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LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1865

Mr. BRIGHT had one ;of his opportunities yester-
day, when he could speak uncontradicted, and
launch out into his extreme theories irrespective of
consequences and consideration. If Mr. BRIGHT
really feels what he says, that on such occasions as
that which brought them together much depended,
that they were " putting in force a power which,
for good or evil, is felt in the very humblest homes
of the people of this kingdom ;" it is a pity that he
does not exercise the power more warily and wisely.
Running into extremes at every turn, and abusing
all who presume to differ from him, is a very undig-
nified mode of proceeding, and cannot but injure,
instead of serving, the cause he professes to rever-
ence and admire. Reform, of course, is the
key-note of the hon. member's speech, and he
seemed almost to exhaust his powers of description
in discussing it.

It may be remarked, however, that the account
he gave of others does very well for himself, for he
would be lost if this great question were once
settled for our generation. What would ho do
without this grand excuse for abusing the aristo-
cracy, reviling the Government, and extolling the
great services of himself and his friends? " Othello's
occupation would be gone" indeed, and this solu-
tion is the only reason we can see for the apparently
inconsistent course which this zealous patriot has
pursued. He was one of the chief obstacles to the
passing of the Conservative Reform Bill. He went
about the country, from town to town, like a second
PETER the Hermit, to warn the F.:ople of impending
danger, and stir up their energies and stimulate
their exertions. Then when the contest was over,
and a Liberal Government installed in office, where
were Mr. BRIGHT'S tirades, and what had become of
his censures? They were buried with Lord RUS-
SELL'S incomplete and inconclusive measures.
Now Mr. BRIGHT seeks to play his game career,
and abuses Lord PALMERSTON ! Doubtless the
Ministers are much to blame, but Mr. BRIGHT is
not the fit person to do so. At every crisis of
affairs his name is found in the list of Govern-
ment supporters, and it is this support which
renders the Cabinet so reckless and co
impracticable. If it was culpable of the DERBY
Ministry to introduce an insufficient scheme of
Parliamentary Reform, what was it for the Cham-
pion of Reform to cause an entire failure 'and then
to take no steps to retrieve the error? Mr. BRIGHT
will never faithfully represent the people of England
while he puts one class in opposition to the other.
It is an unfair style of proceeding, and one that
shows that his party feelings and conventional pre-
judices are paramount to what should be general
schemes for the advancement of the nation at large.
When he talks of the county representation " as a
dead body tied to the living body of the borough
representation," he exhibits in a strong degree that
narrow view and bounded notion which has mate-
rially checked the influence of his party. Because
Mr. BRIGHT has a particular dislike to everything
rural, and thinks the term " agriculture" synony-
mous with all that is contemptible, it does not
follow that the places which fall under his
displeasure are to be blotted out from the
representative map that must soon be traced.
In vain does he put forward his great eloquence and
exert his trained powers of debate. He can never
convince the calm and impartial that he is sincere and
straightforward while he condescends to such artifices
and manceuvres. For instance, he was strong about the
iniquity of Anti-Reformers, and puts forward an
impressive sketch of their infatuation, telling us
how they look upon the Reform which is a-head o
them, like the poet has said we look upon death—
" That is the doom they dread, yet dwell upon."

And yet, in pursuing this theme, Mr. BRIGHT shows
where his partialities begin, and how his prejudices
never end. The " fancy franchises" are his abo-

mination, he is proud of having nicknamed them,
he rejoices in having defeated their object. Now
this is very absurd ; because why should not a man
who pays more than double for a part of a house
than some of Mr. BRIGHT'S proteges for their places
of residence be qualified to vote ? As for educa-

tion and intelligence, we should find far more among
the holders of fancy franchises, but perhaps that
would not suit the views of the hon. member for
Birmingham, or perhaps he is jealous of the fact
that those he called the arch-enemies of Reform
should have stolen a march upon him, and dis-
covered an improvement in popular representation
that had not been dreamt of in his philosophy.
One proof of better sense and taste than he
generally shows in such addresses Mr. BRIGHT gave
yesterday, in paying a tribute to Mr. DISRAELI,
although he qualified his praise by add-
ing that he wasted his energies on a
"decaying party." Mr. BRIGHT should wait

until the result of the elections is known before

he applies such flattering terms to the Opposi-
tion; and, judging by his own standard, they are
as flourishing as the Ministerial ranks he serves in.

