The Sun. — London, England, 1865-07-19 00:00:00

Lancashire, Mr. Gladstone arrived in Manchester soon after two o'clock yesterday from Chester. He drove to the Palatine Hotel, where he had a conference with the Election Committee, and wrote the following address : " To THE ELECTORS OF THE SOUTHERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER. " Gentlemen,—l appear before you as a candidate for the suffrages of your division of my native county. Time for bids me to enlarge on the numerous topics which justly en gage the public interest. I will bring them all to a single head. You are conversant—few so much so—with tholegis lation of the last 35 years. You have seen, you have felt, its results. You cannot fail to have observed the verdict which the country generally has within the last eight days pro nounced upon the relative claims and positions of the two great political parties with respect to that legislation in the past, and to the prospective administration of public affairs. I humbly, but confidently, without the least dis paragement to many excellent persons from whom I have the misfortune frequently to differ, ask you to give your powerful voice in confirmation of that verdict, and to pro nounce with significance as to the direction in which you desire the wheels of State to move. Before these words can be read I hope to be among you in the hives of your teeming industry. " I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your most obe dient and most humble servant, " W. E. GLADSTONE. "Ilawarden, July 18." He afterwards went to the Exchange and walked round with Mr. Henry Ashworth. He was greatly cheered. Later in the afternoon he went to the Free Trade Hall, which was densely filled with people, who cheered enthusiastically. He was addressing the electors when our parcel was de spatched. LIVERPOOL. Last night the Right lion. W. E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressed an immense meeting in the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool. The announcement that Mr. Gladstone would pre sent himself before the electors and personally can vass the constituency of South Lancashire had been made only on Monday at the nomination, and the meeting at the Amphitheatre had not been an nounced till yesterday morning ; hue the mere statement was sufficient to arouse the whole of this part of the division, and during the whole day the doors of the several committee rooms were besieged . by thousands of persons anxious to obtain tickets of admission to the theatre. Large as the building is, it was impossible to admit more than a tithe of those who would have paid largely for the privilege. Long before 3 o'clock, the time announced for the com mencement of meeting, there were vast crowds of people surrounding the building, and every entrance was stormed. No one reached the interior without a fight, and the theatre was packed from floor to ceiling. The stage was occupied by the leading Liberals of the town and district. The appearance of Mr. Robertson Gladstone and the chairman of the committee was the signal for a tremendous burst of cheering ; but these demonstrations were completely thrown into the shade by the reception accorded to the Chancellor of the Exchequer him self : the whole assembly stood up and cheered Mr. Gladstone vehemently for many minutes, and the enthusiastic shouts of applause were allowed to sub side only after repeated appeals from the gentlemen on the stage. Upon the motion of Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, seconded by Mr. JAMES AIKEN, Mr. Wm. Rathbone, jun., was called to the chair, and the latter very briefly introduced the right hon. candidate to the meeting. Mr. GLADSTONE said—At 8 o'clock to-night,when I have the honour of appearing before this crowded assembly, the poll has been appointed to cease for the University of Oxford. The very last thing that I could think of would be to connect that circum stance at Oxford with one single word either of dis respect or indifference as regards that ancient, great, and venerable University. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, during 18 anxious years I have been the representa tive of Oxford. It has been my duty in her name to deal, as well as my feeble powers would permit lire; with all the questions bearing upon the relation ship of religion and of education to the State which I this critical period has brought to the surface. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have endeavoured to serve that University with my whole heart ; and with the strength, or weakness, or whatever faculties God has given me (cheers), it has been my daily and my nightly care to promote as well as I could interests, and to testify as well as I could my love. Long has she borne with me. Long, i n spite of active opposition, did she resist every e 'fort to displace me. •At last she has changed her mind. (" Shame ! " and groans for Oxford.) God grant it may be well with her, but recollections of her confidence, which I have so long enjoyed, and of the many hours and many years that I have spent in her service, never can part from me. (Cheers.) And if now, gentlemen, I appear before you in a different position, Ido not appear as a different man. (Cheers.) I have not forgotten my former existence in this free and happy country ; I know of no distinction between the various classes and various interests, and there is no reason why the man who has been, to the best of his poor ability, the faithful representative of the University, should not also to the best of his poor ability, if the constituency should be disposed t o gran t th e t rus t, b e th e f a i t hf u l repre- j sentative of the electors of South Lancashire. (Cheers.) In representing that University my task has been one of no small difficulty ; the desire of my heart has been to minister to her strength and to her prosperity, and I will not yield to my favoured com petitor in devotion to her truest interests. (Cheers.) As to the mode of promoting these interests, as to the best method of testifying to that attachment, there may be great differences between us—(hear, hear)—my earnest desire, my heart's prayer is that her future may be as glorious as her past,—yet more glorious still. (Cheers.) But if it is to be so, that result must be brought about by following a certain method of action, by enlarging her borders-- (cheers) —by opening her doors — (cheers)—by in vigorating her power, by endeavouring to rise to the height of that vocation with which I believe it has pleased the Almighty to endow her—;great cheers: —that as in other times the Universities of the land and Oxford the first of them, led the mind and thought of the country upon the path of improve ment, so now they may still prove worthy of that high office. But if lam told on the other side that it is only by embracing the narrow interests of a political party that Oxford can discharge her duties to the cocntry, then, gentlemen, I at once say I am not the man for Oxford. (Loud cheers.) I hope, sir, it will not savour of vanity if I detain you yet a mo ment longer upon this subject. (Cheers.) We see re presented in that ancient institution, represented more nobly, perhaps, and more conspicuously than in any other place, at any rate with more re markable concentration, the most prominent features that relate to the past of England. (Cheers.) I come into South Lancashire, and I find here around me an assemblage of different phenomena. I find develop ment of industry--(cheers)—l find growth of enter prise ; I find progress of social philanthropy ; I find prevalency of toleration ; and I find an ardent desire f or freedom. (Cheers.) But, sir, if th ere should be a duty more than another incumbent upon the public men of England, it is, so far at least as I am able to prove, the duty of establishing and maintaining - • harmony between thepast of our glorious country and the future that is still in storefor her. (Cheers.) In my humble and• insignificant person, on the one hand re presenting that ancient body, on the otherhand placed now for many years in the administration of themos responsible offices connected with the progress and wellbeing of the country— (cheers)—l have honestly, I have earnestly, although I may have feebly—(cries of no, no, and cheers)—striven to unite that which is represented by Oxford and that which is represented by Lancashire. (Cheers.) My desire is that they should know and love one another. If I have clung to the representation of the University with desperate fondness, it was because I would not desert that post in which I seemed to have been placed. I have not abandoned it. I have been dismissed from it, not by academical, but by political agencies. (Cheers.) The great majority of the teaching body of Oxford, the great majority of those who devote their nights and daysand the best years of theirlives in rearing .. .youths have been at all times my supporters in the election, and have not now abandoned me. (Cheers.) I' don't complain of those political influences by which Mr. Gladsto: I have been displaced. The free constitutional sires that reduction shall be effected in that expenditure spirit of the country requires