The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-30 00:00:00

MM. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. members on general principles. But for that reason I he, hoped the Liberal party would not be more ' supine than if any great question were b , fore them. Suppose the Government had dissolve - I ornament on the question of the Budget, and sai 1 hey would appeal to the country whether it w tisfied with ! their financial measures. The Govaument would CITY OF LONDON, Last Mr. Crawford, M.P., Mr. Gosehen, M.P., Alderman William Lawrence, three of the four candidates for the city in the Liberal interest, and Mr. Nathaniel Rothschild, representing his father, Baron Rothschild, M.P., the fourth candi date, attended a large meeting of the Liverymen and other electors convened in Farringdon-hall, Snow hill. Mr. James Harvey, a leading inhabitant of the ward of Farringdon, was called to the chair, and in troduced the candidates to the meeting. With respect to Baron Rothschild the mention of whose name was received with great respect by the meet ing, he took occasion to remind them that the Baron was first elected for the city of London for the asser tion and maintenance of a great principle. (Cheers.) Baron Rothschild, unfortunately, from indisposition had been as yet unable to meet the constituency on I this occasion, but for himself he (the chairman) was prepared to support him as warmly as he did on the first occasion, and he believed the men of Farring don, as throughout the city, would do the same. (Renewed cheering.) have had a vast majority on such a question ; but Parliament had not been dissolved, and they came now simply before the country on the question whether it was fairly satisfied with the Government and the Liberal members. Was, then, the country fairly satisfied with the Liberal members? (" Yes.") Then let it return them again, for their work was not yet concluded ; they had a great deal more to do. Considerable prosperity had been achieved, but'the harvest had not been gathered in, and it was not yet time for them to rest on their oars and say, as there was nothing more to be done, they might as well hand over the Government of the country to their enemies. The country was at peace, and this was a time when they might make internal reforms. Such reforms must be under taken in moments such as these, and when we were at peace with all the world we might make a war on pauperism. (Loud cheers.) That war on pau perism had been commenced. The Union Charge ability Bill had passed ; that was one step ; but-pau perism must be stopped, not by relieving it, but by rooting outthe causes of it. (Cheers.) We must root out pauperism by encouraging further habits of thrift among the labouring classes, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had assisted in doing so by his Sav ings-banks Bill, and another way was by fostering education. When so much yet remained to be done, could they say that they might " rest and be thankful?' , They could not. There was a good deal of small ob structiveness in the country. He repudiated the charge that the Liberal party in England was violent or revolutionary. (Cheers.) The Conservatives exaggerated everything that the Liberal party at tempted to do. If they wished to extend the freedom of religious worship, they were told they were destroy ing the Church ; or if they attempted to extend the franchise, they were upbraided with destroying the Constitution. Whatever the Liberal party did the policy of the Conservatives was that of exaggeration. It was said that they were in favour of sudden and violent changes. Sudden change was impossible in our political Constitution. If the Liberal party, for example, were in favour of the abolition of church rates, would that be a sudden change, considering that they had been working at it for years ? The same might be said of Mr. Baines's Bill. Those were not sudden or violent changes. If they proposed a small measure of Reform they were taunted with attempt ing to introduce the thin edge of the wedge, and so they were caught both ways. (A laugh.) Now, the Liberal party did claim to be in favour of moderate, well-considered, and gradual changes in the country. They were not violent, and not revolutionary ; but they must have a certain amount of " go" if they wished to make progress. The greater the harvest, the lighter the taxation, and the more neces sity was there to keep the Liberal coach going. When the country was in a state of prosperity, it was told the men who had brought that prosperity were no longer wanted. Any fool could have said that. (A laugh.) One of their opponents at a meeting on the previous evening quoted a Swedish maxim to the effect that it was wonderful by how little wisdom the world was governed. The go vernment of this country was comparatively easy, but any mistake, any collision with the ship of the State, or any derangement of its intricate machi nery might bring about a calamity such as Conser vatives would not wish to face. He said, then, it was not true that little wisdom was required to govern this country, and he trusted the Liberal party would remain true to its colours. He stood there as a humble member of that party. He pleaded that the citizens of London should send four Liberal members to Parliament, and as they would probably be the first constituency who would return repre sentatives to the new Parliament, he urged them to set an example to the country—(cheers)—for by so doing they would retain the services of those who, during one of the longest governments ever known, had shown how to maintain the honour of England abroad and its prosperity at home. (Loud cheers.) Alderman LAWRENCE followed with a brief speech, dwelling chiefly on his long and intimate connec tion with the city as a member of the corporation of London, in which he had filled the highest offices from time to time, and his consequent familiarity with its varied interests. The meeting gave Mr. Lawrence a very cordial reception. In reply to questions put by the meeting, Mr. Lawrence said he was in favour of the ballot ; Mr. Crawford stated that he had always voted for it ; and Mr. Goschen said he also had done so. lie should prefer personally to be elected by open vot ing, but where voters said a certain amount of pres sure would be put upon them, recourse should then be had to the ballot. Mr. Alderman Lawrence further said he was decidedly of opinion that there should be an extension of the suffrage that should take in large classes who were now deprived of it. In reply to Mr. G. Brookes, a Liveryman, to whether, if re-elected, he would move for a commit tee to consider the destitution of the metropolis, which afflicted every humane heart at times, Mr. CRAWFORD, M.P., who first presented him self to speak, was received with cheers. It was now, he said, between eight and nine years since he was first elected a member for the city of London. He was then a comparatively unknown man, though he had sat in Parliament a short time for another con stituency. He was elected at that time on the decla rations of principle he submitted to the citizens of London, and those declarations had since constantly governed his conduct as a public man. During that period he had been actively engaged as their mem ber, and there was hardly any man who had been occupied with the business of the House of Commons that had done more to uphold the interests of the citizens. In all the great leading questions which had engaged the attention of Parliament in that interval he had endeavoured, to the best of his ability, to take the part which became him as a re presentative of a great city, especially,whenever any of the rights and privileges of the city had come under consideration, and notably the question of the City Police. He had always claimed a fair consi deration for the Corporation at the hands of Parlia ment, and he had taken a considerable part in the discussions in reference to property affected in that particular part of the city by the authorisation of extensive public works, sympathising, as he did, with people who were turned out of their houses and places of business, and left to find others where they might. There was another matter which he knew had been verymuch discussed in that particu lar ward ; he meant the principle involved in the Union Chargeability Bill, which had just passed both Houses of Parliament. (Cheers.) He recol lected being called on in that hall some years ago to state what course he should take in reference to the equalisation of the poor-rates. To that principle he had always been friendly, and when under another name the Union Chargeability Bill was introduced, which