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WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14, 16CG. STROLLER'S SONG. 11? .UJCE CABY. Tim clouds oil round the Hky aro black, Ae it nnvoT would i hine again ; mit ra sUii" niv wallet over my back, And if UK'P) H? n0 s,Ur to Ku,,l? - My feet whon day ?? S<>,,n> .. VII shirt my woll<t 0>* otho* side, Anti trudge right on and on. For this of n truth I always note. And ehupo my cou mo thereby, That Nutrir.) lins never nu overcoat To seep her furrows dry. And how should tho hills bo clothed with grain. The vnles with flowers bo crowned, But for Ibu chain of tho bilvor raiu Thot draws from out of the ground. Bo i will trudgo with heart elate, And foot with cuurago shod, For that which men call Chance and Fate Is tho handiwork of God. ?fhoro's a Umo for tho night ns well as tho morn, Por tho dark as tho shlnlug sky; .Hie grain of tho corn and tho flower unborn Hovo rights as well as I. FOUR BRITISH STATESMEN. I?Y r.ICUAKI) OBANT WHITE. Tho recent chango which has taken place in the Administration of tito British Govornmotit louds au lnturest to Mr. H at ton's book upon tho leading politicians of Grout Britain iu addition to that which ita insight and its impressivo and pictnr osiino elylo would give it at any timo.* It is high? probable that Earl Rnoeoll and Mr. Gladstone did not go ont und tho Euri of Derby and Mr. Disraeli come in in ordor to enhance tho valuo of Mr. Hut ton's labors; but, nevertheless, this they did, and they are not the only men who bavo unknowingly dono a good deed whilo thoy woro engaged upon somo other of has cerlain merit. Mr. Hutton pataco in review eeronteen British statesmen, and he saya, with reason, that his book does not pro toiul to exhaust, or half exhaust, the number of stfttesmt n fairly entitled to bo called leading poli ticiana of the day. Yet it ia worthy of noto that of tlio eevoiiiccD who-o personal and political traits he sketches with ouch firm, dolicato, know ing lonches of his pon-pencil, almost all, certaiolv toUrt?CU, ftro we'l kuowu by repntation in this country. Coold fourteen of our leading politicians, Souators or Members ot tho Houae. be named who haYO Eur. pen? reputations ? Could eov?n ? That "tnt-y COP?d uolm?? beattrib??o? uj ??tti? per50nB to the stolid iudifiorencoof all buta few uuusunlly intelligent and impressible minds in Enropo to everything in this country which docs not affect trade and commerce. There is no doubt that thii moBt nngracions and petty-petty beoaoBO, plain ly enough, partly affected indifference is at the bottom of not a littlooftbe ignoranoo constantly exhibited in regard to the Unitod States by Euro peans who are well inform? d enough on all other subjects. But oould wo ourselves point out seven teen pol?tie{*ne of Buob commanding influence iu Congress that their names would be recognized by onr own publi . at onoo as thoso of leaders of political opinion ? It would be very difficult to do so. Becaneo this is tho case it docs not follow that in tho grade of civilization, in tho science of fovernment, or in the diffusion of oulture, we are ebind any people of Enrope. Our lack in this respect may be moro than madonp by advantages higher in quality, moro endnring and more gene ? -^ v.. ?II moy lu uo vimiai i DU OJ UIU avtiuj ui conspionous statesmon. Still, the fact in question is significant. Earl Bussell, according tri Mr. Hatton, has lost the position which he held BO firmly many years ago, because the middle classes havo seen that he failed conspicuously, first in finance, next and "worst in party loyalty, and last as a diplomatist. The ideal of the middle class itself baa changed since a quarter of a century ago, as Mr. Hatton tells UB in the following passage, which, like John Leech's bCBt drawings, lias an exquisite savor of caricaturo without tho least perceptible touch of exaggeration : ?H tudlco in Parliament : A series of Sketches of Load ing Politicians. By R. H. Hutton. London: Longmans. "Then his unquestionable 'earnestness,' which was not the ICBB a popular quality to the former generation that it combined a Whig nobleman's m. impcriousness with just a flavor of tho favorite dissenting minister of the district, his strength of conviotiou, which excited thoir confidence, and the touch of priggishness in its expression, which mado it a familiar feamro without annoying thoir taste-theso were qualities wbioh were muoh moro in popular request during the era of I/rd John Bussell'? ascendancy than they hivo been eiuco Lord PnlmoiaioH passed him in the race." Tbo middle-class Bri'ish mind is not now "in earnest," and returning to its old Jove for oakes and ?lu, it took up with jaunty, jeer) Palmerston, who united bonhomme und arrogance, tho nicest political tact with the otter lack of any political principio, and who administered the govoroment on the vaguo general plan of making tho best of ovorything; keeping all the while u sharp lookout for every npportuuitv to maintain British interest and honor, especially the former. lu Mr. Hi.t ton's judgment, of all British statesmen of his generation, Lord Bu?soll has shown tho most deep and ingrained sympathy with popular free dom. He draws a nico distinction between vho Earl nnd Mr. Gladstono in this particular. The latter "is more tender and humane, has a far deeper horror of popular suffering, and therefore Of mr, than Lord Bussell:" to which distinction Mr. Hutton adds tim subtle