The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-11 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.—Mr. Young, of Wisbeach,
has announced himself a candidate in the Liberal
interest, and as an independent supporter of the
present Administration. He is in favour of a total
abolition of church rates, the repeal or reduction of
the malt tax, a well-digested scheme of reform in-
troduced by the Government, and non-intervention.
Mr. Eliot Yorke has withdrawn his candidature.
Mr. H. Z. Adeane (Liberal) and Lord George J.
Manners (Conservative) are the other candidates.

COVENTRY.—Mr. Flower, late mayor of Stratford-
on-Avon, has published an address offering himself
as a candidate in the Liberal interest. Mr. Mason
Jones again stands on Radical principles, and the
two former members seek re-election.
GREAT YARMOUTH.—On Saturday Mr. J. C.
Marshman, one of the Liberal candidates for this
borough, retired from the contest. He announced
that the struggle had imposed a greater strain upon
him than he was able to sustain. Mr. Philip Van-
derbyl, a London merchant and shipowner, has
issued an address, soliciting the votes of the elec-
tors in connection with Mr. Brogden. He is a sup-
porter of Lord Palmerston. The Conservative can-
didates, Sir E. K. Lacon and Mr. Y. Goodson, say
they are confident of success.
GUILDFORD.—Mr. Pocock, the Liberal candidate,
who comes forward to oppose Mr. Bovill, Q.C., the
former Conservative member, on Friday evening
addressed a large meeting, at which he was enthu-
siastically received, and a resolution adopted to the
effect that, recognising in Mr. Pocock a fit and
worthy exponent of the Liberal cause, those present
pledged themselves to use every endeavour to secure
his return, in conjunction with Mr. 0-. M. E. On-
slow, the former Liberal member. Mr. Bovill,
during his canvass, has asked those who decline to
vote for him to plump for Mr. Onslow. In answer
to this, Mr. Pocock has issued a second address, in
which he warns the electors not to fall into the
snare which Mr. Bovill has set for them, by soliciting
their votes in favour of one Liberal candidate only.
He pledges himself to vote for the ballot.

MANCHE S TER.—Yesterday morning was published
an address by Mr. Edward James, in which that
gentleman offers himself as a candidate to repre-
sent the city of Manchester in the new Parliament.
Ile declares himself a staunch Liberal, and says :
" I think that the suffrage may be safely, and
therefore ought to be, considerably extended."
He thinks the Church may rely on her own
resources, and that the universities should be
opened to all. In the course of the morning Mr.
James addressed the electors in the Corn Exchange.
In: expounding his political principles he affirmed
that he had never known any Administration which
so well managed the affairs of the country as that
which now held office. He was a follower of its
policy, He was prepared to extend the franchise
as fully as was consistent with safety to all. He
would give it to all who by education, intellect, and
position were qualified to exercise it. He would
Make it as comprehensive as possible, taking care
not to give it to one party 80 as to swamp the rest.
He would support the ballot, seeing the necessity
for it, The ballot should be made permissive. A
Vdie Was agreed to, declaring that Mr. James was
a fit and proper person to represent the city, and
pledging those present to support him. There are
now four candidates—Mr. Bazley, one of the former
Members, Mr. A. Heywood, and Mr. Jacob Bright.
MintiLtsEft.--Mr, II C. Hanbury and Viscount
Enfield, the late members, addressed a meeting of
the electors last night at Jack Straw's Castle,
Hampstead-heath. Both gentlemen, having
spoken to their political views, replied to a great
number of questions addressed to them by the
electors, who finally passed unanimously a reso-
lution declaratory of renewed confidence, and re-
tading the organisation of a committee to take all
necessary and expedient itteasures for securing the
election of the two candidates. Lord nattelagh is
their opponent on Conservative principles.
NonroLK (KssT).—Yesterday Mr. Clare Read
declared himself a candidate for the representation
of this division on independent principles, There
are now in the field, besides Mr. Read, Colonel
Coke (Liberal), and Mr. Howe (Conservative), the
former members, and Sir Henry Stracey (Conser-
vative), who may possibly be opposed by Sir Fowell
Buxton (Liberal), should he determine, as reported,
to relinquish his candidature for Lynn Regis to
fight a battle for his party in East Norfolk.
Nonwl CH.—Considerable excitement has been
occasioned at Norwich by a statement that Air. R.
E. C. Waters, one of the Conservative candidates,
had been compelled to leave the Reform Club on a
charge of cheating at cards. At a meeting of the
Liberals on Friday evening a letter was read from
Mr, John Bright, in which that gentleman
observed :—" He applied to me to get into the
Reform Club, and he got in, although I did not
either propose or second him. After a time, he was
itemised of cheating at cards, and was obliged to
leave the club to avoid being publicly expelled. lie
should be driven out of your city if there are any
honest men among the Conservatives in it." On
Saturday Mr. Waters issued an address, in which
he stated, " My committee have in their possession
written proof that, in the judgment of gentlemen of
high position and character, members of the Reform
Club and perfectly acquainted with the facts, the
circumstances attending my voluntary withdrawal
from that club, have in no way affected my honour
and character as a gentleman." Mr. Waters also
stated that he had ordered legal proceedings to be
immediately taken against Sir W. Foster and the
Rev. G. Gould, two of the Liberal leaders, for their