that the voice of the they have only to send to Parliament men who sympathise majority should prevail. (Cheers.) I lope the with that view, and the result which they wish for will be majority will prevail in South Lancashire. (Cheers.) infallibly attained. (Che ers .) B u t now we are upon a point I don't for a moment complain that it should have only was a the thend n blpublic e ,allegationmadeisthis, that 65 millions h.h nl prevailed in Oxford. But, gen tl emen, I come now the y Government that preceded xPenditur us duringwas responsible. expenditure theyearf r Now, to ask you a question, whether, the I have been how does that matter really stand ? Pay a little attention declared unfit longer to serve the University on ac- to the dates. In the month of April, 1859, on the Ist of the count of my political position, there is anything in that position, there i s anyt hi ng in what I have said month, a new fi n an c i a l y ear b egan . W e were not then in office. An o th er G overn ment was in office. That Govern and done, in the arduous office which I hold, which mentwh en challen ged ence and thanks uponi f the its s r g o e m H ne ral c o o u ri ase vote duocftecaomlleindens count for e of con is to unfit me f or th e representation of my native upon the ground that, di scover i ng th e inefficient condition y. (Great cheers.) It is sometimes said, but of our military and naval establishments, they had set on I really know not whether it is said in jest or in foot what was rather pompously called the reconstruction earnest, that the present Parliament has been dis- of the navy ; that was in the month of May or April, 1859, tinguished by a series of attacks upon the Consti- and it was not until June, 1859, that we came into office. It tution, on Chur c h an d S tate. (Laughter.) lam not until July that th e new P ar li ament were able to was examine the condition of th e fi nances . W e had then before not aware that any o f t h ese attacks have been made ; us the boast of our predecessors that they had set on foot if they have, they have not much fallen under my the reconstruction of the navy ; and now I make the asser notice or knowledge. I don't mean to say that I tion, to which I challenge contradiction, that when we concur with every opinion that is pronounced in came into ale in 1859 we found the exp en dit ure go i ng respect to the Ch urc h i n t h e H ouse of Commons, of the d the year already Estimatesof the gone by, nyoetaratfixtheed, ra a t n e d of thr 6s ee months illio th and he would b e a very i ngen i ous man who could but at the rate of 69 m illi ons a year. (Cheers.) Now I con s ' concur with them ; but Ido say, gentlemen, that we, fess lam surprised to see that some of the very persons as a Government, and that I, as the representative who glorify themselves and take credit to the country for of the University, have not been unmindful of our the immense energy they displayed in setting on foot the and my duty to study the interests of the Church. of-battle s o h f i a s n ( u l m au be h r t of perfectly worthless wooden line (Cheers.) I admit that this is the 13pecial duty of forgotten all these boasts —that cathil at ac w tu e a ar lly e dith.sinksethdattowe back those who are chosen to that high trust, and I want with thein'to the expenditure of a former year, P° from go which to know in what respect the interests of the Church they themselves claim the greatest credit for having de have suffered during the administration of the Go- parted. (Cheers.) It was at 69 millions a year, and not 65 vernment and during the progress of legislation millions, at which we found the expenditure proceeding through the last six years. • There never was a time when which we came int o office. In truth, gen tl emen , t h e legacy bequeathed to me as Ch ance ll or o f t h e Exche uer—s at which the Church enjoyed f ree d om o f speec h i n q w nd m was the degree in which she now po ssesses it. (Ch eer s.) estlydoalvhe such a Pe accord-opethatlenoaeonleefotf to 01l himthis Her bishops and her clergy are , by his friends vast asse m bl age ever may h ends (cheer s andlaughter)—thele g gac y y bequeathed ing to the old formation of the constitution. It to me in the month of July, 1859, when between three and is quite true that they do not exercise coercive four months of the year were already past, and a corre powers, and I am sure that they are too wise Wilding portion of money already spent, was how to find to wish it ; but, at any rate, that freedom of speech, no th . e lli means f of meeting a deficiency of etween four and five money. (Cheers.) Well, b b ut then th a t' s no t all, permit me to say, is of itself a valuable privilege gentlemen (laughter), because we are told, and told truly, to a body which must necessarily depend upon that the expenditure did not stop at 69 millions, but in the its moral influence ; for it cannot be• defended by year 1860 went up to 72 millions of money, nearer, I think, mere professions, Written law, or prescriptions from to 73 millions ; but why was that ? Why, gentlemen, to a former time. (Cheers.) If the Church of England the very same reason—we owe it to the kindness. of our Predecessors.. (Cheers.) In the exercise o f th e i r diplo is to live among u s , s h e mus t fl our i s h , and she must grow, and God gran t th a t she may . do all by making a m n a tic ambassadorw. c he e r ands tr e a l t a y u laughter)—they t t eh China,r)— the yahnadd it t appeared instruct herself beneficently known in the discharge of her to them that the signing of a treaty was an operation Apostolic offices, by the faithful custody of the word whit could net possibly be performed in a satisfactory man which she has received, by making her ministration ner without alarge fleet. (Cheers and interruption.) The the friend and consoler of every man of every rank people of China, in some way or other, did not understand of life, by causing herself to be felt by each one of thethought necessitythat t o h f i s l a 1 a rgefleet for the o s iganbiln,ghoafvae some treaty, otherand you in those a c ti ons w h ere i n her ass i stance can be Howeverarge fleet th m a u t st m p a r y b be, 3 as you know, a object in v i ew . available--these are the functions in which I have great disaster happened in the month of June, 1859, at the cordially desired to promote her usefulness, these are mouth of the Peiho, under the instructions of Lord the functions in which I believe she is growing Malmesbury, and before the present Government had as stronger from day to day ; and on my part, as the sumed their office, or, at any rate, had been able to take any representative of Oxford, on the part of those who that d in is reference tC o China. (Cheers.) £ .) 6 Theooo 00 of consequence of have been honou r ed w ith th e con fid ence o f P ar li a - hln order our as restorerwasthat we had to find position with China. Therefore, I ment, we say we have in no respest betrayed our say that the undivided credit of the expenditure of from duty with regard to the Church of England. But, £72,000,000 to £73,000,000, which we rose to in 1860, is sir, there is another view conscientiously entertained. not with your humble servant, but those who preceded us I have no doubt there is another view as to the pro- in our office. (Cheers.) (A Voice—" That's a nut for Dizzy per mode of promoti ng th e i n t eres t s • o f th e Ch urch to crack.") W e ll, gent l emen , s i nce th a t tim e we h ave _ of England, from w hi c h we essentially. differ. If it retrenchment. The ex effected something in th e way of is thought that th e Ch urc h o f E ng l an d' s i nterests penditure, which was in 1860 nearly .£ t 3,000,000, is now re duced to, I think, between £66,000,000 and £67,000,000: are to be promoted by maintaining some odious (Cheers.) I don't say whether that is satisfactory. I don't stigma, I care not whether it be upon Protestant say whether it 'is all that could be done ; but I think Nonconformists, or upon our Roman Catholic fel- I may say this, that it was something. (Hear, hear.) low-countrymen, I disclaim and repudiate such party And now the question is—How has this been done ? And modes of defending the Church. (Great Cheering.) here, again, read, with considerable astonish gain, I have . . ment statements that this reduction of expenditure which And I say that the misguided persons who, in their has taken place has been forced upon her Majesty's Go folly, would use such weapons for the purpose which vernment by motions made from the opposite side of the they have in view are merely contributing' to defeat house. k Oh, oh.) Now, gentlemen, upon the opposite their own. dearest wishes, and are notto be reckoned, side of the house there sit many excellent, and sensible, as far as thei r ac t s are concerned, among her friends and enlightened men. (Hear.) In this happy country all parties, fortunately, entertain much of sound p r i nc i p l e and hold that the p romo ti on o f t h e civil-and religious selves—(hear)—and specially so when we speak, not of the freedom of our fellow-countrymen, so far from being character of individuals, but of the action of parties. a sign of disloyalty, is a very sure