remark, character istic of his mind, and of a kind which often ap poors in tho columna of the London "Spectator," of which ho ia o-iitor-"Lord Busscll's sympathy with freedom, l'ko all true sympathy, has some thing a littlo sharp and stern about it-a little of tho old Puritau carelessness whethor it be happy or unhappy freedom. This is a mood of mind which tin- present sgo is almost learning to ig noro." Hut Iiord Bussell dosf-rts his allies, aB he did when ho refused to stand up and tako his share of the punishment about tho blunders in tho Crimea; and ho betrays thoir secrets, na ho did whon bo exposed to the Houso of Commons a personal quarrel, in 1851, betweou the Queen and Lord I'ulni. rston, about the internal affairs of the palace. Palmerston himsolf is praised for his "loyalty" in this respect. A British Administra tion apparently lia* muoh more solittarite than ours. It seems to bo for tho time a sort of sworn broth? rbood. With ui a mau is of course oxpect ed to keep faith, unless he wishes to bo marked as a Lia. k kb?ep, und to hear aU?p responsibility of his own acts; but ?o don't exJKt him to stand up and Uko punishment with A., B. and 0.,uiere .fli yteatu? be wai m their comuauy, for faults widen lie ?uuesily nrged them not to commit. Yet. Ins. ?i? v? fl?l| ?RUBBOU'S deficiencies, our author regaids him as ?i?v?ng tiii^neb?.??nabiy CfTOM metis frr.ni Ui?a gout ration (han any Jiving RUtcfetu .n. Ha ban d.mo this by hie supremo de votio:i o tho ptinci I ? of roli^i >u? "taeration, by his s'.oidv r?sistance til sacordotsl tyranny, und by his kcepiUK (ire.it Britain truo io ibu causo ot freedom on hut h sides of tho Atlantic, even in a futile, help] BS w.iv in Denmark und Poland~aud, might wo not add, in America ?-which it a<<MlH has n quired no lit: lo courage But his chiol claim to irr&Utndeia tnat "DO has carried the Constitution titnniphautly through its greatest criais, h ml rendered it SB dear to, as it was once hatolul t., i ho English niifldloobiss " This sounds very well, but ? hat docs it mean ? In other words, Earl KUMI :i w r, cid? fly ins1 rum? ntal in comploio ly chan-iii!! ci rtiin of th iseuaagos wbioh are cull ed tho Hu.m, Costitution, and in tubsiituting somo thitun. aceeptablo to, f..r Bomo that woio batt rill to, ii,., |>,j,?N|, uiiddle-clasH. Arter all thii has beeu wnitin, Irom Delolme to Mr B'geh>t. nron the subject, it is nndooiable that the Uriiinli Const it m? uni, u," "j], "|thu H.maoof ilommoiiH for the lime bi lu,... WH, ,, a bodv has the pow. ? pfenisigi..g ibu -nncliire, of redistributing B-uU in iarn.munt, Hiei ann ufrhangiliq tho ?u.l?s ion to the crown by a himplo v"t?., it is ?lifH ub. 11 discover what n ti,,. Invfofblo ontily bv whh-h that boi y is Boppnsi d ("bo enotrollod. ami which ir called a w11 atitut'on. And when all thea? ques tions, V.VII any ?thura may bo deeideil, mid placed bcymid th,i?..ni",.,| poner of ?too highest oonrt, by tho vol of,, majority of a body which rep.o acnta a Bina 11, i ,, r, y "f tho citizen? and taxpay ers, tho li nor eoutioQily expressed among s nooploHog.v ,,.,. ,(.r UM brutal rulo of tho ?na joruy in ihr U ?i??d states-win ro ?.von unanimi.y in tho if-_i-i,iivo ","|y ,,H""ot mak0 t,ial j^? either iu nation I or heil ?ff.irs which ia not es .peelaUj ji<r ovti-tl hy two OoiiB'itutit.ns-teems lo Tdioiu tpthihUion of Briiiah ignoranoo and pre Mr. Gladatono is manifestly a far more complex and delicate machine than his late colloaguo and co-leader, and indeed it waa his eonaitivoneaa, and tho many pointa on which be ia sensitivo, tbat en abled his assailants to worry him eo aorely in tho recent atrugelo which ended in hie resigning oflico Mr. Hutton comparos his naturo in its complexity to a Chinese puzzle, and saya in effect that his sympathies lie aliko with arietocratio oynicitim and democratic progresa, with the ultra commercial and tho ultra-ooclesiastioal deinem in tho stite, with tho aggressivo mon who aro for a spirited forcira policv and with i ho penco part?-. "Ho unites." Mr. Hutton ?aye, "cotton with cul ture; Manch"stor with Oxford; tho deep, classical joy over tho I'alian resurrection and Greek indo* pondouce, with tho deep English interest in the amount of ?lu >y on Zanto raisins and Ita li? II rags." Tho-o who Inivi? r?Hd the speechos of the late Chancellor of tho Exchequer oiirotuliy must have observed how constantly ho brinda up moral question?, when treating o' linanct?, and mnteri.il inter.sts ?hon his thooto is reli-ion or education. Ho treats money mattera like m conscion'i >ns lint prudent clorgymtn, and morilla like mi evangeli cal mau of uu?iiics_. This, tempered of eburno, in tho ?lylo of ritiimt- it, by the tasto of a highly cultivated man. Ht ii I, lhere ia alway. flavu* enough ?if t.io parent! in hie Bpoochos to justify Disraeli's aiircantio allusion to "the pomowhat B-notinioiiioua el qnnneo of tho Chancellor of tho Ixohrquor." Mr. Button ?inda tho aecret of Mr Gluds'oue's pcouliaritica of mind and of position in the fact thr.t, his aympathioa ar?, as a man with Lancashire, as n thinker with Oxford, and OH a politician wih Peel. Ho describes thus, truly thero cm hardly bo a doubt, the groat Chancellor of the Exchequ- r on* hie calculating, waye-aud means-providing aide : "The L mcasniro feeling for capital ia strong in Mr. Gladstone. Ile ni ne o s on tho money mar_'?t; he loves to ponder on tho resources which a low rnto of interest might open to tho