did away with the monstrous iniquity that prevented a man carrying his labour, which was his capital, to whatever market he chose, he hailed it as a great boon to the humbler classes of the commu nity. One thing only remained to be done in that direction, and that was to enable a poor man, who might find it necessary to apply to his parish for re lief, to receive that relief in the place where he hap pened to be at the time, and not be carted off to his place of settlement, so-called. (Cheers.) They were on the eve of a dissolution of Parliament, and the nomination for the city of London would pro bably take place on Monday week, and the polling on the following day. He therefore called on the constituency to be prepared to discharge the great public duty which would so soon devolve upon them. Adverting to a recent statement of his friend Mr. Thomas Baring at a public meeting of electors, to the effect that the Liberal Reform Registration Society, on the resignation of Sir James Duke, had presumed to dictate to the constituency who should fill his place, Mr. Crawford explained that Mr. Baring was in error in that respect ; that Alderman Lawrence, on Sir James announcing his intention to retire from the representation, of his own motion issued an adress to the electors ; and that it was not until Friday last that the Registration Association held any meeting in reference to the forthcoming election. It was the game of the Tory party to re present that the Registration Association assumed to dictate to the constituency. (" That is the feel ing.") That might be the feeling, but the Associa tion took no steps whatever in the matter until two Tories presented themselves, and they met together for the legitimate purpose of considering the course they should take. Do not, therefore, let it be said again that the Liberal Association had assumed, or had dared to assume, any power to dictate to the electors of the city of London. (Hear, hear.) For himself, if the constituency should not think him a fit and proper person. to represent them he would retire into the ranks, stipulating only in that event that he should be at liberty to fight for the Liberal party ; but he should assume as a fact that the electors were again prepared to support him. One of their members, Baron Rothschild, was not pre sent. It was 18 years since Baron Rothschild was dragged out of the privacy of his business occupa tions in the city to be the living exponent of a great public principle. (Cheers.) They would recollect the memorable occasion in 1847 when he was called out to fight one of the great battles that then re mained to be fought for civil and religious liberty— (cheers) --and how he fought it—how he resigned his seat again and again in order to give the electors of the city of London an opportunity of re-elect ing him—how he was returned again and again, until at length a great principle of religious liberty was completely and signally vindicated in his person. (Cheers.) During the whole of that struggle he was unable to give a single vote. For eight years he had been their member. (" How many votes has he given ?") He (Mr. Crawford) had not got fingers to count them. Baron Rothschild had been inca pacitated, by an illness which they all hoped to be temporary, from attending Parliament ; but the citifies of a member of Parliament were not alto gether to be measured by his attendance, or the number of votes he gave. He asked whether, in all the great contests that had been fought for the free dom of commerce and the furtherance of the rights and interests of the people, the moral influence and the name of Rothschild, representing the city of London, were net more felt than those of a man who, on going to contest the representation of a borough in the country, took with him a little por manteau. He regarded Baron Rothschild as a man who had been faithful to all his principles and pro mises, and it would ill become the citizens of London, now that be was temporarily laid on the shelf, to forget or to ignore the strong claims he had on their consideration. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GOSCHEN said since he had been in Parliament there had been no question which had more occupied his mind than pauperism, and he pledged himself, if elected, to apply his best energies to the subject, without, however, at that moment committing him self to any particular course. On the motion of Mr. LUSHER, a member of the Common Council, the meeting passed with acclama tion a resolution approving the views of the four candidates, and pledging themselvesto unite to secure their return. SOUTHWARK. Mr. Layard has issued the following address : . "As the dissolution of Parliament will shortly take place, it becomes my duty to inform you that I shall again seek the honour of representing you in the House of Commons. I must, in the first place, express to you my gratitude for the confidence which you have hitherto placed in me. When, in 1861, Lord Palmerston did me the honour of naming me Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, I accepted that office with your unanimous approval. My official duties have prevented my appearing as much among you of late as I had opportunities of doing during the early part of my connection with you: but I trust that in no instance have I neglected your local interests. With the assistance of my esteemed colleague, Mr. Locke, I have carefully watched over them in Parliament, and have done my best to pro mote them. The Parliament which is abcut to expire has passed many useful and important measures. Religious liberty has been advanced by several bills, which have re lieved Dissenters and Roman Catholics from previously existing disabilities. Laws have been enacted for the im provement of the condition of the working and labouring classes, especially the Union Chargeability Law—the first step, it may be hoped, towards an equal metropolitan rat ing. By a wise and liberal treatment of our finances the principles of free trade have been extended, and the revenue has been increased to an unexampled extent, while the bur den of taxation has been greatly reduced. These measures of progress and reform would have been still further extended but for the unfailing opposition of the Conservative party, which has just defeated the Catholic Oath Bill, and has thereby refused an set of justice to onr Roman Catholic fel low-subjects. Abroad events of the highest importance have occurred during the existence of this Parliament. A united and free Italy has been added to the great Powers of Eu rope, and Lord Palmerston has represented the feelings of the English people in aiding with all the weight of the moral influence and sympathy of this country that illus trious nation in achieving its independence. During the lamentable civil war in the United States of America the Government has maintained, in face of the gravest diffi ties, a policy of strict neutrality, which has received the full approval of the country. Showing an honourable desire to fulfil treaty engagements, the Government of Lord Pal nerston endeavoured to prevent an unjust aggression of the United German Powers upon the weak State of Den mark ; but when all its attempts to maintain peace had failed, it refrained from involving England alone in a war in support of treaties to which other nations, as well as herself, were parties. The commercial interests of the coun try have been greatly extended, and our international re lations placed on a firmer footing by treaties of commerce, Belgium Prussia, and the Zollverein. I may feel a legiti mate satisfaction in having been a member, however humble, of a Go - vernment which has done so much to merit the approval of the country. My opinions upon the princi pal political questions of the day are too well known to you to require any fresh statement of them. I wilt only say that I adhere to all th3se, especially with regard to the suffrage, which I expressed to you when you did me the honour of electing me your representative. If you should again honour me with your confidence, you will find me equally devoted to your interests, au4 ovally denims of _ . . Mr. NATHANIEL ROTHSCHILD briefly addressed the meeting, and took occasion to say that the health of his father was improving (cheers), and that he hopes under the providence of God he would soon be able to take his place, as he would like to do ; but that, should he eventually not be able to do so, he would be prepared to resign the trust the electors of the city of London had so often committed to his hands. Mr. Giisc HEN next presented himself to the meet ing and received a most flattering welcome. They did not, he said, on this occasion