The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-01 00:00:00

belonged to it have risen to the highest place.: 0
society, of literature, and of the State. Upon
those it has not lost its claims, and upon others I
venture to think its claims arc strong and undeni-
alfe. It think it may f. tirly be sail that theac
claims exist upon the puhlic at lirge, for it is really
one of the marvels of our age to reflect what a
constant and uninterrupted fool of instruction, in-
formation, ,and delight now flows through the
medium of the periodical, and especially of the
n ewspr: p-r press, upon the whole community.
(Cheers.) For too or three generations the press
of this country has acted powerfully upon the mind
l'f the country, hut the circle and area over which
it so acts has of late received an immense extension.
The press, which was formerly the privilege of the
educated class, has become the patrimony of the
people. (Loud cheering.) There is not a man
possessed of the first elements of knowledge in:.
their simplest form to whom the press, at the.
prices to which it has now descended, is`
not • easily accessible ; and if there be any
among so many who have not arrived at those
first elements of knowledge, that, gentlemen,
is their misfortune, and it is our reproach,
but a reproach which, I trust, the Legislature,
of the country before many years are over will have
taken effectual measures to efface. I feel that in
this place I discharge a special duty, because I am
of opinion that those whose lot is cast in pubirolife
are, more than any others, debtors to the press of
their country. (Cheers.) We arc debtors to it in
the first place because it is we who have the oppor-
tunity of learning and perceiving the enormous pub-
lic and political advantages which have been de-
rived from the action of the press. It is not too
much to say that the action of a popular and well-
conducted press alters essentially the nature of the
relations between the governors and the governed.
(Cheers.) Obedience becomes no longer a duty to
be performed passively and in blindness. The law,
the Government, the-proceedings of the Legislature,
make their daily appeal through the daily news-
paper to the mind and understanding of every mem-
ber of the community ; they weave new ties of in
terest and affection between the private individual
and the public authority under which he lives.
They give a new cement to society, and to the
venerated institutions of the country. (Loud
cheers.) No doubt these causes have co-operated
of late yeari in bringing about this greater harmony,
this closer union of the various classes of the com-
munity which happily distinguishes our own day ;
but one certainly among those causes, perhaps the
gentlest. in its action, and certainly not the least
efficient, is that kindly process by which every
Englishman is made constantly aware of what those
who are appointed to represent his interests or to
wield the powers of Government are endeavouring,
at least according to the best of their views and
convictions, to do from day to day for his welfare.
Ile recognises the motives, even if he is not able to
approve the act. The act itself in most cases, the
course of public affairs and public legislation he
acknowledges to be honestly directed to his welfare,
and immense is the result that is thus produced for
the purposes of common harmony and concord. (Hear,
hear.) We have yet another, a closer, and a more per-
sonal debt -to acknowldge, and that, perhaps, under
more heads than one. I think you have been told on
former occasions from this place that the press would
be invaluable were it only for the beneficial pro-
cesses which it applies to the utterances of the
members, I believe, of both Houses iu Parliament
—(laughter)—during the brief intermediate period
that elapses between the time they leave the lips of
the speakers and the time they meet the eyes of the
readers. (Hear, hear.) . I do not wish to enter
upon this: delicate: subject—(laughter)—but I do.
-ait--arall'itnatkert4 there is a great- treiird truth,
in the allegation that every man . has a particular
Weakness for his own forms of language and ex-
pression, like the weakness which every man has for
his own name, whatever it May happen to be.
(hear, hear.) I suppose that all of us whose duty
it is to speak in Parliament have a feeling of this
kind with regard to our own utterances, and that
probably, if we were put to the test individually,
we should make various exceptions, and say, " Un-
doubtedly it is true, in general, that the skilful
hand of the reporter produces a considerable im-
provement in the- speeches that are delivered in Par-
liament in point of grammar, in point of accuracy
of expressien, and in retrenching any undue fulness
of development ;" yet each of us would be found
more or less to decline the full and impartial appli-
cation of that proposition to his own speeches, and
to contend, that owing to some accident, some
misfortune, some fault, some evil influence of the
stars, or some cause that cannot be explained, he
was an exception to the general rule, although of
the general rule there could be no doubt whatever.
(Laughter.) I think it is our duty, therefore, to
acknowledge the debt we owe to the press. (Hear,
hear.) But besides that debt there is another obli-
gation which we owe, not to the reporters, but to
the writers for the newspapers, and I frankly con-
fess that without them 1 do not know how we
should get on. (Cheers.) I think that their
encouragement and ecomiums are of very great
value to us ; they cheer us in the hour of need and
' difficulty ; but I assure you that I for one,
and I believe all who have similar expe
rience will join me in saying this, set far higher
value on their criticisms and upon their censures,
for no man is ever injured by criticism or by cen-
sure. (Hear, hear.) If the criticisms and censures
are unjust they will do him no harm, except it be
through his own want of manliness of character: If,
on the other hand, they are just, they are to him
invaluable ; they become the mirror in which he ac-
quires the view and knowledge of what be other-
wise could not discern ; from them he learns the
means of amending his faults, of avoiding the errors
he has committed, of making his abilities, whatever
they maT be, most available for the benefit of his
fellow countrymen, of doing —I won't say more per-
fectly, but at any rate less imperfectly—the arduous
work which Providence has appointed him to do.
(Cheers.) In other times the usages of society per-
mitted and encouraged more plain speaking than
they do now. Modern courtesy is thought to be
hardly consistent unless under circumstances pecu-
liarly favourable for the exercise of the function of
fair reproof ; and I am afraid that were it not for
the honest and truthful censures of the press each of
us would be apt to spend his existence in a paradise
of fools ; to go on bugging more and more his own
errors and defects, exaggerating his imperfections,
avoiding the means by which excellence is to be ob-
tained, and failing in efficiency in the service of his
country. (Cheers.) ldo not deny that a writer in
any newspaper, and especially if it be a newspaper
of great influence and importance, has in many
senses - a most difficult function to discharge.
Ile has to discharge a function that is diffi-
cult and even dangerous for himself far more than
for the public—for himself,
beeluse he
out the sense of that responsibility. I will itesnot say
wr with-
without a sense of that responsibility,
‘because it
would be unjust to bay so,
means of constantly quickc • 4, that sense of re-
but without the ready
inn,
publicity, and
sponsibility which is
it would be difficult to
with which most of us feel
derived front
barge of our duty. Nevertheless,
dispense in the disc , . .
0.
.i .
invaluable
fer us the function which hedlschar„es i ,
indebted to those who furnish for
and society is in(
on au,l improvement provided
them the instruct' .
sper but none are so much indebted
by the newsp. ,
to them as those who are the object of the free and
unbiassed review, nay, even of the hostile criticism.
This debt I for one am most anxious to acknow-
ledge. Ido not wish to exaggerate—l hope and
believe I have not exaggerated in the terms I have
used--the immense, the incalculable importance of
the functions of the newspaper press with regard to
the mass of society. (Hear, hear.) I grant that,
as in, all other States, in all other combinations of
affairs, where good is predominant, evil will creep

