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volve a greater amount of skill in hitting him in the
bull's-eye, or just over the region of the heart, and
no doubt the few bull's-eyes that were made will
yield a valuable return.

One of the most interesting matches of the meet-
ing will take place to-morrow, for the possession of
the Elcho Shield, shot for hitherto by eight picked
men from England and Scotland, but this year
there will be associated with them eight selected
from Ireland, so that the contest will be truly an
international one. The prize was instituted by Lord
Elcho, and for the first two years, we believe, it was
won by the English eight, and on the third year by
the Scotch. The selection this year to represent
the respective countries is as under :

ENGLAND.—Capt. Heaton, Lieut.-Col. Halford,
Capt. Bland, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Banting, Mr. Can-
liffe, Mr. Martin Smith, and Lieut. Puichas.
SCOTLAND.—Capt. Horatio Ross, Colin Ross,
Edward Ross, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Hon.
James Gordon, Capt. Mitchell, Sergeant Forbes,
and Mr. Wilkin.

IRELAND.-Mr. A. Barlow, Mr. J. Clarey, Mr.
R. S. Greenhill, Major Leech, Mr. J. M'Kenna,
Mr. J. Rigby, Mr. W. Rigby, and Mr. T. R.
Walkinghame.

For some time the contest for the Chancellor's
Prize was nearly equal, but the wind was of a very
shifty character, and after a well-fought battle the
victory was again gained by Cambridge by 344
against 340, thereby winning by four marks only.
The numbers last year were, Cambridge 415, Ox-
ford 370, Cambridge then winning by a majority
of 45.

Another honour has just fallen upon Mr. Edward
Ross, for in the contest for the Enfield Wimbledon
Cup, value £lOO, which was restricted to the win-
ners of first prizes of the value of £2O and upwards
in Enfield competitions at any of the Wimbledon
meetings previous to 1865, and the highest scorer
in the Enfield match and Oxford and Cambridge
Challenge Plate in 1864, Mr. Ross has carried off
the prize. He made at the range of 200 yards 15,
and at 600 yards 16 marks, making a total of 31.
The following are the official scores :
SECOND STAGE ALBERT.
800 900 1,000
Yards. Yards. Yards. Total.
Ensign Pixley, Victorias lB 21 '2l 60
Capt. Heaton, 3d Manchester 24 21 17 62
Major Bishop, Guernsey Militia 14 18 10 42
Capt. Astley, School of Musketry 24 24 12 60
Sergeant Edwards, 6th Stafford Absent.
Mr. Metford, 6th Stafford
Capt. Goodliffe, Lon. Rifle Brig Absent.
Private Wilkin, Ellon Rifles
Lan.-Cor. Norsworthy, 23d Mid 2l 18 Retired.
Ensign Sprott, sth Laticashire 23 20 10 53
Private Johnson, Bth Stafford 2O 24 19 63
Lieut. Purchas, 14th Worcester 23 24 16 63
Egn. Cockerham, 4th West York 21 21 19 61
Captain Jaques, 9th Surrey Absent.
Private Parsons, Hon. Ar. Comp ' . Absent.
Capt. M'Gregor, Lon. Scottish Retired.
Sergeant Snelus, Bth Cheshire 25 19 17 61
Serg Brown, 13th Lancashire 23 22 18 63
Sergeant Tinkler, sth Lincoln 20 17 10 47
Sergeant Green, 3rd Somerset 2O 13 14 57
Corporal Ingram, 3rd Lanark l- Retired.
Priv. Dunlop, London Scottish 23 Retired.
Private Baker, Ist Gloucester 25 26 18 69
Sergeant Lane, Bristol Rifles
Corporal Fraser, 7th Inverness 24 14 24 62
Sergeant Forbes, Ellen Rifles 27 24 18 69
Private Malcolm, Lend. Scottish 17 19 18. 54
Capt. Penny, Ist Glo'ster Artil. 21 23 22 69
Capt. Dawson, 4th West York 15 Retired.
Private Sharman, 4th West York 25 18 15 58
Private Martin, 40th Lancashire 26 19 15 60
Lieutenant Burt, Ist Warwick 18 23 24 65
Captain Bland, 76th Regiment 22 23 11 56
Priv. Peterkin, Cam. Univeriiity 23 22 18 63
Lieut. Thomas, 4th West York 23 25 17 65
Sergeant Loy, 2nd Surrey ~, Absent.
Lieut. Banting, St. George's 22 21 13 59
Captain Ewen, 2nd West York 23 18 19 60
Private Halsall, 21st Lancashire 24 27 13 64
Capt. Kinnear, Edinburgh R.B. 23 19 15 57
Priv. E. Ross, London Scottish 25 25 14 64
Priv. C. Ross, London Scottish 21 21 17 65
Lieut. Marriner, 9th Middlesex 16 27 15 58
Corp. Hepplestone, 6th Lan cash. 25 25 13 63
'Assistant-Surgeon Henderson,
Mid-Lothian ... 26 21 20 70
Mr. Greenhill 18
•.• ••• Retired.
Sergeant Kerr, London Scottish 15 15 Retired.
Sergeant Gibbs, Ist Bristol
Mr. J. Miln
Retired.
Ser. Clutterbuck, sth Gloucester 24 23 12 59
Captain Suter, Ist Hereford 13 21 17 51
Priv. Holloway, sth Gloucester 19 16 Retired.
* Assistant-Surgeon Henderson's foresight objected to;
decision will be made known to-morrow.
CHANCELLOR'S CHALLENGE PLATE.
OXFORD. -

