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Box-of:Geo open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, Gd.; Children under twe:ve, Ar. 3 1 .7 I I - C ITLL sj. C" -- ` 14:1-; 41411 ' C.OiVDON, TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 13E8. As advocates, for very many years past, of the abolition of the Irish Church as an Establishment, as avowed and strenuous advocates of that great reform years upon years before any comprehensive change of the kind had been dreamt of in Mr. GLADSTONE'S philosophy, we are free to confess, at the same time, that those who uphold the Irish Church, those who are dead against its disestablishment, and equally, of course, dead against its disendowment, may be actuated, while so thinking, by the highest and most conscientious motives, even though, from that very fact, they are, according to our thinking, most mistaken in their judgment. Observing the extraordinary acrimony with which the upholders of the Irish Church are assailed by many of the more zealous followers of Mr. GLADSTONE, but more especially by Mr. GLAD STONE himself, one is reminded of the excessive, not to say fanatical zeal which has so often More now been manifested by those who have but very recently been converted. Heart and soul though we are against the Irish Church, as we have been, in fact, from as long as we can remember, we can nevertheless perfectly well realise to ourselves the possibility that there may be those who think other wise as honestly as we ourselves are impressed with the necessityfor thelrishChurch's disestablishment and disendowment. And, indeed, only for what has long been known as to the zeal of converts, one might have supposed that the author (in his younger days) of that book about Church and State, which had the high honour of being reviewed by MACAULAY in the Edinburgh, when its writer, W. E GLADSTONE, M.P., was just fresh from being a Student of Christ Church, Oxford, would have been about the very first to acknowledge the perfect right of any one still continuing to think in regard to the Irish Church as he himself thought until so very recently—the perfect right of any one so continuing to think about it, to avow the fact of his so thinking, and his equally perfect right to urge his convictions upon others with all possible earnestness. But no— so strenuous, in the fanaticism of their zeal, are the new converts to the political faith we ourselves have so long professed in regard to the Irish Church, that anyone who dares to think, who dares to continue to think as they themselves (those new converts) did until yesterday, is a pariah, is a hissing and a derision, is to be pursued with but one cry, and that—anathema nzaranatha ! As for ourselves, as among the old be lievers in the destructability of the Irish Church, in the certainty of its disestablishment and disendow ment sooner or later, we frankly enough concede, as we have done all along, to those who think quite otherwise, a right to express their thoughts as strongly as we conceive we have a right to express ours, and a right, if they so please, to enforce their views, far and wide during this General Election, to the end, if they can manage it, of sustaining for yet a little while longer a structure that in the end we have a profound conviction must crumble into dust. Champions of the Irish Church there have been ever since the Irish Church was first established. Champions of it there will yet be, although their numbers have already been wonderfully diminished and are still diminishing. Can thorn be wanting to defend her cause Lights of the Church or Guardians of the Laws? That is a question which was asked thus nearly a cen- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1868. tury and a half ago by an English Poet, who was also a Roman Catholic, and the words are as apposite now as they were when they first dropped from the pen of ALEXANDER PorE. " Lights of the Church" and " Guardians of the Laws" there will still no doubt be to defend it, and to defend it, too, we believe (though we don't think with them), quite conscientiously. Why, it is an outrage to common sense to think other wise, that it is exclusively our privilege and preroga tive, that it is solely the privilege and prerogative of those who are like ourselves heart and soul for the abolition of the Irish Church, to think, and feel, and argue in regard to it—conscientiously. There are two sides to every question, and the oppos ing side on this one is even to ourselves (who don't go with it in the least as a sound and valid argu ment) perfectly comprehensible. It is from that point of view—the side opposed to our own we mean—that Lord BROUGHAM has laid it down, as a kind of axiom or a sort of a dogma in his treatise upon Political Philosophy (111. 129), that upon the whole " greater mischiefs result from having no establishment at all, and that the balance is decidedly in favour of such an institution." It is precisely in the same spirit, again, that one of the profoundest of our political thinkers, a philosophic statesman, the latchet of whose shoe Mr. J. S. MILL is not worthy to unloose—we mean EDMUND BURKE—asserted with all the emphasis of those weighty words, that "In a Christian Commonwealth the Church and State are one and the same thing, being different integral parts of the same whole." The argu ments accumulate, according to our view, with over whelming preponderance on our own side, but for all that there is something to be said within reason upon the side of our opponents. In testimony of which we have adduced the opinions set forth in fa vour of a Church Establishment by two such autho ritative and philosophic writers as Mr. BURKE and Lord BROUGHAM. If only the force of all this could be felt betimes just now before the stormy contest begins throughout the United Kingdom, but