Government, in tho night-watches. Ho does his work at tho Troaeury, not aa a matter of business, but as a matter of love. As a novelist's mind ewarma ex pedients for brin, iug out the poiuts o'his favor ite characters, Mr. Gladstone's mind swarms financial ideas small and great. He Ihiuke of the revenu end tho productivo powor of ihn ooiintry as a manufacturer thinks of bia manufactory, and the chance of striking a now vein of prout. And bia invontivo power is greater than bia judgment thniinh this is, however, io some extent ateadiod by the instinct of tho orator, which tells him which of bia ideas it will bo easy, and which im possible, to present in a tolling and popular form to the country. It is in groat measure theo oratorical iuatincts which oblige him to dwell on the moral aspects of niaorial wealth-tho only as pect? in which economy becomes a really popular topic." It is for us a particularly interesting fact that this man, who is the ablest financial manager Great Britain has had for half a century, and who is ropreaented aa Iyinn* awake at night to ponder on the reaonrooa which a low rate of interest might opon to the Government, ?H one of the most thorough and clemant .chotara in England, and perhaps tho mont eloquent man--rertainly ex cepting Mr. Bright, tho moat eloquent map in Parliament. Wc havo no hl?ft Of till, .ort in pub lic ljfo_ but j_ Cm* Britain they have them not a few. it may bo that if politics in this country could be made to seem to cultivated men either _ Eloa Bant Sold of labor, or one in which thoy could o of material service to the country, wo should produce Buch men; for io cannot bo that freedom from restraint ??a a PJQ.re diffus?- culture havo dwarfod or deteriorate*, the English mind in this country. But tho fact that wa now bave no euoh mon remains nono tho lora to be gravely consider ed. From Mr. Gladstone, who baa, as it was epifzrammatii-ally enid of him, "a eecond-rato in tellect in a fint-rato Btate of cfTervesneno?," we pass to the head of tho newly installed British Cabinet. Tho Earl of Derby ia to us in this country the representativo English nobleman of the timo. Ho has what may oe called the distinctive English tillo-Earl; he is the thirteenth of bia family who has borno it. Hia name, although common enough among us, and that of onn of onr own gonerala of ?IIV?M?OU in the Into war, alwavs bringa up Bhak spearo, ?menai a AH. auu x> 'HU" M iii nom,* an.iii. manner iu pr?valo and in the House of Lords, aa we hear of it, hu H just that mingling of real, offon nivo arrogance-with surface courtesy which, in the popular Judgment, ia obaraoteriatio of the whole British arist-icracy, but which, in faot, pertainB only to a minority of it in tho present generation. The insolont British manner, which British critica themaelvea have at last been compelled to reoog nize, ia found oftener in a merchant than in a marquis. Besides his otber well-known traits. Lord Derby ia great upon tho turf; and he has made what ia really the moat readable and faith ful translation of Homr r'd great poem that exists in our language; and an, as be is also a leading politician, ho stands oeforo us quite the model of the all-accoropliahed English nobleman. But ac cording to Mr. Button, who seems to be very aoundin his judgment?, the Earl has, from tho very beginning of hia political life, with all hia brilliant euceeas, "ahown H. profound incapacity for large and statesmanlike views of political principles;" which incapacity the author, with a characteristic BUhtlety ana penetration which soems loBe like tho use of faculties common to all iii-ii than the manifestation of an extremely deli cate mental nensitiv. nose and impressibility pecu liar to himself, attributes to "a disposition almost feinii.iin--id -s that word Resorts with hia gene ral character-to follow tbe tantes and impulses of tho moment instead of firming a clear and comprehensive judgment on tho principle involv ed." Punob'B iixcellont cartoon, "Derbye hya etraite lytte," -Linces at tbe new Premier's ino i nation lo fiud hia Kuide in the .mpnlaea of the mo ment rather thuu iu principle, Tbe Earl ia arm ing as his ancestor might have armed for Boa worth field. His aquire ia of course "Dizzy." But alaa I tho Euri has out-grown bia old panoply. Greaves und cnisseB are too short; breast-plate, nack-pleco, r.nd gorget aro too small. His faoe becomes apoplectic with the strain, hia Angora curl up in tho agony of suflocati m. He aa.va to hia squire, aa the latter knots a soarf inscribed "Tory ?ie-18-tf-" abont him: "Mothiuks, good Beujamin, we have in some sort outgrown our an cient liamena " ??There are twenty-six Stanleys in the Now York Direct ory alone. Thoy are clarks, machinist-, milliner-, black smiths, tailors, waiters, masons, liquor doalera, lawyers and sawyers. To which Drzzy answers : "May, good my lord, r-itli wo can find nono other, yon cannot choo-o but wear it." Lord Derby in probiblv moro an nuyod than pleased at lindin,? himself agaiu in power at the hoad of the Bruii-h Government. Hia incl?n ition to and fitness for what Mr. Hutton cull? the ornimont.il uid.. of politics, bia "facility ol' thought, reudinosa in illustration, aptne-8 iu reply, cinganco in htylo, and a certain imperious force of m inner," in which hie-trenuth boa, fit i iin well to lead the Tory opposition iu tho uri-to era io [{ouse nf l'ai li .mniu- ; but to bo made re sponsible for tho carry i n J: on of Hor Majority's Government, ri-apnu-iblo to hia party as well as re.?p msiblu to Ibo country, toen luro ibo ccrBeless quebtiiriuiigaiid bothering ?ml bidgoring of what our Iii it ml? oiuuma BO oddly call "lit r Maji sty'.