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Children under twelve, 6d. A‘kibi e•h-k r.fia ttjg LONDON , WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 18G9. Again Mr. DISRAELI has been attacked in the House of Commons in regard to the one of his latest appointments. Again he has had to defend himself by the delivery of an elaborate explanation. Again Mr. GLADSTONE, after listening attentively to that explanation, has felt himself constrained to rise in his place for the express purpose of exonerating the right hon. gentleman from all shadow of blame, and to pronounce his explanation of the circumstances under which the appointment had been made in every essen tial particular satisfactory. Seeing that, i❑ eftich in stance of this kind that has yet occurred, this has been invariably the result, it is most earnestly to be hoped that no other imputation of a similar charac ter will be lightly cast in future against the right honourable gentleman the member for I3uckinghamshire. Perhaps no man living under derstands the rules and the tradi:ions of the House of Commons more thoroughly or more intimately than the present Leader of the Opposition. Consti tutional usages, constitutional precedents are so per fectly well known to him, and are so entirely appre ciated, that anything like a:blunder on his part in re gard to them, anything like a contravention of either, partakes of the character of a casualty in the very highest degree improbable. Very recently it was seen how preposterous the insinuation was, to the effect that when nominating his late Private Secretary, Mr. FREMANTLE, to the vacant office at the Mint, he was advantaging one of his personal and politi cal followers at the cost of the interests of an entire department. And so now precisely in the same way the imputation levelled against him in re gard to his selection of Colonel LOWTHER, as Lord- Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, when it came to be looked at was seen to be quite pointless anl The poisoned arrow fell short of the mark. It did not fall blunted. It never reached it. Incidentally, by the way, Mr. DISRAELI'S explanation in the matter of Colonel LOWTHER'S two-fold nomination, as Lord-Lieutenant and as Custos Rotulorum, pos sessed last evening an especial interest quite apart from that question ; for inasmuch as it afforded him an opportunity for the first time of explaining the circumstances and considerations which led himself and his principal colleagues, before the meeting of the new Parliament, to place in her MAJESTY'S hands their resignation collectively as a Government. Referring last night to that particular period —namely, to the brief interval transpiring be tween the General Election and the meeting of the new Parliament--the ex-Premier said quite frankly, " I will tell the }louse what occurred ;" adding, " it is not agreeable to speak upon a subj-ct on which one would naturally wish to maintain a reserve and even an entire reserve ; but it is ranch more important that there should be a clear understanding in the public mind upon these subjects than that feelings of any individual should be considered." He then went on to say "It so happened, when the borough cle,c tions werepretty well all over, it occurred to me, and it occurred to those of my colleagues, whom I could consult at that tiind—many of them being scattered that there was only one course we ought to take. We felt that the result of the General Election was THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1869. one which we bad not counted upon, and that it was most painful, after the declarations we had made, to remain in the possession of power and patronage, and that, therefore, we ought to take the earliest opportunity, without the slightest loss of time, of retiring from the places which, for many reasons, we thought we ought not to continue to fill." There were, of course, he said, difficulties at that particular moment in the way of arriving at anything like an unanimous determination—" but," he added, " the moment that those difficulties were overcome, that the necessary individuals were assem bled, a Cabinet was called together, and the Cabinet arrived upon that subject at an unanimous decision that the voice of the country had been sufficiently announced by what had occurred to render it on our part a duty to ourselves to lose no time in retiring from the position which we then occu pied. We were also influenced," ho continued, "by another consideration ; we felt it was due to the convenience of the country and advantage ous to the conduct of public affairs ; and I will say it was not our last or oar least consideration that we thought it due to the right hon. gentleman, in the position in which he was placed, that we should not retain office, which we might have done for weeks, and perhaps months, and that with the diffi cult task he had before him we should not allow him to be thrust into office without any time to prepare measures upon a matter of such great importance." No wonder the House cheered last evening when Mr. DISRAELI uttered those words. As to • the course finally pursued by the late Govern ment, he said with considerable emphasis last evening, "I can say, upon , my honour, that no gentlemen out of the Cabinet, even those most connected with the management of elections and the general conduct of the affairs of the party, ever received from me the slightest intimation of the course I intended to pursue. Well, Sir," he went on to say, " I happened to be at Windsor in attendance upon her MAJESTY, not with reference to any particular business, but by her MAJESTY'S graci ous pleasure. The county elections were going on, and although they were, generally speaking, fa vourable to the Government, there was no reason to suppose the final result would alter the resolu tion which the Cabinet had arrived at. Still, feel ing it was of the utmost importance that no time should be unnecessarily lost in our successors being installed in office, I calculated when I was at Wind sor that if a communication was made to our succes sors a certain time must elapse before anything could transpire to affect the public conduct of the nation, and that probably by that time the elections would be terminated ; and therefore, having the opportu nity, I precipitated the decision at which the Cabinet had arrived. It was impossible for me to com municate to the Ministry that, under those cir cumstances, I was about to carry out their reso lution ; and Lord LONSDALE had no more idea that the Government were about to retire than those who