The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-03 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1865

being sincere and ardent Parliamentary Reformers,
and, on the other hand, if it were possible to conceive
of a combination of political schemers, resolved to
demoralise and destroy, root and branch, the whole
question of Parliamentary Reform, that combination
might be found, he thought, in the placemen who
defeated Lord Derby's Government on the question
of Reform, and had never redeemed their own
pledges, but had strangled the child they took to
nurse. Lord Derby, at all events, dealt fairly with
the country, whatever were the faults of his Reform
Bill, and that measure would have given the fran-
chise to a very large number of those who do not
now possess it. Sir B. Lytton went on to explain
the principles embodied in the Conservative
measure of Reform, and asked if it would not
be better to give the franchise to a man who had
given evidence of his foresight by belonging to a club
or by saving money in a bank than to a £6 tene-
ment. With respect to the malt-tax, he said the
opposite party arrogated to themselves the title of
supporters of free trade, but could anything be more
opposed to the principles of free trade than to tax a
raw material 60 per cent. just as it was to be con-
verted into malt ? Well, the opposing party held to
this tax, while he and his friends were for taking it
off. In regard to the paper manufacturers and the
Treaty with France he described the course he had
adopted in helping to abolish the taxes on know-
ledge ; but he said, both he and his party considered
that the paper manufacturers had cause of grievance,
and if he were returned he should do his best to
remedy the existing state of things. On the ques-
tion of church rates he said that whatever might be
his political differences with his Dissenting fellow-
countrymen, he could not think of Dissenters with-
out reference for the way in which, out of love for
their religious opinions, they had deprived them-
selves of honours and privileges in the State, and he
had taken every opportunity to express his admira-
tion for the many eminent men among their body
whose genius had enriched our literature and whose
virtues excited emulation. All he could say was that
he should be very happy to do all he could, consis-
tently with his regard for the Church, to settle the
church rate question. In conclusion, he said he was
the last man to go begging for votes, and, without
speaking further for himself, he asked the electors
to remember the anxious labours of his colleagues.
The lion. Henry Cowper, the Liberal candidate,
is prosecuting a most successful canvass, and his
friends speak with confidence of his return. The
contest is, however, likely to be a sharp one. On
Saturday, Mr. Cowper visited Hertford, and briefly
addressed the farmers on the Corn Exchange. He
met with an enthusiastic reception. In the course
of his speech, he said, the question now to be de-
cided was whether the Liberal party in Hertford-
shire were to be entirely unrepresented. He pre-
sented himself to them as a supporter of Liberal
principles and of the Government of Lord Palmer-
ston, which deserved the confidence of the country.
Mr. Dimsdale, one of the leading members of the
general committee for conducting the election of the
Conservative candidates, said that there were two
topics on which the address of Mr. Cowper was
wholly silent, but on which he had expressed his
opinions last year—the malt tax and church rates.
The county wished to know whether he entertained
the views which he had originally expressed ; and
whether, when he went to Parliament next session,
he would vote for the abolition of church rates ?

Mr. COWPER said ho accepted the question of Mr.
Dimsdale, " When you go to Parliament next ses-
sion, will you do so and so ?" as a prophecy.
(Cheers.) He meant to be in Parliament, and he
would tell Mr. Dimsdale what he intended to do
when he got there. His opinion was that there was
no hope of getting any reduction of taxation except
from a Liberal Government. (Hear, hear, and
cheers.)

polled to act as head of the Church of England, and to be
nominally a Protestant. (Cheers.)
At the ward meetings already attended by the two Liberal
candidates resolutions were passed in their favour.

support any measure, introduced by any Government, that
would have the effect of promoting the welfare, not of any
particular class, but of the community at large.

WARRINGTON.

There is but little prospect of a contest for the represen-
tation of this borough at the ensuing general election. Mr.
Gilbert Greenall, a Conservative, is the present representa-
tive, and has by his consistent and independent line of con-
duct given general satisfaction to all classes of his consti-
tuents, and it is expected that his re-election will be unop-
posed, and that the proceedings on the hustings will consist
merely of the interchange of these mutual congratulations
common on the occurrence of a non-contested election.