The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-21 00:00:00

TEE JELECTIONS-THE

perience in the details of its business are what the Hotise of

Commons can araii.7dTolJ6J, when led by a raw and inex.
perienced Minister, without a majority.- The loss will, how,

ever, tend to rende-r the re-election of Mr. Shaw Lefevre to
the Speakership a political necessity; and the probability is
that Mr. Wilson Patten's pretensions to be Chairman of
Ways and Means will be adopted and promoted by a Go-
vernment in which he also has no great confidence. Mr.
Wilson Patten is, no doubt, a sensible business-like man, and
will fill the chair creditably; but he is far inferior in every
respect to Mr. Bernal, and not equal in any to Mr. Greene.
Next to the loss of Mr. Bernal we would place the ex-
clusion of Mr. Horsman and Sir Edward Buxton ; and to
them we might appropriately add, in a House where eccle-
siastical reformers will be few, Mr. Hardcastle. It is now
some sixteen years ago since Mr. Horsman entered Parlia-
ment a young and active Whig of the Edinburgh school;
and for years he laboured hard in the ranks of Whiggery.
But he, too, found it " dry bones ;" and long ago Mr. Hors-
manlzenfeugcs,
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its
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fidaEtnisr
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study
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.t s alliances, as he had also
occupiedthQualifying
ge hycinoincansdenilttfi condition
lodaf
of ecclesiastical reform, and, by a succession of motions and
speeches during the last five years, in spite of the sneers of
Whiggeryd the hdostility of Toryism, he had brought the
sickle to rank a
coleux.uriant growth of church and epis-
copal weeds ; whenn
tion at Cockermouth, coercion and intimidation, and corrup-
season at least, from the scene nwei withdrawn
labours.dhritw n
manyeffective
e (b
(because
uhsies
practical,
iecffansHorsman, for a
he ell!eceived much cordial and
Buxton and
and informed) as-
effel
sistance from Sir Edward Buxn
rejected. But that is
haveed Mr. Hardcastle, both
of whom the dull men of Essex
virhich the loss of
not the only, or perhaps the chief, groundre on
epresenEteddwaarcl did
Sir Edward Buxton is to be reg;rehtt:cl;
more than represent South Essex
a, and ss of moral sentiment, of humanity, and of philanthropy,
useful in the House of Commons as a corrective to the hoard,'
m Aerial, coarse spirit which excludes the feeling
al-
most the virtues, of life, from its philosophy.
The next Parliament will be the first in modern times in
which the heir apparent of the liberal house of Fortescue has
not had a seat ; and many a man in the Liberal ranks could
have been more easily spared than the present Lord
Ebrington. For though, in general politics, very apt to
adhere too rigidly to Lord John Russell, Lord Ebrington
had a speciality; and it was sanitary reform. This
cause—the cause of the poor and the helpless—had
almost become a passion, certainly an enthusiasm with Lord
Ebrington. In his zeal for health and cleanliness even his
hereditary Whiggery cooled; and for it there was no labour
or trouble he would not undergo. There are few who have
Lord Ebrington's ardour in this respect ; let us hope, then,
that a petition will restore him to the House. And whilst on
Lords, let us pay a passing tribute of regret to Lord Dun-
can's absence; for he too, and even in a higher and better
degree, rose above the prejudices of his order; and two suc-
cesses of his past Parliamentary career gave presage of still
greater future usefulness. It is to Lord Duncan that the
country owes such reform in the composition of the Boards
of Woods and Works, and in the administration and manage-
ment of the Crown property, as it has yet got—to him also
we are indebted for the repeal of Pitt's abominable tax on
light. There is too large a capacity for public business, com-
bined with a thorough liberality of opinions, in Lord Duncan,
for him not to be missed in the new House of Commons.
Why Oldham should have rejected Mr. IV. J. Fox puzzles
people who have not the advantage of living in Oldham ;
except, indeed, that the very name (though unaccompanied
by the genius) of Cobbett, has irresistible fascinations for its
constituency, or that Oldham finds enjoyment in being
eccentric, and capricious, and ungrateful. But so it is ;
Oldham has deprived the House of Commons of the elo-
quence and suggestive, if not always accurate, thought of
Mr. Fox, and has preferred to his great exertions on behalf
of secular education, the vain and illusory promises and
professions of that nondescript political animal—a Derbyite-
Rad ical.

