The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-12 00:00:00

Tai surarioNs.

The Times resistrks that whatever may be Mr.
I Mitre position la the new whatnot, the siestas of West-
minster will have done themselves coedit by slain him,
slum they will have shoo that a large constitueney
urn appreciate the claims of intellectual minima.
The return of Mr. Mill, and of Mr. Hughes
Si Lambeth, not only gives to the metropolis two re.
gweeentatlves of distiotieu in Masten, but h acts as
via eueciorageniewt to those who may be hereafter
disposed to seek • sett is parliament. It eau no longer be
said that the metropolitan borough, are blind to the
higher qualities of candidates ; and it men who have
previously dietioulhed themselves sexiest to tome (a-
ward it must be held to be their own fault la the coo-
-11 try, observes the Times, the elections are also Fag well.
The Secretary for the Camila, the President and Viol-
President of tte Baud of Trade the AtionepOseeral, end
the Walters of Public Werke sod of Edseatioe have all
been returned without opposition. At Boar aim the
unopposed return of Mr. Clolsridge gives the liberal party in
the house aa able speaker and lawyer, who will probably rise
to the highotplaces in his !notarial'. "Noe here have tbey any
serious lose to deplore, and they may well hail thereat?.
of theihne day's ponies ea ludicetire of a pond enoome.
Thal probability DOW is that the goverameat will be
eoesidersbly reieforoad, sod that the opposition will hoe
to confirm that all its moray and its elaborate messiah=
have been unable to bring round the people of the United
Kingdom to its aide."

Goma:noting upon the Oxford Usiversity eseteet, the
Time rya that if Mr. Gladstone should be unseated the
gain will be hie, the loss the university's. "Hie amuse
will be freer, bis prospects monopole, and his jadgmeat lees
embarrassed. He will remain a suoomeful financier, end •
statesman of great and unexplored capacity. His future
coarse will not be mystified by the noes lights of • divided
allegiance. lo pealianient be will be looked OD as
belonging to &glued, sot to Oxford. Public opinion is •
very jealous power, sod bears not a brother near its thecae.
This is no mare speculatioss now, for we read the Noah in
the iseaspe of Peal from kb academic leading striate.
AU the wrath of Oxford, peat and implacable as
it woe to the end of Peel's career, could not do him •
tithe of the mischief its friendship would have dose
'in those days. Whether the days sow coming be
like those no man can say, but in the event of any great
crisis in our domestic or our foreign affairs the man ethe
prates& to hold the helm, or to stand sear it, must be
perfectly free. Mr. Gladstone with his Tiverton will be
able to address himself to the whole natio°, and will be re-
leased from the neonaity of apologising when his began
rem tells him he should not be os his laiaL South
Lascashire would be justly proud of him, and would not
Wok it necessary to stretch him on the rick at the very
first suspicion of • diverges** from the local traditiose. In
fact, is representing such • coostitothey he would repre-
seat the whole empire, all the elements sad nationalities of
which arc there combined. How would it be with Oxford ?
It waddling, we will sot say • great emend, but certainly
•living link with the country and theme."
The Post clinks that althoegh the main resale of the
morel election will be to seed • large number of now Ines
to the House of Commons, the differs's, in the existing
relative strength of political parties will probably not be
ethsiderable. "The issue now before the country is or*
which concerns mss rather than measures, and it is in
t►is sense that the liberals will gauze au advantage
at the present elections. In a country reversed se oars is
this is an issue which is am intelligible as any which was
raised half a notary ago. The *ohne expressed by Lord
Palmerston sad Lord Derby on the subject of reform, or
molly other quieting of dom•. *tic policy, would probably
be the same, and both would equally diet in •kstrain
gtherilities o• the expediency ci pursuing • *Jay
of nouthtergeotion in the disputes of foreign States, and
of promoting as much as possible our oommerciel inter-
course with other nations, but nevertheless is actual
practice many would much prefer to see one of these states-
men instead of the other at the bead of draws. The ver-
dict which will be pronounced on this brae by the electors
of the United Kingdom will be unmistakably is favour of
Lord Palmerston."

