New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-18
recent and very abe History Of England aase, 4, !.
Reign Of George Ill.,

Apsley Pellstt, glsss-manufac,urer 4 soub,,a
which borough he sat for since ls52), is IA the 49,
lit of the rejected. In politics. he belonged 70 n. =,
trome liberal side. His literary work smells Of -.
shop, being "Curioses Of Gsss-makipg, and Ape;S,.
Glass" Hi. dislike to the China war cot hiul.
seat.
ike tate befell Sir William Clay, another n.y..
politen member whom the Tower Hamlets have a,
rejected afor twenty-five years service) Jus, a. The,
rejected George Thompson, after a few years ,r.s
Sir William was Of the Melbourne Ministry f,O,.
1872 to 1871, and, beside pamphlets on the c.-.
rency question. wrote 3 readable book on Jor,.Sne,
Banks.
As equivalents for these authors, about "a mar.
more have been returned to keep up the Literary bal;
ance in the Commons. Bradford has elected s,e,t
General Thompson, author of 1.-The Ca.echism Of u.
Corn Laws" and Of the sbest most plan.sorv,,s
homes, and fearless men of the time. He represented
Hull and Bradford formerly but defeated at "a.
election Of 1852 by only six votes. Undoub,e dly he
wa. the very earliest champion Of Free Trade H,a
cow .eventy.four years old. BOdnin has elected
James Wyld map-maker to the Queen ievery enc
who has been in London knows his "Gres, Globe,
Exhibition in Leicester square) and author Of several
geos1 aphical works. Sir A. II. Elton, the poet, hs,
been elected for Bath near which is Clevedon Court
his estate. Mr. Alexander William Kinglske, author
of Eohen" one of the freshest and most interesting
book, travels published within the last thirty years
has been elected for Brdgewater, for which borough
he was unsuccessful candidate in 1859. This his
crst appearance in Parliament. He is fhy-ive yess
old, and is Chancely ba1ister Of large practice.
EotLen, it is worth mentioning, was declined wheu
first written. by every publisher in London to whomit
offered. After lying by for some years aeci-
dentaly fell into the hands of Mr. Olivier, second
class publisher who determined to risk il. Few vol.
umes have had more success, as many thousands
were sold in England. II was translated into nearly
every European language aud 1t sold very largely 10
the United States where il was reprinted. II is Mr..
Kinglake's one book. lie has written nothing else,
except article in The Quarterly Rerier, on the
political uses and prospects of the Mediterranean, eu-
titled The French Lake His cousin, Mr.. Sergeant
kinglaho, Recorder of Exeter, has also been
elected, and is now NJ p. for Rochester. lie
has written for the Reviews, but has gen.
orally been credited with the authorship Of
Eoth,n. the work of his less known relative Sir
Harry Ncrncy, who has written a good deal on his
torcal biographical and antiquarian topics, has been
returned for Buckingham. W. Torrens hcCullagh,
m Irish ADVENTURE, who formerly held office in Dub
lin Castle. has become member for Yarmouth, where
he was dead beaten lin company with Sir Charles
Napier in 1852 He has written "The Industrial HE.
tory of Free Notions and life of Shell, the Irish
rhetorician. Mr.. Berah Bottled, who resumes his
seat for Ludlow has of the best private Libraries
in England, and has edited several Of the elder En-.
glish classic. Mr.. r. A. S'aney author Of several
works on Natural History rvtnters Parliament for the
borough of shrewsbury
1t would be easy to extend this notice by including
the writing men already in Parliament who remain ia
the House. There is Palmerston himself, one of the
authors with the late Sir x. Peel and others OF The
New Wing Guide which carried diamay by its vic
and trenchant personality into the ranks Of the Wing
party in 1919. There is Lord John Russell, who has
attempted fiction, poetry the drama, history and
biography with more pertnacty than success There
is Gladstone, author Of sundry Church-andSate &C.
tavos. There is Sir G.. c. Lewis, historian and ex-
editor of The EdiaLurgh Rcr'er. There is Jamcs
Wilson of the Treasury, editor Of The EeoRom'a.
There is Dsraeli, novelist, biographer and poet And
among the mass may be noticed Isaac Butt, ex.
editor Of Tie Du6ln Lnirersay Magazine Sir
Joseph Paxton, author of the Crystal Palace,
romance in glass and iron Baxter Joe
IIumes successor at Montrose), author, among
other filings, of America and the Americans"
George Bowyer, who has written several yauable
works on International Law; Laing, the Northern
traveller; Robert Lowe, of The Times Sir +.
Bulwcr Lytton, the most noted, perhaps, of all tho
British Werat; Lord John Manners, the Young
England verse-makcr; Monckton Mines, poet and
bographer Of John Keats: ROebuck, the historian OF
the Wing Ministry of 1890; Lord Stanley, who has
written deliberately ON the West India Colonies; VII
liam Sterling, historian Of the Arts in Spain, and also
author Of THE Closter Life of Charles W; beside
numerous array of minor yersfors reviewers, histo.
rans, noyolists and pampheteers. On the whole,
Letters viii be ~ largely represented in the new
House Of Commons they were in any that pre-
ceded il.
In the House OF Lords there several men OF let
ters. Nearly every one of the Bishops has pub
lished something tsermons, charges, If they did not
also edit classical works, and foremost among them
may be named Whately, Archbishop Of Dublin; Thir-
wall Of st. Davids Philpotts Of Exeter, and Hamp'
den Of Hereford. Amorg the law Lords who are su-
thoIs are Brougham, Campbell, Lynihurst, and 81.
L.onards There arc also Lords Aberdeen, an author
OF over forty years standing Aibemare, biogspher;
Argyle, pamphlets and ecuresi Breybrooke, editor oil
Pepys's Diary; Brougbton better known as Cam
dollhouse, the friend Of Byron; buckingham, editor
of the Grenville Papers Burlington, once senior
wraugler at Cambridge; Byron cousin to the poet,
author Of Travels Carlisle (Morpetbl, author Oh
Travel in the East Clarendon the Foreign Secretary;
Cleveland, pampheteer; Derby, speeches; DUNCAN
non history; Gleneg, politics and poetry Grey poAt'
ica economy; Harrington history Lansdowne' poet
~ aud politics. Malnesbury biography Marlborough
antiquities; Montesgle, politics. Moun'eashei poem
les; Norfolk, biography; Normandy, novels; over.
stone, the currency question; Rose, astronomy ana
science; shsftesbury, poemicsi Stanhope ldahonl,
history: Srangford, poetry; Stratford de Redcihe'
politic.; Westnoreland, music; Wincheisea, politics,