The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOIN, Tt ESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1867.

POLICE INTELLIGESCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET,

ROBBERY AT THE ALHAMBRA.—Thos. Bell, who gave the
address 44, Thames-street, Liverpool, was charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing froni the person of Mr. Pan-
ton, engineer at the baths and wash-houses, Marshall-
street, a watch, while at the Alhambra on the previous
evening.

Mr. E. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for
the prisoner.
The prosecutor said that on the previous evening he
went to the Alhambra with two friends, and while trying
to push his way through a large crowd, one of his friends
told him that his watch was stolen, and he saw his friend
holding the prisoner by the collar. The watch produced
was his property.
In answer to Mr. Lewis, the prosecutor stated that he
did not know whether the prisoner said anything at the
station when charged, but ho appeared " very disagree-
able."

Mr. Hall, a blind-maker, said he saw the prisoner make a
grab at his friend's (the prosecutor's) watch, and saw him
with it in his hand. He seized the prisoner and hold him,
and the watch dropped at his feet. The prisoner was then
given into custody.
Police-constable Player, 309 A, said that on taking the
prisoner into custody he said the persons charging him had
made a mistake.

Mr. Lewis having addressed the magistrate on the pri-
soner'.3 behalf, Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded tho prisoner, that
the police might make inquiries respecting him.

BURKE TS. —This day.

HAY.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 53; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs; and straw, £1 16s to £2 6s per load.
Inquiry limited.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 83 ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs 6d ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Gs per load.
Demand inactive.

WHITECIIAPEL.—MoncIow hay, £2 15s to .£4 5s ; clover,
£4 08 to £5 103 ; and straw, £1 16s to .£2 6s per load.
Trudo quiet.

COLONIAL.

TEA.—A very moderate amount of business has been
transacted, but congou descriptions generally maintain
previous rates.

SUGAR.—The sales have been to a limited extent, but
superior qualities of West India fully support former quo-
tations. Refined descriptions are in moderato request,
without any material change in values.

COFFEE.—A small quantity of Plantation Ceylon has
been sold in the private market at full value ; in other
descriptions there has been no quotable change.
RlCE.—Business has remained very dull, but holders do
not press sales, and prices remained steady.

rumoured Caxias is preparing to make a dash at
the enemy in January. Heat terrific, 117 in the
shade ; mosquitoes and flies intolerable.
The revolution in Paraguay is, as was expected,
a hoax. But the revolution hi the interior pro-
vinces of Buenos Ayres is•gaining strength, and
many Chilians have joined in the movement.

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Mr. Bernal Osborne end his Constituents.

Mr. Bernal Osborne addressed his constituents
at the Exchange Hall, Nottingham, last evening.
The hon. gentleman was received with cheers.
whistling, and hooting, and it was some time before
he could be heard. Ile entreated them to be quiet
and listen to In the words of an ancient
orator he would say, " Strike, but hear me r-
(Confusion and fighting. A voice, "Nottingham
is the most rotten borough in England.") Even a
criminal was listened to on his trial, and he (Mr.
Osborne) was no criminal. (Uproar, in the midst of
which the reporters' table was knocked over.) They
were well aware of the treatment of reform during
the last session and of the fate of the Ministry
which brought it forward. The Ministry gave a
test of their sincerity when they resigned ; and now
what would their successors du? (Uproar). The
question of reform had been before the public for
tweet) years, dandled like a doll. Five times it
had been mentioned in Queen's speeches, and it was
high time that it should be put in short clothes and
allowed to run alone, as it only wanted one year to
coming of age. (A laugh). The constituencies of
England could no longer be treated as infants. If
this question had been laid to sleep by Parliament,
it was not only the fault of the Parliament, but of
the people, who had been supine. The people,
however, were now tired of this dawdling indif-
ference ; and though he deprecated all physical
force, which could only end in the ruin of those who
used it, he could not be surprised at the large Re-
form meetings which had taken place in different
parts of the country. The great concessions of the
age had not been given to argument or reason. The
bill of 1832 was not given to reason. The Emanci-
pation Act was not given to reason, but the
ministers of that day were frightened into conceding
those measures. (Cheers.) They should like to
know how far he would go in a future reform bill.
He was opposed to all absolute forms. of govern-
ment, whether that absolute form were in the shape
of an absolute monarchy, or absolute aristocracy, or
an absolute power of numbers. Ours was a mixed
government, where the interests of all the great
community must be looked to. He was opposed to
the present position of the franchise. He wanted a
considerable infusion of the artisan class, but he
could not give his support to any measure which
advocated manhood suffrage. He was, however,
prepared to entertain the question in a large and
liberal spirit. In 1848 he spoke in favour of Mr.
Hume's motion, which would have given household
suffrage in the boroughs of this country, and he
could find nothing so revolutionary in carrying out
the provisions of the Municipal Bill of 1836 in
voting for members of Parliament. BLit he was not
bigoted even as to that. In these times they must
take what they could get. Although some members
of the House of Commons refused to have anything
from a Conservative Government, he was willing to
have the best measure of reform he could obtain,
let it come from whom it might. He always had a
suspicion of a man who would not take anything
but a comprehensive bill. It was going for a com-
prehensive measure that ruined the late bill. If the
Ministers had simply gone in for a reduction of the
suffrage it would have been carried. It was the re-
distribution of seats that ruined it ; and the only
redistribution of seats they got was the redistribu-
tion of seats in the Cabinet. The extreme limit they
would ever get in this country would be household
suffrage, but if he could not obtain that he would
take what he could. Practical men did not cry for
the moon. But they must do the best they could in
order to place their fellow-countrymen in the posi-
tion they ought to occupy. The ballot would not
cure all evils, but he should like to see the experi-
ment tried. He thought intimation in this country
was almost as great. as corruption, and that was say-
ing a great deal. He thought the ballot would be
much more serviceable in Ireland than in England.
Bribery in England had reached such a pitch that we
had become a disgrace in the eyes of foreign nations.
The army wanted reforming, the navy wanted re-
forming, and as to the House of Commons, he should
like some one well informed, like Mr. Potter, stand-
ing up in his place and bringing his theories to the
test of Parliamentary
experience. There was another
reason why reform was wanted, and that was the
state of Ireland. Sixty odd years had elapsed since
the union, but the people of Ireland were still dis-
contented, and were looking to another country for
assistance. 111 r. Disraeli and Mr. Gladstone were
aware of the importance of this question. It had
been said that Ireland contained a starving popula-
tion, an absentee aristocracy, and the worst executive
in the world. But he (Mr. Bernal Osborne) did not
think the present House of Commons could remedy
those grievances. Again, referring to reform, Mr.
Osborne said if he knew anything of the right hon.
fo
member for Bucks he would not commit political
suicide.
he came
his
to the H us e without
departofficial life.
A vote of confidence in the hon. member was then
passed, and the meeting, which had been of a
a Reform r
Bill Assuredly
h emight
tur-
bulent character throughout, dispersed.

