The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-05 00:00:00

THE COLOGNE EXHIBITION. (From the Times Correspondent.) COLOGNE. June 2. Coming to Cologne from Berlin one is struck by the extraordinary and highly significant contrast between the two towns—the one a bran new affair, a place in which a thousand palatial structures were but yesterday erected, and where hardly a house is to be found standing in those spacious streets be tween the Brandenburg and Silesian gates that is old and respectable at the same time ; the other abounding ill majestic piles and ancient mansions, huddled together with the most absolute contempt of appearances, and telling the history of 50 gene rations and more in their durable and eloquent stones. The one elegant, fashionable, and essentially modern in its every feature, but not without a tinge of the parvenu, and a rather manifest tendency to live beyond its means ; the other, solid, growing slowly, recovering surely whenever stunted, and existing, it would appear, from time immemorial and for time without end. Berlin busy, but noisy ; Cologne active and doing in many branches of commerce and art, but instinct with a quiet com posure and placidity that seems to be certain of success, without hurrying it on. The manner of the people, their conversation—nay, their very faces, will confirm the evidence furnished by the architectural diversity of the two towns. With all their immense superiority in point of numbers and wealth, the Berliners will always im press you as being more or less dissatised with what they have achieved and striving rather anxiously for more; the Cologner, while he has certainly no objec tion to go ahead and 'prosper, does not show any symptoms of feeling uneasy at not having built Cologne in a day. To leave aside comparisons, Cologne is, however, a fast Browning place enough, and within the last 20 years has more than double the number of its in habitants. From the 66,000 it had in 1844 it has within less than a generation grown to be a city of something like 140,000 in 1865. Trade is flourish ing, and not a trace left of the 12,000 mendicants who, under the ecclesiastical government, subverted as late as 60 years ago, used to infest the streets in a professional way, and plant themselves at fixed stations. From the north-east, the coal and iron districts of the Lower Rhine are pouring a flood of riches into the ancient but ever youthful metropolis of the land; in the south-west the mines and cloth manufactories of the Julich and Moselle country have been rendered tributary to the commercial en terprise and the financial resources of Cologne ; while the wine trade and the Rhine trade generally have here found one of their busiest and most lucrative centres. Among the peculiar advantages of Cologne it ought to be mentioned also that a Rhinelander, when he has feathered his nest and wants to enjoy his remaining years, will hardly ever retire to Berlin, but, if he likes town life at all, is almost sure to prefer old " Colle." • It was a happy idea, then, to open an Exhibition of Industry in a place devoted to the pursuit of it ; and being situate in a central position, and about the same distance from the three leading capitals of this quarter of the globe—London, Paris, and Berlin—the plan to make the show an international one naturally suggested itself to the deserving gen tlemen who started the enterprise. It appears that to avoid competition with other undertakings of the kind, planned and partly in course of execution else where, the Exhibition was confined to " agricultural produce and implements " this time. But these terms, as will be seen from the subjoined remarks, must be taken in the widest sense if they are to give the reader anything like an adequate idea of the number and multiplicity of the articles contributed. Orlce started by the Flora Horticultural Society, the scheme was vigorously taken up and . supported by the manufacturing community not only of the neigh bourhood, but of Northern Germany and the adjoin ing countries at large. Considering the short in terval that has elapsed between the first announce ment and the actual opening of the show, everything practicable seems to have been achieved, thanks to the energy of an intelligent and influential committee and the cordial co-operation of the mercantile and agricultural classes. There are no less than 1,370 exhibitors registered in the catalogue, among whom are many who reckon their contributions by the dozen. Many others, who would have been glad to send in the choicest produce of their factories, were too late, and had their offers unavoidably declined. But even their luckier competitors have, very many of them, found it impossible to get everything ready acid the goods unpacked and displayed to advantage by the day fixed. As you enter the immense plot of ground set apart for agricultural machinery, you find yourself in the midst of a cast-iron tohu bohu, which, as yet, the managing hand of committee and chairmen has been unable to reduce to order and the laws of symmetrical collocation. In the open area, which occupies the gTeater part of the ground , being hemmed in only by a continuous row of narrow, primitive looking sheds, no trace of arrangement can be discovered by this time, except a landmark here and there. A goodly array of locomotives in the centre, with thrashing and other machines attached, will point out the spot devoted to the giants of the show. With these fittingly associate locomotives. A corn and fodder boiling machine, perfuming the air with sweet vapour as it prepares the delicious repast of ox and cow, is the next in size ; mills for chopping straw,reaping, and other manifold and many-named engines, are standing and lying about, partly in the sheds, partly al fresco. Any attempt at describing them individually would be premature, and besides a Herculean task. The number of exhibitors in this particular department is 313, among them Herr Krupp, of cast steel renown, who has a good slice of the ground specially allotted to him. In a sort of annex to this, the largest portion of the enclosure, is exhibited " the second section" (to preserve the divisions established in the catalogue), comprehending building materials, household uten sils, and different appliances connected with rural industry. There you get a fair earnest of the thou sand and one articles to be displayed in a few days or so. Bricks and window panes, washing machines and money safes, fireproof roofing felt and draining pipes, kettles, candles, brushes, ovens, stoves and crockery, are, with many other useful things, to be put together in this comprehensive corner of the show. Part of the articles are to be stowed away in a roofed erection of moderate proportions. The number of exhibitors in this class is 352. Leaving the meadow land enclosed for the occa sion, and just walking over the way, we enter the garden of the Flora Horticultural Society. Tho garden was laid out but a year ago, and is destitute of shade as yet. With an imposing background of terrace, conservatory, and fountains, it presents, however, a noble view even in the infancy of the grounds. The conservatory more especially—a miniature imitation of Sydenham Palace—is quite large and tasteful enough to serve as a point d'appui for the eye, and render the vista a thing beautiful and tu ra T S erfect in itself, independent of the horticul oundings. By judiciously blending the architectural effect of solid masses of masonry with the light and transparent beauty of crystal and glass, the society have produced a building superior to anything of the kind I have ever seen. At the back of this wide and lofty pile, palms, where you may imbibe lagerbier under ma gnificentlistening to the sound of the pr a ttli ng f nt ain, anumber of garden seats and tables, along with other ornaments, are disposedo vases,t flower pots, and the lawn. Opposite to the portal, and in close vicinity: caught some by zinc statues of uncommon merit, your eye head of enormous dimensions —not an a copper American copperhead, though, who has been transported for his derelictions, and put up to serve as a butt for h No, the most Germanicishetade the foreigners' wit. that ever existed, embo ssed in copper. It head of the famous Herman statue, which some en thusiastic Fatherlanders resolved some 30 years ago, with more