200 500 600
Yards. Yards. Yards. Total.
Corp. Blackburn, Oxford Univ. 18 20 10 48
Private Winser, Oxford Univ... 12 12 10 84
Col.-Serg. Ward, Oxford Univ. 20 14 13 47
Serg. Bony, Oxford University 18 9 13 40
Lieut. 'Morrell, Oiford Univ.... 18 21 11 50
Private Kolle, Oxford Univ.... 13 14 9 36
Serg.-Major Bathe, Oxford Univ 12 18 14 44
Sorg. Cundy, Oxford University 17 10 14 41

128 118 94 340
CAMBRIDGE.
200 500 600
Yards. Yards. Yards. Total.
Capt. Richardson, Cam. Univ... 19 16 10 45
Capt. Marquis of Lorne, Cam.
University ~, 16 9 14 89
Lieut R. Thompson, Cam. Univ 19 5 12 36
Sergeant Grieve, Cam. v.... 13 18 14 45
Serg. White, Cam. University 20 18 11 52
Berg. Hon. B. Bouverie, Cam.
University l9 13 9 41
Private Dyer, Cam. University 15 17 12 44
Private Hon. W. 0. Powlett,
Cambridge University

... 13 14 15 42

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Lieut. Cunningham, 18th Middlesex ... 17}. • ( ties f
Sergeant Boynton, sth East York ... 17 3
Private Marsh, 12th Norfolk „.
... 17
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Private Bruce, Galloway
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Sergeant Thompson; Ist Derby...
... 16
3
Lieutenant Johnson, Ist Forfar
... 15
FOURTH SERIES EXTRA MMES.—HIGHEST
_ __ _

SCORES.-800 YARDS.
Corporal Ferg,uson, Ist Inverness
Private Thornbury, Victoria
..•

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Sergeant Kemp, 40th Lancashire ...
...
... 19
R. Brigade 19
FIVE-GROOVED RIFLE PRIZES.—WINNERS,
Points.
Corporal Goldsmith, Hants Light Horse 22 £lo
Sergeant Cairns, 4th Kirkcudbright ... 21
Sergeant Gow, Edinburgh Rifle Brigade 19
omerset ...
... 18
Corporal Walters, Edinburgh R.Brin,ado i n
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Sergeant Caplen, 12th Hants ... b
... l'9
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Corporal Private
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" SPECTATOR" PRIZE.—WINNER.
Bruce,
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t Somerset
Any distance between 200 and 300 yards.
Sergeant llolland, Victories ~
...
...
ENFIELD WIMBDEDON CUP.
Private E. Ross, London Scottish ... . -
... 81
" SATURDAY REVIEW"—RIGHEST SCORES.
Sergeant Thompson, Ist Derby
...
...
... 1
Ensign Halliday, 21st Middlesex .
...
...
Private Naughton, sth Norfolk
...
... .
RIFLE OAKS.—HIGHEST SCORES.

... 17

Mr. J. Rigby, P.S.C. ...
Private Radcliffe, 2d Middlesex
...
Captain Field, Hon. Artillery Company
...
Mdaiyd)ditehseexlst Surrey will enter-
Private. Dighton, 12th Middlesex ..
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tain
will also be in attendance. The camp will also be illumi-
nated with variegated lamps, should the state of the wea-
ther permit.