more particularly in Ireland herself there would be less acrimony manifested during the coming Elections, without any diminution necessarily to the fervour of electoral earnestness. The course we hold so dearly at heart is safe. Then, why such virulence in regard to those wbo are innocu ously, but quite consistently, endeavouring (all in vain !) to withstand, or, at the very least, to post post the triumph of it? They will fail in their antagonism—but, at any rate, let us concede to them honesty of purpose. We, for one, cannot but do so, at the very time that we are bent upon furthering, to the uttermost of our power, the in terests of those who are resolved, come what may, to sweep away the Irish Church, root and branch, by means of its disestablishment and its disendow ment. Mn. DISRAELI has made four more ecclesiastical appointments. The Deanery of Lichfield, vacant by the death of Dean HOWARD, has been conferred upon Canon CHAMPNEYS, vicar of St. Pancras, London ; the Canonry of St. Paul's, thus vacant, upon Mr. PROTHERO, the rector of Whippingham, Isle of Wight; the Canonry of Westminster, vacant by the death of Canon HAWKINS, upon Dr. LEIGHTON, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford; and the Professorship of Ecclesiastical History,vacant by the promotion of Dr. MANsEL to the Deanery of St. Paul's, upon the Rev. WILLIAM BRIGHT, of University College, Oxford. Two of these appointments, the first and the last, are in every way admirable. Canon CHAMPNEYS is quite the most respected of the Low Church party. He is an admirable parish priest, his large parish being one of the best organised in London, and he has long been marked. out for preferment by public opinion. There is but one consideration connected with this appointment which will need explanation. Mr. CHAMPNEYS was a member of Mr. HARDY'S com mittee in 1865, but it was positively, though privately, stated by those who ought to know, that he intended to support Sir ROUNDELL PALMER at the forthcoming election. His name, however, appears in the list of Mr. MowBRAY's committee ! Mr. CHAMPNEYS took a second class in classics forty years ago, was rector of Whitechapel from 1837 to 1860, and vicar of St. Pancras from the latter date to the present time. He has thus had thirty-one years' experience as a parochial clergyman in two of the most populous parishes of London. In 1851 he was made a canon of St. Paul's. The canonry was worth £l,OOO a year, the vicarage £1,700 ; so that in becoming Dean of LICHFIELD he makes a large pecuniary sacrifice. He may well think, however, that he has borne long enough the burden and heat of the day, and at his time of life may accept that otium cum dignitate which an English deanery affords. It is thirty-five years since the deanery of Lichfield was last bestowed, and on that occasion it was given to a young man who had no other claim to it than the fact that he was a HOWARD, and the brother of a Whig peer. The appointment in 1833 of the youthful scion of a Whig house, and that in 1868 of a hard-working and elderly London parochial clergyman, mark the progress which has been made in the conscience of statesmen, or rather of the nation, whose opinion statesmen are bound to obey. Lichfield is to be congratulated upon having such a dean as the Low Church Canon CHAMPNEYS ; and such a bishop as the High Church Bishop SELWYN. Such good fortune is almost more than she can expect to enjoy, and it is not unlikely that the diocese will before long lose its chief pastor by his removal to the more important charge of the province of Canterbury. Of Mr. PROTHERO ; the successor of Mr. CHAMPNEYS in the Canonry of St. Paul's, we know little save that the QUEEN is one of his parishioners. He has been a fortunate man. He took no honours at Oxford, but he entered upon the high road to honours of another kind when he became curate of Whippingham, in the Isle of Wight, in 1853. He held that post till 1857, when he was ap pointed rector by the LORD CHANCELLOR ; he was also appointed chaplain at Osborne. The rectory brought him in £BOO a year—not a bad sum for looking after 647 persons ; and besides this, he received a sum, not stated, for his chaplaincy. These posts we presume he will continue to hold in addition to his canonry, which is worth £l,OOO a year. So that this gentleman, who must be somewhere about 50 years of age, but has never, that we know of, con ferred any benefit upon the Church, will be in receipt of a handsome income of about £2,000 a year, or about twice the sum that Mr. CHAMPNEYS will receive after a distinguished university career and an arduous term of over thirty years of London parochial work. Clearly, Court favour is still worth having, even in these strict days. The new Canon of West minster, Dr. LEIGHTON, is a far more distinguished man than Mr. PROTHERO: He is about fifteen years Mr. PROTHERO'S senior; carried off the prize for Latin verse at Oxford in 1826, and took a second class in 1828. He has been Fellow, and is now Warden of All Souls College, is a rural dean, and a Proctor in Convocation. His name does not appear on the Oxford Conservative committee. The last of the four appointments is one in which we take especial pleasure. The post is one of great importance, and on the last occasion that it became vacant it was conferred upon a gentleman distinguished indeed, but by no means suitable. Dr. MANSEL, the hard and dry metaphysician, has now vacated it for the Deanery of St. Paul's, and the Pro fessorship of Ecclesiastical History is now conferred upon Mr. BRIGHT, a gentleman who has already given proofs of historic research, together with a poetic mind—the two qualities most needed for the office now entrusted to him. Oxford, and indeed all eccle siastical and historical students, will feel all the more interest now in the life of ST. ATHANASIUS upon which Mr. BRIGHT is engaged. It is noteworthy that all four of the gentlemen now appointed are Oxonians, and unless the case of Mr. CHAMPNEYS be an exception, none of the appointments seems to have been made with reference to secular politics. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS. MONDAY, November 2. We are peaceful to-day. In the first place, the belief that the King of Prussia will open the Prussian Chambers with a peace manifesto gains strength. The report is very current here, and it is, of course, supported by the " most trustworthy authority," that King William has addressed to the Emperor an autograph letter of the most affec tionate character, giving a rlsu2ne of his much-looked-for speech. If this assertion be based upon fact, it would, of course, be the most important peace guarantee that we have had for many months past. Then, again, the article in the Journal de St. Petersbourg .vears in its entirety a very different character from that which was indicated by the extract sent by telegram. The extract was, in fact, something like the selections from reviews printed in advertisements of books ; it expressed an opinion entirely different from that of the writer. The full text presents a moderate but unflinching review of the situation of Europe ; it has none of the insulting tenour indicated in the first extract. The Govern ment of Russia has, however, disclaimed its official origin. In addition to these cheering signs is the positive fact that a quarrel has taken place between M. Rouher and General Niel. A dispute of this kind must be regarded as a very reassuring sign indeed. M. Rouher, it appears, got the best of it, for Marshal Niel tendered his resig nation ; peace thus triumphing over war. General Lebceuf has been nominated by public opinion as his successor, but ; in fact, the Emperor wants both his states men, and is not likely to part with them. General Niel will remain at the War Department ; but it can hardly be eoncluded that his counsels—which are decidedly bellicose —are in the ascendant. Had such been the case he would not have offered his resignation. Count Bismarck's retirement from political life, at least for the present, is much talked of. He will not be present at the opening of the Chambers. A more probable theory is that he will give up his post as Foreign Minister, and retain only the position of Chancellor. M. Frdmy has furnished the Emperor with a long report on the state of Algeria. The miserable condition of this colony never ceases to be a source of anxiety to the Government. It is noteworthy that M. FrEmy recom mends as the only resource a complete transformation of the system of colonial government. The most impartial and competent authorities agree with him. The position of the Pontifical Zouaves is not one of the most agreeable. They seem to live, move, and have their being over barrels of powder. Stores of the explosive material are frequently being discovered under the bar racks, and, worse still, it is upon some of the Zouaves themselves that the suspicion of laying these mines chiefly falls. Nobody else can do it, and the not unnatural conclusion is that there are traitors in the camp. But how separate the devouring wolves from the faithful lambs ? Suspicion falls upon all alike, and the position of many is rendered wholly intolerable by the conduct of some few of their number. Senor Espeleta is to succeed Senor Marfori as the Superintendent of Queen Isabella. Luxembourg has decidedly profited, at least in respect of liberty, by escaping annexation to France. Its new constitution is remarkably liberal : it abolishes the punish ment of death, grants the right of public meeting, full liberty of the press and of the expression of public opinion, the inviolable secrecy of letters, and the privilege of asso ciation. The Ministers are to be responsible. Certainly the Luxemburgers would have waited a long time for this measure of freedom as subjects of France. Yesterday was la Fete des illortes. Tjie cemeteries of Paris were crowded all day with a multitude paying the annual honours to the dead. At Montmartre a litle political demonstration took place, the statue of Gode froy Cavaignac being covered with crowns of inintortelles. A strong party of scrgents dc vale was mustered in this cemetery. THE IVEATHEE TABLE.-THIS DAY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) THE eventful day has at last been fixed. The seventh Parliament of Queen VICTORIA will have ceased to exist on the 11th of this month. Mr. HARDY will then be able to relieve himself from the position which he said was so intolerable, that of being a Minister of the Crown on sufferance, a Minister in a minority ; and in a fortnight hence he will be able to appeal to the country to convert that minority into a majority. There can, however, be little doubt even in his mind as to the result. True, as we have said, an unlooked-for vein of "Constitutionalism" has been struck in the lowest stratum of the new con stituencies ; but though Lancashire operatives are proving unexpectedly Conservative, there is little doubt but that the country generally is profoundly Liberal. Throughout England and Scotland the approach to unanimity of opinion with regard to the test question of the day has been far greater than was anticipated. If the proposal to disestablish the Irish Church was, as the Conservatives allege, a mere party move, it has at least the merit of success. No other subject would have produced the same consentaneity, no other the same earnestness. Assuming it to be what its oppo nents declare—a piece of political strategy—it is the best counter-move to the DERBY-DISRAELI dishing of the Whigs that could have been devised. It has this further merit, that while the, Conservative leaders were, as they themselves admitted, compelled to take a