-? opposition"-this nu. v vv.ll mi li o a m in of Lord Di-ibv'a age, tastea. rank and .?rtuno, wish to forswear poitica. Tho h mor of being Primior ? Hu h m bid iii a once, win n li nh he and hie par ty were belter ?bio to nae power than thoy aro uowj whoi tiny so. m li'.ely io como in for all tin worry and the rrapnne.biliiy, and fuw or nono of the advantages tit oflioo, which tlioy must bo con scious all tim whil ? thev uro lioldini? on euffor anco. ALd what io tho in' ro honor of buing fir.! 1 minister that a man should give np for?' c?r.ya and inghia to hard and uureqqitiug labor ? Lord Drm'i) poliuci*,! ?..flilQil?ej.d. at i ibutui. by OOr au th r chiolly to his -luring stroui-ly tho tastea and pi-* jo lieos f a CIMBS, while puBsesaina a literary .oeiiug too r.-tiiird to admit of hie expression tiie-o prejudices in any Krone and revolting way. His int? lit ot IM c mmmplice, but his will ii impe rious, Hill his porcc-p iona aro moro aensitivo aud his ia?.us moro cultivated than thoso of hin ord?i* l?enera?y, H neo his viows seem to havo mun nrilght and v.iluo than thoy really have. Lord D -rby'a oratory, iho atylo of which Bulwer Lytton happily ci-raoWi- ni in his well known personal mottph r, "Th_ Rupert of Donate." and which, until tho appearance of ht_ "Homer," wa? his chief claim ti? moro than mero domoatio dislino non, owo_ ita aUJ-'ea?, in tim ?>pnii?.n of his oritlo, to "tho p irtii nan aid ioiperi ma mould in whicti i' ia cast," and to ia "-irap:i<:ity of form." Hare again Mr. Hutton Httnbnt.s in tho Eail feminine triuts or mind H?> nays lint "h-aatylu not uufi*? - . pi? nly t-uiige-lB that of anublo, imperious wo rn m " To lu . exe i il IIL* il?uao?io.s is attribut? d m a gie.n mo mu io ilio itopularity of ids oratory, li. orumi it gives hi.- h.:nrei? a doublo or treb'eop iroriiiuily ot catching alniont. nil tho iirineipl p int. iii ovory xentcueo, tho Hainn idea br iug .ve pente.i I Wo ti'r ?hr- ??. Unie ? in d Jf.-rent plT ise. Win tv< r di-tii.c'ioi* Loiil Derby'- adinlni-lrA tion in iy u.-lnevo it will probably o'wo in no small measure io the i.bilay of ni* non, Lord Manley. TO havo tho faillir 1'riDIO .Mitunter mid ihn noli Foreign ?. ceiotary, is a ?irmt and ?no-t uuusiiai -InnH of powor lor ono family ; hut thero ia not H | i.nu ly in Borland that n\n ..{ um it with a b *i to i ?race, or IO whom l-nubelim n won d with mon [ confiuenoa and ploadtuo ave it. ?waidud, thin the | 0? *.'.' f.C.'-. _?_^ Stanleys. Lord Stanloy and his fathor are singu larly nnliko. The father is a wealthy and highlv cultivated oountry gontloman, a county magnate, an accompliahod scholar and a koen sportsman, who goes into party politico bocauso it bocomos the representativo of bis family to make a figuro in Parliament, and to preservo if not add to tho Derby inllucnco, and who goes in ou tho Tory sido beoauao that is tho most becoming sido for him to toko undor tho circumstances. Hut Lord Stanley livos in mid for tho higher politics. Ho l>oli- vos in nppc ding to tho reason of mon, in taking caro for their best interests and in showing them that you do so ; ho do ?Is littlo with eontunotit, IIHB lit tle regard for prejudices ; ho s-tks first raota, mid then to deal with them in tho light ol'cool reason. No fe ir of tho appearance of the Feminine element in any of his a ?inga. Ho in greedy ol'statistics, mid with bil o.'iorni ins appetite fur them Lui? an equal p >wer of digi slim. Yara stories aro told, otro o Inn tr?valo, of bim and Earl Derby, which distinguish Ilia two men w.ll. L >r.l Stanley is said to boto i?lworved, "Myfather would ?>o avery aide man-if ho onl.. know anything ;" and Loi?l Delby to hare said that whoa iii? Iran-dation of tho Iliad waa priniod in p.oso and p uMiahod in tho f. nu of .i i> no book, ho should HI ml a copy to his oon. Thoso etoiios show lho diff r.nco of the i WO mon, and alao a certain unsympitbizing ?oornfolneea for what docs not tint-rest them, Willoh th?-y havo in commun. Lord Stanley takos nffieu aa a prominent in? mber of a Tory Cabinet Hut ho ia uota Tory, nor, although liber I in his views, is ho a Liberal. Ilo cannot properly bo said to otlnng io any p>rty ; his mind being of thit cast which refus? s to accept a courso of aetloo pre scribid by others. Mr. Hutton, whoao symp v thioa are very wide, eo wide, in fact, that ihoy aoom ?juin' uoundl-sa, has yot, it is cloar, n? Iel low fueling for Lord Stanley ; whoso plain com mon BOaaa and cool ro ?sou stem to rop'.l his critic, ?li), like his own Lord D- rby, his a good dcil ot iho feminine element iu hia p ditical oonstim'ion. though quito of another kiud from thit iu Lord Derby's. Ho plainly bolioves in governing people, ?is women govern children and sometimes ra??n, b? liumoiiug whim and yiouliug to prcjudico, t?y RB Burning an atiiludj of sympathy and respoct, in sip rt, by carrying tho social tact by which somo pernio' choose to get on iu society into the wider liold of poi'ics. Bat L>rd Stanley would say to putiplo, Look ! ii you do thus yon will commit ?Web a ?roug, or you ?ill loan so much money, or you will sacrifico such an id vantage ; if, ou the other hand, yon do thus, you will do what ia right, or you will gain so mara, or you acquiro so muc'i additional