The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-23 00:00:00

DERBY.

When the Belgians arrived in England a general
invitation to such of their number as were desirous of
visiting the provinces was forwarded to the commanding
officer, on the part of the mayor and corporation of Derby,
and with it was coupled an invitation from the Duke of
Devonshire, begging them to visit Chatsworth and partake
of his grace's hospitality. The invitations were accepted
by Major /Recife, and upwards of 50 of the volunteers,
and it was settled that they should arrive in Derby last
evening. Accordinglya reception committee was organised,
and public subscriptiods flowed in so liberally that the
managers soon found themselves in • position to arrange
• programme which, if successfully carried out, will make
the excursion into Derbyshire not the least pleasant
of the memories which our visitors will carry
back with them to Belgium. On their arrival
at the railway station the Belgians were met by
a guard of honour selected from the ranks of the Derby
volunteers, by whom they were escorted to the Guildhall,
the band playing the " Brobant3onne." Here they were
officially received and welcomed by the mayor and cor-
poration, and subsequently entertained at agrand banquet.
The reception was most enthusiastic, the townspeople
th the route and cheering incessantly. A special
trrinntiansgbeen chartered to convey them to-day to Haddon-
hall and Chatsworth, at which latter place they will be-
come the guests of the Duke of Devonshire. Returning
to Derby in the evening, the day • proceedings will be
brought to • conclusion by • ball, given tinder the patron.
age of the nobility and principal gentry of the county.
During their stay in Derby the Belgians will, with the ex-
ception of the public entertainments named, be the guests
of private families, each volunteer on his arrival at the
railway station being handed a " billet" (in itself a work
of art), where he is " Prie d'aecepter pour Lundi et Mardi
Thospitalite de 31--." It is understood that the Bel-
gians will finally leave Derby on Wednesday.

PATIVer OFFICE MUSEUM, SOIITH KENSINGTON.—
Number of visitors for the week ending July 20, 2,171 ;
total number awe the opening of the MUMMD, free daily,
(May 12, 1868), 1,160,508.