... 48
... 46

COST OF THE POLICE.—The total cost of the
police last year, as appears from a Parliamentary volume
just issued, was £1,700,212 195., being an increase of
£41,947 on the preceding year,

Mr• Disraeli on the General Election,

The threo members for the county of Buckingham—Mr.

Du Pre, Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Harvey, were entertained at

Newport-Pag-nell yesterday. Mr. Disraeli travelled down
from London to be present at the banquet given on the oc-
casion, and the moment his carriage was seen entering the
town from the Wolverton station of the London and North
Western Railway the bolls of the old church rung out a
merry peal, and the townspeople assembled about the door
of the Swan Hotel to receive him and give him a hearty
welcome. At the dinner the chair was taken by Mr. M.
Knapp, and the Duke of Buckingham, Mr. R.P.Fitzgerald,
Mr. R. R. Walpole, and a number of other leading gentle-
men in the county, sat at the head table with the county
members.

When the usual loyal toasts, " the Army and Navy and
Volunteers," and " the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese,"
had been given,

The CHAIRMAN gave "The County Members," which
was received with all the honours.

Mr. Du PRE, who was very warmly received, returned
, thanks, and in doing so said he had faith in the Conserva-
tive creed, in the soundness of Conservative principles, and
in the energy and union which bound the Conservative
party. Though they might meet with certain reverses and
disappointments he felt convinced they would ultimately
triumph over all, and defend all the most valuable institu-
tions of the country. (Cheers.) He should oppose stead-
fastly such a lowering of the franchise as would swamp
such men as those who now composed the meeting which
—he addressedWar,l7sar), ant' as would enable mul-
titudes to overpower the men of intelligence, and so to un-
dermine the constitution under which wo had the happi-
ness to live. (Cheers.) When he last addressed the men
who usually composed the dinner party at Newton-Peg-
nell, only two out of the three members for the county
were Conservatives, but, thanks to the energy of the con-
stituency and the gallantry of his hon. friend Mr. Harvey,
they had now all three Conservatives. (Hear, hear.) He
was of opinion that till Lord Palmerston retired there would
be probably no change of Government, but after that there
would be. He had read a speech recently delivered Ly Mr.
Walter, in which that gentleman said the Conservative
partywere those who constitutionally checked the Ministry,
—that they ought always to be in Opposition, and that the
Liberal party ought always to have the patronage of the
State. (A laugh.) Mr. Walter compared the contest be-
tween the two parties to a game of cricket, in which the
Conservatives were always "out" and the Liberals always
"in." However that might be, he ventured to think that if
the Conservatives should get an innings they would show
they they were as competent as their opponents to adapt
the Government to the wants of the country. (Cheers.)
Mr. DISRAELI then rose amid general and prolonged
cheering. He said—lt is to me a source of great satisfaction
to find myself in this town, in the centre of these Hundreds,
and of a people who have so often proved themselves one
of the great garrisons of the Constitutional force of this
county. It is a necessary consequence of the geographical
position of this part of the great and undivided county
which we represent that we should not so often have an
opportunity of personal communication with our consti-
tuents in the neighbourhood of Newport-Pagnell as with
those in the other parts of the county ; and, therefore, I
always look forward with interest to the northern dinner,
whether it takes place before or after the election. But I
must say it is to me a source of pleasure that this meeting
has taken place after the election for Buckinghamshire and
after our return ; for though meeting you is always agree-
able and satisfactory, still I think I can understand that
a certain degree of anxiety must have influenced us if
we had come hero to meet you as candidates and not as
representatives. (A laugh and cheers.) We can, however,
now fully enjoy the position which by your favour and
kindness we have been placed in ; and I feel sure lam
speaking the language of my colleagues as well as my own,
when I say that we are proud of that position ; and I
think that at a moment like the present, when there has
been a great struggle throughout the country, which is still
going on, and when an effort was made by a great and
powerful Government to attack all the boroughs and
counties of the kingdom, it must be a source of pride to us
that the great and Undivided county of Buckingham has
returnedthree Conservative members to Parliament, though
at some previous elections we only secured two seats; so that
Buckinghamshire has resumed that position which during
so many great struggles it had occupied, and has set an ex-
ample to the rest of England which I think will be attended
with some advantage. (Cheers.) Therefore I most sincerely
thank you for your great kindness in -inviting me to meet you
here to-day. I find in this neighbourhood some of my earliest
and warmest supporters, and I can assure them that I shall
always strive to deserve a continuance of their confidence.
(Cries of "You well deserve it," and cheers.) My hon.
friend has alluded to the probable consequences of the
present general election, which has not yet terminated. I
would say a word on that subject as he has referred to it,