power. Mr. Hutton says of Lord Stan ley, evidently in a tone of reproach, that ho "ia as lucapablo of refusing a common Bonso reform from any fear of the abstract dangar of change, as of joining iu a demaud for reform from any anti cipation of Utopian bonofita or any chivalrio devo tion to abstract justice." But this, although hardly tho temper iu which ona would liku to bo meVby one's wife or friend about a mattor of per sonal feeling, seems eminonUy suited to states manship under a constitutional govornmont in a country advanced in civilization, aud among a people of Anglo-Saxon blood and high intelligence. Qne value or Mr, Hutton's mind as a polit irai test, is ita \\1?6 sympathy and ita extremo sensitiveness to any chill. Ho shrinks from that which is mere ly cool aud clear. A nlnngo bath of puro reason would bo the death of him. Uenoo, he detects at once what will offend the prejudices or repel the sympathies of any ?lnw or any people. But on the other hand, this trait makes him too impressi ble bv the exhibition of imaginative and creativo traits of statesmanship. He wroto much up >n our war and onr polities during the war, aod v?ry ably, in a friendly and an ominontly candia spirit ; bnt he is now evidently captivated by the p dicv of the extremo "radicals," and fails tu see why, i * we fonght such a war to preserve tho republic and extinguish slavery, we should not remodel our Constitution so as to make Congress an impe rial body like Parliamout, and oar society eo as to admit the negro to the ballot box, the parlor, and tho marriage bud. Wbcn Jlr. Hutton wrote his appreciation of Lord Stanley, there was no appa rent probability that tho latter wonld Boon be called upon to take < ffico ; bnt in that apprecia tion ho suid that if Lord Stanloy were Prime Min ister the .british public w.mld distrust his foreign | Policy ; tbcf 1?.??1 *???o fu?-ling that- ha ropro?Tu iho true British character ; there is no confidence that he wonld keep up the legitimato influence of England abroad." If be should not. so mach the better for the British people. For "legitimate in fluence" means, of course (not with Mr. Hutton, bnt with the maturity of hie country mon who have votes), the iiin .ice of the British Government sa a first-rate power in the regulation of the affaire of Enrope, and its predominance in China, the Indii s, and in island savagodom generally. Not until the Briti h people otiaso their craving tor this kind of influence will they bo ablo to do awav with tnur army and nav., which Mr. Bright, with such cutting Batir?, stigmatized aa "a gig au tie system of oui door relief for the British aristocra cy." Not until they can bring themselves to re nard the growing prosperity and strength of other nation? without fear or envy will ih> y bo able to devoto the whole of their own great energy and tin ir owu prout wealth to the moral and ma erial well bung of the whole of their own people. In our ?Imlinns with the Bl ili-b Qovernment Me shall piobably find Lord Stanley ready to meet as just iu the spirit we like-that of common sense, ftir neBB and xnatnal respect. He will not be tho man on the one hand to yield anything to which ho bas a reasonable claim, or to attempt to ?ootha us with smooth words which mean nothing, or on he other baud to meet a respectful request for arbitration in a matter a* to which we have suf fered greatly at Briii>-h bands with the n ply that "England is tho guardian of her own honor." It ia not probable, however, if Lord Stanley fol lows the for taara of the Ministry of whian he is one, that he will continue lung enough at the hoad of the Foreign Oflioo to moud iho coming po.icy of tho British Government towai da the United States. Tho power of which John Brigh? is the salient representativo already shakes Lord Derby's Ministry iu tho teats which they hav?> ?.careely taken. It ia the fashion with all parties in England to underrate Mr. Bright. Not to un derrate his charaoter, his oapacity, or his oratory; none of tli.ure quite foolish ?nough to do that But none OJ them H em to reougniz > him as tho ri prcrtont iiivo ot tho only posiiivo furco now at work in Sunland in opposition to that represented fir the uonco by tho Earl of Derby. Even tho educated Lioorala look upon him as a purpostiesJ agitator. lh-y say that all that lib attains or at tempts by bis oratory is abuse of the aristocracy; that he duos nothing ; propobos nothing ; that his inspiration is not Jovu for the labornm olass, but hatred lur tho House of-Lords. Mr. Huttou him self, liberal among Lib? raia, aiid at} wo have al ready remarked, witu sjuip-ithy that seems un bounded, says of Mr. Bright, iu ins tre nob ant way, "All ho duos is to ui.-piro his followers witheinbu siaain and his foes with wrath." Those Liberals, even tho niaulioat and most philanthropic of them do not seo thai; tho only real reform, the ouly re torna that will "stay reformed" in England, is one which di en away with rank :.nd pii\ilo"e, and not only with thoso but with the political retOgnlM?n ot olass inturost8. It is a puny fancy, tiu.