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LONDOW, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 18C9.

Mr. BRIGHT'S John Bullism is, to say the least of
it, of a very odd kind. He writes, in flagrant
defiance of the responsibility of his position as a
Cabinet Minister, a political manifesto of a really
disgraceful character, the meaning of every word
of which (if words have any meaning at all) was
as plain as a pike staff : and then, when ha is na-
turally enough called to account for this, he autho-
rizes his colleague, Lord GRANVILLE, to assure the
House of Lords that if he is supposed to have meant
so-and-so (the only possible meaning of any kind
that
hasnd
that could be attached to his language) he
been entirely misapprehended. JOIIN BULL is
not in the habit of eating his own words. JOHN
BULL has a proverbial love of roast beef, but a total
disrelish for humble pie. JOHN BULL neither blusters
nor cringes. lie has a natural distaste for either
bullying or sneaking.. Now, the very humblest of
humble pie is what Mr. BRIGHT has just partaken of
—and very largely—and apparently with a relish !
And he has consented to do this as publicly as pos-
sible—not on the sly, or undur the roP.e, or in a hole
and corner. Last evening the Ilouse of Lords was
crowded, as we never remember to have seen it
crowded upon any previous occasion. It was simply
crammed. Peeresses were closely packed side by side
the whole length of the galleries. Peeresses clustered
together, looking over one r.another's shoulders,
through the open docrwar, all along those two
confronting side galleries. Peeresses were actually
'coigns of 'vantage" upon the top
over the 'Throne. The Heir
ofthe perched
gilded as upon
canopy ‘ ‘
Apparent was seated upon the cross benches in the
body of the House. The Government and the Op-
position were there—in a double sense—rank upon
rank. Several •of • the junior members of the j
Royal Family:were, here and there, distinguishable

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among the throng of illustrious hearers and
lookers-on. The House of Commons—almost
emptied of its Members—was sufficiently re-
presented, there, at the bar, upon either side
of the Reporters' Gallery, and in a dense and
serried mass on the steps of the Throne. The whole
of this august assembly having gathered together, as
it turned out, to witness the most extraordinary speci-
men of John Bullism that ever has been—we won't
say acted or uttered, or anything of that kind, but
we will go so far as to say that ever has been—even
dreamt of. It was Mr. SEWARD, remember, who
spoke originally of what he was pleased to call Mr.
BRlanes John Bullism. But, if last night's exhibi-
tion was a specimen of the particular characteristic he
was alluding to by that phrase—we must perforce
say that it was intensely and essentially a Yankee's
idea of what is meant by John Bullism.

