The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-09 00:00:00

AN OLD SORE HEALED.

Most of our readers will remember the
.fracas
which occurred between Mr. Long and Sir George
Jenkinson, the two Conservative candidates for
North Wilts, at the election of 1865. Mr. Long
refused to coalesce with Sir George in order to win
both seats, the result being that Lord Charles Bruce,
the only Liberal who came forward, went in at the
head of the poll, the numbers being : Bruce, 2,151;
Long, 1,911 ; Jenkinson, 1,373. Since then both the
rival Conservatives have indulged in recriminations,
each boasting of the amount of plate on his side-
board. This unseemly conduct between two gentlemen
continued up to the last general election, when Mr.
Long retired, but refused to aid in the return of the
hon. baronet, who again came forward in the Con-
servative interest. The Liberals endeavoured to
profit by this split, and put forward two candidates,
but Fortune, who had proved fickle to Sir George
at the previous election, and also at Nottingham in
1866, now turned in his favour, and by the aid of
the tenant farmers, with whom he was extremely
popular, he headed the poll, the second
Liberal being nowhere. The olive leaf has now
been held our by Mr. Long, who at the commence-
ment of the new year expressed a hope that Sir
George would so far set himself right with Mr.
Long's friends as would enable both to shake
hands. This has called forth a characteristic
reply from the present member, who asserts
that if in the heat of the contest in 1805 he
used any expressions w hich unduly pained Mr. Long
or his friends, he would cheerfully and frankly
withdraw them. lie concludes as follows:
"We all attacked each other—l won't sly- which
began—but it is high time such heart-burnings had
an end; and I am certain that Mr. Long and his
friends will, with tlLi same friendliness, withdraw the
hard words they pitched at me. I shall gladly shake
hands with Mr. Long, and I cordially join him in
wishing all our friends—and I dare say he will not
object if I say opponents also—' A merry Christmas
and a happy new year.'

LORD DALKEITH AT EDINBURGH.
On Wednesday Lord Dalkeith was entertained at
a banquet in Edinburgh by his supporters. The
noble lord, in addressing his friends, expressed his
gratitude for the reception he had met with. Ile
accepted it also as a tribute to the Conservative
cause, and as an earnest that they would all fight
together in support of those principles which they
believed to be right. In alluding to the loss of his
seat at the recent election for Edinburgh, Lord
Dalkeith attributed it partly to his absence, through
indisposition, at the commencement of the contest.
The result chewed the importance of being beforehand
in a contest of this kind, the same as in a regular
warfare. He considered that the Liberals did
not practise what they preached, since they blamed the
Conservatives for having recourse to intimidation,
•nd they did not prevent it themselves at home.
The noble lord did not approve of the Ballot,
believing that it would promote bribery, and would
not protect the voter. Alluding to the remarks
made upon the influence exercised by his father, the
Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Dalkeith declared it was
only the power naturally possessed by a straight-
forward and high-minded gentleman. The noble
lord concluded by expressing his regret at the general
character of the elections for Scotland, where tried
Scotchmen had been rejected for untried Englishmen,
and trusted that at the next election that took place
Edinburgh would redeem its character by returning
a Conservative,

BOTTLE-NOSED WHALES.
Mr. Alexander Drew, of Nairn, must be more apt at
a joke than Scots generally are. Ms request that Mr.
Bright, of all men in the world, would grant a sub-
sidy for the destruction of bottle-nosed whales and
porpoises is really most laughable, Mr. Bright hates
Government subsidies as he hates a Pall-mall lounger.
If he had been President of the Board of Trade a
thousand years ago he. woad certainly not have
sanctioned the reward paid for wolves' heads. Bottle-
nosed whales and porpoises are safe so long as the
Right lion. John Bright presides over the Board.