appear on the hust ings with any party cry to rally either the Liberal or the Conservative party. Parliament was simply expiring from the lapse of time ; and what did that prove ? He thought it proved that the majority in the House of Commons fairly represented the majority of the nation—(cheers)—that the Liberal party had got a majority in the country, and that the Conservative party for a long time had b een unable to deal any blow at her Majesty's Govern ment. That Government might have had short comings. He was an independent representative ; he was not a party man. It showed the Govern ment had been able to command a majority in the country and in the House, or long before this Parliament would have been dissolved and an ap peal made to the country. The constituencies could now elect their members calmly and look at their views on general principles. They were not obliged to elect a member because he held a peculiar opinion in reference, for example, to a war in China, or to any such matter, but they were able to elect their THE StriSr, LONDON, F_RIDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1865. promoting, to the utmost of my ability, the prosperity and welfare of the country." . WESTMINSTER. Mr. John - Stuart Mill is expected to return from France this day, and will probably meet his com mittee and friends in St. James's-hall on an early day, for which we understand Wednesday, July 5, has been mentioned. Mr. Graham was asked a few questions, after which a resolution was proposed and unanimously carried to the effect that he was a fit and proper person to represent the city. itself, must create need for the readjustment of the policy and of the statutes of this country. My view has always been and is, that in legislation for the present the past should no more be forgotten than the future should be ne glected—and the light of experience is essential to the pro cess of renovation, which it should be the object of every true Conservative to apply. In conclusion, gentlemen, I beg to tender the expression of my sincere gratitude for the indulgent consideration you have so long extended to me. I am fully conscious that I have been unable to repay your confidence as I have wished. Should you, however, think fit to return me again to Parliament, my best exer tions shall be devoted to the performance of the duties in cident to the highly honourable position which by your favour I should resume." TOWER HAMLETS. Mr. Butler, M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, has re ceived a communication from Mr. Beard intimating that he has no intention to offer himself for the Tower Hamlets, and he adds that he gives this im mediate notice lest Mr. Butler might be put to in creased expense. LEEDS. Mr. Baines and Lord Amberley addressed ameet ing of several thousand persons last night in the Cloth-hall. Mr. Timms gave an account of the votes he had given during the last six years, and vindicated his support of the Government and their domestic and foreign policy. He said Lord Derby's Reform Bill would have spread the franchise among the upper and middle classes, but would have scarcely touched the working classes at all. He did not think him self dishonoured by the reception which his £6 franchise bill had met with. People had so im proved in knowledge and virtue that it was impos sible to maintain that artificial line which would exclude three-fourths of the people from the fran chise. All sensible people said it must be extended, and the principle he proposed would not admitmore than one in three in boroughs, and Mr. Locke King's one in five in counties ; it would only be an instal ment, and in England gradual changes were pre ferred. Under a £6 franchise the same class of men as now would be returned. He would not say what he should do in future, but his views were un changed. He invited those disposed to plump for him to split for Lord Amberley, so that Leeds should no longer be a nonentity in the House of Commons. Lord AMBERLEY came forward solely because he claimed to represent the leading doctrines of the Liberal party. He referred to the death of Mr. Cobden and the assassination of Mr. Lincoln. Each of these men sprung from obscurity, and each pursued with unwearying zeal his country's good ; each was rewarded with ultimate success in the achievement of his patriotic purpose. (Cheers.) Un fortunately, legality of secession could only be settled by arbitrament of war. Terrible as that arbitra ment had been, he thought the happiness of the result called for congratulation ; that result had been more conducive to the interests of humanity than if war had terminated a few years since, for the people of the North had undergone the process of education, and had come to see most completely the emancipation of the slaves. (Cheers.) He criticised the speeches of Mr. Lowe and Mr. Hors man in the debate on Mr. Baines's Franchise Bill. It had been said that there was no logical necessity for stopping at £6. The House of Commons was the last body in the country likely to be guided by logical necessity. The £lO franchise appeared to be regarded as one of the most essential safeguards of the Constitution, and only a short time ago it was part of that revolutionary measure, the Reform Act. (Cheers.) If the £6 franchise were introduced he did not see why the same power of resistance should not be enlisted on its behalf as was enlisted now on behalf of the £lO. Mr. Baines' Bill was a measure which conciliated different sections of the Liberal party; but the Conservatives said, " You don't intend to stop there." However, if the bill was passed, the Liberals would not be invested with despotic power, still there would be the same secu rity against passing extreme or dangerous measures as at present. A great deal was said about its being a step on the road to democracy ; that word " de mocracy" was held up as a bugbear to terrify the House of Commons, but this country in its essential character was a democracy already. What was about to take place ? The country was to have an oppor tunity of reconsidering the choice of its represen tatives. The new House of Commons would have the power of deciding upon the continuance in office of the present Government. Therefore, the I - 1011SC of Commons elected by the people had virtually power of appointing the Ministry. If, then, democracy meant Government by the people, this was a demo cracy already, and there was no reason to fear demo cracy here. (Cheers.) The giving of the suffrage to a greater or smaller number was a matter of de tail, and not of principle. The effect on the English Constitution was that no Government should hope to remain in power any length of time against the opinion of the nation. (Hear, hear.) He concluded by saying he and Mr. Baines stood entirely on the same principles and the same ground, and should they be elected they would support the same mea sures. (Cheers.) The meeting almost unanimously pledged itself to carry their election. CHELTENHAM. There is every prospect of a severe contest between the Hon. Colonel F. W. Berkeley, in the Liberal, and Mr. Charles Schreiber in the Conservative in terest. Both parties have been actively canvassing, and both are sanguine of success. The supporters of Mr. Schreiber base their hopes on the large addi tion to their numbers, whichthey say has been made since the last election, when their opponents obtained a majority of only eight votes. Their candidate, in his address, states that he attaches importance to " publicity in the exercise of the franchise," and that he desires an " equitable adjustment of church rates ;" but is determined to resist their uncondi tional abolition. He also states that his opinion, " confirmed by the experience of the last six years, is that a £lO county and a £6 borough franchise, while involving serious organic changes, furnish no solution of the difficulty of Parliamentary Re form. Being sincerely attached to the Church of England, of which he is a member, he will resist all attacks, both on her integrity and independence, and on the Protestant principles so intimately con nectid with the liberties we enjoy." Further, as the means to be employed for a reduction of our present expenditure, he would " maintain a policy of non interference abroad, would develope the volunteer forces at home, and in every way promote the utmost economy compatible with the efficiency of the public service; and while working in concert with the Con servative party, support all measures calculated to strengthen the institutions of the country and advance the education and well-being of the country." Col. Berkeley has met with a very cordial recep tion. In his address he appeals to his votes, which he says " have been uniformly given in support of progressive reform, free trade, and civil and reli gious liberty ;" and those principles, he believes, are " held by a decided majority of the electors." Meet ings on both sides have been held, and others are in contemplation, and it is very generally believed that this will be the hardest, as well as most equally matched battle that has yet been fought in Chel , ten ham. F ORFARS HIRE. The Hon. C. Carnegie is expected to be returned without opposition. In his address he says that if again returned he would give to the Ministry of Lord Palmerston that support which the past has shown it so fully deserves. GLASGOW. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Graham addressed a crowded and influential meeting in the central dis trict of the city, presided over by the Dean of Guild. The candidate, in dealing with the question of re form, said he did not accept the proposition that the suffrage was the right of every individual who had not forfeited it by crime. He was, however, in favour of an extension of the franchise to in telligent, well-doing, industrious working men. It seemed to him that a rental qualification was illogi cal in its principle and unequal in its application, and he thought some system based on the pay ment of a certain amount of indirect taxation would meet certain classes, who would be excluded in some burghs even with a£6 franchise. He went on to profess his warm adherence to the commercial policy of Mr. Gladstone, and touched next on the question of state interference with religion, and ex pressed it as his conviction that the system of en downments was an erroneous and injurious one. At the close of the address, which was warmly received, GREENWICH. Sir John Heron Maxwell, RN., last night addressed the ratepayers of the borough, and was exceedingly well re ceived. Sir John has issued an address, in which he states that his opinions were well known to them, as expressed in 1859, when he appeared before them as a claimant to repre sent them in Parliament. His opinions, he said, are un changed since that time. As a sailor, he need hardly assure them of his anxiety to see the navy, and with it the army, upheld in the utmost efficiency, and he sincerely trusted that the numberless experiments both in shipbuilding and in gunnery now being carried on would before long termi nate in some discovery which, in being generally satisfac tory, will check in some degree the present enormous out lay consequent on experiments alone. HALIFAX. A movement has been set on foot to induce Sir Charles Wood, as one of the members for the borough, to withdraw his letter of resignation, and to allow himself to be nomi nated along with the other member, Mr. Stansfeld, at the ensuing election. A meeting of the Liberal electors, con vened by circular, was held at the Oddfellows' Hall, on Wednesday, and presided over by Mr. John Crossley, the chairman of the Liberal Registration Association. There was a good attendance, and the various speakers were very warm in their laudation of Sir Charles Wood, who has re presented the borough since its first enfranchisement, and equally severe in their condemnation of those who had brought forward Colonel Akroyd, and thereby been the' cause of Sir C. Wood signifying his intention not to offer himself for re-election. One of the speakers—Mr. Charles Watson—in the course of his speech said that Halifax was not a pocket borough, and as independent electors they could not allow any gentleman to come quietly in and carry the election in the manner now proposed by certain parties. No man would treat his own servant as it was proposed to treat Sir C. Wood, by kicking him out. They had hearts in their bosoms, and gratitude and love in their hearts to the man who had loved them, and had served them faith fully and zealously, and the least A lkey could do was to thank him in the manner proposed in the resolution for what he had done. They were told that the man who was to supplant Sir Charles Wood in the representation of Halifax was a colonel in the Rifles—much good might it do him ; that ho was a rich manufacturer and merchant—long might he remain among them as such; that he had built a church, and done great good to the town of Halifax, of which he was a native —and these sentences described the gentleman and his claims to the representation of the town. At present they had a thorough good representative in Sir Charles Wood, and yet they were called upon to give him the " right about face," and to tell him to follow the Rifles, and they were to take in exchange a rifleman who had never been drilled. They must have something better than that. The follow ing resolutions were unanimously agreed to :--1. " That the announcement which Sir Charles Wood has conveyed in his letter to Mr. John Crossley of his intention to retire from the candidature of this borough has been re ceived by a large body of the Liberal electors with the deepest regret, and that this meeting feels itself called upon to convey to the right hon. baronet its grateful recognition of the faithful and zealous discharge of his duties as their representative in Parliament during the last 33 years. 2. That this meeting has full confidence in the present repre sentatives of this borough, and pledges itself to their sup port, in accordance with the resolution passed at the meet ing of Liberal electors held in July, 1864." After some discussion, a resolution was carried by a large majority in favour of a requisition being signed by the electors, calling upon Sir Charles. mood to reconsider his decesi on, and pleiging the requisitionists to use every exertion to return him in conjunction with Mr. Stansfeld. LEICESTERSHIRE. Mr. C. H. Frewan will oppose Lord John Manners and Mr. Hartopp in the Northern Division. Ho comes forward as an "independent Protestant Conservative," but asks for the support of the Liberal party. He is in favour of an ex tension of the franchise, "In Ireland," he says, "Every one who pays £l2 a year in rent has a vote for the county in which he is a tenant ; it therefore cannot be be kept up to £5O a year in England. There are some tenants in North Leicestershire who pay more than £5O a year in rent, but aro not, as the law now stands, allowed to have a vote, because they pay their rent to two or more landlords." Mr. Frewen thinks that the public expenditure for the last 12 years has been excessive, and from X 15,000,000 to £20,000,000 a year more than the average expenditure for the previous 40 years. " A reduction in the expenditure would enable the Government to repeal the malt-tax, and take off other taxes which press on the community." NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. It seems to have been definitively arranged that there will be no contest in the Northern Division of this county. The Liberal candidate, the Hon. Fitzpatrick Vernon, was de feated by a very large majority at the last election, and since then the well=deserred popularity of Lord Burghley and Mr. G. W. Hunt, the pi esent members, has apparently induced their opponents to withdraw all opposition. In South Northampton the contest is being carried on with th 6 utmost vigour, both parties seeming very sanguine. Lord Frederick Fitzroy, the Liberal candidate, is a brother of . the Duke of Grafton ; and as the Grafton family are very popular the Liberals are again is hopes of wresting one of the seats from the Conservatives. In the borough of Northampton the two Liberal members, Lord Henley and Mr. Gilpin, have addressed their consti tuents, and seek re-election. They are opposed to Mr. Hol royd and Mr. Stopford, Conservatives. NOTTS (NORTH.) The Eight Hon. J. E. Denison, Speaker of the House of Commons, has issued the following address to his consti tuents : "As the dissolution of the present Parliament is near at hand, I announce my intention of again seeking the honour of representing you in the ensuing Parliament. It was the pleasure of the House of Commons to elect me a second time their Speaker. As you expressed your approval at the last general election of my having undertaken the duties of that office in the former Parliament, it is not necessary for me to offer any explanations on this point. The expe rience of years, as they pas son, confirms me in the justice of those political principles which first recommended me to your notice. It is to legislation founded on these principles that we mainly owe the prosperity we now enjoy—an expanding commerce, diminished taxation, and an abound ing exchequer—a healing of divisions among classes, and contentment throughout the body of the people. There is, I believe, a