The Sun. — London, England, 1868-06-05 00:00:00

SARI i OE THE PUBLIC JOIMNALS, The Times does not think the personal and acrimonious squabbles which take place now and then in. the House of Commons at all likely to add to the dignity of the House. The discussion which took place on Thursday night was not very dignified. Public men have taken wonderfully to lettei-writing of late, but the Times does.not think the new custom has proved very salutary. Mr. Gladstone, as leader of the Opposition, would, perhaps, have acted with more dignity if he had refrained from an electioneering letter, but, as he chose to write one, no one has a Night to complain, provided his statements were ac :trate and his conclusions just. Now, on this point be is sufficiently justified. His letter has given mortal silence to the Government, because he has persisted in affixing to their declarations at the beginnine of the cession a meaning which they have since repudiated, and bee-apse, he holds them to all the consequences or expres issis they have laboured to explain away. They desire now that the world shall believe that they did not quite mean to pay the priests, and did not exactly mean to endow the university. The skirmishing was accordingly begun by Sir Thomas Bateson, who asked the Premier whether his attention had been directed to a letter " purporting to be writ' oi" by Mr. Gladstone, and how far . its statements were correct. Mr. Disraeli answered in his happiest vein of provocation. It was true his attention had been called to it, but his honour able friend had fallen into a trap, for the letter was with out doubt one of those effusions which, in election lan guage, are sometimes called squibs, and sometimes hoaxes. It appeared to him a gross caricature of Mr. Gladstone's least happy style, and, as it contained assertions which could not be proved, and which nothing but the excite ment of an election could justify, he had given no further consideration to it. We may judge of the strength the forms of the House possess from the fact that Mr. Gladstone was obliged to restrain himself till the House went into committee. Then he rose, and, 'titer declaring himself the author of the letter, proceeded to justify it. On some points his speech appears forced—as where he attributes to the Government a scheme for the " endowment " of the Presbyterian Church on the' strength of a letter from Lord Derby's private secretary, tvritten fifteen months ago, which letter, being in answer to the one received by the then Premier, asking for an increase of the Regium Donum, stated that the " subject should be borne in mind" before the next year's estimates were prepared. Surely never was so small a matter made to bear so portentous an interpretation Even Lord Derby's Government was not bound by so vague a promise; and if it had been so bound, the present Government, as Mr. Disraeli very justly observed, is not Lord Derby's. But though Mr. Gladstone may have over-laboured his proofs, he has, we think, a general justification for what he wrote. If the Government in the early part of the session did not intend "to endow the other Churches, including the .Roman," if they did not intend " to create a Roman Catholic University and to pay its expenses out of the taxes of the country," according to the terms of Mr. Gladstone's letter, then we' can only say thcy expressed themselves in the most unfortunate Never did any body of men so fail to commu nicate their meaning to those who heard them speak and to those who read their speeches. Whatever their inten tions really were, it will be in the recollection of our readers thatpeople of all classes and politics did believe them to propose pretty much what Mr. Gladstone attributes to them. They must, therefore, not complain of Mr. Gladstone or an. else for sharing in what they must admit to have - been a universal delusion. The fact that they have teen, as they assert, so grossly misunderstood should rather teach them, and especially their leader, to deal less in tae ambiguous and obscure, and to cultivate distinct and detailed statement. 7 lie country would not then fall into so gross an error as to believe that the Government was about to pay the priests, when, in fact, it was only a question of " the introdection of chaplains into prisons, and other arrangements of that kind," as explained by Mr. Disraeli yesterday evening. manner. SZandard thinks Mr. Gladstone would have been well advised to let judgment go against him by default in the matter of the endowment of the Catholic Church. A lamer attempt to justify a malevolent misrepresentation was Dever made. The right hon. gentleman asserted in his letter that the Government were willing to endow the Roman Catholic Church, and, by way of earnest, pro tic:sod to endow a Roman Catholic University. Well, vhat were the grounds upon which he last night justified himself for attributing to them such an intention ? There was, as Mr. Disraeli well said, but oue—the forced interpretation of a letter written by Lord Derby's private secretary last year, in which he said that, the estimates having been already passed, it was im positle to do anything that year to increase 'the amount of the Regium Donum, into a promise to endow Churches this year. Mr. Gladstone quoted again the speech of Lord Mayo, a speech quoted by Radical speakers and w:iters ad 'nauseam, but which, after the noble earl's meat Inst night, they will be very shy of There is nothing in Lord Mayo's ustify the alsumption • that the Govern willing to endow the Roman Catholic 11, a measure of which Mr. Gladstone said last t--and the Standard invites particular attention to his `far be it from me to ,condemn ;" and had his tt)`tcluno, v - cr, 1 ,3 tv inetit wcr wcrls lent themselves to such an interpretation the speech of the Prime Minister would have immediately rectified the error. - But the fact is that nobody ever supposed that the Government entertained the idea of endowing the Catholic Church cr of endowing a Catholic University. 1. - here is conclusive proof, as Lord Mayo pointed out, that his language- was not susceptible of that interpreta tion, in the fact that the Catholic prelates made the want of an endowment one of their principal objections to the Government proposals. The whole charge of an intention to endow Church and University, resting, as it does, upon nothing more than words of Lord Mayo, pointing to the establishment in Ireland of a religious equality such as exists in England, in spite of an Esta blished Church, is, as Mr. Disraeli said, a frivoloUs one— we will acid, a false one—which is seen through by the country, and will cover those who make it with con fusion. There are few subjects, says the Post, which furnish such rich materials to an orator addressing a popular assembly for making a striking and impressive speech as the anoma lies and the inconsistencies of the Irish Church Establish ment. It is therefore unnecessary to say that when that orator was Mr. Bright, and when his audience was com posed of such as thought proper to visit the Amphitheatre in Liverpool on Wednesday night, the occasion was turned to the best possible account. The Irish Church, as an establishment, is, and always has been, most cordially hated by Mr. Bright, and, unlike some who have recently declared themselves its opponents, he is not open to the taunt of having ever entertained different opinions in respect to the question of its disestablishment. Th e s t or y, though probably new to many of Mr. Bright's bearers at Liverpool, has been only too often told. It may be summarised almost in a single sentence. The popula tion of Ireland amounts to nearly six millions, of whom four millions and a half are Roman Catholics. Of the residue perhaps 750,000 are members of the Established Chute.. The revenues of that Church amount, however, to between 2700,000 and £BOO,OOO per annum, being the produce of national property valued atbetween £13,000,000 and 1 '14,030,000. These facts being practically undisputed, the question necessarily arises whether it is just and exp.:: client for the State to appropriate this enormous sum for the religious uses of a small minority of the Irish popula tion, leaving the majority to provide as best they can for their - own religious culture. Why, asks the Herald, does Mr. Bright post down to the North to incite a gathering of Welshmen at Liverpool to labour f o r the strengthening of their Liberal represen attouin the House of Commons, by parading before them the alleged iniquities of the Irish Church and the reasons degraded? why it should be pl un d ere d an d that the member fo r llirpinghamhad a seret motive in bringing this question