slanderous imputations on his personal character.
Yesterday morning eight gentlemen of the. Conser-
vative party issued an address to the effect that the
charges should be instantly investigated, and that
Dr. Dalrymple and Mr. Tillett (Liberals), and Mr.
Patteson and Mr. Field (Conservatives), had left for
London, to examine the books of the Reform Club,
and communicate the result to the local public. On
the return of these gentlemen from London last
night it was at once made known that they
had examined the book of minutes at the Reform
Club, and that the record there, in their estimation,
substantiated the imputation which had been made
against Mr. Waters.
OXFORD COUNTY.—Sir Henry William Dash-
wood, Bart., of Kirtlington Park, who, it has been
stated, would be brought forward at the last
moment in opposition to Colonels Fane and North,
has to-day issued' the following address to the elec-
tors :—" Gentlemen,—Having this morning seen an
advertisement in the Oxford Chronicle stating that
I am to be brought forward as a candidate for your
suffrages at the coming election, I take the liberty
of addressing you most earnestly to request- that I
may not be nominated on the present occasion, and
to state that, although I am deeply sensible of the
kind feeling which has prompted this proceeding, I
shall, if nominated, respectfully decline the honour
intended me. Having also seen it suggested that I
decline coming forward in consequence of having
made a compromise with the Conservatives, I beg
moat distinctly to state that I am no party to any
such compromise, and am not aware of any having
been made. After having consulted with many of
the most influential gentlemen who honoured me
with their support at the last election for this county,
I have come to the conclusion that on this occasion
it will not be advisable to involve the county in the
expense and turmoil of a contested election."