general agreement on political questions be tween myself and the majority of our body, on which I found my claim for your continued support." STAFFORDSHIRE (SOUTH.) The two sitting members for the Southern Division of Staffordshire, Mr. W. 0. Foster and Mr. J. W. Foley, have issued addresses soliciting re-election. Mr. Foster, after expressing an opinion that the Government of Lord Pal merston is entitled to the continued confidence of the country, says he should be glad to see, if not at once the re peal, at least a considerable diminution in the amount of the malt-tax. Unless a satisfactory settlement of the church rate question can be devised, he will continue to vote for total abolition. He adds : " The great question of Parliamentary Reform remains to be dealt with by a future Parliament. Not being able see in Mr. Baines's Bill for a £6 franchise in boroughs a satisfactory solution of this wide and important question, I voted against it. At the same time I should be no less will ing to give my hearty support to a well-considered and comprehensive measure of Reform, brought in on the re sponsibility of the Government, and dealing with this great question in a liberal and statesmanlike manner." Mr. FoLEY expresses very similar sentiments on the malt tax and church rate-questions. He believes Mr. Baines's Bill would have complicated, without settling, the question of Reform. But he adds : " I hope the Government will, in a new Parliament, be in a position to propose a well-digested measure which, without destroying, may remove some of the anomalies of our present electoral system and better adapt it to the fast increasing intelligence and requirements of the day." He believes that the present Administration are the faithful exponents of the opinions of the great majority of the com munity. - WARWICKSHIRE (NORTH). Mr. Newdegate has issued the following address to the electors of North Warwickshire : « Gentlemen,—Having now had the honour of represen tin you in the House of Commons for 22 years, a period marked by many political changes, which have tested the character, the judgment, and the conduct of public men, I trust that I have not forfeited the confidence you have thought fit to repose in me. Few members of the House of Commons have more anxiously sought a full and free interchange of ideas with their constituents on subjects of general interest. During last autumn and winter I had occasion to declare, even more explicitly than has been my wont, the political principles upon which I act. These principles are, I believe, as nearly identical with those of the majority of the electors of North Warwickshire as can be expected, where so groat a variety of interests and opinions exists. Repeated attempts have been made to bring into discredit and to violate the Protestant Constitution of this country, to which I am sincerely attached; those who value this fundamental prin ciple of free government have been described as ignorant, or as prejudiced if they ventured to avow or act upon their convictions. I have not thought it right to allow these unfounded imputations to awe me into silence, far less into submission, so as to impede the performance of that which I considered to be my duty ; had I done otherwise 1 should not merely have stultified myself, but I believe that I should have failed to represent the majority of the constituency who have so long honoured me by their confidence. During the long period that I have represented North Warwick shire in Parliament I have had the opportunity of endea vouring to defend and to promote the great interests of the constituency as identified with the national welfare ; when I have failed I trust thatmy failure has not been attributable to want of exertion ; nor does temporary failure afford any thing like conclusive proof that, if made in the right direc tion, the effort has been, or will prove ultimately fruitless. In several instances I had the satisfaction of knowing that my exertions have been barren of success. My induce ment to seek the honour of again representing, you in. the House of Commons is the hope that I may contribute some: what to the security of the free institutions under which we live, and that -1 may assist those who would direct the political progress of this country within the wide limits of those great prinQiples upon which the Constitution is founded. lam not one of those who have adopted the doctrine of finality against the adaptation of the laws of this country to the actual wants of society. The inevitable chop) el orewhetencoo, irrephatible as the moo el time WHITEHAVEN. Mr. G. Cavendish Bentinck has issued an address to the electors of Whitehaven, offering himself as a candidate for their suffrages in lieu of Mr. Lyall, who retires from the representation of that borough. Mr. Bentinck rests his claims for support upon the'political principles on which he has consistently acted during the six years he has occupied a seat in the House of Commons. He says : "As a member of Parliament I have striven to maintain our ancient institutions ; to advocate a firm, consistent, and honest foreign policy; to enforce true economy in our expenditure ; to upholdand strengthen the national Church; and to secure the welfare of all classes of the community. My political principles are Conservative. I amproud to avow it, especially at this moment, when a numerous section of the professed supporters of the Government, in seeking elec tion to the new Parliament, have struck their political flag and united to deprecate the introduction of radical and ill considered changes. Nor is their conversion to a new faith without good reason. The history of the last few years is their justification. At home they have seen the Govern ment of Lord Palmerston, within a few months of their ac cession to office, compelled—in obedience to public opinion —to recant the unscrupulous and insincere policy upon the strength of which they overthrew the Administration of Lord Derby ; while abroad the examples of France and the United States prove to demonstration that democratic in stitutions result in civil war, anarchy, and the iron rule of despotism." The Leeds Bankruptcy Court Inquiry. THE EVIDENCE. The minutes of the evidence taken before the Se lect Committee on the Leeds Bankruptcy Court were issued yesterday morning in a blue book of 242 pages. The committee met for the first time on the 2d of June. Mr. Howes was elected chairman. The other members were Mr. E. Egerton, Mr. Evans, Colonel Pennant, and Mr. H. Vivian. The Lord Advocate and Mr. Bovill served on the committee to examine witnesses, but without the power of voting. The witnesses examined during the inquiry were Mr. J. F. Miller (four times), Mr. H. S. Wilde (three times), Mr. E. Bond, the Rev. J. R. Hard ing (twice), Mr. P. R. Welch (twice), Mr. B. Cariss, Mr. H. Fuller, Mr. J. North, the Hon. R. Bethel!, Mr. D. Morley, Mr. D. F. Skirrow, Mr. G. Carew, Mr. F. C. New, Mr. C. N. Wilde, Mr. H. P. Roche, the Lord Chancellor, Mr. D. Stewart, and Mr. A. P. Abraham. During the examination of Mr. Miller the fol lowing note to Mr. Wilde was produced, and it was after the production of this note that Mr. Miller confessed, contrary to his previous state ment, that Mr. Wilde's petition was prepared by him : Court of Bankruptcy, London, July 28, 1864. Sir, —I have your note and medical certificate, and if you will sign the enclosed pdition, and swear to it berme any commissioner for taking affidavits, and send it to my house, No. 26, St. Stephen's-square, this evening, I will endeavour to get the Lord Chancellor to make the order to-morrow morning. —Yours obediently, J. F. MILLER. In the course of one of Mr. Miller's examinations the following letters of the Lord Chancellor, re ferring to the resignation in May, 1854, of his registrarship by the hon R. Bethel, were read : Sir,—lt has just come to my knowledge in the most sudden and overwhelming manner, that my eldest son, Mr. Bethell, has been guilty of the most flagrant misconduct. It is stated to me (and the • fact admits of no doubt) to have lost during the last twelvemonths very large sums of money by betting at races, and to haVe raised money to pay those debts by bills of exchange and loans in every quarter; he is also stated to have been for some time in the habit of neglecting personal attendance at his office, and to have had his official duties discharged by deputy. I feel it my duty instantly to remove him from his office. I beg you to prepare an order without a moment's delay, stating, "It has been proved to my satisfaction that Mr. Richard Augustus Bethell has neglected the duties of his office, and is unfit to be continued therein," and that I therefore remove him from the office of one of the registrars of the court as from this day. It would be idle to speak to you of the state of mind lam in ; but I am determined that he shall be instantly removed, and that in the manner which justice requires.