New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-29

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frsf nontb of the IS tariff the seven ana slNPellce
is n charge from Valencia 10 iphuoht tc'c na3 IS
naturally little tceng 81 uonnt " has nSronosed 70
90 hack 10 the higher rate. On the otneI manu- t
another reform. equivalent To another reduclI9u
was resolved upon at the meeting OF the Anglo
American Company on tho 18th inst: The re-
strct0n Of the words to an average OF hNe IeiteIs
has been taken OIL and messages may heheelorIn; oc
spn free from the vcXatiOus necessity OF counting
fine number of letters ia the whole The pubic VIII
welcome this cordially rs II the money t3Ili, hau
been lowered They may thank Mr. cyrus fleld LOT
it, who proposed and carried IT; alter some opPOSi,
tiop. unanimously. Mr. Field has steadily favored
the reduction Of the tariff, and would put 1t at
lower rate than II now u.s. beheving that tne p price
both cables should be fully occupied III the transmits
sion of dispatches q. w. 5.
TIE WESTMINSTER CONTEST-ROEBUCK IN sHEF-
ZELDA OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES LYTTONS
NEW PLAY--MR. DICKENs-CYRUs FIELD.
lFROM OUR own CORRESPONDENT
LONDON. Oct. 7, 1868.
There is a new phase in the Westminster contest.
A peeyish discomfort with Mr.. Mill had been mani
tested so strongly by fractions of the Liberal party
that his seat was ut time supposed to be Ill dan
ger When that fear passed away it still thought
that his aristocratic colleague Capt GrosycnOr, had
lead ia the canvass. There have been symptoms of
such a feeling among Capt. Grosvcnor's Committee
disposition to dictate to Mr. Mills supporters occa-
slonally appeared and there were muttered threats
not perhaps from any responsible pcIson-that II
Nh Mill and his friends did not listen to reason, Mr..
Mil should be left long way behind Capt. eros
venor at the poll. In other words, the friends OF
Can't GrosvenOr threatened to plump for him-to
vote for him alone instead of for him and Mr. Mill
together, as they wero Loyalty bound to- They reck-
oned themselves strong enough to amuse themselves
in this way. But the tables suddenly turned In
the contest before tho Revising Barister. it
proved to be Mr. Mills committee that
took the lions share of the work Of resist
ing Tory claims to vote, and securing Liberal names
on the register. Their success was very great.
There are 1903 new voters ont of which number the
Liberals have less than 3l44 leaving the Torres
but l59 and giving the Liberals majority OF lsSo
in the new voters alone AZ the last electIon MI
Mill who was nine votes behind his colleague. had
452j against So for the Tory candidate. Mr. smith;
Liberal majority, 70l. Adding old and new, the LID
oral majority is $50. Both Liberal candidates. there
fore IL their supporters combine in good faith, will
surely be returned By a great majority But II Capt
GrOsyenors friends shall persist IN demonstrating, IN
they run the risk OF seeing their own candidate de,
feated while MIR Mill walks in at the head OF
the poll For ont of the STA new, voters an
immense majority are devoted friends OF
Mr.. Mil, and asserted their claim to the
franchise in order 10 vote for Mr.. Mill: They
will not much care who is defeated if Mr. Mill sue
ceeds still less would they desire to see his college
chum and Mr.. Mill beaten, and they have given mo-
tce to all the world which may be read in the leader
shown the day of the poll on the part of those no
are inclined to fall away from Mr.. Mill to plump for
Capt Grosyenor, or to vote for Capt GrosyenoT and
Mir Smith the great mass of the new voters Will
| Outely plump for Mr.. Mil"
The danger TO Capt Grosvenor is so plain and the
warning distinct, that his friends VIII probably be
| prudent IN time. ATistocTatic Liberals who don't
like Mr.. Mill because he goes for the woman suf-
fIage, because he strives to bring the murderer
Eyre to justice will have 10 conquer their preludces.
The Liberals who panied because Mr. Mill OPP
posed tho ballot, favored the minor " clause. and
! already conquered theirs. Capt. Grosyen0r himself
is understood TO advise cordial cooperation between
his own friends and llr. Mills. We may hope
therefore that there viii be no split and no plump
ing but that Westminster will return both Liberal
candidates by majority thrice as great as that Of
| the last election.
Roebuck has chance of reelection. He is going to
work in person in hopes to save his seat. The hos
powerful is implacable But Mr. Roebuck has one
union in his favor the saw grinders, OF which Broad
head is n master spirit. and CroOkes still member
These two aSsassns throw the whole weight Of their
infuence-and it ia sOmethng-On Mr. Roebucks
side. They are equally in alliance with the Tory
candidate Mr. Price Possibly other supporters OF
Mr. Disraeli may with some surprise that their
leader permits his followers 10 pledge themselves TO
the support of the most violent forms Of coercion for
trade purposes. BrOadhead and CToOkes for Disrael
and the Irish Church The saw-gTinders and Mr..
Roebuck in defense of the Constitution 1t does
seem as if things were getting little mixed.
1t may be worth while to contradict specifically
the absurd London telegram of September l6 in the
New York papers OF the 18th. affirming that the
question OF Woman Suffrage after various decisions
bTOUQlt before
Judges of Westminster and rejected. To say that
the Judges at Westminster had rejected the claim il
equivalent 10 saying that that il had been rejected
by decision OF the Judges sitting IN bdncOtieneral
Term. | think you call it in INew-York. No such
thing, oranything like it, has occurred. The qnes-
ton has been considered before the Revising Bar
TisteIs only. and has not in single instance come
before single judge IN all England. 1t will como
shortly before the Court of Common Pleas. II did
come before Revising Barrister IN the borough of
Westminster, in other boroughs and il is doubt
less, his decision which your laundering telegram
minister We shall next be having the dictum Of
some Justice of the Peace in Washington tcleTaphed
to England as the decision Of the Supreme Court of the
United States. The stupidity would not bo greater
Lord LyttOn's new play, The RighUul Heir, was
brought out on Saturday at the Lyceum Theater,
with much spendOr, with cast of considerable
strength, and with a which was most graft
flying to the author and TO Mr.. Bandman, who played
the leading character There is not much similarity
between this drama and The Sea Captain which II
was founded The plot has gained in Conference and
in nataralness. The characters have less buckram
and padding and the SOleS OF their DIsklns
two inches less thick than before. As presented on
Saturday night there is human interest running
through it which held a very critical audience from
beginning to end. We did truly want to know how
it to turn ont. and dld not gdess till the fifth
act was well under way. The audience was, indeed,
friendly as well as cntcal.frlendly to the author
and to the leading actors At the conclusion of the
second act when Mr.. Bandman had reused the en-
tbusiasm of the house by his spirited reading of the
proclamation of Queen Elizabeth the cry for " Bull
wcr" was too eager 10 be resisted Lord LyttOn pre-
scnted himself in the front Of the box occupied by
his brother, Sir Henry Bulwer, and Lady BuweT,
bowling half dozen times in q slow, cercmOnious
way that would have done credit to one of Queen
EliZabeth's cOurtiers.