had no pretence to any knowledge on the subject." As Mr. DISRAELI insisted yesterday, with full right, it was not necessary for him to have re signed at all at that time. " I might," he said, " have gone on, perhaps, for aught I know, for the next year." That he did not, as we all know. He ac cepted the adverse decision of the country at once, and quite frankly. And—as his recompense—he is being every now and then assailed by all sorts of sinister imputations because of this and that appoint ment made, on perfectly justifiable grounds, it proves when it comes to be inquired into, immediately prior to his tendering to her MAJESTY the collective resig nation of the then Government. THE Conservative party have shewn both prudence and dignity in refusing to support the motions of Mr. NEWDEGATE and Mr. AYTOtiN with regard to the Irish Church Bill. They have already done their duty to their constituencies and to their own consciences by opposing the principle of the bill on the second reading. To divide on the ques tion if the House shall go into committee, as the member for North Warwickshire pro poses, would be simply exposing themselves to another overwhelming and humiliating defeat with out the smallest reason why they should incur it. Mr. AYTOUN'S instruction about Maynooth, which the chief wire-puller of the Conservative party thought afforded an opportunity for the construction of a new Cave, turns out to be wholly unavailable for party purposes, and it is probable that it will never even be put to the vote. The Conservative party, or at least that portion of them who were at Monday's gathering, accept both disestablishment and clisendowment as inevitable. We hear no more of the Foreign Prince and of the Roman-Ritualist conspiracy. Con servatives admit thatthe Church is to be disestablished and disendowed, that bishops are to cease to sit in the House of Lords. All that they now seek is for an extension of time and an increase of funds. To effect these objects Mr. DISRAELI has given notice of a series of amendments so numerous and minute that, if they are discussed seriatim, and if each is made the • subject of a division, it is difficult to say when the bill will reach the Upper House. For the most part they are amendments of detail, but there are a few which involve something more. Such are the proposals to make a present of the glebes to the Church, instead of compelling the sale of them, and the substitution of 1560 for 1660 as the date from whence grants and gifts to the Church shall be retained by the Church. Mr. GLADSTONE wished to adopt the first proposal, but found it impracticable ; to the second he will doubtless offer the most strenuous opposition ; for, as he has said, if any alteration is made at all, it should be rather to substitute a later than an earlier date for that which he has named. Mr. DISRAELI'S chief task was to satisfy his followers by enabling them to shew fight. The most combative of them may be satisfied with the portentous list of amendments which he has offered to them. We imagine that long before the list is exhausted the patience of even the most eager Conservative will be exhausted. have not the weather prophets predicted a summer like the last ? MR. "WARD HUNT will scarcely increase his repu tation as a financier by his criticisms on the Budget. Mr. LOWE'S proposals, as we have already stated, con tain some real and serious defects, and it was there fore the lees necessary for the late CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to imitate. his chief by uttering paradoxes. To say that Mr. LO WE is putting on an additional penny of income tax when (having the Abyssinian war still to pay for, a duty which everyone supposed would have raised the tax to 7d.) he reduces it from Gd. ,to ad., is simply absurd, and spews that Mr. lirl‘rr was talking merely for the sake of talking. The anxiety which the right hon. gentleman shewed for the last man may be considered to indicate fore sight, but the English taxpayer would have been better pleased if Mr. HUNT had not looked quite so far ahead. At the conclusion of his speech he seemed to have some dim apprehension of the real defect of the Budget, and it was afterwards abundantly criticised by men like Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. BARING, and Mr. W. FOWLER. A somewhat dry debate was rendered memorable by the confession of Sir GEORGE JENKINSON that there was something of which he was ignorant. His natural modesty and reticence will, we doubt not, if he should ever find himself in such circumstances again, induce him to refrain from talking about what he does not understand. Next in importance to this remarkable avowal of the member for North Wilts, was the general dis satisfaction expressed at the effect of Mr. LOWE'S scheme upon the money market. There can be no doubt that the Bank will be short of money in November, and that it will have a glut in January. Mr. LOWE does not deny this, but says that the money market must take care of itself. This remark is scarcely worthy of a Chancellor of the Exchequer, and as Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE said, i is at least a novel doctrine. Mr. CRAWFORD, as governor of the Bank of England, would not undertake to say what the Bank will do under the circumstances which the Budget will create. It does not need any information from him to tell us that the Bank will be sure to make the best it can of the position for its own interests. The money market's necessity is the Bank's opportunity, and it cannot be expected that Mr. CRAWFORD would feel very hostile towards a proposal which would place his clients in the position of holding at one time a very large Government balance upon which they have to pay no interest, and on being asked at another time to lend the Government money at a substantial rate of interest. It is astonishing that this proposal, made by way of overcoming the diflicultynow under discus sion, should have been offered by men claiming to be financiers. The suggestion that the Government should borrow annually in perpetuity when one loan effected now would meet the case, seems to chew that the personal prestige of the Ministry is to be considered of more importance than the wel fare of the country. Mr. LowE's threat, endorsed by Mr. GLADSTONE, that the Budget must be taken as a whole, will, we trust, have no effect upon the* House. The gua rdians of the publi c p urse s h ou ld b e left perfectly free to discuss on their own merits the various proposals of a scheme whereof the good may easily be retained while the bad are