The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-25 00:00:00

tiun of cattle &rams; into the cou itry.
But, in their hearts, the foreign e ittle
thennelves were the m:►la ly against which t:r•y
desired protection. PHARAOH'S fat kine would
find lee* favour in their eyes than Pitast.tott'a lean
tine, as being more dangerous competitors in the
market with their own beast*. The Government,
though, with the exception of Sir STAMM)
NORTHCOTE and • I.9iti STANLEY there is not
one of them who believes heartily in the prin-
ciples of free trade, had probably no other
object than an electioneering one in pressing, or
affecting to press, the measure. They want a good
electioneering cry for the counties. " The
" Church in danger," " Protestant Ascendancy,"
" No Popery," " The Supremacy of the Crown,"
are very good watchwords for the most
atnpidly fansiticfil portion of the consti-
tuencies; but the traditional character of
the "Farmer's Friends" was worth an•Bfort to
maintain. Since the repeal of the malt tax has
been abandoned, this part has been more difficult
to play. The cry of protection against the plague
of Foreign Cattle has therefore boon selected
with a certain degree of ingenuity. But no one
can have observed the oourse of prooeoding
in Parliament without ooming to the con-
clusion that the Government was never
in earnest about the measure they introduced.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER announced
in the small hours of this morning that the m.
fusel of the City to take charge of the market was
the ground of the withdrawal of the Bill.
He was distinctly aware, however, of the
refusal of the City at the commencement
of the sitting, and be had good reason to an-
ticipate it a week ago. What is to be thought,
then, of the conduct of ministers in affecting
to press on a measure which in their hearts they
had abandoned? They cannot be acquitted of de-
liberately wasting the time of Parliament and the
country for electioneering purposes. It is true
that Mr. WARD HUNT spoke of the resistance
of the opposition to the progress of
the Bill as one of the reasons which
compelled ita abandonment. But that op-
position rested last night upon what, after
five hours of denial and evasion, Mr. WARD
MINT practically admitted to be the valid
ground of the refusal of the corporation of
London to undertake the bill. With this foregone
conclusion in their minds, opposite pretences were
on the lips of the Government. The language of
coarse personal imputation which Mr. Gamoelie
HARDY early in the sitting addressed to Mr.
Meuse GIBSON, amid the clamorous cheers
of an unmannerly mob behind him, called
down upon the man who used, and on the
assembly which lowered itself by applauding
Sit,
the severe rebuke of the SPEAKER. In the view
of what happened afterwards Mr. HARDY'S
rudeness loses the excuse of sincerity. The bill was
not framed to pass. A sum of 300,000/. was set
down for expenses which probably 600,0001.
would be insufficient to cover; and no provision
was made of a .fund to compensate the
owners of the property taken for the purposes
of the market for the confiscation meditated. Sir
ROYEDELL PALMER proved conclusively that the
wharfingers on the banks of the Thames were left
without security. Men might be found to advance
money for the erection of the cattle market, on the
security of the tolls ; but those tolls will certainly
not pay more than the interest of the money re-
quired for this purpose ; and the people whose
freeholds are taken and who lose the " good-will"
of their business are left wiolly in the lurch. If
the Corporation of London could have been in-
duced to take charge of the market the difficulty

his trust, the letter of Mr. lir.suaroeix wuald
rem% e them. While regarding Mr. MILL as an
independent member. he has yet been able to
count upon Lim as the sure supporter of every
wise party measure. He goo, still farther and
pays a generous and noble tribute to Mr. Mira:a
personal character, saying that " Mr. Mitt.
" has let us all a rare example of forgiving
" temper, of forgetfulness of self, of absolute devo-
" tion to public duty. and I do not hesitate to
" express my deliberate opinion that his presence
" in the House of Commons has materially helped
"to raise and sustain its moral tune." These are
flattering words, yet they are no Ices merited by him
to whom they are addressed than characteristic of
him by whom they are penned. The electors of
Westniinater may be congratulated on their good
fortune in having the power to return to the re-
formed Parliament two such representatives as
Captain GROSVENOR and Mr. MILL. In the one
we have the able supporter of what may be termed
their hereditary liberalism, while the other up-
holds the more advanced opinions which are dear
to many among them, and are advocated by the
ripest intellects throughout the country.