in ; an 1. here the piinciple, of evil probably !is
this—that by presenting us with knowledge in a
form so e,tsy, like fool ready dressed for
dinner, the press encourages men to a lazy and
an inert tarn of mind. ((sear, he;,r.) So far, how-
ev,:r as this is Ira., it does not apply to the mass of
the people. For them it is a question between hav-
ing it in this shape or not haring it at all. I grant
that tl;ere is an indolent, indefinite form sure to
prevail more or less in wealthy and luxurious
swieties, where people who 11.1 v! nothing else to do
but to think seize every opportunity, and avail
themselves of every expedient, that will relieve them
from the labour of thinking. (Hear, hear.) It is
quite fair, I think, just to cast this little stone as
we pass by, awl to recollect the extraordinary
fidelity and ability with which the task of a news-
paper writer is commonly performed, in reducing.
to a set form all the raw material of public questions
with which he has to deal. It may undaubtedly be
a misfortune for indolent men to have the means,
through wealth and leisure, of indulging their in-
dolence, instead of being, like other people, honest
labourers in the world. It is not for me to pretend
to a minute or accurate acquaintance with the
moral tone of the newspaper press since the time
when it first became a great power in this cour'rv;
but the knowledge of it that I do possess
im
presses me with a deep conviction that the
newspaper press has become more upright, more
candid, more regardful of the sanctities of pri-
vate life and personal character—more careful
to avoid whatever could raise a blush or stain the
mind or conscience, exactly in proportion as it has
becothe more pOpular and more broad. (Cheers.)
Therefore, in recognising the existence of this great
power, of this new power, among us, let us give it
hearty welcome. (Cheers.) I ask you now to
testify to your share in that feeling by drinking
with me a bumper toast to the prosperity of " The
Newspaper Press Fund." (Loud cheering.)
The subsequent toasts were " The Houses of Par-
liament," proposed by Mr. Shirley Brooks, and re-
sponded to by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and Mr.
W. Ewart, M.P. ; " Art, Science, and Literature,"
given by Sir Robert Phillimore, and acknowledged
by Mr. Hepworth Dixon ; " The Health of Mr.
Gladstone," which was proposed by the Dean of
Ely ; " The President, Vice-Presidents, Trustees,
and other officers of the Institution," on behalf of
whom Mr. G. Godwin replied; and " The Ladies."
Mr. Benedict conducted a concert, at which Mdlle.
Enequist, Mdlle. Cosenza, Madame Weiss, Miss
Poole, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Perren, and Mr. Weiss
gave their services, as did the conductor, gratuitously.
The Secretary announced in the course of the even-
ing subscriptions to the amount of £9OO, including
£lO 10s. from the chairman ; Earl of Clarendon,
£10; Earl Stanhope, £10; Baron Rothschild, £lO
10s. ; Sir Moses Montefiore, £l5 15s. ; Right lion,
Sir William Hutt, M.P., £lO 10s. ; Mr. Julian
Goldsmid, M.P., £lO 10s. ; Mr. B. Bond Cabbell,
£lO 10s. ; Mr. C. S. Butler, M.P., £lO 103. ; Mr.
Lionel Lawson, £lO 10s.; Mr. Samuda, M.P., £lO
10s. ; Messrs. Longman and Co:, £lO 10s. ; Right
Hon. the Viscount Halifax, £lO ; Sir Willoughby
Jones, Bart., £lO ; his. Excellency the Belgian
Minister, £lO ; the proprietors of the Daily 7ele-
graph, £52 10s. ; Mr. Maclean, £10; Mr. Church-
ward, 10 10s.
Mr. Wilson discharged the duties of toastmaster.

