The Washington union., 1857-04-23
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By the arrvaI of the steamships Fulton and City Of
Washington at New York have Liverpool papers OF
late date as the morning of the Sth.
The in substance is that the people OF Great Brit
ain have ratified the policy of Lord Palmerston in giving
him decided majority in the House of Commons that
of British troops ready for embarkation to Chi
na and that gunboats being fitted out with all des
patch. The with China has begun, and in default
of submission from the Celestial authorities will be
geticay prosecuted The British feet has just left the
Bosphorus and Dardanees the Austrians OF the
Principalties the Russians have evacuated Ina and
abandoned the mouths of the Danube. The last vestge
of the great contest has passed away and Lord Lyons in
his flag ship at Malta the Russian generals their
side of the newly frontier the Ausans from their
commanding position on the northwest, must now
tent themselves with watching distance the affairs of
the country with which they forbidden to interfere
Thus has been solved, far solve the East
em question
The House of Commons elections, now almost over
have resulted in decided gain to the government, al
though from the number of new men who have gained
seats 1t is impossible to estimate correctly the probable
majority The counties have already returned ll9 lib
erals (of all shades against 143 conservatives.
The estimate of the London Globe is, to the present
time, 365 government, 249 opposition we have quoted
at length the remarks of the British press on the
elections.
telegraphic despatch from Madrid of the 4h instant
states Some sedtous movements have been discovered
and counteracted herco has recognised he justice Of the
demands Of the Spanish government. Thus the threat Of
war, presume, Is now
1t was considered in India according to the last
counts from China that the closing of the five Chinese
ports against European commerce was imminent
AT last advces the Persian army firmly posted at
Shaz and Gen. Buhler fortifying Arabstan. The
northern provinces tranquil
Reforms are progressing in Turkey In two cases
Christian evidence against Turks
Bosnia, and in both the Mussulmen were found guilty
The passport card of identity system has been intro
duced into the province of Bosnia
M Scanzoni acccacheur, residing at Wurzburg, has
received telegaphic invitation to go to st Petersburgh
before the 18th of May, about which time her Majesty
the Empress Of Russia is likely to be confined
fearful tragedy perpetrated on the 9th at Liver
pool A butcher named Gibbons, who had been in des
pondng state of mind for time owing to failure in
business cut the throats of his wife and two of his chill
dren, wounding third on the cheek bone The eldest
child -four years old quite dead and the mother and
the youngest child were not expected to recover.
The Emperor of Russia is said to have defnitively
given up his intended journey TO western Europe.
An order in council had been issued, prohibiting the
importation into England of cattle of horns, hoofs
hides skins from those territories of Russia Prussia
Mecklenburg- -Schwerin which lie the Gulf of Fin
land or between the gulf and the City of Lubbock This
precauon has been taken to prevent the introduction into
England of the infectious disease which destroying the
cattle of the Baltic Provinces
The amount of gold on its way to England from Aus
tIdlla, the greater pOrtOn OF which
distant estimated at e. 900 OOO and silver $780,
600.
THE BRITISH ELECTIONS.
In the English and Welsh counties and Scotland the
liberal gain has been IS conservative loss liberal net
gain, 81.
Commenting upon long letter which presents their
views, the Times says:
he opinion of the country has been so strongly pro-
nounced upon the question of the Chinese vote in the last
Parliament that it is unnecessary to continue the app
cation OF that test to the members of the House of
Commons we, therefore, append list of the members
returned by English and Welsh counties and Irish and
Scotch constituencies arranged according their general
political opinions Radicals included among the lib
erals and the members of the Irish independent party
are ranked as they usually yote-with the conserve
tiyes. Z"
Scorcn BuRGIrs have arrived at the result long
aimed at but always till just barely missed of
having single tory returned by Scotch towns. The
whole 23 Scotch burgh members thorough liber
ais to which we may add that III only two did
ayowed conservative of any degree offer himself
date and in of the the majority against him
overwhelming and in the other matters came
the length of a pol-ScosnDa
From tho London Economist
BY this time eefourths of the elections over
and the principal characteristics of the House of Com
decided. From first to last about two hun
dred gentlemen will have lost their and though it
is too to predicate anything confidently of the
didates full of significance pregnant both with
ing and with prophecy More than dozen of the most
notable men in the house among the rejected In the
first place almost all the principal names among the
quished are what termed outsiders. They neither
wings tories They sat below the gangway. Nearly
the whole slaughter has fallen the Peeites and the
radicals The two ancient traditional parties in the State
have lost ewand of these few scarcely any notable
OF the four junior ministers defeated Mr. f. Peel is the
only of much note and his rejection owing we
fancy partly to personal unpopuarity and partly the
ungenerous line he took against the Crimean commits
sioners. But the followers of Mr. Gladstone and Mr.
Cobden-the nondescrpts and the Manchester school
have been handled with unexpected severity
1t would be mistake to fancy that the defeat of such
Mr. Golden, Mr.. Bright, and Mr.. Cardwell is to
be attributed mainly primarily to their language and
votes the China question The truth is the country
has for time been at loss comprehend either
their precise aim The tactics By Of tich they pursued
that AIM The English people look he broad and salient
features Of policy. They understand conversation ;
they understand traditional whgism and sober lib
easm they understand thorough and consistent rad
m-taking all it get, and then asking for
But they 60 minuey into any question: they
study minute distinctions; subety ingenuity, however
defensible they instinctvely mistrust Mr. Gladstone
commencing war, and then turning fercely round upon
his quondam colleagues for carrying it with needfu
spirit and to intelligble ssueit spectacle that
at once perpexed and shocked them. Mr. Golden and
Sir Joshua Wamsey going into the lobby with Mr.
Dsraeh and Mr.. Whitesde Mr. Bright praising the un-
glorious tory tactcian Mr. Fox and Mr. Mall fraternizng
with Messrs. Ncwdegate and Spooner presented phenom
which they did not like and could not solve And
Mr. Layard was punished because he had year or two
ago deceived them into admrng him. He had been un-
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