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LONDON, NONDAY. JULY 19, 1852.

Middlesex will to-morrow be afforded an opportu-
nity of displaying the gratitude entertained towards
its late Members by re-electing Lord ROBERT GROS-
VENOR and Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE, with larger ma-
jorities than usual, as the metropolitan county
representatives. The Liberal electors have in this
matter been put upon their mettle by the mistaken
zeal which bas recently thrust forward the Marquis
of BLANDFOED as a candidate on Ministerial principles.
Generally speaking, it is the cant of the hust-
ings in every little borough of the United King-
dom, no matter how sequestered its position,
or how insignificant its character, that upon
its decision the eyes of the community are fixed with
scanie liarand marked expectation. If that phrase
used anywhere with justice, it may, however,
aseuredly employed in reference to Middlesex.
Upon the result of the election for the metropolitan
county, the attention of the more observant politicians
throughout the community must, under all circum-
stances, be concentrated with an interest somewhat
y the
larger than can be yielded b
majority of
ia
similar proceedings. At
resent, however, that
interest has necessarily,
sure, become enhanced. For the bayttlegries on
at Ines.
the
eve of being contested with more than ordinary
fervour by the supporters of the Government
and the upholders of the cause of the Opposition.t
As the candidate in the Ministerial interest the
Tories of Middlesex have brought forward the
heir to the duchy of Marlborough. As the
candidateS on the Liberal interest the Whigs and
Radicals of the metropolitan county have, on the
other hand, secured, as hitherto, the Noble Lord and
his Gallant Colleague—until the recent dissolution
the distinguished representatives of the constituency.
Gratitude, we again affirm,
ought of itself to be a consi-
deration sufficient to secure to those ex-Members a
brilliant triumph over their antagonist. There are, how-
ever, other and less personal reasons—reasons strictly
national in their character, and peculiarly patriotic
in their tendency—which should combine to impress
upon the Liberal possessors of the franchise in Mid-
dlesex the advisability, or rather we should say
(principles considered) the absolute and imperative
necessity of recording their votes to-morrow at the
earliest hour in favour of two such candidates as Mr.
BERNAL OSBORNE and Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR.
The question would secure that result, if regarded
merely in reference to the three men who have now
claimed the attention of the zaiddiesex constituency.

How much more, however, must that success be
assured if the question be viewed not simply in re-
ference to the men, but in reference to the principles
of which those men are the representatives. In the
cause of OSBORNE and GaosvEriou are involved all
the advantages and hopes of a steady, and energetic,
and humanizing progression. Reform is the beacon
by which their course is guided throughout—reform
not precipitate but well-considered, not peddling but
comprehensive, not restricted to this or that, but to
the whole of the motley departments of the adminis-
tration—Reform, fiscal, financial, colonial, sanitary,
legal, educational, and Parliamentary. Retrogression,
on the opposite hand, is recognised plainly enough as
the political ignis fatuus, leading the Marquis of
BLANDFCED in his obsequious dance after the Derby
Government. Without attributing to the Noble
Lord the same indiscriminating allegiance to the
Cabinet which has been announced by Viscount SEA'
HAbf—an allegiance binding him over to vote for
all the measures introduced by the present
Ministry, whatever those measures might be,
it is manifest how far he would be
go in support of the Ultra-Tory disposed
to Administration !
And it is in the expectation that a candidate of this
description will be preferred by the electors of Mid-
dlesex, to such men as Mr. 13stmai. OSBORNE and
Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR, that the Ministerialists in
the metropolitan county have ventured to bring forward
the Marquis of BLANDFORD, as one who aspires to re-
present, in the House of Commons, a greal Liberal
constituency.
