The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-06 00:00:00

THE RE-ELECTIONS.

NORTH WILTS.

COCKERMOUTH.
rho election for this berough toe:: place in the Court
House on Wednesday, when, as we announced yester.
day, Lord Naas was re-elected without opposition.
His LORDSHIP, on coming forward to return thanks,
F aid—The new Administration has come into power
under circumstances of a very peculiar nature. The
House of Cornmens came to the decision that the acts
which Lord Palmerston had performed were not worthy
of the occasion, and that he bad made such a mistake as
a British Minister ought not to make—a mistake that it
was necessary to mark with instant condemnation. Some
time ago a fearful crime was attempted to be committed
in France. When it was found by the French people
that the persons who made this abominable attempt had
batched their scheme in England—and he was sorry to
say that more than one Eng ishman was implicated in it
—it was not to be wondered at that strong sentiments
were expressed. Addresses were presented to the Em-
peror by colonels of the French army in terms most of:
fensiee to the English people. Tke Secretary of State for
the French Emperor, in a despatch which was published.
and laid on the table of Parliament, expressed himself in.
terms which certainly showed great ignorance of the
state of things in England, and made statements which
were certainly incapable of proof. In that despatch
Count Wal,wski asked if English legislation ought to
serve to favour the designs and manoeuvres of political
assassins. He (Lord Naas) believed the law of England
was strong enough to cope with such dangers, and that
on the statute book there would be found a law relating•
to conspiracies to murder sufficient to deal' with suck
cases; a law which would be found sufficient to punish
such attempts, and if it were not sufficient, he was stirs
there was no man in England who would object to its
being clanged- But he believed it would be found that
there was a sufficient law, and that ere long it would be
put in force. Well, the government received that dis.
paten. Although he did not believe it was ever intended,
as an insult to the people of England, ort'aat it waiever
thought likely to arouse mill-feeling, yet be contended
that the statements made were at variance with the
truth, and detnandeil from those entrusted with the
government of this country an explicit and decided.
answer. The government received chat dispatch on the
25th of last month, and up to last Friday no answer bad
been sent. They were told that there was a verbal come
munication with Count de Persigny, the ambassador of
France iu this country, hut that was Lot the way to an•
steer each a dispatch. Those ineinuations were readeia
open day, placed on the face of a state paper, and that
record will last fur ever. But on the other head no counter
statement, no contradiction, no remonstrance passes on
the part of England ; and i'.; must have appeared to the
great bulk of the persons in this country and of
Europe that the English Government were not able to
ianswer the assertions made in the French despatch::
Now, this question was brnught before the House of
Commons. A resolution gas ino• • I as an amendment
to a b:11 which was before Parliament, called the Cor.
spiracy to Murder Bill, but it /11,1 very little to do with
the bill, and was pointed entirely to the condenmn'io,t
of the ministry for not answering the despatch. It was
introduced by a gentleman with whom the Conservative
party had no feelings in common, but it was introduced in a speech of very great ability. The defence of the
Government was weak ; they evidently had none to give,
and the Government were ueteated by a majority of 19.
Now, that being the case, Lord Palmerston next day
placed his re,ignation in the hand. of the Queen. Her
Majesty immediately sent for Lord Derby, and asked
him to form an administratio' . He could not but believe
that a govtroment called ! a er these circumstances to
preside over the :affair, of the country wool receive a
lair trial from the people of England.
At :he conclusion of his lardstrip's address an elect
quo- tin d him on the le.llat and representative reform.
In reply, Lord Naas said he wises opposed to the ballot,
out t!..,ught it a fit i.l bject o • inquiry. He would pledges
himself to no plan of relents unta it was introduced into
tire Hoene of Commons and fairly considered and dit•,*
cussed.

BELFAST.
DUBLIN, Friday.--Tine day, Mr. Cairns', Solicitor
General for Englund, was re-elected member for Belfast
Without opputiition. He was enthusiastically cheered.

THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE.

