The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-06 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX ELECTION.

On Saturday a meeting convened by Lord Chel-
sea's committee was held at his lordship's committee-room,
at Netting-hill. Captain Moaner, the chairman of Lord
ChoMa's committee, prodded, and the room was densely
wooded.

Lord Centime, afire commenting at some length on a
speech of Lot R. Oresvaaor's at Hounslow, denied that ho
had been beaten out of Dover by Yr. Bernal Osborne. He had
resigned hie seat before It waslmown that Mr. Osborne was
goMg there. He wan a blend conservative, understanding
i that phone a
As dherent cit.:Loft:hem ofr thei late
Palmerston
frt
should receive no fictions opposition Gum hie, ; if Lord Pal-
merston would plume that line of liberal conservative policy
which he believed to be conducive to the best Interests of
society he should have hie support.
In answer to queetione, Lord Cu new, said with respect
to the ballot ho might simply refer to his previous votes
against it. He could not alter his opinion. Those who
were base venal, and unprincipled enough to be bought and
sold would and means of doing too whatever method might
be adopted to put an end to it. He hoped the attempt to
' carry the vote by ballot would never succeed, sa it would and
to destroy all the interest which nine out of ten of the intel-
ligent voters of England felt in electing their representatives
in parliament ; and it was a marvel to him how any men
meld be found attempting to cram down the throats of
Englishmen a system of voting the very basis of which was
hypocrisy. It enabled a mon who voted one way to pretend
he bad voted another and thus render hie whole life a con-
tinual lie. (Hear, hear.) The fact wee, the vote by ballot
was nothing but an electioneering clap-trap. He believed
that in nine canes out of ten mem:tildes prefeesed to be ',im-
porters of the ballot became it gave them popularity with
the masa, they well knowing at the name time that such a
measure would never be the law of the land. Therefore on
this point he wee an out and out supporter of Lord Palmer-
ston, who had bean over and over again opposed to the ballot.
As to the extension of the frunchier, as liberol-conserva-

tire he could ore no reason why he should not support a
moderate proposal to lacrosse the class on which the repre-
sentation al the esgtry should rest. He did not we that
any money line anld be drawn, but he thought that a man
should be compelled to have such a moral and religious edu-
cation as to enable him to exercise the franchise in a way
most beneficial to himself, as well as hie neighbours.
After some further questioning a resolution disapproving
of Lord Chelsea's political views was put to the meeting.,
and a majority of hands held up in in favour.
The CIF %IRMA?, refused to give any official derision, and
Mr. GRUNF.IREN (secretary of the Conservative Lind
Society) moved a reoolation expressive of confidence in Lord
Chelsea.

When this was pat, but 14 or IS hands were held up, and
burtead of putting the enstrary, the chairman and noble lord
abruptly quitted the meeting amidst laughter and uproar.
After this Mr. Pritchard was called to the clam% and a
motion in favour of Lord R. Grosvenor and Mr. Banbury
was carried unanimously.

LORD CHELSEA AND TILE JEWS.

The following letter has been addressed to Lord
Chelan, •

"My Lord,—l feel that I should apologise for intruding
apes your time when I 'mow it to be so fully occupied; yet
I find it impossible to refrain from addressing you upon a
imbjett of the greatest importance. I have no words suM-
ciently vivid to express my astonishment at your speech of
the let of April. In that speech, delivered at Edmonton, you
stated that ' you had never meta Jew who bad not declared
that if he had the opportunity of inflicting a serious injury
upon the Christian faith, or of preventing its spread,
be would fail to do so.' I ion always unwilling,
indeed I am quite unable, to doubt the veracity of
an English gentleman, and therefore I feel anxious
to believe that, in the somewhat bewildering excite-
ment of electioneering movements, you were unfortu-
nately betrayed into expressions at variance with well-
ascertained and universally-acknowledged Licht The Jews

never try to make proaelytee. Faithful to their own awed,
they do not, either directly or indirectly, endeavour to un-
dermine the religiou• opinion, of others. Why should they
make the attempt ? They are taught to believe that Altuighty
God, the fountain of all mercies and of all blessings, judges
of human brine ateording to their works, end that the pious
and righteous on earth, whatever be their race or faith, may
all hope to enter Into the kingdom of heaven. That [hobo
who profess the Christian religion should endeavour to make
converts I fully understand, and, while I am firmly con-
vinced that they will not be eucceseful in winning my co-
religionists from the faith of bond, I candidly confess that 1
honour the motives and appreciate the exertions of zealous
. .