leap in the dark in order to outflank their opponents, Mr. GLADSTONE needs to perform no such perilous manoeuvre. He knows what he is about, sees where he is walking, and goes straightforward to his goal with sure and certain steps. He has pronounced a definite policy. The country approves it by an overwhelming majority, and half-hearted Liberals are compelled to promise to support him loyally, or else they have to abandon their candidature, as in Bute shire. Not since the dissolution of 1857 has the country been so resolute in its deter mination to support one man, and in rendering im possible all such plots and conspiracies as took place in 180 G. Our only fear is that the Liberal majority may be too large. High as our opinion of the Liberal leader is, we do not care to see him, or any other statesman, exposed to the temptation of excessive power. It proved fatal to Lord PALMERSTON in ten months, in spite of his long experience and skill in dealing with his fellow-men. Mr. GLADSTONE is said to be deficient in "tact," and therefore the danger of a too large following is even greater in his case, unless indeed, principle, which is higher than tact —which Lord PALMERSTON did not possess, but Mr. GLADSTONE does—should keep the Liberal leader straight. Meanwhile the Conservative party go to the country without a policy. Even those who talk of " No Surrender " do so with faint heart, and to a sceptical audience. There is absolutely no guarantee that the operation performed on the " Constitution " will not be repeated on the Irish Church—no guarantee, that is, except an overwhelming Liberal majority. The country will not consent again to entrust the conduct of its affairs to a party which resists moderate changes in order to concede a revo lution. Mr. DISRAELI'S Reform Bill " dished " the Whigs. It destroyed the Conservatives. LATEST INTELL EGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 2. A conference between a number of well known political men was held at the house of Senor Alo zaga to-day, when it w as decided to form a com mittee of twelve members, for the purpose of draw ing up a manifesto in favour of a constitutional monarchy, based upon universal suffrage and on very liberal principles. The committee is composed of four Democrats, four ThroniA 3, and an equal number of Progressists. The manifesto is to be issued to-morrow. Tranquillity prevails everywhere. THE RIVER PLATE AND BRAZIL MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 3. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's steamer Oneida, with the above mails. arrived here this morning. She brings 61 passengers, £105,02 7 in specie, and 2,628 bags of coffee. RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 9. per Cent. Loan, re -90, amounted to pay T a h b e le sub in scri g p o t l i d o , ns i t s o sue th d e $105,833,000, almost all on speculators account. The correspondence between Mr. Washburn, the American Minister at Paraguay, and Lopez's Foreign Minister, is still the principal topic of discussion. Lopez is still in position on the heights of Villeta, and holding the neighbouring pass of Angostura with heavy batteries. The Brazilian forees are said to be already in proximity to Villeta. Lopez's movements are un certain. It is supposed he will retire when pressed fighting. The report that a into ßra t z h i e lia in n te f r o i r o c r ouewwitahst marching upon Chackoside, opposite Ascension, is without foundation. The fleet was accompaning the march of the Brazilian forces. The latest intelligence brought by the Onaida announces no news of importance for the seat of war. Lopez continued desirous of establishing friendly relations with Great Britain. The facilities ex tended by Lopez to her Majesty's gunboat Linnet to survey the river within his lines had excited much surprise and jealousy. In well informed quarters it was believed that it would be satisfactory to Lopez, and the population generally of the River Plate, were her Majesty's Government to mediate between thy, belligerents. The concession to Mr. Baillie and others for the exportation of cattle from the River Plate to Lon don is officially promised by the next packet. Seven large steamers are to be built in England for the service, each capable of carrying 1,200 head. Conscripts continue to be sent from Rio for the army in Paraguay. The reported outbreak of cholera in Rio is un fourded ; it arose at Monte Video from the pre sence of cholera on board a Brazilian transport. The Rio money market was excited. A crisis was expected. The army expenditure leaves a monthly deficit of one million sterling. Exchange limited, £300,000 negotiated at ls. 70. to id. Sovereigns declined to 12.300. Coffee sales improved, receipts from the interior moderate. Freights firm, at 35q. to 40s. to the Channel. Business at Buenos Ayres was dull. Wool quiet. The wheat crop promises well. Money abundant. Exchange : £148,000 passed at 48i to 49. AMERICA. NEW YoRK, Nov. 2. The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of Antwerp arrived here to-day. All well. DtJNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is ra commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Stra,n 1, London, W.O —[A. vertisement.] METEOROLOGICAL RESORTS. Extreme Sea Tuesday, r. November 3,' D. T. a W. Ito 129 F. D. WE. t° 8 a.m. Nairn 29'1ef. 46 45 W.N.W.O 6 3 W.S.W. r.o. 0'25 3 Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 29'61f. 51 48 VV.- .W. 5 4 W. c.o. 4 Yarmouth 29 86f. 46 44 S.W. 3 3 N.W. C. 3 Helder Cuxhaven Skudesnms Ardrossan 29• Cf. 49 48 N.W. 10* 11 N.W. r. o'B9, 8 Greencastle 29 - Lef. 49 48 W. 7 4 W. r.O. 0 '5B Holyhead Liverpool Valentin 3o'lof. 52 48 W. 7 7 N.W. roe Cape Clear 3o'o7f. 53 50 W.S.W. 7 0 N.W. c. 6 Roche s Pt. 30'63f. 51 49 W. 6 6 W. b.c. 3 Penzance Plymouth 30•255. 52 50 W. 2 2 W.N.W. C. 2 Weymouth I 301.41. 