The Sun. — London, England, 1868-07-23 00:00:00

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The high character andgreat services of Lord PALMERSTON were alluded to in the address, and Mr. GLADSTONE referred to the privilege he had had of speaking of those services some time after the death of the lamented Premier. 'The time has gone by when it would be suitable to enter into detail into the character or doings of one so well known as Lord PALMERSTON, but the occa sion appeared a fitting opportunity to dwell on the leading points of his character and the truly Eng lish style of his policy. Those who were intimately associated with the noble lord for so long felt a natural desire for his remains to be placed in the neighbourhood where he was so well known, and the noble lord had himself desired it ; but then, as Mr. GLADSTONESaid, they rest in the greatest of the temples of an national fame, because it was the unanimous wish of the whole country that they should do so, and wished that he'• should lie among great and famous men in the very centre of the political and national life of England which that venerable abbey overshadows." Mr. GLADSTONE referred with pride and satisfaction to the long period during which he had been the colleague of Lord PALMERSTON, and the many useful and im portant acts which were passed at that time. In dwelling upon the retrospect of his career, the right Eon. gentleman very truly said that there was much to admire in it, and also much to emulate, in the characteristic traits which distinguished him. Looking at the political aspect of the future, Mr. GLADSTONE said that we, the people of the United Kingdom, are the stewards of a great and noble in heritance, which it is our duty to improve as well as to enjoy. All parties now join in congratulating themselves and each other in the extension of the franchise, and, as Mr. GLADSTONE said, it must now be remembered that, for the future, those who had so much to do with the change of representatives must share the responsibility with the Government and Legislature of the country if things did not go on favourably. The leader of the Opposition made an amusing allusion to the tenacity with which all parties kept to the term of Liberal. Most of the addresses of the supporters of the Go vernment are signed Liberal-Conservatives; and it • is an universally acknowledged thing that this question is on the increase rather than otherwise. Mr. GLADSTONE concluded by dwelling upon the state and prospects of Ireland, and the serious work which lay before the new Parliament with re spect to settling the vexed questions of that coun try. Mr. COWPER made some observations, in which he said that Mr. GLADSTONE had the majo rity of the House of Commons, butdid not hold office un ler the Crown on account of his sacrifices in the cause of Reform. The right hon. gentleman certainly praised the talents of his friend with great in genuity, and declared that be rejoiced to learn that the mantle of Lord PALMERSTON had fallen upon Mr. GLADSTONE. It may be observed that through out the course of these speeches no allusion was made of an irritating nature, and both speakers showed their discretion and good taste in avoiding such topics. The proceedings gave great satisfac tion to all present, and the affair terminated hap pily, 11 having afforded tlio good pe4 • plo of Aogasey an opportunity of hearin g the distinguished leader of the Opposition to adva. ntage. The House of Commons spent most of their time, yesterday, in discussing the Corrupt Practices Bill. The new clauses which ware le ft out on Saturday were taken up, and a good deal of dispute took place on Mr. FAWCETT'S cla•usc@ for throwing the expenses of the returning officer ;on the rates. The Solicitor-General has placed a .notice on the paper to strike out the clause, and great dissatisfaction was expressed in some quarters at this being done. Mr. DISRAELI and the Chanceior of the Exchequer gave some explanations, and sa'.d that the Govern • ment had been considering the sir.bjPct very carefully, and believed the clause would In inoperative on the subject of the extension of the principle to Scot land. A division was taken, and the Lord-Advocate proposed to withdraw the paragraph which threw the payment of the rates on the parish. Despite the efforts of Mr. M‘LAP,EN, who insisted on a division being taken, a majority of twelve decided against it. Lord MILTON brought up a clause to alter some arrangement, and provide against the objec tions he had previously stated of the whole county pay ing for onedivision, but the discussionsupon it were brought to a close, by the suggestion that the Solicitor-General's proposal to strike out the whole clause should be taken first, and this plan was postponed until that comprehensive scheme had been settled. The Government had yesterday a good majority to fall back upon in the contested points of the new clauses, and the discussion alto gether was of a long character. The further pro gress of the bill was put off till a morning sitting to-day. It is curious to notice how very unsuc cessful Mr. MILL and Mr. AYRTON were in their effurts to improve the bill. In all pro bability the sitting of to-day will complete this measure, or nearly so, at any rate, but it has been a most hazardous undertaking altogether, and pro voked more angry retorts and sharp personal en counters than any measure this session, not even excepting the great debates on the Irish Church ; and the Opposition have not given the Government much cause to rejoice for having undertaken the troublesome task at the end of the Session. Among the many troublesome