The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCrOBER 14, ltin7.

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MARKE T B.—This day.

MARK LANE.

The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to this
morning's market was only moderate, but in fair average
condition. At the commencement of business factors de-
manded an advance in the quotations compared with Mon-
day last of from 4s to Cs per quarter. Although the trade
was very quiet, most descriptions sold at fully 4s per quar-
ter more money. In some instances the rise was equal to
5s per quarter.

There was au improved inquiry for foreign wheat, the
value of which improved on the average of 4s. per quarter.
Tho supply was tolerably good.
Floating cargoes of grain were held for a considerable
advance.

The supply of English barley was very limited, of
foreign slightly on the increase. The demand for all kinds
ruled steady at an improvement in value of from ls. to 2s.

We have to report a slow ',sale for malt; nevertheless,
Into rates were supported. The supply was only moderate•
Oats moved off frooly a.t ls. per quarter above the rates
current on this day so'ennight. The show of foreign was
tolerably good.

Beans were fully ls. per quarter higher, with a moderate
demand.

Tho sale for peas ruled steady, at quite ls. per quarter
above previous rates.

There was some inquiry for rye, at 465. per quarter.
Indian corn was very firm in price.
Both English and foreign flour sold on lighter terms.
Seeds generally were inactive, at last week's quotations.
No change took place in the value of cakes.

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HER MAJETY.

BALKORAI y Friday.
The Queen drove out in the morning: with Prin-
cess Christian, and again in the aftern.oon, accom-
'wiled by Princess Beatrice, and attt aided by the
Marchioness of Ely.

SATURDAY.

The Q.ieen drove to Alt-na-Gui tha.sach with
Princess Christian, attended by the Mar,Thioness of
Ely.
Prince Christian went out for a drive of deer in
Colonel Farquharson's woods at Inverca uld.
Prince Leopold, accompanied by Mr. Duckworth,
went to Glen Ey.
Sir Stafford Northcote has left Balmoral.
The accounts received of Prince Arthur are most
favourable ; the fever has entirely subsided.

MR. KNA TCHBULL-HUGESSEN, .111. P., ON
PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