153 50 W. 5 1 W.N.W. 0. 2 Portsmouth 20'12f. ,51 48 W. 4 3;W.N.W. o. 4 London C'peGrisNez 30 - 09 f. 55 50 W. 8 7 W. 0. o'o7 5 Brest 20'365. 52 47 W.N.W. 4 4 W. Lo. o'o3 3 L'Orient 30'3:'s. 48, 44 W. 4 3 S.S.E. cjo 'O7 3 och efoit 30•38 r. 55 53 W. 3 3 W. c. 1 Biarritz Corunna — Brussels Paris Strasbourg Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) — DR. VAUGHAN'S TRIBUTE TO THE LATE PRIMATE. Dr. Vaughan, of Doncaster, delivered on Sunday the first of a series of sermons at the University Church, Cambridge, which was densely crowded. The preacher alluded to the death of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, observing that the Church of England had to mourn the loss of its head, a man endowed with many gifts, but moro graces—a man of humility, a man of kindness, and a man whose life and actions were bright examples. Ho was a man whose virtues made him tho tyro of a Christian man and the Christian minister. The preacher knew, he said, of ono instance where the late archbishop had devoted himself to the reformation of one individual life. Tho man rescued was a labourer, and after his release from the prison house the late archbishop continued to watch over him, and though separated by geographical distance the anxiety and care were tho same. Their late right rev. father in God now rested from his labours. Let us follow him, said Dr. Vaughan, in his acts of charity, in his meekness, in his gentleness, in his humility, in his faith, and in his purity of life. EXPLANA Barometer corrected and reduced to E 2 deg. a sea level. The setter r., rising; f., falling: a.. steady—indicate direction of wotionof the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade, Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—cairn Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds. detached f.—fog ; h.—hail I.—lightning m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r.—rain ; s. —snow; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. A sudden and very rapid diminution of barometrical pressure set in last evening in the north, amounting to more than half an inch in the list twelve hours. In Ireland and the S. of England the decrease has not been so great, whilst on the W. coast of France readings are nearly the same. Large differences now exist between pressures In Great Britain ; the readings at Nairn and Penzance differ by PlOin. Readings in France arc higher than those on the Channel coast. Tem perature has risen generally, except at stations on the Channel coast. A heavy north-westerly gale set in yesterday at Ardrossan, which was felt at Leith with less force, and still continues at these stations. In the Irish Sea the wind blew hard from S.W. at Holyhead, and is still continuing. Winds are strong from the westward in Ireland, but light in the Channel. Heavy rain is reported at Ardrossan : the sea is rery high there and at Valencia. Warnings issued. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE, CHELSEA.—The third Liberal candidate, Mr. Otter, having, since his withdrawal, in the most honourable manner consented to speak in favour of the selected candi dates, at an aggregate meeting of the Chelsea Liberals, it is probable that Mr. Wentworth Dilke and Sir Henry Hoare will shortly issue a joint address, and appear together at each of the vestry halls. A few of the more noisy of Mr. Odger's late supporters declare that they will bring forward another jworking man candidate, but there is little doubt that they will not carry their threat into execution. HACKNEY. —Captain Hamilton Story, who came forward in the Conservative interest, has retired, and his place is to be filled by Mr. C. Locock - Webb. He is opposed to the disestablishment of the Irish Church, and declares his Conservatism to be unhesitating and decided. PETERBOROUGH.—Mr. Whalley has issued an address to the electors of Peterborough, reviewing the results of his canvass, which he deems satisfactory. Mr. Wrenfordsley has come forward as a cordial supporter of the present Government. READING.—For several weeks past the Liberal members for this borough, Sir Francis Goldsmid, Bart., and Mr. G. Shaw Lefevre, have been threatened with opposition, but as yet the Conservative party have been unsuccessful in their endeavours to find candidates sufficiently bold to fight their cause with the two present representatives. ROCHDALE.—Mr. W. W. Schofield, of Bu!kley Han, nas issued an address as the Conservative candidate. SHREIVSBURY.-Mr. Figgins, a London typefounder, has accepted a requisition to contest Shrewsbury in the Con. servative interest. The opposition will be chiefly directed against Mr. Tomline, who is the non-resident member, and not very popular. WORCESTER.—A Mr. King has come out as a nitn Liberal candidate. There is only one Conservative in the field. WEST WORCESTERSHIRE.—On Saturday the addresses of the two sitting members, Mr. Winn Knight and Mr. Dowdeswell, were issued. Both seek re-election. Sir T. E. Winnington has been invited to stand in the Liberal interest, but has not yet replied. WEYmounr.—A new Conservative candidate nas appeared here, in the person of Mr. Charles J. T. Hambro, son of Baron Hambro, of Milton Abbey, Bland ford. The other Conservative candidate is one of the sit- tiny members, Mr. Brooks. Mr. Powell, Q.C., who, with Mr. Edwards, the other sitting member, is a Liberal can didate, has completed his canvass. It appears to have been satisfactory to himself and party in an eminent degree. SOUTH SHROPSHIRE. — CoI. Cori) At (C.) is to be brougnt forward in opposition to Mr. Jasper More (L.) Mr. More beaded the poll at the last election. NOTTINGHAM.