patriotism than knowledge of the world, should be erected in the Teutoberger Wald. As soon as a trunk to fit a head 15 feet in height can be pro duced from the scanty subscriptions dribbling in at the rate of 6d. per week, the whole will be taken to theb ancient battlefield that witnessed the defeat of e Romans, and placed on the top of some lofty hill. The head, a work of Herr Pantel, looks very grand at a distance, but, strange to say, is little better than a caricature when viewed too closely. Only 86 exhibitors are mentioned in this depart ment. Section IV. is allotted to specimens of L kinds of wood and timber used for shipbuilding and other purposes ; to a large assortment of ra . v ay sleepers impregnated with different chemic Ll übstances to prevent dry rot ; to bark, planks, and carved furni ture ; to fowling guns and rifles; and, in fact, to everything coming under the head of the " forest science," as German scientific terminology has it. In Class V. is collected a vast variety of agricultural produce, such as corn and flour, flax and hemp, hops and oil seeds, wool, wine, beer, spirits, cheese, but ter, ham, sausages, sugar, chocolate, manure, &c. There are 367 exhibitors enumerated in these two classes, for which a low structure of great length, consisting of a single narrow chamber, and lighted from the top, has been built in the Flora Gardens. Class VI. is to include mining produce of all sorts, but, as we learn from the catalogue, as yet confined to coal samples from Rhineland and Westphalia. The entries under this head amount to 52. The General Committee, which consists of 30 members, among whom are many of the most distin guished names of the town, is assisted for working purposes by seven special committees, six of them attending to the various divisions of the show, and the seventh acting as grand master of ceremonies on this popular and festal occasion. The General Com mittee is presided over by Herr Bachem, the Burgo master of Cologne, and Herr Edward Oppenheim, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Flora Horticultural Society, with which the chief merit and responsibility of the affair seems to rest. Of German and foreign Government representatives who, I believe, will be all present at the opening ceremony, I will only mention Herr von Nathusius and Herr von Salviati (secretary to the Board of Agriculture at Berlin) for Prussia ; Baron Hohen bruck and Herr Wotitz for Austria ; Colonel Scott for England ; Mr. Tappan for the United States of America ; M. Tisserand, chef de division des e'tablisse mentsagricoles de la Couronne, for France ; and M. Consul Engels for Italy. From a commercial point of view the Exhibition, it is to be presumed, will also prove a success. The costs cannot be very heavy. The greater part of the articles allowing of being exhibited in open sheds, there have been two buildings only, and these of moderate size and most unpretending style, run up .for the occasion. The grounds, too, were placed at the disposal of the Committee gratuitously, partly by the Flora Society, partly by Herr Kauffmann. A lottery will be got up in connexion with the expo sition, and a considerable influx of strangers is ex pected shortly. The Exhibition will be open a month only, at prices varying between ls. and 6s. Season tickets are to be had at 15fl. The prizes—to be awarded by nine special committees, already appointed for the purpose—consist of eight silver medals and two large silver meda.lB given by the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture ; of 150 fredericks d'or for the best steam plough, presented by Geheimrath Oppen heim ; of 500 thalers for the best fire engine, and 500 thalers for the best street locomotive, offered by the Concordia Fire Insurance Company ; and 18 gold medals, 100 silver medals, and 150 bronze medals, the gift of the committee. The committee medal shows on the reverse the portraits of the Crown Prince and Princess, who have graciously accepted the patronage of the Exhibition. It is said to be an exquisite little piece of art in itself, and worthy of the society distributing it. Honour able mention will be made of other persons coming under the favourable notice of the adjudicating committees. 6 O'CLOCK. Two hours ago the inauguration of the Inter national Exhibition of Agriculture took place with all the solemnity befitting the occasion. It drew together a greater assemblage of people than could be expected from the quiet and everyday aspect of the town. Upon the whole the day was beautiful ; one passing shower, which fell shortly before the Prince made his appearance, served but to lay the dust and to give greater freshness to the air. With that punctuality which is the courtesy of Kings, his Royal Highness drove up to the principal entrance at the appointed hour. He was received by Herr Bachem, the burgomaster, and the members of the General Committee, and, amid the cheers of the assembled multitude and the spirited strains of a Prussian popular song, proceeded to an open tent erected in the engine ground. The ladies and gen tlemen who had been waiting there saluted the Prince respectfully, and the Prince acknowledged the com pliment with an air of natural and good-natured dignity which became him exceedingly well. The proceedings began with the delivery of an appro priate address by the burgomaster, which recorded the benefits and emphatically dwelt upon the many and manifest advantages the province enjoyed under the Prussian rule. It was owing to the facilities. offered by an enlightened Government, he said that the resources of the province had been so rapidly developed, and the sterling qualities of the Rhenish race so splendidly come out. Further progress, how ever, was necessary here, as everywhere else. There was, perhaps, not everything as it ought to be on the Rhine, too. Upon him it devolved to return to his Royal Highness the thanks of the Committee for having graciously allowed himself to be created Pro tector of the Exhibition, and come to open it in per son. Here the burgomaster ended. The steam en gines in the adjoining field, which had been inconve niently noisy during the first part of the ceremony, were silent at length, and his Royal Highness pro ceeded to read his reply. From beginning to end it was a panegyric of peace. Peace was the great pro moter of industry, the cement of nations, the gua rantee of steady and prosperous progress. They had just celebrated another festival in this ancient and time-honoured city to commemorate the bles sings of 50 years of continuous peace. This was the only allusion his royal highness made to the late anniversary of the embodiment of the Rhine provinces with Prussia. It was natural for them to follow up that celebration by another, showing the actual results and exhibiting the tangible products of peace, and they had acted in the spirit of him who had been the first to start these useful exposi tions by making it an international one. His royal highness never opens an exhibition without availing himself of the opportunity of acknowledging with pious gratitude the merits of the late Prince Con sort. His royal mother took the most lively in terest in this enterprise, and, being unable to accept the protectorate they had offered her, had charged him to accept it in her stead. He was to find him self once more in their midst, and declared the ex hibition open. Three cheers for the king closed the oration. His royal highness, who had come alone, unattended by any of the Ministers, Generals, or high dignitaries of State, and wore the uniform of a Rhenish regiment, then shook hands with Colonel Scott, the British Commissary, and conversed with the gallant officer and the other Commissaries for upwards of an hour. His affability and cordial frankness of manner and speech easily won him the hearts of the spectators, who crowded into the tent and evidently felt quite at home in the immediate vicinity of the heir to the Throne. A loose sort of procession having been formed, his royal high ness next went the round of the grounds, es corted by Herr Muller, the head of the Civil Service at Cologne, the foreign Commissaries, the members of the Committee, and the cheering and loving public generally. There was an air of familiarity spread over the scene which suited well the rural surroundings and provincial character of the cere mony. Part of the machinery was closely inspected by the Royal visitor. Looking at one of the new Prussian cast-steel grenades, 2201 b. in weight, the Crown Prince smilingly observed that " that, at any rate, would shorten one's sufferings." The grounds looked wonderfully improved since yester day. The Exhibition is not in a finished state even now, but the arrangements are being completed rapidly. When your correspondent left to jot down a few hasty lines in time for post, his Royal Highness was just sitting down for dinner with a party of 150 ladies and gentlemen in the beautiful conservatory of the Flora Gardens. Porpoises are sold in San Francisco fish markets. The tongue, brains, and liver of the porpoise are consi dered delicacies by the San Franciscans. —Californian paper. i Tiff: SUN, LONDON, MONIMY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1865. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. ..-- ----4•-• --- BEDFO1t1). The present members for the borough, Mr. S. Whitbread (Liberal) and Lieut.-Col. Wm. Stuart (Conservative), will offer themselves for re-election. Should the Liberal party, however, bring forward another candidate, the Conservatives intend doing the same. Parties being nearly equally divided, it is most probable there will be no opposition. In the county no contest is expected, both parties being satisfactorily represented by the sitting members, Col. R. T. Gilpin (Conservative) and Mr. F. C. Hastings Russell (Liberal), who are both also highly personally respected. was contradicted the impression remained, and still pre vails, that this merited distinction is merely delayed for a convenient season. The letter recently addressed by Sir C. Wood to Mr. Crossley states that he yields his seat for Halifax, and declines to be again pnt in nomination, out of respect to the memory of my revered father, and from a determination not to oppose the son of his late friend. This courtesy I gratefully acknowledge, but should be loth to take advantage of it, if thereby I should check his career of public usefulness. To him, however, all the avenues to office, power, and influence remain open, and, while far loftier distinctions are before him, I may perhaps be per mitted to realise the honour which I again solicit at your hands—that of representing my native town in the Com mons House of Parliament. As the approaching dissolu tion of the present Parliament will give me an opportunity of fully explaining to you my views on political questions I have little to add to my original address. The experi ence of the present session proves that questions considered of primary importance on the hustings occupy only a small portion of the time and attention of the House of Commons. A spirited and able debate took place on the Reform Bill of Mr. Baines; but it is evident from the result that .no private member can hope to pass an isolated measure of that character. To be dealt with successfully, the whole subject must be grappled with by the Government of the day in a complete and will-digested scheme. Such a measure would have my cordial support in the event of my becoming your representative. " The Palace Hotel, Buckingham-gate, London, Juno 1." peror being absent his subordinate's first duty was to raise nanc, of those questions on which the Em peror alone could authoritatively decide. There is something of treachery in seizing such a moment for the publication of a new programme, even were that programme immeasurably better than the one which it is intended to replace. We are no admirers of the French Empire, but blows of this kind struck by friends and in the dark, stir in us the same sense of repugnance as assassination. The Empire may be evil, but that gives a Prince of the Empire no claim to use a moral poniard. For it is a poniard that has been used. It may seem to Englishmen a trifle that a Prince of the Blood should put forth a programme, opposed to that of the Sovereign, for England has always, strange to say, been free from the evils implied in thb isteuce of a branche cadette. The people reverence the Sovereign, not the family to which lie belongs, and a Duke of Cumberland or Cambridge is as a pretender as insignificant as any other subject. But the whole history of France shows that a " younger branch" can, if it pleases, become formidable to the dynasty, and Napoleon has special reasons to dread such an opposition. After fourteen years of empire he is still politically alone. Amid all the multitudes of men whom he has attracted, or coerced, or bribed, or persuaded to his side, there is not one who, if he himself died to-morrow, would have the influence, or the position, or it may be the inclina tion to seize the helm, as a matter of course, and hold it until his son was of age to mount the throne. The Empress is Regent by law, but the Empress could not govern the army, and except Prince Napoleon there is no one else with legal position at all, no man around whom the masses favourable to the dynasty could at once without reflection rally themselves, who could during the interregnum cer tain to follow the Emperor's death act the part of Napoleonic standard-bearer. The Corps Legislatif, even if faithful, is not sovereign, and every great body in the State has been carefully deprived alike of final authority and the power of initiation. A marshal, if trusted by the troops, may seize the reins, but why should he constitute himself guardian of a child ? There is but one man in the Empire whose visible interest it is to prefer the dynasty to himself, and who has the mental power, could he once obtain legal sway, to retain it, and this one man has declared that his views are not those of the Sovereign to whom he is so essential. The dynasty, in. fact, is dependent once more upon a single and a very uncertain life. It is not too much to say that the speech actually increases the personal physical danger which had always threatened the Emperor. Until it was uttered, poli tical enemies had no security that the Emperor's death would terminate his regime, that another Napoleon would not cease the reins in order when the time arrived to transfer them to a third. Now every Red is aware that between France and tempo rary anarchy stand only an Emperor, whose health has for years been indifferent, a woman and a child. It is a heavy blow, would have been heavy had the Prince simply retired, but he has done much more, has given to all discontented Frenchmen a new ral lying point. They may distrust him, or even despise him, as the Constitutionailsts distrusted or despised Louis Phillippe, but he has proclaimed that he is of them, anti in moments of anarchy men always turn first to an individual. Each party must have some one through whom to speak, and some one whose name implies his policy, and in France the Reds have few such upon whom they can rely. They may re fuse even with anarchy near to accept Prince Jerome as their chief, but they will undoubtedly use him ; and a party which has an able Prince of the Blood to use, a Prince so near tqe throne that failing one child he is heir, is certain to find in that fact alone a new energy and consistence. There is not a poli tician in France who hates the oppression of thought or dreads the Mexican expedition, or longs for Re publican organisation , who is not a stronger and more determined opponent because of Prince Jerome's speech. The Emperor almost alone has to contend with all the old parties strengthened by the adhesion of the ablest man of his name, of the only man in fact who could say to the peasantry, " I also am Napoleon, and have fought for France." No wonder that he is irritated, or that in his irri tation he should so far forget his own policy as to declare his will is absolute, in his family as in the nation. Every conceivable incentive to irritation— danger to his dynasty, menace to his person, opposi tion to his policy, personal ingratitude, household annoyance—it is combined in a speech intended to signify to France that if she pleases there is an alternative and more democratic Napoleon. THE " SATURDAY REVIEW" ON SIR CHARLES WOOD'S APO T HEOSIS.