The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-24
The EngliAh ElectlOns-The Character or the
Next Parliament.

From London letter In the Liverpool Albion
On The results OF the elections known up to Ave
O'Clock this evening In London, it may be computed
with toersbls accuracy, that ministers have orty
eighty il was predicted they have at the close Of
the contest That the said eighty will be at least
hundred and twenty there can be little doubt and the
than its numerical potency Against this government
GAIN however i'd to BIZ set of the loss Of four members
one a subordinate influential through his connexions
and position. The news OF Sir John Hobhouse, Presi
dent .ns nOaIa De,oS M III
world every body IN London yesterday very
nearly much as 1t appears to have done the estmabe
people who achieved tns exploit the day before Yes
terday also contributed its quota Of home. made
amusement, in the defeat Of the Under Colonial Sc
cretary, MIR. HAYES, at Lambeth, by Pearson the
rsdou6tsbs City Solicitors and the defeat Of General
Fox, Of the Ordnance, ut the Tower Hamets by
Mr.. George Thompson, the eloquent lecturer Of the
League. But neither Of these occurrences created
80 much surprise the news received to-day OF the
rejection Of Macaulay ty the citizens Of Edinburgh
as regards the public Of parties affected
IL Is highly improbable that Hobhouse will at this time
Of his life after having tasted largely OF the favor
of great attempt to sneak into the house
for pocket borough the more especially he Is
believed to be alike indifferent to the emoluments and
the of the Office he holds to BIZ anxious
of an OF enjoying In his old age that literary
leisure for which h. was 30 desirous in has youth An
other reason may reconcile him loss of Not
tipgham ia the reconstruction Of the
chinery for administering the affairs Of India both
through his own anc every other department and Sir
long had horror OF all novelties that involve
exertion Of mind body on himself Dalhousi IS ap
poiutment the Eastern vceroysty is believed to por
tend decided reformation In that quarter
a corresponding change at home, To which Sir John tx
most decidedly adverse In far the experiment has
to be tried in his loving person These Indian
ponrents by the way, to be wholly p aced the
disposal of the Duke OF Wellington. marlborough and
IIardinge sent out by him, aud out goes Dali
housie Pottinger Is going to Madras, and Sir Harry
smith is going the Cape being oil part OF and the
same In Difference to the omnipoentia f.
NJ But this Is not all. When the Marquis Of Tweed
d.la frOm adj be cd and
what SO convenient as the Board OF Control, with It's
snug $500 so desirable TO apoor Scotch lord with
dozen children IL IL Just the of Office that may
he administered by peer, and Hobhouses loss Of HIS
seat in the Commons will render the transfer very opro
nos, Tweeddae you aware, has double claims the
duke both from his being old abide camp wounded
Bussco Tor the which he OF pension and
more particularly from his being father OF the dukes
law, the Narchioness Of Douro and also OF
the of Dalhouse very nice little family party
to whom India would to belong in the natural ordt
of things where mmsnder chief Is disposed to 40
regard them Nacauleys defeat will also entail his nsl
retirement from public life, according to his decara
ton at last years election Literature VIII gam though
House of Commons defamation may lose by the deter
mnation And the Edinburgh RepieD will probably
improve MS much the debates will fall of in
sequence The personal manners OF the man appear to
nave been unbearabe tho modern Athenans, who ae
not proverbia for being more In skinned than their
neghbors The fact Is with all his philosophy his brain
was completely turned from the FIRST hour he became
placcman. Tine memorable letter from Windsor Castle
to CALIFORNIAN correspondent pretty readily proves
this but no had exhibited toleraby evidences
ola uuac vanity Of the Malvolo order long before for
on his going out IN 1884, member of the Supreme
Board ut Calcutta read the Leeds electors Whom he
represepted) lecture about their duties to their
futur. members ch WAS very much adapted u
the latitude OF the hooglcy than Of the Humber From
that day To this he has been growing and in
tolerant OF all criticism his speech es votes and
motives at the hands OF his constituents aud has
scented all expressions Of dissent their part II tho
citation between representative and constituent we're
entirely reversed. The intrmites OF genius such as
his TO be sympathsed wthalway respect
ed when coupled with the honesty aud disdafn of
sordid considerations which have nobly character
ised his conduct; for when like him sacrifices the
salary Of Psymaster Of the Forces and seat in the
Cabinet rather than play the bypocrts the small
tont OF assuming respectful tone aud dssanor
hour the bustings he gives proof Of dsnerested-
and eipgemndedness 1T TO rank beside the virtues
Of those old Romans whose deeds he has chronced In
verse as enduring ~ their own fame But such In
divdus 10 Just prohtlessly "orotchety In repre-
sentative system as at present existing ss II the noble
lord whose In the Cabinet no os
bencaned in this strictly private and confidential
munoaticn addressed to another Of his Edinburgh
friends VINO rushed with the episs forthwith TO the
newspapers The third rejected Ministerial candidate
Halves, has no notion Of taking his defeat 10 bitterly 70
heart though he'll excessively mortified 1t being ousted
for no fault whatever Of hs own, but merely By tbs
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