The Herald acknowledges that the revolt of the contests
foe the City and Westmhseter ia, no doubt, • great disap-
pointment ti the emmervetive party. It had looked
forward to the return of its cesdidates with a confi-
dence which the apprehensions of its opponents redeem
from the reprouh of being exoeseive. " We fancy it will not
be long before the electors of Westminster will find out
the blunder they have made in sending to parliament a
yotteg captain in the Guards, who cannot, and an old phi-
losophy, who will not, attend to their local interests."
The Advertiser makes the extraordinary discovery that
Mr. Mill is brought in for Westminster in the arms of the
Grosvenor family ! "Mr. Mill is u much the nominee of
I the Grosvenor family se ever any member of parliament
was the DOllliVall of the patron of the claret et boroughs
before the Reform Bill. He is to all laterite and purposes a
second Captain Grosvenor. The city of Westminster has
been, by the proceedings of yesterday and the coalition by
which they were preceded, transformed into a great
nomination borough of the Grosvenor family. The city of
Westminster is practically sold to that family. So have
ham the constitueeu. They will hereafter be mere
cyphers as regards the representation of Westminster.
The members of Mr. Mill's ocionmittee who entered into
the coalition compact with Captain Grammes com-
mittee will find that they will be unable este
to rescue Westminster from the clutches of the Grosvenor
family. To speak hereafter of the ' Independent City of
Westminster' would not only be as great a perversion of
leagnap es it would be possible to be guilty of, but the
application of the term ' independent' to Westminster
would be the moat bitter irony—the veriest mockery which
could be conceived !"

SAD CASS 07 SUICIDE THROUGH MISFORTUNE.

An inquiry was held by Mr. Richards, the
deputy moose last night, at the Welliortmetavere
Cannon-street-road, respecting the death of Mr. Charles
Buttinout, aged 62 yens.
Mims Ana* Buttinout, No. 4, Deso-street, St. Georges-
in-the-Bast, said—The demand was my father. He was •
shipping clerk. He had latterly been very &moodier is
consequence of the reduced eircurnatasoss of his family.
Os Monday last I found him lying upon the bed is his
room, gummier. There was • smell of hitter alms& in
the room, and I said " Father, you have takes the bitter
almoods !" He sajd to his youngest child, who was seated
on the bed beer him, "Don't cry, dear." I again spoke
. to him and laid, "I cannot remain sad see you suffering
Ithus, I will go aed call Ma." He gave • roan and ex-
j claimed, " Oh, my God." He died is half on hour is the
' preemies of three doctors. He bad been eves the bottle el
bitter almonds at the docks by a pawn who brought it with
him to this country from • chemist at Port Adelaide.
Mr. C. Emmersect George, • surveyor residing at No. 4,
Turner-idnot,said-1 wee as intimate friend of the demised.
H. had fallen into great difilcultass in °perique., of not
being able to get argue for ship. He wee • man of good
ability and education, and he wu always trying to get 001D11.
thing to do, bat the worst of it was that whenever • ship west
.in somebody else, younger men than himself, always
jgol hold of it. His furniture was going to be roomed us-
, der a bill of sale which he had given apes it foe 104, and
! the landlord had threatened to &drain for the rent. He
had been summoned to the County Court for one debt, sad
for another he had been served with a writ He had been re-
quieted by the guardians of the poor to appear before them
to showmen why he did sot pay the sneers of the poor rate.
jHe frequently said, " I shall put an end to my existence ;
therein nothing but the workhouse before me. What
become of my noprovided family of Ave children r He did
not count his eldest daughter, for be said, " She an do
something for herself, but the others are all too young."
1 used to say to him, " Cheer up, something will tern up."
IHe failed through sheer rainfortuae.
j Dr. M. Brown Garrett said that the deceased expired in
I consequence of taking • very large dose of oil at bitter
' animals. He had drunk about one ounce. It was singular
that he lived for mach • !earth of time after he had taken
the poison, for such • large dome generally ceased instant
death.
I The Corooer remarked upon the melancholy nature of the
OW, and the jury returned •• verdict, " That the deemed
j drank the oal of titter alarm& with the view and intent of
depriving himself of life whilst in • Mate of temporary and
mental emu/Quest."
The proosdfop thee terneastad.

FINSBURY. —ACCIDIINT AT TEL NOIILNATION.—•
we regret to ay that as imperfectly cometreated harrier
pre way at the hustings OR the day of aonsination ender
the pawn' of the crowd, sod severely injured a pollens=
of thefl division,. moaned Beaton. The poor fellow, whom
lap was braes in two places, wee takee immediately to
al BartholanewM HalwW, lamina coarse every attention
was paid him.