PORTSMOUTII.—The contest here is being actively
prosecuted, although the Liberal party are confident
of their ability to return Messrs. Gaselee and Stone.
On Friday an enthusiastic meeting of electors took
place, whereat Mr. Gaselee addressed his sup-
porters. The late riotous demonstration of some
sailors on behalf of Sir Jas. Elphinstone was spoken
of with great indignation, and a particular reference
was made to the part which Sir James Elphinstone
had taken when the Tory Reform Bill, on which
Lord Derby's Administration was overthrown in
1859, was before the House of Commons. A clause
in that bill provided that any person employed in
any Government arsenal, dockyard, &c., should not
be capable of giving his vote at any election for
county, city, or borough, within which such dock-
yard, &c., shall be situated, and imposed heavy
penalties for any infraction of the provision. For
this measure Sir James Elphinstone voted, and yet
he could now style himself " Elphinstone, the friend
of the dockyard men." The nomination takes place
to-day and the polling to-morrow.
SANDWICH.—The reply of Admiral Dacres to
the requisition addressed to him, begging that
he would become a candidate for this borough,
was a telegram couched in the following
terms :—" I have no wish to be returned. I have
decided against being returned to Parliament at this
juncture; and I feel I could not represent the
opinions of the gentlemen who wished me to come
forward." Mr. Alan Cameron Bruce, of Exeter
College, Oxford, a barrister, at once declared him-
self a candidate on Conservative principles, and on
Saturday commenced his canvas. In the evening
he went to Deal and addressed a meeting of the
constituency. He expounded his political principles
at great length, and detailed the circumstances
which had induced him to come forward. He was
well received by a crowded assemblage. Mr. Cap-
per, who is also a candidate for the votes of the Con-
servative party, did not address the electors.
TAUNTON.—The retirement of Mr. Arthur Mills,
who since 1859 has represented Taunton in the
Conservative interest, has brought forward a second
Conservative candidate in the person of Mr. Alfred
Austin, who has issued an address offering himself
to the choice of the electors. Mr. E. W. Cox and
Mr. Austin will thus contest both seats with Lord
W. Hay and Mr. C. Barclay, the Liberal candi-
dates. Mr. Austin, in his address, says, " The chief
aim of the present Cabinet, whilst allowing its sup-
porters unbridled licence to be spuriously Liberal in
speech, has been to prove itself in conduct
spuriously Conservative. By these means it
has succeeded in confusing and discrediting useful
party distinctions." He promises shortly to declare
what he conceives to be real Conservative princi-
ples, but for the present he briefly states, " That
whilst I am an honest and ardent advocate of entire
religious equality, I will not yield a single point
which is disingenuously attacked, only with the ulte-
rior purpose of severing that connection between
Church and State which I believe to be not only
serviceable, but absolutely necessary to the well-
being of each ; that whilst I will support any mea-
sure of electoral reform which has for its object the
further extension of the franchise to the intelligent
and the careful, I will oppose any such clumsy re-
duction as would infallibly nullify the suffrages of
both ; that whilst I am averse from any meddling
in the internal affairs of foreign countries and any
superfluous intervention even in their international
strifes, I cannot subscribe to the shameful doctrine
that we are on all occasions to staid by submissive
spectators of spoliation or wrong ; that I. am in
favour of such administrative economy as is con-
sistent with the efficiency of our civil, military,
and naval departments." On Friday evening Mr.
Austin addressed the electors for the first time.
He was very enthusiastically received. After
some humorous words of introduction, Mr.
Austin went on to inquire —" What in
Heaven's name is the great Liberal party ? Great
in one sense it certainly is. Indeed, it is so large,
so vast in mere size, that I challenge the most accu-
rate and scrutinising eye to tell where it begins and
where it terminates." He had been accustomed to
think thafparty was organised opinion, but on look-
ing to the Liberal party he found it was disorga-
nised opinion. " Call that a party! Why you
might aa well call an old storeshop a national mu-
seum, or the many-coloured suit of a venal harle-
quin the proper dress of a well-bred and indepen-
dent gentleman. The Liberals have all the colours
of the rainbow, but I thank God that I can think
they will very soon prove quite as evanescent.
Gentlemen, there was a famous athelete of old,
possessed of enormous strength, of splendid thews
and astounding sinews, but so deficient in intelli-
gence that he could conceive no other plan of using
his powers but in the attempt to rive an oak—the
monarch of the forest. He rent it, it is true ; for
the brave old tree was taken by surprise. But it
soon jerked back, and in the rebound it caught him
in its grip, held him fast, and he perished miserably.
Liberalism is a ponderous athlete, but it is equally
unintelligent, and thinks, forsooth, it will rend that
good old oak, the British constitution. But I will
confidently prognosticate that that old tree will leap
back, and catch Liberalism in its grip, and leave it
there, amid the jeers of mankind."

LAMENTABLE DEATH.—An investigation was held
by the Liverpool coroner, on Saturday, into the cir-
cumstances attending tie death of Mr. George Gardner
Bird, a young barrister of large property, who resided at
Ivy House, Aigburth. Mr. Bird had just attained a cap-
taincy, in the 3d Lancashire Militia, and, to commemorate
the occasion, he invited some friends to dine with him at
the Alexandra Hotel, Liverpool, on Friday evening. As
the evening advanced the guests gradually departed, and
at length Mr. Bird and another gentleman were the sole
occupants of the room. They had been drinking freely,
and both fell asleep. Between 11 and 12 o'clock it is be-
lieved that Mr. Bird awoke, for he was seen by a person in
the street walking across the room towards an open French
window. He had his hands in his pockets. He had no
sooner reached the window than he overbalanced, and fell
head foremost into the street, fracturing his spine so badly
that he expired in a few minutes afterwards. The jury
brought in a verdict to the effect that the deceased was ac-
cidentally killed while in a.state of intoxication, and a pre-
sentment was also made as to the want of protection at the
window. It is stated that Mr. Bird was engaged to be mar-
ried within the next few weeks.