because I think it is one—so far as I can form an opinion
from what I read in the public journals—on which con-
siderable misapprehension • exists. I cannot myself see
that the result of the present general election, so far as it
can be known at present, is one which should cause any
diminution in the confidence of the groat Conservative
party of this country ; and I think if we fairly consider the
case I shall be able to show that there is very good reason
for that opinion. shall not quarrel about numbers—l
shall not make captious inquiries as to whether some un-
known individual who has entered Parliament for the first,
and perhaps the last time—(a laugh)--may be a Liberal or
a Conservative. I take a largo and general view and accept
the returneof our opponents; and accepting the returns of
our opponents, and forming an estimate with respect to the
100 seats which are not yet decided and the fate of which
is not known, but respecting which there cannot be much
doubt, I don't hesitate to say that when the new Parliament
meets and settles down, the Conservative party in the
House of Commons will not be inferior in numbers to that
which supported Lord Derby after the general election of
1859. (Hear.) That, gentlemen, in itself would be a very
considerable result, and really, if you examine the matter
with a little closeness, you will see there is a very good foun-
dation for the opinion which lam giving. In the last Par-
liamentthere were 310 gentlemen who acknowledgedthem-
selves—at least formally—members of the Conservative
party, and some may have supposed that if the general
elections had gone in favour of the Conservative party
they might have been so numerically strong that a change
of Government would have instantly occurred. Now, if we
had obtained some moderate accession to our numbers—
say as much as would have been possible under ordinary
circumstances—still it would not have been likely that we
should have an absolute majority ; and I for one should be
sorry to ye the Conservative party again raised to power
without being in possession of a decided and absolute ma-
jority. But, gentlemen, there is a great difference between
numbers on paper and effective, practical numbers. (Hear.)
It is very true that in the last Parliament there were 310
hon. gentlemen who formally acknowledged themselves
members of the Conservative party ; but whenever an occa-
sion arose which put at issue the existence of the Govern-
ment—whenever the Conservative leaders made an appeal to
their followers to take the opinion of Parliament on any im-
portant question of policy—there were always 15 members
of those 310 who invariably voted against their friends and
supported the Government. (Hear, hear.) Therefore though
on paper you had this large number of 310 members, when
you came to bring your forces into action you had not more
than 295. (Hear, hear.) But it is a very remarkable thing
that at the present moment almost all those who were nomi-
nally Conservatives—who sat on the Conservative benches
in the House of Commons, but invariably when there was
an important question voted for the Government—have
lost their seats. (Loud cheers.) Now, we are told if we take
the figures of the Government, the Ministry have had a
very great triumph—that already they have gainedls
members, and that they will gain more. Well, they may
or they may not. It is possible they may
gain
few
more ; but let us admit, for the sake of arg.umenta thatev
the Government gain 20 members in the election. Anci
if
they do gain 20 members in this election, you will find that
when Parliament has met, and when the House of Commons
has fallen into shape, the state of parties will be very similar
to what it was when Parliament was dissolved. In the first
place, it takes some time before Parliament gets into shape.
There are such things as petitions—(a laugh)--and they
must all be decided upon. In the last Parliament the Con-
servative party gained 10 seats more by petitions. As far as
I can form an opinion from what has taken place, it is not
likely that the petitions after this election will be less
numerous than those presented after the last general elec-
tion; and from what I have observed in public life it ap-
pears to me that the majority of petition cases will always
be decided against the Liberal party. (A laugh, and hear,
hear.) And that is a necessary consequence of the fact
that the Conservative party generally—though not always
—depend on legal influences, while the Liberal party, since
the dayei of Walpole, have generally depended on in-
fluences of a particular kind not yet acknowledged to be
constitutional. (Renewed laughter and cheers.) It
appears to me, therefore, that though as the immediate
result of the election you may have,a diminution in the
number of Conservative members, by this time next year,
when Parliament has fallen into its natural shape, you will
find the position of parties almost identical, as far as
numbers are concerned, to what it was in the last Parlia-
ment. In the last Parliament we met with a force of 295
members ; we gained about 10 members by petitions, and
we added another 10 by isolated contests during the six
years of the existence of that Parliament. Tho practical
result, then, will be this—that when the new House of
Commons has assumed its proper form the political position
of parties, as far as their influence is concerned, will be
identical with what it was two months before Parliament
was dissolved. Well, then, I say this without the slightest
hesitation—that, considering the Liberal party; in one
shape or another (a laugh), have been in power for so ,

