The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-27 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day

Market opens steady at an advance of to
Sales probably 10,000 or 12,000 bales.

A meeting was held yesterday of the creditors of
Messrs. Buchanan, Hamilton, and Co., of Glasgow,
with whom are associated Jarvie, Thorburn, and
Co., of Shanghai, and Hamilton and Co., Singapore.
Mr. George May, of the firm of May, Mathewson,
and Co., of London, occupied the chair. Mr. 'Wil-
liam Anderson, accountant, of Glasgow, submitted
a statement, of which the following is an abstract :
Dr.—Unsecured creditors, viz.: On bills payable,
£667,714 Bs. 7d. ; on open account, £9,583 Bs. 7d.;
partially secured, £lB7los. ; for advances on produce,
£75,103 ; total, £752,58875. 2d. Cr.—Cash in hand,
£2,146105. 9d. ; bills receivable £47,979 ss. 9d. ;
goods in process of shipment, £4,343 13s. 10d. ;
sundries, £8,477 15s. 9d. ; surplus from produce
per contra, £7,319 15s. id. ; amount at debit at
Jarvie, Thorburn, and Co., net £281,229 13s.
4d, ; at debit of Hamilton, Gray, and Co.,
£263,571 10g. ; estimated surplus estates of part-
ners, £17,000 ; total, £632,068 4s. 6d. Mr. Mur-
ray, :of the firm of Murray, Son, and Hutchins,
London, and Mr. J. S. Fleming, of Glasgow, solici-
tors to the estate, explained in general terms the
position of affairs, after which the following resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted :—" That the
meeting be adjourned until Monday, the 3d of
July next, at two o'clock ; that in the meantime
the business be carried on under the inspec-
tion of Mr. George May, Mr. Michael Connal, of
Glasgow, and Mr. Anderson, the accountant ; and
that the banks and other creditors in the United
Kingdom do not send their bills abroad or take
proceedings pending the adjournment of the meet-
ing ; .and that all payments be made with the ap-
proval of the inspectors." The object of the ad-
journment is to enable the inspectors to obtain a
more complete statement of the affairs of the firm
than now exists from Shanghae and Singapore. It
was indicated by several creditors that if the way
were seen by the 2nd July to make an offer, the
proposal would undoubtedly be favourably enter-
tained.
BRADFORD NON-ELECTORS AND PARLIAMENTARY
REFORM.—On Tuesday evening a large meeting of
the inhabitants of Bradford was held at St. George's Hall,
in that town, for the " purpose of calling on the Govern-
ment and Parliament to redeem the pledges so repeatedly
made by them, by introducing and carrying into effect such
a measure of reform as shall confer the franchise on the
honest and industrious working classes, protect them in its
exercise, and correct the glaring anomalies of our represen-
tative system." These were the terms of requisition signed
by 2,000 non-electors, which had been presented to the mayor
who had convened the meeting. Mr. W. H. Arnold, a non-
elector, occupied the chair. There were about 1,500 or 1,800
persons present. The chairman, at the close of his opening
address, read the following :—" That in the opinion of this

meeting, the present opportunity should not pass by with-
out some adequate expression of the deep and sincere grief
and regret of this large assemblage of the working men
of Bradford at the irreparable loss they and the country
generally have sustained in the death of that foremost
of England's Reformers, the great and good Richard
Cobden. We would also add to our high appreciation and
admiration of the man our heartfelt condolence and sym-
pathy for his bereaved family, hoping that they may be
sustained and comforted under the pressure of the heavy
cloud of grief and sorrow which has settled upon them,
and assuring them that the memory of him so dear to them
is embalmed in the sorrowing hearts of a grateful and lov-
ing people." He then asked the assembly to adopt by simply
standing up, which was done in silence. Mr. Jas. Wilkin-
son then moved the following resolution :—" That the pre-
sent Government is highly censurable for its conduct in re-
ference to the Reform Question, and that the language used
by those Ministers who charge the non-electors with apathy
and indifference is uncalled for, inasmuch as that when the
Liberal members appealed to the country, asserting that
they would endeavour to carry a question of reform, the
non-electors heartily responded to that appeal, and used
their best endeavours to return them to Parliament---it is
therefore the opinion of this meeting, that the Government
is in duty bound to redeem its promises to the unen-
franchised, and prior to the dissolution, to introduce
and endeavour to carry a fair measure of reform." The
resolution was seconded by Mr. George Demain, and sup-
ported by Professor Fawcett, who was received with loud
cheers. He said it was a fundamental principle of the con-
stitution that taxation and representation went together. If
a war occurred the working people would have to bear the
burden as much as any other class, therefore they ought to
have a voice in the matter as well as any other class. The
members of the present House of Commons had falsified
every pledge they had given on the question of reform.
Six years ago they gave pledges -which had been broken,
but he hoped this would not be allowed at the next elec-
tion. He referred to the conduct of the Lancashire people
in the cotton famine, as forming a brilliant page in history.
Speaking of the American war, he said the Southern
party did not understand the working men of England.
They supposed the working men of Lancashire would
have risen in rebellion, but no part of England had
evinced a stronger sympathy with the cause of the North
than Lancashire. This supplied an unanswerable argu-