rejected. Even the editor of the Times is compelled to say of his old colleague that his scheme has disadvantages, and that his retort is not to the purpose. Our contem porary says that 44 if the possibility of inconvenience could be removed without altering the essential points of the Budget, we cannot pretend that we should not be better satisfied." Our readers know well that there is such a possibility. THE luckless Churchmen of the South of England will not derive much consolation from Mr. GLAD STONE'S reply to the question asked by Sir MASSEY LOPES on Monday night. Bishops are but men, and are not accustomed to exercise more self-denial than other mortals. There is, therefore, little to be expected from their lordships in the way of action for terminating the present absence of responsible episcopal government. If the Admi ralty had waited for the officers of flag rank to devise some scheme of retirement, the active list of the navy would still be encumbered with octogenarian admirals, capable, in their opinion, of efficient service. Fortunately for the navy, the Admiralty has devised a scheme of compulsory retirement; and we are, therefore, sp are d th e pa i n and the shame of seeing admirals comman di ng in foreign stations, or in our dockyards, supported on either side by junior officers as they appear on the quarter deck. It is, we believe, true that the Bishops are actually discussing a measure of the kind to which Sir MASSEY LOPES referred. But their lordships are accustomed to hast en very s l ow l y i n deed, and as they have been nearly t wenty years considering the selection of proper lessons for Ash Wednesday, without having as yet made their choice, g v e s of s h e l v in g it is not to b e expected t h a t they will dis cover any means themselves and halving their incomes in less than a century. A highminded Minister like Mr. GLADSTONE naturally shrinks from originating a measure which would place a large amount of very important patronage in his hands. Moreover, it is no secret that the selection of bishops is now one of the most delicate and difficult tasks which the QUEEN'S advisers can have. THE PRINCE AND. THE _PRINCESS OF WALES AT CONSTANTINOPLE. The Levant Times of Friday, the 2nd inst., gives the following account of the arrival of the Prince and Prin cess of Wales in Constantinople :—" As we briefly announced yesterday, the Prince and Princess of Wales arrived here at noon. The weather, which till lately has been veryunsettled, was delightful ; indeed the Prince has been so favoured in this respect throughout his Eastern tour that he would seem to have inherited that singular good fortune of his royal mother which has made `Queen's weather' proverbial at home. Just out side the entrance of the harbour, the Prince and Princess left the Ariadne, and were rowed on board the Sultan's yacht, which, with his Majesty's aide-de camp, Raouf Pasha, had been sent to meet their Royal Highnesses at the Dardanelles. Up to this time, the Prince had been in ' mufti,' but before leaving for the vessel of his Imperial host he had assumed grande iCl2llC the full dress of a general officer, with the blue ribbon of the Garter across hls breast. The Sultan and Mrs. Elliot, wife of the British Ambassador, waited at Sahli Bazar Palace to receive the royal visitors. As soon as their Royal Highnesses landed, the Sultan advanced, offered his hand to the Princess to assist her out of the alive, and then, giving he: his arm, conducted her to her apartments in the palace, the Prince at the same time giving his arm to Mrs. Elliot. Mr. Lionel Moore, Secre tary of Embassy, was also in attendance, and, walking by the side of the Sultan and the Princess, acted as interpreter between his Majesty and her Royal Highness. The Sultan, after a short stay, took leave, and the Prince, accompanied by Mr. Elliot, soon afterwards proceeded to the palace at Doima Bagtche to return his Majesty's visit. In the afternoon the Prince and Princess (her Royal Highness being accompanied by Lady Grey) paid a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Elliot at the Embassy, and, after driving down the Grand'Rue, returned to Salih Bazar, where they spent the evening in private. During this drive, their Royal Highnesses were recognised by numbers of people of different nationalities, who evinced great interest in the illustrious visitors. At neon to-day the Prince went to see the Sultan go to mosque, after which—at half-past one—his Royal Highness is to receive at Salih Bazar the deputation who have to present the address from the British community. Afterwards, the Prince and Princess will make an excursion to the Sweet Waters, and in the evening attend the Opera, butonly privately with' their own suite. The gala performance, at which the Sultan will be present, will probably take place on Monday evening." PARLIAMENTARY AIN'D MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. The select committee of the House of Commons on Parliamentary and Municipal Elections reassembled on Tuesday, the Marquis of Hartington in the chair. A petition was read from a number of working men, electors of the borough of Warrington, complaining that on the occasion of their exercising the franchise for the last time at the late election, a number of them, through the incompetency of the polling clerk, were allowed to register their votes in an informal manner, which votes were afterwards disallowed, and praying that some effectual remedy for such errors in the future might be devised by the committee. Mr. Henry Beckley, a large employer of labour in Warrington, was the first witness called to-day. Examined by Mr. Cross, he said that up to the last ten years there had been a great deal of bribery at the municipal elections. Things had now much improved in that respect. There was also less drunkenness in the streets at municipal elections since the passing of the Municipal Act. To the chairman the witness said that latterly he had very seldom heard of any allegations of bribery at municipal elections. The number of electors in the borough was about 4,000. Politics, the witness said in reply to Mr. Bright, entered to a consi derable extent into the municipal elections. The corpo ration consisted chiefly of persons who would he regarded as Radicals. In the course of his further examination w:t ness gave it as his opinion that if the Act providing for the punishment of bribery at elections were to be properly enforced it must be through the intervention of a public prosecutor. Referring to the petition presented by the working men, the witness told Mr. Bright