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many years—considering that the present Government
have all the advantage derivable from the possession of
power and patronage of the country for the last six years—
considering that their administration (and I have never
denied it) on the whole has been an able and a successful
administration—l say deliberately that Parliament having
been dissolved by such a government, such an able and
successful government, with all the rower and prestige of
the State at its command during the last six years, it is a
result unprecedented in the Parliamentary history of this
country that, under such circumstances, a Conservative and
constitutional Opposition, amounting to 300 votes, should
be returned to the new House of Commons. (Loud cheers.)
Gentlemen,,
the there must be some reason for this, and the
veryo
net caseig
thatoff for
they it. (
Governmentear.) G
. proiv.aenstitng hataltlhetrheemfusactts_
facts—
granting be
m
that their finance has been triumphant—granting that
their foreign affairs have been carried on with remarkable
reasongsare the ablest of Ministers—granting
success and ability—granting that the country appreciates
their merits, and taking the fact that they are in posses-
sion of all the patronage and are likely to remain so—let
us ask ourselves how it is that such numbers are returned

in opposition to the Ministry. That is the question. (Cries
of " Hear.") And the answer to it is this. That the coun-
try, though not anxious to disturb the present Government,
formed as it is—though willing to ascribe to that Govern-
ment what may be ascribed to other causes, which a generous
people will not go out of their way to inquire into (a laugh),
though ready to give credit to the Government for having
conduplagg jaars of the natio.p..in4.43iti*.ptprs43o,47
-feels there is danger ahead, from which it is the interest
of the present Administration to divert public attention,
but which, with unerring instinct, the people perceive to
_ _ _