— Mr. Merriman, one of the Liberal candidates, has retired, leaving three Liberals in the field Mr. Bernal Osborne, Mr. Clayden, and Mr. Seely, jun. Sir Robert Clifton has notified that if Mr. Marten (C.) goes to the poll, he will do his utmost to prevent his being returned. BRIGIITOn—This place is like!y to be more than usually excited, consequent on so many candidates being in the field. The following are the candidates :—Mr. Fawcett, Mr. White, Mr. Coningbam, Mr. Moor, Mr. Peck, cud Mr. Bastrord. Anofter Liberal candidate is exf,cele, o cone forward. THE MARRIAGE OF MR. PUNSIION. The marriage of tile Rev. W. Morley Punshon has caused a great deal of comment amongst the Wesleyans. It was denied that it would have any effect upon Mr. Punshon's position in his sect. "A Candid Wesleyan," writing to the Liverpool courier, however, says —"The recent marriage of the Rev. W. M. Punsh on didinvolve— and he knew beforehand that it would involve--a serious change in his status among the Wesleyan s. his wishes had been known for several years; and on all sides it was agreed that should he follow his in clinations, he must be severed from the connection. Xevertheless, he married his deceased wife's sister, and now it only remains for the Conference, when it next meets, to formally recognise and punish his contumacy, For he has openly and deliberately broken the law of England —an act which no minister, however eminent, may do without being disowned by the governing and representative body of this religious commu nion. Nevertheless, the Conference does not impute moral guilt. Many of its members sympathise with Mr. Punshon. All regret the severance, and are glad that he removed to America before marrying, as in that country no such disciplinary consequences will ensue. An unfor tunate and merely legal embarrassment has been got rid of in the best possible manner, and an honourable career of usefulness lies open to Mr. Punshon. lz - R. MILL ON PUBLIC AFFAIRA Mr. J. S. Mill, in addressing the electors of Westminster on Monday, said the issue which was presented to them at this general election was as simple a one as ever came before an electoral body. In Westminster they had not to decide between one Liberal and another, or between one school or shade of Liberalism and another. There were constituencies which had this choice to make ; and he conceived that under such circumstances there might be difficulties, and ground for much discussion and difference of opinion. He hoped that those constituences which found themselves in this position would come to some agreement and understanding before they went to the poll, such as had been come to in the borough of Chelsea. What had been done in Chelsea was well worthy of the serious consideration of all great Liberal constituencies. He said this in the most disinterested spirit, for Mr. Odger, the candidate who had retired, had all his sympathy, and he regretted that he had been called upon to resign. It now behoved them f,o all unite in keeping out a Tory ; and in the city of Westminster, especially, he hoped they would not let a Tory candidate creep in. The gentleman who was now before them as a sup porter of the present Government did not base his claims upon anything other than the fact that he would vote with Mr. Disraeli, and it was well known that no measures of progress were proposed by that right lion. gentleman of his own free will. On the other hand, the Liberals of the country had before them one of the ablest leaders which they had had for centuries, and he hoped they would support him. Mr. Gladstone was a man who, possessing the confidence of the people, spent the whole of his time and ability in devising measures for the rood of his country, and it was now for England to say whether they desired to see that statesman in power or not. There were some people whose Liberalism was rather easy, who flattered themselves with the extremely fake notion that it was not of much matter what Minister was in power, and that in fact there was some advantage in having the Tories in place, because, when they were, they could be forced to pass those measures which if out of office they would oppose. The best reply to this was, that the constituencies should send Mr. Glad stone so many supporters and Mr. Disraeli so many opponents, that the former would be able to carry what the latter would be powerless to prevent. In answer to questions put to him, Mr. Mill (with Captain Grosve nor) refused to vote for the Permissive Bill. With regard to the funds of the Irish Church, Mr. Mill said, without precisely pledging himself as to the manner in which the funds were to be dealt with, he would say that he thought, under any circum stances, they ought to be devoted to Irish purposes. The funds came from Irish land and produce, and they ought to be devoted to Irish uses. They must not be given to the endowment of any religious body whatever, nor to any exclusively denominational system of educa tion. They should be applied to whatever were the most pressing social wants of Ireland, and to an unsectarian and undenominational system of education. The new suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, com menced e ver a year ago, will be completed about the end of November. The bridge extends from a point just below the _American Falls to a point on the Canadian side just below the Clifton E ouse. The span is 1,264 feet 4 inches, and the two cables aro 1,900 feet long. In each cable there are seven wire ropes, each two and a half inches in diameter. The span is said to be longer than that of any other suspension bridge in the world. The New York Times states that negotiations are being carried on with the American Atlantic Cable Tele graph Company, of tLat city (who have by act of Congress the exclusive right of landing a cable on the coast of the United States, except the coast of Florida) and some foreign capitalists, to join them in laying a cable direct to Bel gium— arrangements having been perfected for securing a most liberal