They all seem rushing on headlong to destruction,
if we are to take the estimate here presented to our
view by the great oracle of Birmingham.
It is much to be regretted that one so able should
not make the most of his opportunities, but it is
useless to expect that the hon. member for Birming-

ham will ever control his excitement, or allow rea

son to curb his prejudice. He is an honour to the

class to which he belongs ; he might be of great
service to his country, but he throws away his
chances and wastes his powers in abuse instead of
concentrating them in argument. He would make

a much more effective speaker across the Atlantic,

where he could launch out his denunciatory lan-

guage as much and as far as he pleased.

Mr.

BRIGHT fails to appreciate and refuses

recognise the real secret of the strength

A the English Constitution—the combination

of classes.

He would put down landed in-

fluence ; he would ignore the House of Lords ;

but then our power would be gone as a mixed re-

presentation of interests. It is the peculiar mission
of the three powers of the State which has kept
our country secure when despots fell from their

thrones and when republics were shattered to atoms.

The aristocracy of Wealth is far more suspicious
and intolerant than the aristocracy of birth, and it
and it is going against the general feeling of he
country for Mr. BRIGHT to persist in slighting all
influences but those of trade and commerce, and
all rights but those of municipalities. Mr. BRIGHT

concluded by an eloquent description of the ad-

vancing tide sweeping away all barriers, and de-
duced from that an illustration of popular opinion
making itself felt. So it will assuredly, but not
in the manner he means. Late events have

shown us that a democracy can make mistakes, and
is as much possessed of the fallibility of human
nature as infatuated monarchs and exclusive aris-

,ocrats.

Nothing can be done of a lasting

nature if done in th heat of passion and excite-

meat, and no change worthy of this great
country can be wrought if class rise up against

class, and rival interests clash instead of

all joining for the common came.

Mr. BRIGHT

made another of his great mistakes when he said
that there would be but few Conservatives in the
House if " every constituency was large enough -to
be neither bribed, coerced, nor cajoled." It is
rather unfortunate that the first member who was
turned out for " bribery" after the last general
election was a relation of Mr. BRIGHT'S,
and belonged to the ranks of the regenerators of
the country. However, the wisest cannot help
making mistakes when they go to such extremes,
and resolve, come weal or woe, that they will mag-
nify their own merits and lose no opportunity, if
one presents itself, and, if not, invent one, for the
occasion of detracting from their opponents.