-i Libe ral notion or a fair, moponion ao representation of every class in tho 1-gisla Ivo body, hut nie Ooly a pretty fancy. If loaiizud for too moment, the reality would quickly resolve itsolf into nuntin i ouduriug, hi cause aimpo, form of. political ?true turo, iu ?s IJIO.I tue lo^i-lativo body n pi osante, not all classes, but the aggr-gate of tax p?yiug rill? gene, oath reckoned and rated us tho other. Tim cry Tor reform will navel still uutil privilege and established distiuolious of olass am-irg uuizuiis aro destroyed ? nyfl until then, whatever political ?ituctur- ^__ up will lean upon sc^ft'-lding, no1 rest opon roundaltona. John Bright'?? muctioa is to cry out o^aaolosaly for Ihn destruction. That ouoe accomplished, tho rest follows oasilv and as mattor of curse ; and from that day too functions of guv? rninriit will bo gradually circumscribed, statesmanship like Mr. Gladstone's will decline from disuse, and elevar politicians li ;o Lor i Palm erston bro mo of less and lesa account lu Eiigl.ind. For real statesmanship coucorus its' li wah first pi'imipies ; bat wnuu all fiist principies aro sot no 1, as they would m England, and as thuy aro with us, wuat have noliticiaua io do but to fr.iiuo and adniiiusttr laws based upon those principios 7 Heneo iho comparativo barrenness of our debat?s lu Congress, and tim compt dut of Europoau oril les tina our politicians all talk liku l.vwyers aud du nut discuss grunt pr.ncipli B. This n quito inn, but no ground for fault finding, oxcipt in so far a s nur Enropjau ir lends aro dopiived of au iutoiloot uil exercise. Waua they havo got on far enough tu rest tm ir pi lities upon that principo?, their pohtieidiis Will talk luto lawyers too. Tiitir gio it d?bitos ?m? pirie of tho alruggle yot going uu in Kuropo between two mighty uuiagoiiistio forces. 1?. ia ?fun u Ki-.iiia epoctaolu ; but meantime tim p o|il ? peiish. Tho book which ia the occasion of this artiolo is hareby of eufiloiunt goneral iutercst to ho reprint ed litro ; but it is uno ih it our political jouruaiisis m ty Well study. Moat of Hum are too old and too busy to begin to acquire tho i ducuion tint must of thuin lauft; but ii iney havo any lit in a? for theil oiii'iipation, any on acity or learning, thoy oauiiot f iii ti profit by studying tnii boob, and by li nu inn in it insu notion, by ex?inph-, how to think and how to write atiuut politics ami pditiriaiis. For Mr. Button's volumii is modo up of articles wrn ttu, jiiii aa theirs aro writtca, for tbu columna of f . I a dally paper-the "Pall Mall Gazette." And yet wo havo not tho heart to cimparo their writing with his ; nor wonld it bo quito just to do BO, con eidorioR tho difloronco > otwoen tho audiences which ho and thoy address. Such oompariaona w li not bo Just uutil wo havo a eot of picked m<-n writing for a select public ; or, until they havo a set of avcrago men addressing tho whole commu nity, including costormongors and farm lobon-re. Mr. ITuttoa baa a raro faculty for tho uso of thnso dangerous, but when well used, most cflVctivo rhetorics I resources, motaphor and H?III?IO. They do moro in his h uni" than illustrato hin tlioutrbt". They give it light and life. 1II*BI.VS, for example, of Lord Cr.iti borne, a critical di balor, that "his ?pr?ches aro always intended as solvent? for the ? creed of his ant-igonislH, nevor a H mit i-f (?es to I preserve tint of bis Irienls," und, vi>ry linely, of Mr. Bright'- grand irony, that "ho contrive.*?, with ?n art that ho exercise? a -OK-HI timon ni every one of bis great orations, to bind tho notion which ho wishes to rid eulo as a huiii'li.it.il cap tivo to tho car of that which he intends to tri umph." But Mr. Hutton'? facility and hie usual fulicily in thin style ?ometimnH lead bim into ob scurity, nay, "into tho ground." For ex uni.le, it is, at least, quite dilli-ult to find ont what lie moana hy saying that Lord Oranhnrno alun-et ajivaya ?pnftkis "as if hiB mimi were lltted with a falso bottom n good deal nearer t li o enrf.ico than tho Bpritms of his thought ;" and, if his remark a'?out Lord Granville, tha' ho "decretes that cou cilia'orv oil which li ia nothing slipper*, or gr m y ab mt ii" moana anything, it mc-iiH Konnihini* not at all ploasinr. Mr. Disraeli gives Mr. Hut ton an opportunity of exhibiting bath his charac teristic excellence aud woakness in this rospeot. Ho says of tho Hebrow Tory that he i-? n. foreign body in his torpid party, and that ho "will some day soon bo ejocted from it in some unexpected part, as a needle that !un beon ?wallowed years a?o vill su'ldonlv work out"-so far woll, adiniru blo ; but tho writ?-r goes on, "and not wit hont pain, and gathering and inilammitiuu in ?he floshv part of tho arra, or tho leg, or oven at tho foot." Why du! ho stop ? Why did ho not con tinue-"or in tho hard part of tho heel, or felo niously, in tho great too V" This fault is noticea ble in many British writors of tho day : and, I* .bia article wero writton in a criresronding apri? lo i hat which seems to possess every Briti*?.. critic the moment ho takes up a book writ'.