The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-01
ENGLAND.
The English E!ectiOns-L;bernl Euccesses-
How the Candidates Proposed--sscenes
Abort the Acknowledgement Conduct
OF tho RAbDlc.

OF tho RabDlc.
LONDON, Nov. 10, 1853.
The Parliamentary elections In the principal cities
ana boroughs ore over, and those IN the counties
are In progress shall not occupy your space with
results. which win be speedily aansnittei BY
telegraph but after noting one or Two characteristic
developments I will describe the mode OF polling
votes IN England in order to show how It differed
ron tIat in practice In the United States aui how
much inferior 1t appears.
The general result thus far Is a decided gain to
the liberals who VIII have over q hundred ma
ory IN the next Parliament ii the present ratio OF
returns continue. But the individual re.
suits arc significant AZ have predicted
in former letters, every "workingman's" can.
didale has been beaten, and badly beaten, except
Eeaes, the hero Of hyde Park whose success In the
Tower lIamlets is contested BY the conservatives.
Eradaugh and ali his friends are beaten out o. sight,
John Stuart Mil, the impracticable philosopher the
advocate or womcnS lights the shook in breeches,"
the most overrated man ia England. has been thor
nlss.er Koebuck, the friend OF secession has been
defeated at Sheeld. The caustic Robert Lowe, who
Is Liberal In profession and conservative at heart
IL elected without opposition by the London
University. Mr.. Gladstone has been e:cc.ed
at Greenwlch in he shall he defeated at Lanca-
shire Bernal Osborne, the liberal wit and jester, Is
defeated at Nottingham but Will be elected at some
other place. Sergeant Ga5lee-an English Jack
Francis Train-are turned out Of their Seats Mail,
the opponent OF the English Established Church. Is
beaten. Mason Jones Is tgnomin.ousy she.ved. The
Attorney General and the Solicitor General have lost
their seats. Sir Henry Buwer Is returned for TAM
worth. Trolope, the novelist Is thrown overheard.
In word, all the new men are elected to stay at
home and the next Parliament Will consist OF the
usual 0ld-iashIoned clements.
Thus, by remarkable coincidence and after an
equally hard contest, the almost simultaneous cleo.
tons IN the United states and England have resulted
IN the same way. In both countries the conserva-
countries old and tried candidates have been pre-
ferred to now men. In both countries extremists
representatives. This Is the moral Of the English
elections.
On sunday last rough wooden houses were erected
In Trafalgar square, ut the top OF Portland place and
at the other sites In London chosen Tor the polls
La front OF these houses were wooden BARRIERS In the
form Of the letter " to keep the crowd from pressing
IN TOO great numbers up TO the platforms. Early on
Monday morning thr0ngs OF London roughs gathered
arould these hustlnys and began shouting cheering
and INDUCING In ali Sorts OF horse play. or these
crowds not one man III q hundred was an eector
ana not one IN two hundred was decently dressed.
lions, and the candidates appeared the platforms
Each candidate had proposer ana seconder, both
the candidate was expected to address the electors
This was the programme but 1t was performed In
hootinGs and yclls drowned every other sound.
man appeared on the. hustings, opened his mouth
the proposer; another repeated the same per- ne
Iormance, and That was supposed to be the
WAS supposed to be the candidate. The spectacle
was ridculously like Punch and Judy show. When
oil the proposers and scoonders and candidates had
appeared, the sheriff or returning 0lcer" put the
candidates. names TO vote by q show OF hands
Everybody concerned knew that this was o farce
crowd had the slightest right 10 vote. The .return.
ing officer" then declared that 1.-THE show OF hands
them The agents or the candidates then icmanded
4 poll, which was fixed for Tuesday. After these
foolish fornaies the meeting slowly dispersed, the
rou9hs coolly robbing every respectable person
: On tuesday the votes were taken amid the same
a candidate for Parliament unless he pays certain
assessed sum to the shers Tor the expenses or the
this pay nent under legal pecuniary ties Every
voter must have registered his name on fixed date
before voting and he must bring with him what Is
called q s.pOng caru," Inscribed with tine name OF
his candidate. lie may have several votes II he have
several qualih cations, and he may them all Tor
may divide them rs be chooses. But wien q citizen
has al the necessary qualifications 1t Is no easy
surrounded by hired rufans, VINO insist upon seeing
his pooling card cheer or boot him. rs he declares
for or asans; tue candidates they paid supports
rush or with him IN direction different from that
o. the POLLS. Al this is.t'an Engisn CUSTOM wish
which the police are poweriess to Interfere. The
consequence lie that the voting Is extremely slow,
aud a. the polls are open Only from eight to four
about one-tnird OF tho legal voters never have
Mond obviato this; bat, then. the ballot is 80 un.
The polls being closed at the legal hour the poll
books aie kept In legal custody, the votes counted
and the results announced the next day. THAT
with the same rlotous proceedings Us the nominal
tons and the voting. Sometimes missiles arc thrown
at the candidates. but this year the police have
stopped that sort VI fun almost entirely. Riots have
occurred In some parts Of the country however, ana
at Blackburn the Mayor called out me military. As
for bribery and corruption, defanaiory reports
cards., circulars AID scandals. | will back
London IN, copsssncy agans. the wsr.
shops are all open the streets are flied with
drunken men and women, who celebrate
the vliest orgies and force respectable citizens to
keep indoors at night. TIE three days occupied by
tue elections are three days OF saurnaa the rui-
Hans Hans OF England, and waen tao candidates are
forced to face these wretches at the hustngs the in
suits and ribaldries heaped upon the unfortunate
gentlemen are beyond description. There does not
mode OF securing the SURFACES Of the people, and
do not believe that under the present any far
defence Of the English system Is that It brings the
candidates face to face with their constituents; but
deny tnat the roaring surgng, unruy crowds before
the nominating platforms Mt Gil repreScnt the cec-
tors Of England and so this defence as weak us
The proceedings are outrageous.
As sat upon the musings aud saw the candidates
speaking In dumb show and heard the disgracefu
roughs howling below Thought Of the dilnined,
orderly manner In which voting is conducted In New
iork the quiet around the polls the closing OF all
LIE grogshops, the Independence OF every elector
ls walked In and deposited his vote, the rapidty
with which the votes were ken, the guarantees |
against fraud supplied by the glass ballot boxes and
the sworn inspectors, the good order in the stress
hhu keHerdi III ltie rteulto-anu
wonder that an American, with such election con-
tras before him, feels prouder than ever OF coun-
ny which iighfuy claims to he the greatest In the
Election Riots In tho Country.
On Tuesday night, the nth OF November disgrace
Iu scenes were enacted In Bristol by q party OF |
r0ugs Who wearing liberal col0rs, attacked all the
conservative committee rooms, doing Immense IN
ury Iney then sacked several pubic houses, vast
Dg and drinking the liquor. Many. persons are re-
,ortea INJURED; two being dangerously hurt The
ury OF the MOB seems To have spent ITSELF for the
.ity is now mucn more quiet. The damage 10 csti.
ma ted ~ quile 10000.
On the same ngnt serious riots occurred In Bolton.
me STRAY was begun Uy the irish, VINO attacked tue
snglohnien. lhe Mayor read tao Riot act, aud soi-
ers arrived Dom Bury to quen the dsturpan |
rider was restored - a iate hour.