tasks which the House of Commons has still left to accomplish one of the most prominent is the Cattle Bill. The subject is to be reopened at the evening sitting of to-day, and we hope there will be a little more satisfactory progress made than was the case on last Monday. It augurs ill for the merits of a cause when its advocates have to resort to tricks, manoeuvres, and delays, when they are anxious to avail themselves of every form of the law which can be twisted to forward their interests and to ad vance or retard the hearing of the case as may best suit their convenience. In the same way it does not look as if the strenuous opponents of the Foreign Cattle Market Bill had very good or cogent arguments to bring against the measure, since they can find no more effectual means of opposing its progress than by wearying the patience of its supporters. The great body of the House, like the majority of the public out of doors, has accepted the principle of the measure, and every time the points at issue are pressed to a division the opponents are decidedly in the minority. Yet time after time on Monday the progress of the committee was arrested, the old grievances were brought forward, the old arguments reiterated, the old devices resorted to. The forms of the House permitted these troublers of the peace a good deal more latitude when in committee, and so the evening was frittered away, and the bill left very much where it was at the beginning of the sitting. Such conduct will not give much satisfac tion out of doors, and it is certainly not calculated to remove the impression that there is a strong in terested opposition to the bill, which fosters every prejudice, and urges on the Parliamentary adver saries of the bill to extreme and unwarrantable courses. The price of meat within the radius of the metropolis has long been a serious evil, and if our public-spirited friends, the butchers, are to have their way we are not likely to see it diminished. The Cattle Plague Commissioners, who ought cer tainly to know something about the matter, have distinctly asserted that any port to which foreign cattle are freely admitted must be always more or less infected by the dreaded enemy, and this state ment, though startling at first sight, only corro borates the accounts which those best acquainted with the matter give us of the Steppes of Russia and similar districts. Under these circumstances, while we are debating upon the best course to pur sue to relieve trade as much as possible, it seems to unprejudiced observers that one thing is quite clear, and that is that Vf3 should at once remove all re strictions which can with prudence be dispensed with. Whether or no it would be safe to permit free traffic in foreign cattle, there is no reaso n to doubt that g rea tly i ncrease d libertymight be allowed to th e h ome tra d e, and for a body of gentlemen to object to this wel come and seasonable relief on the ground that it is a retrograde policy is simply absurd. It can scarcely be more inimical to the principles of Free Trade to relax the restrictions on one branch of trade than to leave them as they are, and it is in no sense a matter of policy or Free-trade prin ciples, but a practical question of excluding a disas trous epidemic. If the corn we imported from one particular country contained the elements of a dan gerous complaint, we should not certainly be sur rendering our Free-trade principles if we closed our ports to it. We hope that the opponents of the bill will reconsider their line of conduct, and will allow the rest of the work in the Commons to be over. Among the several schemes proposed early in the session, and finally abandoned when the approach of autumn finds an accumulation of work undone, must be included the Sala of Liquors on Sunday Bill. It is not, however, press of time NI hich has neutralized the efforts of the temperance societies, but the deliberate conviction of the special commit tee, who, after careful consideration and examina tion into facts, decline to recommend the passing of the bill. They grant that in many large towns, especially in the north of England, there is a strong feeling in favour of farther restricting the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday, but they are of opinion that the existing law is working well, and that drunkenness is steadily decreasing, and they believe, no doubt with reason, that any further re striction would be very inconvenient and occasion much angry feeling, without really benefiting those who are inclined to excess, while there is good ground for believing it would be often evaded. The example of Scotland has often been quoted as a proof of the satisfactory working of a restrictive act of the kind &sired ; but the instalce, as the Committee show, is by no means conclusive, since the habits of the Sc..o.ch and English it, this respect are very different, although, as a whole, our northern neighbours have no reason to reproach us. Of course there can be but one wish in the matter, that the greatest amount of temperance should be obtained with the least interference with the social freedom of the people, but we may very much question whether 6tringeut regulations like those iought after can ever really attain the desired end. We must look to other means—to the education and elevation of the masses, to the increase of innocent and at tractive recreation, to the slow but sure influence of public opinion, and the example of the classes above them, to make our people more temperate. Already much has been done, and we are in the right way. Depend upon it, we must look to moral, and not to legal, means of effecting a widespread reform. LATEST INTELL LGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. 