Upon the last occasion, upon the occasion of the
electioneering struggle
of 1847, out of the 14,129
possessors of the county franchise in anchise Middlesex 4,944
polled for Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR and 4,175 for
Mr. BERNAL 03norzNE, and 3,458 for Colonel
THOMAS WOOD, so that 1,552 electors had not voted at
all, when the second day's polling closed, according to
the numbers given in the official announcement. At that
' time both tha successful candidates had a claim upon
the Liberals of England—OSßOßNE for his conduct
as Member for Wycombe, and GROSVENOR as previ-
ously representative for Middlesex. Since then their
claims have both been very considerably increased,
while those of Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE have secured
their application to the metropolitan county
constituency through the remarkable independence
with which, as their accepted Member,
he has during the whole of the late Parliament
watched over the Liberal interests in the House of
Commons. Among the most gallant advocates of
reform no legislator has assumed a more conspicuous
or a more honourable place of distinction than
BERNAL OSBORNE—among the catalogue of whose
supporters upon the present election it is, therefore,
but only reasonable to find enumerated such names
as those of JOSEPH HUME, and CHARLES VILLIERS,
and THOMAS DUNCOMBE. Remembering the
thorough independence of the course pur-
sued by the Honourable and Gallant Candi-
date—more particularly during the last five or six
sessions—remembering such fact:, as his refusal of a
place of 2,0001. per annum offered him by the late
Cabinet, because he did not deem its acceptance com-
patible with his position as the representative of the
electors of Middlesex—remembering the animated
and animating ability he has repeatedly displayed
in the course of the debates, and always on the
popular side, on the side of justice to
the many —we cannot but rest assured
that the liberal possessors of the franchise in
the metropolitan county will, by their course to-
morrow and on Wednesday, evidence their apprecia-
tion of his conduct, discomfiting the advocates of the
Marquis of BLANDFORD, and placing at the head of
the poll the honoured names of OSBORNE and Gaos-
VENOR.

A very important decision was pronounced on
Saturday by Mr. Commissioner PRILLIP3, at the
Insolvent Debtors' Court, Portugal-street. A pri-
soner, named BAKER, had applied to be admitted to
bail until his hearing in September. Upon examina-
tion of the schedule, the Learned, Commissioner
discovered that the insolvent had become a party to
bills to the amount of 1,8001. for the accommodation
of his brother, who was now a bankrupt ; he there-
upon rejected the application, in accordance with a rule
recently adopted by several of his judicial brethren,
and the insolvent was consequently remanded to
t prison. As there is, we believe, a difference
of opinion auiong tne Learned commisaiuners on this
very interesting question, it is exceedingly desirable
that a consultation should speedily take place in order
that a uniformity of practice, may be arrived at.
Nothing can be more injurious than opposite and con-
flicting judgments from the Bench on any point of
frequent occurrence. So long as the rule is not
universal it cannot accomplish its object. Each
person will run the chance of getting into the list of
a Commissioner who has not adopted the principle,
and the desideratum of getting entirely, or
at least in a great degree, rid of accom..
modation bills cannot possibly be achieved,
while there will be all the inconvenience of bringing
the administration of justice into disrepute, by having
that granted in one court which will be denied in
another, and of the adjudication not being dependent
on the real merits of the cane, but on the accident
lof who may be the presiding judges. Whether
the rule be rejected or affirmed—whether parties in-
volved in such transactions be admitted to bail or kept
in prison until the day of hearing, is of little conse-
quence, in comparison to the preserving the re-
spect of the people for the administration of this im-
portant branch of the English law.
There is no judge on the bench for whom we enter •
tab a higher respect than for Mr. Commissioner
Puieurs. His rare talent, almost unequalled elo-
quence, his unquestionable integrity, but, above all,
his genuine kindliness of heart, which has ever in-
duced him to temper justice with mercy, have gained
golden opinions from men of all classes in society. It
is with the greatest diffidence that we venture
to differ from a gentleman of his great learning and
experience on any point, more especially on one so
closely connected with the functions of the office
which he has filled with so much credit to himself
and advantage to the community in general. We
ho fully recognise the enormous extent of the evil
wh be
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a.Nv
endeavouring to suppress, end the ho-
nourableend strictly conscientious motives by which
he is actuated. We cannot, however, immediately
satisfy ourselves of
the propriety of his decision in
the present instance, a
is
in all others that have come
under our notice. The power of admitting a
tpheetitiodniesrcretotion til
bail
of i unquestionably a matter for
it certainly appears to us ulae presiding Judge, but
determined is whether the attendanceof the prisoner
the only point to be
to abide the decision of the
any danger 0;1111 at• can be secured
from
or not. If there ig
the kingdom, and not being forthcoming‘b3c"ding
instance let thee motion
be
pointed time, then by all means let th at the al)"
satisfaction can
there je
proposedc rejected, and iin
sureties every
be
sub
jected
Solvency of
to the moat strin-
gent
But if every reasonable-
tests.