Among the many severe contests which have
marked this election, there are a few fortunate
members of the ex-Parliament whose seats no one
would dream of disturbing, and whose presence in
the new Parliament may be reckoned on with abso-
lute certainty. Foremost among these may, of
course, be ranked our venerable Premier, whose seat
for Tiverton no one would be rash enough to meddle
with, being very certain that their trouble would be
thrown away. An active contest, indeed, is going
on for the other seat for the borough, but men of
all parties unite in feeling it an honour to be re-
presented by so distinguished a man in so distin-
guished a position. The head of the Government
might always reckon a seat with tolerable secu.ity,
but Lord PALMERSTON owes as much to his personal
popularity as to his accidental dignity, and would
be equally sure of the votes of the Tiverton electors
if he exchanged the delights of office for the cold
shade of opposition. Every one must have been
gratified yesterday to see the noble lord in such
good health and spirits, so well able to undergo the
fatigue and excitement of the occasion. Lord
PALMERSTON'S address showed his usual happy tact
and readiness in adapting himself to his
audience. The noble lord was too shrewd and
sagacious to make any allusion to the future,
to give any rash pledges or inconvenient promises.
Reform was not so much as mentioned, the ballot,
the extension of the franchise, whether lateral or
otherwise, was left in peaceful oblivion ; and amid
vague generalities and mutual congratulations the
awkward subject was comfortably passed by.
On foreign affairs, however, Lord PALMERSTON
found something to say. He took great credit to
himself for the resolute neutrality which this country
had maintained throughout the whole period of the
American war, in spite of the conviction which the
South had entertained that we would interfere on
their side to liberate the cotton, and the belief of
the North that we would espouse their cause for the
sake of abolishing slavery. As to the merits or
advantages of the policy pursued by England on this
question there may be two opinions, and certainly,
if Lord PALMERSTON plumes himself on the present
prosperity of the British Empire, we can scarcely
be equally exultant in reference to the condition of
the American dominions. With his usual quickness
Lord PALMERSTON especially dwelt upon the benefits
conferred upon the trade of this country by
the extension of our commercial relations with
the East. This is a point on which his Go-
vernment have really laboured successfully
for the public good, and the rapid increase
of our trade with China and Japan, in spite of all
drawbacks, is a matter on which the noble lord may
safely congratulate himself. In encouraging this
trade he has met with much opposition, and the
difficulties against which he has had to contend,
both at home and abroad, have been very great.
The internal disturbances of the Chinese empire
have greatly militated against the silk and other
trades, and the hatred of the Japanese to foreigners
has put an additional obstacle in the way. Never-
theless, we have the testimony of Lord PALMERSTON
that with both these countries we are now on
friendly terms, and that our trade with both is pros-
perous and increasing. So far, then, Lord PAL-
MERSTON had some right to plume himself upon the
foreign policy of his Government ; and with respect
to the French treaty, and their efforts to extend
its advantages to other countries, he was equally
correct. The prejudices of continental manufac-
turers and merchants are dying out by degrees,
and, as Lord PALMERSTON observed, "the doc-
trine of the great advantage which freedom
of exchange in production invariably be-
stows upon a nation is making its way ;" so
so that we may reasonably hope within a compara-
tively short period to see our commercial relations
put upon a better footing, and relieved from some
of those trammels which have hitherto impeded the
efforts of our merchants.

There was one foreign question of some import-
ance, however, which Lord PALMERSTON thought
fit to pass by in the same fashion as the Reform
Bill. The Danish question occupied, one would
think, a sufficiently conspicuous place in the history
of the last six years for the Prime Minister to con-
descend to remember it. Was Lord PALMERSTON
troubled with an inconvenient recollection of his own
denunciations of Prussian ambition, his assurances
that Denmarkshouldnot stand alone in case of need ?
Was he afraid of some pertinent question as to his
colleague's famous German letter, the disinterested
advice of his Ministry to the Danes to surrender
first one point and then another ? Was he afraid
that even in friendly Tiverton some bold questioner
might be found who might inquire into the
particulars of the broken faith of England ;
who might ask for further enlightenment
as to the melancholy story of the " hope
deferred" which truly made the heart of Denmark
sick, of the half promises and hints which led the
Cabinet of Copenhagen to believe that the strongest
Power in the world would defend her rights, and
the sudden timidity which " forty millions of Ger-
mans" had strength to inspire in a nation that had,

with half her present force, confronted " a world in

arms." Discretion is sometimes the better part of
valour, and if ever silence was discreet, it was on
this occasion. We give Lord PALMERSTON, once
the " Minister of England," the credit for being
heartily ashamed of the part he was induced to play.
With regard to our own capacities for warfare
the noble lord spoke as usual well and sensibly.

He dwelt upon the importance of securing an

efficient system of national defences, and said very

ruly that a country which accumulated wealth and

neglected its defences was like a banker who filled
his chests with gold and left his doors unbolted and

his windows unbarred Without keeping up the

excessive standing armies which exhaust and oppress
Continental nations it is easy for England, if she
turns her insular pcsition to good account, to pre-

sent a most formidable front to the invader.

With

our army and navy, militia, and volunteers, and the
fortifications now being established on our coasts we

shall avoid the error of being over-secure.
Lord PALMERSTON, in complimenting the defunct
House of Commons on the fairness with which it
had treated his Government, found it convenient to
forget the distinct understanding on which the

members of that House were returned to represent
the constituencies. Thera might never have been
such a thing as a Reform Bill mentioned in 1859
for all the allusion made to it by the head of
the great Liberal party. So much for political
professions ! But whatever the result to his fol-

lowers, Lord PALMERSTON himself will escape any

of the unpopularity clue to misdeeds or omissions,

and there are few members of the new House who
would not acknowledge the noble lord in his green
and vigorous old age to be one of its brightest
ornaments.