— Your faithful servant, To the Chief Registrar. WESTBURY. Dear Mr. Miller,-1 am much obliged to you for your kind,feeling letter. You knew I could not show my face in court if I did not do in this case strict impartial justice. It has nearly broken my heart. I will wait until Monday. Do not think of coming out, as I am so ill that I must go to the country. Yours faithfully, WESTBURY. 18th of May. Dear Sir,—l am much obliged by your kind and feeling letter respecting my son. But it is due to the public that he should resign, and therefore I shall accept and act upon his resignation as from to-morrow. I bad no suspicion of his misconduct until the day on which I wrote to 'you my first letter, last Saturday. It has been to me an overwhelm ing affliction.—Yours faithfully, WESTBURY. During Mr, Skirrow's examination a letter of the Lord Chancellor, addressed to that gentleman, and referring to the same event was read. It was as follows: I, Upper Hyde-park-gardens, W., Thursday. My Dear Charles,—After a sleepless night I can think of nothing better than the conclusions I mentioned yester day. It is useless to attempt to make any arrangements founded on his retaining his office. It would be discre ditable to me his being allowed to remain. He must leave the country immediately. Germany will be the best place of residence, but care must be taken to fix it in a country where the foreign holder of one of his acceptances could not sue him. All that he can do is to devote himself to the education of his children abroad. It will be greatly for the future benefit of his sons if they become good German and French scholars. I shall not listen to any proposal for his return to this country for some years. His childish vanity and weakness are such that he is always the prey of some rascal or other. . . . lam sure he must be indebted to you ; I will repay you. But do not lend any more money to him, for it is a direct encouragement to evil. If his wife and six little children, affection for his father and brother and sisters, and regard for his own character and position, have not been sufficient to keep him from plunging a fourth time into these mad and evil courses nothing will. . . . In December, 1864, another letter, from which the following are passages, was written by the Lord Chancellor to Mr. Skirrow Sunday. My dear Charles,—l am much disappointed at your not coming down to-morrow. . . As to Richard, it is hope less ; let him understand that I neither can nor will ask for any place for him. . . . I will increase his allowance to £l,OOO per annum if he will go and live in Dresden, or some other proper place, and educate his children there, where they can be well brought up. The evidence of the Lord Chancellor extends over 15 pages. His lordship, before being asked any questions, made a statement to the committee relative to the circum stances connected with the resignation of Mr. Wilde. Ho stated incidentally that the examination which he had in stituted into the accounts of the officers of the Court of Bankruptcy had resulted in the recovery of sums of money amounting to between £30,000 and £lO,OOO. The general nature of his lordship's evidence was described by the com mittee in their report, and we notice very few matters which escaped their analysis. His lordship declared that Mr:Miller could not have had the smallest possible inte rest in getting Mr. Wilde to resign, and said he had never heard that Mr. Welch had lent money to Mr. Bethell. With regard to the allegation that he desired to appoint Mr. Bethell to the office of Registrar of Leeds, his lordship, said, " I think I had better toll you the whole of the cir cumstances, painful as they are. In the month of May, 1864, I received from one of my daughters-in-law a letter, in which she enclosed a letter from my son to his brother, and it stated that he had lost a very large sum of mcney indeed on the turf ; that came upon me in an over whelming manner, and I wrote immediately to Mr. Miller, because I felt that it was impossible that he could do his duty ; and it was also stated to me that he had neglected his duty, and I wrote to Mr. Miller a letter in which I insisted that he should be immediately compelled to resign; I required the resignation to be sent to me the next day. Mr. Miller was at time, if I recollect rightly, confined to his bed with gout. He wrote me a letter in a very proper tone, and in a very kind spirit ; he begged that he might be allowed to make arrangements, and that I would not carry into effect any determination with regard to my son. I was certainly under the impression that he could not by possibility have acted in the manner in which he had done, or carried on his proceedings without neglecting his duty, and a number of tales were brought to me about it, and 1, therefore, was very firm in my determination that 1 would hear of nothing but his resignation. I probably should not have acted in the same manner with regard to a stranger. With regard to him, I was determined so to act, because I thought it would be a reproach to me if I permitted him to continuo. The conse quence was that within a few days his resignation was sent, and from the time of my receiving this imputation upon his conduct until now I have never seen him, nor have I had any communication with him, except that on one occasion when he bad a son born, when his wife was confined, he wrote me a very proper letter announcing that event. He went to Paris, I think, and I had formed a firm determine ti9li 119YQT t 9 appoint him to any cffico. But in the month of February of the present year, his friends surrounded me, and his wife wrote to me, and I ascertained that there was no reproach attaching to him on the ground that he had neglected his duty ; I found that it was a false imputation. I was then entreated to give him some appointment, provided he got a release from all his creditors. What I said upon that occasion was this, that I would make no promise, but that I would consider the matter when the release was obtained. Some suggestion was made to me at the time (I think it was by my son's wife, my daughter-in-law) that he might have an appointment to a registrarship in the country. I made no promise, neither did I give any en couragement to it. This was some time, if I recollect rightly, in the month of February in the present year. Information then reached me that there was so little hope of his being weaned from these courses that I found he had pursued the same thing at Paris. I then sent for Mr. Skirrow, and I begged him never to mention the subject to me again, for that I had determined never to appoint him. I am now told, but of that I had no knowledge, that in con sequence of the mq,nner in which I had received his wife, or his wife's letters, his wife gave him some encouragement to hope that, if an arrangement was made with his creditors, I might appoint him to Leeds. The consequence was that he was induced, I believe, to go down to Leeds upon that encouragement, and to act in the manner that you have heard. All that was unknown to me, and when I found from the information I received that there was no hope of his getting rid of these temptations to go upon the turf again, I made the communication that I have stated to you to Mr. Skirrow." Mr. Bovill asked—Did your lordship ever give any direc tions for any order, or draft order, to be made out for the purpose of appointing Mr. Bethell to the London registrar ship, which had become vacant by the resignation of Mr. Slingsby Bethell 2—Certainly not ; never. Did your lordship hear from 31r. Miller of his having dmwn ont such an appointment, and having had it engrossed 2—l heard of it since this inquiry has taken place, never before; I was astonished when I did hear of it. But Mr. Millar has, from no other motive I believe than a kind motive,on vari ous occasions solicited me to consider the propriety of ap pointing my son, pressing upon me that I had treated my son with more severity than I should have done another person. lam ashamed to have exhibited any emotion or weakness, but it is hardly possible for me to speak of these things without doing so. The Lord Chancellor further said he had no doubt that his son was led to do and say many things in the hope of producing a state of circum stances that would almost compel his father to make the appointment. The Chairman asked the Lord Chancellor if the appoint ment of Mr. Welch to the