Mr. Anstey, too (whatever Whigs may say, and in spite
of the injustice he was ever doing himself), is a real loss.
For Mr. Anstey was a leader of forlorn hopes; and though
sometimes rash and boisterous, he was full of courage and
gallantry, and fuller still of learning and ability. Mr.
Anstey ran the Ivhole gamut of politics; nothing was too
large or too small for his zeal. To him were consigned all
the motions for which other people had neither the taste nor
the ability, neither the industry nor the courage.
The Whigs have to mourn the defeats of Sir John Ro-
milly and Sir William Somerville. But in the absence from
Parliament of the former, the best interests of the public.
and the purity and character of justice, will gain. And it
might be well, now that the Blaster of the Rolls is absent
and the question could have no personal bearing, for the
Legislature to perpetuate the exclusion of that great func-
tionary. Though of late oppressed by official Whiggery,
Sir W. Somerville had larger sympathies; and the absence
of his large and accurate acquaintance with Ireland will be
felt in the new House of Commons.
On all occasions Mr. Heyworth was a good steady intel-
ligent Radical; Sir Edward Colebrooke was a Member whose
real merits were often obscured byolapffoadmesiltyiarafnadeewtahnatt
allof
force; Colonel Thompson's was an
will mpi,Essyannedaarretgranetti
jlthfrongah.tThheasraeaptsaonormerly occupied by
Mr.
when,
eLtlaperreaialeodp—intihoenys
are still filled by
Liberals, we cannot part with old friends
_.without thanking
them for aid and assistance in times
were far less popular than—El
are now.
r ranks are crowded;
Still, even with these losses, our ranks
no fear as to
and we shall give Lord Derby battle with
whose will be the victory.—Morning
eaven

CIVIL LIST PEN'SIONS.
20Th fof June, 1851, and the 20th day of June, 1852,
The following list of all
issuedpensi:vn;,gra edybe es ttewreaeany
yesterday;-
1851.—August
Wil.liam Thackeray and
and charged upon the Civil List,
in consideration of
1851.—August 30, Anna Jatneson, Oul
her literary merits. lii trust
bteorMir.
Maria Long, 100/., in
Mr. John Murray. September
consideration of the services of her late husband. r. Frede-
rick Beckford Long, Inspector-General of Prisons in Ire-
land, and of his having died from illness contracted while in
the execution of his duty, by which she is placed in circum-
stances of great distress. In trust to the Hon. Edward Cecil
Curzon and Mr. John Martin, 31•P' September 1, James
consideration
his
Silk Buckingham, 200/., in consideration of his literary
works and useful trAvels in various countries. September 2,
Robert Torrens, F.R.S., 200/.9inl. in
consideration of
o valu-
able contributions to the science of political economy, oc.
tober 10, John Wilson, Professor of Moral Philosophy in
the University of Edinburgh, 300
. a"
eminent literary merits. October 10, Elizabeth Reidl,
50/. (widow of Dr. James S. Reid, Professor of Eccles'as
tical and Civil History in the University of Glasgow) C - -
Jane Arnott Reid, Elizabeth Reid, and Mary Reid
(daughters of the above, and for the survivors or survivor, of.
them), in consideration of Dr. Reid's valuable contributions
to literature, and of the distressed condition in which his
consideration of the
.5111eXinanderIaci,Zkeridthur7•D.
widow and children are placed by his --- decease.
of
the Rev. George Bellis and James Seaton In trust to
mFeebri.tse,olfBbse2r,
lEatleizabßulsabcArandt,huprr,
the Dublin
su-
perintendent of model schools, inspectorandof
district under the Commissioners
Ireland, and of his having been National Education in
ment, attributed solely to his unboundedattacked by mental derange-
discharge of hia official duties, exertions in the
ies, andalso . the pension of 200/. per in consideration that
annu
during the lifetime of her m, which was granted to her
cease. In trust to Dr. Geo husband, has lapsed by his de-
Mackenzie. April ,
5, I.Beilby and Captain Alexander
his literary merits John Britton, 751., in consideration of
Mary Fitzgibbon and impoverished condition. April 5,
vices rendered b . 1,, in consideration of the signal ser-
various • y her father C
,Colonel James Fitzgibbon, On
occasions in in which she
will
be
lCanada, and of the destitute condition
to Mr. eft at her father's death. In trust
G. de B. Attwood, secretary, and Mr. rr•
accountant of the Total,
1,2001. Bank of British North America.