• Many will rejoice that Mr. ROEBUCK has been re-
turned at the head of the poll. Had he lost it
would have been a great disgrace to Sheffield, and
no dishonour to himself. As it is we can regard his
return as a vindication of the principles of freedom
in contradistinction to manopoly and prejudice.
The hon. and learned member's speech, after the
election was decided, was a very characteristic one,
and it was no wonder it met with universal appro-
bation. After premising tiat he could not address
such an immense multitude, he said, " I will only
say you have done your duty, and because .you be-
lieve that I have done mine. We have put down
vulgar insolence and vanity ; these two things are
enough for me ; the vain aid the insolent men are
defeated. Such was a correct definition of the affair,
and very fairly exemplified the course pursued by
his opponents. Mr. ROEIUCK'S opposition was a
personal and party one, not a bona fide political
contest, and hence a particular satisfaction attends
his triumph. Men like hina can ill be spared from
the House, and at this esrecial juncture, when so
many new-fangled ideas are in vogue, there is more
than ever occasion for the services of the long-tried
and trusted servants of the public, and foremost
among those who have served the cause of Reform
and advanced the interests of progress must be
placed the name of Mr. ROEBUCK. Through good
and evil report, in sunshine and in shade, he has
for long years been the fearless and outspoken
advocate of principles dear to Englishmen.-

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ITALY.

ROME, JULY 12.
The Pope left Rome this evening for Cast 6
Gandolfo.

M. de Sartiges set out this morning for France.

SPAIN.

MADRID, JULY 12.

The Senate yesterday adopted the bill ratifying
the Customs tariff concluded between Spain and

ranee.

Dover

Flint

Norwich

Newark

Oxford

Preston...

Richmond

Ripon

Stafford ...

Stamford

St. Ives..
Stockport

Stroud

THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

The following is a list of the members returned
to the New Parliament up to the time we go to

press :

Andover

Places.