before an assembly which he himself described as composed of " Nonconformists in Church matters and Liberals in politics?" Not to put too fine a point upon it, does Mr. Bright to bribe the Dissenters o fWales to throw the r weight into the scale 0 , inst the Church of England in Irelandb promise that the turn of the Church of England y in shall come afterwards? lie sedulously disclaims any such intention. Ile insists that this is "not a questio n of s meld:Es." lint he protests too much. He disclaims Establish claims the analogy of the two cases with a k ind of "aside," a per ceptible wink. Over and over again he tells his audience of We!sh Nonconformists, within a few minutes after the close of a speech from one of the most able and nue(); mising denouncers of the Church Establishment in - ti7e . r r :ncipftliiy, that "talc question before the country is really not one of State li s tablishments;" but he goes on to remind them a few sentences later that " the Christian Church in the United King dom is composed of many. Cl.ureheg, and clearly the establishment of any one of the ei must be arm offelmco to the, other."ember fur ,-,lllughain strLscts to be very guadd, but n m o one can atHappr,lieri,l his meaning. He desired to encourage the 1 ,Ve!,1 1)1:;A:ulters to join in the crusade against the Irish ll.L.!,iishment by something like a pledge that their little :in . 11,,i:;:e5 should neNt be indulged, and at the Louie time , not to compr , mlse the disingenuous posi- Gla , lstone, that Lis policy against the Irish nal,t not be construed as -a menace to establish ;il general. I.Cci prote:As against the " explaliation " I OUster.4 of their proposals for endowment, and th::, country to bear in mind the real Las. A ~; ,~, , i,.. ~. ; ,•!•, .•1. ( , :;,:t, (it; co . Linues) is in all probability near at IN:r. Ibody .Innounced that next Thursday he iv(,uld mov , 2 for l e ave t) brin:; in a bill relating to the IN;P:istur.tion, and 'nob:Ably intended to hasten it. But l';nt we trust? Tie bill itself may be part of the t;tw.ies e,f delay. Arr. Childers would take the matter out thr hands (f Ministers, and enforce an early dissolution g-antlng the supplies for a term of nine months only, A-g,:nst this course the Chancellor of the Exchequer pro te,,ts. 1 here is no necessity for it, he says, the Govern nelq., fully int en di ng t o h as t en th e di sso l u ti on as muc h as But no (me can be sure, that the Government remain of this mind, or that Mr. Hunt's words, like tloie of Mr. Disraeli and Lord Mayo, do not really mean tni3 reverse of that whi c h th ey seem pla'inly to state. Is he spelking in a natural or non-natural sense? The trust of the - House of Commons in the statements of Ministers is pretty nearly exhausted. • Mr. Childers is well-advised in askinv for more solid security. STATISTICS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. The Statistical Abstract for 1867 shows that the gross revenue of the last financial year amounted to £2 6s. 2d. per head of population ; only once in the last twelve years —viz., in the year 1865-66—has the ratio of taxation been lower than this, and only once has it been so low—viz., in 1858-59. The expenditure, however, exceeded the income, and amounted to £2 7s. 3d. per head ; but that ratio has been exceeded in six of the last twelve years. This state ment does not include the expenditure upon fortifications, which amounts to about half a million a year, but which is not taken from the year's income, but bor rowed on terminable annuities (1885), the annual pay ment of which goes to swell the charge for the National Debt. The unredeemed funded debt had been reduced to 2741,190,328 on the 31st of March last, the reduction in the year being due to the conversion of stock into terminable annuities ; the terminable annuities at that date, £3,447,270, represented a capital of £47,930,222, or double the amount on the 31st of March, 18.67 ; the unfunded debt in March last was £7,911,100. In 1867 there were imported and retained for home consumption 1411 b. of corn per head of our population, 40 . 551 b. of raw sugar, 3 . 68113. of tea, 1 . 351 b. of tobacco, 4 . 191 b. of butter, 3 . 321 b. of cheese, 1'921b. of bacon and hams, 5 . 101 b. of potatoes, 0'45 gallons of wine, 13'19 eggs, 0'27 gallons of spirits, and 0 . 71 gallons of home made spirits paid excise duty. The number of vessels registered as belonging to the United Kingdom at the end of 1867 was 28,773, of 5,753,063 tons, whereof 2,931, of 901,062 tons, were steamers. 1,210 vessels, of 282,990 tons, were built and first registered in the United Kingdom in 1867. The quantity of British wheat sold in 150 market towns was only 2,724,673 qrs., 400,000 qrs. fewer than in 18436, and more than 8,000,000 qrs. fewer than in 1865. The capital in the Lands of savings banks at the end of the year 1867 was £36,476,408 in the trustee banks, and £9,749,929 in the post-office banks, both skew ing an increase in the year, but of course the post - office banks increasing most largely. The December average of banknotes in circulation reached £4,1106,120: Bank of England, £24,447,000 ; English country banks, £5,187,025 ; Scotland, £5,055,794 ; Bank of Ireland, £2,713,4:0; Irish pr:vate banks, £3,702,901. The Bank rate of discount averaged only 21 per cent. for the year ; in only one of the last fifteen years, 1862, has the average been so low. The average price of Consols was 93. The population in the middle of the year was 30,157,473, exclusive of army, navy, and seamen abroad. At the in spection of elementary schools in Great Britain by her Majesty's inspectors, 1,391,100 children were found pre sent ; the eatcational statist es sliou'd include Ireland. The number of paupers in receipt of relief in England on,ihe Ist of January, 1863, is stated at 1,034,823, but the return does not include vagrants ; in Ireland, 72,925; in Scot land, on the 14th of May, 1867, 121,169. The year's expenditure for the relief of the poor reached £6,959,840 in England ; £807,631 in Scotland ; £797,134 in Ireland. The committals for indictable offences advanced t 0 .18,971 in England, 3,305 in Scotland, and 4,561 in Ireland. The emigrants of the year were 195,9c3. The annual commemoration ceremonies were observed yesterday at Eton. The 17arquis of Worcester has been appointed deputy lieutenant for Gloucestershire. George Recne, the man who shot a poacher at Leicester on Sunday morning, bus been committed for trial. A town's meeting is about to bo held in Derby to petition in favour of the Government Telegraph Bill. TLe Liberals of North Durham propose to bring forward Mr. Isaac Lowthian Bell, of Washington Hall. A new ar.d haadsorne building, erected as an institution for tLe blind, was formally opened at Bradford on Wednesday. Mr. Samuel Motley has subscribed £5OO towards defray ing tho expensos of the South Wales Electoral Association. It is st:.ted that the Irish Church Commissioners will not be able to present their report before the end of Jnne, or early iu July. The Bath and West of England Society, and the Southern Counti; s AsFeciation have combined. Their next meeting is to be held a: Southampton. Robert Chambers, ex-champion of the Tyne, died yesterday morning at Newcastle of consumption, after lingering some weeks. His age was 37. A boiler-maker has murdered his wife at Wigan. Ire kicked her brutally on the lower portion of the body, from the c ffects of which she died in a few seconds. They had lived unhappily together. A strike of boiler-makers at St. Helen's began on Wed nesday in consequence of their wages having been reduced 2s. per wetk. Two of the men have been taken into cus tody for a breach of the peace. A new society for the working men of Grantham has just been • rganised in ti.at town, under tho title cf the Protes tant ConseiVative AFsociaVun. A considerable number of working inert have tdre:idy joined the asscciation. flit little change is roro: ted in the aspoct of the stake in Sou:h St“flo:d. The meeting that was expi3cted to tako place for the adjustment or differeuees betwtma the maters and men Las not yet been held. At a rn.?etiog of Liber,ls, lip 11 on Wednesday night at Darlington, !t was &cid. d to l-ave tho election of a candi date for no new censti.urney to a (3outtniitee, scat candi date to hold iu tLe maiu the views of Mr. Gladstone and the Libertil paty. A great fire occurred at south Shiers yos!erday, by which the new Elizabethan mansi,in of Mr. Stevenson, the mayor, was destroyed. The family Lad a narrow escape. The fire broke out in thy upp r part of the house, and its progress was ace lerated by a gale which was blowing at the time. Another case of ratteuing in the notor7ous saw trade is reported. Three lands have beet, stolen la cause as many men would not submit to a piece of tyranny. When they were off work at Christmas they claimed the usual allow ance, hut the " box " would not allow the claim. The mcn, there-foie refused to lay, and consequently the ' awls wish' which they were working l ave been stolen, and the pro mises of the employer broken into before the theft could be accemplisht.d. Lord Echo, M.P., one of the Trades Union Commis sioners, inspr'ctk d some collieries at Whitwood on Wed nesday', fur the purPes) of becoming acquainted with the co-partnery principle upon which they are conducted. He expressed his great admix Lion of the system, and hoped that it might b.) ( atended throughout the country, being con vinced that if masters combined as mucli as the men the latter won d be the losers in the suicidal war between capi ta and Lbour which would follow. A man named Kay, residing at Ecelesfield, has been sub jected to Lynch law. His cha,racteristies are spoken of as "L ar d working and hard drinking," and on the day just named ha took it into his head to destroy his childreu's clothing-- tho product of their mother's industry—togethor with the household furniture. The neighbours became indignant, and, having caught KAy, they trundled Lim through the streets on a barrow, and sub...equently blackened his face and drenched him at a pump. Mr. Adderh y, true to the promise he made last year to Mr. Remington Mills, has introduced a bill to stop all fur ther payments out of the Consolidated Fund to the West Indiax clergy. Life interests aro, however, to be respected. Ultimately the country will save £20,300 a year now paid to "divers bishops, archdeacons, ministers, catechists, and f, , choolmaiters."—A Conservative Government thinks that the colonists ought to p:.y their own clergy, and, while making such an ado about the die-establishment of the Irish Church, disenilows the Colonial Church with perfect sang froid.— English Independent. The Court of Common Pleas yesterday refused an appli cation made by the Solicitor. General, asking that certain cases as to the rating of apartments (under the Reform Bill of 1.,61) might be taken earlier than their position on the paper might warrant. The case raised a very important question as to liow large houses let in separate apartments, and in which houses the landlords did not reside, should be rated. Three thousand cases of rating, it was said, in Sunderland depended upon the decision of the court, and the decision WC uld also have considerable influence in other large towns. A Inc eting has been held in Gloucester to promote a movement for the restoration of the Cathedral in that It Was stated that the Ecclesiastical Commis sloners had Offered to give £10;000 for the pur pose, that another £lO,OOO had been promised in response to circulars, and that the Dean and Chapter would devote £2,000 to the object. Mr. Antrobus, high sheriff of the county, presided, and Mr. W. 11. Gladstone, M.P., Lord Egerton of 'Patton, Earl Grosvenor, and other gentlemen were present. About £OO was promised in lettcr.3 read a► the meeting. The eighty-sixth assembling of the charity children of the metropoli.-; at St. Paul's Cathedral took place yester day, when it was calculate i tha' there could not have been less than 15,000 people Resent, including 5,000 children. Under the dome of the Cathedral seats were ranged, riAng to an immense he'ght. Upon these the children were seated, while the congregation occupied the floor and the whole extent of the choir. The Lord Mayor attended i I State. Before prayers, the 150th Psalm was sung by the children, assisted by the choir. After the Ist and 2nd lessons the " Te Deum" and " Jubilate" were given also by the choir. Before the prayer for the Queen, the Coronation Anthem, " Zadock the Priest," was sung by the choir, the children joining in the words " God save the King, long live the King," and the effect, as may readily be imagined, was very fine. The sermon was preached by Dr. Harold Browne, Bishop of Ely. The service concluded with 31 anders "Hallelujah Chorus," by the choir and children. irliE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1868. MR. BRIGII7' AT LIVERPOOL. 40. Yesterday morning Mr. Blight was entertained at breakfast in the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, by the Liberal Association of that town. The body of the ball was filled by the leading Liberals of the district, and the boxes were occupied by a brilliant assemblage of ladies. Mr, G. S. Rathbone pre sided, with Mr. Bright, M.P., on his right, and Mr. Vernon Harcourt on his left. After a few opening remarks from the chairman— Mr. MACH 4E moved a resolution expressing gene ral satisfaction with the extension of the franchise secured by the recent Act for Amending the Re presentation of the people, approving the resolution for the disestablishment of the Irish Church, and rejoicing in the union of the Liberal party in favour of a plicy of equal justice to the whole kingdom. Lieut.-Colonel TRIMBLE: seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN introduced Mr. Vernon Harcourt, who addressed the meeting at some length in sup port of the resolution. Mr. R. GLADSTONE then moved a resolution ex pressing the deep gratitude of the meeting to Mr. Bright for the assistance he has given in securing to his country the great Liberal measures of the last 25 years, and especially thanking him for his ser vices to the cause of freedom during the present Parliament. Mr. R. MUSGROVE seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. Mr. BRIGHT, on rising to acknowledge the resolu tion, was received with great cheering. He said— When I was invited to meet some gentlemen con nected with the Liberal party in Liverpool at breakfast, I expected that I should meet from 50 to 100 of them on that occasion that was to be partly social, partly conversational, and partly politica! ; but I find myself now face to face, I suppose, with at least 600, probably 700 people—(cries of " More") in this hall, and also, if I turn on every side iu the galleries, by ladies who I presume take a commend able interest in the great public question of the day. (Cheers.) The resolution which you have been kind enough to pass expresses approval generally of my political conduct during the last five-and-twenty years. I need not tell you, I hope, that it is the very highest satisfaction to any perscn who has laboured in the public service to receive the appro bation and sympathy of a large portion of his coun trymen. (Cheers.) I have been now for 25 years a member of the House:of Commons—(hear, hear) —for 30 years I have actively engaged in political labour. During that time I think it may be said that we have seen more legislative changes of a financial character than have occurred in this coun try during the whole period precedii'g that time, going back as far as the Revolution of 1633. (Cheers.) If you turn back in your minds to the Parliamentary history of this country before the Reform Bill you will find that nearly the whole of the politics of the country were centred in foreign affairs. (Hear, hear.) And almost all the names that appear in the Parliamentary history of this country before that period—the period of the Re form Bill—all those great names were distinguished by patriotism displayed in the great Parliamentary contests—not on home, but almost entirely on ques tions of foreign policy. (Hear, hear.) We had wars during almost the whole of the period, and the policy of those wars was necessarily discussed. There were great questions of finance, and the great and lamentable question of a vast and ever-growing taxation ; and upon these subjects, of course, great speakers and great statesmen might do that which would make great names; but during that period the actual English nation within the geographical limits of the kingdom here, of Great Britain and Ireland, was almost, if not altogether, neglected. (Hear.) Nothing could have been worse than our finances ; nothing worse than our grievous and nu -equal taxation ; nothing worse than the continued ignorance in which the English population were left ; nothing more cruel, execrable, and barbarous than our code of punishment, and particularly with regard to the sanguinary capital punishments con stantly inflicted. (Cheers.) But if we look to all manner of home policy on all questions which really affect the true greatness, the true progress, and the true happiness of the people, we find that Parlia ment cared for none of these things. Our Prime Ministers and Cabinet statesmen and our Mo.;archs devoted almost the whole of their attention to a