The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-03
London.


Who dies beneath thy sacred wheels ...- '
Like Brahmn, meath his Juggernaut X.Y.Z.
London.
Correspondence of the Herald
LONDON, Nov. Sd, 1913.
The city Election.
Well, ''the League" has beaten the Tories there
can be no question upon that point. The battle
was sharp and severe, and the Tories brought TO
their aid wealth. influence, connection, admirable
organization, and a system OF eectoneerlng can
wasting which nothing could exceed, and which
scarcely any party could rival They also brought
to their cause the "wcaige" OF great city name,
the reputation of an old English house of business,
GEARING dynasty" as well as previous success in
parliamentary contests. And yet they We're beaten!
and by whom1 BY the League'' This is adj
mltted by all parties no one attempts to deny that
Wards have done all this; and done it with zeal,
energy, talent, and success beyond all praise. OF
the comparative merits of the two candidates, lit
tie need be said. Mr.. Pattisson was no orator OF
any formidable power, and Mr.. Barring would
never astonish the frequenters OF the House OF
Commons by his Demosthenian or Ciceronian Ia
lents The question really at issue was one purely
| of principle, and may be explained in a few words
&C Free trade or monopoly" The battle, fought
by g the League could not be mistaken. All ITS
handbills, placafs, addresses, and letters,
red in placing the contest in its true light. They
all proclaimed that the result of that contest would
show whether the majority OF the voting llverymen
were or were not adverse to freedom of commerce.
The election thus conducted, has been one of i'm
mense moment, and 6,532 liverymen of the metro
polls of the British empire, have affirmed against
1867 that they are decidedly opposed 10 COM
free trade Now, what will be the results of such
decision as this! reply, results of the most clear
and unequivocal character. The decision proves
that London is averse to commercial restrictions,
and sooner or later, London will and must govern
the rest of the country. cannot attempt to depict
the agitation and excitement which this conflict
produced; and, although ten days have elapsed
since the result was KNOWN still the journals, the
magazines, and all the periodical press, return
again TO the CHARGE some rejoicing at victory, and
others seeking to explain the grounds and reasons
for the Tory defeat. Sir Robert Peel, who has
been long waverng with regard to carrying out
and extending the principles of his tariff policy,
will not II is believed by some, be any longer
stickler for old fashioned monopoly; and the next
session will probably witness another OF those ire
mendous thaws to which Sir r ebert is by no means
unfamiliar. He knows what it is one month to be
bound up by ice and eternal SHOWS, and the next
TO bend to the subduing influence of popular opinion
so as to be alarmed into Catholic emancipation,
the Reform Bill, and a thousand other measures
once pronounced by him TO be impossible. That
the commercial policy of the Government can re.
main where it is, one in full possession of his
Sir Robert himself would be opposed to that
" Onward" then, must be also his motto; and as he
knows how to make virtue OF necessity, IT is by
no means impossible that he may appear In the
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sures Of Cancellation" and of very large, if not
wholly new character, with reference TO the COM
mercial relations of the whole empire; The con-
quest gained by :" the League" is one of paramount
importance. They know it, and is therefore that
they are now seeking proftably TO improve it, IL
is singular fact, but still as true strange, that
Pattisson himself had no idea OF winning, and
fortunes and chances OF war;" but those are
thrice happy who have no such battle to fight, We
live in period when parliamentary conflicts must
r L.. htttx svtH
intense
IValss aud her Grievances
Sir Robert Peers home policy is one of strict le-
gality. He has no genius TO invent, and no desire
to do more than to carry into effect the laws which
exist, whatever those laws may be-. ain satisfied
that if law now existed, which directed that for
tune teler's should be branded, he would insist on
the branding, and would never dream of effecfing
more than carrying the law into full effect. So il
is with this question of Wales. He finds there a
whole nation in rebellion against the existing state
of things but he selZes those he can lay hold Of
who have been detected in overt acts, and seized
whilst transgressing. These men and women are
dragged to the bar OF the tribunals, but the thou
sands of wealthy wing and radical landlords and
farmers who have urged on their dependents and
followers to physical acts Of ransgression are UNI
sought for and unpublished In pursuance OF this sys
tenn, special commisson has lately been sent down
to Glamorganshire to try the few offenders who
have been caught in crime, and Baron Quincy has
made a very awful charge, full OF reproaches,
and advice, and recrimlnatlon. So John Hughes
was tried and convicted OF all sorts OF destruction
Of toll gates and property, and he sentenced to
be transported for 20 years! Longer than have
to live" muttered the Welsh offender, as he left
the bar and so his fate was decided on. This
sentence was severe, that with the exception of
David Jones and John Hughes, all the rest, six in
number, pleaded guilty, and threw themselves on
the mercy of the court. Baron Quincy sentenced
Jones and Hughes to seven years transportation;
Margaret Morgan to six months imprisonment; and
the simply to enter into their ecognlzances
to appear when called upon to receive Judgment
These the immediate results of the Glamorgan-
shire special commission. "Aye,' replies Sir Ro-
bert, "but the moral effect which this commission
and its sentence will produce on the minds of the
people are the points chiefly TO be alluded to-and
they will be prodigious" Indeed! Then how
came II to pass that whilst this commission was
sitting, and since II has terminated its business Sc
veral new. aggresslons have taken place against
toll gates, bars, and other property
But the Government has sent to Wales Com
mission Of Inquiry, and the Right Honorable T;
frankland Lewis, and Mr. w. Grips, accompanied
n th. e,..k.h hat