proof of that (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I venture to say, without fear of affectionate and intelligent service which • a body contradiction, that the' influence exercised from the oppo like the Church of England ought to desire at site . side of the house has not x t e be p e e n nd in it fl u u r e e H nc ( ed to reduce, but the hands of he r children. (Cheers.) W e ll, gentle tahnat influence to .could be proved ethe on careful examination of the re - Y I know men, I will not go i n t o d e t a il s . I w ill not trouble you cords of Parliament. The adoption of motions and the by arguing questions which have lately been under questions of divisions would show how, beyond all doubt, the consideration of the Legislature —questions about the powerful influenc e which has been exerc i se d f rom t h e the qualification of Dissente rs; ques ti ons a b out oaths 1 opposite side of the house in promoting the giving of pub-. of Roman Catholics. These arc measures, with re- \ lie it mtoon e e v y to l el l a r s . s A o , r o e r v M e r. 11 i. or M i r a . C, or w i l t io h ev a e s r b a e v e a n nte a d n speet to which, in my opinion, a generous and conci- 1 influence not favourable, ' but ci a e' dverse to retrenchment. , liatory policy is the only policy of wisdom, and, ' (Cheers.) I will give you, gentlemen, a single instance— Iwhether I sit for Oxford, or whether I sit for South I I quote the name of the person because I quote it with re- Lancashire, or whether I don't sit at all—(laughter) spect. Ho is an old member of Parliament, .and a man of —I desire and I intend to act upon that policy so considerable ability—a man respected by all, one of the long as my life shall last. (Cheers.) But now, sir, most respected members of th e o pp os it e p ar t y , w h om any - I turn to secular matters, and will niake observations body for i might b t e ad i l l prout i to, h had been in call his friend--Sir John l. Walsh, for upon one or two of the opini ons th a t h ave b een lately member3o or 40 years, and should know what he is about. But, brought copiously before the attention of the public gentlemen, I tell you this. In 1861 or 1863, 'T forget' during the election ; and, sir, I will endeavour to do which it was, Sir John thought the reduction made by the so in a manner as respectful and considerate as I can I Government in the Navy Estimates so alarming that be towards the feelings, not only of those who hear me, deemed it his duty to make a special speers heard h on the .t s t u h l l' ec h t, but towards the f e eli ngs o f th ose out o f doors who did on and I not assure state Yda the Navy Estimates, —drmyown such as they are l e differ from me. (Ch eers .) Th e issue, gentlemen, now were totally unequal to the wants and necessities of which is before you I take to be this :lam a mem the country, but that the proper way to bring them up to ber of a Liberal Government. (Cheers.) lam in those wants and necessities would be to- double them. association with the Liberal party. I have never (Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is quite true that upon one occa swerved from what I conceived to be those truly sion—l think f in, the year 1862—the H ous e o f C ommons conservative objects and desires with w hi c h I entere d steptooka ? in A io aa m -o o u t rof n was maderetrenchm recommending retrenchment. By who whom w th as at th a a t t step life. I am, if possible, more f on dl y a t tac h e d to the taken tempts should be tried t o re d uce the public expenditure. institutions institutions of my country than I was when as a boy That motion was made by Mr. Stansfeld. (Cheers.)' I never I wandered among the sand-hills of Seaforth or the saw the face of Mr. Stansfeld on the benches opposite. streets of Liverpool. (Cheers.) But experience has (Cheers.) Those who sit on the benches opposite don't seem brought with it its lessons. I have learnt that there to me to have had any great love for Mr. Stansfeld—(hear) is wisdom in a policy of t rus t, an d f o ll y i n a pol i cy —or to have appreciated if the services h e ren d ere d to t h e cause of retrenchment, we ma y j u d ge from the steps of mistrust. (Chee rs .) I h ave no t re f used to re- ceive the signs of the ti mes . I h ave o b served the which they afterwards t oo k t o procure the removal of that excellent man from office. (Shame.) Gentlemen, what I do effect that has been produced by Liberal legislation, claim is this—that to the efforts of the Government and and if we are told, and we are now truly told, that the efforts of their friends, and also occasionally,' I admit, all the feelings of the country are in the best and and gladly then ad on m s i e t, of the t h enlightened men on the Opposition broadest sense Conse r vati v e—th a t i s t o say, t h at the side . 1 read iis duen the rep or t o f t h e speecht that of ju r has be e n eeffected.cted Disraeli people value the country and the laws and institu- —and I speak of him with all the respect due to his posi tions of the country ;if we are told that, I say tion and talents—l read in the report of his Speech a state honesty compels us to admit that result has been ment that retrenchment had been forced upon Government brought about by Liberal legislation.. (Cheers.) by motions from his side of the House. I cannot explain that extraordinary t,h statement, which he will have the op- Therefore, I may presume. to say that, since the year 1841, when Sir R. Peel, who was then at the head hereafterltZtfili:OrYOfptehreagnseofconunofondsoinif (Applause.) s thinks I fit, really of her Majesty's Government, thought fit to place think that. the reporter of that speech must for a o a nc y e me in a position in the Board of Trade whichbrought have been asleep, or some of the "heavy wet" of Buck me into direct, immediate, and responsible contact kinghamshire must for a moment have bewildered his with the interests of the country, that from that time brain—(laughter)—for he must in some some way or other onward I have not swerved nor wa vere d, b ut h ave hare turned inside out and u p s id e d own i n the report of striven to the best of my ability in th e wor k o f i m- the speech au assertion that h a d been made by M r . Di srae li . proving the laws and p romo ti ng w h a t ever could tend (Cheers.) But then, gentle men , I go f rom retrenchment to principles, and it is very fai r ly sa id t h at good harvests are to the advantage of the people, Ihave been delighted not the work of her Majesty's Government. That, gen to witness the progress made in their condition and tlemen, is perfectly true, but I recollect a time when in their growing attachment to the laws under which stead of good harvests we had bad harvests; and when, in they live—(cheers)--every year has brought with it consequence of the miserable harvest of the year 1860, there its reward. We have seen the result of what has was a deficiency in the proceeds ofdid I the public revenue as been done, not only i n th e grow i ng wea l t h , b ut in soun compared doctrine that he that the harvests are no estimate,d hoar tthe anything work of the Government of the e growing contentment, in growing industry, in grow- Goverement ? At that time, Ido assure you, the Govern ing morality. (Cheers.) A blind individual must ment, and especially tho unfortunate Chancellor of the that man be who, after having been once privileged Exchequer, were held responsible for the harvest. (Cheers to take part in processes such as these, withdraws and laughter.) There was not a waterspout opened in the his hand from the plough—(cheers) —turns back his heavens ;which he and dnot dischar g ed u t pori the fields be eyeneath ; from the noble pro s p ec t t h at i s b e f ore him, and it was men, it is in civilization that as dhe onlythat made them, a l, be aud body o f most what returns to those obstructive id eas w hi c h are so detri- excellentprogress, gentlemen, respectable persons, who i n 1860, w h en t h ere mental to the real advantage of th e country and was a bad harvest, were really so much bedarkened as to to the permanent maintenance of its institu- suppose that harvest was the work of the Government— tions. (Cheers.) I venture to put it to this they said the deficiency was its work, so it was the same meeting that although we may have been—l thing—see what progress they have made, when in 1864-5 mean the members of the present G overnment thereha to e thened to r be p r o o n d of h i s h rv e e i s rd ts and thus ruth they tiat have the harvest is not mademay have been—the members of a p ar t y , yet awakened perception by this or that Administration, but that in associating ourselves with this work of comes as it pleases Providence to send it. (Cheers.) Well, beneficial legislation and endeavouring to the but gentlemen, somehow or other, there is a word called best of our power to carry it forward, we have luck, which has an immense effect upon the minds of men, not been labouring for the mere interests of the and they say that tho Government is the luckiest of all Go- Party, but for th ose o f t h e country at largo—(cheers)—and vernments, and that th e Ch ance ll or o f th e E xc h e quer is