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.. .. U "Candide" On The Elections. I (T...
venience : he had intended to retire on account of his age—though ten years junior to the Premier—but as he found that that course would be agreeable to two-thirds of his constituents , he had since determined to hold on like grim death : he defied any man to turn him . out , unless he had a much heavier purse than his own—a delicate compliment to the i ncorruptibility of the electors — -and , in conclusion , be expressed his perfect satisfaction , with himself . His colleague next spoke : a gentlemanly-looking man , with spectacles and a long thin narrow chin , and ^ * ^ ———
something of the pedagogue in the pTeciseness of his lips . This speaker was as respectful as his predecessor lad been the reverse . He bowed to the superior wisdom of his constituents in all things , except in their expectation that he and his esteemed colleague should be present in their places in Parliament . How could he vote on Irish or Scotch , or even private English tills , not pertaining to the borough ? Of course it was not bis business to make himself acquainted -with matters that interested only the nation , but did not exclusively refer to his own constituency .
He resumed his seat amid loud applause , which likewise greeted every subsequent speaker who spoke either for or against Lord Palmerston . In the end , the anti-Palmerstonians had rather the best of it , because no one remained to continue the up-and-down movement of the political balance . The conclusion therefore at which I have arrived from these experiences is simply this , that the candidates are generally as worthy of the electors as the electors are of the Candidates . In this harmony I recognise the existence of that dogma which you , six , strive to bring into discredit ; namely , that whatever is , is best . And in this belief I beg to subscribe lriysftlf , Your obedient servant , Candide .
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Solar Spots . —It appears to / be not enough that -we are to be extinguished by the comet next 13 th of June , and that we are to be visited by a murrain in the meanwhile ; there is something also the matter with the sun , according , to " Helioscopus , " a , correspondent of the Time * , vtho writes , with respect to the spots on the solar disc : —" The observers of these phenomena should be on the alert , as the spotless and monotonous state of the solar disc -which prevailed during the whole of last year , in precise conformity with the law of their periodical disappearance at regular" intervals of oneninth of a century , is evidently giving place to a more active state of things . Already , on the 31 st of last December , the appearance of an exceedingly minute
speck announced a change commencing , and , on the 2 nd of January and 9 th , of February , minute double spots were also seen , but the whole of March passed without any further indication of movement . Now , however , a group of four—two pretty conspicuous and two rery minute ones—have entered on the northern hemisphere , and the state of tho borders of the disc in the neighbourhood is such as to indicate the probable appearance of more or enlargement of those existing . They may be seen with a very moderate telescopic power . The greatest interest has begun to attach itself to these appearances ,-which are undoubtedly connected with most important processes in the economy of nature , and they should be observed assiduously . "
" A Dowdy "Wife . " —The mother of General Sir Charles Napier was a daughter of tlie ducal house of Lennox . Her father , the second Duke » f Richmond , and grandson of Charles II . by Louis de Querouaille , the celebrated Duchess of Portsmouth , was betrothed when a boy to the Lady Sarah Cadogan , to cancel a gambling debt between the parents . " Surely , you are not going to marry me to that dowdy ! " said ! the young follow , then Lord March , when the knot -was about to be tied . The knot was tied , however , and immediately the youthful bridegroom was hurried away from his dowdy bride to tho Continent . Three years
afterwards , on returning from his travels , Lord March ¦ went straight to the theatre and saw a lady with whose appearance ho was fascinated . " Why , that is the reigning toast—that is Lady March , " he was told . It was his dowdy wife . The next moment ho claimed her , and they lived so happily together that years afterwards we find them cooing to each other most affectionately at a ball described in one of tho letters of Horace Walpole . " Tho ball began at eight o ' clock . The beauties were the Duko of Richmond ' s two daughters and tlieir mother , still handsomer than they . The Duke sat ; * y his wife nil night , kissing her hand . "Life , by Sir W . Napier .
Anglo-Saxon and Latin . —It -would bo almost impossible to compose a sentence of moderate length consisting solely of words of Latin derivation . But thero are many which c « n bo rendered wholly in Anclo-Saxon . It would bo enay to make the Lord ' s Prayer entirely , as it is in present use almost entirely AiirIo-Saxon . It consists of sixty words , and six of these only have a Latin root . But for each of them except one , we have an exact Saxon equivalent . l ? or « trespasses , " wo may substituto " sina i" for " temptation " " trials ; " for " deliver , " "free hand for " , > o >! cr ' " " might . " Dr . Trench proposes for " glory , " "brightness ; " but this wo think is not a good substitute although wo are unable to suggest a better . — " Literary Stylo , " Frmer for April .
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- ^^^^^^^^ V ^ B ^ HH ^ NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . ¥ e cannot undertake to return rejected communications . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper o nly . If ^ loiig , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . luring the Session of Parliament it is often impossible to find room for correspondence , even the briefest . _ _ _
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There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to lceei > things fixed when all the wolldisby thevery law of its creation , in eternal progress . —Db-Abkoi / d
The New Parliament. Drstuibtttma The Mem...