111EssiNA, July 23. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera passed Messina at 3.15 a.m. to-day, en route for Marseilles. FRANCE. ROUEN, July 23. 9. range of warehouses in which a quantity of spirits was stored caught fire here last night. The flames spread to the Post-office. The amount of damage is estimated at upwards of one million francs. PARIS, July 23. The case of M. do Soubeyran against the Inter national (a French newspaper published in London) was heard yesterday. M. de Soubeyran sued the International on account of two articles which had appeared in that journal. In the first case M. David, the proprietor, was found guilty of having published a libel, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 f. In the second case judgment was passed upon him for one month's imprisonment and a fine of I,ooof. BOURSE, July 22.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 4} per Cent. End of month... Italfan Loan - 3 per Cent End of month 7O 20 Mexican Loan ... 23 Credit Mobilier End of month... 272 50 Spanish Threes Credit Fonder ...1432 Home Debt — End of month... Deferred .... RAILIVAIS. Cash Orleans Ig orthern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 575 Western Eastern ............ . 556 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 405 North of Spain Saragossa Roman POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. WESTMINSTER. PICKING UP " FLATS."—Charles Templeman, about fifty years of age, one of a gang of " Mags men," was placed at the bar charged with plunder ing a gentleman's coachman of a coat and some money. David Greenwood, the prosecutor, said that in iNovember, 1866, he was picked up" by a man named Wentworth and the prisoner at Knights bridge, and robbed. Wentworth first accosted him, and he went with him into a public-house, where prisoner came in and said he was a countryman wishing to see the curiosities of the metropolis. A game of bagatelle was proposed, and prosecutor was induced to stake 12s 6d. on the bagatelle board. He had no sooner done so than Wentworth touched him on the arm and called him out. He returned to the room, and in a minute afterwards found prisoner had absconded with his money and greatcoat, which he had taken off. --- —... Mr. Arnold—What became of Wentworth? Prosecutor—He was charged here, and you committed him for six months for it. Mr. Arnold How did the prisoner get into custody ? William Gunter, 316 B—He was in charge at Marl borou2,l-streot for a similar thing yesterday, and 1 brought him from there, his friends having compromised it. Prisoner denied the charge. He said prosecutor lent him the coat because he was cold, and when he found he had got it on he was going to return it, but prosecutor was gone. Prisoner was remanded. THAMES. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A MILLER.—Robert Nether cott, a miller's foreman, about 30 years of age, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with embezzling divers sums of money he had received for and on account of his master, Mr. W. B. Hammond, of the Crown Mills, Yarrow-street, Ratcliff. The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Hammond for five years at a good salary. The prisoner kept the retail cash book. It was his duty to enter every purchase in a book and to hand that book weekly to his master, and account for all the receipts. Mr. Hammond gave the prisoner a ho lid ay to Yarmouth, w hi c h lasted eight days, and paid all his expenses. Whil e he e wasaway h e discovered that th e prisoner had been cheating him, and had not accounted for all the money he had taken. The prisoner's defalca tions were stated to be very heavy, but two cases only were gone into. The prisoner sold 4 cwt. of n.i ldlings and 1 sack of winnow dust to Mr. James Wratte. a tradesman, for 135., and only ac counted for a portion of it. Mr. Hammond had not received the money for the 4 cwt. of middli ngs , an d the prisoner had not d ebited himself with it in hi s book. On the 10 th ins t., Mrs. Thorpe of N o . 49, London-street, Ratcliff , p u rchased two sacks of middling s, been accounted whichfa o c r cn ted shepaid him £1 i s. That had never for. The prisoner was appr e end ed by Donald M'Kay, a police-constable, No. 275 K. On the way to the police station in a cab the prisoner began to cry, acknowledged a good master, and asked forgiveness. Mr. Hammond re plied, "No, I cannot forgive you ; I don't know the e w x a t r e d n s t t you old haveAl,Kraoy that Mr. Ham mon d h a d beenb bed me." The prisone r after the best of masters to him, and had given him £2 to enable him to spend his holiday comfortable. The prisoner, in defence, said—l own I have done wrong. A publican living near the mill asked me to lend him £ 5 . I did so, and he never repaid the money, and I could not replace it i n th e desk. Mr. Benson—That is not a legal defence to the charge. You had no right to lend your master's money to any one. You are committed for trial. COMMITTAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER.—Dorothy Ver denhalver, landlady of the Wellington public-house in the Cannon-street-road, adjoining the church of St. George-in-the-East, surrendered on bail to an swer a charge of killing her husband, Conrad Ver denhalver, by stabbing him with a table knife in the course of a quarrel a few days ago. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, again defended the prisoner. Mr. Benson asked if an inquest had been held on he body of the deceased. Inspector Ge e , o f t h e K di v ision, answered in the affirmative, and s a id th e coron er's jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the prisoner, who was admitted to bail by the coroner. The medical evidence clearly proved that the wound which the unfortunate woman inflicted on her husband in a moment of passion was the cause of death. Mr. Benson committed the prisoner for trial for manslaughter, and accepted bail. If any warning were needed against the reckless employment of Royal Commissions as a shift for relieving the Government from the embarrassment of taking a decided course on questions of domestic policy, it would ba supplied, says a contemporary, by a recent return of the cost of the Commission on Irish Railways. The total expenditure on this pre cious inquiry has been no less than £22,500. Three commissioners and a secretary shared £3,225 ; office expenses, printing, and that beautifully com prehensive phrase, " incidentals," cover £2,298 ; travelling expenses arc set down as £5,255 ; and the allowances of engineers and accountants, £11,726. THE TEA DUTY IS REDUCED—Horninzan's Pure Tea is sold Bd. per pound Cheaper. This interesting fact will, when fully known, even further increase the demand for these Choice, long-approved Teas. They are not sold loose, but °WU in Packets, signed " 11Grstrilan," Lndon. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (rnom OUP. OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, July 21. The statement that negotiations have been entered into with a view of establishing a Customs Union between France, Holland, and Belgium continues to find believers. Some are even of opinion that the matter will not end with negotiation, but that a military confederation as well as a Customs Union is - an immediate probability. The opening of negotiations is quite possible ; but in their successful termination I cannot bring myself to believe. France may have offered terms, because she has everything to gain and nothing to lose by the change. The smaller countries are, however, pretty nearly in the reverse position. The only danger to which they are exposed is the danger of incorporation by France. Are they likely to annex themselves voluntarily, to guard against the chances of being annexed by force ? Apropos to the question of alliances is the much-talked of friendship between Austria and Prussia. There is no doubt that some leading men in both countries are endea vouring to bring about at least a rapprochement, if not an alliance. The New Free Press of Vienna advocates it strongly. The chance of a treaty between Prussia and Russia prevented for some time any steps being taken in the matter, but the question is now freely ventilated. It has been seen that Russia is occupied with her designs in the East, and bestows very little attention upon European politics. She is not at all likely to burden herself with the responsibility of any alliance. On the other hand, there are some objections to a better under standing between the two German Powers. In particular, the remembrance of the last alliance is not yet effaced in Austria. The scheme has, however, its advan tages. It would secure Prussia against France, and would strengthen Austria in the East. Whatever may be the chance of these late enemies coming to terms, the subject causes some alarm here. It is astonishing that political ferment, in any shape, should be possible this weather. It seems, however, that the heat has deranged the faculties of divers individuals. I hear that last night some sediticus placards had been posted in the faubourgs, and that they had been pulled down and several arrests made. Of course the report will be denied, as is the rule in such cases ; but it may be true or false. The Pays bas either swindled itself, or has made a not very successful attempt to swindle the public. It publishes a proclama tion, signed " The Central Committee of Action," beaded by " Libert6, Egalitd, Fraternitd," and containing above a column and a half of intolerable rubbish, the purport of which is that the time for action has arrived. It is gene rally believed that this document was concocted by the men of genius who edit the Pays. After all, however, that unhappy print may have been hoaxed. It is strange that a paper which receives Imperial support should not be kept in better order. To publish or to invent such a low piece of rant is alike discreditable. A defaulter was captured in Paris on Monday, after a curious chase, in which a London policeman figured to greater advantage than is generally the case with your metropolitan force. A German youth, employed in a lead ing commercial house at London, absconded early in the present month with a large sum of money, including a cheque for £4OO. This he quietly signed and then got the money. Departing for the Continent, he steered his course so sagely that though he was telegraphed after everywhere he was found nowhere. While the police were searching Paris he was at Nantes. His abode was at length discovered, and one of the ablest of the London police sent after him. This emissary arrived at Nantes just in time to find that the desired one had departed, taking with him a young Alsatian— of the gentler sex. When the policeman got to Paris again, whither he judged the fugitives had gone, he commenced a search under difficul ties. He did not know a word of French, and had no clue to the defaulter except a photograph which the German had left behind him. For two- days the detective beat the pavement of Paris, accompanied by an interpreter. His diligence was at length rewarded. The German was arrested with his fair companion in a splendidly_ furnished house. This had been the residence of the girl, whilst the German, the better to avoid detection, had installed himself in a first-class hotel. The Italian correspondent of the LibertJ continues his assertions respecting Garibaldian enrolments in Italy, in spite of all denials, official or otherwise. He says that enlistments are daily occurring in Rome, and that large numbers of young men are placing themselves at the dis• posal of the Mazzinian " head-centres." THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. 