The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-21

,,re majority OF electors. by the side OF
that bouroeoisfe which approves OF the
Ammunition OF taxes there are the rad
tcaix who reproach the Ministry with
retardng the arrival or 1.-THE reign or social
,ustice =, the Ultramontanes, who accuse him OF
fayorinp the enemies OF the Church the Irish, who
nrefer 20 material satisfaction few delicate CON-
numents 10 the national vanity, and the non-com-
form,sts whose admiration for Mr.. Gladstone Is
based unon the nope that he Will aid them IN de-
stroving the Established Church OF England. Hav-
aug such material deal with, and having to con-
tend against the minrheartedness and laxity OF
such al his followers had no special crotchets 10
advocate IL is little wonder that the Premier was
worsted In the encounter.
REMARKABLE SPEECHES.
The occasion has called forth remarkable speeches
rom Mr. Gladstone, Mr.. Lowe and Mr.. Disrae
All OF them full of personalities and hard hitting
Tnere has always been much personal acrimony
between Mr.. Gladstone and Mr. DisraelL Only on
one occasion In my recollection was any attempt
made by either to add anything to the ordinary
oficiai Parliamentary courtesy, and 1t was Mr..
Dlsraen who went out OF mis- way to say silly
thing. "The right honorable gentleman he
said, speaking OF Mr.. Gladstone. "my right honor
able friend. II he VIII permit me to call him So"
me House OF Commons cheered; but when Mr..
Gladstone, cold, ascetc and unimpass1oned. rose TO
reply, ne merely referred TO the previous speaker
a. 'the right honorable gentleman" In these re-
cent passages Of arms Mr.. Disraea has undoubtedly
had the best OF II. In his first speech he was caus
tic and epigrammatic, somewhat undignined in
his sheer at Mt. Gadstone's religion and unfortu-
nate in one or two OF his assertions; but in his
last speech az Newport Pagnell. when he had an
inklng that the conservatives were going to win
and there is nothing which so helps Mr. Disraeli az
sucoess--his audacious chan was simply sublime.
Two OF mis- great points were: one when ne de-
clared that. as he had enfranchised the London
University Mr. Lowe, who sits for that academical
Borough, was virtually Indebted to him Tor his
seat--s.a seat which he did not grudge him, know
ting that the presence Of Mr. Lowe was sufncient to
DESTROY Its existence" and again when. after al
,uding to c doggere verse which Mr.. Gladstone
had been foolish enough to quote In which sheer
and 'baccan were made to rhyme with "the Straits
OF Maiacca, Mr.. Disraei. with shoulder snrug
said TO his audience, "This is whay comes Of giving
ones days and nights to the study Of Homerp'
NEW HOUSE.
The personnel OF the House will be entirely
changed BY far the greatest loss to the House itself
Is, irrespective OF party, the defeat of Professor
Fawcett q man pre-eminent in the science OF
political economy bold, outspoken and Judicial
minded. Conservatives will regret the absence Of
Sir Jonn Paklngton, a worthy old gentleman who,
First Lord OF the Admiralty sat in Mr.. Disraels
last Cabinet. He is a prominent man IN the tory
party, and 1t is not improbable he may yet md o
seat somewhere. Conspicuous by their absence
will be Mr.. Tom Hughes, Mr.. Bernal Osborne the
wit and Joker of the House; Mr.. Ayrton, whose In
Boence and boorishness have been too much even
tor the electors Of the Tower Hamlets; Mr.. Jacob
Bright, who has probably fallen q victim to his
earnest advocacy Of woman's suffrage and his
earnest opposition to the Contagious Diseases
act; Mr.. Roger Eykyn, Baron Rothschild Mr..
Edward Banes the proprietor OF the Leeds
Nercasry and Others The brewers are
In fullest force "Beer and the Bible"
has been adopted as q rallJing cry,
and 1t is certain that those who manufacture
the former article viii be nobiy represen ted /;
whether those who attend to the latter will be
equally successful is matter Of question. From
what one can perceive the members Of the new
Parliament are on the whole Inferior in education
and social status to their predecessors. Two work.
lngmen, Mr.. Brit and Mr. Macdonald, have been
elected respectively for Morpeth and STAFFORD.
Both are miners, and only known in their lmmedi-
ate localities but the rrepressfble Odger, Lucraft
and Bradaugh have been ignominiously defeated.
A new member, well known in America. is Mr..
Ashbury, the yachting man, VINO has been returned
Tor Brighton.
LONDON FOG.
London was again enveloped In dense fog dur
ing the greater part Friday the 9th Of February
TO a stranger its density was unpeasanty gloomy,
but Londoners. who delight to boast OF that famous
December fog, considered it as something sunny
and tropical" Yet yesterdays was very disas-
trous fog. You have heard, time and again, that
anecdote about the gentleman going towards the
Thames and asking dripping form where he could
find the river s'Walk a lew steps further"
answered the one accosted 'and you will be In it,
Tor have just come out OF It." We are reminded
OF this story when we read that servant glrI
named Hurdle, living at the house oil the lock-
keeper at East Molesey, did actually walk
was drowned before assistance could be
rendered her. The plague OF darkness
proved most disastrous to the shipping on the
river An iron screw steamship, the Ambassador,
1000 tons register. laden with 400 miles OF tele
graphic cable for Brazil, broke away from her
moorings at Woolwich and was driited rapidly
up the river by the flood tide, and did immense
damage to the shipping at anchor in the neighbour
hood, carrying away twenty-eight golfers from
their moorings. Two coal vessels, heavily laden,
were run ashore in a sinking condition. The conn.,
cal side OF the catastrophe was however, the
search for the Ambassador owing to the thick
ness OF the fog she could not De seen anywhere on
the river. even when werful lime light was
thrown upon the river. She was finally found by
two enterprising tugooats and towed to a place Of
SAFETY. London fogs are not to be laughed at.
They are unpeasanty dense and gloomy this
winter.
GERMAN EMIGRATION.
One hundred and thirty-four thousand one hun
dred and ninety-one persons sailed fer the United
States from the three German ports OF Stetun,
Hamburg and Bremen during the year 1873. VI this
number a,Soi sailed from Stettn, es,l7e rom Ham,
burg and 81, 2l4 from Bremen. or the number who
sailed from Hamburg 44,27s shipped direct to va
rious ports and 4,59s England All the latter
and $4,000 of the former sailed for ports in the
United States. or the emigrants proceeding from
Bremen 45,67s shipped New York, 12o7s to Balti.
more and 2771 to New Orleans. Only 5000 eni-
grants lett Germany by SAILING vessels. ON ac-
count Of the scarcity of work in America some