What Mr. BRIGHT wrote, in the notorious political
manifesto addressed to the Secretary of the Birming-
ham Liberal Association, we all know. We com-
mented upon it in these columns, in the strongest
language of condemnation, upon the very day of its
first appearance. The whole of our morning con-
temporaries, save one, spoke of it, the next day, in the
very same terms of profound indignation. There could
be but one feeling, indeed, in regard to it—in
regard to its indecorum in regard to its
arrogance —in regard to its violation of
everything like-ministerial etiquette. It was an un-
precedented act on the part of a responsible Minister
of the CROWN. It breathed throughout it nothing
but threats and insolence. It spoke of the Lords
with absolute scorn and derision. It warned them--
"In harmony with the nation they may go on for a
long time ; but throwing themselves athwart its
course they may meet with accidents not plea-
sant for them to think of !" Now, whenever
a man speaks of a spade, he is under-
stood by all sane people to mean a spade.
According to Mr. BRIGHT'S odd way of explaining
matters, it is quite otherwise. He is so much of a
JOHN BULL that when he says a spade—if we are to
believe him (appealing, we suppose, from PHILIP drunk
to PHILIP sober) —he means quite another thing. The
Lords find themselves bit with a brickbat. Lord
CAIRNS picks it up and shows it to them. But Lord
GRANVILLE immediately steps forward with quite
charming suavity to explain that-What ? Why, that
he is authorised to assure their lordships that it is no
brickbat at all—[they have it before their e) cs !
they can hardly credit their senses •w hile they
are listening to him !]—that it is' no brickbat-
at all—that, in'fact,-he is authorised by Mr. BRIGHT
to assure their lordships that it is merely a
bouquet of flow ers—thrown to them, we presume, as
a delicate compliment. Nay, Lord GRANVILLE adds
that he can also assure their lordships on the part of
Mr. BRIGHT, that if this brickbat, as they insist upon
calling it, but bouquet as he can really assure them
it is, has hurt them in any way, he, Mr. BRIGHT is
extremely sorry for it—and so forth. In proof posi-
tive that this is a very simple explanation of
Lord GRANVILLE'S explanation of last evening,
we will here, however, give Lord GRANVILLE'S own
words in his way of putting it. Ins!sting upon Mr.
BRIGHT'S John Bullism, the noble earl, went on to
say, " there is another quality which I think may be
attributed to his John Bullism, which is a frank ex-
planation of anything he may have done, and Mr.
BRIGHT has authorizA me to say, that when he wrote
that letter, he was not acting tinier any feeling of
indignation at any act of your lordships as a
whole, but that he dil feel very much
moved by the account he had heard of
the proceedings and speeches at a certain meeting in
St. James's-square, which has now become a matter
of history. :is to threats with regard to your lord-
ships' Tiotise, Mr. Bright distinctly repudiates haring
intended in his letter to convey any such threats what-
ever. [No wonder, the House of Lordi greeted this
violation of every one's common sense with groans
and actually with Liaiug!] Mr. BRIGHT says
that what he meant to convey, and bdizves he
di.l convey, in that letter, was those oi ittions
as to 'natter of fact and matter of julgtnent
which he believes have since been either stated or
implied in the speeches of some of the most eminent
members of your lordships' horse ; and further, he
has authorized me to say that if any expressions in
that letter have give?t pain to your lordships, collec-
tively or individually, he regrets that pain should have
been given to you, and assures you through me that it
was not his intention to do so." Again, the
House of Lords—the House of Lords, remem-
ber !—greets this astounding specimen of John
Bullism (save the mark !) with groans and with
hissing. Again, we say—And no wonder ! No
wonder the Lords groamd. No wonder the Lords
went, even, for once in their lives, to the length of
hissing. Again, we say—lf that is a specimen of
Mr. BRIGHT'S John Bullism, it is
a very Yankee
notion indeed of what is meant by John Bullism.
So confused got Lord GRANVILLE last night
with the scornful reception accorded to the
very strange explanation he Lai the pignant
and certainly unenviable office of submitting to their
lordships, that, immediately the groans and hisses
died away, he blundered into this absurdly vial
droit remark, "I certainly feel regret that Mr.
BRIGHT should ever have applied the rord 'unwisdorn'
to any House to which I belong"—at which the
House roared with laughter. No—the fact of
the matter is this. The letter was shame-
ful. The explanation is pitiable. It will
lower Mr. BIUGHT in the estimation of the whole
country, The letter was unworthy of a Cabinet
Minister. The explanation is unworthy of a Tribune
of the People. Both constitute an incident very
damaging indeed to Mr. BRIGHT'S reputation as a
Statesman.

WE are not of those who attach great importance
to isolated elections, like those which have taken
place at Stafford and Nottingham within the last
few days. Contests of this kind are usually decided
by local considerations. The result of the Stafford
election, at all events, was due to the personal popu-
larity of the Conservative candidates far more than
to the question of the Irish Church, which was very
little discussed. At Nottingham it was rather more
prominent, and Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR hoped to gain,
and did gain,-the votes of the Conservative party by
abjuring his former Radicalism, so far as to announce
his hostility to Mr. GLADSTONE'S measure. This
was the only point of political difference between
him and his opponent, and it has not secured his
election. That it has caused his defeat would be a
bold assertion remembering the chaotic state of
politics in the lace metropolis.
But while little is to be gained from the Notting-
ham election, so far as ascertaining popular opinion
upon the
hieigreat question of the day is concerned, while
the return of Mr. SEELY merely counterbalances the
mse
of Mr. POCHIN, there is a lesson to be
learnt from the last election which we hope will not
be lost upon the select committee of the House of
Commons now sitting. It has united all the worst
fileoamtliinreastioofn owunrs inn ou cilseeloesfs efosnrcdeu.eNtheigithelsercotifotnbse.
canTdhie-
dates was listened to, the crowd who gathered before
the hustings consisted for the most part of M r. Brum slT's
"residuum," and Mr. MILL's "persons," the lowest
class of non-electors and women. Thus even if the
speakers had been listened to, their words would
have fallen upon ears which there was no good in
reaching. The polling was a scene of the wildest
riot. So soon as it became known that the Liberal
candidate was a long way ahead, the "lambs"
took to playing in their usual sportive
manner. They broke windows, attempted to
overturn carriages, and to "wreck houses,: they
intimidated voters, and generally became so