—With the emotions of humble and chastened joy proper for long-delayed favours, the British public is once more told that Charles Wood is going to the place to which all good Whigs go when the sands of their political existence have run out. For 40 years he has occupied some pro minent official post or other, and at no moment during that long space has the nation which he has been so kind as to help to govern ceased to desire his removal to a happier sphere. It was felt on all sides that the House of Commons was not nearly good enough for so amiable and gracious a politi cian. His gentle and seraphic nature was wounded by the rough assaults of that plebeian assembly. He was far too good for such a world. They could not appreciate the delicate courtesy of his manner, the exquiSite geniality of his temper, the sublime - prin ciples of his statesmanship. Officially speaking, he was so various that he seemed to be not one, but all a Cabinet's epitome. - He has been Chancellor of the Exchequer, President of the Board of Control, First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary of State for India. He has been everything by starts, though we can scarcely go on • to say he has been nothing long. For a self-denying determination to serve a thankless people even against its will, he - has proved himself unequalled. With inflexible constancy, only compared to the tenacity of the fabled Old Man of the Sea, he has stood by his country, and stuck to his party. Age could not wither him, nor custom stale his infinite variety. He has never been troubled by that peculiar consciousness of worth attributed to Eve, which would be wooed, and not unsought be won. No wooing was ever needed to make this inimitable patriot place his services at the disposal of his chief. He is one of the chosen few without whom no Whig Premier's Cabinet could be com plete. Again and again has a considerate and grate ful press implored him to husband his energies, and devote the declining years of life to the cultivation and enrichment of a mind which incessant toil in public offices has kept somewhat stunted and barren. Unmoved alike by the thoughtful anxiety of his friends and the ceaseless vituperations of detractors, this indomitable official has persevered faithfully in the discharge of political duties, and in the practice of all the political virtues. But at length his official hour seems to have come. Hope deferred had made the national heart sick. Whenever there was any talk of making new peers, the name of Sir Charles Wood was ever the first to suggest itself. Rumours arose, from time to time, that he was on the point of retiring into the dignified Walhalla of tha Whigs. People said they were too good to be true, and so it always proved. The wish, alas, is too often father to the thought. Even now it is to be feared that the report may be a cruel deception. The blissful notion of a House of Commons and an Administration in which there shall be no Sir Charles Wood may be no more than a vision of shady places and flowing waters to the traveller in the desert. After the elec tions we shall perhaps awake to find him still a member of Parliament and still a Minister, ruling millions of untutored Hindoos, scolding and scoffing at his Indian colleagues, snubbing deputations, and making enemies with unrivalled profusion. Mean while it is permitted us . to cherish the illusion, if it be an illusion. We may still nurse a hope that the leaden weight of incorrigible mediocrity will be shortly removed from tke India Office. We may cling to the delightful fancy that all that strange acerbity, that offensive petulance, are about to pass away, and be no more seen or heard of ; or if they do not pass away, perhaps people will be better able to endure them in a belted earl. But it is plain,from the tone of the letter announcing his intention not stand again for Halifax, that Sir Charles Wood is a little sad at the prospect of his apotheosis. In fact he scarcely seems to realise what is coming upon him. He frankly confesses that he had hoped that "for the remainder of the time for which he may have the strength and ability to do his duty in the House of Commons," he might have had the honour of continuing to represent his present constituency. There are some people who cannot bear to think of abandoning the world, and Sir Charles Wood will not face the thought of life without office. It is too dreadful. He thinks nothing gained so long as aught remains. His past glories are well enough, but there are still one or two high offices left which he has not filled. One can scarcely wonder that pensive reflections find their way into the breast of the retiring politician. It must be painful to bid a long farewell to all official greatness. Just as Wol • sey . did, Sir Charles Wood may think that, like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, he has ventured this many summers in a sea of glory, but far beyond his depth. He trod the ways of glory, and sounded all the depths and shoals of honour. He administered the national finances. He presided over the fleet. He has governed India. A sea of glory, truly, but far beyond his depth. Halifax has left him, weary and old with service, to the mercy of the rude•stream, or else is the means of banishing him to the House that must for ever hide him, and where no mention of him more must be heard of. It must have been Lord Palmerston, in an exuberance of waggish humour, who suggested the title by which the new peer is, we are told, to be called to the Upper House. The name of Earl of Halifax is illustrious in English history. The ac , complished Trimmer is a familiar character to every body who has read Macaulay. Surely the revival of the title in the person of Sir Charles Wood must be meant for a practical joke. It is really too bad. The position of the victim should have protected him from such a mischievous attempt to bring him into inextinguishable ridicule. Even schoolboys cease to chalk one another's backs with uncompli mentary names after a certain age. It is shameful to canonise a man and then make him carry an advocatus diaboli always about with him, to remind the world of his follies or sins. To christen Sir Charles Wood Earl of Halifax would be to call to recollection, whenever his name is mentioned, all the distinguished qualities which the unhappy new peer is utterly without—to attract attention to the vast number of qualities quite the reverse of distin guished with which he is endowed. It was all very well for the Consul to havoc, slave in the chariot with him, by way of appeasing Nemesis, but it must have been a great bore for the slave. And it would be a great bore to Sir Charles Wood to be called by a name which would only remind people of his own desperate insignificance. The intellect of Halifax, Macaulay tells us, was " fertile, subtle, and capaci ous." This would be so deliciously true of his mo dern namesake ! Then, again, " his polished, lumi nous, and animated eloquence, set off by the silver tones of his voice, was the delight of the House of Lords." The same House will no doubt experience the same sensation when it listens to the talk of the new Halfax. " His conversation overflowed with thought, fancy, and wit." Anybody who has ever had to do business at the India-office will instantly recognise the startling applicability of the descrip tion. " He always saw passing events in the point of view in which they appear to the philosophic historian." The immense insight and large philo sophic breadth of Sir Charles Wood's mind are too notorious to need eomment. "All the great preju dices of both the great parties in the State moved his scorn." Just so. The new Halifax has a soul elevated far above all party prejudices, and is in different equally to Whiggery and Toryism, espe cially to Whiggery. The jest is ingenious beyond comparison. Think of calling Sir Charles Wood by a name which recalls intellectual subtlety and capacity, thought, fancy, and wit, polished and luminous 'eloquence and silver tones, a philosophic temper, and a freedom from party feelings ! The force of bitter irony could no further go. If people were not too charmed at finding Sir Charles Wood likely to retire at any price, they would probably pause to inquire what he has done to deserve such glory as he is said to be on the point of reaping. He is of the tribe of the Greys, it is true, a Whig of the Whigs ; concerning zeal, never out of office; concerning the righteousness which is in red tape, blameless. But these are not altogether unim peachable credentials. It would be interesting to those who, like Halifax, look at passing events rather from the point of view in which they would strike the philosophic historian, to know why it is that the Minister delighteth to honour Sir Charles Wood. Perhaps he is driven on by the unanimous wishes of 'the people. Sir Charles Wood, we do not doubt, would be metamorphosed into Earl of Hali fax amid the sighs of relief of a long-suffering nation. It seems to be the only way of escaping him. Still those who have the rolls of the House of Lords in their charge should scarcely allow them- • selves to be moved by such considerations. If every politician who is a bore is to be made a peer as well as a bore, the prospects of the Upper House are slightly discouraging. The Peers may per haps excusably object even to earn a merited popu larity by relieving the House of Commons of its least useful and ornamental members. " THE LONDON REVIEW" ON THE DERBY DAY.