AQUATICS.

KELLEY AND CHAMBERS.

As briefly announced, Harry Belly, accompanied by Mr.
C. Bush, left London by express train on Saturday morn-
ing, and arrived the same evening at a quarter past five
o'clock in Newcastle, where ho was met at the Central
Station by a large concourse of his friends and admirers.
Kelley and Mr. Bush at once proceeded to the Turf Hotel,
where they intend staying for a few days, and thence they
proceeded, according to previous arrangement, to the house
of Mr. J. 11. Baird (Kelley's Newcastle agent), the Star
Inn, Northumberland-street, Newcastle, and subsequently
to Mr. W. Blakey's, the Adelaide Hotel, Newgate-street,
Newcastle, meeting at both houses a large number of the
friends of both himself and Chambers. Owing to a pre-
vious
and
pressing engagement Chambers could not be pre-
vent, no business was done with respect
to the proposed match, it being thought advisable to
consequently
ad-
journ their meeting until Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock,
at Mr. Blakey's, so as to afford Chambers and his friends
an opportunity of being present.
A meeting was accordingly held at the time and place
stated. There were present Messrs. Bush, Harry Kelley,
Robert Chambers, H. Clasper, J. H. Clasper, Wilkinson,
Brown, Baird, Percy, Chain hers (of Wallsend), Pickett,
Smart, Cook, T weddle, ecc. Mr. James Wilkinson was
voted into the chair, and the first question that came un-
der discussion was the choice of a mofereo. After some
conversation Kelley proposed that he and Chambers
should each nominate a gentleman for the post, and
in the event of their not mutually agreeing in the selec-
tion, they should draw lots for choice. This proposition
was at once assented to, amid loud cheers, and the meeting
then proceeded to discuss the date for the match. This, as
might naturally be expected, proved a very knotty point,
and a long discussion ensued. At first Kelley stood out for
Monday, Juno 3, as originally proposed by him, and on
Chambers's friends refusing to accede to that date, he sug-
gested they should toss whether the match should take
place on that day or on May G. To this, however, Cham-
bers absolutely declined to agree, and insisted that either
May 6 should be named or they should toss for Easter
Tuesday or June 3. After a prolonged discussion, during
which neither side seemed disposed to make any conces-
sion, Mr. Bush took Kelley aside, and, after a brief consul-
tation, announced that, as Chambers and his friends de-
clined to toss for May 6 or June 3, ho would concede the
point in dispute, and agree to the match being fixed for
Monday, May 6. This announcement was received with a
burst of cheering, and all the obstacles that stood in the
way of an amicable arrangement having thus been happily
removed, articles were forthwith drawn up and signed to
row on that date, from the High Levcl Bridge to Leam-
ington Point, for £2OO a side. A deposit of £25 a side
was made good on the spot, and the proceedings, which
were of a moat friendly character throughout, thereupon
terminated to the EatiSfadioll of all parties.
Nothing NVIV; done with re, peer to the proposed matches
between Taylor and Hoare, and Percy and Cannon, Mr.
Bush stating that he had no power to make any arrange-
ments in either matter.

DEATH OF DR. SCoRESBY JACKSON.—The
Edinburgh Courant intimates the death of Dr. Scoresby
Jackson, a nephew of the celebrated Arctic voyager,
whose life he wrote. Ho was the author of several medical
works, including one on "Climate," and another on "Ma-
toils Modica."
Royal deerees have been issued prohibiting the
import or export of cattle in the town of Hassel,
and the entry or transportation of cattle or hides,
horns, &c., on the Eastern Belgian frontier from
Mout= to Athus.

'l'n MD EDIT lON .

SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK.