The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-04 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY, &c.

OSBORNE, Jan. 3

The Queen walked and drove yesterday after-
noon, accompanied by Princess Louise, and her
Majesty drove out this morning with Princess
Christian.

Princes Louise, Prince Leopold, Princess Bea-
trice, and Prince Henry of Prussi.t walked cut in
the grounds this morning.
Prince, Christian went out shooting, attended by
Major-General F. 11. Seymour. Captain von
Schrcctter had the honour of accompanying his
royal highness.

The Right Hon. Gathorue Hardy arrived at Os-
borne yesterday, and had the honour of (lining with
the Queen and the royal family.
Miss M'Gregor has arrived at Osborne on a visit
to her Majesty.

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Pousonby has suc-
ceeded as Equerry in Waiting.

the Royal Visit to Holkham.
HOLM-lA.li, Jan. 3.
Yesterday the Prince of Wales and the Duke of
Edinburgh, with the other noble sportsmen at Holk-
ham, were out on the New Marshes, and enjoyed
some excellent wild fowl shooting. Notwithstand-
ing the deep snow and the coldness of the weather
her Royal Highness the Princess of IVales drove
down to see the shooting.
The Earl and Countess of Leicester gave a dance
last evening to the guests staying in the house, Mr.
F. Howlett's band being in attendance. The fol-
lowing were present :—Their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of
Edinburgh ; Viscountess Walden, Major G.
Grey, and Hon. E. Yorke, in attendance ; the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Huntly,
Earl and Countess of Kimberley, Earl and Countess
of Dunmore, Viscount and Viscountess Powers-
court, Lord and Lady Stafford, Lord and Lady
Suffield, Lord and Lady Rendlesham, Sir Archibald
and Lady Margaret Macdonald, Hon. E. and Mrs.
Russell, Hon. Edward and Mrs. Coke, Hon. H.
Harbord, Hon. T de Grey, M.P., Hon. Colonel
Coke, the Earl and Countess of Leicester and the
Ladies Coke, Miss Whitbread, Colonel Stephenson,
Captain Stephenson, and Mr. Powell.
The weather over-head this afternoon having
greatly improved, the royal and distinguished sports-
men are out shooting the covers in the park.
The royal visit will be extended to Saturday.

The Duke of Buckingham will return to town on
Monday next from Stowe. Bucks, for the season.
The Marchioness of Hastings and Lady Con-
stance Marsham have arrived at the St. George's
Hotel.

The Viscountess Berthier has just died in child-
birth at the age yf only 21. The deceased lady was
a Creole of great beauty and distinction, and, her
loss will be felt, in the most brilliant circles in Paris.

Viscount and Viscountess Dangau and Lady
Feodorowna Wellesley have arrived at Brown's
motel.

Viscount Halifax and the Hon. Mr. Wood have
arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square.

Mi. Bright and the "Fortnightly Review."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—I should feel obliged if youLeould insert the
enclosed letter to Mr. Bright, as Mr. Morley aprears
from his second later quite to have unsunderstood
what I wrote to him, and an explanation on my part
seems to me necessary.—lremain, Sir, your obeclieut
servant, HENRY D. SEYMOUR.

Athenaeum Club, Jan. 3.

Athenaeum Club, Jan. 3.

My dear Bright,—l am sorry to be obliged to troublo
you with another letter, but as it is your speeches, and not
your brother's, which I have written about and for which
I am called to account, I prefer to communicate directly
with you.

I never saw Mr. Morley's letters to your brother till I
read them yesterday in the new,,palyr.4, 1.:111I was surprised
to had that the explanations which I had sent to Mr. Mor-
ley near the beginning of the correspondence had, doubt-
less from an extreme press of business, never been commu-
nicated to Mr. Jacob Bright, but an erroneous impression
was conveyed in Mr. Morley's second letter.
In the Times of the 17th of October, page 7, column a
from the left, line 14, I find these words :
"But I deny altogether that the rich alone are qualified
to legislate for the poor, and more than that, the poor alone
would be qualified to legislate for the rioh."
A man can hardly be called poor who has an independ-
ence, however small ; the poor man, as I understand the
term, is he who lives from hand to mouth, who has been
either unable or unwilling to save, and who has generally
received an education far inferior to what I think ho ought
to have. Now, I repeat that if you put legislation entirely
into the hands of these persons, as you are represented to
have expressed a willingness to do, they would fall into the
hands of designing men, or enthusiasts ; measures would
be proposed inimical to the propertied classes, who would
resist by force if necessary, and a civil war, such as we saw
in France, would be the consequence. I think lam per-
fectly justified in drawing these conclusions, if you really
said what has been attributed to you. Mr. Jacob Bright
says you did not, and gives an entirely different version,
in the spirit of which I cordially agree, and which I at once
accept as correct. I conclude that the Times' reporter mis-
took your words. lam glad that Mr. Jacob Bright has
raised the question, as it has cleared up a point on which
many others, like myself, may have had misconceptions,
and about which I should be sorry that your real views
should be misunderstood.

" With regard to the other point to which Mr. Jacob
Bright has alluded, I admit that he 'convicted me of an
error, although a very small one. It was a mistake of a
single word, for which I have never ceased apologizing.
" All" was printed instead of " half ;" but this did not in

he least affect my argument The statement that half

the land of England is in the hands of 150 proprietors, I
humbly submit, deserves the epithet I applied to it, and I
respectfully beg to say that such statements appear to me
blemishes in your matchless oratory, because the object of
eloquence is to persuade, and men hesitate to believe if
they cannot depend upon the facts on which the conclu-
sions of the speaker aro based. Iu some minds also,
though not. in mine, it throws a doubt on the bona fides of
the orator, because the greater portion of the audience can-
not inquire for themselves, and accept whatever you toll
them on your high authority. You are presumed to know
this, and therefore, if you mislead them, you are naturally
held responsible.

I have endeavoured now to justify myself where I think
I was right, and frankly to apologise for my error where
I was wrong. I think I have given an explanation which

will appear satisfactory in the- eyes of all just and fair
men ; and as for those who are not just and fair, I think it
my duty to regard them with the indifference they de-
serve.—l remain, yours truly,
HENRY D. SEYMOUR,

J. Bright, Esq.
P.S.—As your brother has attacked me, and sent his
letter direct to the newspapers, without previously fur-
nishing me with a copy, I am compelled to adopt the same
lino in my defence.

FATAL EXPLOSION OF A KITCHEN BOILER.—
About noon on Wednesday a kitchen boiler in the house
of Major Talbot Constable, Hull, son of Sir Clifford Con-
stable, exploded with terrific violence, killing a charwoman
instantaneously, and severely injuring the cook. The
boiler was situated in a detached kitchen, and was a self-
feeding one, nearly new. The only persons in the kitchen
at the time of the accident were Harriet Jane Barlow, 25
years of ago, the charwoman, and Mary Ann Storr, the
cook. A guest of the Major's, named Allen, was the only
other person in the house ; and, as this gentleman was
reading in one of the rooms at the front of the house, he
heard a loud report, which it str,lek him must have been
caused by the explosion of the kitchen boiler. On rushing
into that apartment he found the two windows completely
blown out, part of the roof torn away, and various other
damage. When the dust had cleared away he saw the
cook endeavouring to free herself from the debris. Nothing
could be seen of the woman Barlow, and it was not until a
large quantity of rubbish had been removed that her dead
body was found lying beneath the sink stones. The win-
' dows of the opposite house were smashed, and in one a
brick in the wall smashed to pieces. The accident is at-
tributed to the action of the frost.

THE EXPLOSION AT THE OAKS COLLIEP,Y.—The
state of affairs at the colliery is the same as
previously reported. On Wednesday morning the scaffold-
ing had so far progressed as to admit of being put into
sections, and large bolts are to brace it together, which
work was then going on. The district Las again been
startled by the report that an explosion had occurred at
the Farley Main Colliery. Ou inquiry the report was
found to he untrue. A fall of coal or roof had taken place
and given off a quantity of gas into the mine, and the
men had to leave in consequence, some of them in a
rather hasty manner.