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London, England, 1868-10-30 00:00:00

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THE .11 ETROPOLITAN CONSTITUENCIES.

Acnioron it is the fashion of " the great ma-
" jority of Britons," who, according to the Time.,
are neither Wh:g nor Tory, but " oscillate between
" the two extremes, not caring very much, at
" ordinary times, which party preiominates
"in the immediate administration of the
" country," to sneer at the members for
the metropolitan boroughs, a glance at
the list of candidates see ins to show that the
honour or the burden of representing the close
crowded population of the capital is not
likely to go begging. One might suppose
that London merchants, London broken,
London wharf:lnger', London solicitors, London
merchants, and City men in general, were too
busy, too absorbed in business or in professional
toile to find leisure for political studies or fur
legislative labours.
Apparently the game, or the trade, of politics
has an irresistible charm for a nation of shop-
keepers. and among those eager and anxious citi-
zens, who every morning set their faces eastward,
" like a flint," there are ulwaya to be found more
than a sufficient number of noble spirits swelling
with a generous ambition to serve their country
and to add " M.P." to their names. After office
hours, and even after dinner, instead of going to
sleep in an arm chair, these terribly busy money-
makers are meditating on the great questions of
our civilisation, on Church establishments, on
national education, on administrative and 'social
questions, on Poor-law reform, and consuming
the midnight oil through the watches of the night
in the preparation of addresses and speeches to con-
stituents. Evidently there is a plethora rather
than a dearth of patriotic ambition and political
energy in this metropolis, not to speak of the self-
denial and self-sacrifice which must fill the breast
of anyone who aspires to represent a borough as
populous as some continental kingdoms and prin-
eipalitioe. Let us look for a moment over this
astonishing catalogue of intending legislators. We
note, to begin with, the predominance of Liberal,
and even Radical names. Toryism can scarcely put
in an appearance from one end of London to
another except in the questionable shape of a
" local candidate." Liberalism and even Radi-
calism, which many good simple people in the
country consider as the destructive creed of
lawless and penniless adventurers, is personi-
fied in the City of London by such revo-
lutionists as Baron ROTHSCHILD, Mr. GoscilEN,
Alderman LAWRENCE, and Mr. WIOKAM CRAW-
VOW/. Will those who pretend that the
metropolitan censtitueucies are abandoned to
obscure and needy vulgarity pretend that
these four Dames arc unworthy or inadequate
representatives of the wealth, the commerce, the
enterprise, the intellect, and the vast trans-
actions of the commercial capital of the world ?
There aro here, however, three Tory candidates,
whose most sanguine united hope is, under
cover of the minority clause, to squeeze in
one of their number, if only as a silent
protest against Liberal ascendancy. Fortified by
a strange device which exhibits them as the three
Champions of Christendom, or at all events, of
" the Throne, the Bible, and the Altar," these
most respectable gentlemen, whose names are ex-
tensively unknown (except to their customers) to
their euuntryines and to the world at largo be-
yond the Post-office rudius, have hoisted the
" constitutional " flag. It will doubtlms tax
all the energy and skill of the Liberal organi-
sation, and require a disciplined and attentive
zeal on the part of the electors, to neu-
tralise the minority zuunutuvre. But we trust

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