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would be at an end ; because the property of the

Corporation would be responsible, and it could
mortgage its rates. But the Corporation has
one losing market on its hands already, and it
naturally refuses to burthen itself with another,
or to tax the citizens of London for the purpose of
raising the price of cattle and the rent of land, and
diminishing the supply of meat over the country.
Mr. HrNT and Lord ROBERT MONTAGU, whose
names were on the back of the bill, and who were
supposed to have it in charge, were in Cimmerian
darkness as to its provisions. They knew
nothing of the estimate of the cost, except what
some irresponsible Parliamentary agent, as ill
informed as themselves, had guessed. As to the
quarter whence the money was to come, the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after the fashion

of gentlemen in pecuniary straits, could only talk
vaguely about " parties in the City." Anonymous
" parties in the City" who are supposed to be ready
to advance indefinite sums are a familiar invention
of men at their wits' ends. They have seldom
been introduced by a Finance Minister as
his guarantees in the House of Commons. The
origin, progress, and withdrawal of the Cattle
Market Bill are discreditable to the Government.
From the first it has been but a blind and a
sham.

MR. GLADSTONE ON THE WESTMINSTER
ELECTION.

THE PREMIER and the Leader of the Opposition
have openly chosen their aides in the election for
Westminster. Mr. DISRAELI having signed a requisi-
tion calling upon Mr. W. H. SMITH to stand in the
Tory interest, Mr. GLADSTONE now writes a letter
avowing his admiration for the conduct of the
present members, and expressing a hope that they
will be re-elected. In both cases the rival states-
men act with perfect consistency. They are doubly
interested in this election, because the result will
be not only to add to, or lessen the number of their
supporters, but also to send to Parliament repre-
sentatives of the one or other in their capacity as
electors. Both as an elector for Westminster and
as member of Parliament, Mr. ClLAneroms is tho-
roughly satisfied with the two Liberal candi-
date*. Their return he thinks necessary for
the maintenance of " the dignity and credit of the
" city of Westminster." Each of them, in receiving
honour from his constituency has done honour to
its choice. Captain GROSVENOR, who was origi-
nally selected on account of family connexions
and party claim*, has, in Mr. Ozaterroire's opinion,
proved by his conduct in Parliament that on per-
sonal grounds he deserves re-election. Both Captain
GROSVENOR and Mr. Mua had this in common,
that they entered the House of Commons for the
first time ; while they differed in this, that the
former was unknown as a politician whereas the
latter had earned a world-wide reputation as a
philosopher, a political economist, and a specula-
tive thinker. It was apprehended that Mr. MILL
would add another to the many instances of the
disparity between theory and practice, that he
would be unable to apply the principle(' elaborated
in the closet to the business of the nation in the
'lnimona. Opinions may differ as
Rome may hold that he has
he has not succeeded so
sanguine admirers had predicted.
',lone much, and done it well, no
A-looker can deny. Pow have
assiduous attention to the details
Itary duties. If there wore any
manner in which he has discharged

TITE EXPIZT,S3, €ATURDAY EVEINTNG, JUTX 25, 1868.

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committed in respect of a clause
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OUR CONTEMPORAILt.
(THIS DA Y.)

The 7'imrs draws from last night's proceedings.,
in the House of Commons the moral that members Would'
abstain from practices which bare the least appearsnoe of
unfairness. Such shabby tricks as attempts to frustrate
the deliberate donnass of the house by motions for ad-
journment or by oeuntacut can only lead to a for of
mutual oonfidenceand disorganisation. As to the Cattle
Market Bill it was evident that passions had been
roused which would prevent its receiving the careful
consideration which was deniable. The opposition
to Yr. Fawcett's clause relative to election ex-
pense* our contemporary attributes to the sole reason
that so many members of the highest respectability
and of the greatest weight with their respective parties,
thought they saw an attack made upon their outer, and
were alarmed accordingly. They felt &terror striotly akin
to that of the untaught British workman, who is jealous
of a new machine for the economy of labour, or who fears
that is the open market the men of host brains and
strongeat powers will win the superiority.
Been with its reservations and hesitations, the Corrupt
Practices Bill, the Deily New says, makes so distiact a step
in the direction of electoral purity that it wall be the fault
of the virtuous section in every oonAitueney if bribery is
not severely punished wherever it is mooned to at the
next election.
'

The Ikrald is very severe upon Mr. Fawoett'e
course. Flo hies it says, thoroughly exhausted the indul-
gence of the house. Ilecombines the worst defects of the
professor with the ordinary failings of the demagogue.
The Trieyrap4 is disgusted at the participation of the
man named Finlen in recent political proceeding'. Every
decent political man who took part in the late meeting
in Hyde-park must blush to think that he allowed Finlen
to speak for him.