ment in favour of extending the suffrage to the working
classes, who, he contended, would not use the franchise
solely to promote class interests. The resolution was
adopted, as was also the following :-3. " That in the
opinion of this meeting, every male person, householder or
lodger, rated or liable to be rated for the relief of the poor,
has the right to the exercise of the franchise ; and to en-

sure its free and full exercise, the voting should be by
ballot. That there should be an equal distribution of

members, in proportion to population and property, and
that the duration of Parliament should be limited to three
years." A petition to Parliament, embodying this resolu-
tion, was agreed to, and the proceedings terminated.
FATAL FALL—Yesterday evening a little boy,
between three and four years old, named William Calir,
son of a tailor, residing at 52, Ingestre-buildings, Broad-
street, Golden-square, fell from a window on the upper
storey of the house—a very high building—to the pave-
ment beneath, and his skull was so frightfully injured that
he Oxfirod while 9n the way to the Middlesex ilospital.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, April 26.
Her Majesty and her Royal Highness Prince Ss
Louise drove out yesterday, attended by Lady
Churchill.

Her Royal Highness Princess Helena also drove•
Lady Waterpark has succeeded Lady Churchill
as lady in waiting.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales are expected to leave Sandringham on Tuesday
next for Marlborough House. Owing to the death of the
Czarewitch their royal highnesses are expected to seek
retirement for a few weeks.

ROYAL BIRTHDAY AT WlNDSOR.—Tuesday being
the 22d anniversary of the birth of her Royal Highnes
Princess Alice Maud Mary, the event was duly celebrated.
with royal honours at Windsor. The bells of the Chapel
Royal of St. George and parish church rang out men,' Peels
in the morning, when a salute of 21 guns was fired in the
Long-walk and answered from Fort Belvedere and the
IRoyal Adelaide frigate at Virginia-water.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Ca abridge
and Princess Mary propose to return to town next Wok
from Cambridge Cottage, Kew.
The Count and Countess d'Eu on Saturday left
Brussels for Antwerp, where they visited the monuments
of the city, and then took their departure for Germany
by way of Liege. They will first visit the Hereditary
Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (sister to the King
of Portugal), and afterwards Gotha, Dresden, and Vienne"
The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and
family have arrived at their house in St. James's-sfeere
from Blenheim Palace, Oxon.

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The Marquis and Marchioness of Westininstev
and Lady Theodora Grosvenor come to town next Wee'
from Motcombe Park, Dorset, for the season.
The Marchioness of Salisbury will give her fir°
assembly to-morrow evening at the family residence ill
Arlington-street, Piccadilly. _

The Earl Granville will .return to town to-dap
from visiting Lord and Lady Rivers at Rushinoro
Lodge.
The Earl of Lonsdale is expected to return to hiS
residence on Carlton-house-terrace early in the ensuing
week, from the Isle of Wight.
The Earl de Grey will leave town to-day to ill-
spect the fortifications on the coasts of Hants and Dev°l3'
as Secretary of State for the War Department.
Lord Stanley, M.P., has arrived in town fr°l3l
Knowsley Park, Lancashire.
We are authorised to contradict a report Whicll,,
has appeared in our columns, of a marriage about to in-
place between the Dowager Lady Holland, of g°ll3niu
House, and Rear-Admiral Yelverton, C. 8., second in c°-;
mand in the Mediterranean. We are informed that her
ladyship will spend the summer at Kensington.
HEALTH OF LORD PALMERSTON.—During the last
few days some extravagant rumours have been in cirollW
tion respecting the health of the noble Premier. We
however, that the extent of his indisposition is a slight "
tack of the gout in the right hand.

Richard Cobden, the Emperor of the French

and Prince Napoleon.

The following letter of sympathy has been
ceived by the family of the late Mr. Cobden :
Aux Tuileries, le 20 Avril, 1865.
M. Chas. Cobden.
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Monsieur,—J'ai prix une grande part au malheur 0.1100
frapp4 votre famine ; car M. R. Cobden avait touPin,
montrd pour la France une grande sympathie, et son I,
fluence sur ses compatriotes ne. pouvait que contribuer
resserrer les liens qui unissent l'Angleterre et la Frauccheo
Je vous prie d'être aupres de sa veuve Pinterprete de 000
s6rieux regrets, et de recevoir l'assurance de mes With°
de haute estime..

NAroLBO'
The Tuileries, 20th April, 1865.
Mr. Charles Cobden.
Sir,—l have deeply participated in the misfortune 0-„ca
has stricken your family ; for Mr. Richard Cobden u"
always evinced for France a great sympathy, and his
lto
fluence over his countrymen could not but contribute
draw closer the ties which unite England and Franco. ,pr
I pray you to act towards his widow as the interPre",
of my serious regrets, and to receive the assurance of 11'1
sentiments of liigh esteem.

