Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-08-21

suit the different tastes of town and country Yet in spite
Of all these undue influences upon the exercise Of the
elective suffrage, the party using them is len IN mno-
riy 1t remarkable fact that in not single instance
has Conservative been able TO unseat Liberal IN any
the Scotch borough and that at each OF the last three
elections these constituencies have returned twenty-five
Liberals and one Peee The late Parliament contained
about seventy members of the legal present
one contains ninety there upwards of one hundred
and thirty candidates connected with the profession of the
law The House Of Commons has lost many very efficient
members. Among the Wings may be mentioned Sir
George Grey Sir John Romlle Sir w. Somerville Mr.
D. Eyncour and Mr.. Berna the latter the very efficient
chairman of Committees Of the Whole House The Peel
ties have Lord Mahon and Mr. Cardwe Sir r, Pees
literary executors and Sir George Clerk The Radicals
and Reformers have lost Mr. Horsman Col Thompson,
Mr. W. j. Fox Mr. Chisholm Anstey and Mr.. G. Thomp-
son. and the Derbyites minus that thorough going
Protectonist Mr.. G. F. Young. Literature will be ably
represented in the new House, by Mr.. Macaulay, Dr.
Layard and Sir L. Bulwer Lytton. English journalism
will be represented by Mr. Walter, of the Times, Mr.
Mall, of the Nom Coatormist and Mr. Wilson, of the
Economist and Irish by Mr.. Duffy, of the Nation, Mr.
Mcguire, of the Cork Examiner, and Mr. Lucas, of the
Tablet We are sorry that the of humanity and
philanthropy has lost able advocate in Sir Edward
Buxton and that of sanitary reform Lord Burlington
who have lost their election will be restored upon petit
ton and exposure of the unfair by which they
were defeated
The great hope of Lord DERBYs party is that should
the present Administration be left in minority, and
compelled to retire the opposition could not be combined
sufficiently to form Cabinet, and her Majesty would
be compelled send again for Lord DERBY The
Premers strength consists indeed in great measure in
the divisions of his opponents Under the common name
of Liberal, host of different parties rangedWhigs,
Radicals and Peeites, High Churchmen and antiState
Churchmen, Supporters of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill
and the gentlemen Familiarity known the Irish Bril-
gade." What principle shall combine in compact
Ministry Lord j. RUSSELL, Lord PALMERsroS, Sir JAMES
GRAHAM, Mr.. GLADSTONE, and Mr.. Golden? Yet without
some such combination liberal administration be
found " This" says the Liverpool Mercury,
sIs the problem which the Liberal party have to solve
and its satisfactory solution depends the fate of Lord
Derbys administration. We SEEM then, placed in this
dilemma: Ministry without definite principles in a
large minority; and large party with liberal,
called LIBERAL predictions without head and without
consistency. Gdipus himself headed and saga
cious he was, would hardly opne have been able
to see his way out Of this conuncture.
We have occupied large space with our comments
upon the results of the British elections and shall
have again and again to the subject for is
of the utmost Importance not only the inhabitants Of
20 the world at Inc domestic
condition and the foreign relations of Great Britain will
depend upon the policy which her Government adopts
We do not presume TO say that Lord DERBYs almnisra
ton will be found deficient in either talent integrity
but late events have shown that it is not in which
the people have confidence and it is certain that unless
it be strong at home it be respected abroad The
peace of Europe requires that England should be
spected and influential in European councils, and the
welfare of the United States requires that the policy Of
Europe should be peaceful enlightened and progressive
The character of the British House Commons lies at
the foundation of all these important considerations and
we have, therefore in treating upon it. drawn largely
the patience of our American friends.
Upwards Of third of the new Parliament will con-
sst of members great portion OF them being very
young The only Roman Catholic who has been re-
turned in the whole of England Scotland, and waos lie
Lord L. HOWARD the husband of Miss Talbot for the
family borough of Arundel We hope that the new House
of Commons viii attend closely its legislative
duties than the old did A return just published
shows that although the House consists Of ak hundred
AMI fftysix members, the number in attendance lat
least divison during the last session. one coca.
sion only, approached five hundred The House divided
~ times 10 on public business and only nineteen
Of these divisions did the members present exceed 300
On the second reading Of the militia bill 485 members
divided the vote respecting the ballot 395 on appro
priang the seats vacated by St. Adams Sudbury 38
On Mr. L. Kings motion for extending the franchise $50
Mr. Humes motion the same subject 338; on Lord
Pamerstons motion, which caused the Wings to resign
only 266 members presents chancery reform only
lOi; and on the bribery at Harwich only 236 voted
Australia and emigration are, now that the cleo
tons have terminated, the most prominent subjects
of interest A little while ago the outpourins
stream of emigration seemed inclined to flow in any
Il l,,on% a. NJ IL u
scene is changed, and more emigrants sail to Port
Phillip or Melbourne in a week than sailed in
year previous to the discovery Of the golden trea
sures OF Victoria and New South Wales We passed
three large vessels in the Thames last week filled with
emgrants for Australia, and there scarcely day that
does not witness the departure Of two this from
London alone. If the southern colonies possessed no
other than their gold fields this extraordinary
spectacle might well give rise to serious
but it fortunately happens that nearly all who dislike the
work Of olddiggng who are united for il by pre-
vious habits may reasonably upon getting employ
ment Of some kind other. DR.. LAso, Of Australia is
in England not for the purpose Of tanning the exist
ing excitement for that quite but with the
object Of pointing that his adopted country has many
other besides the dggng and that the devel
opment Of these will prove certainly pro-
ftabe than ransacking the hills and for Nuggets
and dust Sheep farming, for the production of wool
the cultivation Of the vinehe Doctor shows that eiph-
produce Of single Of land tobacco, Of which six
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