. _
I arise from principles afloat in this country, and advocated
• by men of great ability, which are adverse to our existing
institutions. Though these opinions are not openly
avowed by the Ministry, the people, with unerring in-
stinct, know that the advocates of these opinions
are allies and supporters of the very Government who will
not openly and ostentatiously avow their sympathy with
them in their principles and sentiments. (Hear.) That
is a danger ahead which the English people understand.
(Renewed cries of " Hear.") Therefore, I say that though
we may have an able Government—though their:supporters
may give them credit oven for fine harvests and for great
commercial enterprise—(a laugh)—though we may not
wish to disturb them—we at the same time take the best
security that the institutions of this country shall not be
endangered by those who avow that it is their aim to
change them, and those are the persons on whose patron-
age the existence of the present Government depends.
(Cheers.) That, .1 think, is the real state of things in this
country*. It is the most unwise thing a man can do to
undervalue opponents, and I think this error is committed
when gentlemen go about and say, "It is absurd to assert
that the institutions of the country are in danger. Who is
threatening the Church? Who is threatening us with
Democratic assaults ? Don't for a moment let such gloomy
ideas prevail. Remember that taxation has been reduced,
and that peace has been preserved." lam all in favour of
a reduction of taxation, and I am also for the preservation
of peace ; but if I find persons of great political influence
puttink forth political manifestoes which, if carried into
effect, would destroy the free institutions to which we are
indebted for our present position, I think it highly impor-
tant that we should be prepared to guard against such
assaults. (Cheers.) It is all very well to say, " the
institutions of the country aro not in danger ;" but on
whom is the present Administration more mainly de-
pendent than on Mr. Bright ? (Hear, hoar.) It would be
the greatest folly in the world to attempt to depreciate his
talents or to look on his position as ono not worthy of be-
ing regarded by statesmen. As a member of the House of
Commons ho is second to none in ability and reputation, and
ho has told us with the greatest candour and clearness what
his political opinions are, and what to his mind is the policy
which this country ought to pursue—a policy which, if the
present Government keep in office, shortly will be pursued.
Ho has never disguised his objects. Ho says we must change
the tenure of land in this country. But the tenure of land
in this country is a vital principle of our society. He says
he is opposed to ecclesiastical institutions in connection
with the State, and that they ought to be put an end to.
Mr. Bright says he is opposed to the law of primogeniture
and that he would limit the power of entail—that, in fact,
he would do away with those principles on which the laws
relating to land in this country are founded. Mr. Bright
never conceals his opinions. Gentlemen, these opinions will
be prosecuted with vigour, and recommended to the country
with an unrivalled eloquence. It is absurd, then, for small
politicians who hold minor offices under Government to say
that principles aro not advocated by persons of influence
which if adopted would effect a revolution in England.
(Cheers.) And observe the position of Mr. Bright. In the
last Parliament he was isolated. 110 never had any man of
eminence who sympathised with him except Mr. Cobden,
and he, partly perhaps front the state of his health, and
partlyfrom the characterof hismiud, rather acted as a drag.
He rather mitigated Mr. Bright's opinions then encouraged I
him to express them With boldness, or to act on them when
uttered. But in the now Parliament Mr. Bright will be sur-
rounded by a band whose support, added to the influence of
his own talent and eloquence, will make him a considerable
power; and do you think that a Government who call them-
selves Liberal can really keep Mr. Bright like a servant
employed in a pantry, or waiting in a hall while they
are on the Treasury benches ? (Cheers.) Mr. Bright re-
presents a power which must be recognised in the course Of
events ; and it would bo blindness on the part of the Con-
servative party to accept opinions which are now circu-
lated, and which it would be very convenient to the Govern-
ment if the people would accept—that there are not any
persons in the country who wish to assail our institutions,
or who have any other thought but the skilful administra-
tion of the finances and the preservation of peace. (Loud
cheering.) It is, lam confident, from the instinct of the
English people that there aro dangers ahead of this kind
that you have this large Oppositionreturned to Parliament.
There is no other mode by which you can explain it; and
if my view be the correct one, when the new Parliament
meets we shall find that there will be an Opposition scarcely
less numerous than that in the late Parliament nominally
was, while practically it will be at least as strong, and for
business purposes much better combined. (Cheers.) I think
wo should indeed be influenced by a panic which has had
no foundation if, for a moment, we expressed an opinion
that the power and influence of the Conservative party were
diminished by these elections. On the contrary, they have
been increased and confirmed, and, considering the circum-
stances under which these elections have taken place, we
have gone through our trial with undiminished energy and
with marvellous resources. (Hear, hear.) Well, gentlemen,
if you look to the future, I cannot for a believemomentbut
it is a necessary consequence of the present state of
public
affairs that, in due time, you will have a Conservative
Government, to which the administration of the country
will be intrusted for a long time. (Much cheering.) But
you never can have a Conservative GOvwerhnicmhenatniimmate
less
you preserve in this country the
s
this room, and which has secured
Con-
servative members for Buckinghamshire, at a moment
unscrupulous
of Government England.
ttathe spirit
return of three
when
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the
countyand an
constituencies
attacking
spirit which has animated you that will. secure the
safety of this country, and preserve those institutions
which have made her really great. (Cheers.) That is
the moral of the great exertions which you have made. I
will not detain you at greater length. I repeat my thanks
to you for your great kindness in having asked me to come
here to-day to celebrate what I regard as the glorious
triumph of returning three Conservative members for this
great and undivided county--(a voice—" Wo are all proud
to return you ;" cheers)—but after the remarks of my hon.
friend I could not omit to avail myself of the opportunity
afforded me of stating the real facts in connection with the
results of the elections. To the Conservatives the result
is this—that it ought to make them proud. They may well
congratulate themselves. You are told that you are a
powerful party, and want but little to command the Govern-
ment of the country, that if you had gained a small increase
of your numbers you might have put the Government in a
minority ; but I say. that you could not have held the
government of the country without a considerable majority.
Under the disadvantageous circumstances to which I have
adverted, the Conservative party, even by the admission
of their opponents, exercised a most important control over
the conduct of the Government. Almost every ono of that
band of nominal Conservatives, who were in reality oppo-
nents, have been discarded from the House of Commons ;
and I believe that when Parliament meets again the Con-
servative party will. be better combined and more deter-
mined, acting in thorough unison and not inferior in num
bers to what it was in the Last Parliament. Gentlemen, I
believe that is the real situation. It is one which I think
ought to encourage all those who aro depoted to our con-
stitution in Church and State, and I am sure that if the
spirit which has animated us, and has animated the country
generally throughout these elections, be cherished and
maintained no danger can arise to that Constitution which
has fostered this feeling, and Which we will over revere.