- " in this country, wo should spouk of tho fault :.ot simply OH a faull, but make it tho occasion of ene era ut tho falling away from a puro Eng-ieh 6tylo amo:g British writers. Wo ahonltl c:?)l it not bad but British. And, indeed, thero could bo a little book much bott? r than eithor "Tho Queen'? Eu glir-h" or "Tho Deau'a English," and far moro amnsiog, written upon British Em*lieh HH qoni pared with American English-writers of tonnte nilly farnieuing examples on both sides, and the standards of comparison and ruloa of judgment boiog thoso received in both countriea ; for nunn this point thero ia no diff.ironco. But wo shall be tempted int-i no auch folly, aud we point out these alight blemishes upon a clear, rioh and suggcativo Btyle, merely au examploa of an exoese into which all writers who use figurative language havo ?he opportunity of filling. Mr. Hutton'? stylo has been crilled by some of bia most faatidioiiB" critics affected. Thej mismtmo a peculiarity which they dimly discern. It ii not ftflp-etoiJ, but at timos, it ia conscious. There ia _ style of ?vi itinn; which be? trays a conBciouanoss, not of effort, far from it, but a eeniaQtoHSPesa of revelation ; as when a fair womm liria her vail. This, Mr. Hatton some times exhibits. Ho knows,-lite the ftif w\>_ian, ho cannot bolo but -DOW,-th_t which bo reveals will gtfe na pleasure : and his style flushes with the conecionanc-js. His book ia a very valuable contribution to tbo political history of the day ; and beside its interesting portraith of prominent Britidb atatesmon, which, with the freedom of ?ke.tcheB, eoem to havo tho minute faithfulness i f studi-a, it gives m ro inBight than any other book known to na into the actual working of tbo va rious claa? motives and perso* al reelings which always influenco and Bomoiimea ountrol tho action of the British Parliament ?i'l.U-AJ- N?TlOE? ?_r AWA? WITH BPEOTAOUSB.-OLD E_EB nade DOW, witbout Speotaole?, Doctor or Medicine eampblet mailed free on receipt of ten cant-. AO-xew a. B. FOOTK, _L a, No. 1180 Broadway, Hew York. November 9 ??arABTlFICLAL E_E&-AB-TFIOIAL Hu HAN ETES made to order and lneerted by Dru. V. OADOB and P. GO?GF.LMANN (formerly employed by ao_noi<i?-_v, of Parla), No. 599Broadway. New York. April 1?_lyr *tar COLGATE'S HONEY SOAP.-THIS OELE BRATED Toiiot Soap, In such unlvers-i demand, . made from the cHolc.nt materials, la mild and ?tnoUlentln Ita nature, fragrantly scented, and tsitrenaoly beneficial In Ita action upon the skin. Yoi tale by all Druggists and Fancy Good? Dealer?, february 1 lyr ?ariroai rrjai ITOHI SOBATCHI -ORATOHI SOBAT?1I1 WBEATON'S OINTMENT will cure tho itch In 48 hours. Also corea Salt Rheum, Ulcers, Chilblains, and all Eruptions of the Skin. Price SO cents. For sola by all druggists. By ?ending 60 cento to WEEKS b POTT_.lt, Sole Agent?, 170 Washing ton street Borton, It will bo forwarded by mall, free o postage, to any part of the United State?. June 4_?moa JOHN a I'AIliXEY. RUTLEDGE WILSON JOHN S. FAIRLEY & CO., Wholesale Dealers in FANCY GOODS, WHITE GOODS, HOSIERY, ?LOVES, FURNISHING GOODS, ETC. INVITE THE ATTENTION OF RETAIL MERCHANTS IN THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE COUN TRY to their complete as-or-xient of the abovo mention ed doods, now being opened at No. 37 HAYNE STREET, THE OLD STAND OF MESSRS. HYATT, MoBURNEY b CO. Their Stoolc has been ?elected with great care and a thorough knowledge of tbo wanta of tho boothera peo ple, aoquirod during many years experience in burin ces in this city. Our bu-lnets motto will bo Quick Sales and Short Profits. ORDERS WILL BE CAREFULLY AND PROMPTLY FILLED. JOHN S. FAIRLY & CO. j Tho Bubecribcr Is particularly dosti-us of renewing business relation? witta the customer- of hi? old house, MARSHALL, UUIl-E k CO. J. S. FAIRLEY. October 4 2mo GRAESEK & McJUNKE? FACTORS ?VND Commission Merchants, OERVAJS STREET, COI.UMBIA, So. Ca., OFFER THEUt SERVICES FOR THE PURCHASE or Bolo of Oottoa an 1 i'r.Uu.i :,'(.. :ior_lly. Or.k-i and Conslgnmenta roapoo-'ully -oUcltod. C. \. G-.AKhKU, W R. M.-irwK'v. Ootoocr 27 ire JACOB COHEN & CO., Brokers, Auctioneers and General Commission Agents, NO. 46 EAST BAY, (UP sTAina.) BUY AND 8ELI? ON COMMISSION REAL ESTATE, STOCKS, BONDS, ko., be. Imp November 0 "WILBUR & SON, GENERAL AUCTIONEERS ANO Commission Merchants, OFFICC AND SALES ROOM-, Ho?. 13 and IO S.-uto street and Noa. 1 enid 3 Gbalmon street, CHARLESTON, 8. C. Aynll.9 iuwf-|rr J.-o:-*-?'?->.. Afcrw '' .?'" ?. '' " . ./ _ _ _ , WILLIAM G. WHILDEN & CO., CORNER OF KING- AND BEATJFAIN STREETS. STEPHEN THOMAS, JR, . . ' . . WILLIAM S. LANNKAIJ. TTAVINCi RECEIVED A WIU, SELECTED STOCK OK LADIES AND aBJIBTljEMEWK WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE AND FANCY (?GOBS. Invite their customers um! the public generally to au Inspection of the H?IHH*. They have also on bund a full MMOTtmcnt of SPECTACLES AND EVE OLA8SES PLATED WAUK CUT AND PRK8ERVED GLASS DECANTERS. GOBLBT8 CHAMPAGNE, TUMBLER, WINE AND CORDIAL BYBBY VARIETY OF HOUSE FURND3U1N0 ARTICLEB. WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRED. NO. 255 KING-STREET, CORKER OF BSBAVFAnr, Novcmbor 1 Hnmwf2mo CIIAltIJ?BTON, BOUTn CAROLINA. NEW GOODS, NEW GOODS, AT THE CHARLESTON HOUSE, SPOIL, WEBB & CO., NO. 287 KING STREET. WE BEG LEAVE TO INFORM OUR FRIENDS AND tho public tliat wo bare quito recovered from tim shock of tho lata lire, having reoeivod large additions in Stock to each <lcportm?mt. Wc oro ntill running off some Goods at very low prices, which are vary dwirablo. Wo would call special attention to eomo very de sirable and SEASONABLE GOODS, BUCH AB, A F?LL LINE OF BLACK CLOTH CLOAKS. NEW 8TYLB8 A NEW LOT OF FRENCH KID GLOVES for Gente and Ladles; wann Glares for Win tor. BLANKETS, BLANKETS. PLANTATION BLANKETS in oil qualities ENGLISH DUFFILL BLANKETS ENGLISH PLAINS AND KEBSEY8, all Wool SUPERIOR BED BLANKETB, In oil sizes and qualities. REAL WELCH FLANNELS. AMERICAN FLANNELS IN EVERY QUALITY, RANGING FROM 33 TO 76 CFS. Consumar? will find it to their advantage to call and examine tho abovo mentioned Goods. Wo will guarantee to eell all Goods at ?a LOW PRICES as they can be bought in the city. All of tho above Goods