The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1867.

TUE EAST INDIA IRRIGATION AND
CANAL COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TWELFTH
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Share-
holders of the East India Irrigation and Canal Company
will be held at. the Company's Offices, Nos. 8 and 9 Queen-
street. Place, Southwark-bridge, in the City of London, on
THURSDAY, tho .;oth day of May instant, at 1 o'clock
precisely, for the purpose of transacting the g,encral
busi-
ness of the Company, as prescribed by the Act, and also
for the purpose of authorising the borrowing on mortgage
or bond fro,' the Government of milk any ;nun or sums
of money net exceeding the sum preseribed by the East
India Irrigation and Canal Act, according to the
arrangement of which notice has been already given to
each Shareholder. _ _ _

Th. Transfer Books of tha Company will be Closed from
the 20th to the 30th instant, both days inclusive. .
JOIIN WESTWOO D, Secretary to the Company.
8 and 9 Queen-street Place, Southwark-bridge,
London, E.C., May 1, 1867.

THE MADRAS IRRIGATION AND
CANAL COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SIXTEENTH
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders
of the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company will be held
at the Company's Offices, Nos. 8 and 9, Queen-street-place,
Southwark-bridge, in the City of London, on TUESDAY,
the 28th day of May instant, at One o'clock precisely, for
the purpose of transacting the ordinary business of such
Meeting, pursuant to the Act; and for authorising and
giving consent to the conversion of the 50,000 shares in
the present guaranteed capital of 000,000, and numbered
from 1 to 50,000 (both inclusive), into one general capital
stock, to be called the " Guaranteed Stock of the Madras
Irrigation and Canal Company."
_ _

The Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed
from the 23d instant to the ith of June next, both days
inclusive.

JOHN WESTWOOD, Secretary to the Company.
8 and 9, Queen-street-place, Southwark-bridge,
London, E.G., May 1, 1867.

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the Premier at his word, and on Thursday evening
Then,
.away or wandered into the Opposition lobby.
just to save appearances, Mr. Disraeli got up
a slight look of consternation, and modestly de-
clined to tell- unintelligent Toryism that it inii4
submit. Sauce the days of that allegoric p.Tsf-marre
of whose domestic troubles we have all heard
fre-
quently in childhood—" who had so many children
she didn't. know what to do,"—there is no example
on record of any parental disciplinarian whose tem-
p.fr has bee!) so much tried by conflicting disposi-
tions and incorrigible instances of waywardness.
thpeairn4t'os
How of, en it will be necessary in the judgment of
Disraeli, ,
allfor
routedtli sakeand of
send his
only can tell. We only desire to note here the deli-
cate consideration for the feelings of his pupils, which
consists in so managing matters that the whipping
shall be done by other hands and thesmoothing of the
pillow by his own. It is, no doub', rather hard
upon the more childish members of the party, who
are intellectually unable to learn the hard lesson
set down for them, that they should have to sit
silently in their seats until they have it by heart,
and can repeat it without blundering. ,Some have
already run away, and others look uncommonly
like truants who mean to be off next time the door
opens. There is even talk of some more of the
ushers and monitors going ; and we should not be
surprised if they went. • But it matters little.
Lord Derby, Lord Stanley, and Mr. Disraeli are
the Conservative Government. They have done
just what they liked, and they will do so to the
end. They could not have got their party, as a
party, to swallow household suffrage, without pro-
mising sundry bits of sugar and pleasant-looking
nuts as the bribe. But now that the dose is
' gulped, and the sugar begins to melt, and the nuts
to prove blind, what can be said about it, save
that " they are sorry, and that they hope big
boys wont be so foolish as to cry ?" The situation
which has become rather ludicrous, may, however,
become ere long rather lamentable, if, as there seems
reason to fear, the carrying of the Tory Reform Bill
be signalised by the disruption of the Tory party.
The prostration of that party would, in our opinion,
be a great source of embarrassment and evil. Then,
indeed, there would be danger of serious divisions
in the ranks of the Liberal majority. At present
there is none. Mr. Gladstone was welcomed back
to his place at the head of the Opposition on Thurs-
day last, just as if nothing had happened during the
holidays to fill the heads of stupid people with idle
fears regarding him. It is now clear that he never
meant his too candid note to Mr. Crawford to
be interpreted as an act of abdication ; and
the only answer that need be given to Mr.
Baines's already half-forgotton cry for help
to bring him back to the head of his party is,
that quiet matter-of-fact people never, ceased to re 7
sgasl.)4m.as remaining :there. Whets Mr. Huskis-
son'bastily offered to resign in 182& and next day
thotight better of it, a friend' told the Duke of
Wellington that; he need not consider it a resigna-
tidn. - 'But the Premier, who- wanted to. get rid of
hiaLiberal subordinate, replied ; " It was a resig-
nation, it is a resignation, and it shall be a resigna-
tion." The converse is precisely Mr. Gladstone's
position with reference to his party, whose universal
feeling has been with reference to his letter—lt was
not an abdication, it is not an abdication, and it
shall not be an abdication. The Liberal party, led
by him, is strong enough to make a really good bill
of that which now lies on the table of Parliament,
or to throw it out on the third reading, should any
sudden freak of obstinacy on the part of its authors
interpose unlooked-for impediments in the way of
its amendment in Committee. And in either case
we can foresee no hindrance of the Liberal party to
the restoration of the Liberal party to power. Their
real danger lies not in affected or imaginary weak-
ness, but in the possibility of their being presently
too strong.