FURTHER MONITION OF Ml 3. GLADSTa Free EPis-
, Gladstone, who has accepted the pastorateofhave
preacd
copal Chapel at St. Mary's Torquay, was to prevented by a
there on Sunday last. This, however, Was Dean of Arches,
further ecclesiastical document from a'
to the
the decision of
°rm.—Mr.
arising out of, and admonishing /Inn 11,.. briadstone's plans
aot preach on Sun-
that Court. In consequence oft
_lies,did
are for the present frustrated.
11,-:-, do so until he has taken
day last, as advertised, nor will he embraces the whole
further legal advice. The 9,, therefore includes the
of " the province of CanntwATi", Gladstone's new church is
sin
HriVhoiosfriatihris,,.- charityTh e
WaansnUa heldi
ygesetneredraayl
dioCceiiseAliolfNEGx-Celtteor,s
situate.
roan of hospital, the chair being
meeting of the govern yesterday the
afternoon in theernor, in the absence of Lord 11. Grosvenor.
taken by a ft•Se committee gave a very favourable account
The report
ss of the institution during the year, the nuin-
of the Patents baving been 17,995. Of these 1,200 were in •
bar ofina"'Tbe number of accidents admitted during the year
patieVs. Of these 725 were from falls from elevations;
steam-engine,
was -,'..iting of earth, buildings, &c 93 •
scads, and explosions, 74 ;
crane accidents, 48 ;
0.00,1 ...
~, _., 9
mill, and t injuries from vehicles, 168 ;
immersion in water, tak-
! ibnup:rndseleterous articles, and noxious gases, 25; bites of
animals, 42; personal violence, blows, and stabs, 278; from
cutting instruments, contusions, &c., 550; apoplexy, 6o;
hernia and hemorrhage, 65. Of the total number of patients
16,498 had been cured or relieved, 57 had died, and 240 were
under treatment. 204,858 patients had been treated since
the opening of the institution. The funds received during
the year amounted to 3,5541. 13s. 21/2c1., including a former
balance of 315/.Bs. 21A d.; and the expenditure had amounted
to 2,4901. lls. 2%d., leaving a considerable balance. The
committee were very anxious to complete the upper portion
of the building, which still remains unfinished, and for that
l
purpose
amount ohfawdhioephenweads
ata separatepresent l
}wilding
fund, the total. As soon as this
desirable end shall have been accomplished they will have
50 more beds at their disposal, and will be enabled to ac-
commodate from 500 to 600 more patients yearly. The re-
port was received and unanimously agreed to ; and, alter the
usual routine business, the meeting thanked the chairman
and seParated'i

It would be ungrateful to overlook the fact that the elec.
lions have deprived the Liberal party of some men whose
long Services, high personal character, special attainments,
powers of commanding Parliamentary attention, and devo-
tion to the popular cause will render their absence from the
new Parliament a loss to the friends with whom they had so
faithfully and usefully laboured. Some few of them will, it
its yet to be hoped, regain, on petition, the seats of which
they have been deprived—but others of there can only, it is
clear, re-enter the House of Commons by the favour of other
constituencies than these whose public spirit has failed them
oui nshe present occasion. As legislation—like other grave pur-
s—is a business to the due performance and transaction of
which men are not born ready made, so in any of the gen-
tlemen whom we areaboutto mention, boroughs in which va-
cancies may occur may find representatives of experience, of
character, and of popular qualifications.
Foremost amongst these losses may be placed Mr. Bernal.
There are few old Members on either side of the new House
who will not miss the late Chairman of IVays and Means;
so intelligent, so courteous, so accessible; so ready with
iuformation on matters of detail, so constant in his
attendance, and so business-like while presiding over Corn- I
mittees of the whole House. Yet there was nothing servile,
nothing merely plausible, nothing showy about Mr. Bernal's
suavity; in his hands the House was in the hands of a
thorough gentleman, careful of its character, its honour. and
its dignity; who kucw everything relating to its proceed-
jouslY, had done much to improve
ings ; and who, unostentat
those proceedings, and to adapt its manner of transacting
private business to the vast and various increase that would
otherwise have overrun Parliament. Mr. Bernal was a fine
specimen of thorcugh liberality of political opinions, and
complete independeece of mere cliquerie, am:imp mied by
cultivated understanding, good taste, and courteous manners.
He had become, too, part and parcel of the House; and on
its re-assembling the question will instinctively arise to
many tongues, when advice is wanted or informetiou is
sought, Where is Bernal ?" Rochester may well blush
for his exclusion ; the loss is public; but the disgrace is local.
Tho absence of Mr. Bernal in the next Parliament will,
moreover, be the more marked, seeing that Lancaster also has
excluded Mr. Greene, who was Sir Robert Peel's Chairman
of Ways and Means. Two men of great Parliamentary ex.