the luckiest of all Ch ance ll ors o f t h e E xc h equer . (Ch eers .) It when the e l ec ti ons have been for eight days in pro- I may, p er h aps, without impropriety be permitted to say seems that all th e c i rcumstances o f the country s i nce we t oo k now, gress, that the country in its various divisions office have been so excessi ve ly favourable to economy, to • nised that t rut h , and ha been pleased 8 has rewg- saving, to mode ra t o ex p en dit ure , to l arge revenue , th a t t o with the verdi ct of its pleased to seal our conduct general approbation that source alone i s t o ascribed the happy state of things I wish to set b e f ore you more part icularly . (Cheers.) But be which exist. But no w l e t us cons id er w h a t our s t a t e h as the points upon which they are disposed to one toma or two ke.vel of claim been. I have told- you our friends wh o pr ec ed e d us left us a t o confidence, on th e ground that they have effected some legacy of six million s o f ex p en dit ure i n th e war w ith Chi na . rY re t re nchment in the expe n dit ure of the country. (Cheers.) Now, on the other side, I have obser ve d this answer.made, (Laughter.) Well, th en , th e country, gentlemen, went into that we have not reduced the expendit ure of the countre, , a state of great and real apprehension, whether well founded since the year during which the party now in Opposi tion or not, in the year 1860 with regard to its defences, and it were responsible---(cheers and laughter) —and their point determined to have a large expenditure upon fortifications is this, that the expenditure of the country in that year-- for the security of our arsenals. Well, under- the measures namely, 1858-59, was under £65,000,000, and that it is now taken for that purpose, we have spent some millions of over .C 66,000,000, and therefore that we have not really re- Iriot.ley. However right or otherwise such expenditure may duced, but have. increased, the expenditure of the country, L' si e re m it d self . l am not now considering. It was the great de wishlof t f lie people of the country, and sure I am and if wo have made a diminution of taxes it has been made, that a l as some ingenious gentleman has stated, by taking off taxes they wishPe people expend _ en E d n i g t land will spend their money when but you . will admit with me it which we bad first put on. (Oh, oh, and laughter.) Now, was not to be considered p a great piece of luck for the Chan gentlemen, let us see how that matter really stands, and be- was of the Exch • equer. But that is not all, for besides the fore I enter into it I will not say that I am not satisfied, as of the na v y i n 1859 it set about far as l am i ndividually concerned. lam not satisfied that energetic administratio n that remarkable work, " reconstruction of th e na y "which lowestthe expenditur e o f th e country has yet been reduced to the was a very favourite phrase at th e tim e , you 3Y do not ' point cons i stent with its honour and security. hear quite so much of it now. Well, • though that is an expensive ear T (Cheers.) Therefor e I w il l say this, and say it without the descnption of amusement for the First L or d o f th e Ad m i- Smallest doubt, th at i f the electoral body of this country de ralty, that reconstruction of the navy —that building use- less line of battle ships, which was really an attempt at re construction, rendered wise and necessary by transposition of the use of wood for that of iron in the building of vessels which has been a most costly provision for the defences of the country. That is not luck for the finances of the coun try. Well, gentlemen, four years ago by an awful visitation of Providence which rent for a time in twain the great republic so nearly and deeply associated with us, beyond the waves of the Atlantic, there came upon Lancashire that which is familiarly known by the name of the Cotton Fa mine. When we look back upon the Cotton Famine, and when we consider the noble qualities that were displayed in the times of that affliction—when we recollect how we then awakened to the consciousness of what treasure we possessed in the factory population of this country, we re cognise the wisdom of Providence in drawing good from that which seemed to be unmitigated evil. (Cheers.) But that is not my present point. I want to know how that Cotton Famine was to be considered as a piece of financial luck. I find, on the contrary, it cut down our revenue when it was at its greatest intensity by from one to two millions, and, beyond that, it was one of the most special inflictions, from its special nature, to which the Exchequer of this country ever has been subjected. (Hear.) Further than this, I thankfully join with you in acknowledging the bounty of Providence vouchsafed to us in the abundant products of the earth. I don't admit the doctrine that it is owing to luck, but I do believe that we are enabled upon the period of a dissolution to show our faces before our fellow countrymen, and not to blush for the financial con dition of the country. But the points on which I have last been addressing you—l admit points that more or less touch our distinctive professions as we sit on the right hand or the left hand of the Speaker's chair—l am not ashamed of them, I don't lament, I don't regret, I don't moan to abandon the political associations in which conviction has placedme. (Applause.) But I do say, and I say through you to the people of South Lancashire, that to the Libe ral party of the present generation, those members of the Conservative party, like Sir R. Peel, who preferred the interests of their country to their place and power— (hear)—has been committed the extraordinary grace and favour of being enabled while they have held office, to ad dress themselves, and to address themselves with effect, to the promotion of measures which ascend far above the height and descend far below the depth of every party con sideration whatever. (Loud cheers.) There afe objects, gentlemen, which belong to our common country—to this England in which we live. (Applause.) We have around us vast populations ; they live under that dispensation which affects human kind, and by which we find that it is really possible for the mass of the community to secure to themselves abundance of the first necessaries and the first comforts of life. We know that in this free country that we admire and love so much, a century ago, the peasantry were ground down to the very dust, the manufacturing population was tainted with a disaffection that it is unfor tunately too easy for us to understand, and too difficult for us to condemn. We IEIIOW that at that time few were the labouring Englishmen who could see their wives and their children decently lodged, sufficiently fed and clothed, and tolerably educated. What is now the state of things? Much may yet remain to be done. My belief is that there will always be ample scope for all the best ener gies and all the best gifts of legislators and public men ; but something, at least, we have carried. Education has gone forth through the length and the breadth of the land. Voluntary institutions, the best of all, have sprung up in multitudes. Wise laws abolishing the mischievous re straints upon capital and labour—(hear)—have enormously added to the wealth of the country. (Hear.) In the last ten years the commerce of England has become nearly double what it was. With this series of acts relating to the material condition of the country have been joined, as I have said, numbers of others bearing upon its moral and social condition, and tending to set the masses of the community free in some degree from necessary and servile attention to the bodily wants, of the wants each day as it arose, to that of .their higher interests, of the cultivation of their intellect, of their position as rational, as moral, and as spiritual beings. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, this is no party matter. Oh, what folly it has been that there should be any party in the State that has allowed to its rivals and opponents the glory of almost monopolising the prosecu tion of such a work. (Hear.) But how happy, on the other hand, are they who have been perinitted to take part in it! (Hear.) Never can Ibe too thankful that, not owing to any deliberate choice of my own, but rather to the circumstances in which I hava been placed, it has been my absolute duty to enter into that beneficent work, and to make the prosecution of it the main study and purpose of my life. (Loud cheers.) It has been a work felt throughout the United Kingdom—felt not only in the United Kingdom,. but felt, I rejoice to say,• upon many a foreign shore (hear, hear) ; and those who formerly re garded England with jealousy or with hatred arvnow by degrees unlearning their ancient prejudices, and are glad to follow the beneficent example that has been set them by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. (Loud cheers.) It has been felt, then, through the world, it has been felt through the dominions of the Queen, it has 'been felt through those islands in which we live, it has been felt, if in any ono place more than another, in the very place in which we stand. (Cheers.) In Liverpool, in Manchester, it - every industrious haunt and hive of this industrious country has been felt the impetus thus given to the indus try of man and the influence thus brought into play for bettering and improving his position. (Hear.) Gentle men, it would be the height of arrogance in me were I to forget that I am a young, a late, a feeble labourer in this happy, I will say; in this holy ea,uso. (Cheers. A Voice : "You're the bast. of 'em. 7) Many have gone before me; many have exceeded me ("no"); but, with sincerity of heart and purpose, I have given myself to the prosecution of the work ; and I come before you who ' have 'known it in its beginning, InoWn it in its progress, and its more ripe results, and .I ask you to pronounce whether those who have been privileged to take part in such a.work are .or are not disabled or disqualified from sitting in the Par liament of England, from receiving the suffrages 'of elec tors of the community of Lancaster. (Immense cheers.) The right hon., gentleman resumed his seat amid enthu siastic cheering, which was continued for several Minutes: Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE was loudly called, andasked the meeting to join with him in the opinion that they owed a deep debt of gratitude to the noble University of Oxford, which, in its wisdom and in the superfluity of its learning, had thought proper to dismiss a practical man from its re presentation. Mr. WILD BLUNDELL, the leader of the Catholic party in Sbuth Lancashire, addressed the meeting ; and, in answer to repeated calls, Air. W. H. GLADSTONE, M.P. for Chester, spoke briefly, regretting that the University of Oxford had thought fit to divorce itself from the link which alone was able to bring it into harmony with the requirements of the times. (Cheers.) • One or two gentlemen having subsequently addressed he meeting, the proceedings, which had been remarkably ,nanimous throughout, terminated. The Detention of Mr. William Moens by Italian Brigands. Great misapprehension appears to exist' in the public mind as to this most distressing affair, owing to the incor rect accounts published by some of your contemporaries. One leading journal has adopted as true an absurd story published in the Union continental paper, while a writer in a minor weekly publication, apparently ignorant of the situation of Destum and of all connected with it, treats with vulgar levity the terrible misfortune which has fallen on Mr. Wm. Moens. Having had excellent opportunities of becoming acquainted with all the facts of the case, I venture to send you a short statement, which will, I hope, enable you to understand the present state of affairs. The brigand chief who captured Messrs. Aynsley and Moons on the 15th of May, on the high road near Paestum, is named Mauzo Giardullo, who was captured the other day, never had anything to do with the two English gentlemen. Mauzo has since been joined by two other chiefs, Cerino and Cianci, and their united bands amount to about 40 persons, of whom five are women. The sum originally demanded for the ransom of the two gentlemen was 50,000 'ducats, or £8,500. It was settled be tween the captives by lot that Mr. Aynsley should go to get the ransom, Mr. Moens remaining as hostage in the hands of the brigands. The Italian GoVernment has been making the most stren uous exertions to capture the brigands or to starve them into surrender ; but to those who know the nature of the country—. w hich is faithfully described in Count . Iklaffei's book, lately reviewed in your columns--it is by no moans surprising that the brigands continue to baffle their pur suers. But though the severe measures at present prac tised by the military and civil authorities in the province of Salerno have hitherto failed to bring about the capture of the brigands, they have placed immense difficulties in the way of Mr. Moons' friends communicating with his captors. Notwithstanding those difficulties, however, Mr. Moans friends have succeeded in paying a large sum of money to the brigands, who still hold out for the sum originally de manded, and they now see another opportunity of paying such further sum as it is in their power to pay.. It must be remembered that the money has to be paid in gold, at the time and place appointed by the brigands ; that their mes senger can only carry a certain amount, and that he has to pass through the'cordon of troops surrounding the district, at the risk of his life ; that the brigands themselves are fre quently unable to meet their messenger, owing to the vigi lance of the troops; and that, when so baffled, they gene rally disappear from the neighbourhood for a fortnight or so, after which nothing can be done till they make another appointment. Our last news from Mr. Moens was dated the 29th ult. His position was then very critical. He wrote himself, describing his sufferings, and the threats held out by his captors to enforce the speedy payment of more money. We can only trust that these wild men, k n owing that their prisoner's friends are exerti ng themselves to the utmost to pay the money and to mitigate the severe measures taken by the military authorities, will refrain from carrying into execution the awful threats which they have uttered from time to time, But apart from this, the most terrible danger of his position, the miseries and hardships which Mr. Moens has undergone during the last seven weeks are sufficient of themselves to cause the deepest anxiety to his friends ' should his captivity be much further prolonged. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1865. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE. NOTTINGHAM RACES.—TUESDAY. The July meeting, which commenced yesterday (Tues day) ,on " Merrio Sherwood," proved successful. The sport provided by Mr. James Bradfield, the clerk of the course, included nine races, for which some large entries had been secured, though, at the same time, the fields were not very numerous. The weather was fine, but the air somewhat sultry, and though, in addition to the late rains, a terrific downfall took place over night, the course (which is on a sandy soil) had benefited little, and the " going" was pronounced hard. Full particulars of the racing will be found below : The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for all ages; weight for age, with selling allowance. One mile. Mr. E. Buckley's Success, 3 yrs, Bst 111 b (not to be sold `(J. Grimshaw 1 Marquis of Hastings's Sisyphus, 3 yrs, 7st 11Ib (X2OO (Loates 2 Lord Westmoreland's Brahma, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (£6OO (Morris 3 Mr. Ballinger's Sergeant Pacquot, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (£6OO (Key 4 Mr. G. Angell's Mazurka, 2 yrs, sst 71b (0£200) (Huxtable) 5 Betting—Even on Brahma, 5 to 2 agst Success, and 5 to 1 agst Sisyphus. Success, Sisyphus, and Brahma ran nearly abreast to the Mansfield turn, where Sisyphus took the lead,,Brahma going on second and Success third, the other two several lengths in the rear. Nearing the dis tance, Success came through his horses, and won very cleverly by a length. Brahma was third, two lengths from Sisyphus; the other two beaten many lengths. The Shorts Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ; for all ages ; weight for age ; with selling allowances. Half a mile. Mr. Saxon's Bonnie Lass, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Clement) 1 Mr. Rigby's Chance Shot filly, 3 yrs, Est 41b (£5O) (Huxtable) 2 Lord Stamford's Gulnara, 4 yrs, 9st (£5O) (Carroll) 3 Miss Polly, Brighter, and Lady Mary also ran. Betting-6 to 4on Gulnara, 4to 1 agst Bonnie Lass, and 6to 1 agst Chance Shot filly. The latter, previous to the start, overpowered Huxtable, and, after running the circuit of the course, jumped the rails, throwing the lad, who was, fortunately, not injured. They were started on good terms, Chance Shot, with a slight lead, immediately took up the running, and held a clear lead, the others lying in a cluster to the distance, whore Bonnie Lass and Gulnara came out. Mr. Saxon's filly gradually overhauled the leader, who swerved within a few strides of the post, and was beaten by a head. Lord Stamford's mare two lengths from the second ; Brighter was an indifferent fourth, Miss Polly fifth, and Lady Mary last. There was no advance on the selling price of the winner. The Bradgate Handicap of 7 soya each, 3 ft, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra. One mile. Lord Bateman's Moulsey, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Payne's Beadle, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Clement) 2 Mr. H. Savile's Spice, 3 yrs, Sat 101 b (Huxtable) 3 Mr. R. C. Naylor's Quarantine, 4 yrs, 7st (Sayers) 4 Marquis of Hastings's Tippler, '5 yrs, Bst (Challoner) 5 Mr. Barber's Cutaway, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Ward) 6 Betting—Even on Moulsey, 5 to 1 each agst Beadle and Tippler, 6 to 1 agst Cutaway, 100 to 15 agst Quarantine, and 10 to 1 agst Spice. Moulsey jumped off in front, but was soon pulled back into third place, Cutaway making play, closely followed by Beadle and the favourite into the straight, where Lord Bateman's horse went to the fore, and without being again headed, won in a canter by two lengths ; a neck separated the second and third. Quarantine was fourth, Tippler fifth, and Cutaway last. The County Members' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. Winners 61b extra. T.Y.C. Lord Stamford's Gownsman, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ...(Carroll 1 Mr. G. Angell's Attaché, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Perry) 2 Mr. Giubilei's Gannochy, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Key) 3 Lord Bateman's Danaus, 4 yrs, 7st 61b Grimshaw) 4 Betting-7 to 4on Attache, 3to 1 agst Gownsman, and 7to 1 agst Danaus. Half way up Gownsman headed Mr. Angell's horse, and won easily by a length ; six lengths separated second andthird. Danaus, beaten off, was stopped on the post. The Nottinghamshire Handicap of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 if declared, with 200 added ; the second to receive 50 sovs ; winners extra. One mile and three-quarters. 65 subs, 39 of whom paid 5 sovs each. Lord Westmoreland's Auditor, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. S. Thellusson's Veluti, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (Grace 2 Lord Stamford's Spring Gun, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (car Est 21b (Carroll 3 Mr. Barber's Lady Bohun, 4 yrs, bet 101 b (Ward 4 Mr. G. Angell's Dunkeld, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Perry 5 Betting-5 to 4 agst Auditor, 3to 1 agst Spring Gun, 6 to 1 agst Veluti, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Spring Gun led the way, Lady Bohun lying at his girths with Dunkeld next, and Veluti la t. After going about 100 yards, Veluti rushed through his horses and carried on the running, fol- lowed round the Mansfield turn by Dunkeld, Spring Gun, and Auditor, Lady Bohun bringing up the rear. These po sitions were maintained along the straight to the commence ment of the enclosure, where Auditor passed Spring Gun and took third place. In the next half mile Dunkeld was beaten and dropped back, leaving Auditor in close attend ance upon Veluti, with Spring Gun running well up with Lord Westmoreland's colt. At the distance Auditor ran alongside of Veluti, whom he headed in a few strides, and maintaining his advantage to the end, won cleverly by half a length. Spring Gun was third, a length in the rear of Veluti, Lady Bohun fourth, and Dunkeld last. A Selling Race of 40 soya, added to a. sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for all ages ; weight for age, with selling allow ances. T.Y.C. Marquis of Hastings's Sisyphus, 3 yrs, Gst 111 b (X5O) (J. Grimshaw) w.o. The Stand Plato of 50 soya, added to a handicap sweep stakes of 5 sous each, 2 ft ; for all ages ; winners extra. Half a mile. Mr. H. Savilo's La Mochanto, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Heartfield 1 Mr. Reldiff's Cranbury, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Pearson 2 Lord Bateman's Gipsy Girl, 5 yrs, 7st 41b (J. G r i mshaw 3 Marquis of Hastings Catalogue, 3 yrs, 7st 41 b...(Morris 4 The following also ran :—Hesper, Gil Bias, Lady Mary, Tring, Saladin, and Romola. Betting-5 to 2 agst La Mechante, 3to 1 agst Saladin, 5 to 1 agst Cranbury, 100 to 15 each agst Romola and Hesper, Bto 1 agst Gipsy Girl, and 10 to 1 agst Catalogue. More than half an hour was cut to waste in false starts ; at length a straggling start was effected, when Cranbury, two lengths in advance of everything, made play, followed by Romola, Catalogue, Hesper, and Gipsy Girl, who formed the vanguard until nearing the distance, where Cranbury still held the lead, but was joined on nearing the stand by La Mechante and Gipsy Girl, a splendid race between the three ending in favour of La Mechante by a neck ; a similar distance separated the second and third ; Cata logue was a bad fourth, Hesper and Romola being next, and Lady Mary brought up the rear. The Robin hood Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added , for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ; winners extra. T.Y.C. Marquis of Hasting's King Hal, 9st 31b (inc. 71b extra) Mr. G. Crook's Aunt Polly, Bst 71b ........... (Custance) 1 (Challoner) 2 Mr. Thell's Actwa, Bst 71b ...........................(Deacon) 3 Betting-6 to lon King Hal, who made all the running. and won in a canter by six lengths; Actrea beaten off. The Sherwood Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for three-year-olds and upwards ; winners extra ; gentle men riders ; professionals, 61b extra. One mile and a' quarter. _ _ 9st ......... (34r. W. B ev ill) 1 Hood (h b), 4 yrs, lOst 41b ..................... (Clemont) 2 MM r N (r n o n's6V.lSab betting. ta eevhxihl)° ....................................................... by 20 lengths. WINCHES TER RACES-TUESDAY. Considering that this fixture clashed with the important Nottingham gathering, and that the inhabitants of the neighbourhood were thoroughly excited and taken up by the electioneering business of the county, the attendance on the course was larger than could be expected, but most of the members of the ring had evidently bestowed their attention on the more important meeting at Nottingham. The day turned out fearfully wet and disagreeable, so that Mr. H. Goater, the clerk of the course, under the unfavour able circumstances, may congratulate himself on the issue of the undertaking. The fields were insignificant through out the day, as will be seen by the return of the running, and a steady rain falling during the whole of the afternoon rendered the meeting one of the most uncomfortable of the season. , The Citizens' Plate of GO soya, for all ages ; entrance 2 sous each ; winners extra. Half a mile. 59 subs. Mr. F. Temple's Jack Jukes, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Hoskins 1 Mr. A. Heathcote ns Juliet, aged, Bst (Fordham 2 Lord Portsmouth's Cordelia, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Morden 3 The following also ran :—Lovelace, Medea, Wade, Bow Bell, Allan-a-Dale, and Retribution. Betting -2 to 1 agst Juliet, 3to 1 agst Cordelia, and 6to 1 each agst Jack Jukes and Bow Bell. Cordelia took up the running with a slight lead, followed by Juliet, Jack Jukes, and Allan-a-Dale to the distance, where Juliet and Jack Jukes headed her, the favourite having a slight lead ; but, halfway up the cords, Jack Jukes challenged Juliet and won, after a splendid finish, by a head ; Cordelia, throe lengths in the rear of Juliet, third. Bow Bell was fourth, Retribution fifth, and Allan-a-Dale sixth. The Hampshire Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 50 added; winners extra. One mile and five furlongs. 33 subs. Mr. Reeves ns Filbert, 3 yrs, Est 81b (Hoskins) 1 Mr. Brayley's Pelios, 4 yra, 7st 31b (inc. 81b extra, car. 7st 41b) (Cannon) 2 Mr. Willia ms ' s D e f y, 3 yrs, E st (Hartley) 3 Sydmonton was scratched at 1.30. Betting-6 to 4on Pelios, and 7to 4 agst Filbert. Defy made play with a long lead, Pelios lying next for nearly a mile. The favourite then took the lead, followed by Fil bert to the enclosure, where the latter came out and won by a length; a bad third. The Railway Plate of 40 soya, added to a sweeptakes of 3 soya each, for all ages ; selling allowances. About five furlongs. Mr. Temple's Jack Jukes, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (£3O) (Hibberd 1 Mr. King's B ow B e ll , 3 yrs, 7st 31b (£3O) (Davis 2 Mr. Retford's Atlas, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (x3O) (J. Mann 3 Mr. Notley's Kill'em and Eat'em, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (.£3O (Morden 4 Betting -2 to lon Jack Jukes, 4to 1 agst Bow Bell, sto 1 agst Atlas. Bow Bell made play, followed by Jack Jukes, Kill'em and Eat'em lying off. At the distance the favourite came out and won by a neck. There was no ad- vane() on the selling price, and the winner was eventually sold for 14 sovs. The Grange Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, with 50 added, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b; win ners extra. T.Y.C. (about five furlongs). 27 subs. Mr. R. Kelso's Gretna, Bst 101 b (J. Goater 1 Mr. G. Rigby's Abergeldie, B s t 101 b (J. Mann 2 Lord Portsmouth's Midia colt, Bst 101 b (Wells 3 Betting— 7t02 on Gretna. The favourite lay off to the distance, when she passed the pair, and won with the greatest ease by three lengths ; a similar distance separat ing second and third. The City Members' Plate of 50 sovs for three-year -olds and upwards ; selling allowances. Five furlongs. Mr. H. Goater's Fairy Land, 3 yrs, Est 7113, - .£30 (Scorey) 1 Mr. Redford's North End, 4 yrs, 7st 91b, £30...(. Mann)) 2 Mr. Notley's Kill'em and Eat'em, 3 yrs, Cat 71b, £3O, . _ _ _ (Davis) 8 Betting-6 to 4on Fairy Land, who took up the running immediately after the start, and won in a canter by four lengths. Kill'em and Eat'em a bad third. The winner was bought by Mr. Starkey for 42 guineas. The First Year of the Winchester Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 61b; certain allowances. About five furlongs. 28 subs. Lord Portsmouth's Robin Hood, Bst 71b (Wells) 1 Captain Gray's Chronbmeter, Bst 71b Mr. R. Kelso's Gretna, Bst 6lb (J. Goater) 3 Mr. Starkey's Kin gs l e y, B s t 71b (Fordham) 4 Betting-7 to 2on Robin Hood, who came away with a slight lead, which he increased opposite the stand, and won in a canter by six lengths ; Chronometer defeated Gretna by half a length for second place ; Kingsley a bad fourth. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three-year-olds and upwards. Two miles. Lord Portsmouth's Sydmonton, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (Pordham) 1 Mr. H. Goatees Filbert, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (J. Mann) 2 The following also ran :—Real Jam and The Gunner. Betting-5 to .1 on Sydmonton, who made all the run ning, aid won in a canter by ten lengths, Filbert being second; the other two were pulled up before reaching the post. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS TIMES.—Some very important elections were de cided yesterday, and the Liberal party maintains its ascendancy in the contest. The gains have been four seats, of which three are in Scotland. In Stir lingshire Admiral Erskine has been elected in the room of Mr. Blackburn; in Renfrewshire Mr. Spiers has displaced Sir M. Shaw Stewart; and in Bute shire Mr. Lamont succeeds Mr. Boyle. In England one county seat has been won by the substitution of Mr. More for Sir Baldwin Leighton in South Shrop shire. The losses have been two seats—East Nor folk, where Mr. Reed, the Conservative, supplants Col. Coke, and Oxford University, where Mr. Hardy has been elected in the place of .Mr. Gladstone. Thus, the gain to the Liberal party on the polling of the day is two seats. The elections of East Kent and East Surrey are also highly satisfactory, as in both these important divisions the Liberals have kept their position, though attacked with all the strength of their opponents. These results promise well for the numerous contests which will take place during the present week. There is little reason now to doubt that the Liberal successes will exceed the most sanguine anticipations. One division of the United Kingdom, Scotland, will support the Govern ment by an overwhelming majority. The boroughs have always been Liberal, and now the Tory do minion in the counties has been attcked with vigour, and in many places overthrown. Never since Scot land has had a real representation—that is, since the year 1832—has it been so nearly unanimous in its political principles. In Ireland the gain may be already estimated at nine seats, and it is probable that two or three more will be won, or steady Liberals substituted for some who were not to be relied on. The principal gain of the Liberal party in that island is, however, to be found in the break-up of the so-calledCatholic-Conservative alliance, and the return of the Catholic popula lation to juster views as to their political position and duties. Even the chiefs of the Church are said to have given their countenance and help to the Liberal candidates, while their flocks have been animated by a spirit far more praiseworthy than that which, in the early days of Italian liberty, induced them to give their support to the English Tories. The result of the elections promises well for the future contentment of Ireland, for it gives a death-blow to the hopes of the party which would purchase the right of oppressing and humiliating Catholics at h ome b y pan d er i ng to the prejudices of the most extreme of their body with respect to foreign policy. Turning to England, it is impos sible not to be interested by the important contests which are to be decided during the present week. In Berkshire and in West Kent the Liberals should use all their efforts to secure the representation, and to show, as was shown in East Surrey yesterday, that the heart and understanding of the country are on the side of rational progress. But not even these elections equal in importance that which is to be decided to-morrow in South Lancashire. To gain a great and decisive victory here every nerve of the Northern Liberals should be strained. They have now a rare opportunity of showing their attaclunent to the principles they profess, and at the same time of rendering an important service to the country, by placing in Parliament one )f the most eminent statesmen of the time. They can not have a more worthy declaration of principles than that which was made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at Liverpool last night. Just at the time when the poll which excluded him from the representation of the University was closing, Mr. Gladstone advanced to address an immense assem blage of the people of his native county. Those who imagine that the verdict of Oxford is likely to prejudice him in the eyes of the nation may be in vited to consider the reception which he obtained on the platform of the Liverpo )1 Amphitheatre. The mass of people who awaited so eagerly Mr. Gladstone's coming, and welcomed him with such long continued applause, saw in his rejection by the University the inevitable penalty which liberality of thought and honesty of purpose must at some time or another suffer at the hands of a University constituency. There was, we will venture to say, not a single unfriendly critic of the old English seats of learning who did not feel a secret satisfaction that Oxford should have shown precisely the spirit which its enemies charge it with, and given the scoffer so ready an occasion for his sneers. But the meeting, though it would doubtless have assented eagerly to any disparaging remarks on the University which had rejected him, was destined to hear none from Mr. Gladstone. Nothing could be in juster feeling and better taste than his allusions to the event which had just taken place, and his declaration of continued respect and affection for Oxford. In the tribute which he pays to the more liberal part of the con stituency, which, as may be supposed, comprises the greater part of the resident body, the puLlic will readily join. "I have been dismissed," says Mr. Gladstone, " not by academic a l, but by political agencies. The great majo r ity o f the teaching body at Oxford, the great majority of those who devote their nights and days and the best years of their lives in rearing youths, have at all times been my supporters in the election, and have not now abandoned me." This we believe to be the case, and it is the best defence for the Universities, when charged with ostracizing their most eminent mem bers, that the deed is done not by those who are the intellectual representatives of the place. Passing from the subject of the University election, Mr. Gladstone gave an able sketch of the financial history of the Government, in reply to the charge that the only reductions they had made in taxation were where they had themselves imposed it. This allegation had been made more than once during the elections, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer's time was not lost in refuting it. We rejoice, how ever, especially to hear from him that in his opinion the expenditure of the country may be still further' reduced, and we hope that the country will adopt his advice, and not fail to send up members who will enforce on the Government the duty of retrench ment. Mr. Gladstone is beyond a doubt right in saying that the influence exercised by the Opposi tion has not been in favour of economy, and for this among many others reasons we hope that the erectors of South Lancashire will do their best to return him and his two colleagues. It is only by giving a substantial majority to the Liberal Govern ment that it will be strengthened sufficiently to take a bold and patriotic course on this most important portion of national policy. HERALD. —The press has not had a more pleasant office for some time than to write up Lord Derby's project for an Exhibition of National Portraits. There must be always the beau ideal of a good thing in his lordship's recommendation, but the collection he is now recommending to us is exactly the good thing itself coming in good season. It will supply us with much more than a record of the progress of British art, though even under that aspect itwill be inconceivably interesting. It will be history speak ing to us by a new voice ; philosophy teaching and taught by portraits. It is the charm of portraiture that it sums up a good part of a great man's bio graphy. The life is photographed on those sensi tive plates of the face which have mirrored through so many years the play of every emotion, and pas sion, and experience. It is not an idle curiosity that excites us to desire to know of what form was and man that accomplished great things. Hi s f ace is part of the res gestx of his life. It explains why how he was what he proved himself to be ; and opening to us phases of character not suggested by his actual achievements, gives perhap s th e only key that was re ssowf oneaßn tr British to snhd open artthe thn tereevr. A u i r d e t n h cesewoulda recohrconcordancedave ofthebeen be tweenprog the more pleasant if, while showing our advance from the ridiculous to the sublime by very slow grada- tions, it might:not show also that nothing was in digenous. Though the earliest of our artists—we speak of our masters—Hogarth, was at the samo time homebred and the greatest, we had to wait for him till the middle of the 18th century. Up to his appearance