The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-22 00:00:00

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

The Prince of Wales attended Divine service Yes-
- morning at the Chapel Royal, St. James's•
The Communion service was read by the Rey'
Thomas Helmore, the Rev. Dr. Vivian, and Ref•
E. Nepean.

Anthem—" Worthy is the Lamb."—Handel.

Mr. Goss presided at the organ.
The sermon was preached by the Lord Bishop of
Oxford, from Ist Corinthians, chap. xv., verse g'7•

THE PRINCESS CHRISTIAN.
The following bulletins have been issued :
" WINDSOR CASTLE, Saturday.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess Christian
has passed a very good night.
" Her Royal Highness and the infant Prince are
progressing favourably.
(Signed) " THOS. FAIRBANKS M.D."
Sunday.
" Her Royal Highness the Princess Christian has
slept very well.

Her Royal Highness and the infant Prince are
progressing very favourably.
(Signed) " Thos. FAIRBANKS M.D."

Mr. Gladstone and the Liberal Party.

The following correspondence has taken place be-
,ween Mr. Crawford and Mr. Gladstone :

" 20, Eaton-square, S.W., April 17, 1867.

" Dear Mr. Gladstone—l find that many mem'
bers of the House, who supported you on Friday
evening, are anxious, like myself, to know wll3°
course you propose to take with regard to the re-
maining amendments to the Reform Bill standing
in your name.
" It would be very useful, I am sure, if you could
let me have a line from you on the subject before
you leave town for the recess.—Believe me yourol
very faithfully,

"R. W. CRAWFORD•
" The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P."

" llawarden, Chester, April 18, 1867.
"My dear Mr. Crawford—l thank you for giviog
me an opportunity which enables me to make known
to you and to others the course I propose to take
with regard to the amendments on the Reform Bill
as yet standing in my name on the notice paper of
the House of Commons.
" I need not state what must be in the minds Of
all, the nature of the amendment which the House
rejected on Friday, the 12th, by 21 voices, or the
composition of the body of noes by which it was r'e
rejected.

" The country can hardly fail now to be aware
that those gentlemen of Liberal opinions whose
convictions allow them to act unitedly upon this
question are not a majority but a minority of the
existing House of Commons, and that they have not
the power they were supposed to possess of limiting
or directing the action of the Administration, or of
shaping the provisions of the Reform Bill. Still,
having regard to the support which my proposal
with personal rating received from so large a nun'
ber of Liberal members, I am not less willing than
heretofore to remain at the service of the party to
which they belong ; and when any suitable owe'
sion shall arise, if it shall be their wish, I shall be
prepared again to attempt concerted action upon
this or any other subject for the public good.
"But, until then, desirous to avoid misleading
the country and our friends, I feel that prudence
requires me to withdraw from my attempts to
assume the initiative in amending a measure which
cannot perhaps be effectually amended except by tie
reversal, either formal or virtual, of the vote 0I
Friday, the 12th ; for such attempts, if made by. We'
would, I believe, at the present critical moment not
be the most likely means of advancing their own
purpose.
" Accordingly, I shall not proceed with the
amendments now on the paper in my name, i3ct,
give notice of other amendments such as I 13°'
contemplated ; but I shall gladly accompany other°
in voting against any attempt, from whatever quay"
ter, to limit yet further the scanty modicum of en'
franchisement proposed by the Government, or i!1
improving, where it may be practicable, the provt:
sions of the bill.—l remain, my dear Mr. Crawford
most faithfully yours,

" W. E. GLADSTONE.
" R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P."

TO 7HE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Yesterday I read with great interest your
leader on the sanitary state of the country, and
especially that part which has reference to vaecial"
tion !

Now, as you seem so strongly to advocate vaecl°ll-
tion, and that you have no doubt of its truth, it Is 11
pity that you did not back up the memorial of the
Anti-Compulsory Vaccination League presented on
the sth of March, 1867, to the Duke of Buckingbare'
then Lord President of the Council. Surely the
question should be finally settled either one way er
the other ; and, therefore, I think that instead t)."'f
charging anti-vaccinators with gross ignorance, 1t
would have been but right that you should 1131°
been for the inquiry which must now take place b°-
fore Parliament on this all-important question.
I am an anti -vaccinator, but still I do not con'
Sider myself grossly ignorant. Dr. Collins, 0."-
was public vaccinator for St. Pancras for 20 Yell%
has (on account of the evil which he saw during till!
period from vaccination) now also become au atity
vaccinator—is he also grossly ignorant ? Dr.
Pearce, who testified before the Privy Council as to
the evils of vaccination, and who stated that t 1
,
Emperor Napoleon had last year forbidden vacelga
Lion in the French army—is he also grossly ignorant?
Sir, I could multiply the list of anti-vaccitlaWro
,
to a great extent, but suffice it to say that this Cliee
tion can never be settled by a leader in a newspaPert,'
however influential it may be. We must hay° la
full and fair inquiry into all its bearings, and I sh°ll,
say that this can only be done before Parliamen7,
before a committee of vaccinators and anti-vice

nators, in order that the truth may be elicited. 0
It is impossible to look about us and not to ze,
that there is a something radically wrong as re 0
cards the health of the country. For what do
see? A sickly and stunted population, without ecterg•rv;
or those high mental powers for which our ancest°
were ce!ebratei. 'Then to what can such a state
things be owing ? I can think of none except it b 0
°.
vaccination, which, by poisoning the blood ab
creates all kinds of disease, and therefore weake,uid
the whole human frame, even rendering it incaPii,Lreti
to throw off the natural disease of small-pox, 01.1,..
then falls on some of the other vital organs, for to
member that small-pox is but an effort of nature 0,
throw off the impurities of the blood, and ofili r
quires nature to be helped in that operation. ci.if
These are my sentiments on the question, a° it
you will kindly insert this letter in your parrovs
may lead to good, for " du conflit des 01)F or
faillit la verite."—l have the honor to be, sir/ r
most obedient servant,
A CONSTANT REAPEII.
London, April 18th 1867.