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Mr. Sydney Turner is able to state in hia repzat..on'ttille ''' )
year 1864 that the general working of the; reformatory fj
schools has been quiet and successful. Their indiisirial
condition is very satisfactory, and their educational fairly
so. Work forms the staple of our reformatory training;
most of the boys work on the land or in the workshop
from six to eight hours a day, and the effect is seen in the
remarkably healthful and vigorous growth by which the
children in reformatories (especially the English schools)
are generally characterised. The Mount St. Bernard Re-
formatory, under improved management, has been brought
to a state of order and efficiency, in which it may fairly
be compared with any other reformatory. Returns have '
been obtained in relation to the boys and girls discharged
from reformatories in the three years 1861-63 ; and it is
found that 60 per cent. are known to be doing well. Tho
returns do not differ materially from those of the previous
year, and, taking half the unknown to be doing well, the
same result comes out as in former returns—namely, that
about 70 per cent. of those who are brought under refor-
matory training are rescued or improved by its influence.
The criminal statistics of the year show an increase in the
number of young offenders committed, but it was most im-
probable that the increase of adult crime which marked the
years 1862 and 1863 should not have some effect in adding
to the number of juvenile offenders also. The increase of '
the juvenile crime of the year is chiefly due to Middlesex,
and this is believed to be in great part due to the inade-
quate use of reformatory schools by the metropolitan magis-
trates. The number of boys sent by them to reformatories
has much diminished, which means that boys are sent time
after time to gaol, and become thoroughly hardened crimi-
nals. There is also an additional difficulty, through the
refusal of the Middlesex county magistracy to pay the small
subscriptions which the managers of Redhill, the Cornwall,
&c., are obliged to ask, except in cases from the Quarter
Sessions or the Central Court. The admissions to reforma-
tory schools in the whole of Great Britain now average
about 1,300 ; and the number under detention at the end of
the year 1864 was 3,676 boys and 976 girls, including 288
boys and 39 girls on licence preparatory to discharge ; 89
girls and 20 boys are returned as absconded from reforma-
tory schools and not recovered. The numbers discharged in
the year were 1,241, of whom 95 emigrated, and 128 en-
listed or went to sea ; 916 were placed in employment ; 55
died. Tho financial position of most of the schools is satis-
facto'y. The average cost per head, after giving credit or
otherwise for work none, was £l9 3s. for boys and .£lB 11s.
for girls. The Treasury grant amounted to £64,735 ; sub-
scriptions and legacies produced £9,607; payments obtained
from above 1,000 parents, £2,499. Passing now to certified
industrial schools, we learn that the number of these in-
creases but slowly. There are 50 in Great Britain. At the
end'of the year 1864 there were 1,682 childrenunder deten-
tion in these schools ; no less than 97 had absconded and
not been recovered, but allowance must be made for imper-
fect arrangements in schools recently established, and for
the circumstance that schools of this class, open to day
scholars, and mostly situated in crowded neighbourhoods,
do not admit of the vigilance possible in an isolated refor-
matory. Accurate conclusions cannot yet be drawn as to
the success of the system on which these schools are carried
on. There is much difficulty in the disposal of the children
on discharge. They are still of tender age and unfit to work
independently for their own livelihood, and their relatives
are of a lower rank than those of children in reformatories,
a large portion of them belonging to the vagrant and men-
dicant class. On the whole, however, the schools appear
to be struggling with the necessities of their position pretty
successfully. Of those dischargedsince regular returns have
been obtained nearly 200 are known to be doing well, and
only 22 known to have been convicted. The day scholars
averaged about 2,500 in 1864, most receiving some portion
of food, and many receivitg aid in clothing. This volun-
tary element imparts a tone of freedom, and consequent
contentment and cheerfulness to the school, which assists
materially in the discipline and management of the com-
mitted children. The schools are generally managed with
remarkable economy. At several Scotch schools and at
Chester, the cost of dietary has not much exceeded 2d. per
day for each child, the children being at the same time well
cared for. The Treasury grant amounted in the year to
£15,887 ; contributions from parents and parochial boards
to £4,188. Therels still, unfortunately, no effectual appli-
cation of the Industrial Schools Act to London. The
difficulty is not now with the magistrates ; but the ma-
nagers of schools and refuges seem unwilling to placetheir
schools under the act. They prefer to take voluntary in-
mates, and children recommended by subscribers. But
the unwilling and troublesome who need to be detained,
and who cannot be got at except by the magistrate's
order, are just the class that most require reformatory
training. The result is, that a large proportion of the dis-
orderly boys who throng the railway stations and hang
about the crossings are left to ply their trade of begging
and petty pilfering till qualified to graduate as thieves in
the gaol. The large number of juvenile offenders commit-
ted to the London prisons is an impressive comment on the
indifferent success of the refuges and ragged schools of
London in coping with and preventing crime.

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