1-(& -1/Z&AI NEws.pAppl
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open doors of oflicc.-4 J:loscd in his fac lits_. Appeals .4,r--
to the police are made in vain, as
vine
ial servants and countenance rest viifel-itieP
ries are closed against him, and lookinithito tit
character of not a few diggers, his position is, I
fear, one•of personal peril. In short, the province
considers itself insulted, and is attempting to ex-
press its sense of the insult in every possible way.
There has be,m a large amount of what the Ameri-
cans style " tall talk," but in this Otago finds little
sympathy, an'l it would find scarcely any on the
whole matter if it were hot for the fate position in
which the Mini try have placed themselves in regard
to it.
There is a cla.F; of politicians herr, as everywhere
else. wi.ose views :.re based on no higher ground than
of expe honey. Tii:!:W ILNintain that as
the election of sup-nintendent rest with the pro-
vince the Mini ,try are bound to confirm it, not by
the mere gazette notice only, but by according to
him all the revisife delegated powers. This class
was load in its praises of the Ministry when it found
that they did not advise the Governor to disallow
the elect4i, but as encrgeticaly condemns them now
that they refuse to delegate the Governor's powers.
The other class, that which adheres to principle,
saw with regret that the Governor was not promptly
advised to disallow the election, and regards the
refusal to delegate as a: poor attempt to
rectify the mistake. The compromise which the
Ministry have made between expediency and prin-
ciple satisfies no one, not even themselves, and must
injure their stability considerably.
It is true that had the election been disallowed,
Mr. Macandrew would have been returned with a
still larger majority, and a serious dead-lock would
have been threatened; but then Ministers, had the
power of calling the AssemblyTegether, when what-
ever legislation was necessary could have taken
placc—even to the extent of appointing a superin-
tendent or suspending the Constitution, so far as
Otago was concerned; or if the action of the Minis-
try was condemned they could have resigned. As
the case now stands, it is on record that pecuniary
irregularity in office is no bar to reappointment,
while the Ministry hold out a direct premium to
agitation and resistance, since it was manifestly the
fear of these that induced Mr. Stafford to shrink
from giving the same advice to the Governor in 1867
that he did in 1861.
The 12th Regiment, concentrated at Auckland,
has, I expect, sailed for England by this date, in
the ships Mary Shepherd and England, leaving only
the 18th Royal Irish. This regiment is also con-
centrating, and has quitted all the outposts in the
rebel, or lately rebel districts. The date of its
departure rests with General Shute, who may,
perhaps, be induced to urge its remaining, as
the Governor had already done ; otherwise, it is
only here in readiness to be removed at the
shortest notice. The Auckland newspapers arc
filled with items of inteligence calculated to
alarm us, if we could be sure that they are not
exaggerated. The question as to the withdrawal
byof
the troops has, however, been practically settled
their having been withdrawn, and I repeat that
though native matters may be unquiet, yet I do Ca-
BCC that, with prudence and care, any present diffi
culties may not be satisfactorily overcome.