concession from the Government of that coun try. It is said responsible patties have signified their readiness to enter into a contract to put down a cable for £500,000. A singular variation on the "Enoch Arden" ro mance is narrated as an incident of last week in a country town of Cork. The heroine of the adventure, married ten years ago, was shortly afterwards forsaken by her hus band, who emigrated to America. At the end of nine years she married again, the second husband, like the first, belong ing to the labouring class. Soon after this the return of the first husband was reported ; whereupon the woman, who had kept the fact of her first marriage a profound secret, immediately disappeared, and the most diligent search by both husbands has failed to discover her retreat. A MISHAP. —An amusing incident occurred on Sunday last in a church at Peckham. A reverend gen tleman, to the great surprise of his congregation, sud denly paused for some minutes' duration, during which he appeared to be struggling with his manuscript notes, and it was feared that his sermon would come to an abrupt termination. In a few minutes, however, the countenance of the previously agitated divine assumed its usual im posing solemnity, and the discourse proceeded, but not until he had informed his hearers that he had found out where he had left off. South London Press: TIIE AMERICAN MINISTER.—The first day of Michaelmas Term his Excellency the Minister of the United States, the Hon. E. Reverdy Johnson, honoured the Lord Chancellor with his presence at his lordship's official reception of the judges, Queen's Counsel, and others connected with the administration of the law. His Excel lency arrived about half-past 12 at Cromwell House, the residence of the Lord Chancellor. The Lord Chief Justice of England, the Master of the Rolls, the Lords Justices of Appeal in Chancery, with the other members of the judicial bench, had the honour of being presented to his Excellency. ADVICE TO PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES. —There is only one way of dealing with a cantankerous con stituent or a riotous meeting, and that is by keeping up a sort of good-humoured audacity. Resent an interrup tion, lose your temper, or go off into an explanation and get prosy, put in a good word for hares or rabbits, sneer at the ballot-box, or mutter a syllable against the Permissive Bill, and it is all up with you. You may as well finish off your speech at once, for when once you have raised the demon of democracy in an English mob you may try all the incantations of sophistry and eloquence in vain to lay the spirit you have called from its lair.— Gentleman's 11Iaqa:ine. PURITY OF ELECTION.—A Liberal association having been recently established for the county of Berks, it was proposed to hold an inaugural banquet on a large scale, and a suggestion was made that some friends of the Liberal cause might purchase tickets to be given to humble members of the association ; on hearing which the Hon. Auberon 'Herbert, one of the Liberal candidates for the county, expressed his strong disapproval of the proposal, and intimated to the committee of the association that he must be excused from attending the banquet if these sug gestions were carried out, as in his judgment it would have the appearance of treating, and assist in perpetuating s system which he utterly abhorred, and be a considerable listrace to the country, j HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, NOV. 1. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Thatrice and Prince Leopold, went out yesterday morning' h In the afternoon he r M a j es ty drove out with Princess Chri s ti an an d P r i ncess L o uise, atten d ' " by the Marchioness of Ely. The Princess of Wales drove out on Saturday,g• tended by the Countess of Morton. MI?. NARK LEMON'S FALLSI AFF. 0 The pretty but petite G a ll er y of Illasf.'ra 6+ 0 he having been found in a d equa t e t o acco mmodate " increasing number of visito rs t o M r . Mark Lercen 0 " Readings in Costume," the scene of a ction 13 ''' been changed to St. George's Hall, Laag bar place, and last night a l arge au di en ce assewb Abe to assist at jovial " fat J ac k' s " h ousewa rming. e increase of stage room gives Mr. L em on more scope for action, and altogeth e r th e remova l is decidedlyt a change for the bett er . Th e arrangei ne o u 0 of the entertainment are so n icely I n . 0 that the lack of scenery is never misse d ; I fact it gives a cha ra ct er t o th e " R ea ding" that makes it decidedly unique. We have already pressed a very decided opinion on the great ni er c l ir of Mr. Lemon's rendering of the character of t 3,. John Falstaff, and we can do no more on the P r it sent occasion than again complement the great e iv r. on his scholarly, and, in all respects, admirable p formance. From the first discovery of Sir jc) over his cup of sack to his arrest for Fleet P r son, the conception of th e p ar t was mas terly a u ' conspicuously Shaksperian, and on no single th e casion was Mr. Lemon bet r ayed into t " enticing sin of "gagging." His was a P er ,i feet ferformance, and as such we recoil:oe% it to all true lovers of the English drarma• actors assisting Mr. Lemon were, for the most P art ' good ; but it would gr e atly h e i g ht en the effect h e little more dash and spirit wera i n fused into the character of the Prince of Wales. Taken, 11° ::; ever, as a whole, there is cert a i n ly n ot a pleas ailv d - , entertainment in the metropolis than the "B ea ings in Costume." EPSOM RACE COURSE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,— So many reports have been in circulation relative to the possible postponement of the ver b ' „ ' for the next t wo y ears, w ill you rerm it w e to fu''' nish you with the facts of the case ? of In December l as t I purchased of the truste es the Carew estate the Walton-on-the-Hill 1 11311°r ' and all the ri g hts a pp er t a i n i ng t h ereto, f or £20,° 10 On the 3d of Janu ar y M r . G reenwoo d, solicitor °f the trustees, wrote to Mr. H. Dorling, him that his clients had sold the Walton ina °°r e .. o me, as from the next L a dy-d a y, an d as his arraeb e went with him as to the u s e o f th a t p ar t of the ta bs course within the manor would then expir e ' thought Mr. Dorling had better put himself ill e° r munication with me or my soli c it or s, Messrs. 