missionaries. They labour indefatigably to diffuse the tenets
of their religion, because they believe that there is no salva-
tion out of the pale of their own church. The Jews, how-
ever. can have no motive for wishing to make proselytes;
they respect all religions, and are truly convinced that a
conscientious obedience to the diclates of the same is not
merely compatible with, but pm-eminently productive of the
exereiac of the noblest virtuis.

"I beg, my lord, to subscribe myialt, in all sincerity,
"A JEWESS."

INCUMBENCY OF CLERKENW7'.I.L.—At the close of
the second day's poll, on Saturday, at three o'clock, the
numbers were : (or the Rev. It. Maguire, 888; Rev. It, H.
Ball, 7 ; Rev. T. W. Herbert, 1. The poll will fillillY elm*
to-day (Monday), at four o'clock. From the above numbers
it would appear that the contest is at an end, and that prac-
tically the Rev. M. Maguire will have a walk over the
course. It srs remarked in the parMh after the appoint-
ment of the Rev. Mr. Roberta to St. John'. chapel. Bedford.
row, that no other candidate would have a chance of stream ;
and the demand for a poll was made therefore, rather with a
view to the annoyance of the presiding eburchw arden than
in the hope of &Meating the popular candidate.
CROYDON CRICKET CLUB.—At a numerously at-
tended meeting of the members of this flourishing club, held
on Thursday corning last, the following gentlemen were
elected officers for the mooing season : —Thomas Keen, Esq.,
president ; Spencer E. Junes, Esq., treasurer; Alcoa, Edgar
H. Howell, Henry Chnamnore, J M. Rutty, John Kenney,
M. Robinson, and E. Hughes, committee' Charles S.
Whcaller, Secretary. The prospects of the club were con-
sidered meat cheerier, and great adiataction was expreesed
that n favourable field had been secured, and several new
members were proposed.
Tug LAMBING SEASON.—The lambing season in
Norfolk has been, on the whole, a good one. The Yield of
lambs is estimate.' to exceed that of last year by one-gird.
CEITTAL PALACE. HALT-CROWN DAT. 4.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4. Admiaskeis on payment, 632;
ditto, by Isms tick" 1,123; WA 1,666.

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A DOUBLE NUMBER of the EXPRESS will
be published ON SATURDAYS u usual, during
the Parliamentary recess.

The most remarkable feature of a modern gene-
ral election is tho rapidity with which we get
through it. In the memory of many dill living a
general election was a protracted agony ; now it is
a brief, though sharp, fever fit. This blessed change
is owing partly to legislative enactments which pro-
vide for the abbreviation of the electoral processes ;
partly to railways and other means of accelerated com-
munication which render the abbreviation possible.
The constitution of the body politic is in consequence
less severely tried ; inasmuch as violent diseases
undermine the constitution less than lingering ones.
Of electoral corruption we have still more than
enough ; nevertheless, we are disposed to believe
that it must if anything be diminished under the
new system. As there is now less time allowed for
spending money improperly, the presumption is that
less is spent.
The time which has elapsed since the dissolution
would, half a century ago, have scarcely sufficed
for getting up the steam of the electoral agencies ;
whereas we are already near the end of our voyage.
The balk of the parliamentary harvest is reaped.
The principal business that remains on hand
is to take care of the gleaning. But the gleaning
mast not be neglected by the Liberals, if they would
have their harvest got into the great barn at West-
minster in good condition.
Among the late fields is the Metropolitan county.
This day will determine whether Middlesex is or is
not to retain its position among those tried and trite
counties which make up their complement of
electors of Liberals alone. It will be a scurvy tale,
if we have to report that the free and independent
electors of Middlesex, at an election which has
purged all the Metropolitan boroughs (the City in-
cluded) of the last lingering admixture of

in so many counties has