Mr. Hugessen, M.P. for the united boroughs of
Sandwich, Deal, and Weimer, on Friday night ad-
dressed his constituents at considerable length on
the various public topics of the day. He commenced
by referring to the great question of reform, which
had occupied so much of the attention of Parliament
during the last session. He saw a great disposition
on the part of the organs of the present Govern-
ment to claim to themselves a great deal of merit
for passing the Reform Bill, and for the consistency
with which they had advocated the cause of Reform,
and he would therefore place before his audience
a simple view of this question. No candid
man could deny that after the settlement
of the question in 1832 the Tory party con-
tinued their opposition to any further reduction of
the franchise, and Mr. Disraeli, in 1865, in his
manifesto to the electors of Buckinghamshire, said
that the bill of Lord Derby had been defeated, on
the ground that no extension of the suffrage would
be sufficient which did not involve a lowering of the
franchise in boroughs. In that state of things Lord
Derby advised an appeal to the country, and, not
having obtained a majority, resigned office, and an
administration was formed pledged to a lowering
of the borough franchise. During the last six years
the efforts of the Tory party had been neither insig-
nificant nor fruitless. The only principle on which
they had proposed to extend the borough franchise
was that of fancy qualifications, which they
threw over this year withotf.; even a debate.
Lord Derby declared that he would no longer
remain as a more stop-gap, and preferred taking
a leap in the dark. (Laughter.) Lord Russell's
Government had resigned because they could not
carry a Reform Bill in accordance with the prin-
ciples which they professed. Lord Derby's Go-
vernment retained office by consenting to a Reform
Bill at variance with all their former principles.
(Hear, hear.) When he saw the present Govern-
ment making a claim to a character for consistency,
it only proved the truth of the old saying that men
were most desirous of having attributed to them the
virtues of which they were most deficient. It was
then owing to the efforts of the Liberal party that
the country had at last obtained a Reform Bill, and
it was their efforts that had rendered it much more
liberal than it would otherwise have been.
(Cheers.) The chief credit to which the Conser-
vatives were entitled was their not having allowed
any predilections for old opinions to stand
in the way of attempting to settle the question of
Reform. (Cheers.) He contended that having
obtained office in the manner they had done, by the
profession of certain principles, their conduct in
carrying a Reform Bill had struck a blow at the
confidence which the English people reposed in the
political morality of their public men, which was
fraught with most serious evil. (Cheers.) But
still there was a general feeling among the Liberal
party to condone the offence on account of the mag-
nitude of the boon which had been conferred upon
the country. (Hear, hear.) So far as he was
concerned, he would rather have gone by more
gradual ways to that household suffrage to which
he had always looked as a resting-place, and he
much regretted that the personal payment of rates
had been mixed up with the measure. (Hear,
hear.) He believed the Small Tenements Act to
be of great practical utility, and that their abroga-
tion would cause much annoyance and inconvenience.
He regretted that the basis on which the franchise
had been settled rendered a speedy renewal of agita-
tion absolutely inevitable. The Government bad
made it their boast that they had done better than
the Whigs, by settling the question on the broad
principle of the personal payment of rates ; but he
did not see how, with that settlement in boroughs,
a £l2 rating limit could be maintained in counties.
The vacillating conduct of the Government through-
out had shown that they were made of very squeez-
able materials—they had encouraged the agitation
which they deprecated, and only whetted the in-
satiable appetite of the democracy. When Mr.
Gladstone was defeated in April, he declared
that he would not initiate any more vital
amendments to the bill, and there was
a tacit understanding among those who sat with
him on the front opposition bench that they would
follow his example to avoid the appearance of any
factious opposition, and thus it happened that some
amendments, which would have come better from
Mr. Gladstone or his colleagues, fell into other hands.
An amendment disfranchising all boroughs with a
population under 5,000 was rejected, and but for
that rejection, and had the door been opened, he (Mr.
Hugessen) would have proposed a larger scheme,
dealing with 90 or 100 seats, by taking away a member
from every borough with a population below 12,000,
and disfranchising all boroughs with a population of
less than 7,000. The scheme he then shadowed forth
was now entirely endorsed by the leaders of the
Liberal party, who acknowledged it as one of the
main objects for which the Liberal party would now
almost immediately have to strive. (Cheers.) Turn-
ing next to the representation of minorities, he con-
sidered that that was by no means a party question,
though it was, generally speaking, imperfectly
understood. He supported the proposal, because,
in a constituency of 100,000 having a third mem-
ber given to it on account of its importance, and
where theremight be 60,000 of one party and 40,000
of another, it was obviously unfair to allow the
60,000 to return all the members, as in that case
the existence of the 40,000 would only be made to
tell against themselves, and to add to the political
importance of their opponents. It was said minori-
ties were already represented in the small boroughs,
but that argument ceded the principle that mino-
rities ought to be represented somewhere; and if
that were so it was surely better to represent them
directly than indirectly. Mr. Bright had accused
those who supported the scheme of desiring to aim
a blow at the power of the large towns, but that was
absurd, inasmuch as the great majority of the con-
stituencies affected would be county, and not borough
constituencies. Mr. Bright recommended them not
to deviate from the old lines of the constitution ; but
would Mr. Bright say the same with regard to the
laws of primogeniture, church rates, the privileges ;
of the peers, and all questions affecting land ? If he
were to oppose Mr. Bright on that ground, the hon.
gentleman would tell him that he was showing a
foolish and servile deference to an obsolete tradition.
Such an argument, appealing only to prejudice and
ignorance, was not worthy of Mr. Bright's high
position, and he protested against the manner in
which the hon. gentleman and his school of politi-
cians treated matters of this kind. Directly any
one differed from them he was branded as a Tory
and a heretic. This style of rebuke was an impor-
tation from a Transatlantic democracy, and lie (Mr.
Hugessen) as an English gentleman was not pre-
pared to submit to it. He admitted the obligations
of party, and was ready and anxious to agree with
Mr. Gladstone on most questions, but he would
never pledge himself implicitly to follow any indi-
vidual. (Cheers.) With regard to the future, he
looked with perfect confidence upon it, feeling satis-
fied that the good sense of the English people would
stilt keep the vessel of the stAte in good order, lie

