Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-03
Literary Membtrs of ParIia-
ment.


elected are several literary men, among
whom the most remarkable is Mr.. Disra-
eli, who wrote Z" Vivian Grey at the
/ age Of twenty, and soon after edited a
daily Tory paper, called The Represea-
t1tiCe for Mr. John Murray, the great
London publisher There are one hun
dred and ninety-three new members in
the House Of Commons of 186S-69, of
whom nine are more or less entitled to
rank as men Of letters. We shall name
them, with brief notices
The Hon. Robert Bourke, barrister at
law, brother Of the Earl Of Mayo, newly
appointed Fieeroy Of India, has been
elected for Kings Lynn, defeating Sir
f. Buxton, the Liberal candidate. He
is the author of some legal works, which
are highly thought of In the profession.
Edgar Alfred Bowring, c. B., newly
elected for the city of Exeter, Is the
fourth son of Sir John Bowring, form
erly British Minister 50 China, was born
In 1926. was Registrar to the Board Of
Trade, and was made Companion Of the
Bath for his services as Commissioners
Secretary at the Worlds Fair of 1851
Tie is known as the author of transla-
tions from the poems Of Schiller, Goethe,
Hsine. etc. An ultra Liberal
Sir Henry Bulwer, formerly Ambassa-
dor at Madrid, Washington, Florence,
and Constantinople, has been returned
for TamWorth lie Is an elder brother
Of Lord Lytt0n, was IN Parliament many
wears ago, holds very advanced liberal
opinions, and is the author Of several
works Of high ability and reputation
Elward William Cox, sergeant at law,
IS elected for Taunton He Is Recorder
Of Portsmouth. founder of the critic and
the La,o Times, and proprietor of the
Field and Queen newspapers, Many
years ago he published a poem entitled
. The Opening Of the Sixth Seal He
Is a Conservative.
Charles Wentworth Dixie, elected for
the new borough Of Chelsea, defeating
Dr. e. Bull Run , Russell, Of the Times,
is son Of the proprietor Of the 1tEaema,
and author Of an important work en-
titled d" Greater Britain which J B.
Lippincott & Co. have just republished,
with all the original Illustrations. \
Liberal.
William g. Vernon Harcourt, elected
for Oxford city is lawyer, and best
known to the public as author Of letters
oa subjects connected with international
Law, which we're published in the Times
under the signature Of Historicus." A
Liberal
Henry Davis Pochin, new member for
the borough cf Stafford, IS largely con
nected with the iron and coal industries,
and vas twice Mayor of Salford He IS
author Of a Plan Of Parliamentary |
Reform advocating q special represen-
-s.ii=H-a the working classes, and Is a /
very advanced LiDefdl. ---=.----z-z
Edward J ehn Sartoris, newly elected /
fJr Carmarthen5hire Is a man Of large |
property in Hampshire, has written sew
eraI unackuowledged works, and is mar
riel TO Adelaide kemble second daugh-
Ter Of the late Charles kemble, the actor.
Edward Sewallis Evelyn Shirly, newly |
elected for Monaghan, is son Of the au-
thor of " The Noble and Gentle Men Of
England History OF Deer Parks"
etc, and has himself written several
books A Tory.
John Walter, WHO resumes his seat for
Berkshire Che was defeated in 1861 |
merits breyet rank in this literary list, as
proprietor ol The Times. A Liberal
Alderman Sir Sidney Haley Waterlow
comes under the same category, as the
largest wholesale stationer in London.
lie has been elected fer the Scotch coun-
ty Of Dlmfries, where there had been no
contest for forty years, beating the Duke
of Buccleughs nominee A Liberal
In the same way, Col. Charles Ichabod
Wright, the new Independent Conser-
vatiye member for Nottingham, may
merit mention here by virtue of his
father being the accomplished translator
OF Dante and Homer.
Besides the above, who have secured
their seats In Parliament several men of
letters with political ambition utterly
failed. Anthony Trollope, the novelist,
was unsuccessful in Beverly, one Of the
Yorkshire borouehs; John S. Mil was
defeated at Westminster by ". II. Smith,
a wholesale newspaper vendor OF Lon
don, Dr. William Howard Russell, his
torian Of the Crimean war, which he did,
and Of the battle Of Bull Bun, which he
did aoi see, was defeated at Chelsea by
yonne Mr. Dixie, whose father was de-
Ieated in the borough Of Wallingford,
Tor which he had sat since the general
election of 1865 without having once
opened his lips in the House of Com
mons; Captain Sherard Osborn, who has
written some admirable works giving the
results of his professional observations
in the Crimcan war, China, Mexico, Ja-
p5u and the Arctic regions, was defeated
q. Bi1kenhead by John Laird, builder Of
the Alabama Mr. Edward Mall, editor
OF The Noacoajormist, the able organ Of
the Dissenters in England, was unable to
obtain a seat in the new Parliament and
John Arthur Bocbuch, after having rep
resented Sheffield for nearly a score Of
years, was turned adrift at the polls, by
a large majority.
Yiscount Amberley, eldest son Of Earl
Russell, and notably the most diminu-
tive man 10 The late House of Commons,
was rejected by a great majority of the
electors Of South DevonshiFe. Exactly
tbirty-four years ago, the fathers Of
these electors had refused to accept his
father, then Lord John Russell, as their
Lord Amberley has not
reached the dignity Of producing book,
but is known to have written some ar
ticIes for the North British Rerie1o
Mr.. LoNGFELLow's present family