policy and course of proceeding which we now look back upon with astonishment when we see their influence upon the condition and inte rests of the nation—not only with astonishment, but wi 11 lamentation and actually with horror. (Cheers.) Now, in 1832, we turned over a new le.tf, for then the people became better represented, and, as was very natural, very much more cared for. (Hear, hear.) For 30 years I have been con nected, in one way or another, sometimes obscurely, sometimes in a more prominent position, with almost all the great questions that have been dis cussed by Parliament, and which have been accepted by the nation ; and I may say, I think, without any special boast, that I have regarded all these questions apart from the interests of party, and have tried to view them in what may be termed a simple: and natural sense. Dies it ever strike you, in looking over the tremendous fights we have seen on the various questions of the last thirty years, how simple these questions appear to us - now when we are out of the battle, when victory has been won, and when we can look at them without any of the disturbing influences which then so much ex c it e d th e coun t r y ? I l oo k b ac k particularly to one of these questions--perhaps the greatest question—which first -brought me prominently into public life—the repeal of the corn laws. (Applause.) A new generation has grown up since the repeal of the corn law in 1846: Young men—under 40—who are little acquainte I ith the circumstances of that great contest, can scarcely believe the amount of excitement created, -the anger that was aroused, and the spirit of turbulence that was raised over many parts of the country—how country gentlemen —even dukes —threatened to leave the country if the corn laws were repealed. (Laughter.) I recollect an agricul tural labourer, in asmock frock, in one of the agri cultural towns in Wiltshire, when he heard that, made this consolatory remark. He said—" They beant a goin' to tak' t' laud wi"em, be 'em ?" (Great laughter and cheers.) Well, looking back upon this, I say that if the corn law had been in existence during last year and this year—during the time from the harvest of 1866 to the harvest which we are now about to gather—l believe, considering the time we have had to pass through, that that law, if it had been continued, would have involved the overthrow of everything else in the country which the people are accustomed to value —your Church, your peerage, your Monarchy itself. There is no one of these institutions that could have withstood the turn of events that must Lave been excited in this country by the sufferings of millions of the people. (Cheers.) Just so with other measures which have been dealt with during the same inter val—the . question of monopoly in sugar, of the monopoly in ships, in the navigation laws. Why, all these were questions that were fraught with frightful animosity by those who were supposed to be profiting by these monopolies. Yet, now they ate gone, we look back with astonishment that any body could ever have defended them. We feel how much the country has gained by their entire aboli tion. Take, for instance, as an illustration, the question of the taxes upon newspapers. (Cheers.) I consider that the removal of the taxes upon news papers—the advertisement, stamp, and paper duties —one of the greatest triumphs and blessings achieved in our time. (Cheers.) It is a measure for which we are indebtet: very much more than to any other member of the present 1 louse of Corn mou.s to my right hon. friend Mr. Milner Gibson. (Cheers.) When the paper duty came to be abo lished you recollect how much it was struggled against. Mr. Gladstone, who was then Chancellor of the Exchequer, was thwarted one session by the conduct of the House of Lords, and in the fol lowing session we had that resolution—which never can be too much applauded—(cheers)— which forced the troposition for repeal of the duty upon the House of Peers, and it was accepted by them. (Cheers.) Well, has th Ire in our time— within any time in England—been a measure car ried by Parliament which has so largely promoted education and instruction as that? Take this very country during the last seven years when so much suffering existed during the cotton famine. Every man and every woman in my end of the country was informed of the cause of the distress ; and when men are told the cause of their suffering, when they know that it has not been brought about inten tionally, not by any injustice of other men, they learn to be patient—(cheers)—and they abstain from that anger and that violence which suffering naturally promotes among a population. (Hear, hear.) 1 believe that during that period we were very much indebted to the newspapers which are now so cheap and universal. What did the oppo nents of that measure say ? They—the Times and other papsrs—eail that the penny papers would be made up of paragraphs and leaders taken from the dear papers. Now, I believe, that the penny papers write just as good leaders as dear papers. They said, further, that we should have a news paper press that woull be Unmoral, that would be slanderous, that would be libellous, and that would be mischievous in the country ; whereas nothing is more clear and more universally admitted than that the character of the newspaper press in all these things has been gaining and improving for many years past, and that at this moment there is nothing whatever to be said in favour of a dear, ancient press over the cheap newspapers brought into life by the abolition of the taxes upon newspapers. (Cheers.) Then we had another great measure which I like to look back upon with special plea sure, and that is the treaty with France. (Cheers.) I need not mention to you the name which must for ever be inseparably connected with that noble treaty. (Cheers.) It was one of the greatest works certainly ever accomplished by any citizen for the advantage of any country. Since that treaty passed there has been a growing friendliness, not only be tween the Governments, but between the peoples of England and France; the "spirited policy" of a late aged Minister is gradually passing away ; and there is a fair hope that the tranquillity of Europe will not again at au early period—l hope that it never may—be ststurbed by a contest between England and France. (Cheers.) But there were persons in the House of Commons, and a large party, opposed to that treaty. Tue present Prime Minister and the bulk of his supporters were op posed b it. In fact, there has been no great and good measure in England to which they have not been opposed, and which they did not oppose to the utmost of their po Fier. (Cheers.) I might refer to one or two other questions—to the question of the Government of India. In 1853 the present Lord Halifax—the i Sir Char:es Wood—made - a speech in the House of Commons of five hours' length, chiefly in defence of the Indian Company. I felt it to be my duty to oppose it—and I spoke after his long speeer. 1 recollect that we took up the whole time of the house from five o'clock id the evening till midnight. Ile spoke five hours ia de- Lilco of the company, and it only took me two hours to demolish it. (Cheers and laughter.) I am afraid you will think I am vain in making use of such an expression ; but the fact is the com pany's life was prolonged to five years afterwards, when the sad mutiny occurred in India. Then that which men would not concede to argu ments that could not be answere 1 they con ceded to the force of the terrific events which had happened in the British dependencies in India. (Cheers.) Then about the same time we come to that unfortunate event, the war with Russia. You know, many of you, the course which I took with reference to that war. I argued, from the Blue books and other documents and facts, that the war was altogether unnecessary, and that it must fail of any good result, either as to Turkey or Great Bri tain. Well, I shall not go into any detail about it, but I think now, when we look back upon the events that then excited the violent tempest of coademna tion which overtook the few men who were opposed to the war, we shall at least come to the conclusion that the matter was very doubtful indeed. (Cheers.) I will say no more than that it may be left, if you like, a point, of dispute whether there was any ground for that war or not. My further experience an I consideration of it forces me to the coneu that on no public question dtvin,g my lifetime have I been more entirely right than I was with regard to that unhappy and saaguinary contest. (Cheers.) I believe the sick man 'at Constantinople is sick still. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) I believe, fur ther, that the outbreak of that war has led to almost double armaments throughout Europe— (cheers)—that it has vastly increased the military spirit, and has produced an enormous augmentation of the taxation and expenditure of the Government for military purposes. (Cheers.) Well, then, the one great question to which reference has already been made is that of the Reform Bill. In 1558 I was commissioned by a conference in Loudon to prepare a bill to be submitted to Parliament. It was prepared, and was discussed considerably in the country, but it was not submitted to Parliament because the Government of Lord Derby, which was then in office, proposed and did, indeed, submit to the house, a bill which was afterwards rejected. The fundamental basis of the bill was, I may say, household suffrage for the boroughs, and a reduc tion, which had been before proposed and carried in the House of Commons, of the county fran chise to £lO. There was a distribution of seats, which I venture to say will be a very good -dis tribution when we get it, and we are making progress to it. It proposed that no borough with a population under 8,000 should remain a borough or return members to Parliament, and it proposed that no borough with less than 16,000 of population should return more than one member to Parliament; and these seats S 3 gained were to he transferred to the large constituencies. For instance, I proposed to give six (four additional) members to Liverpool, and I proposed to divide Liverpool into three compartments as it were, each of which should return two, which I thought was the proper way of permitting whatever there is of difference of opinion in your town to be fairly re presented. (Hear, hear.) I did not have recourse to that miserable, false, odious, and unconstitu tional proposition which is called the minority clause, by which it has been sought to cripple and enfeeble all the great borough constituencies of the kingdom. (Cheers.) For my part I agree with Lord Derby and with Mr. Disraeli that that is one of the most unconstitutional propositions ever made to Parliament, that it tends to the utter destruc tion of representation, and, if I am not greatly mis taken, it will be found in practice to be so odious that it will not then be long before it is abolished. (Cheers.) I shall only be surprised if any man who has any self-respect will offer him self as a candidate for the minority in any of these boroughs. But that Reform Bill which I pro posed was not carried, as you know, and in 1866 Mr. Gladstone brought forward a measure of more moderate dimensions. You recollect what those gentlemen did who oppose everything. They op • posed that, and they said—for this was their chid argument—that it was very dangerous, that it put you at a point where you could not stop, and that there was household suffrage a long way down, to which you would inevitably come if you went as far as Mr. Gladstone proposed ; and household suffrage was everything that was to be avoided, and every thing that was destructive to the Constitution of the country. Having got rid of Mr. Gladstone's bill through the weakness of Lord Russell's Govern ment in not dissolving Parliament, and in going out ,of office, this Govermnelit came in, and finding that they could not remain in Parliament next Session a fortnight unless they were prepared to introduce a Reform Eill, what did they do? Ins!eed of going gradually down to the fourth story, to the basement, by steps and landings, as might have been the case under Mr. Gladstone's proposition, and which they so much dreaded, they threw themselves boldly out of the window— (cheers and laughter)—till the whole party was found exhausted, shaken, bruised, and - bleeding on the pavement. (Cheers and laughter.) Now, all those measures I have referred to have been op posed by the party that is now in power. Is it reasonable to say that that rarty has been wise, or patriotic, or successful ? There is not one of those measures that I have not heard Mr. Dis racli object to in the strongest language. I have sat opposite to hitn for 25 years ; I have heard almost every speech he has made; I have seen his course, and the course of his party, and I am bound to . say that they are a laxly of statesmen that I should not like to follow at all, and if I wished the true interests of the country to be consulted should not like as my advisers men who have been either dishonest or ignorant upon all great questions which have occupied the attention of Parliament and of the country during the last quarter of a century. (Cheers.) Well, I have for myself a more pleasant retrospect than some of those men must have. (Cheers.) I recollect some years ago—it was one evening after Mr. Disraeli hal been making a speech in favour of his clients—ilaughter)—l was walking from the House of Commons with my lamented friend, Mr. Cobden, and he was speaking of the extraordinary spectacle of a man of Mr. Disraeli's powers and genius giving everything up to a cause in which he felt confident be could not believe, and he made to me this observation. He said, " What a retrospect that man must have ! He seems to forget this— that by and bye, so far as this world is concerned, there will be nothing left but retrospect to any of us." I remember well the touching solemnity of his language, and as I relate this anecdote you will see how much it affords the key to the grand and noble life of him who used the expression to which I have just referred. (Cheers.) Well, now, having just traced this gentleman's conduct for the last 25 years, we come to another question in which they are to take their old course, and Mr Disraeli to take his old - course. The party, probably because they believe it is right, are to support the Irish Church, and Mr. Disraeli, holding precisely the opinion on the Irish Church which we hold, is to go with that party to lead them, and to maintain power if he can by supporting that which they wish, but that which he knows to be wrong. But I hope and believe that the result in this case will be what it has been in other cases to which I have referred, that the good sense and the intelligence of the people of the United Kingdom will be more powerful than the prejudice and the ignorance and selfishness of those by-whom this rotten institution of the Irish Church is defended. (Cheers.) Don't we all feel as Englishmen that Ireland, as it now is, and has been for many years, is our weakness and our disgrace? I recollect dining at the table of one of the most eminent men in politics and in the Parliament of this nation, at which was present an Irishman, a Protestant and a large landed proprietor, and who had filled the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland. Sir James Graham was present on that occasion, and he turned to this Irish gentleman and he said—" You are a large landed proprietor in the south of Ireland, you are a Protestant, and you know Ireland perfectly well in the district in which you live. Now, what woald happen if a French - force were to land in Ban try Bay And the answer of . this Irish Protestant landlord, an d offiCieiens he .had been, and iatietately 'acquainted with the country, was this—"lt would be received with universal acclamation throughout the whole of the south of Ireland." Is not this a matter worthy the consideration of thoughtful Englishmen, that you must have a portion of your country, within four hours' sail of Holyhead, in which the population to a very large extent is hos tile to connexion with Great Britain, anitn ited by passions wholly opposed to the Imperial Parliament and to the Imperial Crown ? If there be this weak-. uess, whence does it arise ? It arises from that which is discreditable and disgraceful to us, that we have not'known how to govern, or to permit the country to be governed, upon "principles which are just and - which are acceptable to its population. We continue to our own times the ancient policy of the conquest of Ireland, an I we continue it in that spe cial thing, the Church—a matter of religion, in which, if you wound a man at all, if he cares for his religion, you wound him in the very tenderest part. (Hear, hear.) And the Tory party again prefer that Ireland be disappointed, and that that Church should remain; and that the union between the two countries should be an unreal union. They prefer that the empire should be thus weakened, that the Parliament should be discredited, and - that the lustre of the Crown should be dimmed. They prefer all this rather than that a change should b made wlich all thoughtful an 1 Christian in m ia every part of the world outside this kingdom