that the errors which took place in the voting were nearly all upon one side. What the petitioners complained of was that they, being ignorant men, should be made the victims of an imperfect machinery. There ought, they thought, to be some man of high character in each booth, who would tell the voters what they ought to do, so that their votes might be legally tendered. As regarded intimidation of their men by employers, the witness did not believe that there was any thing to complain of in Warrington. As a rule, throughout the north of England the political opinions of the working men were generally known, and for this reason he was inclined to think that open voting was a protection rather -n otherwise. He believed that the Ballot would not tend to lessen bribery ; but he had never seen the Ballot in operation, nor had lie made the subject one of very great study, though he had read a good deal about it. The witness was strongly pressed upon this point by Mr. Bright, but he adhered to his opinion, and was unable to say whether or not the workmen in his employ (over a thousand in number) were in favour of the Ballot. Did not know that it had been charged by one party upon the other that at Warrington, at the late election, a number of voters had been " taken care of " at public-houses the night before the polling day. The nomination day was an exciting one. There were 5,000 or 6,000 persons present. The speakers addressed themselves almost entirely to the reporters. It was the opinion of witness that nominations at elections were an evil. The next witness called was Mr. Alderman Addyman, of Leeds, who stated that there were twelve wards in the borough, and about 40,000 voters who took part in the municipal and parliamentary elec tions. At the former corrupt practices prevailed. Treating, bribery, and intimidation were in vogue at the last election. The evil was one well known, but did not exist in all wards. Attempts had been made at various times to get rid of the scandal. One of the town councillors had been proceeded against, but he had simply paid the fine of 405., and still retained his position. After this conviction bribery did not appear to decrease. On the motion of Mr. Alderman Carter , an inquiry into the corrupt practices said to exist in the borough was set on foot. The result was that the council were about to have the evidence brought before them by the witness, when he was informed that if he moved in. the matter he would probably be open to an action for libel. Some other witnesses for Leeds were called by th e committee, who afterwards adjourned the inquiry. Mr. William Allen has given notice that he will move, as an amendment to Mr Gregory's motion, "That this house is of opinion all possible facilities should be afforded to the public for the inspection of museums and galleries supported by the State, on week-days and week-clay evenings, but considers it undesirable any change should be made in the existing arrangements for closing them on Sundays." - • A FATAL MisTAKE.---Mr. F. S. Wilson, living near Clyde, Kansas, a few nights since heard, as he sup posed, some wolves howling near his door. He seized his shot-gun, and going to the door, fired at what he took to be a wolf: Next morning he found that it was dogs tbarhad disturbed Mtn, and that he bad shot and killed Miss Caroline Myers. It is supposed that she had become bewildered while looking for her cattle, and also hearing the dogs, had approached the house of Mr. Wilson only to be shot. The coroner's jury exonerated Mr. Wilson from all blame. THE TAILOR AND THE NABOB. --Before leaving Paris, his Highness the Nawab Nazim of Bengal thought to keep out the cold by having his coats lined with fur. A Paris tailor did the needful, but with the six coats for warded a little bill for more than £5,930—n0t francs, but pounds sterling. This modest demand the Nawab refused to pay, and the indomitable Frenchman followed his Highness to England. Here, however, the fortune that favours the bold turned altogether against him. The Nawab's English friends declined to see him fleeced before their eyes. On reaching London the coats were examined by experts, who pronounced the sables to be worth compara tively nothing, and the tailor was glad eventually to com pound his claim, by the cession of the furs and the payment of £2OO or £3OO on account of work done, loss of time, and partial deterioration of the furs.— Allen's Indian Mail. INFANTICIDE IN AMERICA.--It is dangerous, perhaps, says a cor temporary, to express sympathy with any class in America, but it is impossible not to feel rather sorry for babies in that country, if the accounts given by the New York Express of February 6, are to be believed. It seems that in that land of progress infanti cide is not behindhand in the race. In New York more than :sixty females earn an honest living by killing babies brought to them by their mothers, and the diminution of the American population in many States, such as Maine and Massachusetts, is attributed to this fashionable crime. The New York Daily Times of Feb ruary 7 says that " native Americans " are disappearing altogether between the diminution of the number of mar riages and the increase of infanticide. Perhaps their dis appearance will be no great loss if they really are given to this objectionable habit. If any one is curious to know how a civilised nation can fall into such a state of wicked. ness, he has only to read the Tablet of this week, which, speaking of the gradual extinction of the native race in the New England States, owing to the cause above stated, says that the fact is worthy of serious attention, " as an evidence of the social and religious results of Protestantism Tilignajaa AragidafitY. gltkaig tataitiwas,l PRISON DISCIPLINE IN THE COLONIES. A Blue-book has just been issued, which will prove interesting to those who busy themselves with the reform of our prison system. It contains information respecting the state and management of colonial prisons, chiefly in the form of answers sent by the governors of the several colonies to the circular despatches of Mr. Cardwell, in 1865, and of the Duke of Buckingham, in 1867. The reports came from no less than forty colonies, and range from Honduras to Ceylon, from Natal to Newfound. land. The general impression which they leave is not satisfactory. There is evidently room for a thorough reform, though, of course, the accounts vary considerably. Strange to say, the authorities con stantly complain of the want of space, and of the insuf ficiency of the accommodation, which prevent them