be given on these points, if there can be
no
should there be a
doubt that the petitioner will appear at the
hearing, why decision that
gh im to
undeserved punishment,. 2 The object of the Legisla.
must, however meritorious his case, consi h.
ture in authorising bail in cases of insolvency, was
that a man should not be condemned without being
heard in his own defence, if he can find adequate se-
curity
to abide a strict investigation into his affairs.
Previously to
the passing of that Act every person
mast have remained in custody from the time of his
arrest and the filing
ad-
judication.
considered that if a man was
It was then.
deemed worthy of punishment, it might
of his petition until the final
properly inflicted after inquiry than before. In
be more
many instances where censure deserved it was
avoided, in consequencef was
an hour, remained
pre-
viously suffered, while others,o the incarceration
ities
of the parties on bail, but if ther
These evils were avoided by tyheweeks in confinement.
man who should not be de-
tainedall applications where liable' be
discharge
absesuexmteednd ttbeconsideration,
accordingthe
to principlethe
temporaryl
have been
adopted of
refusing
wedithtootio will
the presiding commissioners for the time beingfancies of
parties will once more be punished before trial and
end
without a hearing.
It is true that the fact of
the debt being without
valuable consideration willon the face of the
schedule, appear
schedule, and that it is essential to check the practice
by every means practicable. But there are cases in
which the party may have assumed liabilities with

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the thorough conviction of being enabled to pay the
demand himself, should the other party or parties fail
in discharging the amount. There are accommodation
bills of very different characters, some which render the
acceptors worthy of praise rather than censure. The
peculiar circumstances of each case should be in-
quired into, and a remand pronounced according to
the facts ; but the refusal of bail, placing all in the
same category without exception, appears not to be
a judicious rule, and it is possible that it might pro-
duce evils of even greater magnitude than those it
is intended to repress.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and
yesterday.tegenr athphu
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as everywhere on his journey, he was saluted
The Pays has a long article on the state of parties in
France. It maintains that they have all ceased to exer-
cisekef oa war
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state
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power,o altdhn
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for the good of the country. co
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The Union has an article on the combinations of
workmen for an increase of wages, or modifications of
the conditions of labour. Our contemporary admits that
in some cases these combinations are the result of soci-
alist agitation, and that they then fall justly under the
strong arm of the law; but it is of opinion that in most
instances the workmen have grounds for e emplaint, which
should be examined with attention. The Union thinks
that if the workmen were formed into corporations, as
was the case in olden times, with representatives to ad-
vocate their interests, combinations and strikes would be
easily prevented.
The Moniteur says—" Several foreign journals publish
daily letters, dated from Paris, which are destined to
mislead the public opinion of Europe as to the intentions
of the French Government. An English paper the day
before yesterday recounted at great length, and with
circumstantial details, all the incidents of a pretended
diplomatic mission, said to have been nonfided to a lady
of illustrious birth and great talents. This mission,
which never existed except in the imagination of the
narrator, was an invention destined to cover the most
malevolent insinuations against the PRINCE PRESIDENT.
The French Government, whose policy is carried on in
open day, has no need to have recourse to such means,
which are the arms of weak Governments."
The Moniteur publishes a decree fixing the vacation
tion of the Council of State at two months, viz., from the
15th of August to the 15th of October, and naming
those members who, during the vacation, are to attend
to the most urgent business. "
"We are assured," says the Presse, that the eleven
_
persons condemned to death by the court-martial of
Montpellier for the affair of Pedarieux will not be ex-
ecuted. It is said that they will be transported to the
M arquesas."
