New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-24
nR ENGLISH ELECTIONS.


Democrat of whatever nationality, who will not
heartily rejoice in the election Of john STUART
MILL to the British House Of Commons John
Bright excepted, no Englishman OF note hos
gwen us such manly and cordial goodwill, free
from the faint Of patronizng condescenson
which III more cases than one has made
the offered sympathy OF so-called
friends of America in Great Britain much harder
to bear than the open hostility of the Tories'
and tie English politicians generally. But
John Bright and Stuart Mill have stood heartily
and molly on our side, greeting us as brothers,
not lording it over us rs stepiathers; and as
John Bright is perfectly sure Of an election
from Birmingham, while Stuart Mill Is already
chosen from Westminster, wo hasten to offer
the heartiest congratulations 20 both
Yesterdays steamer brings rs but few names
ef the elected. Thomas Hughes is among
them-known here W writer of great clever
ness. and rs n friend of ouIs all through tho
war. Baron Rothschild gees in a. a matter OF
conrse. but not with much credit TO himself, II
the statement Of The Spectator DO true. That
naper remarks: ave arc informed, and NO
mention tho statement with deep regret, that
Baron Ro,hschiid has taken the d!sloyat SIC
step of ordering the jew electors to plump
for himself. thus deprying his colleagues OF
nearly three thousand votes" An American
reader may need to be informed that "plump-
ing - is that very English device whereby the
electOr who is entitled to vote for two or more
candidates on the same ticket votes for but
one in order to carry him in at the head OF the
poll.
The returns so far a. received indicate-what
was deemed sure beiore-thc complete triumph
and increased majority Of the Liberals. Up to
tho evening OF the 18th inst. Isl Liberals AID
I02 Conservatives otherwise Torics) had been
elected. The Liberals had lost eighteen seats
and gained twcnty-four, and later dates put
their net gain at seven. 1t would DO week
before all tho returns from the country
were in, but there il no installing the
set Of the current. lnadequatciy as Lord
Pamerstcn's Ministry has represented the lb-
eral aud reform tendencies Of the English De-
,nocracy, the contest lie, between Il and that
Tory opposition which goes ~ the country on
the charge tina, Palmerston has been TOO liberal.
We do no; believe that at this day even England
the most un-domocraiic OF European nation
alities-can take u retrogradc step in the cause
of Reform True il il, as John Bright's address
declares. that the late Parliament and the
Palmcr,ton Administration which guided IL
have betrayed the pledges on which they were
elected, but John Bright himself would
not like to see even the poor liberalism
OF PalmerstOn supplanted BY the medieval re-
lapse of Lord Derby. The qualified support
which Bright has conceded TO PaimfJston, tho
followers OF Bright nj the polls must give un-
condtionally to the candidates Who are pollti-
cally identified with the Fist Lord OF the
Treasury.
Mr. Gladstone is 70 hayo---or rather has had
- hard fight for Oxford. Spite of his talents,
his high character, his brilliant financial sue
cess, and his hesitation in accepting anything
Ike leadership among the true Liberals, Mr..
Gladstone has contrived 10 make himself
personally as well a. politically hateful TO tho
Carlton Club, and to the Tories in general; and
they have rallied to fight for Oxford with Mr.
Claiborne Hardy for candidate Mr.. Claiborne
Hardy is only the successor Of many who have
been from time 10 time put forward as chnm-
pions Of the Oxford Tories. As The Saturday
Raiep has 1.-THE general election brings on
again the Sisyphean effort to turn Mr.
Gladstone out of Oxford. But this Ssyphus,
for reasons beat known TO himself, tries each time
with new stone" Emulous Of tho renOwn
which The Times formerly won in advocating
the return of Mr. Bright. TIE Saturday Esrier,
which has not been wont TO treat Mr.. Gladstone
with favor, or scarcely with courtesy, becomes
generous enough to remark" Everybody who
looks at these matters in any but the narrowes,
party view, thinks that he does honor TO
Oxford, and that, with bis combination
Of political eminence and high academical cul-
tivatiOn, he is the sort of man that Oxford owes
10 the councils of the nation" Were he de-
feated there, he would easily find another seat,
and the Liberals, looking TO Gladstone ss their
future leader, would gladly see him freed
from his Oxford ties, but it will be
Oxlord's loss, not his. "To have had
hand in turning him out" continues
The Saturday, will be at least rs unenyiable a
d .tinction in academical history as TO have
taken part in the expulsion Of Locke. This
remark may sound strange to Mr.. Gladstone's
opponents now. A similar remark would have
sounded equally strange to Locke's opponents