New-York tribune., 1868-05-26

good offices In the same direction.
THE CASE OF BARRETT IN PARLIAMENT.
In the House of Commons this morning the Home
Secretary Mr.. Gatheme Hardy, in reply TO some in
quries of Mr.. John Bright, said the Government had
decided not to give the Clarkenwell conspirator,
Barrett a new trial
THE COMING ELECTIONS-MR. MILL AND MR..
GLADsTONE-RATTENING Casa THREAT
FNED CAB-STRIKE - LORD WILLOUGHBl
AGAIN-LITERARY AND Personal.
PIOm Our Own Correspondent 80 -
As no one knows at what moment Mr.. Disraei may
spring a dissolution upon the House, many prepara-
tions are quietly making on both sides for the next
election Come when it may, the contest will be such
as England has not since the Corn Laws were re-
pealed Mr. GladstOne's seat for South Lancashire
is to be attacked by the Tories and circulars have
already been sent round signed by near relative OF
Lord Derby soliciting subscriptions 10 turn out the
Liberal leader Out of six candidates, Mr. Gladstone
at the last election stood third the poll and his
majority over his next competitor was but 3lOln
total of more than 1900 votes. AS Lord
Derby has great estates In Lancashire, ms
influence is of very potent KIND ana Will 3e most
into a measure of policy, or any other public affair
with precisely the same spiut which made hlm IN ms
younger days distinguished patron OF the tuI1.
Ills passion for excitement is the real secret of many
an act which seems unaccOuntable. IheTe was DIS
recent escapade IN the Lords. Why should he seek
offensive to the Lower House, and sure to damage
his own party oh" said wise member TO whom |
nut the OuestOn, Lord Derby is a racing man be
likes the fun lie will have as much interest IN the
Lancashire election he had in cOckight, OF
which gentle sport his lordshlp was most dlstln-
guished amateur. If the appeal is TO the new con-
stituences the Liberals will hope not only to return
Mr. Gladstone, but to give him at least one Liberal
colleague At present the other two members for
South Lancashire are Conservatives.
FOrty-five members of Parliament living in West
minister, have sent in their names as members OF a
iuyf hp Of
Mill and of his colleague, Capt GrOsyenOr. The list
includes Mr. Gladstone, Nh. Cardwe, the Marquis OF
Harrington, Mr.. Miner Gibson the two Rothschilds |
MIR Goschen, Mr. FaWcett, and many Others. Mr.. |
Mill stands in the same position on his former |
election He will sit in Parliament if the electors of
Westminster desire IT, but he will take no steps TO
persuade them, contribute money toward election
expenses. Much we all reoiced at his first
it was known that he could not have been chosen |
but for the efforts of Capt Grosvenor, the other LIB
Maronis Of Westminster the richest nobleman in
England. and was by no means averse to spending
money on his own election. His committees. can
vassers agents, public houses and all the
rest of the ordinary machinery OF an Eng
lish election, swelled equally his own and MIR
Mills vote, Capt. GTOSvenOr coming IN at the |
head of the poll, Mr. Mill second, and Mr. |
Smith, the great news agent, who has almost mon
OpOly of newspaper selling in Great Britain, being
beaten by 200 votes. Mr. Mill since then has done
many unpopular acts and frightened not lew o1 |
his supporters. His persistent effort, one of the
Jamaica Committee. TO bring eX-GOy. Eyre TO justice
has perhaps won him more ObOquy than all other |
things together and two gentlemen at the meeting
on Monday night refused on that ground 10 con- |
tribute to his reelection. But presume that the en-
largement of the constituency which must be strong
in workingmen will more than make up for any de- |
fectiOns among the lukewarm Liberals. Ii is pleas
ant 70 see that the most eminent OF them stand by
Mr.. Mill. Their virtue IS greater than you thnk, |
for you can scarcely realize the tremendous lnhu-
ences that here are brought TO bear against such |
radicasIn as that of John Stuart Mill
RatteniDg, II seems, Is not yet an exploded prac-
tIce. On Monday a man named Bradshaw was |
brought before the Sheffield magistrates, said 20 |
haxro haan aUfrlf in n nagr act no
HIN lifted into the window OF workshop. followed
him, found him near the fireplace shamning sleep |
and him some wheel-bands rolled up and ready |
for removal. But begins the singular part of |
the story. One of the men TO whom the bands be- |
lOnged came forward voluntarily and testified that
he had himself taken OIL the bands 70 grease them,
and left them where they were found by the police |
The man who thus thus testified was the man whom
the prisoner was sent TO ratten, because he in
arrears to the Union. 1t appears then that in Shelf
field, the wOrkinmen like not only 10 Tatten but to
be Tattened. They defend the system even when |
London is threatened with cab stnke You who |
cOntTive 10 exist without cabs cannot imagine the |
state 10 which this city would be brought by such
act There are seven or eight thousand cabs III Lon
don in constant employ. They take you where you |
will for sixpence mile, driving seven or eight miles
hour. Give the driver Of Hanson an extra six |
pence and he will 90 ten fast his horse will
90 at q galOp. Omnibuses indeed numerous but |
they 90 even slower than in New York and are apt
TO set down their victims in apOplectlc state for
want of air. cab you may find in almost any |
street AT almost any hour of the day night Lon
uONtIS nave grown 10 regard luell as indispensable,
and so they are In huge struggling city like this,
which lines Of OIinibuses can completely pen |
citrate. Last winter the cab fares were slightly |
raised, so that If you take cab from the rank you
must now pay shilling for one mile or under but |
may 90 two for the same fare. 1t turns out that |
the drivers make nothing by this con-
cessiOn driver does not, as a rule. own his |
cab but hires II at sum varying from IL shillings
TO 10 shillings day, or even more. The owners
have taken advantage Of the increase 10 screw
another shilling a day out of their hard-worked and
lll-paid lessees Against this extorton The latter
protest and some of them have struck and since |
there IS kind Of organization at any rate under
standing among the drivers il is possible the whole |
0f them may strickland then where should We be |
seven thousand drivers could scarcely be found in
gay; anu 10 think OF day without cabs We had
a lew hours of IT last Winter when some thousands
o1 gO0d citizens got few miles extra walk and
were doubtless the better for it, At the risk Of re-
newlhg TINS hardship one may hope the drivers will
carry their point. They are not on the whole a lad
lot OF men, and their pay is wTetcled Consider that
a man must drive ~ miles a day to pay the rent of
his Hanson before he can put n pennv In his nocket
believe they exist on the good nature of the public
and extra sl1penees v Mhen you come to London It
distances, which you may easily do from published
books of cab fares. Having done that never ask a |
eabman what his fare is. Pay him what lie is le-
gally entitled 20 aud sxpence or shilling over In
40 cases ont of 30 he Will thank yeu ciyilly You
need never have a row with him, and you will find |
yoH have had good deal OF service for very little
money.
II you have not forgotten Lord Willoughby d'Eres-
by, you will be glad 90 hear that justice still lmps
after him. Justice is the person OF Mr. Vernon Har-
court, cantering sOemny through the papers and |
condemnlng Lord WillOughby TO pay his discarded |
mlstIess Il 700 year with 5000 down-she was |
dreadfnl enough IN that shape. She comes again IN
the person OF Lord Perth threatening 10 seize the
great estates which Lord WillOughby nherits from
his mother; Ea; Lord Perth regained in 1853
under WHAT is known as the DTnmmOnd Res |
tItutiOn act his titular honors and believed |
himself equally entitled to the estates then |
Out u regard for her be RETAINED from pressing his