from carrying out a proper and effectual system of classifica tion. The report of the public prisons in Sydney and Cumberland, New South Wales, gives a very unfavourable account of Cockatoo Island. On the night previous to the inspection there were 167 prisoners, 63 of whom were confined in one dormitory. There are only five dormi tories in the establishment, of which two contain SS berths each. It is not surprising to hear that the Prisoners are often seen gasping at the gratings. The clergymen in attendance complain that the men are never alone for a single hour during their whole sentence. In the Brisbane Gaol, Queensland, the :.coral effects are as bad, and the inspectors complain that the vilest and most irreclaimable are herded together with less hardened offenders. They found, too, that the prison had neither workshop, hospital, or punishment cells. In South Australia they claim to be ten years in advance of the English system, combining the strictly penal with the industrial. The superintendent of convicts thinks that ten hours a day's work at excavating or quarrying in an Australian climate is more deterrent than treadwheel or crank. In Malta the authorities prefer the unsatis factory and useless kind of labour to industrial occupation, which they, think, is so much less irksome to the prisoners that it can only be called light labour. In some of the colonial prisons, however, there is a very different standard of discipline, In the chief gaols of Natal the dietary is high, there is no penal labour what ever, and the hours allowed for sleep is eleven. Still more remarkable is the account of Harbour Grace Gaol, Newfoundland, which consists of a string of negatives. There is no separation, no treadwheel, no labour either penal or industrial, no attempt at reformation, no ticket of-leave system, no religious or other instruction, no religious service, and no inspection except by grand juries. It is a little surprising after all those noes to find the officer who makes the report concluding by stating, "There are no defects in the structure or discipline of the prison to which I wish to call atten tion." In this castle of indolence the hours of sleep are unlimited ; and in another prison, in which nine hours are allowed for sleep, the prisoners are allowed to rest on their beds in the day, though this statement is afterwards denied. Still there appears too much reason to believe that in most of our colonial establishments there is room for an extensive reform. In Prince Edward's Island Lieutenant-Governor Dundas declares he has no suitable place of confinement for a dangerous and desperate pri soner, who has, therefore, to_ be kept perpetually ironed in a cell specially built for him. The evils arising from the want of proper classification of criminals is very appa rent, and we trust that the Home Government will no longer permit our colonial authorities to overlook their duty towards their prisoners and to society. NATIONAL SPORTS. The betting market is once more passing through a sen sational phase. The movements respecting the Two Thousand and Derby - are utterly incomprehensible ; favourites rise and fall in the most indiscriminate manner. Public attention is confined chiefly to the Two Thousand. The Chester Cup attracts comparatively little notice. For the great Newmarket event Wild Oats and Belladrum have eagerly competed for t firet place. The London betting on Saturday and Monday presented some very strange pecu liarities. On Saturday Belladrum rose 'to the first place for the Two Thousand, 2 to 1 being offered, and 5 to 2 accepted freely. • Meanwhile Wild Oats was nowhere. From 5 to 1 he sank to 10 to 1 almost without an effort. But all this was changed on Monday. In the morning, in City circles, 3 to 1 was accepted to some hundreds of pounds about Belladrum, but, strange to say, the more he was backed the worse favourite he became, for although 100 to 30, and several transactions at 7 to 2 were subsequently recorded, he left off at 4 to 1. Wild Oats was restored to within a point or two of his former position, but in his case also there was a prevailing uncertainty, which made intending backers e x t reme ly shy, and after 4 to 1 had b ee n taken at first, the same price was forthcoming i n h un d re d s t o th e last. Pretender was very quiet, but there was quite a rush to get on the Drummer at 10 to 1. Both Tenedos and Alpenstock went badly, but Ethus and the Duke of Beaufort were being inquired after co ns t an tly. I n re the Derby very little is being done. Pero Gomez would b e backed, but not at 3 to 1 or 100 to 30, whilst bookmakers are unwilling to lay 4to 1. Tenedos has gone to 1,000 to a 25. For the enjoy he Chester Cup, most n Cfeacviln,7 a A t I their . ungo , Vagabond, Perfume respective prices. The position of Belladrum, it will be seen, is the most p er pl ex ing feature in th e mar k e t move ments. Opinions of g ood judges diff er ra di ca ll y as t o hi s chances. Th e w h o le affair looks uncom mon ly sus picious, for there are certain persons who seem never to l eave him (Belladrum), and though at one time again fairly established a good favourite for both the Two Thousand and the Derby, his old opponents were always busy, and never missed an opportunity of getting a guinea at any price. It was said that he was most favour. ably tried on Friday last with Crocus and Phcebe, but Le that as it may, it is certain that he goes very badly in the market—so badly that it looks as if the game were nearly played out. ceedlianstleynegatrh. He is quite one inch and substance in pro portion. Reports from Newmarket state th a t P ero G omez h as t d a e l c l i e d r e , d a l y n d improve ha s i n d cr s e i as n of cour se , so f i t as h e w ill H e i s n ot yet , be by Derby Day. Wild Oats is said to move very well, and though he runs with his ears back, like many other h orse s, he appeared to finish in capital con dition. Ryshworth has improved, b u t i s not so f orwar d as Pero Gomez. _BIRMINGHAM BUTTONS. - o --- By lor oan act, Queen Anne, " any tay p th er esoenigehotnh of Queen of making, cover ing, selling, using, or setti ng on to a garment any r other buttons covered with cloth, or other stuff of which garments are made, shall forfeit five pounds for every dozen of such buttons, or in proportion for any lesser quantity;" and by an act of the seventh of George the First, " any wearer of such unlawful buttons is liable to the penalty of forty shillings per dozen, and in proportion for any lesser quantity ." The Birmingham button makers were re solved to protect their rights, and on April 4, 1791, Thos. Gem, solicitor to the committee for the protec tion of the bu ton trade,ad ver t ised a reward for any in formation against the wearers of the unlawful covered buttons. On the 21st of March previous, indeed, a tradesman in London had been fined " nearly twenty-six pounds," on two informations, for selling the obnoxious articles ; still, in spite of penalties and prosecutions, covered buttons came in, and metal buttons went out ; and for all the agitation respecting the proper gild ing of the true Ilirmitydiam button—for all the encouragement given by his Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales, who, as the Gazette joyfully says, 44 Now always wears, both in his morning and even ing dress, engraved fancy white and yellow metal buttons," buttons, like buckles, followed the in exorable and mysterious laws of fashion, —Dickens's " All the Tear Round." LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.