The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-29 00:00:00

UST.

RACING FIXT

FEBR'

.Harrow Spring . .
Lincoln Spring
21
Nottingham 26

Liverpool Spring
Chelmsford Spring l9
Margate...
Warwick Spring l9
AP.
Cardiff
Northampton
Windsor Spring 4
Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6
Newmarket Craven 8
Abergavenny

IYL
Ascot Spring
York Spring 7
Doncaster Spring .
Salisbury
Bath
JU.

Ascot Summer
Windsor Summer
Manchester Summer
Hampton l3
Odiham l7
Bibury Club lB

JU]
Carlisle 2
Newmarket July 2
Pontefract
Reading
Liverpool July Meeting 10
Hungerford
Nottingham l6
AUG

Ripon
Brighton ..
Brighton Chu, 8
LOWCS
Egharn
Wolverhampton l3
Stockton
Oxford
Hastings
York August

NOV

22
28
28
29

18
23
23
25

Dover
West Drayton 22
Plymdctith . 23
Canterbury
Derby
Lichfield
Weymouth
Tunbridge
BA= Baden

i/iIBER.
Leamington Hunt

Liverpool Autumn - 5
Shrewsbury Autumn 11
SEPT,
Margate
Warwick Spring 3
Abingdon 5
Leicester
Doncaster
Brecon l6
OCTOBER.
Northampton Autumn. 1 I Bedford —
Edinburgh
Newmarket 2d October. 7 j Newmarket Houghton
STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867.

hiBER.

Richmond l7
Hendon l9
Monmouth
Manchester Autumn 2O
Newmarket Ist October 24

FEBRUARY.
Carmarthen
Birmingham l2 1 Derby
Windsor
MARCH.
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Liverpool Spring
Grand Military
Chertsey
Mahon .. .. 131

C OURS ING•

COURSING MEETINGS TO COME.
JANUARY, 1867.
Judge.

Name.
11 ulzway Club, Lytham
FEBRUARY.

Days of Running
30, &c.

Rufford, Lancashire
Cardiff Club Mr. -Warwick
Waterloo, Lancashire
Tamworth, Staffordshire Mr. Warwick

MARCH.
Irish Grand National (Open),
county Loutn
Ardrossan, Sharphill .
South Lancashire (South-
port) Champion Mr. Wostropp l4, 15, ,to
Leinster (Open) Courtown... Mr. IL Springall l9, 20
Scottish Open, Lanarkshire ---
APRIL.

8, 7

7, ke.

York l7 I Kildaro Mint
Sevonoaka

SEPTEMBER.
Brampton, Cumberland Mr
OCTOB Barwick
Ancaster and Willoughby,
Lincolnshire Mr. Spofford

A 110 ST DELICATE DETECTION OF AClD.—Blue
litmus paper has hitherto been the most delicate test
possessed by chemists for the presence of an acid. Un-
fortunately, however, it has been found that its not being
a
there
reddened
absence b y
of
acids.gi en fluidi t
is
even
affords no
ven inferior
delicacy
the
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for
wi
thalkaalies.
test forli
s ecdhdoennhoodhi litmushas, however,pape r us efdh
rnasi s
ha
edteusts
acids, of remarkable sensitiveness. It indicates the pre-
sence of tho very smallest amount of an acid, being so
delicate that it shows the presence of carbonic acid in dis-
tilled water that has been merely breathed upon. It is
obtained by treating cyanino blue with soda, dissolving
one part of the product to one-hundred parts of alcohol,
and adding twice its volume of water to the solution. The
cyanino blue is formed by acting on iodide of amyl with
lepidine. Schoubein's test-fluid is applicable also to the
detection of bases, and is of extraordinary delicacy when
used for that purpose. It enables us to ascertain the pre-
sence of the exceedingly small amount of oxide of lead
which is dissolved by water, and which is not to be ren-
dered perceptible by sulphuretted hydrogen. That used
for acids is adapted to alkalies, by merely reddening it
with an acid.