registrarship of Leeds was made by his lordship simply from his own examination of the names, and knowing who had applied, and what were their recommendations, or whether it was on the application of any other person. The Lord Chancellor replied :—lt must have been upon my own recollection and knowledge. You , see I knew that there must be a vacancy at Leeds, because of the circumstances • affecting Mr. Payne; •at least I thought it probable that there would be a vacancy at Leeds, and I had been desirous of appointing a barrister from the northern circuit ; consequently when Mr. Miller brought me the resignation of Mr. Wilde, and told me (which was a very unusual thing) that it was necessary to fill up the office immediately, from the circumstances I have mentioned to you, I had present to my mind the fact that the gentle 'man who had been most strongly recommended to me was Mr. Welch ; he was on the northern circuit, and at once, from my antecedent knowledge, I either wrote the name myself in the appointment that I signed, or directed Mr. Miller to fill in the name and give it to him immediately. The resignation came to me by surprise. I had no reason to expect it, and therefore it was done immediately. The Lord Advocate—The entry of Mr. Welch's name in that book is the 21st of May, I think, in the last book ?-1 am told by my secretary that it is immediately under the 21st of May. These books are kept in the secretary's office. The entry refers to the Attorney-General, " Northern Circuit sent several testimonials ?"—Yes, and the Attorney General of the County Palatine also sent a recommendation of Mr. Welch ; in fact, as Mr. Baron Martin observed to some gentlemen who told it to me, the recommendations I have received of Mr. Welch may be considered as compre hending the whole of the northern circuit, Mr. Edward Egerton—The testimonials were very high? —Yes ; and they were from a great many gentlemen. All the leaders of the circuit, in fact ?—Yes. The Lord Advocate—Your rordship was not aware, I presume, that Mr. Welch had been in the habit of lending money, either to your son or anybody else ? I had not the least knowledge of it. Indeed, my son had never pressed upon me Mr. Welch's name with any particular feeling, or made a particular request on his behalf. No doubt, origi nally he mentioned to me Mr. Welch as a gentleman whom he was friendly with. Mr. Miller, in his last examination, just following that of the Lord Chancellor, said that to the best of his recollec tion he considered he.was carrying out the intention of his lordship in the terms of the letter of the 6th July to Mr• Wilde. In the case of Mr. Payne, which was " almost, if not altogether, on all fours with this," the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Miller said, never objected to allowing Mr. Payne to retire upon a pension. The following letter is among the documents printed in the appendix : Letter of acknowledgment from Mr. R. Bethell to Mr. Welch. MY DEAR WELCH,—I have not replied to your former let ters, because I am really annoyed at your troubling me in the way you do. Nobody knows better than you do my pre_ sent circumstances—how impossible it is forme to make any repayments, as I do not know from one day to another what course my creditors may take. lam sorry that the opposi tion to the bill is such a costly affair, but I cannot assist you ; there can be no possible dispute between us as to the amount of liability ; but to relieve your mind (which is much more punctilious than it used to be), I owe you £1,050 money advanced, and some day or other I will either pay it, or at all events give you some sort of secu rity ; but at present Ido expect you not to bother me. I assure you I am harassed to death.—Yours, (Signed) R. BETRELL. My address will be 43, Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park. It appeared from the Rev. Mr. Harding's evidence that the friend whom he sent to communicate with Mr. WelCh with regard to the share of the money which he (Mr. Hard ing) considered was due to him, was a clergyman, the Rev. Josiah Bartlett. The Lord Advocate said—Who is this clergyman you sent down to Leeds ? The Rev. Mr. Harding—Mr. Bartlett, the Rev. Josiah Bartlett. Why did you choose a clergyman to go and ask for pay ment of this money ?—Because I thought that we were all acting as gentlemen, and a clergyman would be a proper person to act between us. You thought that he was the most appropriate person to send down upon the subject ?—The fact is this, I had con sulted him. The committee attempted to get the Rev. Josiah Bartlett before them, and an order for his attendance was twice served at the rev. gentleman's place of residence at Syden ham. Mr. Bartlett, however, appears to have left the house early in the morning, and his whereabouts could not be traced up to the time when the inquiry closed. There seems to have been no division in the committee on the report. The official account of the last day's sitting says :—" The committee deliberated. Draft report pro posed by the chairman, read Ist and 2d, amended and agreed to. Ordered to report, together with the minutes of evidence and appendix." Mr. Smiles, the secretary of the South Eastern Railway, was the plaintiff in an actionifor libel tried in the Court of Exchequer _yesterday. Mr. J. J. Hamilton, who has been proceeded against by the directors of the South Eastern Railway previously for iibel, had written to the Railway Times letters in which he charged Mr. Smiles with perjury and malappropriation of money. When the case was called on counsel for the defendant:offered a com plete withdrawal of the charges which had been made. After some discussion the apology was accepted, and a verdict for £250 damages entered for the plaintiff. A DARING DESERTER.—An extraordinary case of desertion occurred last week at Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France, where the 3d Regiment of Lancers is in garrison. A private of that regiment, named Huissou, when on duty at the entrance of the barracks between eleven and twelve at night, took advantage of the confusion caused by the simultaneous entrance of a number of men, who had received permission to stay out, to slip unperceived into one of the stables, where he saddled the horse be longing to the chief veterinary surgeon, and contrived to leave the barracks by a back gate, the key of which he had taken from the guard-house. His flight was not dis covered till five in the morning, when despatches were sent off in all directions ordering his arrest. Soon after a telegram arrived from Neuf-Brisach stating that Huissou had alighted at the principal hotel of that town at three o'clock, where he ordered a good breakfast to be prepared for the officers of his regiment who, he said, would soon be there. He also called for a breakfast for hhiself, which he ate and ordered to be placed to the account of the officers, and then rode off towards the bridge which separates the French town of Neuf-Brisach from the S wiss town Neuf-Brisach. On reaching the bridge he was stopped by a sentinel and ordered to show his papers. He pretended to feel for them in his pocket, but the moment the sentinel rested his musket to receive them, Huisson rode over him, and galloped across the bridge into Switzerland. The French gendarmes found the horse the next day at Saint-Louis, and it was given up to them by the Swiss authorities, but the deserter had escaped into the interior, and nothing has been heard of him since. LADVERTISEMERT.A— Holloway's Pills. — Protectors of Health.