(Loud cheers.)
Mr. ILinvEr, in returning thanks, expressed his con-
currence in the remarks made by the two other county
members on the
Buckinghamshire, and expressed his opinion that by firm
gratifying state of political affairs in
and united action the Conservative party would be able to
spread their principles still more and more throughout the
country at large. (Cheers.)
The next toast was "the Health of the Duke of Buck-
ingham."
The Duke of BUCKINGHAM did not think this was an oc-
he aasvi
have
nb oe
been
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tmember
wo fo ther d. HTo
The
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oshouldthat
branch of the Legislature were not dependent on these
periodical elections ; still, it had a most important part to
plty. in the Government and Conetitutiou of the country,

because its duty was td control,
might be, to urge the action of the
questions. Having, then, to play
could not but be a matter of extreme interest to the mem-
bers of the House of Lords to ascertain that the members
returned to the House of Com!nous were men likelyto dis-
charge their duty with satisfaction to the country. He
believed that the members for Buckinghamshire were men
of that stamp. (Hear.) There were at present, as there
had been some years ago, great party questions at issue ;
but there were still unsettled some very important ques-
tions, which must be decided before long, and decided by
the new Parliament. He believed the county of Bucking-
ham had returned good men to deal with those questions,
and he believed the country was returning a good, safe,
and sound Parliament. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. DI; PRE proposed " The Chairman," and the latter
gentleman returned thanks.

Mr. DISRAELI then proposed "the Conservative elec-
tors," coupled with the name of Mr. Edmund Greaves, who
returned thanks.

" The Earl of Derby" and some other toasts having been
duly honoured, the company separated, Mr. Disraeli being
again. loudly cheered as he left the hotel.

Arr. Gladstone in South Lancashire.

LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.
The arrival of Mr. Gladstone in South Lancashire
has been the occasion of a remarkable outburst of
enthusiasm. In Liverpool especially, the heart of
the Conservative interest in that section of the
county, his reception has been noteworthy. The
anxiety to be present at the great meeting in the
Amphitheatre on Tuesday night was shared by all
classes of the community. The Liberal committee
asserted, through the chairman of the meeting, that
their opponents had not only possessed themselves
of a large nnni),, off, tickptifraudulent
preseritation, In=lia—Ztu—allrFtorgertrerets
in
imitation of those issued by the Liberal committee.
At all events, a far greater number of persons pre-
sented themselves with tickets than the 2,000 who
could be admitted ; and the scene around the build-
ing was excited and confused in the utmost. The
Chancellor's greeting was most enthusiastic ; and it
is confidently asserted by the oldest politicians in
the neighbourhood that no such ovation has before
been offered thereto any public man. The supporters
of the right hon. gentleman are working with a will,
and speak confidently of their prospects for to-mor-
row's polling.
This afternoon Mr. Gladstone addressed a crowd
of merchants on 'Change, from the window of Messrs.
Littledale and Co.'s offices. In spite of the rain,
which fell heavily at intervals, the crowd numbered
•
several thousands.

Mr. GLADSTONE, who was received with immense
cheering, said the pelting rain which had come down
an hour' before and delayed his speech, and the bet-
ter weather which prevailed at that moment, he took
for an omen of his own position. (Cheers.) Ho
did not know whether they remembered a remark-
able song which had been used during the American
struggle, and two lines of which ran—

Old John Brown is dead
But his soul is marching on.