THE CEDARS OF LEBANON. —A recent number of
the Gardener's Chronicle publishes the following interest-
ing communication from Dr. Hooker, respecting the cedar
of Lebanon :—" The Rev. M. Tristram, F.L.S., informs me
of a most interesting discovery lately made in the Leba-
non, viz., of several extensive groves of cedar trees by
Mr. Jessup, an American missionary, a friend of his own,
to -

whom he pointed out the probable localities in the inte-
rior. Of these there are five, three of great extent east of
Ain Zabalteh, in the Southern Lebanon. This grove
lately contained 10,000 trees, and Lad been purchased by a
barbarous Sheikh, from the more barbarous (7) Turkish
Government, for the purpose of trying to extract pitch
from the wood. The experiment, of course, failed, and
the Sheikh was ruined ; but several thousand trees were
destroyed in the attempt. Ono of the trees measured I.sft.
in diameter, and the forest is full of young trees, springing
up with great vigour. He also found two small groves on
the eastern slope of Lebanon, overlooking the Buka'a,
above El Medeuk ; and two other large groves, containing
many thousand trees, ono above El Baruk and another
near Ma'asiv, where the trees are very large and equal to
any others; all are being destroyed for firewood. Still
another grove has been discovered near Dutna, in the
western slope of Lebanon, near the one discovered by Mr.
Tristram himself. This gives ten distinct localities in the
Lebanon to the south of the originally discovered one,
and including it. Ehrenberg had already discovered ono
to the north of that locality, and thence northwards the
chain is u&explcusxl by 'Tomer Qr naturalist,"

The Members for Marylebone on Reform.

Last night a public meeting, under the auspices
of the Reform League, was held at the Vestry-hall,
St. Pancras, for the purpose, as stated in the ad-
vertisement, of " protesting against the present state
of the representation of the people in Parliament."
The meeting was very largely attended, and among
those present were the members for the borough,
Mr. Thomas Chambers, M.P., and Mr. Harvey
Lewis, who were invited by the Reform League, in
order to hear the views of their constituents on the
subject of Reform.
Mr. Churchwarden ECKELL was voted to the chair,
and made some observations iu explanation of the
reasons which induced him to support the Reform

movement.
Mr. ToLmIE moved the following resoluton

" That this meeting protests against the present state of
the representation, whereby the people of this country are
amenable to laws in the making of which the groat majority
of the nation has no voice ; and declares that no Bill will
be act.eptablo as final which does not include residential
manhood suffrage."
Mr. SLACK seconded the resolution, and in a
lengthened speech, stated what appeared to him to
be the advantages which would arise from the ex-
tension of the franchise. He defended the prin-
ciples of democracy, which, he said, tended to free
discussion, while those of oligarchy tended in a con-
trary direction ; and said that in asking the people
to support the demand for Reform, he was only
asking them to do that which would make their
country glorious, and uphold the rights of freedom
and humanity.
Mr. EDMOND BEALES, who was loudly cheered,
addressed the meeting in support of the reso-
lution. He said the people of the country
would never get their rights except by their own
resolute united action. The House of Com-
mons would never reform itself. It was only
by pressure from without that it could be made to
enact a measure by which the people would obtain
the rights so long withheld from them. It had been
said that they ought to have no more demonstra-
tions ; but what had they gained by the demonstra-
tions which had taken place ? Had the Government
made any declaration of their intention to bring in a
Bill upon the subject ? No. On the contrary, they
had shrouded themselves in mystery, and from that
platform he told them that " the demonstrations"
would go on until the people had obtained justice.
(Hear.) The necessity for energetic action in this
respect was strikingly proved by the signal manner in
which the present Parliament—misnamed a Re-
formed Parliament—had failed to do its duty by
the nation. Its failure was evidenced in the
immense mass of pauperism prevailing in this
country ; in the vast expenditure with which
the people were saddled; in the enormous
amount of ignorance found among the population ;
and, lastly, in the injustice inflicted on Ireland, for
which the House of Commons had persistently re-
fused to legislate to any beneficial purpose. After
some further observations Mr. Beales concluded by
calling on the meeting to support the League in the
coming demonstration on the 11th of February.

The resolution was then adopted, with a few dis-
sentients.