NApoixol4'

BENJAMIN DISRAELI nt 1865. Among th:
eading statesmen of this country there is no °ls
who occupies so peculiar a position as Mr. Disraell'..
would be very difficult, in the annals of Parliamentary Pitt
tory, to find a politician who has filled so large a Wee ij
the records of his own time, and yet has had so little rev
influence on the policy and legislation of the country.
leader of a numerous and well-organised party since 18;
and twice when in office the leader of the House of C° e
rs,
mons, he sits at the head of the Opposition agafust t
secret wishes of a considerable section of his
supports .
with no personal following, with very slight weight Withlo
of
the walls of the house, and with absolutely none out
doors. The rank that he holds is due exclusively t 0
~t5O
brilliant power of debating with which he took the b'er
by storm some 20 years ago. Since that time hit; cares
has been a conspicuous one ; in some of his Parliamentary
conflicts he has parted at least on equal terms with 176`Z,
formidable antagonists, yet he has failed to reap 1::
power and influence the legitimate fruits of so ra.!
years of unremitting labour. Unlike most politio'.o
leaders, he stands no higher in public estimation than l'of
did a dozen years ago. His party seem to feel a Want O.
confidence in him, though he has worked for them so le' to
—and in spite of the effort that he has made from thus
time, he has been unable to enlist in his favour the
pathies of the public.—From the First No. of the
Magazine, Samuel Lucas's Shilling Magazine (for lil3Y'
just published.
BRINDLEY AND THE WEDGWOODS.—.Tames
ley was a popular character in the Potteries.
die
uncommon ingenuity, great practical skill, persistent -p ;„
;
dustry, and reliable honesty of purpose had led by degrto
to a great range of business, which was as varied 11110,
character as scattered far and wide. He constructed d too
heads inYorkshire,built or improved silk-mills atCoagl?
10,
and Macclesfield, sank wells in the agricultural distrietbs
applied to many of the old mills upon the watershed t°.,erl
north of Burslem machinery for the grinding of cab sa
flints and other potter's materials ; and as time well „00
busied himself with the construction of steam engines ti. it
a principle of his own. Wide as this range of duty wahtit
centred locally in Burslem ; and here, in 1750, or some to
before, he had hired a millwright's shop belongleg„
e
Thomas and John Wedgwood, which, situated cloW; 0
yard.in the vicinity of the spot on which they wore tod
building the Big House, was environed with pot-works
gardens. Thus brought into connection with the
woods, and employed by them in various ways, an intle'" ~,cti
of a most friendly character sprung up between them eat
the engineer. It was only limited by Brindley's frecf.,lll
and lengthened absences from Burslem. But when he `7 to
there, either on business to his wheelwright's shop,°the
see his brother John Brindley, who had settled l°
village, the hospitable meal, the cup of sparkling 5t37,1;.0
shire ale, the glowing hearth, and the hearty haudit.clo
were his under more than one roof-tree of the weir
Wedgwoods.—Meteyard's Life of Wedgwood.
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CIVIL SERVICE ATHLETIC SPORTS,—The 0-pc- tli°
annual gathering of gentlemen connected with
Civil Service, and associated together in the frielltiocl
rivalry of athletic sports, will take place to-morrow rie
Saturday at Beaufort House, Walham-green—the ell°rtg.
commencing each day at 2 o'clock. The various SP ye
and games are open to amateurs only, and, as was the' 4cl
last year, are to be under the management of a general ' in
executive committee, composed of names well knor.ose
the official world, with Lord Bury heading the list.
sports have evidently taken firm root in the science', ! of
means of bringing out the muscular energies of a 190101
gentlemen whose occupations are chiefly of a sede''„iirecl
character, and to whom the systematic training jug% of
in physical displays of the kind cannot fail to Pr°ll;„ra
the utmost advantage. ' Gentlemen who wield the 6,,;(tai
in other departments of her Majesty's service haf°Le a°
facilities for cultivating out-door sports, and we can
and
reason why the gentlemen who manipulate the Petttbeir
rack their brains in the bureau should not follow' tijio
example. The love of field sports is increasing in a) a
country, and gymnastics are now held in high estool3l he
portion of the physical education of youth. In julthe
Turner Verein will be held at the Crystal Palace, 102 cos'
present gathering is of a kindred character, itlthoughlyot
fined to members of the Civil Service of the Crown. Cain'
our great annual boat race between the Oxford and :ont
bridge Universities does in the way of bodily develel'osivg
and in keeping up the manly tone and vigour of our ill do
men, these athletic sports to a still greater extent NC: ti its
for the Civil Service. Nor can we help thinking this 0
proportion as the young blood in the Civil Departnaeoser
kept in a state of healthful activity, and the muscularsporto •
glee of officials are developed by means of such manly spoor
and rivalries, shall wo find people less prone to '-.'"uo le
about 'routine' and circumlocution.' As the 1)115111c/a .04
maintained so will the mental capacities improve ;t 011
regard these innocent and sinew giving exercises twot
as beneficial to' the individuals who
practise thel
really benefiting the State, and through the State, the'„slia.
lic. There is a growing tendency in favour of the last
holiday, and we consider the athletic sports initiate; 000
year, and to be continued with increased eclat this, 09' oler,
of the most healthful signs of the great fresh-Or
moat.