—The right of tenants whose rates had, li p t o the pass i ng of the new Reform Act, been paid by the landlord, to deduct from the rent the rates which they are now called upon to p iy, has just been decided in the Leedd County Court. The plait tiff had paid Lis poor rate, and deducted the payment from the rent ; but the landlord refused to allow the deduction, and issued a distress on the plaintiff's goods for the amount deducted. For this illegal distraint the plaintiff sued the landlord, and obtained damages. THE ELECTIOI" PETITIONS. The petitioner at Northallerton against the return of Mr. Hutton has not presented the very strong cases of the worst kind of bribery which we were led to expect trom the opening statement. Several cases, some of them admitted to be the most important, broke down altogether, and at last the leading counsel, Mr. Serjeant O'Brien (who appeared, with Mr. Shield, for the petitioner) inti mated that with the exception of making a point or two a little clearer the evidence was closed as regarded bribery, and the case would depend for additional strength upon the scrutiny. In reply, Mr. O'Malley remarked that in the parliamentary contest of the borough the successful Liberal election had been gained by two or three votes, while those on the Conservative side had been secured by large majorities. Mr. Hutton had come forward, not as a " blue " or Conservative, as had been alleged, but as an independent candidate, and had studiously avoided ex hibiting party colours. The same kind of influence that had been charged to the account of Mr. Hutton would be shewn to have been exerted in the interest of Mr. Johns, and he apprehended that when the evidence had been heard his lordship. would have very little difficulty in coming to the conclusion that Mr. Johns was not in a position to enter upon a scrutiny and to claim the scat. Mr. Hutton, the respondent, was called. He stated that he had con ducted his own canvass, and was totally unaware that any unfair influence had been exercised to insure his return. He contradicted the allegations of bribery made against him by Mrs. Carsfield, and denied the imputations con cerning himself made by other witnesses. Two of the gentlemen who accompanied Mr. Hutton to Mrs. Carsfield's corroborated the respondent's evidence. With regard to Mr. Stubbing's charge of intimidation, Mr. William Oliver, who had the conversation with him in the first instance, gave a very different account of what was said, and stated that no reference was made to the chapel, or the probability of any members of the congregation seceding. Witness advised him as a friend to remain neutral. Christopher Palliser, the builder, was called, and he dis tinctly denied that he had written a threatening letter to one of his workmen, and, further, that he had ever exercised any restraint upon his men in regard to their voting. At Hastings the commencement of the hearing of the petition took place on Tuesday. The petitioners were the Conservative candidates at the last election, Colonel Cal thorpe and Mr. Clement Thurston, and they complained of the return of Messrs. North and Brassey, the Liberal members. The greatest excitement prevails in the town. Before the judge (Mr. Justice Blackburn) came into the court, various arrivals were greeted with cheers and hisses, and, after the case had been opened, his lordship had to explain that the place was not a theatre, and there could be no cheers allowed. The petitioners were represented by Mr. Giffard, Q.C., and Mr. Middleton ; Mr. Serjeant Ballantyne and Mr. Charles Bowen ap peared for Mr. Brassey, and Mr. T. T. Powell, Q.C., and Mr. Thurston Holland for Mr. North. In opening the case Mr. Giffard said that in the 1865 election a Liberal candidate was at the top of the poll, hut the second member, a Conservative, was only twelve votes behind, whereas at the last general election the disproportion in the number of votes recorded for the Liberal and Conservative candidates was very considerable, and had to be counted by hundreds. It might be suggested that that was due to the introduction of new voters. That that was so to some extent he was prepared to admit, but whether it was solely so, or whether some less worthy motives were brought into play, was a ques tion which his lordship would have to decide. The illegal practices of which the petitioners complained commenced at a very early period of the contest. Voters were paid for attending the registration. court by recognised Liberal agents, on the understanding that the votes should be given to that party which paid the expenses of obtaining them. There was also treating going going on at Liberal public-houses, a system which, he be lieved, was pursued by the Liberal party very generally throughout the contest. Next came treating at the elec.. tion itself, and he believed the amount of d r i n k which was. then distributed to the electors—especially to the poorer class of them—was something portentous. Drink was obtained so freely at the Liberal public-houses by merely pronouncing the magic words, "Brassey and North," that those houses soon became crowded, and the amount of re . - freshment provided was so great that a man could have any amount. Three public-houses of this kind stood out promi nently—namely, the Pelham Arms, the York, and the Jenny Lind. In the course of the canvass Mr. Brassey thought right to bring round a yacht of which he was the owner. The name of the yacht was the Meteor. Those persons who had pledged themselvs to vote for the Liberal candi dates were taken to the yacht and treated. He now came to a class of personal bribery in which