The heat on Friday was very
oppressive. At two
o'clock M. CHEVALIER'S thermometer marked 35
deg.
centigrade (95 of Fahrenheit).
iven in the
Several fatal cases of hydrophobia are g
provincial papers, and war is declared against all stray
doge. During a razzia made three days
against stray dogs, 438 were taken to the go at Orleans
depOt and
killed, and 130 were restored to their owners.
In Paris, the contraventions in the case of straggling
or unmuzzled dogs have been so numerous, that the Tri-
bunal of Simple Police have been obliged to lengthen its
sittings by one-half. About 150 cases daily have to be
decided on. The contraventions of the order for muz-
zling amount on en average to 100 each sitting. The
total number of cases in the space of one month is cal-
culated at 5,000. The offenders are condemned for the
first offence to from If. to sf. fine
and the exeensce,
prisonm or
ent f
which brings the cost up to from 10f. to 15f. For ase
coed offence, the tribunal may add im
three days. Taking an average of 12f. for each case,
tmhuercehims
oarerouusnerdullsyumemopo
f1650,e,d0.00f. for non-observance of
the police regulations, a sum which might have been
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GERMAN 'V-
A letter from Cassel of the 13th states that it is now
quite certain that eighteen Deputies of the Second
Chamber of Electoral Hesse have declared that they
wait not take the oath to the Constitution. Similar
scruples are stated to have been manifested in the First
Chamber.
The Cassel Gazette states from Frankfort that the
Germanic Diet is shortly to nominate a federal commis-
simer, to put an end to the difficulties which the consti-
tutions of the four free cities have given birth to.
General JACOBI, it is supposed,will be the person named.
A letter from Hanover, of the 13th, in the TVeser
Gazette, says:—" The Committee on the Constitution
held a sitting this morning, and examined the question
as to whether the law of August 1, 1850, relative to the
reorganization of the provincial Diets, ought to be
abrogated or merely suspended. Besides the Ministers
DE SCHEELL and DE WINDTELORST, MM. EitrvE
and DE LEBZEN pronounced in favour of the total abro-
Etatinn of eh Liethibta o 41a1461.t. ta...0
merely suspend the execution of the measure would be
sufficient ; whereupon the Ministers insisted that the
suspension would not be going far enough. In both the
First and Second Chambers interpellations were ad-
dressed to Ministers, relative to the Bill on the federal
press. They were called on to declare by what princi-
ples they purposed being guided in the matter. They
refused to enter into any explanations, as the delibera-
tions' they said, were still pending?'
The King of SWEDEN left Lubeck on the 13th with
his family, and proceeded by railway to Leipsic; from
which place he was to go to Kissingen.
of
the tteinSisttaetres ofa
of
great Power (the Count DE NESSELRODE)
The Cologne Gazette has the following from Berlin,
dated the 14th:—" Although the New Prussian Gazette
has been seized three time, it continues to attack M. DE
MANTEUFFEL, In its last number it states that, at the
Congress
garemn
, the t
requested Ministers
the
ecoal of K
itionoifsseun
Darmstadt
to undertake
the mediation of the Customs' question, and that in
,
consequence of this application, the Prussian Govern-
ment received an invitation to suspend the conferences,
and to enter first into a treaty
with Austria. This news
requires confirmation, but it is positive position
of t the • •
on
of Prussia has been changed, and that an arrangement
will take place."
The Postampt Gazette of Frankfort has the following
from Vienna, dated the 12th:—" We can affirm, from a
source worthy of confidence, that the French troops will
decidedly quit Rome at the end of the year. The French
Government has already made overtures to that of
Austria on this subject."
The Emperor of AUSTRIA arrived at Neutra on the
13th,: and was enthusiastically received by the inhabi-
tants. His MAJESTY on this occasion commuted the
sentences of several prisoners.

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