have agreed is one which ought to have been made genera'ions ago. (lie .r hear.) I charge. upon Mr. Disraeli and his friends that they were fan - waters of dis cord in this kingdom —that they are endeavouring to s:t up ag Lin those cries out of which come some of the greatest evils with which nations ctn be afflicted. The " No Popery" cry was a cry of great pod er iu days far • past. Whether its power is wholly gone we shall. have - an opportunity of seeing within the next six months.. I am happy to believe that one of the great blessings of the cheap, and universal, and honourably written newspaper press, will be found to be that that cry now will have lost its power, and that we shall find than the intellect, thought, and civilization, and sense, justice, and morality, and of true Christianity of the people of the United Kingdom, will rise superior to that cry, will wholly disregard it, and will suppress the pretensions to power of the Ministry and party who have sought to use it. (Cheers.) Liverpool has not been quite so advanced upon some of these matters as one would wish to see it. I recollect 25 years ago saying some things that were not con sidered respectful of the political conduct of the constituency of Liverpool ; but there is no town in the kingdoM that I know of that has gained mere by the great changes of the last 25 years than Liver pool has gained, and I rejoice to believe that as you have made such great advances in your commercial importance, you have made, if not a corresponding, at least a great and sensible advance in your politi cal condition. Now you have before you two poli tical leaders. The one is in office, but hardly' in power; the other is in power, because he lives and gains every day in the confidence and affections of his eountryinen. (Cheers.) The one who is in office is willing to lead in everything that is politically evil, although I am quite unable to charge him with believing in the good of that evil. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Disraeli understands these ques tions, and in another position he would say of them just what we say ; but his whole life and purposes are given up to objects of personal aggrandisement and ambition. (Cheers.) Unfortunately, he is in alliance with a party from whom he can derive no strength unless he walks in their track, applauds their courses, supports their prejudices, and, as it serves him, animates and stimulates their passions. On the other baud, you have a leader who tends continually in political life to everything that is true and good, and who most fervently and honestly believes in it. (Cheers.) One of them appeals to prejudice, and ignorance, and bigotry, the other appeals to all that is manly and upright and virtu ous in the public mind. (Cheers) Now, the question will come very soon. It will be brought hOme to every one of us who is now, or will then be an elector, which of these two men are we preparel to follow and to work with? (Cheers.) But there is something greater than this connected with the Irish question—this grand matter—that if you, as a political party, following an honest and intelligent leader, are able to settle for once and for all this great Irish question, you do more than if you conquered a pro vince ; you add a whole nation to the Crown and to the Parliament of England. (Cheers.) Now, if I am worthy to offer you any advice, if my public and private career has gained from you and from any portion of the people of this kingdem any cen fidence whatsoever, let me entreat you and all my countrymen to act and vote on this great questim as if you felt that to every man was committed to give a judgment on me of the greatest national questions that have ever been committed to the people of this kingdom. (Cheers.) Te pacify Ire land—to unite the three kingdoms, will be one of the highest acts cf statesmanship ; and happily at this moment we have a Parliamentary leader who is wiling to do tine; and .who, if the constituencies Will . back Lim, will be fully able to do it. (Rear.) I am toll that Mr. Gladstone will 'probably become a candidate for this divisioa of the county. I speak with no authority from him, and I know. not what may be his ultimate determination, but I say, looking to the great principles and the great issues which depend upon the coming contest, it is hardly possible to imagine anything more serious than the responsibility which will rest upon you. If you will send him to Parliament as your repre sentative commissioned to do this work in connec tion with Ireland, you will have conferred the greatest honour upon yourselves and the highest service upon the country. I trust that the spirit which will animate you will be found prevailing throughout all portions of the United Kingdom, and that the next Parliament may be one which will adjust for ever all causes of difference, and all dissension between the people of Ireland and the people of Great Brita:u. llven.l upon it, for our children, and for our posterity, as well as for us, this is a serious matter. If the constituencies return ar.other verdict, if they are deceived by men from eminent positions speaking words of un-wisdom to them, and return a Parliament which refuses this measure of justice to Ireland, it may be that the hoer may for ever have passed when this United Kingdom can be really united. I know not that it has not now passed. I hope it has not. 1 believe it has not, but if the verdict of the people of Great Britain should now be adverse to the just claims of Ireland, I fear that the hour may pass away, and that the future may be dark and most unhappy to our country. I hope that He in whose hands are the thoughts of men, and by whom are influenced all the great transactions amongst men, may dispose the hearts of all the constituencies of the country to disregard the miserable invitations of party, and to look npon this question as intelligent and Christian men should regard it, to behold in it a great appeal from the people of Ireland for justice from a more powerful nation, and to show that we are not only a powerful nation, but a just nation, inasmuch as we can deliver a just verdict in that great cause. (Loud and continued cheering.) The proceedings then concluded. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER SUMMER .MEETING. TIII7IISDAY. The attendance to-day was not nearly so large as that of yesterday, although the race of the meeting—the Man chester Cup—was sot for decision this afternoon ; but still the committee have ovary reason to be satisfied with the muster the holiday people made and the amount of money taken at the gate. The weather was again delightfully fine, and cue of the objectionable features of the opening day—the dust in the ring—was disposed of by the plenti ful application of water.. Musk was the favourite for the opening event, the Euville Nursery Plate, dedicated to Lord Stamford, but he nearly came on his head soon Lifter 'starting, and Butler never being able to recover him, Rosa Pauline won cleverly from Retort. Verity not only landed the backers a lot of money in the Selling Handicap, but . enabled Kenyon to score a win in presence of his towns- people, a feat for which he was loudly cheered. Mr. Norton thought sufficiently well of the fill y's performance to give 30 gfr-1. for her. Palmitine, a winner at 'Shrewsbury, won the Beaufort Stakes from Hin 1, who was successful here yesterday ; but whose penalty told upon her. The Trades men's Cup produced but four runners, and saw a hot favourite in Lord Hastings upset by Buttercup, the pro rerty of the same owner, Mr. Eastwood. There was no declaration to win with the second in the Northampton shire Stakes, who was beaten a quarter of a mile from home, and Buttercup managed to stall off 'Feeder. A silver cup was presented to Watson, the trainer of Butter cup, and a gold-mounted riding-whip to little Wilson, her jockey. Patrician scored his second victory at this meet ing in the City Handicap, proving himself a very fair horse over a short course. The Doningt m Plato fell to Mr Tom Parr's Tim Bobbin, although Rosa Pauline was very freely backed on the strength of her previous performance. Blacklock won the last event, as he was bound to do on public form, and a fair day's sport was brought to a con clusion. Appended are details of the running:— The Eaville Nursery Plate of 100 soya (handicap); win ners after May 27, at ten a.m., 71b; twice or 100 101 b extra. T.Y.C. About five furlongs. Mr T. Dasys - vsn's Rasa Pauline, by Rat tplan—Birdhill's dam, 7st 8.13 • (Cameron) 1 Mr East vro ad's Retort, Bst 21b (Parry) 2 Mr W. Hudson's c by Piccador—First Fruit', 7st 71b (G. Walker) 3 The following also tan:—Mrs Power, Dalsvhinuie, Musk, and Glenara. Betting-45 to 20 agst Mu.