— The Derby of 1865 was a thoroughly successful and enjoyable public holiday. The roads never presented a greater concourse of vehicles. There were more carriages on the Downs than in the days before rail ways. Not a vehicle the less goes to Epsom, and the crowd on the course is swollen twenty-fold by the railways. The tens of thousands disgorged by the trains make, indeed, a new world of Derby visi tors. The roads have seldom been dustier or more clouded, but the weather was perfect for a Derby day. The heat of the sun in the early part of the day was tempered by clouds. The sun came out just before the great race, bringing out what little colour there is in a sombre English crowd, and giving cheerfulness and brilliancy to the scene. The evening was glorious, and made the drive home delightful. There was a visible diminution of drunkenness both on the course and the road ; and, in good humour and good order, the crowd would bear comparison with any assemblage of equal numbers (if such an assemblage could be found) in any country of the world. All the Frenchmen in London seemed to have made common rendezvous on the Downs, and hundreds of bearded Gauls had crossed the Channel to " assist" at the victory of the French horse. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Duke de Brabant and the Duke of Cambridge, arrived at the Grand Stand about half-past one, and proceeded to the paddock to witness the saddling of the horses. Gladiateur and Le Mandarin were saddled at the lower end of the course, the favourite being intro duced into the paddock byJennings, his trainer, with a leading rein, to the great delight of Gladiateur's anxious supporters. He . is a splendid bay colt, in perfect condition, and fit to " run for a man's life." His sire is Monarque, a great and fine staying horse, the winner of the Goodwood Cup in 1852, and " combining some of the stoutest English blood in his veins." He is of remarkable symmetry, with a length and power of stride which can only be noted in his preliminary canter. Breadalbane, the next fa vourite who divided attention with the French horse, is a bright and glowing chestnut, by Stockwell outof Blink Bonny. He is a handsome colt, with small head and bright eye, not perhaps worth the round sum of £ll,OOO that was given for him, for good judges could not discern in him the stay and stride that were to win the race. Wild Charley, a sleek bay, and Eltham, a neat chestnut, and Mandarin, the " second string" of the Frenchtstable, andßroomie law, a bay with a white star on his forehead, " uncle" to Breadalbane, and deserving a better place in the betting than his nephew, were also eagerly scanned by the royal party, the heir-apparent, by his re marks, showing himself no mean judge of a good racer. The inspection in the paddock over, the Prince, giving one arm to the Duke of Brabant and the other to Lord Derby, and preceded by a body of mounted police, returned towards the Grand Stand which they passed, on their way to the Stewards' Stand, whence the Japanese Ambassadors saw the far-famed race. The Prince was loudly cheered during his progress. The bell has been ringing half an-hour. The police have been patiently endeavour ing to clear the course, and have at last succeeded. The preliminary gallops begin. A gleam of yellow silk flashes by I That is wild Charley ! Soon the French horses appear side by side. They are both bays, and both jockeys wear blue jackets with red sleeves, but Harry Grimshaw, on the favourite, wears a red cap and the rider of Le Mandarin a blue cap. Longdown—known by Osborne's violet colours and green cap—a brown colt, that once be fore ran Gladiateur to a dead heat—next attracts attention. Then a tulip-bed of gay and glancing colours shoots by, and then, side by side, two horses known by the rose colours of their riders, gallop past the Grand Stand, pursued by shouts of admi ration. One is that brilliant chestnut, Breadalbane, with the beautiful head and light easy stride, and the other is Broomielaw, of the white star. When they come back, Breadalbane's gallop is so much relished that he is backed at 5 to 4 for a place. The 30 runners are committed to the charge of the starter at 25 minutes to four o'clock, and it wants only two minutes to four when the red flag is finally dropped. The young jockeys are so anxious to get off in good places that nearly a dozen false starts try the patience of the multitude. Gladiateur and Breadalbane are the most observed. The first always gets well off to the front ; the lat ter is more composed, and is generally among the last to get under weigh. At last the red flag is dropped, the bell rings, and a hundred thousand i voices exclaim, " They're off !" The optical effect from Brougham Hill is marvellous. In an instant, the black dense mass of chimney-pots on the Grand Stand, on the paddock in front, on the smaller stands, and half a mile up the course vanishes, and is replaced by a sea of human faces, flesh-tinted, animated, and turned in one and the same direction. They see at first a string of colours in rapid motion ; then they disappear behind the hill ; then the silken squadron are sweeping round Tattenham Corner ; then they flash in to the straight running at lightning speed. Breadalbane " runs unkindly" throughout and comes to grief at three quarters of a mile. Broomielaw, his stable companion, takes the lead at the side post, accompanied by Zephyr. Then Eltham comes to the front, challenges Broomielaw, and takes a slight lead. Broomielaw recovers his lead for an instant, and Todleben runs into the second place. A group of horses follow so close together—Christmas Carol, Longdown, Kate Hampton, and Audax— that Gladiateur, although full of running and pulling hard, is shut out. At last Grimshaw sees an open ing and comes through his horses, closely followed by Wild Charley and Archimedes. A few strides more and the horses behind Wild Charley strike into his heels. The colt staggers against Archimedes and Audax. The latter " canons" against Gladiateur and knocks him out of his stride. Challoner—best of jockeys as some assert—on Archimedes shouts to Edwards on Wild Charley to "pull off" and let Gla diateur through. Edwards complies. Let it always be remembered that in the heat of the race, when the pace is that of a whirlwind, one English jockey has the presence of mind to claim a fair chance for the French horse, and that another English jockey honourablyresponds to the appeal. But for Edwards pulling Wild Charley off and letting Grimshaw through, his chance would have been entirely de stroyed. It Di a trying moment. Grimshaw pulls through his horses, and now sets himself to steady Gladiateur. He eases him, reassures him, gets him into perfect stride again, and bides his time. At the distance Broomielaw gives way. Christmas Carol takes the lead, is chal lenged by Eltham, and the two run neck and neck until near the Grand Stand. The excite ment is tremendous. The general public see only these two horses, and deem that the victory is be tween them. They encourage the jockeys-by shouts and cries. But the wise men of the turf perceive that Gladiateur is " running within himself." G4m shaw has only to call upon him, and then the race will fairly begin. The moment chosen is when the leading horses are just opposite the Prince's stand. Gladiateur,with his long and powerful sweep, over hauls the pair at every stride. When abreast of Christmas Carol, Grimshaw gives a glance to see if