he was sorry to say that he should be under the painful necessity of intro ducing a lady's name, and if the evidence, which, he be would be forthcoming, could be relied upon, there could be no doubt that there was a systematic distribution of benefit. Not always money, but other things which were acceptable to the poorer class of voters in wintry weather —fuel, flannels, clothing, &c., were distributed with very lavish bands; indeed, he was afraid that in some cases it would be proved that actual money was given, on the understanding that the person benefited should vote for the Liberal candidates. An old class of bribery, which one would have thought had disappeared long ago, was alleged to have been reintroduced, such as a lady (Mrs. Brassey) going into a tradesman's shop, and saying, " Mr. So-and-So, I want some dresses, a dozen pair- of gloves, and your vote for my husband." This was the nature of a o r f d t o h a e; e i s N , v e w n , h t h d o e t s a a i d , p,a wouldr ti c u - l t a h r e is c i h n a g rg a e la a r n g e d M n n r. Gb ffr appear in evidence. The South West Riding election petition opened o - 1 Tuesday, at Wakefield, before Baron Martin. All the charges of treating have been abandoned on both aides, and all opposition to Lord Milton withdrawn. Arrangements are proposed for shortening any intended scrutiny. The Judge says it would ho harsh to decide that the old custom of refreshments was corrupt, but advised that the custom be giveu altogether. The court ejOUrllecUili 1114/XLM SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times asks, What kind of opposition is it that 1 0 Disraeli is prepared to offer to the Irish Church Bill? has given notice of a series of amendments conceived 111 1 spirit which can scarcely be characterised in respect ful terms. It is as if some astute practitioner in an inferior court had been instructed to frame as many petty amend: ments to the Government Bill as his ingenuity c onlo devise, without regard to the chance of their success o r to their effect upon the minds of the client on whose behalf they are nominally advanced. These amendrna lts must prove useless for any purpose of the OpPY sition, unless their object be to assist in passing the bi ll ' They will weaken their forco in the House of C l °' mons ; they will, as a necessary consequence, weakentho.if force in . the House of Lords. The end is certain. A ll withstood by such fatal expedients becomes more assur e ' than ever of success ; the Opposition will not merely b e beaten—they will be broken up. To determine the prope r mode of conducting the opposition to the Irish Chur elj , Bill was doubtless a difficult question, but it could 1 1 °,! have received a more incomplete answer than Mr. Disrso has chosen to make his own. Look at it in whatever iv 3l we will, it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that M r. Disraeli has made a new starting-point of error. must occasionally ask himself the secret of the Ministerial majority -- how it has come to P 359 that the nation has pronounced so absolutely on tlie question of the day—and yet we find him seeking t ° bind the national will with wisps of straw. We 1 115 /: suppose that he wishes to snake his party in the House Commons serve as a breakwater to the waves of poPt ll° , r opinion, yet it is cert a i n the cou r s e he n o w adopts 1 divide his own following, withcut diminishing in the slightest degree the progress of the Ministry. The fricnt l/ of the Government may, indeed, rejoice at the prospect before them. There is no amendment of more than nominal character proposed by Mr. Disraeli which Vi ° seduce a single man from their ranks. The bill will b e carried by increasing majorities to the House of liort l „' where it will be received with submission to that natio nal judgment the strength and clearness of which will 1 10° been demonstrated more and more unquestionably as ti e has passed onwards. The Standard considers that the amendments are CO ceived in the interests of the Church ; are brought forward in order that the influence of the powerful party throe out the country which reveres her altars, loves her se f :, vices, and would fain defend her rights, may not be unf ei " in the framing of the arrangements, even if it must 43, to defeat them altogether. Their moderation is ilac bf niable ; their justice appears to us obvious, and will, 14.° think, be equally obvious to a great portion of t ll6 Ministerial phalanx ; and they are perfectly 0 913 Y patible with the main principles of the measure. IVhethet they are accepted or rejected will depend less upon 00 individual opinions of Liberal members than o n the temper of the Prime Minister, who, for the present, care the votes and consciences of his party in his pocket. T ll3. temper is very bitter towards the Church and the CO , Ir servative party. But one consideratior may possill serve to check its petulance, and secure a fai r hearing 311 j. candid discussion for the amendments—namely, that:, they are rejected there is very little p ro b a bility that tP" bill will pass into law during the year 1869. The Telegraph says that the Conservative p e ogrararc would reverse the decision of Parliament and the countrli; and would render the disendowment of the Irish Cha c e . a mere fiction. The immoderate natu re o f the demands P ' the aggregate is probably to be explained by the consid ir ration that the amendments have been collected frail . number of persons without mutual consultation. DSc. Disraeli is somewhat in the position of a Chancellor the Exchequer who should invite the several heads departments to place before him their notions of t b amount of money wanted for their particular branch t and should then present th e d eman d s t o P ar li ame nt 1 111 ,7, a heap, without taking th e p a i ns t o ana l yse an d c heck 0 ' details, or even to ascertain the dimensions of his a° grown total. There can be no " p o li c y "i n s t an di n g 1 - 1 1 /° „! unlimited demands thus compiled a c random, no stat°',, manship in committing a party to a cou rse so rnan ifestu impracticable, so certainly ending in defeat. Othefil parts of the amendments are conceived in no mercenary spirit. Suggestions f or p reserv ing l ';' ) continuity of the Church, an d f ac ilit a ting l t transition from an establishment to a voluntary orgaeif i tion, are to be found in this formidable compilation. transfers the initiative, in various dealings with the Stat c : i from the individual clergyman to the future ecclesiasti corporation. These are proposals which deserve, 11 doubtless, will