THE NEW PARLIAMENT . DrsTuiBTTTma the members of the nev House of Commons under tw o general heads ¦— Liberal aiid Conservative —we are now enabled , to calculate ¦ " their respective . forces . There are , as nearly as possible , four hundred Liberals , and about two hundred and
sixtyfive Tories . In th « late Parliament the Tories numbered more tlian three hundred . They appear to console themselves for their county defeats by dwelling upon the fact that they have lost few boroughs . They had , however , very few boroughs to lose . The two or three that remained to them in Scotland have been forfeited . Hie war was carried on in
the counties , and here the results have been astonishing ; Thirty county seats have been gained by theN Liberal party ; only two by the Tories . The renegade Ha . mi : lto : ns have seen their influence beaten down in Lanarkshire ; some of the English counties which for many years had invariably returned a Carlton nominee , have changed sides , and given a large majority to the Beform candidates . Elsewhere , it is notorious , the Conservatives might have been defeated had Liberal candidates chosen to stand forward . Another remarkable circumstance is that , out
of a hundred and sixty new members elected , not more than forty-three profess Conservative principles . Thus a majority of the six hundred thousand county electors , as well of the five hundred thousand borough electors , even without the protection of the Ballot , have emphatically declared against the opinions held by the followers of Lord Derby . The Ballot , of course , would have repudiated still more decidedly the Shiboleth of the country gentlemen ; while a fair representation of the people in Parliament would have reduced them to their
proper place m the State—that of a political fraction , occupying a quiet corner of the House of Commons , an ounce weight to steady the scales . As it is , while the separatist sections—the Manchester party and the Peelites—have been all but obliterated , the obstructive party has suffered under a process of severe mutilation . It has been at least doubly decimated . The nation will gain in two ways . The House of Commons ,
relieved of many a solid rural presence , will bo enabled to legislate upon a large and safe liberal basis , and the Dcrhyito minority in the House of Lords will be proportionately discouraged . Tho majorities in the Upper House depend finally upon the majorities in the [ Lower , although it may become a question whether a few Liboral peerages might not conveniently bo created , in . order that tho senators of . the rod-aud-gold chamber
might more speedily comprehend the meani ™ and the necessity of a Reform Bill Ther ? are several members of the Liberal party on whom coronets might be bestowed Tnthout a waste of heraldic honour ; certain Earls and Viscounts now sitting among Commoners might appropriately take their places under the hereditary roof" But it will be time to consider these exigencies when the views of the of Lords
House , on the subject of the representation , have been dul y elicited . Toryism , defeated at the General Election enjoys two consolations . It has not lost many borough seats , having , as we have remarked , a very small number to lose , and it has not lost any of its distinguished men . For the same reason , we are sorry to say . "Who are the distinguished Tories ? Now , we wish to answer this question in no unfair or factious spirit , as will Ke
evident when we allow Mr . Disbaeli , Sir FiTZBOY Kelly , Sir Fbedebioe Thesigib Mr . Walpole , Sir Btjiwee Lyttou , Si * John" Paeington , Mr . ¥ abben , and ' Mr , Whiteside , one and all ^ to be distinguished individuals . If the party has other names to show , what are they ? " We submit that it would be impossible , without irony , to increase the list . Some years ago , indeed , the Earl of Derby confessed that he had too few
men of experience and capacity among liis followers to form a competent administration . And even now some deductions must be made . " We have noted eight -persons as distinguished . But only three of them are politicians- — Mr . DisRA-Eii , Sir JoHir Paking-TON-, and Mr . WALPoiiE . Two are brilliant counsel ; one is a novelist , and remembers it when he speaks in Parliament ; one has written , with lurid incoherence , the romance of epileptic lunacy . So it is not much to say
that Toryism has no great names among its killed and wounded . As to the Manchester Leaguers and their adherents , it was impossible to attack them without striking at some distinguished reputation . Of the rejected members of that party not one was obscure . " Who that habitually reads the public journals , will be struck by the absence from
division lists of Bakringtok , Faiumr , FroYER , Compton , Nesbitt , Fellowes , or Mundy ? But who will not call to wind again and again the loss of Cobden and Bhigiit , of Layard and Milnee Gibson ? [ Reverting to the partial rout o £ the Peelite section , it is curious to observe the pertinacity with which , in Tory manuals , Mr . Gladstone and Mr . Sidney Hebbebt are
claimed as Conservatives . Poverty , however , is no excuse for stealing , although destitution may be . The intellect of Mr , Gladstone and Mr . Sidney Hebbert does not belong to the Carlton Club ; those men are Liberals ; had they been defeated , Lord Derby would not have been tho loser . Certainly , Mr . Caiidwell ' s rejection at Oxford is not a Tory failure , although it may have been a questionable success on the part of . the advanced Liberals . In spite of an exterior somewhat frozen by official pedantry , no member of the late House of Commons entertained more conscientious 01
cordial popular sympathies than Mr . Cakdwell , tho friend and literary executor of Sir Robert Peel . It follows that , whilo tho Peelite party has been broken up , and the Manchester party deprived for a time of its representation in Parliament , the Liberals of all shades form a vast majority , whilo tho minority , composed of Tories , also of all shades , has been reduced by at least one-sixth . This opens a promising prospect for Reformers . Tneir great interest , as was well known early hist week , is actually under tho consideration of tho Government . Nothing but a Truns-
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Leader (1850-1860), April 11, 1857, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11041857/page/12/
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