1: -' 811e ' e Ouvry, and Co., 66, Lincoln's-inn-fields, rela ti o to the right of running over that part of the C l o t which abuts on my property for the future. et instead of Mr. Dorli ng commun i cat i ng w ith e it ' p d my solicitor or my se lf, h e, w i t h ot h ers , sotl; and measured off a new course , w hi c h w as ev ell ,o ally abandoned as unsuitable, thus showing vo the Epsom Grand Stand Committee would O til done without my land if they could ; and not the 14th of April did th e y communicate Wit h ra io , They then stated that, as they found so much "' lt o . , representation" afloat respecting Walton 1111113 t 1 they thought it would be the w i s est plan th a tes i should afford them a n o pp or t un ity o f a f e w raj° conversation on the subject. A n rib This communication was d a t e d th e 14th of 04 ' 4 and my reply to it the 20th. In acknowle d V o their letter, I exp r es s ed my surpr i se at hearing fro them, as I thought th e y wou ld h ave d one vii tb° „3 my land after ha v i ng s t a k e d ou t- a f res h co urse, °- 0 remarked that it was a pity they had not sough b y interview with me at the time they w ere advis Mr. Greenwood, which as a simple matter of b u to ness they should have done, instead of listenia c , " misrepresentation" for whi c h I was in no wal 3 , countable; and that to avoid furthe r m isreprese nts tion I begged to refer them to my solicitors. soo oa On the 27th of Ap r il M essrs . Li n d say and )"'j addressed a letter t o m y so li c i tors, s t a ting tu at oc l had referred their clients, the Epsom Grand S tAl o f Association, to them in reference to an extensie e the term of their occ u p a ti on , w hi c h wou ld net h e e i r c pire until the 3d of Au gus t, 1869. They said t " t o clients would be glad to take a lease at the 03 010 rent they were then paying and had paid for se er , years past—viz., £3OO per annum ; but, if 114 0 disposed to include in the lease the use of the v fr- o f lands of the manor generally for the purP e ts se ., e t training as well as rac i ng , th ey wou ld n ot 00 ' 0 to pay a small additional rent ; and as the s ' a t be given by :them to be run for depended ee ba t amount which they had t o p ay , th ey pro posed t the term should be a long one. c led Now, as no such document as a lease was Oa . 0 , to in my title, and Mr. G e e n wo o d d en ied its ° no tence, Messrs. Linsay and Mason were aPP li° ' Bo :l for an explanation, whereupon they for f Messrs. Farrer, Ouvry, and Co. the coil ° as p document said to be signed by Mr. C. H. C ° oo , on the 3d day of August, 1867, gran ting g e ; s- 00 Dorling and Knowles a lease for t wo years 0.1 , 00 t portion of the course in disput e ; an d at the l gro t of this document was a re ce ipt f or £3OO for the year's rent. to So far back as 1860 Mr. Greenwood see'r t he have been acting on behalf of the trustees e' Carew estate, when the Master of the Rolls w ° ool not consent to continue a donation to the EP s O6 l race funds out of the annual rental of £3 OO, „ A v et since that time Mr. Carew has had no power the property, M r . G reenwoo d h av i ng b e en the s" citor and receiver for the trustees, &c. I need not comment on the document or the 10 tive which induced Messrs. Dorling and ICla ()%v a l to procure it; but certainly after doing.. s° ;%, marking out their new course, they could ne t 0 , pect much consideration from me. My solic it° o however, after having seen me, wrote to Dress of ia Lindsay and Mason that their client woul d ~.r 3 acknowledge their document, and thus 1 1193 0( 1 were left in abeyance until Messrs. Dorliog (4 to Knowles had their real position brought 'woo them. had they acted upon Mr. GreenwooP ; ;_ht vice and met my solicito rs a t th e ou t se t they 113 of have had easy terms ; but after the measuremelli the their proposed ne w course an d th e pro d u ction °: th e two years' lease, they could not have expected same terms. sa cii Their indepe n d ence an d neg l ect to embrac e opportunities have brought about the present e i 0 for which they have only themselves to th an ; 1 0 they might, up to the last moment, ha ve use favourable terms. At this stage Dr. Sho rt ; t he undertook to settle the matter, and demand e ti of rental of £l,OOO per annum, b es id es a h ° ,n, to $' £2,500, on e -h a lf o f w hi c h I o ff ere d to deohati race at the Epsom Summer Meeting. I 013 P h ola tally deny ever ha v i ng s t a t e d th a t the Doll t° not be run over my land. lam the last Pe rs but wish t o dep r i ve E ng l an d o f h er na tional ra ce ' oc o• I will not allow the Ep som G ran d Stand As ario a tion, or anybody else, to treat me with such h i 1 , 0 ,4 discourtesy as they have thought proper tc) ria ht 4 me, besides attempting to deprive me of 111 - I j,"rith and my rental by an invalid document. sir, many apologies for thus troubling you, I „ aim Dv, yours faithfully, EnwARD Grosvenor Hotel, Nov. 2. An Irish Ministerial journal states that the - " ata l way Commissioners are preparing a SUPP len3 „:l .l,s° , report, coLtaining direct recommendations for A PM C of the railways of Ireland; "Ministers after the Store a scheme to Parliament almost inunodiately sion opens." The statement is generally supP O4 S° merely an electioneering significance. desiring t ° s-bes-