
swooping the path °posits his podia. The deceased was
waiking up towards whore be was, and while be was passing
he kicked part of the dust the primmer bad bees mweepini.
The primmer tamed rounLand in • spiteful way said, "IV hat
did yen do that for? If you do it maim I will she pen a
slap in the ear." A few words having pseud
between the parties the prisoner pat himself in
a fightisg ittW. and struck deceased an the temple. The
prisoner then clued with butt, the dammed deluding
hirneelf se well as ha was able. I saw the prisoner
strike him three or four times on the left side of the head,
sad thee either on his neck or his bard. The mother of
the deossasd then got between than, gad pushed him on
Gee aide. Afterwards they wars seperaded, sod the deceased
fell, reclining on ewe Mies and both Mode ; be chased
countenance, and whilst this was tattle& plus the primmer
struck the mother of Ms &mated time. Senn bet en-
vied with the primmer Irma to the kelp of the deceased,
hrted him up, sad carried him into the home ; ha gave
two hard breathiermopeeed his eyes, and died immediately.
By My Baker—The deceased did strike the primmer, but
be only did so is all deforms. Dr. Robert Lamb said—l
saw the dammed lying oa the floor. At Skit time ha was
gait* dead. I have since made • post-mortem examitia.
hoe, sad I hue feud no internal marks of violence or
(metered. I found old cinema of the lungs sad slight con-
gestion of the lugs. Thole as so dialocatiou of thespioe.
Mr. Barker—What do you say is the can,. of death ? Dr.
Lamb—Shock to the nervous system was the cause of
death. The deceased wag • weakly boy. Mr. Barker—
, Merely as a matter of form, I will rake one surety in the
sew al Mi. for the primesr to appear on this day week to
MIMIC this stasis.
LIGHTNING AND THE TELEGRATIL—On Thursday
Isat, Banffshire wen visited with • slight thueder-atorm,
and the lightaing leterfered to as mantel extent with
the telegraph wires ea the lower portiou of the fitrathiela or
Banffshire Railway. About half-pest 2 o'clock to the after-
noon, when the rain was accompanied by several smart palls
of thunder sad dailies of I.gbtaisig, the aloctris Auld on.
tend the railway statioa at Tillynought, ramie/ along the
wires and penetrating the box of the telegraph tostruentiat,
Ddlieg the place on fire. Fortmotely there was no person
at the instruniest at the tube. The Malign asset happened
to be outside, and bearing • sharp report inside, be
rotated sad found smoke and fire tondos from
the bet. Oprroing the door of it be found it was
is 460)00, sad had to expired some pailfuls of
water before the Ire was extinguished. Otherwise there
is so deabt the whirls establishment would sees have been
harried. It was discovered oo that the wires
Unlit% to the telegraph instrument, mad cogagected with
tits battery, were completely destroyed—the gutty pinch&
reduced to a cinder, sad some of the wire itself quit*
melted mad tanningon the floor. Otherwise. apart from
the charring of the box, no material damage was dolts, the
teatemeset Itself and the batteries having escaped injury.
At Baal, Lady's-bridge, sad Pert em, the magnetic coils
were learned, the small wires in some Melamine being fused
late a mme, the needles in every Mitoses completely de-
sespeiland, and the Metrumente of seam rendered us work -
al& Above Tillyamtibt Joachim so dump era dem,
streatotaing. is so far as the tel was concernal.
its allots tithe leek below— tower& Banff ea the
one hood sad Perim', ea the ether. —Beeffsaire Journal.
Cm OF LONDON Roams]. Fos Dawns or
rus Our, VICTORIA. Pam.—The number of °stints
maimed at this imelnaticia Miriam last week was LOW, of
whisk 996 woes as, ans.

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