The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-18 00:00:00

THE MARQUES OF LORNE.

Satisfaction is generally felt at the Queen hrving given
her consent to the marriage of her daughter with Lord
Lorne. The Scotch or all classes are especially pleased
with what they take for a national compliment. The
youthful Marquis has taken little part as yet in public
affairs, but his leanings are known to be decidedly Liberal.
In the House of Commons he has quietly made
it understood that, though hia father is a Cabinet
Minister, he does not choose to be counted as a Govern-
ment hack. In the critical division on Mr. Fawcett's
motion to declare in favour of mixed University educa-
tion in Ireland, when Mr. Gladstone in unmistakable
terms made it a question of confidence, and said that he
and his colleagues would not continue to occupy the
Treasury Bench if the motion were not positively nega-
tived, Lord Lorne was one of the 26 Liberals who voted
for the adjournment of the debate, in a minority of 96. On
other occasions, when disapproving of the course taken by
the Government he has stayed away. His book of travels
could hardly be said to have made any se'hsation when it
appeared, and as a speaker in public he is unknown.
Possibly the connection he is about to form with royalty
may have the effect of limiting his choice of subjects in
debate and to some extent therefore cramping his parlia-
mentary ambition. Between the palace and the Cabinet
there is not very much room to run. But in other direc-
tions there is abundant scope, as the late Prince Consort
found, for the useful and popular exercise of ability ; and
in these days it is something to have royality associated
in the popular mind with art and literature, and above
all, with Mr. Vernon Harcourt. The marriage, it is said,
will not take place before February.—London Correspon-
dent of the Manchester Guardian.

Mr. Vernon Harcourt, M.P. for Oxford, in addressing
the electors, spoke of the approaching marriage of
the Princess Louise to the Marquis of Lorne. He
said :—" It so happens that the young nobleman who
is fortunate enough to have secured the affec-
tions of the princess is a great personal friend,
and, indeed, a relative of my own. I happened to
be staying at the house of his parents at the time the
announcement of the fact—though then a secret—was
first made. I happen, consequently, to know that it is a
Marriage of the purest affection ; and I am sure that a
Matter so interesting, both in its political and its histori-
cal importance, is one which will secure the hearty sym-
pathy and approval of the English people. That a
daughter of the Royal family should be bestowed upon a
subject of the Crown is an event which I believe has not
happened in the history of England for 200 years. Ido
not believe there is any man in England who will regret
that the Crown should be guided by a wise policy, and
thus have brought itself into a more close and immediate
relation with the people of this country."

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF EDUCATION.
At the instance of an influential body of ratepayers,
representing all sections of opinion in the borough of
Marylebone, Mr. W. Hepworth Dixon has consented to
be put in nomination for a seat at the Metropolitan Board
of Education.

TO THE ELECTORS AND RATEPAYERS OF MARYLEBONE.

Gentlemen,—l present, myself as a candidate for election
to the London School Board, as one of the representatives
of Marylebone. I have incessantly and actively advocated
a system of national imsectarian education. For twenty
years I have studied the wants, the claims, the rights of
the people ; and have all that time been in the habit of
expressing my opinions as a public journalist on the
questions which have arisen affecting their moral awl
material well-being.

I have been led to believe that my humble services to
the public cause will recommend me to the place of honour
I seek at the new Educational Council.

I represent no sect, no party, no clique, and am not
specially supported by any organisation. I base my
candidature broadly on my known participation in the
political progress of the last twenty years, of which the
Elementary Education Bill of 1870 is the most important.
Trusting to be favoured with your support on the day
of election, I remain, gentlemen, yours faithfully,

BLANCHARD JERROLD.

Reform Club, Oct. 17th, 1870.

Candidates like Mr. Hepworth Dixon and Mr. Blanchard
Jerrold are the very men of all others who ought to
be elected to seats at an Education Board as important as
that of Marylebone. They are both men of distinguished
ability, of advanced Liberalism, and of the most thorough
independence. Men like these are men in the right place
when freely chosen to positions, such as these, of great
delicacy and of great responsibility.