that horse has any " rush" left m him. He knows his own horse has, and thinks it better to have it out with his adversary now. He raises his whip, and gives Gladiateur one smart, stinging lash. The hors° responds with a terrific stride—passes Christmas Carol with ease—and then bounds along like a deer to the judge's chair. Christmas Carol and Eltham fight heard for second place, but as to the winner he wins by two lengths, " in such easy style ;I s to bear no comparison with Derby victories of modern times." Christmas Carol wins the second place over Eltham by half a length, and Longdown, placed fourth, follows Eltham by two lengths. Value of the stakes, £6,825. Time, 2 min. 453- seconds. When it is known that, exactly half a century after Waterloo, the blue riband of the British turf has fallen into the hands of a Frenchman, the excitement is wonderful. The ropes are burst, and the broad race-course exhibits a dense tumultuous agitated crowd, full of the race and of the French victory, and hurrying down to catch a glimpse of the winner. Harry Grimshaw is escorted back to the scales by a body of mounted police, cheered all the way for his cool and skilful riding. If the Frenchmen who Bur' • round the winner could get at the fortunate jock* he would be hugged and kissed within an inch of his life. A certain proportion of the crowd appear sorry that the prize has fallen to Count de Lagrange ; but the great majority declare that the Frenchmen have fairly won and richly deserve their success by their enterprise and outlay and their loyalty to English racing-blood and traditions. The French party have never wavered in their betting, and will be, of course, large winners. The Messrs. Morris, the English "commissioners," net, it is said, £30,0 00 between them. • THE " EXAMINER" ON WHALLEY'S SOLILOQUIES* —The member for Peterborough, who can people solitude with nightmares, must feel very much alone when he attempts to speak in any reasonable assem bly of his countrymen. He may find companY, a mob of sympathisers, such as that which he called together at Brighton, and could raise only out e; the scum of the town, but in any room peopled with decent Englishmen it is he who is the night" mare, and they all are the sufferers who would sleeP if they could, as soon as he begins to give way to monomania. The room may be a committee-roo m of the most anti-Papal of our Protestant societies , and still his speech would be endured as nightmare is endured, with constant desire but vain effort to throw the obstruction off. He is, in this respec t ' .so utterly as of another race with those about hr that his speeches are as much soliloquies for all th e company compelled to hear, as if the hearers we re. the population of an ant-hill pressed under the 1 10 ,? f „ of one donkey left to make night musical upon Uw e common. But Mr. Whalley is thus isolated bees . ° he is an anachronism. He has really been left be hind. He is the last of his kind left to the Cehr mons. And it may be that the sense of solitus° causes him to lift up his voice only the more fer vently. He would wish us, probably, to liken it 1 " the melancholy owl of the Protestant watch deg who has been shut out of doors. It is not in mss to make Mr. Whalley understand why he shet' be shut out. Nothing will make him see the r eason of his isolation. If anything could make him 11 1 1 his eyes, the glare of his last absurdity, for wet 0 call it nothing worse, would force On them r , of the needful light. With absolutely no greltl but a rumour that did not go near t o asser t vo-' t he had asserted, with no groun d b u t th e f a ct tha t Mr. Wagner was a Puseyite, he distinguished lib% self in the House of Co mmons by th row ing el against that gentleman a loosely sugges ted 6 06 ; of murder. This is not only infamous, because such matters Mr. Whalley does not seem to be re; sponsible for his thoughts ; but ought he not to vu withdrawn from opportunities of carrying his meir t mania into the service of the Pope ? For le Mr. Whalley be assured that the Pope would ha lto few servants in this country more profitable than himself, if he were listened to with attention instea d of ridicule. It is because the House of Common s and the English people are very staunchly P ro testants and have a true sense of the battle always to be maintained by England against the despotic print ciple which they believe to be inseparable from the rule of Rome, it is because they w ill no t ser ve tug Pope, that they will not let Mr. - Whalley be regarded for an instant as their representative. His recklel unreason and the absurdity of his intolerance wou i l:: do very much to force young men away from t faith he wishes to uphold, if they s aw him respee' r fully accepted as his champion. The sounds e' ridicule which interrupt Mr. Whalley's Parliamew The tary eloquence are not signs of frivolity. mockers who mark Mr. Whalley's isolation by su ch , Icries of ridicule as " Sing, Wh a lley, sing,' , 133.3 " be, in no unsuitable way, defenders of the fait.ll% COUNTRY MARKETS , NORWICH—SATURDAY. The supply of wheat was rather less at this market t e ° : day, and millers being disposed to purchase only for in lll 4 diate wants, the trade ruled slow, without, howenri f i l ' e y, quotable change in prices. No alteration to note in r-'3' so oats, beans, and peas. The gale last T ues d a y is represeP s o to have done some amount of damage in brealdng " ° „ . ble the wheat plant in some districts ; b u t fi ne an d seas° l3 .,„ D "' rains since have been most ben e fi c i a l t o a ll the gro"" crops. red White wheat (weighing 631 b to 641 b), 48s to 49 5 ; f o g ditto (weighing 631 b to 641 b), 40 s t o 42 8 ; best nridtte barley (weighing 551 b t o 561 b), 30 s t o 33 s •, jail" (weighing 541 b to 551 b), 28 s t o 30 s ; distilling ditto (w e- gs ing 521 b to 531 b), 24s to 26s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; 260 to 39s ; peas (maple), 36s to 38s per qr; flour, 26s to Gd per sack. NO T TINGELAM—SATuRDAY. The supply of wheat at our corn exc h ange to-dal i ot by no means abundant, a n d i n var i e d condition. Tie341:001( plant is progressing sati s f ac t or ily. T urn i p so wing nearly completed. The demand for wheat to-day Iv" atie and late rates barelymade. Not much barley on offer , prices of last week barely sustained. n eR Old white wheat, 42s to 47s ; old red, 40s to 430; 13 . white, 42s to 47s ; new red, 38s to 40s per 36 stone. 265 to ley, now malting, 28s to 35s per qr ; old grindiug,,,, 300; 28s ; now, 25s to 27s per 30 s t one . O a t s , o ld, 250 i'',, t oSt new, 22s to 258 ; old foreign, 24s t o 26 s p er s tone. old, 406 to 43s ; new, 37s to 40s per 38 stone. LEICESTER—SATURDAY. pN Old white wheat, 41s to 46s ; old red, 38s to 4 3 k . ; pttr' white, 41s to 46s ; new red, 37s to 41s p er 36 stow'. or 3v ley, malting, 31s to 34s per qr. ; grinding, 27s to 2 9 s Polo' stone. Oats, old, 24s to 27s ' • new, 22s to 24s per 24 s Beans, old, 398 to 41s ; new, 36s to 38s per 38 stone. There was again YOßK-SATTIRDAY a thin attendance . of the trade 3t we ro day's market, and the few samples of wheat offertnE taken at rather less money. The show of other gr' lte only moderate. 40e P et New white whe a t, 41 s t o 47 s ; new re d , 37s to ( la , Stoo d 268 stone. Barley, for ma lti ng , 30 s t o 32 s per qr ; goo ° 268 to 28s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 20s to 24s per 2 080 pet Beans, 38s to 40s per 38 stone. Malt, Ns ; rye, qr. Flour, 29s per sack of 2801 b. DUBLIN.—FRIDAY. he ft There were few buyers in attendance. Foreig il ,,ny sold slowly at fully 6d less money. Indian corn °`„'d cat . last day's prices. Oats reduced m value. Flour 3 ' . meal both dull of sale. e d dm Currencies :—White wheat, 22 s 6d t o 24s Grl; r , rnalt 20s 6d to 22s Od; grinding barley, 12s Od to 1 36 .W c y. ing do., 13s to 148 ; white oats, lls to 12s; 108 Od to lls Od. • V. 03 CORK—FRIDAY. The following were tho quotations this morn os ", , ioy 0(1 wheat, 7s 6d to Os Od ; 'whit e 8s 8d to Os Od ; bf r d to 0$ to Os Od; oats, 8s Od to 8 s ; black oats, bore, Os Od. Births. fh y a df CoNvms.—On the Ist inst . W e llesbourne, --° Conyers, of a daughter. Ti r DAVY.—On the 28th ult. at Mansfield, Notts, Davy, late of Jessamin e Cottage, Upper Clapton• 'vole PALMER.—On the Ist inst. ,at 4, W e st Cliff-terra,n4 of 14 gate, the wife of Commander G eorg e Palmer, I' son. hr- Smrril.