Mr. C UNNING/lA3I moved a resolution in favour
of vote by ballot, and it was seconded by Mr. 111ER-
RIMAN, and carried unanimously.
Professor HOPP us, of the London University, then
moved a resolution, thanking Earl Russell, Mr.
Gladstone, -Mr. Bright, and Mr. J. S. Mill for the
support they had given to the cause of reform. He
defended the working classes from the imputation
which he said Mr. Lowe had cast upon them, but
which he had recently qualified to a certain extent
though in a somewhat clumsy manner. He said, as
far as he knew them, the working men of England
were an intelligent and industrial body, every way
fitted for the possession of the franchise, to attain
which he would give them all the support in his
power.
Mr. INT OOL FENDEN seconded the resolution, which,
as those that preceded it, was agreed to.
Mr. H A rtv EY LEWIS, M.P . , then addressed the
meeting. He said he had come that evening by in-

vitation for the purpose of hearing the opinions of
a considerable section of the constituency which he
had the honour to represent. Since he was first
elected as a member of the borough he had made it
a practice invariably to attend to every representa-
tion of opinion made to him by his constituents,
coming from whatever quarter it might, whether

from those who agreed with his views or from those
who did not. He had by that means obtained the
approbation, and, he believed, the confidence of the
constituency ; but how long he should continue to
do so was quite a different matter. He was not
present on that occasion to make A speech. Ile had
been invited with his colleague simply to hear their
opinions.

A VOICE-But we came to hear your opinions.
Mr. LEwis—They were invited to listen to the
opinions that might be expressed at the meeting,
not to express any opinions of their own ; but he
ventured to say that no reason had been pointed out
why he should not have been intrusted with the re-
presentation of the borough, and if they had trusted
him originally, he thought they had still greater
reason for continuing their confidence in him. (Hear,
hear.) He would therefore claim their trust and con-
fidence, and he had every reason to believe he would
retain it. (Hear, hear.) He would, however, retain it,
not by truckling to any body or to any party, but by
holding to his own opinions, and by honestly and fear-
lessly asserting them. (Hear, hear.) He could say,
with all sincerity, that the greatest feeling of pleasure
which he experienced as member for the borough
was derived from the fact that, not only at that
meeting, but in the House of Commons, in the face
of all England, he could state that he was the free
and unfettered representative of Marylebone—
(hear) that he was never asked any questions, or
obliged to give any pledges as to what measures he
would support. He hoped he should continue to
be independent, and if he were prevented from doing
so they had better discharge him at once. He at-
tended that meeting with his colleague to hear the
viewsof his constituents upon the question of Reform,
and he confessed he did not understand why they
should be talked at by some of the speakers as if they
were not Reformers. If they looked at the divisio❑
lists of the last session they would find that ho and
his colleage voted in favour of the bill introduced
by the Government. (Hear.) They did so because
they believed a Reform Bill necessary, and they
were still of the same opinion. (Hear.) He was
not going to pledge himself, and he never would
pledge himself to any particular course of action.
if ho did so he should at once sacrifice the indepen-
dent position of which he was so proud ; and if he
was called upon to sacrifice it he should cease to
be their representative. (Hear, hear.) He sought
their suffrages as a Reformer, and if they looked
back to the votes which he had recorded they would
find he had-always supported every measure of Re-
form that had been introduced into the house. He
was just as anxious now for Reform as he had
always been, but would not pledge himself to sup-
port any particular measure. He hoped that his
conduct in the past would be accepted as a gua-
rantee for the future, and with this assurance he
trusted they would be satisfied. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. CHAMBERS, M.P., next addressed the meet-
ing. He said he would endorse all that had been
said by his colleague, but inasmuch as he had no
previous connection with the borough, he could not
point to his former conduct as a guarantee fur the
future. Ile would, however, repeat what he stated
on the hustings—that he was prepared to support
the most liberal measure of reform that any Liberal
Go ye' Lunen t brought forward. Ile thought that was
a mere practical way of dealing with the question
than if he had given a definite pledge as to what
particular sort of a bill he should vote for. (Ilear.)
When he failed to do that, then it would be their
deity to call him to account. (Hear, hear.)
A vote of thanks was then passed to the hon.
members for their attendance at the meeting and
the explanations they had given, and after the usual
vote of thanks to the chairman, the proceedings ter-
minated.

THE " SPECTATOR," remarking upon the late
thaw, and observing that Thursday and Friday in par-
ticular were for the season warm, facetiously adds :—lt is
reported, indeed, that on Friday tho sun was seen by a
policeman in the Strand, but this requires confirmation.

The Excise Law.