11ETEOEOLOGICAL ELrOrTS. Extreme k Thurssday, r f " ~5, '...2•°1 I F. I , July 23, I B. !T. .° W. Ito F. D. , W It. 8 a.m. I r , P- , 12 ! Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 3014 r. 57 55 N. 6 2 N. !t. c o o'2o Yarmouth 1 34'1,0r. 67 64 N.W. 5 5 S.S.E. ' c. Helder Cuxhaven Skudestims ! Ardrossan —3011 r. 57 53 N. N.W. 2 3 N.W. r. o. ' o'o4' Greencastle 33 34r. 28 55 N.E. 3 5 N. o. c. Holyhead Liverpool Valentia 30 33r. 58 52 N.N.E. 6 5 N.N.W. c.rb Cape Clear 3o'27r. 58 56 N.E. 5 3 N.E. c. _ 1' ocle's Pt. 30'26r. 58 54 N. 5 5 S.S.W. b. Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 30'11r. 72 65 N. 5 3 N.E. c.m. Portsmouth 30'04r. 71 65 N.E. 4 2 S. c. London _ C'peGris Nez 29155. 68 64 S.W. 1 o. lirest L'Orient .. Rochefort 30•02r. 72 70 E. 1 4 S.W. c.f. Biarritz - .c.f Corunna — _ _ ...... _ _ Brussels Paris - —.— Strasbourg — __ _. _ Lyons — Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. ocal time) , 30'2Cf. 56 56 S. 1 2 I S. b. EXPLANATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to 22 deg. a sea level. Theletter r., rising; f., falling; a., steady—indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 beaus. Thermometer exposed in shade, Extreme Puree with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather : b.—blue dry ; c.—clouds, detached ; I.—fog ; h.—hail ; In.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull; r.—rain; s.—snow T.—thunder. snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. £he atmospherical pressure is uniformly high : it has increased more than four-tenths of an inch in F co:land, but has fallen slightly at Yarmouth and Cape Gris Nez. Temperature in the British Isles has fallen—chiefly in our north-east coast. At Scarborugh the de crease amounts to 16 deg. Fresh winds from the northwards have prevailed since yesterday, and are now general in these islands, except in the extreme north of Scotland, where the wind is still light. The weather is cloudy at English and Irish stations, but in the north the tky is clear. Some rain has fallen at the north-eastern stations. There is still very little news from the Peninsula, and what there is does not tend to clear up the past or in any way forecast the future. We are informed that the Spanish Government, as well as the French Minister, objected to the Duke of Montpensier being permitted to reside in Portugal. The Lisbon Government has, how ever, disregarded these objections, and accorded the permission. The motive for this almost dangerous act of boldness is difficult to discover, except on the supposition that a revolution in Spain is desired by the Portuguese Ministry. From Seville we hear that all the civil authorities of the town have been dismissed. It is added that the post•oflice emplayjs refused to open the letters addressed to the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier; but this statement hardly explains the dismissal of " all " the civil authorities. Admiral Nunez, commander of the Spanish fleet in the Pacific, has expressed his desire to return to Spain. If the spread of intelligence in Russia be measured by Lie number of books issued at St. Petersburg and Moscow, ; must be without parallel. An enormous quantity of literature is published, scarcely any work reaching less than three editions, and many fifteen. The sale of a book, therefore, ranges from 30,000 to 350,000 copies. Unfor tunately, the quality of this literature is not altogether reassuring. The trade is chiefly in the two capitals, and is carried on by booksellers, says the Novaia Vraimaya, who are too greedy speculators to care about the good or evil tendency of the volumes they put into circulation. (Russia does not appear to be by any means alone in this respect.) It is suggested that a society of publishers and literary men should be formed, with the object of regulat ing the publication of books destined for the lower classes. The executive of the Jamaica Committee—Mr. Stuart Mill, ALP., Mr. P. A. Taylor, M.P., and Mr. Chesson, the secretary—have published an address to the subscribers ~f the fund for prosecuting Mr. Eyre, recapitulating the action taken and the results obtained. They state that the efforts of the committee have been well repaid, for a great amount of sound Public opinion has been called forth. Mr. Eyre is stated to be in error when be speaks of himself as having been twice acquitted : "As there has been no trial, there can have been no acquittal ; and in that respect the question remains exactly where it was before these proceedings were commenced." In answer to the charge of persecution, so far as it is founded on the protraction of the proceedings, the execu tive committee repeat that for this protraction they are not responsible. Had Mr. Eyre been advised to meet justice like his subordinates, his case would have been brought to as prompt a hearing as those of General Nelson and Lieutenant Brand. On the whole, the docu ment is drawn up in no narrow or partisan spirit, and altogether it gives a fair resume of the events arising out of the melancholy proceedings enacted in Jamaica daring the rebellion, and of the efforts since mado to lywo