-k, sto 2 agst Rosa Pauline, 5 to 1 agst 10 to 1, " bar three." The start was delayed some time, owing to the frac tiousness of Glenara, who ran to the distance bef Are Gradwell was able to pu'l her up. The let got away to a geol start, but iu-a few strides the lead was taken by Re tort, in the centre of the course, who was closely attended by RO3l, Pauline next the rails. Outside thS distance R 'SA Pauline gut in front, and won eaAly by alength ; th. 3 First Fruits colt was a ba I third ; Mrs. Power fourth, close up; Dalwhiunie fifth Glenara sixth, and Musk, who nearly ca ne on his luea,l im nediately after starting, was last, having been eased by Butler when pursuit was hope less. The SJllin2; El kndielp of 3 sous each, with 5J added ; the winner to be soli for 30 sous ; three pi ►rters of a mile ; 11 subs. Mr Cliff's Verity, by Sedbury—Mulation, 4 yrs, 7,.t 131 b (Kenyon) 1 Mr Dacvson's Highland Duck, 3 yrs, 7st 41b...(Catneron) 2 Mr Ridley's ScArth Nitch, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (A. Walker) 3 Lady ROS 3 alio ran. Betting -11 to 10 on Verity. 3to 1 agst Highland Duck. Tho favourite lay in front throughout, and won cleverly by half a length from Highland Duck, who took second piaci at the distanca. Four leng.hs separated the second and third ; La ly Rose was a bad fourth. The winner was sold to Mr W. Norton for 30 guineas. The Beaufort Stakes of 10 sots each, h ft, with 100 added (if three ran), for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; the winner of any race value 100 soya 31b, of 2)0, of two of 200, or one of 500 51b, or of the Copeland Stakes at this meeting 71b extra ; the s2cJnd to save his stake ; straight half mile; 13 subs. Mr J. Dyson's Pabnitino, by Carnival—Wax, Bst 101 b (inc. 31b ex.) (Kenyon) 1 Mr Eastwood's Hind, Oat (inc. 71b Snowden) 2 Mx J. Radcliffe's Soubrette, Bst 71b .. (Butler) 3 The following also ran : —Orpheliuo, Bard of Erin, and Glen-Avon. Betting—Evan on Palmitine, 9 to 4 agst Hind, 100 to 15 agst Soubrette, 10 to 1 agst Orpheline. The two favourites, wide of each other, were in front throughout, and ran a close ani exciting race home, Pal mitine, who had slightly the bast of the struggle all the way, winning cleverly by a head. Font lengths separated the secon i and third, Orpheline was fourth, a head only in front of Bard of Erin; Glen-Avon was last, beaten off. The Manchester Tradesmen's Cup of 200 sovs (if three run), added to a handicap of 15 sovs each, 1.0 ft. Two miles. Mr Eastwood's Buttercup, by Kettledrum—Butterfly, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Wilson) 1 Mr Samuel's Feodor, 4 yrs, Est 91b (Butler) 2 Mr Eastwood's Lord Hastings, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Cameron) 3 Mr Ambery's Greenhorn, 4 yrs, 6A 91b (Toon) 0 Betting—Even on Lord Hastings, 5 to 2 agst Feodor, 4 to 1 agst Buttercup, 10 to 1 agst Greenhorn. The favourite at a slow pace cut out the work, Feodor, attending upon him for about a quarter of a mile, when Greenhorn took the second place, Feodor dropping about a length in the rear of Buttercup. In this order they passed the Stand, but at the turn beyond Greenhorn was can noned against by Buttercup and ran out, Toon being un able to right him in time to take any further part in the race, and the horse was walked back to the saddling ring. About 100 yards farther on Buttercup took the lead, having, how ever, only a very slight advantage of the favourite, who, as they traversed the far side, disputed the lead with her, and each alternately led till the approaching bend fur Home, when they were joined by Feodor, the two coining on abreast of each other. A distance and a half from home Lord Hastings was in difficulties and beat a retreat, and at the distance Buttercup was enabled to take a slight lead. Though Butler rode in the most vigorous manner he was never able to get up to Buttercup again, and the latter won rather cleverly by half a length. Lord Hast ings was beaten eight lengths from the second. Watson, the trainer of the winner, was presented with a silver cup ; and Wilsfn, the jockey, with a gold-mounted whip. The City Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap); winner, of any race after May 27 (at 10 a.m.) 515, or two of auy handi cap at this meeting 71b extra; straight half mile. Mr J. Foy's Patrician, by Newminster—Sauntering Sally, 3 yrs, ist 61b (inc. 71b extra) ' (Butler) 1 Mr J. Smith's The Squire, 5 yrs, Est 1115 ...(S. Taylor) 2 Mr T. Cliff's Flying Jib, 5 yrs, Bit 131 b (Keay on) 3 Mr H. Deb3ou's Lord llareui, 2 yrs, Sat 121 b (Scapper) 4 Betting—Even on Patrician, 2 to 1 agst Flying Jib, 5 to 1 agst The Squire. Won by three lengths, a neck dividing second and third. The Doanington Plate of 50 says, for m.tilin two 3rt-ar olds; cAts 8.3 t 101 b, lilies Bst 71b ; winnors More start ing 3lb extra ; straight half mile. Mr T. Parr's Tim Bobbin, Bst I'llb (Parry) 1 Mr Dawson's Boss, Pauline, Bst, 101 b (Meted. alb extra) (Cameron) 2 Mr G. W. Morris's Tao Vet, Bst 101 b (Osborne) 3 Mr Ifopkius's Lark, Bst 7lb Betting—Even on Rosa Pauline, 7 to 4 agst Tim Bob bin. Won by a length, four lengths separating secon I and third. The I:),lrby Plato of GO sows (handicap), for all ages; wieners of any race valuo 50 sows after the weights arc _ _ _ out 71b extra; T.Y.C. (about 5 furlongs). Mr Peck's Blacklock, by Mildew Saxony, 3 yrs, 7 t 71b (Butler) 1 Mr T. Cliff's Flying Jib, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Kenyon) 2 Mr Wynn's Geelong, 3 yrs, Gst 12ib (Ci rail well) 3 Betting-,5.t0 2 agst Thacklocik, 7 to 2 agst Flying Jib. Won by a neck, two lengt!is sepatuting second and third. CROYDON SECOND SUMMER MEETING. THURSDAY. A Maiden Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added : three year olds 7st 71b, four Bst 51b, five and aged Bst 91b; mares and gelding-3 allowed 31b. One m:le. 9 subs. Mr Rowland's Ransom, by St. Alban's- -Duinviana, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (car. 7st 51b) (Coslett) 1 Mr R Porter's T rave ll er, 3 yrs, 7 st 71b (Mordan) 2 Mr J. Lowe's Charivari, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Peppier) 3 The following also ran: —Maid of Burghley, Airdrie, The Laird. BAting-7 to 4 on Traveller, 3 to 1 agst Airdrie, 6 to 1 agst Charivari, 10 to 1 bar three. After one or two ineffectual attempts a good start was effected, Ransom gotting away with the lead, followed by Charivari, TraVellt!r, Airdrie, and Maid of Burghley, the last of all being The Laird. No change. occurred until rounding the bend for home, whoa Traveller, who had been lying off, improved his position, but was beaten at the hill, and Ransom, who was never caught, woe easily by two lengths;' Charivari was a bad third, Maid of Burghley fourth, and The Laird was last throughout. A Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 3) ad .led ; two year olds 63t 71b, throe Bst 51b, four and upwards 9st 211); nures and goldinga allowed 3:b ; the winuar to ba sold for 50 sovs ; half a. mile. Mr Webb's Uladiee, by Mirsyas—lsabel, 2 yrs, Est 41b (James Clark) 1 Mr Wood's Lillie, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b (Coslutt) 2 Mr H. Bennett's Bouquetiere, 3 yrs, 84 2lb (E. Smith) Mr Bromsgrov u ' s Alb atross, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Jeffery) 4 Betting-7 to 4on Albatross, 4to 1 age, Gladiee, 2J to 1 agst Bouquetiere, at first 5 to 4 on. Albatross made play, followed immediately by Gladie) and Lillie, Bouquetiere bringing up the rear till reaching foot of the hill, where the quartette joined issue, and after a good race home Gladice won by half a length, a head only separating second and third ; Albatross being close up, a good fourth. The winner was sold to Mr. Sams for 100 guineas, The Innkeepers' Plato of 40 sous (llandibap); 5 furlongs. Mr H. Wright's Venturer, by Acrobat—Varana, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b Mr. Bromsgrove's Benefactress, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Jeffery) 2 Mr. W. Ford's Lionel, 3 yrs, Est 71b (C. Smith) 3 The following also ran :—Hopleaf, Lupus, Queen Ebba, King of the Forest, Inheritance, and Lorenzo di Lardi. Weather Isle, 3 yrs, ast 101 b, was weighed for and his number hoisted, but owing to his being found lame he did not go to the post. Betting-7 to 4 agst Venturer, 4to 1 agst Benefactress, sto 1 agst Lionel, 6 to 1 agst Lupus, 10 to 1 agst Hop - leaf. The delaY at the post was very vexatious, and lasted more than three-quarters sf an hour, owing to several breaks away, and the persistent refusal of King of the Forest to join his horses. At last the lot were got away, Benefactress getting a slight lead for the first hundred yards, when Venturer took up the running, followed by Benefactress and Lupus, the rest lying in a cluster, with the exception of King of the Forest, who was several lengths in the resr. At the foot of the hill Venturer was headed by Benefactress, who carried on the running to the commencement of the stand enclosure, where Venturer again went to the front, and outstriding his pursuers, won by half a length, a length dividing second and third ; In heritance was a good fourth, Lorenzo di Lardi fifth, Queen Ebba sixth, Hopleaf seventh, King of the Forest eighth, and Lupus last. • The Croydon Handicap of 15 eovs each, 10 ft, and 3 only if declared by twelve at noon on Taulay, June 2 (two .thirds of such fo.