The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-25 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN IRELAND,

The Telegraph thinks that in the matter of university
education we have for centuries treated the Irish Catho-
lics with gross' injustice.' Their Protestant fellow-
countrymen have enjoyed for years enormous ad-
vantages over . them. It is not enough. that we
mow offer them a barren equality which the Pro-
testants, tal,:in advantage of their present supe-
riority, ean eaAly make null and void. We
established the Queen's -Colleges to repair the wrong of
leaving Trinity Collcge to the Protestants; but the new
colleges are now, after a quarter of a century, more Pro-
testant than Catholic, so that the injustice is still unre-
dressed. Nor will the old iniquity be repaired, until
Irish Universities supported by the State shall contain
Roman Catholic students in something like due pro-
portion to the whole number of Roman Catholics
in Ireland. Having, by old confiscations, taken from the
majority of the Irish people the ownership of the soil, it
would be only some consolation if we gave them in
exchange, and by way of expiation, cheap and good
University training. But we now give it only to the Pro-
testant minority, who in Ireland have the knack of turn-
ing everything to their own use.

THE WATERFORD ELECTION.
RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS.

The contest between Mr. Bernal Osborne, the Liberal,
and Mr. Smyth, the Nationalist, commenced at
Waterford on Thursday, and as the day wore on de-
veloped into a struggle of intense excitement. It was
evident from the proceedings at the nomination that the
battle would be severe. The national party were strong,
well-organised, and had displayed an unmistakeable
intention to " demonstrate." Early in the day the voting
was much in favour of Mr. Bernal Osborne, a large body
of Liberals taking advantage of the early hours to get
quietly polled. Nevertheless, from the first things were
not so quiet as could be wished. Mr. Smyth's band had
kept the town lively by parading all night. Mobs, armed
with sticks, and professing Nationalist sympathies, sur-
rounded the polling places. The electors were yelled at
as they went to the booths. Several who voted. for Mr.
Osborne were straightway rewarded by having their
windows smashed. But these little ebullitions were com-
paratively trifles ; the polling went on. and at ten o'clock
the numbers were
Mr. Per al Osborne 354
Mr.
From this period of the day the Liberal made compara-
tively little progress, whilst the Nationalist slowly crept
up. By noon the gradual reduction of the difference
between the two competitors raised the excitement to fever
heat. Some of the streets appeared like wrecks, not a
whole pane of glass being left in many houses. Mr.
laagrath, the proprietor of the Citizen, was attacked by a
glob and beaten. At twelve o'clock Mr. Smyth had made
a decided advance, the numbers being :

Osborne
Smyth
This progress on the part of the Nationalists had no ten-
dency to diminish the turbulence of the mob. What-
ever windows re.mained intact were carefully sought out
and demolished. Mr. Cadogan, who seconded
Mr. Osborne, was assaulted. About this period of
the day several Conservatives gave their votes to Mr.
Osborne, in consequence of the violence ; but still his
advantage grew smaller, and at two o'clock the numbers
were :

426
341

Osborne
Smyth

The majority of the Liberal was now reduced to only 49,
whereas four hours back it was 131. The riot became more
cL un'ervis as the Nationalist's posljon improved. Three
of Osborne's committee were attacked by the mob, and
drew revolvers in their defence. The cavalry and police
charged, and many wounds were inflicted. The police
suffered severeiv from s.,,nes.

At four o the m•*, city of Mr. Osborne had grown
still smaller, the numbers then being:—

Osborne
Smyth
Majority for Osborne, 20. More acts of violence were
lArpetrated. Captain Brandon was knocked down and
trampled on by the people. His life was in danger ; but
the cavalry came to the rescue, and escorted him to
his hotel. He lies there dangerously ill.
The numbers at the close were—
Osborne... -
483
Smyth
Majority for Osborne, 8. After the poll closed, the mob
became quite infuriated, pelted the soldiers and police
with stones, threw several cars over the quay into the
river, broke the windows of an hotel, and after being
fired at, burnt a store to the ground. The Riot Act was
read three times. The intimidation practised by Smyth's
mob after • three o'clock accounts for the rapid rise of
votes in his favour after that hour. At four o'clock his
supporters had become perfectly infuriated.

THE MAIDSTONE ELECTION.—TIIO nomination
of candidates for Maidstsne took place on Thursday
morning, in the preence of a good humoured crowd
numbering about ten thouf_'and persons. The proceedings
were quiet and orderly. Mr. Foster White and Sir John
Lubbock were duly proposed and seconded. Mr. Wlstd
-
said he wished to go to Parliament to do something
towards mitigating the distress among the working classes.
He would endeavour to obtain reciprocity with other
countries, for he objected to luxuries ccalLig into this
country free while everything the poor man used paid a
high duty. Sir John Lubbock acknowleeged
the courtesy of his opponent, and complimented the
barge-:see on the purity of the borough. if all places (zaii
he) were like I'dakktorra, there would not be so much
necessity for the Ballot as was now, unfortunately, the
case. He a7,kod for suppc.rt on the ground that he upli,iita
a Liberal Ministry. The show of hands was in
favour of Mr. White. . A poll was demanded for Sir John
Lubbock.

The IVeekly Register says that on the 22d inst.
D Manning, the Archbishop of Westminster, was una-
nimously elected a member of the Athenaeum Club by the
committee of that institution.

Dec 4, Jan. 1,
1869. 1870. Increase. Decrease.
Bank of England 23,181,190 22,706,732 174,438
Private Banks 2,751,719 2,66 .1 *. ,599
.Toint-stock Banks 2.3 8,739 2,281,198 87,541
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Total in England. 18.301,644 i 27,630,070 6 1,57,
Scotland.... 5,287,953Z 4,975,, 47 312, 1
Ireland 2,354,163 7,056,256 97,907