had always been in favour of a large extension of
the franchise, and did not regret what had passed,
if it did not exercise a baneful influence on the
political future. Questions of immense importance
must soon come under discussion. Let them bring
to the discussion of these questions the spirit of
generous and mutual forbearance. Having referred
to the important question of education, and to the
relative position of capita and labour, the hon.
member said that the relations between church
and state must be revised before long. The Church
of England should be kept free from ecclesiastical
arrogance and senseless innovation. The establish-
ment in Ireland, however, was an insult to the
religion of the majority of the country, an injury
to Protestantism, and a source of weakr.ess to Eng-
land ; but, in dealing with it as it must soon be
dealt with, he was strongly opposed to the endow-
ment of any religious body. (Cheers.)
The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks
to Mr. Hugessen.

' honest run for their money. Lothario most certainly fell
lame on Saturday week, after a splendid trial with Dales.
man, and it must have been a great disappointment to the
Baron and his trainer, after having the Cesarewitch almost
within their grasp, as Lothario's chance was second to
none had he kept well. Odds of two to ono were
laid on La Belle Jeanne for the Rectory. Stakes,
but I was correct when I told your readers last
week she was out of all form and could not beat Puff.
Nothing was talked of on Tuesday except the Cesare-
witch, and other sporting writers having worn the sub-
ject quite threadbare, it will not be interesting to your readers
fur me to tell them the oft told tale over again. All
the touts and prophets have now found out that Julius is
the most improved horse in England, and that Honestye
hocks bore the marks of having boon blistered. Why did
they not say so before the race, instead of stuffing tho
ears of men with false reports about ho was tried with
Julius, an I that Mat Dawson said he couldnot lose, and a
lot of similar rubbish. I told your readers tle weeloafter
Goodwood that Julius was the most ;.mproved horse
running, and recommentbd him for a place iu the St. Leger;
and I stated after Donca ;ter that Daley could have been
second, but was told not to bo there, as ho would incur a
penalty of albs. for tho Cesare witch and Cambridgeshire, and
when he was at 50 to 1 for both races I recommended him
as a good investment. Julius is about the second or third
best horse we have seen this year; but I think all those
behind him are only moderate. Still I helievA with
a stronger boy on him, Blinkhoolie will show to More
advantage in the. Cambridgeshire. The Middle park Plato,
on Wednesday, brought out the best lot of tyro-year-olds I
have seen for some years. The backers of Lady Elizabeth
and Lady Coventry got a regular facer, which they wont
forget for some time. I can't help thinking that, had the
ground been in better order, Lady Elizabeth would have been
nearer the winner, if not quite have landed, as I am told
she slipped once or twice in the race. Her performance in
the match with Julius is without precedent—the game
struggle she made, at a difference only of 91b., upsets all
calculation of handicapping two and three year olds.
Should she keep well until the Derby day, and be brought
fit to the post, he will bo a most fortunate man that can
find one to beat her; yet I am under the impression had
Daley made more use of Julius he must have won, as he
seemed to have the race in hand at the Busbea when he
turned round to look at Fordham. In my opinion he
ought to have ridden his horse from start to finish.
The Oatlands Plate brought out 13 runners, and one would
have thought from the betting that Viridis was only out
for an airing, as she started at long odds and no takers.
There is sure to be some brisk butting on the Cambridge-
shire during the present week. lam told to-day that
Honesty is first favourite again, but I shall not stand on
him, nor anything else that aru in the Cesarewitch. Surely
there must be some better horses in England than we have
seen run lately. I hope to be able to select the winner
from one or two outsiders that we have here. My present
fancy is for the Duke of York or Laneret, as the best in-
vestment at their present prices; but should Mr. Pryor
make up his mind to run Friponnier, I should stand on
him in preference to anything in the race, as I have not
seen anything but Achievement this year that can ruake
him gallop, and should strongly advise your readers to be
on should they see him backed by the right party, for ho is
sure to start at 2 to 1 if he runs.