—ln the han -to-hand struggle for existence in the present day good health is everything. Holloway's purify ing, digestive, and laxative pills are admirably adapted for restoring soundness to invalids whose functions are so feebly performed that life itself seems most precarious. The stomach has its many maladies removed by a judicious use of those pills ; the torpid liver is roused by them to active secretion, and every other organ subserving diges tion is placed at its natural standard, and better fitted for its duties. It is impossible to have a doctor at our elbow at all seasons And places, but these pills will supplant that pp, 19 they universally azt bendeially is every ailment. The Atlantic Telegraph. Since the Great Eastern has been moved from Sheerness all the final arrangements for her great undertaking have been pushed forward to the ut most, and in the course of another few days she will be in a condition to start, though it is not probable that she will really move to sea before the 9th or 10th of July. She is now anchored in the channel, about seven miles below the Nore, swinging freely to the wind and tide, held only by a single six-ton Trotman anchor, and having a minimum depth of eight fathoms under her at low water. Since she has been moved from her old berth in the Medway the work of coaling her to the utmost has been steadily going forward. Half of her extra supply of 1,500 tons is already aboard, and the rest will be stowed away by the end of next week. With all her weights she will then draw a little over 33i ft., though with very nearly 24,000 tons on board. This com paratively slight immersion gives the best idea of her immense size, as aline-of-battle ship of only 2,500 tons draws seldom less than 28ift., and very often 30ft. Before leaving her moorings . in the Medway divers were sent down to examine the bottom of the ship, and they reported ,her tolerably clean, except - from mussels, which will' all drop. off before slie ' reaches Dover. The approaching voyage, however, is one of the very few when extreme foulness of the ship's bottom would be by no means a disadvan tage, as it will be rather difficult than otherwise to keep the Great Eastern .at the low rate of steaming required to pay out the cable with perfect safety. To insure this only the screw engines will be used on the voyage, the paddle engines being simply kept with banked-up fires in readiness for use on the port or starboard sidei in case of a beam wind on either quarter necessitating an assistance to the great ship's steerage way. Her crew will be about 200 men, and the full complement of all on board, including cable hands, staff of electricians, engineers, &c., a little over 300. Mr. Glasse starts with the massive shore-end for Ireland early next week. This enormous solid portion of the cable goes in a special vessel, and will be submerged from Valentia to a distance of 25 miles from the shore on Monday, the 10th. The end at sea will be buoyed to await the Great Eastern's arrival ; that on shore will be put in communication with the wires of the International and Magnetic Companies, which already give through communication with Valentia. When the Great Eastern arrives and the splice is, completed her voyage will instantly commence, a fine steamer called the Hawk accompanying her for a distance of some 30 or 40 miles. In this steamer will be the directors of the company and a fewiuvited. guests, but absolutely none not connected with the business of laying the cable will be allowed on board the Great Eastern. Twice a day, in the morning and in the evening, signals will be sent through from the ship to Valentia, stating where the vessel is, &c., and these will be regularly transmitted direct to London. Anything therefore occurring on board the ship will be instantly known in England, while, on the other hand, anything going wrong with the cable itself will be as quickly ascertained—not alone from the cessation of signals, but from the tests that can be applied to the end at Valentia. The paying-out machine is being fixed on board the ship, and the leading trough has also been completed along the deck. This latter is a plain timber frame, supporting a semicircular trough of iron, down which the cable is drawn to the paying out machine, the friction of its passage sufficing to keep it " taut," and obviate all chance of " kinks " entering the machine. All three tanks containing the cable have now been completely filled with water, and the wire, in fact, is as much submerged now as it will be at the bottom of the Atlantic—with this difference, that the pressure of the immense depths of the ocean will materially improve the condition of the cable by the compression of the gutta-percha. In these three tanks the temperature and quantity of water are kept precisely equal, and a series of electrical tests have been taken for the last three days, and will be continued for five days more, in order, from the results of all, to obtain a standard of what the condition of the cable should be while paying out. The contents of the three tanks—that is, the entire length of 2,500 miles of cable—have now been coupled up, and signals are sent through morning and evening. These signals show the in sulation and conductivity of the wire to be al,naost absolutely perfect, even in an electrical sense. Thus, even with the rough instruments, a message of four words was sent through yesterday in a minute and a quarter. The company, however, believe they have succeeded in designing instruments which can more than double this rate of signalling. But even tak ing the four words in a minute as a fair standard, the yield of profit from such a wire at the rate of £2 per word, which we believe is to be the charge, would be immense, and, allowing for_ repeats and service signals, amount to more than a million annually. Certainly all that science and skill can do has been done for the cable, and everything now depends on moderately fair weather for the voyage. If that aJditional good fortune should only be vouchsafed to the undertaking hourly communica tion with the most distant regions of North America may be confidently looked for on the 28th of July next. COUNTRY MARKETS MANCHES TER—TinraspAy. With the exception of some heavy rain last Friday even ing, the weather since our last report has continued hot and dry. During the same pei iod business has remained in much the same state as previously noted, a moderate consumptive demand having been experienced at the full prices required by holders. Our market this morning was moderately attended. English wheat was generally held for an advance of is per qr., but sales proceeded slowly. Foreigd the turn dearer. Fresh made flour advanced is per sack, at which few transactions occurred. Foreign unchanged. Oats and oatmeal in favour of sellers. Beans and Indian corn no material alteration. BIRMINGHAM-THURSDAY. At this day's market there was only a, small attendance of farmers, and wheat was about is per qr. dearer. Barley maintained its value. Oats 6d per.gr. dearer on the week. Beans and peas unaltered. Currencies :—English wheat, white, 43s to 47s ; red, 39s to 44s per 36 stone. Malting barley, 30s to 35s ; grinding, 22s to 25s per qr. Oats, 24s to 30s ; Irish, 21s to 24s per 30 stone. Beans, 42s to 45s ; and peas, 408 to 42s per qr. BRIS TOL-THURSPAY. On our market to-day there was aihert supply of Eng lishwheat, which sold freely at the full prices of last week. Foreign quite as dear, but business was restricted by the very limited number of samples on offer. Barley in good supply, and fully 6d per qr. higher. Oats wanted, at an advance of 6d per qr. Maize more inquired for. Beans and peas without change. EDINBTJAGH-WEDNESDAY. At to-day's market there was a fair attendance, and a good feeling prevailed throughout, wheat ma ki ng is more money. Average prices. Wheat, 41s 7d I Oats, 24s ld Barley, 2ss 5d 1 Beans, 3951 1d Wheat on the top, is 6d up. average, Os 9d up. Barley on the top, 2s Od up average, Os 4d up. Oats on the top, Os 3d down average, Os 9d up. Beans on the top, Os Gd up average, Os lld up. Total supply and sales. Wheat 934 qrs sold 631 Barley 209 qrs sold 68 Oats 1585 qrs sold 878 Beans 9B qrs sold 69 Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 37s Od; extra superfine, 35s Od ; superfine, 33s Od; fine, 31s Od. Births. BURNABY.—On the 25th inst., at 17, South-street, Park lane, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Burnaby, Grenadier Guards, of a daughter. MAYHEW.—On the 27th inst., at Wimbledon, Surrey, the wife of W. J. Mayhew, Esq., of a son. LEWIN.—On the 28th inst., at Tynwald Lodge, Spring field-road, St. John's-wood, the wife of D, Duncan Lewin, Esq., of twin daughters Marriages POIVELL—MARSHALL.—On the 27th inst., at Beddington Church, 'Captain Francis Graham Powell, late 24 Dra goon Guards, to Elizabeth, third daughter of George Marshall, Woodcote, Surrey. STUART - WORTLEY—VERSCHOYLE.—On the 29th inst., at St. Peter's, Pimli co, A rc hib a ld H . P. Stua rt-Wortley, eldest and only surviving son of the late Hon. Charles and Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley, to Augusta, the youngest daughter of Robert Verschoyle, Esq. Deaths. DENNIB.—On the 25th inst., at Clifton, Bristol, Mrs. J. Dennis, aged 90. DE DRUBINA.—On the 27th inst., at Surbiton, Miss Mary de Drusina, aged 81. ERSKINE.—On the 24th inst., at 8, Rutland-street, Edin burgh, Lieut.-Col. G. P. Erskine, late Paymaster, 11th Hussars. LAIRD.—On the 28th inst., at Birkenhead, Henry Ritchie Laird, Esq., aged 74. PROCTOR.—On the 27th inst., at Leighton Buzzard, Joseph Proctor, Esq., aged 64. London : Printed and Publibhed by WI L LIAM ANL/RIMS, of No. 112, t•itr..nd, Pi inter, at Trtz SUN utiLe, No 1:2, Strand, in the Precinct of tha KaToy, in the County of 1111ddleuez,....Friday, June 30, 1865. .??'; I