Members. L. C
Hon D. Fortescue ... 1 0
Mr W. Humphrey ... 0 1
Arundel Lord E. Howard ... 1 0
Ashburton ... Mr Jardine ... ... 1 0
Ashton-under-Lyne ... Mr Milner Gibson ... 1 0
Aylesbury ... Mr S. G. Smith ... 0 1
Mr. N. M. Rothschild 1 • 0
▪ Mr Samuelson
... 1 0
Sir G. Stueley ... 0 1
Mr T. Cave 1 0
▪ Mr Tite 1 0
Col Hogg 1
... Mr. W. 0. Stanley 1 0
... Mr Whitbread ... 1 0
Col Stuart •.. 0 1
Mr Marjoribanks 1 0
Mr A. Mitchell ... 1 0
... Col Edwards ... 0 1
Mr A. Sykes ... 0 1
... Sir T. E. Winnington ... 1 0
... Mr Laird ... 0 1
Mr Bright 1 0
Mr Scholefield 1 0
• Mr Hornby 0 1
Mr Fielden 0 1
... 31r L. Gower 1 0
Mr Wyld 1 0
Capt Gray 0 1
Mr T. Barnes 1 0
... Mr Wickham 1 0
Mr W. E. Forster ... 1 0
... Col Watkins 1 0
Mr A. Kinglake ... 1 0
Mr Westropp 0 1
• Mr Whitmore 0 1
Mr Pritchard .. 1 0
▪ Mr T. A. Mitchell 1 0
Mr. K. Hodgson ... 1 0
Mr J. White ... 1 0
Mr H. Fawcett ... 1 0
• Mr H. Berkeley 1 0
Sir S. M. Pete 1 0
... Sir H. Verney ... 1 0
Mr Hubbard ... 0 1
... Mr Disraeli ... 0 1
Mr Du Pre... 0 1
Mr Harvey 0 1
Bury ... Mr R. Phillips ... 1 0
Caine Mr Lowe 1 0
Cambridge ... Mr Forsyth ... 0 1
Mr F. S. Powell 0 1
Cambridge University Mr Walpole 0 1
Mr Selwyn 0 1
• Mr B. Johnstone 0 1
Mr Huddlestone ... 0 1
Cardiff Col Stuart 1 0
Cardigan (district) Capt Pryse 1 0
Carlisle Mr W. N. Hodgson 0 1
Mr E. Potter ... 1 0
Carmarthen (district)... Mr W. Morris- 1 0
Carnarvon ... Mr W. B. Hughes 1 0
CarnarVonshiro Colonel Pennant ... 0 1
Chatham ••• Mr Otway
Cheltenham ... Mr Schreiber 0 1
Chester •.• Earl Grosvenor ... 1 0
Mr W. H. Gladstone ... 1 0
▪ Lord H. Lennox 0 1
Mr J. A. Smith 1 0
••• Mr Goldney ... 0 1
Sir J. Neeld 0 1
• Admiral Walcott 1 0
... Mr. A. Bathurst ... 0 1
Hon E. Dutton ... 1 0
• Fort 1 0
Mr Steel 1 0
Lord Naas ... 0 1
... Mr Treherne 0 1
Mr Eaton ... 0 1
... Mr J. Hardy 0 1
• Mr T. Mainwaring 0 1
▪ Mr M. T. Bass ... ... 1 0
Mr W. T. Cox ... 0 1
... Sir T. Bateson 0 1
Mr Darby Griffith 0 1
... Mr. Ferrand 0 1
Mr Fleming ... 0 1
... Mr R. B. Sheridan ... 1 0
Col Sturt 0 1
... Mr Freshfield ... 0 1
Col Dickson ... 0 1
... Sir J. Pakington ... 0 1
... Mr J. Henderson ... 1 0
Mr Mowbray 0 1
... Captain Bourne ... 0 1
Mr Holland 1 0
• Mr J. Coleridge ... 1 0
Lord Courtenay 0 1
... Sir E. Kerrison .7. 0 1
... Mr T. G. Baring 1 0
Mr S. Gurney ... 1 0
... Mr Torrens 1 0
Mr Alderman Lusk ... 1 0
... Sir J. Hamner ... 1 0
... Mr Hutt •.• ••. 1 0
-•
Mr W. Price ... 1 0
Mr Monk 1 0
... Mr Alderman Salomons... 1 0
Sir C. Bright ... 1 0
... Mr Fildes 1 0
... Mr G. Onslow 1 0
Mr Bovill ... 0 1
... Mr Stansfeld 1 0
Mr Akroyd 1 0.
... Captain Jervis ... 0 1
Mr Kelk ... 0 1
... Mr Waldegrave Leslie ... 1 0
Mr Robertson ... 0 1
... Mr Scourfield 0 1
... Mr Young 1 0
Hon W. Cowper
Sir M. Farquhar
Mr A. B. Cochrane
Mr F. D. Goldsmid
Mr Hurst
▪ Gen. Peel •.•
Mr T. Baring ... ••• 0 1
... Baron M. Rothschild 1 0
... Mr G. C. Glyn 1 0
... Mr A. Grant ... 0 1
... Mr T. Hughes 1 0
Mr Doulton 1 0
... Mr E. Fenwick 1 0
Mr Schneider .. 1 0
• Mr A. Campbell 0 1
• Mr Harris ... 1 0
Mr P. A. Taylor 1 0
• 3lr G. Hardy .., 0 1
Mr Walsh
• Hon. Major Anson 1 0
Colonel Dyott 0 1
▪ Mr Seel... 1 0
Mr Heneage 1 0
▪ Sir A. Buller 1 0
▪ Mr Crawford 1 0
Baron L. Rothschild ... 1 0
Mr Goschen 1 0
Mr Alderman Lawrence 1 0
Hon. Capt. Calve 0 1
Mr Soverne ... 0 1
▪ Mr Treeby ... 0 1
• Mr W. Mackinnon, jun.... 1 0
Lord G. Lennox 0 1
• Mr. W. Leo ... 1 0
Mr Whatman 1 0
Mr Peacock° 0 1
Mr Earle 0 1
• Lord Andover 1 0
• Lord E. Bruce ... 1 0
Mr H. B. Baring ... 1 0
Hon 0. Fitzwilliam ... 1 0
Mr J. Brown ... 1 0
• Col P. Williams ... 0 1
Col Knox ••• ... 0 1
• Mr H. Lewis ... ••• 1 0
Mr T. Chambers ... 1 0
• Mr H. A. Bruce ... 1 0
▪ Lord Enfield
... 1 0
Mr Hanbury 1 0
Midhurst ... Mr Mitford 0 1
... Mr C. Bailey 0 1
Monmouth ...
Morpeth ... Sir G. Grey 6
Newcastle-on-Tyne Mr Headlam 1 0
Mr Cowen ... 1 0
Newcastle-under-Lyme Mr Allen •.. ... 1 0
Mr Buckley ... 0 1
Newport, Isle of Wight Mr C. W. Martin " 1 0
Mr R. W. Kennard
... 0 1
Northampton ... Lord Henley 1 0
Mr Gilpin ... 1 0
Mr Warner

