The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-04-17
FURTHER FOREIGN NEWS. THE MAILS BY TIN
STEAMER ERICSSON


reached this city yesterday morning The +. left Liver
pool on the LIST instant
! The English elections still the prominent topic in
the Journals both sides of the channel The defeat
sustained by the Manchester party is thus briefly
nented ON by the Prese .le English elections go
ing with rapidy, and already acquainted with
third Of the results They prove to be both victory
OF the liberal party the conservative party, and
personal triumph for Lord Palmerston. The personal
success of Lord Pamerson consists above all, in the
check sustained by of his most remarkable and
merorious adyersaries Ii Gladstone and Roebuck have
been reelected Golden Bright Gibson and Iayard have
| lost their seats
Diplomatic relations between Sardinia and Austria WILL
it is said be restored than expected The Tmes
informs us that the intervention of the British and French
governments for the arrangement Of the existing differ
between the Austrian and Sandman governments
| has been fayorably received.
The Nenichatel difficulty Is at length also in fair way
of dusment Paris letter in the ord stating that tho
conference viii not again meet before Saturday adds that
the instructions demanded by Dr. Kern likely
give rise to difficulties inasmuch the principal
point in discussion is demand made by the King OF
Prussia for Of 10000 francs for OF his
domains in the canton since ls4S
The negotiations for the conclusion OF treaty Of COM
merce between the French and Russian governments
terminated and the treaty will soon be reduced to
writing
THE RESULT GENERAL ELECTION.
| From the London Times Of April l.
The elections have already changed the whole face of
| the political heavens We longer
fortnight ago. regards either this Chinese question
dozen Others of much older and interest People
do not now ask who will be in the Parliament but
excaim sWhat Parliament there will be out Of doors
The expurgation not only OF vicious, but Of
mcrtorious elements, proceeds almost too rapidly When
/ the Honse OF Commons meets II will be with the serious
of
able spirits are discontentcd exies, moving heaven and
earh and ready to lower STILL to obtain readmsion
1t will be the of the Celestial Empire, besleged
by s'outer barbarians, sforcgn devils, the
grant sympates Of some will entte them to be called
Outside OF the House. agatiag, harangung, writing.
plotting combining and all but eoalcscng, will be Cob
den Bright NJ Gibson Mnll and W. >. FOX; there Will
be Sir j. Wamsley, A. Pellatt, Sir w Clay, Wilkinson,
and Oivera there will be Iayad and other free knights;
there will also be absent Cardwell, Rounded Palmer the
two Phimores, Butt NJ. Chambers, and host of 9TH
crs, more less distinguished, or hoping some day to
| distinguish themselves.
All OF these will be in outer darkness yet not at all
hopeless of cadmson Indoors there will be positive
gaps in the ehats-cres for Golden NJ. Gibson, and
no Golden to stand up His own purge has operated
effectively by half for he has turned the house out of
doors Like the old lady in the nursery ryhme he has
sold his bed and now lies upon straw In the house
should think the result will be little more calmness and
decency Of discussion and little less Of that peculiar
style Of oatory which has recently been imported from
thc bright region of the setting sun into the British
We may he sure there will be pfodieious cry for
new reform bill It stands to reason there must be one
|
In the present instance it evident that some of the
disappointed candidates must have sadly undermted
the force of those feelings which go under the general
of patriotism Was it reasonably to be expected
that the population should rise TO advocate the right OF
| fellow like Yeh to pull down the British flag flying
peaceful vessel engaged in British trade and carry
away the cww for the purpose of bcheadng old
who said to be the father of pirate Englishmen
alta sin
freshest impressions of them, if any ingenuity whatever
persuade them not only into allowing this but
into enthusiasm for it and its author, his defenders,
and abettors. No parliamentary reform would have made
any difference here No Imaginable apparatus, scale
of suffrage, equality of divisions nothing whatever
short Of driving the voters up to the husngs and
king them vote for Messrs. Golden and Gladstone
penalty of death, would have affected the result 1t is
the old English heart and the simple English nature which
have done the work here. From all kinds of constu-
ences great and small popular and close there has been
the same result For own part VIC never desired
imagined that appeal would be made to the peo
pie such question. To us it seems the height of alb
sudy that any protesting to be statesmen should
force such an appeal upon the minister. He had no
choice however, but to accept in behalf Of the people,
and, confident to the result salts
fed the appeal had been made That satisfaction in
creases every day and England may now be congrau-
lated Parliament elected not upon any measure or
political difference but simply an appeal to the nat-
raj feelings and common sense Of the people
THE MONEY MARKET.
LONDON Tuesday, March al.--'hc English funds have
been firm to-day and have closed at improvement of
eighth Consols for money opened at 933 to {, and
advanced to Gag to at which they steadily remain
cd till the termination of business although sale
effected Of Gl0O 900 stock for delivery For tho 9Th Of
April the last price 93a to g. and for the account
| in May it was 9it to
! The demand for money in tho Stock Exchange to-day
in conncxion with the settlement in foreign stocks
scarcely great rs had been anticipated In the dis
market and at the Bank the transactions very
| large.
About fl25 900 Of bar gold was taken from the Bank
to-day II is believed ALSO that large number of SOW
ereigns have Just been withdrawn for shipment to the
| Cape and to Brazil The government likewise, at this
period usually take considerable quantity for the pay
ment Of salaries &C. Hence there il immediate pros
pcct of lower rates In the money market Indeed unless
arrivals from Australia sufficiently heavy
for portion Of them to be retained, the contingency Of
advance In the Bank terms may again have to be taken
into consideration. The payment of the dividends has
already been far anticipated by the sums borrowed
| from that establishment that any relaxation they may
| produce can be but slight and temporary
The final quotation Of the French Threeper-cents ON
the Paris Boursc this evening IOf 50c., both for
and the present account, showing In the former
! case an improvement OF nearly quarter per cent
The letters from Paris state that the bullion in the Bank
of France had increased E7l0 900 within the last fort
night the total held being f9, 100000. Under these
circumstances il has been resolved from the 3D. Of April
to reduce the premium offered for gold from per mile
to A. AS the stock of bullion shall amount to
fl2 900 000 artificial purchases to be entirely dscon
| tinued
1t is stated have been already ascerained that the