we could hardly boast a portrait, except in miniature, worth having from an English artist. Holbein, Zuccaro, Powebus, Rubens, Vandyke, Mytens, Vander Plaas, Lely, and Kneller, were all foreign men. Whatever we were born, whether sailors, or poets, or merchants, or soldiers, or ora tors, it is certain we werTnot born portraitpainters. For centuries we were content to have our art as we had our merchandise, by buying it from the foreigner, and it is so far fortunate for us now that we are col lecting our acquisitions that they were made with so much judgment that their exhibition will repay any conceivable cost it may put us to,, and leave a heavy balance of obligations to the noble lord to whose taste and energetic initiative we shall be in debted for it. The division of the project into two or three exhibitions, taking place in as many years, follows from the national wealth in portraits. The Earl of Derby proposes that not more than about 800 portraits shall be exhibited together, and that none of the exhibitions in the series shall extend beyond the four or five months of our summer sea son. The chronological order is naturally preferred to any arrangement founded on social status or pur suits, and this all the more that the latter arrange ment may be easily made subsidiary to the other. But the difficulty arises as to the period at which we shall begin—and end—the series of portraits. At the meeting over which Lord Derby presided at the South Kensington Museum it was the general feel ing that we should not begin before the reign of Richard 111. or Henry VII. For our part we fail to see the necessity of fixing a date or epoch for the commencement. At Hampton Court we have por traits which are alleged to be those of Fair Rosa mond and Elizabeth Woodville, on authority which ought at least to be respectable. In other of our collections, national, semi -national, or private, we ought to have hundreds of historical portraits of anterior or contemporary dates, not probably in worse preservation than those which trace back for us the artistic history of Italy, France, or the Western Empire. True, the art may be for the most part contemptible, but for the earlier epochs our desire, perhaps, should be less to exhibit ar t than to elucidate hi story—though indeed from very early periods our church windows show some admi rable specimens of artistic ability that imply something in favour of whatever may remain of contemporary portraiture. Even an unmeritable performance may have an interest in showing the state of art, which it may want as a contribution to political history. The fixing such a date as the reign of Richard 111. may abridge the responsibility of the committee of selection, but might exclude, perhaps, the most interesting " trouvaille offered the collec tion. And here arises a suggestion for extending the exhibition and its uses. As the chief riches of our earlier historical portraiture consist of the statuary and painting which adorn our ancient ar chitecture, might we not have their reproduction by photography as a part of the first of the collections ? There are not wanting the eminent artists, assisted by able archaeologists, to form a sub-committee who would enable the connoisseurs to place under a single examination nearly all the personal celebrities con nected with the earlier history of the country. The difficulty of fixing a date for ending the series is more easily understood. Art has its "irritabile genus" as well as poetry, and how stave off any liv ing artist who has painted a great man if you do not shut out all ? It may be painful to exclude the productions of Landseer's delicate and discriminat ing pencil, especially when they are of such extra ordinary interest as his Walter Scott, but- how , ad- • milting him, exclude an y p or t ra it o f Walter Scott, by any contemporary whom the great man privi leged by sitting to ? No rule is probably possible but that of admitting only deceased celebrities by deceased artists ; but that rule once adopted, there does not seem any ground of limiting it by fixing that anterior term of ten or twenty years which for some time had the sanction of the trustees of the National Portrait Gallery. Had the Prince Consort, for example, or the Duke of Wellington 'died but yesterday, the absence of their portraits from the Exhibition would be as conspicuous as that of the busts of Brutus and Cassius from a celebrated procession. It is because they have just passed away from among us that the general sentiment asks to be satisfied by the presentation of their effigies. COUNTRY MARKETS LIVERP 0 OL—T UESDA r. At this day's market there was a thin attendance of the town and country trade, and very little business was done. Wheat and flour met with a limited retail sale at about the prices of this day week. Oats and oatmeal in moderate demand at full prices. Indian corn inquired for, and a fair business done. American advanced is per qr. since Friday. BRISTOL—TUESDAY'. At our market to-day there was about the usual attend ance. Wheat met a steady sale at last week's prices in consequence of the unsettled state of the weather. Barley in good demand for grinding at fully last week's prices. Oats 6d lower. Beans and peas firm. NEWCAS TLE-ON-T YNE.—T LTESDAY. At to-day's corn -market the show of wheat was tolerable and the demand was firm, at late rates. New white realised 44s to 48s ; new red, 39s to 44s per 36 stone. There was not much barley shown, and prices were the same as last week. Oats and beans a small show, and not much altered in value. LEEDS-TUESDAY. The arrivals continue anything but large. We have only a small business passing in wheat to-day, with prices rather inclining downwards. Oats and beans without any material change. The average prices for the week ending July 17 were : Wheat, 43s 104 d per qr. ; barley, 27s 6d; and oats, 23s 7-1-d. MELTON MOWBRAY.-TUEBDAY. White wheat, 43s to 47s ; red, 38s to 43;Per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 32s to —s per qr; feed, 27s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats 22Qto 28s. Beans, old, 41s to 445; new, 36s to 43s per qr. MONMOUTHSHIRE-MONDAY. At the markets of this county there has not been a large attendance of either buyers or sellers for the past six or seven days, and the business transacted was considerably below the average. For English wheat there was a mode rately good inquiry, at last week's prices. Foreign in fa your of buyers. Barley dull, and only a small quantity changed hands. Oats in average request, and quotations maintained. 0 The following are the average quotations :--Wheat, 59 Od to 5s 6d per bushel; barley, 2s lid to 38 6d • oats, is 10d to 2s sd. Foreign Mail Packet List. _~_ MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton July 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Aug. 4. Ditto, by French packet July 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 22. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou: hampton July 19. Ditto, via Marseilles July 27, Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton July 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 19. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. July 26. Ditto, via marseilles July 20. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil e 3. .. Aug. 4. Newfoundland July 19. Portugal • • Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet July 27 Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. July 21. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe ..... Aug. 10. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, C u b a, and Mexico ................... . ............... ...July 29. Bahamas, via New/ ork. ................. July 27. Bermuda, ditto ...................... . ............. Aug. 2. Cuba and Mexico July 9 Births. CARET.—On the 18th inst., at Cadogan-road, Surbiton, the wife of E. Carey, Esq., of a son. Mme.—On the 17th inst., at Forest-hill, tho wife of Mr. Arthur Miall, of a daughter. HALE.—On the 19th inst., at Brighton, the wife of Captain. Geo. H. Hale, H.M.'s Indian Army, of a daughter. STUART.—On the 15th inst., at Kempston Lodge, Beds, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Stuart, M.P., of a son. Marriages. CHAFFEY—FOX.—On the 17th inst., at the Church of St. Ann and St. Agnes, Aldersgato, E. Chaffey, E., of Coombo-hill, Keinton, Mandeville, Ellen Ann, Somerset, t o Ellen Ann, eldest daughter of Henry Fox, Esq., of St. John street, London. FlNucANE—FoximAxQuE.—On the 17th inst., Colonel Geo. Thurles Finucane, to Rosina Caroline, only daughter of Albany William Fonblanque, of No. 44, Connaught square. Deaths. ENFIELD. —On the 16th inst., Anne, the wife of William, Enfield, Esq. Howsox.—On the 14th inst., at Huntingdon, Jas. Howson, Esq., aged 72. MADGWICK.—On the 17th inst., Mr. Thos. Madgwick, for merly of Finsbury-pavement, aged 58. MALDEN.—On the 15th inst., James Malden, Esq., Dengie Hall, Essex, aged 81. PARIS.—On the 14th inst., at Trent Lodge, in her eighty eighth year, Margaret Jane, widow of A rc hib a ld P aris, Esq. RANSOME.—On the IGth inst., at Stoke Newington, Shep pard Ransome, formerly of Ipswich, aged 46. 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