BIRMINGHAM, Moarnav Evrituro.
The rumination took place to-day in the Town-
hall. The friends of both candidates mustered in great
force, those of Mi. Dixon, the liberal candidate, prepon-
deratiag. The proceedings occupied a little over two
hours, but from first to last not one sentence uttered by
any speaker was heard ; it was one long-continued deafen.
ing uproar. Each of the speakers bad to mat his head
down almost to the very note-books of the reporter', who
clustered around the spot which the speaker occupied.
The Mayne (Mr. Thomas Avery) prayed for • fair hear-
ing for both sides. The mob returned this request by
hooting, yells, and groans, and
Mr. Alderman WIOGIN nominated Mr. George Dixon, the
liberalcandidate. He said 'that although that gentleman
was prepared to go somewhat further on particular ques-
tions than he was, yet on the whole be gave him his cor-
dial support. He added—" I say to the people of Bir-
mingham, and I say it advisedly, that Mr. Dixon hss been
most unjustly, moat shamefully, and moat cruelly treated
hear)—in the matter of those disgraceful riots. I
was associated as a magistrate with Mr. Dixon during the
whole of that period, and I maintain that it would have
been impossible for any man to have performed those duties
with greater ability or with greater fairness than did Mr.
Dixon. If I had no other reason for supporting Mr.
Dixon, it would be sufficient for me to know that he has
been the victim of religious bigotry and intolerance. This
would be sufficient to induce me to come to his support
and aid, and do all I can to secure his election. Now, I
gentlemen, I ask you, shall we men of Birmingham, who
have always been in the van of liberalism, shall we stultify
ourselves by sending to parliament • man who will always
vote on the side of Lad Derby and Mr. Disraeli rather
than support the more liberal and enlightened policy of
Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone? (Cheers)
Mr. J. M. Weicter, vice-president of the Chamber of
Commerce, seconded the nomination.
Mr. J. D. GOODMAN, partner of the late member, Mr.
Scholefield, nominated Mr. Sampson Samuel Lloyd, liberal
conservative. Do you want (he said) a man of true pa-
triotism, of unflinching integrity? Mr. Lloyd is the man.
(Hear, hear.) Do you want • man of eminent talents!
Mr. Lloyd is the man. (Hear, hear.) Do you want • man
of true independence—one who will be faithful to the
high trust which this day by a large majority you will
impose upon him Mr. Lloyd is the man for Birming-
ham. (Cheers.)
Mr. Joan GRAHAM, J.P., merchant, seconded the nomi-
nation elf Mr. Lloyd.
Mr. DIXON, in the course of his speech, said—My prin-
cipal claim upon the suffrage of the electors of Birming-
ham is that I stand here as the chosen candidate of
the liberal party of this town. lam not a liberal of to-
day. I have always been a liberal, and an advanced
liberal, and the part that I have taken—the prominent
part—in all political movements that have agitated this
town during the last few years is proof that I not only
belong to the great liberal party, but that I have occupied
a prominent place in it. Nt'hat I have been I shall con-
tinue tobe,and whether in or out of parliament my place
will always be amongst the foremost and most earnest
of the advanced liberals of the country. If I should be
returned to parliament as the representative of Birming-
ham, my first efforts will be to assist in the completion of
that measure of reform which is now before parliament.
I should like to see those clauses in the present bill which
provide for the personal payment of rates either entirely
annulled or considerably modified. I should wish to pro-
mote the passing of a bill for the further redistribution of
' seats which should provide for a full and fair representation
of the numbers, the intelligence, and the wealth of the great
commercial towns and districts of the country, and 'should
further desire to see a bill pass through parliament which
should give to every voter the protection of the ballot.
And then, when the House of Commons shall have been
completely reformed, I trust that there will be no further
obstacles to our taking into consideration and properly pro-
! vide for the revision of the game laws and those land laws
! which favour the accumulation of land in the hands of
single individuals. I should hope that then we may be
in • position to deal equitably with all those questions
which have for so long engaged the attention of the liberal
party, and I trust that we shall not find it beyond our pro-
; vinee that the time had come—at least that we may coma der
that the time had come—when we might fully consider the
whole question of international law. I should further be a
strong advocate for the entire abolition of church rates. I
should be an advocate for the entire abolition of the
Irish church, and when that question comes to be con-
sidered I shall consider it my duty to vote for its abolition.
Before I conclude the few remarks I have to make to you,
I wish to tell you that I have studied all those questions
which have agitated and are likely to agitate this coon-
try. r Would also allude to the misrepresentations which
have been made respecting my religion, and industri.
oualy circulated by the canvasser of the opposite party.
I have been
.stated to he • Roman catholic : to that
• statenent I give my moat distinct denial. It has also
been stated that I have been to Birkenhead, Liverpool,
Manchester, and other places, for the purpose of inducing
the authorities there to refuse the visits of Mr. Murphy :
that statement I deny. It has also been said that I
went to London for the express purpose of inducing the
Home Secretary to authorise such measures as would
cause Mr. Murphy to be imprisoned for six months. That
I also entirely deny. It has been said that the object I
have had in view in all this has been to strike a blow at
the protestant religion. Now, for the last time, I most
earnestly end most entirely deny that that is a proper
conclusion to draw from what I have said. As I have said
before, under difficult and trying circumstances I had to
perform certain duties which devolved npcn me as
mayor of this great town, and I have in consequence
discharged those duties. If I have erred I can
only say that I regret the mistake. But even now
on looking back on all the circumstances of the past
I cannot see that I did wrong ; and I cannot but believe
that, when the present excitement has passed away, my
fellow-townsmen, on considering the circumstances of the
case, will approve of the course I took. It has been said
that I was opposed to freedom of speech, and that I was
opposed to the truth; but I am the last man to whomtbat
should be applied. I yield to none in my desire
to see it extended, not only throughout this country,
but throughout the world. But Ido not concur with those
who think liberty of speech should be encouraged when
that freedom is to be used in vilifying the respectable
inhabitants of this town. In regard to my protestantiwn
my principles are firmly rooted, and I yield to none in
my claim to be considered as a protestant. (Cheers.)
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_ .
Mr. SAMMON LLOYD, who was received with much en-
thusiasm, said—l come before you on this important occa-
sion, not to serve any personal ends of my own, but at the
request of a very large and influential number, to act as
the champion of principles which both I and you agree in
holding dear, and on which I believe the permanence of
our liberty and prosperity mainly depends. I have engaged
no lecturer. I have brought no champions from the clubs
in London. I prefer to come before you as a free man,
and as your fellow citizen, invited by free men, to
stead or fall by your free suffrage alone. You
I are urged to vote against me because if I go
I to parliament I should make it my special business on
every available opportunity to contradict Mr. Bright, and
I vote against him. On the contrary, I promise you that
should I be elected by you, and should I find Mr. Bright
to advocate measures which I believe in my conscience to
' be for the liberty of the people, for their social improve-
mint, or their mutual welfare, I shall only be too delighted
to support Mr. Bright in any measure of that kind. But I
am quite sure you do not want to represent you • man
li who as not independence of character enough to vote
1 against Mr. Bright, or Mr. Anybody-else, when they are
advocating measures of a contrary character. I, at least,
&moot the man. If you send me to parliament, I shall
vote independently and fearlessly for every measure that
I believe to be for the good of the people. whether it comes
from the conservative or the radical side of the house,
or from an independent member. Another reason why
,you are told to reject me is that the Reform Bill
' is in danger in the House of Lords, and that my return
will further endanger the passing of the bill What I have
to say on that point is that I for one, if I am sent to
represent you in parliament, will not countenance
by my rote any modification which would affect the
main principles of the Reform Bill. I am thoroughly in
favour of the Reform Bill being passed by the House of
Lords, substantially in the same state in which it was
passed by the House of Commons ; and if it required any
changes, those changes must be in the direction of carry- ,
ing those principles more fully into effect, and not of re-
stricting the operation in the least. The organ of my oppo-
nent
accuses me of being the narrowest and strongest
churchman in existence. This is • pretty strong term, 811,- I
plying, as it does, to all the members of the Church of England 1
throughout the world. I have only to defy my opponents
I to point to any act of my public or private life that justifies
such an aasertion. I am the brother of a dissenter, and I
have relations who are dissenters of various denominations.
I am an humble but an attached member of the church
of England. But I am an advocate for the fullest liberty
and toleration in all religious sects whatsoever. Again,
it has been asserted that if you send me to
I parliament, though I shall oppose the Maynooth
grant, I shall support the Regium Donum. I repeat
what I have before publicly stated in this town, and
which the organ of my opponent seems wilfully to ignore,
that if the Regium Donum be given from the taxpayer's
money, and not under state inspection and control,
I am prepared, if you do amid me to parliament, to vote
against the appropriation of the taxpayers' money for any
re us purpose whatever whether it be the church of
England, or the church of ti
ootland, or any other religious
y, unless it was under state inspection and oontroL
I am next accused of being • candidate repudiated by all
shades of liberals in this town. I have only to point,
in answer to this, to the two honourable men, well
known in Birmingham, who have done me the honour to
propose and sexed IN this day. The names of those gen.

Yesterday the nomination of candidates for the
vacant seat for Coventry occasioned by the death of Mr.
Treherne took place amidst the customary hubbub and
excitement. Hustings had been erected at the Broadgate,
in the °entre of the town, the wide open space around
being completely filled by electors and non-electors capons.
ing the cause of the two candidates—Mr. Buxton on the
conservative and Mr. Jackson on the liberal aide. It was
pretty well understood beforehand that neither party was
to allow their opponents to have a bearing at the hustings,
and this understanding was religiowdy carried out, the
result being that although there was a good deal of gesti-
culation the proceedings were carried on literally as a
dumb-show, no one being heard a yard from the hustings.
Under these circumstances the formal proceedings of the
nomination were got through in about twenty minutes.
The Mayor (Mr. Marriott) having read the writ and put
the usual question, Dr. Phillip' proposed Mr. Ferrand as
a fit and proper person to represent the city of Coventry
in parliament. Mr. Edward Eardley seconded the nomi-
nation. Mr. Galion proposed Mr. H. K. Jackson as the
liberal candidate, and Mr. Lawrence Booth seconded the
nomination of Mr. Gideon. The Mayor then took the show
of hands, which appeared to be remarkably equal, but his
worship decided that it was in favour of Mr. Femutd. A
poll was then demanded for Mr. Jackson, and appointed
to take pier* this day at the polling booth erected
for the purpose. Both candidates said • few words
at the hustings, but they were drowned in the groans and
cheers of the people, and they therefore deferred their
rema'ks until after the close of the formalities of the day,
when each addresswl his supporters from the front of his
hotel. There is • good deal of excitement in the town,
but up to the departure of our reporter no breach of the
peace.

