New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-21

lie, AZ opportunity il offers to eminent men TO
oon,inue an interrupted political career.
Tn looking over the other gains and losses on
Thursday and Friday. | think 1t quite useless to
follow out the comparisons nave made III former
lsttars IN some detail into the merely political
.Ssnoss that have occurred. When a revolution
has swept over the country and a general reaction
declared itself Enthusiastically, local influences upon
r,rt,cuar elections cease to have more than local
;mpor.anoe. | shall deal mainly with the personal
aspeots of the elections. The only Liberal gam on
Thursday interesting TO Americans was IN South'
emptou. where one Of the Conservative members
Wa DISPLACED by Sir F. Perkins. Liberal ana
rather notorious for his ostentatious sympathy with
the Rebel prvateers, which found Southampton
n convenient headquarters during tue heDei-
Iion Among Liberals reelected OF re-
placing other Liberals is Mr.. PhmsoI
whom exasperated shipOwners have not unseated for
Derby. Mr. Edward Jenkins though STILL believe,
in America has been elected for Dundee-which he
contested unsuccessfuly last year-turning out Sir
John Ogilvy Liberal, who has represented the
borough for the last II years Mr. HorsmaD, If he is
10 be called Liberal one of the authors of the Cave
Of Adullam goes back again to the House from bis
old constituency Liskeard. His election is due to
Tory votes and he defeats by five votes Mr.. Leon
ard Coartenay, whose direct influence on public
affairs for many years past has perhaps been greater
than that of any other man in England so little
known by name. lie IS q leader-wrftcr on The
7fpes and there are few moro accomplished masters
OF the English language: few 50 conversant with
affairs.
Res,de Brighton. one other provincial borough
turned a complete sorersault on Thursday; Ipswich
sendug up two Tories in place of two Liberals Mr.
Adair now beaten had represented Ipswich for q
wears and IL is no light thing in England to see such
changes az that Northampton, which Mr.. Charles
Bradlaugh desired to represent, and which he con-
tested unsuccessfully in 1863 would have none OF
am. He is at the bottom of the poll, and the only
result of his standing is to defeat one of the two
liberal candidates, Lord Henley and bestow his
seat ON a Tory. MIR. Bradlaugh might have done
BETTER had he been IN England to manage his own
canvass but it is not probable that he could have
been elected. His Republicsnism frightens good
many people and his Atheism good many more. II
Dir. Brsdlaugh be to some extent representative
of tho working classes they will find consolation
tor hs defeat in the return Of Mr. Thomas Burt for
Morpeth the borough tor which Sir George Grey sat
during 20 years, and which he obliged 10 sur
render without O contest.
Manchester must have black mark against IL.
Two Tories instead of one are returned. and the
third member is the moderate Liberal Sir Thomas
Bailey who poled 600 votes more than bis late col
aeague Mr. Jacob Bright. brother to Mr.. John
Bright This defeat is sore distress to the Womans
Suffrage party. 1t might leave them utterly dscon-
ISOLATE were it that they view in the return Of the
Tories to power some chance that their pet
may DO made party measure. MIR. Dlsraeh and
three of his Cabinet have already voted for it, and
.the Tories generally have shown an inclination TO
take it I'D whenever 1t could DO made to their
PURPOSE 1t is quite on the cards that they should
become convinced next year of their duty TO grant
Ahis boon to the lovelier half of England. Suffrage
exclusion in one direction brought about the
discovery Of the Conservative workingmaD
aud there is little doubt that woman
would prove grateful to the author Of her
reimbursement But Mr.. Jacob Bright is none the
less lauented. He was the spokesman of the party
IL mean the Woman'5 Suffrage party-in the House.
and to him was intrusted their BILL and there was
no ono IN political life who was prominent in his
exertlons for this measure though many other radi-
Gals supported it warmly. As man of business and
in all private relations Mr. Jacob Bright is always
highly spoken Of and his political place might be
Higher than it is but for the OvershadOwing fame Of
his brother. Some loss of miscellaneous considera-
Zion has come to him from his mixing up so persist
emily the repeal of the Contagious Diseases act with
The WOmen's Suffrage movement That was an error
of Judgment aud of taste but nobody ever questioned
Dir Jacob Brights sincerity high character and real
services TO the causes be has taken in hand Doubt
II remained for the City OF London and the Metro
soitan borOughs TO strike almost the heaviest blow
st the falling Ministry. Did not Mr. Gladstone base
mis- appeal to England on Finance On Finance the
fity of London is the controlling authority not Of
England only but the world; and the City of Lon
don long believed TO DO Liberal TO the core, and
faithful though all others should prove faithless,
announces by the act its distrust of Mr. Glad
stones financial projects and It's remuneration OF Its
old political creed. Four members SIT In Parlia-
snent for the City of London. and 80 confident in
1865 were the Liberals of their numerical superior
sty that they undertook to return all fourmembers-
the minority member socalled, as we'll as the three
others. In the latter they failed, but the three
Liberal members were soon. owing to the death OF
Ebs Conservative and new election, reinforced by
Baron Rothschild, and the city cast solid vote.
Ebe result of the elections held on Thursday was
not known till late on Friday; then it appeared that
three Tories had been chosen by 15OO majority
aud the defeat of Mr. Goschen himself. Cabinet
Minister only averted by 100 votes. Baron Roths-
child Ia again at the bottom of the poll.
The Liberal overthrow in Westminster Is even
moro astounding The borough which proved loyal
60 Fox against Palace and Treasury, and which hon
ored itself 10 late years by giving seat to John
Stuart Mil, is the home of a Tory majority reck-
ooed by thousands Mr.. W. Ii. Smith, the news
dealer who defeated Ar. Mill in his second contest
Ap 1858 was supposed to have made good his Parha-
mentary title and TO be sure of reelection. OF the
second seat the Liberals felt confident, and the
Tories at first seemed dsincned to dispute it. Sir
fowell Buxton was early in the field for the Liber
ais and the appearance of Sir Charles Russell, who
WA finally put up as colleague TO Mr.. Smith, was
Thought a doubtful piece of Tory tactics. But no
opinion and no prediction goes for anything since