the Ste SPIk flectided on itt lord bearivia .REPRESENTATIOV OF IVES73IINSTER: A meeting was held yesterday evening at St. James's Hall to hear addresses from the Hon. R. W. Grosvenor and Mr. J. S. Mill, the members for Westminster. Eight o'clock was the time appointed for the commencement of the proceedings. At that time the platform was well filled, and the side gal leries were partially lined by a number of ladies. A few minutes after eight the Hon. Capt. Grosvenor and Mr. Mill, and their friends, made their appear ance on the platform, and were received with warm demonstrations of applause. Captain GROSVENOR was warmly received, and observed that during the time he had enjoyed the honour of representing Westminster he had not re ceived a single letter to criticise or influence his vote on anysubject of national importance. The last ses sion had been a most important one, and they had been gathering the seeds sown in 1832. Many members were returned to the List Parliament who were excellent Pahnerstonians, but who dial not understand the position which was to be taken up by the Liberal party under Mr. Gladstone. As re garded the Liberal party—after the accession of the Tory Government—they were only too glad to ac cept any scheme, come from what quarter it might, which would produce an effectual settlement of the long-agitated question of Parliamentary reform. To the improvement of the bill, Mr. Gladstone—(loud cheers and some confusion) directed the powers of his incisive eloquence, and the result of his efforts had been manifest. As regarded the exclusion of the compound householders from the vote, unless the Le gislature was prepared to retrace its steps, the Reform Bill of 1867 would only have the effect of substi tuting one kind of agitation for another. The com pound householder was sacrificed to a Minister in distress. He rejoiced at the success which had at tended the efforts of the Abyssinian expedition under Lord: Napier of Magdala. (Hear, hear.) As regarded Ireland, she must not be treated like a conquered dependency, but like an integral part of the empire, and in a enanner involving all the re sponsibilities of civilized government. Ile wished to speak of the Fenian conspiracy with the contempt it deserved, but both of the great parties in the State were convinced that the attention of Parliament should be directed to remedying the evils of Ireland. Mr. Gladstone brought forward a resolution to get rid of the galling grievance of the Irish Church. Lord Stanley—(cheers and counter cheers) —a noble lord against whom be had not a word to say —(hear, hear)—except that the Tories always put him forward whenever they wanted to impart a spe cious air to their policy—moved an amendment. (Counter cheers.) But on this question, the Foreig❑ Secretary, the Home Secretary, and the Prime Minister contradicted each other. (Hear, hear.) The union between Church and State might be a very wise, but it was a perfectly political, institution. (Interruption, followed by loud cheers.) He denied that the fate of the Established Church in this country was involved in the safety of that of the sister Church in Ireland. He should have been glad, if time permitted, to enter. into other ques tions, but he felt that he must be brief. He would ask, however, by aehom. the question of church rates was deprived of its sting ? He desired to secure the opening not only of the doors but the founda tions of the great universities to the great body of the people. (Hear, hear.) He considered that, as regarded both their military and educational sys tems, much watchfulness was needed. He deplored the display of political immorality manifested by members of the present Government, which, he thought, was very much in contrast with the con duct of their opponents. He hoped that they would all unite in marching to victory under the Liberal banner. (Loud and continued cheers.) Mr. MILL (who secured an enthusiastic recep tion) said that his hon. colleague and himself might be supposed to represent different sections of the great Liberal party, but he hoped that the electors would prefer either of them to a Tory. (Loud cheers, and some confusion.) His hon. colleague had addressed himself to the past, he would address himself to the future. They were assembled under new circumstances. A great change had been made in the constituencies, and they woul I be asked what they intended to do with their now paver ? Did they intend that the power extended to them should bring forth any new effort ? Was there to be any improvement in the administration of the new Government? Tf they were indifferent to their interests, other people would be so to ; but if they intended that the Government should be able to deal with the great political and social difficulties pressing upon them now was the time for them to bestir themselves. If they would will what should be done they might depend upon it that the act would follow. So it had been with the corn-laws, and so it would be with the Church of Ireland. The thing might be done almost as easily as it could be said. But, besides abolishing bad laws, the nation had to make good ones. (Hear, hear.) They bad to deal with a richer, a more struggling, a more crowded society than our ancestors could have imagined. There were a hundred evils which had sprung up with which philanthropy would be called upon to deal. The public should endeavour to find out the men who were fitted to carry out this work. (Hear, hear.) Another important matter to be con sidered was the relation between capital and labour ; and again they would be called upon to look at pauperism and the poor law