SECOND SALE OF YEARLINGS AT EAST ACTON
STUD FARM.

The sale held on Mr. Donald's farm, on the 15th inst.,
proved so successful that the experiment was recpeated
on Saturday, Mr. E. Tattersall offering to the publi
M 59
lots, including five horses in training, the property of r.
James Merry. Of these 55 lots were disposed of, realising
8,105g5., or an average of a little over 1-17 gs. The year-
lings comprised 10 of Mr. Graham's, chiefly by Oxford ; 9
of Mr. P. Sutton's, of which 7 were sold; 8 of Lord
Portsmouth's, most of which sold well ; 2 of Colonel
Pearson's, and 23 from the Diss stud. The hi
idgiaheGt prices
by
were obtained for a colt by Atherstone—M, bred
Lord Portsmouth, and b ught by Mr. Stirling Crawford
for 620g5.; and the fillies out of Cachuca and Miserrima,
bought for Lord frostings —the former for 600g5., and the
latter for 410 gs. Colonel Pearson's pair of fillies were
taken by Mr. Stirling Crawford, who gave 1,020g5. for
them. The Diss lot were rather backward, and in conse-
quence only fetched low prices. The arrangements were all
that could be desired, and, although the attendance
d was not
very large, it was principally composed of persons iuteniug
to purchase. Previous to the sale an exzelleut luucheori"
ono,--aiscuered- toi-
.marcrate-lieltr• iltd6 ring, via,
desirable system-Of nuking en inner ring to exclude
the
the
rabble was also adopted with success. •T he names of
purchasers, with the prices obtained, will be found be-
low:—

The Property of Messrs. Graham. U.
Ch f, by Chevalier d'lndustrie Abbess, by Robert de
Gorham .................................... (Mr. Armstrong) 65
Ch f, by Oxford—Arca, by Gladiator...(3lr. Bennett) 80
Ch c, by do.—darn by Van Tromp (31arq. of Hastings) 220
Br c, by do.—dam by Siveatmeat—Ventre a Terre
(Mr. Smithson) 210
`Ch f, by do.—Ardee, by Sir Isaac ......(Mr. Smithson) 155
Br f, by Chevalier d'lndustrie—llippodamia, by
............ .............. (Mr. J. Day) 150
Pelion ............
Br c, by Lifeboat—dam by Pritue Minister—Mellona
(Mr. Smithson) 120
Ch c, by Oxford—Egyptian, by Touchstone
(Mr. Smithson) 200
Oh c, by Lifeboat—Mellona, by Teddington
(Mr. Merry) 130
Br c, by do.— Datum, by Newminster...(Mr. Reeves) 300
The Property of Mr. Richard Sutton.
B f, by Musjid—Lava, by Orlando (Mr. J. Day, jun.) 160
Bc, by Trumpeter—Maid of Honour, by Prime
185
Minister ................................. (Mr. J. DaY, )un)
Ito c, by Musjid—Cruickshank, by
Gemma
hdi Vergy
(Mr. 1,7 i igtingall) 50
B f, by St. Alban's—Jnanita Perez, by Melbourne
(Mr. Stirling Crawford) 320
Br, by n I,,St Alban's -Crochet, by Melbourne
(Mr. Dover) 200
B c, by: Musjid—Village Lass (Rustic's dam), by
Pyrrhus the First .................. ..(Captain Machell) 160
Be, by Toni—Lady Alice, by Chanticleer
(Captain Machell) 100