TORY COERCION AT BIRMINGHAM. —We call the
serious attention of all who value true freedom to a letter
in the Post of to-day, by a member of the Wesleyan body,
who gives his name and address. An old man who has
saved enough out of his earnings to obtain a vote intended
to give it to Mr. Dixon, whose principles this man liked.
His master, however, disapproves of this liberty of con-
'claw, and so discharged him. How many votes will the
tories obtain to-morrow by this infamous species of co.
eretou.—Birminfihum Daily Post.

SUDDEN DEATH OF Eire CHABLIS MONCK. —Sir
Charles Mono*, of Belaay Castle, the eldest of the North-
umberland county magistrates, he having reacted 88 years
of age, died suddenly at his seat in Northumberland on
Saturday morning. The venerable baronet was considered
in better health on Friday ; but on Saturday morning at 2
o'clock he rang his bell and called up his butler, stating
that be wee dying, end before any medical gentleman
could be brought to the castle be expired. Sir Charles was
twice elected a knight to represent the county of Northum-
berland in parliameut, in 1812 and 1819. He was a liberal in
politics, and was a warm and enthusiastic champion of the
independence of the Greeks at that time. Sir Charles was
• descendant of the Middletons of Northumberland, who,
since the reign of Edward IL, made Betsey their residence.
Sir Charles was a great lover of field sports, and main-
tained a numerous stud of horses. He was well known
and respected on the turf as an old-fashioned sportsman,
and ran a number of celebrated horses in his time. He is
succeeded in his estates and title by his grandson, Mr.
Arthur Edward Maack.
Tas ABTaSINIAN Carrivr.s. —ln reference to the
telegram which states that on the 24th of June the Bom-
bay government had received intelligence of the death of
one, if not two, of the captives, it may be stated that a
letter from Colonel Merewether has arrived, dated from
Aden, on the 21st of June, in which he writes that, ac-
cording to the last accounts from the prisoners, they were
"all well, but anxious about the future." It is most im-
probable that any later news than this should have reached
Bombay, for the communications are carried on between
Maseowah and Aden, and it is not known that there is any
channel by which news could reach Bombay except through
Aden.—Tines.
Arica CK WITHOUT PERKIN-MON.—Two aticut
tnral labourers, named respectively Ephraim Beat and
Thomas Hennah, were on Friday summoned before Mr.
1 Gully, county magistrate, at St. Austell,
. Cornwall, for un-
lawfully absenting themselves from their master's service.
The defendants were committed to gaol for one month
with bard labour, and in default of paying the costs of the
prosecutiou, to 14 days' further imprisonment.
Tne LOHT Sneer. —An interesting custom which
has prevailed for more than a hundred years in the osten-
sive range of moors in Derbyshire, Cheabire, and York-
shire, is the annual summer meeting of the shepherds,
bringing with them the sheep that have strayed into their
flocks, and restoring them to the rightful owners. Every
20th of July the meetings are held, and as they are entirely
different from any other gatherings, and have not hitherto
been described, a notice of the last may not be out of place.
The appointed place for assembling on Saturday last was
the Salterbrook turnpike-road, distant rather more than
two miles from the Danford-bridge station on the Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire hallway, and at a point
near where the three counties abovenamed meet. On
walking from the station across the moor the turnpike-road
was reached, and then, after • long march uphill, a sharp
angle of the road brought the visitor into the midst of a
colony of dogs, numbering from 80 to 100, nearly all fine
specimens of the sheep-dog breed. They were playing,
quarrelling, and • few were haring " • quiet round" to
themselves. Not far from them were their owners, each
with • long stick, by which the shepherd indicates to his
dog in many instances what he is required to do. After par-
taking of a good dinner, provided by Mr. Taylor, • large
moorland proprietor and sheep breeder, the men, with
their dogs, proceeded to a large yard, in which there were
about ldslieep which had strayed away. Each animal
was examined and claimed by certain marks and indica-
tions, the doge occasionally appearing to recognise some of
the truants. In the course of half an hour, with the
exception of two or three, all the animate had found their
way back to their lawful owner, and shortly after the
shepherds, with their dogs and found sheep, departed for
their respective stations, miles distant and far apart,
most of them not to meet again for months, or until they
lon more assembled, bringing with them the lost ones,
end claiming their own truants.

