New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-26
ELECTION SCENES IN ENGLAND.

Probably the stanchest Tory champion OF
staid, respectable England would admit that
she is anything but staid and respectable at the
hustings As rule, the polling booths are
scenes Of disorder, while so frequently as almost
to be a rule, they are scenes Of violence And
even in the celebrated, if mythical, land OF fair
play, the unsophstcated eye cannot but OBJ
serve that good deal of cheating goes
on. Just now the English papers come
to us crammed with election intelligence,
and for aught we can see there is as much
patriotic feryor in the bosom Of John Bull,
manifested in the same irregularly exuberant
way, as in the elections of New-York. There
ia alSo sharp practice, and there is good deal
of what at other seasons we are led to consider
peculiarly American vice-public speaking.
During this exceptional period, that majestic
beast, the British Lion, may be said to be con-
tinually Oh his legs, either speaking or being
spoken to. And mixed with the leonine much
human nature cOntryes to show ITSELF
1t is recorded that the City of London saw
not little secondrate cheating. The stale
trick of manufacturing fallaciOus returns at diff
ferent stages of the polling seems to have been
the highest flight which Tory rascality was able
to reach. Rigid American virtue receives with
satisfaction the assurance of The Star that This
shabby and discreditable proceeding did no good
to their cause, for, as the polling advanced. the
Liberal majority rapidly increased" At West
Al % ka1a fatr 70, rt- a
the historic interest Of that celebrated canvass
Of the Duchess of Deyonshire, "whose lips,
more persuasive than those of Fox himself,
carried the Westminster election against Palace
and Treasury"-which is Macaulay's way OF
saying that the celebrated Georgiana kissed
butcher as the price of his vote for the great
debater. We grieve to say We can find no
mention of kisses in Mr.. Mills behalf but,
"some carriages occupied by fashionably attircd
ladies' drove up to tho doors OF the committee room.
and requested not only to be provided with the latest
particulars 10 the state Of the poll but nndng that
printed bills had been prepared containing the an
nouncement up to IL o'clock they also requested that
number OF the printed announcements should be posted
the most prominent parts OF their carriages Both
REQUESTS the gentlemen OF the committee III attendance
most politely complied WITH and the bliposted car
riagss with their fair occupants, drove OF amid the
aoclamations Of an admiring crowd OF spectators
That is the nearest approach to romance this
century can furnish.
The Right Hon. r. Miner Gibson's election
partook little of the nature of farce. A Mr..
Booth Mason tried earnestly but Intellectually
to become u candidate, and unable to find a
responsible person to nominate him, nominated
himself.
1.-THE Mayor again appealed TO the meeting Had
any gentleman any other candidate to proposet'
There was no response.
''Mr Booth Mason dndignantly)-' Is there no other
csnddatef
"a lusty voice from the further end Of the room-'I
beg leave to propose Booth Mason.
"The Mayor " i'll you come forwardf
"Mr Booth Mason 1t is not requisite
Another lusty voice from the further snd Of the
room seconded the nomination.
1.-THE Mayor insisted on both proposer and seconder
coming forward and addressing the assembly In proper
form from the platform. Neither would consent Inc
Mayor then demanded their names. person In the
front ranks called out, Alfred Bardsley aud Harry
Crack Roars OF laughter naturally followed. The
Mayor appeared to be in difficulty Mr. Booth
Mason said he was proposed and seconded, and that
was enough.
1.-THE Mayor again inquired the names OF the rro
poser and seconder.
Some one said the proposer was Samuel Walker OF
"The Mavor-Tncre Is no such name on the register.
samuel Walker 1--WE presume IL was) exclaimed in
the pure Lancashire dialect, Then it QUITE be- Loud
"The Mayor ultimately ventnred to declare the Right
Hon. +. II. Gibson duly elected.
The English papers are certainly entitled to
the credit of entire frankness in reporting At
Finsbury, Mr.. w. Dennis tries TO propose Mr..
VIM. Cox as proper person to represent the
borough, but the larger part of his harangue
consisted of parentheticul interjections by the
reporter. [Great noise and cries OF STAINS
field I Interruptions, groans, cheers, and
removed cries of Stansfeld. ] Awful disso-
nance all around. When Mr. Cox
himself came to speak, it was no
better. Sir w. Phillips tried it, and
though he has Sir to his name is welcomed by
uproar and Kisses. Becoming historical, Sir
w. reminds his constituents, "They have
already had as representatives Grote, Wax
ley, and Duncombe"-[a voice: "We VIII
never have Phillips "l-followed by "ehesrs
and hisses-Loud tumult-Derisve cheers and
uproar." And when tho hands are called ior,
tha unhappy Phillips with handle to his name
gets not more than score.
We might 60 on indefinitely With EXTRACTS