We call on every good citizen to rejoice with us
that the Excise law is at last judicially and impreg-
nably established by the judgment of the Court of
Appeals. In other columns of this morning's paper
will be found the opinion in full of Mr. Justice
Wright, overruling all exceptions and appeals, and
affirming the judgment of the Supreme Court in
favour of the constitutionality of the act. The de-
cision covers the whole ground. It is not merely a
settlement of the particular cases brought before
the Court ; it is an affirmation of the validity of
the Excise law in its length and breadth ; and
not merely of the law, but of the complete legis-
lative power to deal with the traffic in intoxi-
cating drinks. " There is," says Mr. Justice
Wright, " really but one question involved
in the present appeals, viz., the right of the Legis-
lature to control and regulate the traffic in intoxicat-
ing drinks." The act relating to New York is de-
clared to be less rigorous than any in force within
the State for half a century. If they were constitu-
tional, so much the more is this, and " it is a bold
assertion at this day that there is anything in the
State or United States Constitution conflicting with
or setting bounds upon the Legislative discretion or
action in directing how, when, and where a trade
shall be conducted in articles intimately connected
with the public morals, or public safety, or public
prosperity ; or, indeed, to prohibit and suppress
such traffic altogether, if deemed essential to
effect these great ends of good government."
Again :—" A law prohibiting the indiscriminate
traffic in intoxicating liquors, and placing
the trade under public regulation to prevent abuse
in their sale and use, violates no constitutional re-
straints." Still more strongly the Court affirms,
" It is a groundless pretext, therefore, that the act
in question conflicts with any provision of the Con-
stitution of the United States, or of this State. It
falls within the legislative power, exerted not for
the first time, but unremittingly since the origin of
the Government." We quote these emphatic sen-
tences at length, in order that the scope of this
judgment may be thoroughly comprehended. They
are the sober and matured declarations of the
highest judicial authorities in the State of New
York. The Court of Appeals, in announcing its
decision places itself on the side of orer,
of temperance, of public welfare, against law-
lessness, license, and that utter indifference
to the best interests of all, which is the
boast and the shame of the liquor dealers.
These latter proclaim their purpose to maintain what
they call their own rights. The courts decree that
the rights of the public are paramount, that the rum
sellers shall not prefer their private interests to the
good of the people, and that the law shall be en-
forced. We are bound to reiterate our belief that
there never was a plausible pretext for the litigation
which the liquor-dealers have fomented and pro-
tracted. The injunctions of Cardozo and his fellow
magistrates were a fraad on the public. There can-
not be a competent lawyer in this city who would
have advised a client to apply for an injunction, or
to pursue an appeal on it, except for the purpose of
gaining time to follow his destroying traffic in de-
fiance alike of public opinion and of law. For the
time the plot succeeded. Mr. Justice Car-
dozo granted injunctions literally by the hundred,
and there was no den so vile thet he was
unwilling to become the champion of its proprie-
tor. To all appeals in behalf of order and law
this judge closed his ears. He and they like him
succeeded for months in nullifying the law. The
city which the Legislature had done its best to
make orderly and temperate, they delighted to
hand over to unchecked debauch and the turbulence
of a judge-led mob. They would not abate their
purpose when the Supreme Court frowned on it ;
we presume they will not abandon it if there still be
left a legal device which can postpone its defeat.
But it is too late to deceive public opinion. The
decision of the Court of Appeals must be respected,
both by the lower courts and by the clients of
Mr. Justice Cardozo. There may have been
danger that the bench would be brought
into contempt by its disregard of law and its
patronage of law-breakers ; the danger is past,
we hope, when the two higher courts unite in vin-
dicating the statute, and in rebuking both the judge
and the liquor-sellers who would violate it. We
look for a reign of order in this city henceforth.
We look to see the Legislature, fortified by this
judicial determination, resist strenuously all efforts
to tamper with the statute, or to impair its efficiency.
We warn them that they cannot touch the Excise
law (unless to make it more efficient) without bring-
ing down upon themselves the just indignation of
their constituents. Long despised and trodden
under foot, the law-abiding and anti-rumselling
sentiment of New York finds itself at last triumphant
in the Court of last resort, and it will expect hence-
forth from the Legislature the amplest means of
securing and perpetuating its hard-won victory.—
New York Daily Tribune.