•feits to go to the second, and one-third to the third), with 100 ; any winner of a handicap value 100 sovs after May 23 (at six p.m.) 71b, any other winner 31b extra ; about one mile and a half ; 11 subs.. Mr Williams's Thorndyke, by Thormanby—Lily of the Valley, 3 yrs, Tat 71b Mr Watt's Summertime, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Clement) Mr Webb's Acta:a, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (inc. 31b ex ) (Payne) 3 Arabia and Romney also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Acttea, 2to 1 agst Thorndyke, to 2 agA Summertime, and 4 to . l agst Arabia. Inuneliately after the start Thorndyke went to th 3 front, and rounding the turn placed a dozen lengths be tween himself and the field, next to him being Summer time, with Actait a courlo of lengths in rear of the pair, the others being outpaced. At the far side of the courso Summertime went up to Thorndyke, hut immediately the latter ;lot out again, and, loading the others a hare and hound race, won in a common canter by five lengths, the seine distance separating second and third, the other two being beaten off, Itomney being lak.. A Selling flaudicap of 3 soya each, with 25 aided, for all ages; the winner to ba slid for 40 sovs; three quarter of a mile. Mr Edwards's Lorenz) di Lardi, by Thormanby— Ethi:y de Lona, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (carried Gst 131 b) (J. Edwards) 1 Mr F. Barnes's Hopleaf, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b .(Payne) t Mr River's Inucntio, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (Barker)'t The fulloi,ving also ran :—Albatross, Elburg, Phara)', and T by. Bottiug-6 to 4 agst Tharaoh, 3 to 1 agst Ho t )loaf, 5 to 1 agst Inueudo, 10 to 1 agst Albatross, 12 to 1 agst Lo" renzo di Lardi. Hopleaf jumped away with the 'cal, followed bi Inuendo and Albatross till the half distance, where tio three placed joined issue, and after a good race h0: 913 Lorenzo di Lardi won by a head; a dead -heat for s:coud place, Pharaoh was an indifferent fourth, Albatross fifth , and Toby last. The Shirley Plato was declared null. THE ELECTORS AT THE SOUTH—STATISTICS OF THE REGISTERED AND VOTlNG.—General Grant's commu nication to the Senate encloses the various reports fro.it the district commanders of the South. General Schofield reports the whole number of voters registered in Virginia a 4 223 ; 933, of whom 120,1.11 are whites, and 103,832 coloured' Uf these, 44,417 whites, and 12,687 blacks failed to vote on the question of calling a convention. Judging front the tax list and other data, the number of whites wil° failed to register is 16,313. There is no report of the num ber disfranchised in Virginia under the reconstructio n laws. General Canby reports 106,721 white and 72,93 3 coloured voters in North Carolina, nearly a ll of whom voted. It is estimated that 19,477 whites and 3,289 blacks failed to register, and of these 11,686 whites are disfran chised. In Georgia 96,333 white and 93,168 coloured voters are registered, of whom 60,333 white and 24,7 53 coloured failed to vote. Ten thousand whites are dis franchised and 8,500 refused to register. In Alabama the are 61,295 whites 104,518 black voters, of whom 37, 155 white and 32,917 coloured failed to vote. There are n° data to show the number disfranchised. In Florida few are disfranchised, and nearly all are registered and voted. The number of whites is 11,914, and of blacks o f 16,07 ,1 ' General Gillem says that no data were kept from which t° ascertain the number of voters of different colours, viV I registered in Mississippi. In Arkansas 25,687 failed t° vote. General Hancock reports that 45,218 whites a° a 84,436 blacks were registered in Louisiana, and of th is number 50,480 failed to tote, but in what proportion, ° S to colour, the general says that he is unable to say, I ' l°r can he report how many are disfranchised. In Tel 59,633 whites and 49,497 coloured voters are re g istered, ° whom 1,757 whites and 26,932 blacks voted. The numbe r disfranchised cannot be ascertained. [ADVERTISEMENT. J--Henceforth no one will doubt the valuab le properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabic: Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessio, it has already received from Invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medic a l t rea t men t. W e quote f rom t h e "Gase to du Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21, 1866.—" The health 11 the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning e: 4 other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Bail' Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly benefin effect on his healtk, and his Holiness cannot praise of excellent food too highly." We extract a few out : e,„ more than 68,000 cures :—Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchion e ' da Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting itwa3a debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, b a „ digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable vous agitation. Cure No. 1,771: Lord Stuart de Decies, le„ r Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. N0.49, 6 t" • " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousn eee j asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, ar :, vomiting.—Maria Joly." Cure No. 46,270: Mr. J am es Rober t ' of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of bias , liver derangeinent, and partial deafness Important Cautiop• Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitation; to which, without authority Baron Li e bi g ' s name is most 0 01 cionsly attached 110., In tins at Is. lid.; 1 lb., 2a 9d.; 2 lbs., 4s. 4.1.,; 5 lbs. , 7 1, 12 lbs., 225.; 21 lbs., 40s.—BA.nnY Du BARRY and Co., Ne;ow, Regent-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason, 182, Piece 2g3 and at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, 150, and " Oxford-street . 330, Strand ; and all grocers end chemists. Births. the HAMILTON—On tho 3d inst., at 17, Cadogan-plane , Hon. Mrs. Arthur B. Hamilton, of a daughter. the HANKEY—On the 3.1 inst., at Silverlands, ChertseY , wife of Frederick A. Hankey, Esq., of a son. LANESBOROUGII —On the 2d inst., at Lanesborough L od° Bulturbet, the Countess of Lanesborough, of a son' Marriages. PREENIAN—VALtaxcE—On the ad inst., at the 1 33- 40 church, Brighton, James A. Freeman, Esq., of Brig u c e: to Agnes Alice, youngest daughter of Charles Va ll3v Eq., of tho same place. MAY —HOLLAND - On the 4th inst., at St. John's, paddioc: ton, Frank Kay, of 23, Montague-street, Russell-s(l°%y, eldest son of George May, of Outlands Park, Su i lio, Esq. i to Agnes, eldest daughter of James Holland, 0 Byde-parli-terrace. - Deaths. TO BARING—On the 4th inst., at 9, Grosvenor - cresce nt, - grave-square, the Hon. and Iles , . F. Baring, a ged 62' of CAVE—Oa the 2(1 inst., in Paris, Stephen Cave. 1-;s43es lemudes-square, elder sou of C. Cave , Esq. of L as° street, llelgravo-squar.‘. I , tea Cit.tnLEs--On the 4th inst., at Hampstead, And rew . - Charles, Esq., aged 4S. FIELDER—On the 2d inst., at Tilley Court, near . 0 : 0 1 : gavenny, Monmouthshire, John Neville Fie lder, Fj.' aged 6. .. 4 47 HouslAN—On the 2d inst., at Iv House I.Tekfield, Thomas Holland, .R.C.S house, .7 • age MAY—On tho Ist inst M ., at The Green, Marlborough., CLAP • - May, Esq , aged 68. London : Printed ant Published by WiLLIA.I7. L''"" of No. 11'2, Strani, Printer, at 'Cita SUN oa: 0, 34 f Strand,- in the Precinct of the Sr voy, in the COO Middlesex.—Friday, June 5, 1868. This ce Prize Med It is Pu: Sold in the Agent 8, Observe h an's LL Mui 11: nu ADV ANC hold or L able week Forms ire ROY UNPRE COUTE pasts ; M their firs SON, ar "ALL 'LUSK: Orchestr Privat Prora.na Mitchell' The CA Ittnnen At this B Charlie"- ance of 0 jog Soria LET, intr E s Vourite 13 Coombs of the himself I .ua, d, and /no A nti 'uPerintA EA fr -11. 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