James Green and others in their March cirettia"
833:‘ :The month of February is generally known to be
year, but r cent events, which all but
ahlini 1a have told to a serious extent on the
ptreeSB:lnitnpteerit, SciPnreeetdtLiset,o f the shoe trade. We think the eprin
and sumeier orders will be late, and we fear not Baia
cient to rest 're proeperity to manufacturers or makers.
Althoueh money is bec 'ming plentiful is the discount
market, the customary long-dated paper, by which the
principal shoe trade is thne, is not looked upon with that
favour that exiqed in bri,hter days, therefore mantle
facturere have no 1. nger the inducement to press salts
uidess for cash ; and as cash buyers are looking more
for t,argains than rernu, erative prices, busine,s has beert
limited with tlio:;e capable of keeping their stocks for 4
fair price. Were the shoe trade in this country to maks
an effort t 3 si.orten credit, as is now being attempted its
the United States, we are assure! that great advantages
would ,:ccrue from its otclropli,hment to aq parties-
" We have uo change to note at present in the Aug.
tralia.%ymisr„kke,t.d
forl:heespmecaiailllyuatz:
it
tnwexiiti
bring details
oist
athex.effeot there of the late monetary crisis in this coune
try, and it is. feared that the disastrous advioes forwarde4
in October and November last, which both left Surd
the same time, wid inevitably produce a severe panic
the colony of Victoria, and perhaps in the other colonic'
of Australia.
" The home trade has, during the past fortnighl,
shown a little more animation, but the actuatfoloprblnuerecrrahrriteue;
have been small;
gsi ttoim2kaysteeta
rt
the
an
generally
riea
hasvl
iey
beentfhueut
idrna de is rams
larger than ytlhtinnndt usual,elre
stoppage of the usual demand.
.4 The spring prospects not being so encouraging as
usual, manufacturers are not making the caetomar
preparations ; consequently, if orders should come to►
hand, the tra le will recover the more rapidly from the
existing depression.
"The Leather Market has shown a little more no.
tivity, and current prices are maintained.
" LONDON. —The same unfavourable results continine
to manifest themselves in the labour market—ordf3r4
being still unusually slow,
" NORWICEL—The Trade here remains in a state of
great depression, and work is very scarce, several enaert
lecturers doing little more than keeping their doors open
still, at present they look forward to a satisfactory
iSnp‘tr‘binNi: d
opntirraaneeee'
,mONaPuTdi.—P
tisinrealopyeestseaarr not
se
since at
tr allad be r galas t
ieone
teda
so slack. The strike still continues against the use of
sewing inac,im.s. The Americans are now using a
large number of these machines : consequently the cour4
taken by the n:en here will prevent our competing with
that great market, and thus the effect will be to destroj
a large part of the staple trade of this town."

AN AMERICAN TUNNEL,—Considerable progress be*
been ma
df
eheawdlitnhg btitli :ice
tilheoocoBametuteunncneeml,enatt
odf tthhee lovnotriz
in January, 1856, is estimated to average 544 feet per
annum. The operations are going on at both ends, and
it will take twenty-t.so years to brinTghbeortehawreortkiinle:
o have cost lees
than any of the succcediog ones,
kipg e
right i hos
different relayi of men, each wo,
twenty-four ; besides men employ ed removiur in the
n rock,
land other services. The excavation at the western side
of the mountain was through a loose limestone, which,
not being of sufficient consistene.y to km: a i.‘,..:1! for the
;.a.r,81, it hccatns ncc..!•::::•:-,,sy to zurtain it by 'infia, • -
deep
eil
berhieckadalej.alloafi;hlea.wouircut:.:tthsB LTuoirlipF h t ..eld LI.TI I
carried en with vigour by tho cont.—
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.t.0017,-774c Bui/dm

The re-election of Mr. DEVIZES, FRIDAY.
S''thern E4court, the new President of the Poor Law Board,o took place in the Corn Exchange, Devizes', this morning.
The right btu. gentleman was proposed by G. H. W.
Heneage, Esq. (late member for Devizes), and seconded. by Wm. Colborne, Esq., of Chippenham ; and there
being no opposition to his return, was declared duly
elected,

Mr. ESTCOURT said 30 years bad elapsed since be first
entered the walls of Parliament, and his course of
conduct during that period bad shown that he bad no
ambition or appetite for office, On Wednesday in last
week, however, he received a visit from an old friend, te,"
member of the House of Commons, who was well knovere
to be in the confidence of Lord Derby, who said he had
came to him (Mr. Estcourt) with a message from bite
lordship, to ask him to accept the office of President of
the Poor-law Board. The reply which he (Mr. Estcourt)
made was, "My dear o'd friend—it is out of the ques-
tion ; it is out of nay line ; Ido not wish for it, and
there are others who will do it quite as well, and who
would be gratified and pleased by it." Some further
conversation took place, but the result was his (Mr.
Estcourt's) acceptance of the office. The right
honourable gentleman then proceeded to ray that
mast of them had, he supposed, read the eloquent and
magnificent speech which was made in the House. of
Lords on Monday last by L:rd Derby, in which his lord-
ship explained the course which he intended to pursue ;
and without troubling them by going over the same
ground, he (Mr. Estcourt) would only say that he felt
proud and glad to have enlisted himself under such 4
leader. The change of government which had taken/.
Place was not a change which had been brought aboutf
by a hostile collision of parties ; the late Government
had gone out by their own inherent weakness, because(
they bad of late appeared to the country deficient ie.
that energy and that straightforwardness which they
had taken credit for twelve months ago. After a fee.,
remarks upon the two bills which have peculiarly marked
the last session of Parliament—namely, the Conspiracy,
Bill and the India Bill—Mr. Estcourt made a few rel.'
marks upon the subject of church rates. He said his
only object in wishing to see any alteration in the pre.
sent system was to get rid of the scandal which it caused 4
but his opinion was, that in parishes where the majority'.
were against a rate being granted, those who wets
adverse to it should be compelled to fill up a return;
stating to what religious denomination be wished to
contribute the amount to which the propertyhe occupied
was liable. By doing this' no man could say that leis
conscience was violated. To the ballot Mr. Eitcourt
expressed himself as decidedly opposed, as well at to
any organic changes in the constitution, although he
was desirous to improve the existing institutions of the
country.
Very few persons were present.