The Hurstbourne Park Yearlings.
Bf, by high Treason—The Hoax, by Alarm
(Mr. Williams) 50
Br f. by Vengeance—La Bello (Sister to Wallace), by
Malcolm .... . ........................ (Mr. Stephenson) 103
B e, by Vengeance—Typhoon (Sister to
AHrurm strricane)
(Mr. ong) GO
B c, by Atkerstone —Midia (darn of Sydmonton, ao.)
(Mr. Stirling Crawfurd) 620
B f, by Atherstone—The Chase (10bin Ho's dam)
(Mr. B od.
Ellam) 73
Br f, by Vengeance or Atherstono -Be ky
c
Angell)
rp
(Mr. G. 220
Ch f, by Trumpeter— Cacbuca, by Voltigeur
(Mr. H. Hill) GOO
B f, by Trumpeter—Miserrima, by Pantaloon
(Mr. IL Hill) 410

• Tito Property of a G.mtleman.
Ch e,by Thor:nattily—Ellen llarne(dam of Paradigm),
by 10,1shanlc ......... ...... (Mr. Stirling Crawf urd) 620
floplite, b e, by Thormanby—P3lloply, by Kingston
(Mr. Stirling. Crawfurd) 400

G, by Tadmer—Miss iea
by.
(Captain
s
(Captain Michell) 130
F, by Vedette—Crusader, by Cowl (Mr. Morris) 45
0, by Vedette—Rosalind, by Orlando .Mr. .(Mr. Barratt) 135
03
F, by Vedette—Sooloo, by Stockwell ( Williams)
F, by Vedette—Queen of the West, by Orlando
(Mr. Mackenzie) 45
C, by Vedette—Crosslanes, by Slane (Mr. Stephenson) 120
F, by Promised Land—Grenada, by Lancrcost
(Mr. Reeves) 65
F, by Promised Lana—Lady Louisa, by Birdcatcher)
(Mr. Williams) 30
F, by Promised Land—Pigskin, by Touchstone
(Mr. W. Reeves) 55
..(Mr. Snewiug) 160
Br c, by Vedette—Repose
Vedette—darn by
Br c (Brother to Watchbox), by
(Mr. W. Day) 170
Cowl -Venus .................................
D 1 f, by Vedette—Nunnery (Mr. Mackenzie) 85
Br c, by 'Vedette—Voucher (lam by Auditor)
(Mr. Stephenson) 70
B c, by Vedette—Bianca Capella, by Touchstone
Barrett) 25
B c, by Lacydes -Rurrt's dam, by Boiardo
(Mr. Stirling Crawford) 100
by Promised Land—Merry Sunshine's dam
(Mr. Williams) 30
Bf, by Vedette—Queen of the May ...... (Mr W. Day) 50
Bc, by Lacydes—Manricos date ... • ....(Mr. W. Day) 95
Bf, by Vedette—Austerlitz, by Autocrat (Mr, Groves) 45
Bc, by Promised Land—Fist, by Wotnersley
(Capt. Machelp 20
C, by Vedette —Glimpsa (Mr. Armstrong) 40
0, by Vedette—dam by Cotherstoue—Catalpa
(Mr. Reeves) 20
C, by Promised Land—Vixen (Mr. Stephenson) 160

.8,105

T0ta1............
masHteorrAserschinier,l7ll:)aci,ni4ngy,ZbyPr‘ovpielid-typoafy Mrori,Jr. Mheenlrriye;
by Touchstone ........................... (Mr. Tutton) 75
St by b 3 yrs, by Stockwell—Weatherbound,
by Weatherbit ..... . (Mr. G. Mather) 100
Somerled, b e, 3 yrs, by Lord of ti Isles—Juanita
Perez, by Melbouruz. (Captain Towneley) 65
f, 3 yra, by Dundee--Rambling Katie, by Mel-
bourne (Mr. Nightingall) l4O
B c, 2 yrs, by Thormanby—Rogerthorpe's dam
(11r.Nightingall) 80