itself. (Ilear.) They were determined that the people should have a good education, let it cost whatit might. (Cheers.) There were schools enough to give education, but they did not do their work because the schoolmasters were either unable or unwilling to do all that they might. Until national education was put in the hands of men well fitted for the work they would not find themselves in a sound position. (Hear, hear.) As regarded their national defence, it might be secured effectively at a fraction of the present cost. In every department of the Government the great want was of capable men, and it was necessary that the House of Commons should supply these capable men. The people of this country had such an op portunity as had never been afforded them since the time of the Commonwealth. (Loud cheers.) Tbey should send men to Parliament who could help Mr. Gladstone. (Cheers.) At the present time there was a peculiar duty placed upon the public to find the best men. He hoped that those who were sent to Parliament would bring something more than money bags and pledges. (Hear, hear.) He should desire to be represented by some one who could tell him what ought to be done. The new electors would be responsible to posterity, to the non-electors, and to the inhabitants of our depen dencies, for the use they might make of the fran chise, and if they did not use their power properly, the changes to be desired would come to pass more slowly than there was now reason to hope. (Great cheering.) Several questions were then addressed to Captain Grosvenor and Mr. Mill, who expressed themselves in favour of a poor-rate for the whole of the metro polis, and for a reduction of military expenditure. As regarded the opening of museums and similar places on Sunday, Captain Grosvenor said he felt the difficulty of the question, and was not prepared to give any pledge. The bent of his wishes would be not to open places of amusement ou that day, or todo anything tending to a profanation of the Sabbath. (Cheers.) Mr. Mill would, for himself, be ready to open on any day places of instructive amusement —(hear, hear,)—but to open them in the present state of the public mind would offend many good people. In reply to a question respecting the dis tribution of the funds of the Irish Church, in case of their alienation, Captain Grosvenor said he thought they might have to be devoted for the pur pose of various religions; and Mr. Mill stated that he should oppose the application of any of these funds to any sectarian purposes. Mr. PROBYN moved, and Mr. J. B; AL seconded : —" That this meeting expresses its entire approba, lion of the faitLful services which the two repre sentatives of the city of IVestminster, the Hou. R. W. Grosvenor, M.P., and John Stuart Mill, Esq., NI.P., have rendered to their constituency. That this meeting tenders them its warmest thanks, and resolves to do all in its power to return them to Parliament at the ensuing election." On the motion being put much confusion ensued, and ultimately an amendment was proposed and seconded, That considering the unsatisfactory answers given by Mr. Mill and Captain Grosvenor, and their conduct generally in Parliament, this meeting feels they are not suitable men to repre sent the city of Westminster in the reformed Par liament." The amendment was put by the Chairman, and declared to be rejected by an overwhelming majority, and the original motion was carried. Mrs. LAW came forward upon the platform to address the meeting, and expressed her satisfaction at the conduct of Captain Grosvenor, and of Mr. Mill during his three years' of Parliamentary life. It bad been said that Mr. Mill had " crotchets," and she considered that to be his best qualification for the office to which he had been chosen. Why should women in other parts of England be electors, and those in West minster be debarred from such a privilege? She represented 100,00 J seamstresses in the metropolis, and 50,030 oppressed seamstresses that were earn ing most wretched remuneration. If they wanted to improve education in the country, let the women be properly educated. Mr. G. PorrEn wished to say that the Con servatives might hold their meetings when they liked, but he asked that they should not come and disturb Liberal meetings. Upon the issue of the election at Westminster many elections would de pend, and he was confident that the Liberals would be returned. Mr. Mason Jones moved, and Professor Fawcett, M.P., seconded a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was carried uua,nimously, and acknowledged by Dr. Brewer. "(Dint alien HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 22. The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Coburg, drove out yesterday afternoon. The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Prince and Princess Christian, Prin cess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice walked iu the grounds this morning. MR. WILLIAM HARRISON. A complimentary benefit to this gentleman is arranged to take place on Monday next, at Covent Garden Theatre, under very distinguished patronage. It may be fairly said of Mr. Harrison that he has done more than any living man for the cause of English Opera, and in his attempts to found it a home has impoverished himself, and now that he is afflicted with severe illness he stands in need of this tribute to his talents as a singer, his enterprise as a manager, and his worth as a man. While associated with Miss Louise Pyne in the management of Covent Garden and other Theatres, Mr. Harrison produced the following works :—" The Rose of Castille," " Satanella," 46 Blanche de Nevers," " Bianca," " Armourer