Well, he (Mr. Gladstone) lay dead in Oxford—
(laughter)—but in some manner or other he believed
that in South Lancashire he was marching on.
(Laughter and loud cheers.) The name of Glad-
stone was represented on the lists of the new Par-
liament, at present, only by the member for Ches-
ter. (Cheers.) He was very well pleased with
that representation as far as it went ; but he was
not altogether yet content. (Ikar, hear.) He
hoped that the name he now brought amongst them
was no bad passport to their favour. (Cheers.) It
had been well known in Liverpool for eighty years,
and his earnest desire was that, whether it was still
known there for a long time or a short one, it might
always be known with honour. (Cheers.) He
made bold to say that if he came to them as a de-
feated man, he did not come bearing that name
tainted with dishonour arising from that defeat.
(Loud cheers.) He had not been rejected by
what they understood as " Oxford "—a large
majority of the working teaching body of the
university had voted in his favour. It was the
influence of another elasS that had displaced him.
He denied the justice of the manner in which that
class had exercised its power, but he admitted their
competency and right so to use it. lie had loved
Oxford, and endeavoured to serve it, but thought
the best mode of serving it was to keep its public
arid political character in harmony with the mind
and spirit of the nation. (Loud cheers.) For that
he had been refused permission to continue in the
possession of his honourablq and distinguished trust,
and now he asked the Electors of South Lancashire
whether the part he had taken in public affairs, and
the position he held in the service of the crown,
disqualified him for representing his countrymen in
parliament. (Loud cries of " No, no.") The right
hon. gentleman went on to wish success to his col-
leagues, the two other liberal candidates, and said
that he had come before them at the last minute of
the twelfth hour, and therefore must be short in
what he had to.say. It was for the electors to choose.
He contended that the party to which he belonged
had been engaged in carrying forward a work of
legislation for a quarter of a century which was for
the promotion of purposes beneficial, not to a part,
but to the whole body of the nation. (Cheers.) In
that time they had seen Liverpool doubled, trade
extended, wealth increased, contentment spreading,
intelligence enlarged, all classes of the community
more closely and heartily united together. These
happy fruits, due no doubt to the character of the
people, due above all to the favour of Provi-
dence, had yet been due in a not inconsiderable
degree to wise legislation and the judicious con-
duct of parliaments. They saw the verdict which
was being rendered by the country in all its districts,
and he asked the electors to consider the names of
those who were before them. He had nothing to say
against the three respected and excellent persons
who were termed the " old members"—(hear, hear)
—but he declined to recognise on their part a pre-
scriptive right. Their friends told him in Oxford
that he was unworthy to sit, because he held opinions
opposite to theirs, and therefore the electors could
not be surprised if he asked them for their votes
without too much considering the effect it might
possibly have on the seats of any of the old members.
(Loud laughter.) He asked upon the broadest
grounds whether they approved the history and
course of recent legisation ? (Great cheering.) Whe-
ther they thought it had been of advantage to the
country ? (Cheers.) That was the simple question ;
it admitted of a simple reply, and humbly, but with
some confidence, he entreated them to render that
reply in the most intelligible form by the votes they
gave at the poll. (Cheers.) It had been impossible
for him to go through the usual processes of an
election ; yet he felt a strong conviction that South
Lancashire would not belie the work by which she
had profited so much, and would not condemn the
man who, upon grounds of national policy and of
good done and labour performed for the nation, now
respectfully solicited the suffrages which it was in
her power, and her privilege, but also her duty and
her solemn responsibility,,to give. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. Gladstone, on proceeding to his brother's
office, was followed by a large and enthusiastic
crowd.

POOR LAW INQUIRY IN ST. PANCRAS.—The
Poor Law Board has informed the directors of the
poor of St. Pancras that they have had under their consi-
deration the report of Mr. Farnal, their inspector, of the
inquiry
andh l
him relative to the complaints of George
Grant
inmates of the workhouse, which
were made to Mr. IY.Eyncourt, magistrate at Clorkenwell
Police-court, on their imprisonment in the separation ward
eby
henry James,
of the workhouse. " The Poor Law Board express their
disapproval of the course which was adopted by the direc-
tors in the cases of G. Grant and 11. James, such course
being, in the opinion of the Board, highly objectionable.
The Board remind the directors that on the 21st of August
1856, regulations for the management and government
of the 'workhouse were issued by the Poor Lew Board, by
which provision is made for the proper classification of the
inmates, and for their diet, discipline, and punishment
The board believe that if these regulations had been duly
attended to, it would not have been necessary for them to
investigate complaints such as those which were brought
under the notice of Mr. D'Eyncourt. The board must ex-
pect that in future the rules and regulations adverted to
will be strictly observed by the master and officers of the
board. The board refrain from entering into any descrip-
tion of the room called the separation ward,' further
than to remark that they think it a very objectionable
ward for the continued occupation of any Inmates, and that,
the.statement rehitfre to it in theletter sent to Mr. D'Eyn-
court by the pauper George Grant is not overdrawn."

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