will bo sold at low prices, by SML, WEBB & CO., No. 287 King street. Ntrvcinboi 7 BLANKETS. ENGLISH DUFFIL AND COLORED BLANKETS. Also, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN BED BLAN KETS. For sale low by JAMES B. BETTS, November 8_C NO. 262 KINQ-8TRKET. pWTATiojriLOTmir LOW PRICED CLOTHING, 8UITABLE FOR FREED MRN, from M to $10 a suit, ta which wo Invito the attention of Merchants, Factors and Planters. EDWIN BATES & CO., November 7 30_No. 134 MEETING STREBT. PLA?AWW?LL? KERSEYS, SATINETS, BLANKETS. FLANNELS and other Low Woollens, for plantation use, for sale by EDWIN BATES & CO., November 7 30 No. 1?4 MEETING STREET. WEBB & SAGE I1AVXP?G ADDED TO TIIKIK ALREADY FULL A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF FRENCH CHINA BY DIRECT IMPORTATION, ABE PREPARED TO SUPPLY THEIR FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC AS IN FORMER YEARS, AT NO. 5 HAYNE-ST. Novombi?T 4 Imo wronT & ?imT, Machinists, Boiler Mat?is, Blacksmiths, AND GENERAL REPAIRERS, QUEEN STREET, ONE DOOR EAST OF MEETING. ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY. FIRE ENGH?ES. HOSE PUMpfe, Ac, Repaired at tho shorloat notice. BRASS and IRON WORK, all kinds, neatly executed. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. October 17 wf ~MAD?ME~?JTMAKS,~ PROFESSOR OF AST30N0MY, ASTROLOGY, PHRE ' NOLOGY AND PHYSIOGNOMY-four of tho most publhnn Sciences tli.it ian occupy tbe human mimi-has looiU-ilut No. 01 BROAD STREET, second door from Klug BtrooL Sho fil ven a gonaral Invitation to all who ?lo siro to commit on business of importance. Tii?m la no question which may not bo accurately answered, and much misery avoided by a timely inquiry of this Star o? Aa'rology. Hl>o possesses a mugueUu power of healing, ?nd describes all dis?caos, and tells them at auoo whether ft ia eurabin, and wyo WA?y dollar?. October K) law . SPECIAL NOTICE. DISEASES OE THE EYE AND EAR. OR. GARDNER, [FORMERLY OF LONDON, ENGLAND. [ OCULIST AND AURIST, OPERATOR ON THE EYE AND EAR, T> ?-SPECTTULLY INFORMA THE CITIZENS OF JLA, Charleston and vicinity that be has taken Rooms ?ti tilo Charleston Hotel, and will bo prepared to receive Patients on Thursday, November the 8th, until Thornley, Novcmbor the 16tb, after which time will visit this i-ilj a? occ-siou may require, of which due notice will be given. OVF-ICI. HOURS FROM 0 A. Bl. TO O P. ML., And can be consulted on DEAFNES8, NOISE IN THE HEAD, OATARRH, DISCHARGES FROM THE BAB, SCALES IN THE HAR, ACCUMULATION OF W?__ _H THE EAR, OBSTRUCTION OF THE EU-TAOHIAN TUBE, and all Acute or Chronic Disensos of the EYE AND AIR PASSAGES. ARTIFICIAL EYES INSERTED WITHOUT PAIN, AND PERFECTLY RESEMBLING THE NATURAL EYE. OPERATIONS FOR CATARACT, STRABISMUS OB GROSS _EJ"3T_E3, Artificial Pupil, &c.? Skillfully pcrfonuod, and all di_oaso. ol' the EYE AMD EAR treated, and overy operation in Aural and Opt-bal- V mic Surgery performed by " DOCTOR GARDNER. Princijal Office, 84 West 48tliL N.T. . AS- For roferenco, testimonial*?, _,c, send for a cmcui__R. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. Tbo Louisville Journal na yu : " The tenUi-rumialu ?ville Dr. Gardner prenenta to the public could never bave been obtained, except by the display of groat akill and learn ing in his profession. One thing especially commendable in the Doctor's practico is, that bo will not attempt an incumbi? disoaao for tho ?-ko of a foo, but frankly tells the patient whether bo can be cured or not. We -ho_r f ally rocommond Dr. Oardnor to tho attention of nil our friends who may be suffering from disease? or Hie eye and ear. Tho Riohmond Timet eora : "We have no hesitation ia saying that Dr. Oardnor is the moat scientific aud suc cessful oye and ear fmrgoon In this country." Dr. Oardnor'a treatment of the eye and car is wondor fnl.-Richmond Enquirer. Wo foci JusUfiod In recommending Dr. Gardner u tlioso Hoiicring from diseuses of tho eye and oar. [Riclivxond Whig. Wo can safely and cordially rocommond Dr. Oardnor, wbo will fulfill all bo undertakes to porioi-m. [Rainmore Clipper. The Now Orleans True Delta says : "Wo can nafol-f recommend Dr. Gardner as o raeeaaaful operator on tlie oyo and car. Ho will not undortako to trent a case unloe. a cure can bo effected. Tho Wheeling RegitUr n?ya : "Dr. Oardnor ia one of tlio mont aucooeaful Ocullita and Aurista in the country. Wo ad viso those s*ii_V?ri_g from tlio di-oasoe of tb$ eye and car to consult bim." NovombOT 3__Cmo THEI/TOST USEFUL ARTICLE EVER BROUGHT BEFORE TIES PUBLIC. F?LSKI?'S RUSSIAN HGNT, FOn REPAIRINO ALL KINDS OF GLA8& CHINA AND EARTHENWARE, PAR?AN MARULE and ORNAMENTAL WORK-a uinful article for Dontls,.'? Meclianl.ial Work. In fact, IT MENDS EVERYTHING Hold by tho principal druggists iu this city. Novcmbor 12 _* PHOTOGRAPHS* BAltLOW, THE OL?) OPERAlull, l?Afc, THOKOUGH LY renovated aud tilted up tbo Oki atar Uallory and is prip-irod io take nil hinds of PORTRAITS. Ho ia Lhankful for past patronago, andfurther solicits a sha .?of tbo trade. Ho lia* also Photographs of Coufcdei-to Oon Di-ls, Oi-dlnunco o? Hoeefslon, Vtuws of City, Humtcr and Dthcr Kor.i-cations, nt, wholesale and retail, at 8 E 00_?~ KER KING AND MARKET STREETS, Charleston, H. O. N. U.-Porcelain Porli-i-s and Pictures enlarged om short notice and In best of style. Tho old prico of Card Picture-, i 2 half dozen, and *M v-or dozen, will ho con tinned bat a ebprt tune. NovenibrrJ. t?<_ j Jiavc;_o? ??roJli? c . . ...'i*r::,./^a j