After the businem of settling had been iti some measure die'
poled of this morning immolation enminenced, and went on at
• brisk pace. The main tester. of the promedings was sledded
mak ea Guy of Warwick, upon whom in the course of the morn-
, hag little short of 81,000 was investod at 100 to 8 and 12 to 1,
OWNS* and Vict were also in Testiest, and steadily supported at
12 to 1 and 13 to 1 respectively. The offers against Jezebel and
Dulcimer were alike 8 to 1, and elliummilt this prim was not
accepted, a point or so more about either would have toned
ready takers. In the course of the morning Aggravator was re-
=to be scratched: and it was said that Bluiklioolie had
down, as much as 100 to I bring at the same time laid
against Mr. Chaplin's home. For the Goodwood Cup the tide
seemed to be setting against Lecturer, at one time ai much as 2
to 1 was laid, and at any moment 7 to 4 was to be had for the
asking. Meanwhile Megan& and Vauban found frimois at. $l,
each. The M. Leger Is Ding showed Hermit to be slightly oaths
decline, 100 to 43 was offered without • response, while the ogres
of I to 2 against Vauban were met by a counter proposition to
accept 3to 1. Achievement wee laid swains& at 100 to S. and an
offer was made to beck itumbkkite at 40 to 1. The Derby doings
consisted of 100 to I taken abut Suffolk. as& 40 "ponies" Olen-
derg. Closing prime:
000_ DWOOD STAKE. .

8 to 1 apt Jinja,' (4I --
166 to 6 mot Lucifer (off. t
8 to 1 Waage' latt) *Moll
12 to 1 Guy of Wee- JO to 1 Douro to
wick (I t) 10 to 1 Clarice 44,111
12 to 1 Owners (lij 25 to 1 Wild Briar (t)
13 to 1 Vlci ;t; 106 to 3 Aggravator (t)
OCIODWOODWIICC"P. I illakbftlis
n 4
7to 4 apt Lecturer (t a I 4to 1 apt Vauban 14
off) 4 to 1 Regalia t)

ST. 1.101111.
100 to 4sl apt Benoit foil I HO to 9 agst Achievement (I
$ I to— Voaboat (of, t 40 to 1 Ltutublekite !w)
$ to 1)

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