New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-04-04

NJ least, have Aoped that when the distribution OF
the Royal fund for rewavlng distinguished sccnoio
and literary merit rested in the hands OF the hooo
translator OF Homer, we had got Judge OF poetry
a laNghl to distribute it, and that he wouI4 nou
grant pension to WretGhed rhymsteIi 't tns
sometimes nodded; but in tins case the n0Die tds
latOr not only doIed, but slept hs sleep onulSh,'
The late Lord PalmerstOn. after appointing pen,
SION to tine poet LOSE ip1 hG appontment and
paid Close the annual pension from ms PTNale PURSE
and it is likely, from what Dsrae said last night
complaining that Lord Derby haG oee Gn, no"Ao
But the catalogue of the noble Earls sorrOws docs
not end here Yesterday he had to stand IN court AZ
defendant in a case that shows hun III any % pis
n handsome relation with his neghboIs. La.ely hIs
agent by his authority closed upa path through ohoui
ms farms which had been public ioQtway lor ccll
fury Mr. Winter6otom who mao oG hlt he NOM
with as trespasser brought the sul; nnt ,lG potn
lar feeling in Bury Lancashire where the Ihlis ~,
CURED, had given rise TO riots IN me Jo,SP mean
trial il appeared that this was not the ony neai
thing that ord Derby had authorized his agent 10
do He had filled M two wells on when the people
depended for by ng The present
case WAS decided against Lord Derby. . 90.
Soon after his return from America MI Ollphanl'
NJ F. i'm n public lecture, spoke Ot the large nlloriI
flies required to alter the organic law OF the Ied
States and thanked God that, monarchy as Ehelanu
was n majority of one was sufficient 70 change lIs
Constitution. a commentary ON tins has Just Deeh
furnished. The House of Commons recently divided
on q motion to abolish tlogglng IN the army lna-
ority of one was gained against me bainal3us pI'c
mons that they had resolved not to accept the NOie
as representing the deliberate opinion oil me rouse
Oh matter so profoundly affecting army disclbnhc
and so would continue the logging as usual. Wnat
the precise affinity between Conservatism ana thc
laceration of the backs of soldiers is, cannot say
But the majority of one gained tins year marks ''
struggle. Every year the subject mas, Derh
brought mp, and voted down by constantly de
creasing majorities. In lS6ithe hOggng clause was
voted on by 90 members, and retained by majority
OF two. The ANALYSIS of the vote on tlat occasion
reveals how England ~ represented by the present
distribution oil seats, which gives towns of LOO or
1900 inhabitants as many members as cities
with rs many hundred thousand Inc 40
members of the House who IN 1894 voted
4l who voted against it represented lt?''H+ eltc-
tors. Thus. though there was an electoral majority
of sO540 against logging. IT was preserved IN the
House by two majority. The great majority Oh NoltS
in the Commons represents similar dlSpropor'l0n Oh
electoral weight. Last year, for another example,
the bill permitting marriage with deceased WheS
sister wa defeated by majority of 20 IN House o
:S}2 present But the minority voting Tor the Dlll
represented an electoral majority of coos.
As the House of Commons is about 10 he over,
hauled. and il is hoped, recast. II may he oi
some importance 10 your readers 10 know something
of the elements of which IL - composed. ne MS
proportion of popular representation VIII appear
from the following facts There 40 h0rOughs with
population under 10000 which return 20 members;
1903 above 10000 which return lsl. There are lOO
counties with population under lJOWO returning 100
members, and ~ counties with over lJOUtO when re-
turn - In the matter of property We nave %
bOTOughs paving lSGjl Tor income IAN --U lfl rip
resented by 100 members: and nine bOrongls paying
E24,356,621. represented by Is members! The arls-
OCracy is represented by 396 members, OF whom l'1
are Tories. The Army and Navy have 21 connected
with them. Oxford has 1876 graduates IN the ON
mons: Cambridge no. London University, q; Dun
lin y: Edinburgh. g Glasgow, 2. OF these - were
honor men. 10 irSt-claSs men. double nISs, double
seconds. There are i'm the House ~ authors;
lawyers. 1000 railway directors. ~; insurance dIcc-
tors j3 bankers, 81 brewers, j.; ShpowncS, g East
India merchants, e. rOnmasteTS 10; cotton merchants
and calico printers :; wOrSted and carpet manuac-
tuners ,; silk ,; miscellaneous ~. The religious ec
mcnts Independents 10, Baplsts, J; Wesleyan ];
Unit sran. - English PTeshytcnans, l. nltcd lieS-
byterans g. Free Churchmen, > tpuakeTS, !: Jews ,;
English Roman Catholics, p Irish Roman Cat hohcs,4O.
The other 514 members are either Churcimen or
nothing. The total number of electors on the regis
ter in England and Wales is 5l4,G2o; and the number
of working class electors the register ~ l2SG6
The supposed Liberal majority IN the House IL 40
The English bOrOughs return lga Liberals ana ~
Conservatives: the counties 30 Liberals and ~ Con-
seryatives. The Welsh bOrOughs return ~ Liberals
and Conservatives the counties Liberals and
Conservatives. The Scotch bOrOughs return p Lib
erals and Conservatives; the counties 10 Liberals
and II Conservatives. The Irish hOrOughs, - libcr
ais and II Conservatives the counties 81 Liberals and
SO Conservatives There are six Universities retir-
ing members, all Conservatives. The Wolklnglncn
have mai0Tities IN bOrOnghs, coventry, STAFFORD,
Maldon. Newcaste-mder-Tyn Pembroke beverley,
Greenwich. 81. Ives. These places are represented
by II members, of whom at the last election we're
Conservatives.
MeSsrs. L0ngman are about tO give ms two valuable
books" Dissertations and Discussions 10y j. :.
Mill and Short Studies on Great Subjects by J. 4.
FrOudc. Archbishop Manning has written an Essay
on RatiOnalism in England" which viii form the
introduction an English edition of charge lately
delivered by the Bishop of Orleans on Atheism and
the Social rerilS attending it," On "Wednesday next
the first number of irst-class weekly entitled
The 1ndtc0H will appear.