The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1862.

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Ito a tolerably large choice of new sovereigns.
" Under which king, Ben zonian ?—speak, or die !"

As with the Greeks in regard to their King—
so now it is with the electors of Southampton in
regard to their future representative. Since the
earliest tidings of the melancholy accident which
deprived the electors of that borough of their old
member, the late Mr. BRODIE WILCOX, the eminent
shipowner—in his fate, far more than—

" . . . prop funeratus

Arboris
ictul "
having been actuallv killed, at the age of seventy-
eight, by the falling branch of a tree then being
felled on his estate • since the first startling intelli-
gence of this deplorable accident to Mr. WiLcox,
candidates as numerous as the would-be Kings of
Greece have been offering themselves to the electors
of Southampton as aspiring to the good fortune of
being the successor chosen to the seat left vacant
by their late veteran representative. Among
all these candidates we content ourselves with
particularising those two who, among them all, may
be regarded, in respect to time, at least, as the first
and the last to have made their appearance. Others
there are, upon whose eagerly advanced claims we
might have had some small temptation to expatiate,
but for the rather conclusive circumstance of their
advances having been already now, to all intents and
purposes, withdrawn from the threatened contest.
Conspicuous among these now " scratched"
competitors being that master of oratory, Mr.
GEORGE THOMPSON (whom, under happier auspices,
we should be right glad to see once more admitted
into the ranks of the independent members below
the gangway on the Liberal side of the House of
Commons), and—the strangest contrast to Mr.
GEORGE THOMPSON—the late Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor of the City of London, now once more
Mr. WILLIAM CUBITT, the worthy Conservative
Alderman, or Lord Mayor as he was then ! Who, it
may be remembered, came so disagreeably (for him)
to the ground between those two softly.cushioned

whose administration is directly responsible for
them. Trade also, except that portion whici is in
the hands of the jobbing contractors, must be in a
very disorganised state. The great number who
have suffered losses of relations through the war,
are as likely to be influenced by disappoint-
ment, es by desire for revenge, and to
all these must be added, probably the
largest accession of all to the Democratic
vote—the great numbers who, under the protection
of the ballot, dare give their vote for peace. It is
known that the Democrats, at heart, are opposed to
the war ; and hence all who, from the beginning,
were really opposed to it, take the first opportunity
of voting with the party most likely to use their
influence to bring about some kind of settlement.
It would, however, be very premature to antici-
pate any speedy attempts to commence peace nego-
tiations with the South. The Democrats of the
North are so averse to a surrender of territery and
to diminishing the vastness of the great Republic,
that even they, if the responsibility of any-
thing tending to that result is thrown upon
them, would probably be unwilling to accept
it. They say the war might have been
avoided, but is now inevitable. They may really
think so. And, if the South will consent to no
terms short of dismemberment, as seems to be
almost certain, even the Northern Democrats may
become fierce and sincere supporters of the War.
If, on the other hand, the South, prostrated as it
must now be, could think of reconciliation at all,
the time would be when the party through whom
it has so long governed the Union is again regain-
ing its strength. They would not make such
favourable terms, when they had exasperated all
the political factions of the North to the utter-
most. We must wait, therefore, to see the turn

really taken by American opinion in the North,

aid its effect on Mr. LINCOLN and the South.
We suspect that to all the Rowdyism, Ragga-

muffinism, and Demagogueism of the North, which
goes by the name of Democracy there, and of
Conservatism here, is now added the men for " peace
at any price "—and it will be for the PRESIDENT

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to consider whether mere numbers or respectable
opinion shall guide his policy.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in
Downing-street. The Ministers present were—Viscount
Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke
of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Duke of
Newcastle, Sir 0. C. Lewis, Sir Charles Wood, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right
Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell,
Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P.
Villiers.

Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Gregory have arrived at
Brown's Hotel.

M. Casimir Perier has arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel from Paris.

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Mr. and Mrs. Arabia have arrived at their resi-
dence in Grosvenor•street from Theobald's Park,
PROROGATION OF PARLlAMENT.—Pariiarnent
was further prorogued this day until Tuesday, the 13th of

January, but not then for the despatch of business.
GRAY'S INN.—Ast a pension of the Honourable
Society of Gray's Inn, holden yesterday, Mr. Thomas
Southgate, one of the newly-appointed Queen's Counsel,
took his seat as a bencher of the society.

Last week's number of Punch, whose principal
cartoon represented King Otho and Francis 11, of Naples
warning the King of Prussia, has been confiscated in Berlin.
THE "FUN" ALMANACK for 1863 is replete with
the most humorous and comical illustrations, whilst its

iterary contents will cause incessant laughter. Nothing can

be more richly comic than the directions to amateur gar-
deners. "Seasonable Hints" are perfectly side-splitting,
Our old friend Punch, must look to his laurels, for his young

'contemporary Fun is becoming a very strong and redoubt.

able adversary.

REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHAMPTON.—SOUTH-
AMPTON, Nov. 12.—Between 2,000 and 3,000 persons met
at the Carlton-rooms last night, where Capt. Mangles was

to speak. The meeting was the largest and noisiest ever
known here. The proceedings were all in dumb show.

Scarcely a word could be heard during the whole evening
except by those who stood close to the speakers. The howl-
ing down the speakers and the fighting amongst the people
in the rooms were something fearful.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A MEMBER OF THE LIVER-
POOL Doca BOAAL.—Mr. Joseph Mendel, a large Liver-
pool shipowner, and for many years a prominent member
of the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board, expired suddenly
at his residence, Seaforth, near Liverpool, on Tuesday
night last. Mr. Mondel, who was chairman of the pilots
committee at the board, was present at a meeting on Tues-
day afternoon, and towards the close of the proceedings be
was seized with a sudden illness, which at once rendered
him insensible. In this state he was conveyed to his resi-
dence, where he died at nine o'clock at night. Mr. Mondel
was a man of robust constitution, and in his 54th year at
the time of his death.