—On the 2d inst., at Brampton Ash ket Harborough, the Hon. Mrs. Sidney son. Resctriito, of BR p of e W N i s , uEtchcllA:elsatnoßndiispsqlNaufer,Marriage& cutv e O , ; Pi m t i h mi e :ci 2 : 9 o. t , h Henryult to Emily, youngest daughter of W. C. liarrisoill Trinity CbUreiji RUSSELL--11UNTER.—On the let inst., at vatilio° Bath, Major B. C. Russell, 13th Hussars, W TI , ' o wl', Henrietta, youngest daughter of the late Henry '''' Esq., formerly sth Dragoon Guards. Deaths. of Escl" BBalt.oEivenc,lgsciton., vi 611.,, BOOTY. —On t he 3d inst ,at Margate, James Booty", aci 34, Castle House, Forest, Walthamstow, Essex, and Loadenhall-street, London, aged 63. • CRACKNELL.—On the Ist inst , at Halesworth, Tli°lllll4 Craeknell, Esq., aged 78. • . , .„ 0 . 0 1 J c° FRANKLYN.—On the Ist inst., Id Chipping Norton, Franklyn, Esq., aged 57. --------; ' -------- NfAliat London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM A ... rt . 1; of 1 No. 12, Strand, Mter, at Tux SUN Office , f: sy of Strand, in the Precincta of the Suiroy, in the COU J Atiddlosex.—Monday, Jane 5, 1865. CAMBRIDGE. The Conservative sitting members for Cambridge, Mr. Kenneth Macaulay and Mr. F. S. Powell, are to address their supporters to-morrow (Tuesday). The Liberal candidates, Lieut.-Col. Torrens and Mr. W. D. Christie, addressed a meeting of the party on Friday. Both sides are, therefore, formally com mitted to a contest. EDINBURGH. A brief address has been issued by the present members, the Lord-Advocate and Mr. Black, offer ing themselves for re-election—" a large portion of the constituency having expressed a desire that they should continue their services." They promise to " continue to give their support to that course of policy which during the last six years has secured to this country the blessings of peace with foreign Powers, and unexampled prosperity, repose, and content among all classes of the people." On Friday night a meeting was held in the Royal Hotel to present a numerously-signed requisition to Mr. Duncan M'Laren, and Mr. John Miller, civil engineer, and both candidates made a preliminary statement of their opinions. Mr. M'LAREN expressed his resolution not to stand without a colleague, as on the last occasion of his standing for Edinburgh (1852) he was de feated very much by his own friends distributing their second votes among the other candidates. He was pleased, therefore, to think that he had been called upon to stand along with a colleague of so unexceptionable a character as Mr. Miller. He hoped that, standing together, they would be returned to gether. (Applause.) Since 1833, when he was elected to the Town Council, he had been connected with all the Liberal and civic movements that had taken place. He held then the opinions held by the Greys, Moncreiffs, and all the leading men of the day; but while many of these men, or rather their successors, had changed their opinions, he held the same opinions still. He had always been one of those who were I willing to take a bit of reform when they could get it. He had supported the Government Reform Bills of Lord Aberdeen and Lord Russell, and carried petitions for them in the Town Council, although the bill of Lord Russell was a very poor thing, re commending only an £8 franchise. If returned to Parliament he would act in the same way. When any measure professing to do good came forward it seemed to be the best policy to get some good from it. If not a very good measure, it might be made better in its passage ; if an extreme measure, it I would get its wings clipped in the Lords. (Laughter and applause.) He did not now come forward, as had been said, to oppose Mr. Black or the Lord- Advocate, or anybody. The seats were vacant. (Applause.) Mr. Black had no life-rent in the re presentation. Mr. Black now came forward for the third time, though when first elected he had said he would only sit for one 'Parliament. It would be more correct, therefore, to say that Mr. Black came forward to oppose him. (Applause.) Mr. Black had come forward rather unwillingly, strengthening the idea that his supporters brought him forward to op pose him. He desired, however, to bo considered not as holding any particular view about the fran chise, but as holding Liberal opinions, and as one who desired to do all in his power for the interests of the Liberal party and for the interests of Edin burgh and of Scotland generally. Mr. MILLER then addressed the meeting, and stated that he held Liberal, or, as some people might think, advanced Liberal opinions on the franchise, Church matters, and education, as well as matters connected with country life. He thought Scotch members should stick better together, and take a leaf out of the Irish members' book in this respect. If returned he would do all in his power to promote measures of local interest ; and he thought they would find him quite as liberal as they could wish. Mr. FULLARTON moved that Mr. M'Laren and Mr. Miller were fit and proper persons to represent the city, and that the meeting pledged itself to use every means in its power to promote their rebuilt. Mr. J. GREY, jun., seconded the motion, hoping the electors would let the Lord-Advocate and the nation know that they must have a change in the clerico-police tax, and that the Free Churchmen and Voluntaries would stand together at this crisis. ESSEX. The sitting members for Colchester, Mr. T. J. Miller and Mr. P. 0. Papillon, are prosecuting an active canvass, as is Mr. J. Gordon-Rebow, the Liberal candidate. Mr. R. B. Wingfield-Baker has issued his address as a Liberal candidate for South Essex. The hon. gentleman avows himself a stanch admirer of Lord Palmerston, and he describes his political principles as " constitutionally Liberal." At present the circustances appear favourable to Mr. Baker's return, as there is only one Conservative candidate in the field. Mr. T. S. Western, the Liberal sitting member for Maldon, is canvassing the electors of that town ; and his father, Sir T. B. Western, continues to address meetings of the elec tors in North Essex,where he is opposing the Conser vative sitting members, Major Beresford and Mr. C. Du Cane. EVESHAM. A statement having been put forth that it is not the intention of Mr. Holland again to solicit the electors of Evesham for their suffrages, the statement has been contradicted on authority. The candidates, therefore, will be Mr. Holland, and Col. Bourne (recently elected on the death of Sir Henry Wil loughby, Conservative. There will probably be no opposition to their return. EXETER. It is understood that the Conservatives in this city will be satisfied with one seat, and as Mr. Gard has announced his intention of retiring on the dis solution of parliament taking place, Lord Comte nay will be, it is said, the sole representative of the party. The Liberals have increased their strength since the last election, and are confident of recover ing their lost seat for Mr. J. Coleridge, the eminent Queen's Counsel, and some are so sanguine as to believe they could carry two candidates. The Libe ral Registration Society, however, have resolved to be satisfied with one if the Conservatives, are, but to bring out two candidates should their opponents do so. HALIFAX. Mr. A. Akroyd has issued the following address to the electors and non-electors of this borough:— " Fellow-Townsmen,—During the Parliamentary ses sion of last year, when a general election seemed immi nent, I had the honour of accepting a requisition inviting me to offer myself as a candidate for the representation of the borough. The requisitionists asserted the principle that a manufacturing and commercial community like that of Halifax, so entirely dependent, not only for its prospe rity, but even for its existence, on manufactures and trade, should secure in one at least of its representatives in Par liament a gentleman personally identified with the manu facturing and commercial interests of the district. On this ground I felt justified in accepting the requisition which was so numerously and influentially signed by the electors of every political section as to assure me of success in the event of a contest. To represeut my native town had long been the most cherished object of my ambition, but hitherto I had refrained from any attempt to gratify this not ignoble desire, lest