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LETTERS FROM THE METROPOLIS.
No.xlv.
New York, Juue -, 1871.

No.xv.
New York, Juue -, 1871.
The Steamer GREAT WEsr TERN arrived
at our wharf on Thursday evening bringing
US London datets to the 9th of May. The
political intelligence which she BRINGS is of
considerable Importance. A crisis is evil
IDENTIFY approaching in the affairs of parties
there and an immediate overwhelming de-
feat of the present Wing Ministry was anti
cipated. Indeed in the division of the House
of Commons on the sugar duties-intcnded
to be the frs, Of "A series of measures with
reference to free trade on the part of Gov
ernment-the ministerial party was defeated
by the large majority of thirty six. Accor-
ding 10 the usagcs ofthc British Realm this of
course called for the immediate resignation
OF the Ministers. They were however quite
reluctant to quit their posts, and it was un-
derstood too that the personal solicitations
OF the Queen had some influence in inducing
them to hold their places. They therefore
NiOoI W "'s>oiNc dTIldIlleHt anu trust lnc
chances of new election but in this they
failed by the address of the Tory members.
Their Leadcr,sir Robert Peel gave notice on
the 9th, in the House, that he should I'M
mcdiatey bring in resolution declaring that
her MaJesty's Ministers did not sufficiently
possess the confidence ofParamcnt to enable
them to 60 on with advantage to the nation
The debate on this resolution was to COM
mence the day that the Steamship sailed it
would of course be very stormy, but il was
said that the Goth was fixed upon as the day
OF dissolving Parliament, so that the debate
could last only two days. Meetings had al
ready been held in London and various parts
OF the country in anticipation of the coming
election. The question, on which the Mn
istry appeal to the people, that oflow duties,
bids fair TO be popular for them, and it is
evidently tire most iudicious course they could
pursue.
Nothing at all satisfactory has been heard
from the luckless Steamer PRESIDENT
There was indeed CLEAN of hope, but so
faint and short lived as only to make still
deeper the succeeding gloom. The Captain
Of Portuguese ship, the Condede Palma,
which arrived at Lisbon on the 9th of May,
reports that he saw, on the Odd of ..pril
large Steamer under Canvass some hundred
miles from the Western Islands. Her pad
die wheels were not in motion, nor was any
smoke visible from her chimneys: she was
apparently making only three or four miles
an hour, displayed no colors and made no
signal. The Captain had heard nothing of
the Presidents being missed or he would
have spoken her as he could easily have
done. This relation excites some hope that
the President might still be ahoat: but the
French steamerDEE was knownto have been
in nearly the same latitude in which this ship
was seen, SO aftcrall but little ground for en-
couragement is thus furnished. 1t had no effect
in the rate of insurance at Lloyd's and was
generally regarded with doubt in London
and Liverpool. Another circumstance
makes 1t seem very improbable that the
Steamer seen was the President. She was
seen on the 23rl Of Aprilapparen,ly steering
for Faya from which Port she was distant
only few hundred miles. Now Fayal
dates up to May lllh have been received in
this city, and no such ship had up to that time
reached that Point.
From the other countries of Europe the
Great Western brought no intelligence OF
any importance. The Markets in England
have undergone no change, and no variation
in the prices ofstocks, Grain or cotton, was
poted.-The Greatest distress prevails in
the manufacturing districts and some most
heart sickening details ofextreme misery are
giyen in the London journals. In the course
of the debate on modification of the sugar
duties. MIR. Nlliers read some statistics of
pauperism and suffering which may be worth
noticing as giving terrible picture OF the
condition to which many thousands of the
laboriug population of Great Britain are
reduced
In Preston he said there are l200 empty
houses, and paupers had increased l27 per
cent, and crimes 81 per cent since 1857