Banbury ...
Barnstaple ...

Bath ... ...

Beaumaris
Bedford

Berwick ~.

Beverley ...

Be wdley ...
Birkenhead ...

Birmingham ..:

Blackburn ...

Bodmin • "

Bolton ~.

Bradford .1111

Brecknock ...
Bridgwator ...

Bridgnorth ...

Bridport •
....

Brighton ...

Bristol

Buckingham

Buckinghamshire

Canterbury ...

Chichester ...

Chippenham .„

Christchurch
Cirencester

Clithoroe ...
Cockermouth ...

Covontiy „6

Dartmouth
Denbigh
Derby

Devizes •"

Devonport ...

Dorchester . ...

Droitwich
Durham

Evesham

Exeter .i. Ile.

Eye ... to"
Falmouth ~.

Finsbury ...

Gateshead
Glocester

Greenwich ...

Grimsby ...
Guildford ...

Halifax •,•

[ar wich

:astings ~.

raverfordwest..
[elstone
Ledford

:oniton ...

... 1 0
... 0 1
.;. 0 1
... 1 0
... 1 0
... 0 1

Horsham 4111
Huntingdon ...

Hythe ..
Kendal ••I
Kidderminster..
Lambeth ..,

Sir W. Russell ..•
Mr S. Morley
Sir R. Clifton ...
NJttinghamshire (5.)... Mr Barrow
Lord Stanhope ...
Mr Hodgkinson
Lord A. Clinton ...
Mr Hibbert
Mr Platt ...
... Mr Cardwell ".
Mr Neate •"
... Mr Whalley ...
Mr T. Mulkey ...
... Sir W. Jolliffo
... Sir R. P. Collier ...
Mr Morrison ...
Mr H. D. Seymour
Mr Waring ..
... Mr Sergeant Gaselee
Mr Stone
... Sir T. G. Hesketh
Hon. F. Stanley ...
... Mr R. G. Price ...
... Sir P. Goldsmid
Mr S. Lefevre
... Mr G. L. Gower ...
... Lord Galway
Mr Foljambe
Sir R. Palmer
Hon J. C. Dundas
... Sir C. Wood ...
Captain Kearsey
Mr T. B. Potter
... Mr Mackinnon, sen.
... Mr Cheetham
... Sir J. Johnstone ...
Mr Dent ..,
~. Mr G. G. Glyn
Mr Roebuck ...
Mr Hadfield. ~.
Mr Tomlin° ...
Mr Clement ...
Major Cust
Mr 0. Goro
... Mr R. Gurney ...
Mr Moffatt... ...
... Mr Ingham
„. Mr Lock •••
Mr Layarcl
Mr M. A. Bass ...
Captain Miller ...
... Lord Cranbourno
Sir S. Northcote
... Mr Paull ...
... Mr J. B. Smith ...
Mr Watkin •••
... Mr H. Grenfell
Mr Beresford Hope
... Mr Horsmau
Mr G. P. Scrope...
Mr H. Fenwidc
Mr Hartley

Nottingham ...

Oldham ~.

Poterborough

Potorstiold
Plymouth

Poole ... ~.

Portsmouth ~.

Radnor District
Reading ~

Reigate ... ...
Retford, East

Rochdale ...
Rye ... ...
Salford
Scarborough :::

Shaftesbury ...
Sheffield ~.

Shrewsbury ...

Shropshire, North

Southampton

South Shields
Southwark

Stoke-upon-Trent

... 1 0
- 0 1
... 1 0
... 1 0
.., 1 0
„, 0 1

Sunderland „,