I should bo brought into collision with Sir C. Wood, whose politics aro not dissimilar to my own. I was the more desirous to prevent this antagonism because he was the personal h riend of my late father, by whom, in concert with other lea ding members of the Whig party, he was first invited to Wald for Halifax, and from whom, to the last hour of existence, Sir Charles received firm and unflinching support. At _length an opening seemed to present itself when the rumour became rife that the right hon. baronet was about to be elevated by her Majesty to the Upper House—an honour to which h is lon g and tried public services might well entitle him.. Although the report HUNTINGDONSHIRE. It is stated that no opposition will be offered to the re-election of the sitting member for Hunting donshire, Mr. E. Fellowes and Lord R. Montagu. At present, at any rate, there is no opposing candi date in the field. KIDDERMINSTER; A rumour that the Conservatives here intended bringing forward Mr. Martin as their candidate has been contradicted, but the ConservativeB declare their intention of contesting the seat. KING'S LYNN. Lord Stanley abstains from addressing the elec tors of King's Lynn at any length at present, on the ground that he very recently stated his views on po litical questions. His lordship will, however, shortly visit his constituents, and will then give any expla nations which may be desired. There is no doubt that the noble lord will be re-elected. LEOMINSTER. The retirement of the Hon. H. Lennox leaves a vacancy for this borough. Mr. G. Hardy, who is nominated for Oxford University in opposition to Mr. Gladstone, has issued an address to the electors of Leominster denying the statement that it is not his intention to go to the poll. He declares that he will poll the electors of Leominster. Mr. Hindmarch, the Liberal candidate, has commenced his canvass of the electors. NOTTINGHAM. Messrs. Paget and Morley addressed the electors at a noisy meeting held in Hockley Mill on Friday evening. Alluding to a statement that had been made that he (Mr. Morley) preferred the gratifica tion of his own personal ambition to the interests of his (the Liberal) party, he said if there was one thing which he desired more than another it was this, that by no act of his should a Tory be let in for Not tingham. Sir Robert Clifton was in Nottingham on Satur day evening for the purpose of addressing sections of his constituents at Odd Fellows' Lodges, and Mr. Marten has signified his intention of meeting the electors this week. There is every probability of a strong contest, but whether the candidature of Mr. Morley will so far divide the Liberal interest as to let in a Conservative remains to be seen. WORCESTER CITY. A change has taken place in the aspect of elec tioneering affairs here. Some months ago, on the announcement that at the general election Mr. 0. Ricardo, one of the sitting members, would retire, three candidates declared themselves—viz., Mr. A. C. Sheriff, late manager of the West Midland Rail way, in the Liberal interest ; Mr. Laslett, of Ab berton-hall, independent ; and Mr. Allsopp, of the firm of Allsopp and Sons, the Burton brewers, in the Conservative interest. All three declared their intention of going to the poll ; but on Saturday it was announced by the publication of a letter ad dressed by Mr. Allsopp to Sir A. H. Lecchmere, the chairman of the Worcestershire Conservative Association, that, in consequence of illness, Mr. Allsopp would not contest the city. In this letter Mr. Allsopp says : "My medical advisers have to-day expressed, in strong and decided terms, an unanimous opinion against my enter ing into so exciting an undertaking as a contested election ; and they order me, as soon as I am able to move, to go abroad for some months. I need scarcely say that this unlooked-for termination to my candidature for Worcester is to me the cause of. infinite regret, looking forward as I havo done in the fond hope of showing my gratitude to the many kind friends in Worcester who have been so ready and so determined to demonstrate their interest in the Conservative cause by electing me as their representative. It is expected that the Conservative party will now, having lost their favourite candidate, unite in supporting the election of Mr. Laslett, whose prin ciples more nearly approach their own than those of either of the other candidates. Mr. Bidmore, the second sitting member, offers himself for re-election. SPIRIT OF TUB PUBLIC JOURNALS THE " SPECTATOR " ON PRINCE NAPOLEON'S DISGRACE.—The speech at Ajaccio, if not secretly sanctioned, meant nothing less than this—a Bona partist programme which was not of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. The Napoleonic idea, suggests Jerome, is not the idea we see realised, but another and more democratic idea, a dictatorship it may be, but one which shall permit freedom of th e p ress , of association, and of religion, which shall break finally with the Papacy, terminate the temporal power, aid Italy in her rise to the first class, humiliate Austria to the dust, and above . all re-cement the alliance which the "regeneration" of Mexico has done so much to untie. That idea is to be bold, aggressive, propagandist, not to shrink from combinations, such, for example, as the one which protected Po land, not to recede before the priesthood, not to reverence obstacles even though to overthrow them it is necessary to disorganise Europe. The Napo leonic idea, in short, is not to be a compromise between revolution and order, but openly Jacobin in foreign affairs as in the interior, to resemble the system of the Hundred Days and not the system of the triumphant Empire. The programme is the more dangerous because it will be to vast numbers of Frenchmen singularly attractive. Educated France, if we may judge by a hundred signs, is at this moment hungering not for parliamentary goN ernment, or an Orleanist regime, or the Bourbon family, but for liberty of utterance and movement, for the right to say what it likes and write what it thinks, and combine for any object which seems good to it. It is not the essence of such power so much as the superincumbent pressure which frets the cultivated class, not so much the dynasty they desire to overthrow as the system of expression by which that dynasty is seeking to establish itself. The patient asks for more air, not a change of medicine, and Prince Jerome offers to open a window and admit the refreshing breeze. Natu rally the physician in charge, whose first theory is that all the windows must be close 1, lest the patient should catch a chill before the crisis, is in tensely enraged, and tells his assistant that he neither can nor will t o lerate anarchy in the sick room. There can be, says the Emperor, but one will in my family, as in my government, and that one of course is mine. Naturally, too, Paris, however doubtful of the treatment pursued, sympathises with the elder practitioner. It seemed at first sight a little strange that Frenchmen anxious for more liberty should be annoyed because a Prince 9f the Blood offers them more, but the anomaly is ex plicable enough. The Frenchman is above all things logical, and he cannot forget that the Prince who makes these offers owes the position which makes the offers formidable solely to the cousin whose throne he is thereby sapping. He is not the Elect of the people, he has done nothing for Fran c e , he is great only because an abler man than himself called him from exile to accept the second position under himself. Prince of the Blood, Senator, General, he was bound by the very magnitude of the favours he he had received not to oppose the regime through which alone he had obtained them. Besides all these, he was Vice-President of the Council, and even in England we do not permit members of the Government openly to arraign its policy, to de nounce, for example, a war accepted by the Govern ment, or declare an alliance which it is promoting, dangerous, to talk Radicalism while carrying out the Tory scheme of administration. [Precisely what Mr. Gladstone is doing, by the way 1] The Prince may claim free speech as a right belonging to French Princes as to all other Frenchmen, but it certainly does not belong to the Vice-President of the Coun cil of State under the present regime. 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