receive, earnest consideration ; and C ull ; servatives who really desire to carry out of the deb° 3 some substantial gain, will approach the task in the sPi ll , O befitting the higher and larger purpose included in •NL ' Disraeli's too diversified programme. The Daily News declares that "the bill, the whole bil l ' and nothing but the hill" i s th e answer which , Liberal party in the House of Commons and the coue tri b must return to the long string of amendments in the 11i :„ Church Bill laid on Monday n i g ht b y M r. Di srae li 00 tb table of the House of Commoas. If he is allowed to 0 11 this thread and that out of the texture, the web will fa into tangled disorder. The edifice will crunib le ; if one stone after anothe r i s remove d. Chner s , produces change in manifold degree ; and til l scheme 'which Mr. Gladstone has laid before Parliaint and the country as a whole, and which they have hearto, welcomed, will be marred, and will f or f e it it s essentiyi character, if it is t a mp ere d w ith i n it s severa l p ar t s . 513 , Conservative scheme is a plan for levelling up. In Pr' posing it Mr. Disraeli is the worst enemy of the Anglic/ Church in Ireland. The mere suggestion that Mr. ° (O4 stone's measure contains the germs of such a project 3 this, or can be modified into anything lik e it, w ill cause l o to be severely scrutinised, with a view t o th e ren o . 4 ), of these hitherto unnoticed seeds o f ev il. r v ' c i bably the conclusion at which Parliament 11° 1 the nation, under Mr. Disraeli's tuition, arrive will be, that no settlement can be 01 ? 0 which does more than make strictly equitable provi° o l for the life interests of incumbents and other holder° , ecclesiastical office in Ireland. If Mr. Disraeli's PrO ° o sals were adopted, it would be necessary in 1782 to °A about disestablishing and disendowing the re-establis ll s and re•endowed Church of Ireland. The consequenc e c i his conduct will probably be that the Irish Church,inst e° , of having something more, will he obliged to contl f itself with something less than Mr. Gladstone 11° offers it. (I The Star considers that the formidable list of antea ments which Mr. Disraeli has propounded as the resultf o, the deliberations of his party at Lord Lonsdale's on A l° c i o day afternoon will not discourage any Liberal as regt r the issue of the pending confli c t. Th e C onse rvo l3 caucus has sanctioned the adoption of a policy ir ll / 1 ., cannot in any material point d e f ea t th e o p era ti on of 14 t y Gladstone's great measure, but must cast upon the V t ' r ei o which has chosen it the discredit of political morn of and chicanery. A more audacious attempt was ne v oi made to achieve the degradation of a stirri 0 1 controversy of principles down to the level e lf a base struggle for pence. Practically, Mr. Diellio surrenders the eternal and i n d es t ruc tibl e sanc titi e s a " o p union of Church and St a t e , a b ou t w hi c h h e mout h e d fantastic and histrionic a strain in moving the amendle` to the second reading of the bill. With one exceptiot; i t though that, indeed,- is one of the fi rs t i mpor t an ce, 11 :10 requires to be vigilantly looked after by .Liberalr- ---- ; 0 ( amendments are direct e d alt oge th er to t h e paltry eot. d ",, obtaining, on one false p re t ence or another, as much the House of Commons m a y b e so f t enough to give eV of the endowments of the Irish Church, with the design #0 endowing the Church again almost as richly and quit° 4o l much to the satisfacti on o f th e I r i s h people as the exist state of things. The Herald thinks that it is not a little significant, t,, j o r ti''' - only forty-eight ho urs b e f ore th e H ouse o f C ommo ns I , into committee upon the Irish Church Bill it should Mr been occupied in discussing a proposition for what thO f ti ticularly frank and courageous member for Londondli describes as the disestablishment and disendowment ff, secular corporation. Mr. Gladstone demands the dr of tablishment of the Irish Church and the sequestratiiii o its revenues. What Mr. Maguire sought to effect 13.9 motion is the abolition of the Irish Society and the al-9 priation of its revenues. The proposal was met bY th ic) Government in a spirit of fairness and moderation, iv, was no doubt considerably influenced by the ciretee stances of the hour. They could hardly fail to P io o' especially after the speech of the member for Lora pi derry, that their position on Thursday rnigW t li seriously affected if they recorded too warm a suppai a motion so suspiciously like their own. Mr. Forto-00 referred to certain obvious anomalies in the constitlfri t of the society, and said that it was impossible it sou x fe permitted to remain on its present footing. He adro that hitherto the society had acted within the four cols i of its charter ; but the evidence given before the 1401 ° commission in 1854 established the conclusion that'll): fluctuating character of the governing body is a f 3 e 4 0 4 ; hindrance to the efficient working of the society. 1 -t' , '.. t er generally admitted on both' sides of the House that has been a considerable improvement o f l a t e ye a rs ilef c l general management of the corporati on e s t a t es , brit was an equally strong manifestation o f feeling on the pf of the advocates as well as of th e o pp onen t s o f the so I that its administrative system needs revision. j' o The Post remarks that brandi ng so ldi ers i n the ariil of a subject certain to attract attention in the Hoyt 0 8 , Commons, as it did on Monday night. The desire (f tl!! Legislature is evidently in the direction of renderiot service of the country attractive and no t re pulsive. , 0 1 ` anxious, too, in all cases, that unne cess a r y c r uelty s' Po e be avoided, and customs savou r i n g o f b a rbarisl,o, abolished. The mere mention, th ere f ore , o f " brana4 of the existence of which p er h a p s man y me mbers 'lr t io, unaware xntil recently, naturally excited disapprokV of it. The position which Mr. Cardwell has t;i19 1 : up is reasonable and satisfactory. He has intimat e - s $ opinion that the marking should not be considere d ; i4 l punishment but as a preventive of fraud. That wit",i'jst' s bably be sufficient to prevent the second inflictioo_ol)o,. the Act is altered by Parliament, and then it (. 1 %,r,P.; seem at all improbable that the system of marking T.- s r Li entirely abolished. The objections to the system Oo sentimental, and certain reasons for its retention 1 319 1 0 be devoid of strength. 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