of Nantes," and the " Puri tan's Daughter," by Balfe ; " Lurline," the " De sert Flower," and " Love's Triumph," by W. V. Wallace; "She Stoops to Conquer," by Macfar ren ; " Ruy Blas," by Howard Glover; " Victorine," by Alfred Mellon ; " Court and Cottage," by F. Clay; " Romance," by H. Leslie ; " Fanchette and Punchinello," by W. C. Levey; and the " Lily of Killarney," by Benedict. It was to Mr. Harrison's en terprise that the public was indebted for the excellent English versions of " Dinorah" and the " Domino Noir," both of which were placed on the stage with a completeness that only liberality could effect. It will be seen from this list how earnestly Mr. Harri son worked in what proved to be a disastrous cause, and we sincerely hope that the public, remembering his past z3al and energy, will rally in strong force on Monday next and prove their appreciation of big services in the advancement of the lyric art in this country. The Rev. T. B. O'Donnell, Catholic chaplain to the Brownlow Hill workhouse, Liverpo3l, writes to the Times to correct au erroneous statement m ide by Sir M. H. Beach in committee on the Poor Re lief Bill. The hou. baronet is reported to have said on that occasion that " the guardians of the poor in Liverpool, taking into consideration the fact that the majority of their paupers are Roman Catholics, have appointed a Roman Catholic chaplain to their workhouse with a salary of £3OO a year." Mr. O'Donnell replies that there are upwards of 4,000 paupers in the workhouse, and that two chaplains have been appointed to minister to them—one a Protestant, the other a Roman Catholic. The Pro testant receives for his l a b ours £3OO a year , the Roman Catholi c n il. Th e R oman C athol i c rate payers of th e t own h ave repeatedly claimed t h a t their chaplain shall rece i ve pay equa l to t h a t re ceived by the Protestant chaplain, but the guardians steadfastly decline to accede to their request. Emboldened by their successes in Wales, the Mor" rnbns have endeavoured to break ground in Liver pool. Few persons out of the principality are aware of the immense encouragement which the emissaries of Brigham Young always find in the Welsh coun ties, especially in the southern parts. The miners are allured by the promises held out to them of getting " land for the asking," high wages, and a comfortable home in the Salt Lake settlement, and they gladly abandon a life of toil for the fairer pros pect which is pictured to them. The Mormon elders, however, seek chiefly for girls, and many a house hold in Wales loses its best female servants once or twice a year, owing to the persuasions of Mormon preachers. These young women are generally told that polygamy forms no part of the Mormon reli gion or practice, and that its alleged existence is mere wicked calumny of the " Gentiles." In Mon mouthshire the progress of the se c t d ur i ng the last few years has been amazing, but it is impossible to estimate it properly by statistics or returns, because the " converts" are taken out of the country as fast as they are won. In Liverpool the Mormon pioneers did not find a promising field the other day. TWO of them began to preach in Sheil Park, but they were mobbed and driven from the spot. it is not usual for Mormons to resort to this method of pro' selytizing ; they prefer to work unnoticed, an d " lead captive silly women." The elders are no t men to be discouraged by the displeasure of a singl e crowd in Liverpool. From a recent Parliamentary return supplied from the Poor Law Commissioners' Office in Dub lin, it appears that there are 78 unions in Ireland is which a third meal is not yet allowed to the several classes of healthy inmates of the workhouse, an d that there are 55 unions in which workhouse inmates are not provided with shoes and stockings, not" withstanding the strong remonstrances of the poor Law Commissioners against the continuance of thes e practices as being calculated to be injurious to t he health of the inmates. Mr. Cogan has given noti ce of his intention to bring the matter under the noti ce of the House of Commons before the end of the session, and it is to be hoped Lord Mayo will be ab le to give a satisfactory answer. It seems no longer to be a secret that the Iris ll , Church Commisssioners have una n i mous l y re solved to recommend that from out of the twelve remain ing bishoprics four shall be abolished, and that the incomes of the rem tining eight shall be £3,00 0 year for each of six bishops, £4,000 or £4,5 00 year for the see of Dublin, according as it shall b 3 r a bishopric or archbishop r i c , an d £6 , 000 a year f° the Archbishop of A rmag h. A n extra allowance °f £5OO a year for each bishop w h ose t urn it is t° eit in Parliament is also recommended.—The Recor ° ANOTHER FIRE FROM THE HEAT OF THE 5 t The present hot weather, besides drying up A lIa) . 0 every description of vegetation, except the staple A rtic , s , of wheat., threatens to do an incalculable amount of i or.. chief to waterside and other large depots. I rost h .c day forenoon, between nine and ten o'clock, a telogrl t :a message was received at the stations of the Ifetropoucof Fire Brigade that the extensive tar factory at 11 01 % e s Wick had been fired by the heat of the sun. The ongt quickly attended, and the fire was soon subdued. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, EUSTO ,- - nOA st Pt LONDON.—health- a LONDON.—calth secnred by. Morison's VoEotable Medicines. Read the worka of Janae3 Morison,Morison, the ay vio •nr Vacs te,etion.-o.tWertiecin mt.] TOE SUN, LONDON, TR URSDAY EVENING, J ULY 23, 1868 i I H 0 It, D i S a , I Spat