The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-01 00:00:00

sery Girl ... ... 6 10
Mr W. W. Baker's

Mr A. C. Douglas's b
Miss Frances ... 7 12
Mr W. M. Lambourno's
b f Purchase ... 7 7
The PRINCE OF WALES'S HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, h ft
and 3 only if declared, with 70 added; winners after
Aug. 23 (at ten a.m.) once 51b, twice or of 100 sovs at
one time 81b extra; the second to save his stake; one
mile and a half ; 6 subs, 1 of whom declared ft. Tho
highest weight accepting being Bst 81b it has been

Merry Monarch ... 6 7
Mr Goodwin's Tiny... 6 6

raised to Bst 101 b, and the others in proportion.

The BOROUGH MEMBERS' PLATE (Selling Race), for all
ages, and the West Norfolk Hurdle Selling Race, for all
ages.

Lord A. Churchill and the Brecon Electors.

Lord Alfred Churchill, who since the withdrawal
of Mr. 1). M. Thomas, is the only Liberal candidate
for Brecon, addressed a crowded meeting in that
town on Wednesday. His lordship said that since
1832 tke Tory party had been exercising a retrograde
policy. The only time when the Conservative states-
men of the day had kept pace with the feeling of
the people was when Sir Robert Peel seceded from
the Protectionist party, carrying the triumph of free
trade against protection. That was in 1846. He
looked upon the French treaty as one of the finest
pieces of legislation which had occurred for many a
year, for it had done more than anything else to
carry the minds of the people from war and national
hostility, and to fix them upon peace and the pro-
secution of industrial pursuits. The French treaty
was the policy of a Liberal Administration, as was
the reduction of the income tax from 7d. to 4d. in
the pound, which had been of benefit in the way
of increasing the capitalist's resources. 'The
French treaty had been opposed by the Conser-
vatives, as had the repeal of the paper duty. He
remembered voting with Mr. Gladstone for the re-
peal of the paper duty, which had not only had the
effect of stimulating the minds of the people, but it
had increased the manufacture of paper. When the
Conservatives came into power in 1839, they com-
menced to consider what they should do for the
people, and they brought in a bill, notwithstanding
they had previously opposed it, for the admission of
Jews into Parliament. Now he should like to know
whether this was political honesty. However, this
was what they bad done, and in order to retain the
reins of power, they would no doubt do something of
the same kind again—perhaps they would abolish
church rates. The great questions of the Liberal
party were now, as they had always been, "Peace,
retrenchment, and Reform." With regard to the
first question, he might say that had Lord Palmerston
decided to go to war on the late Danish difficulties he
should have voted against the course, for his policy
was peace. (Mr. Thomas here entered the room, and
his appearance was the signal for an outburst of en-
thusiastic cheers.) The noble lord proceeded to say
that the next question was reform. The unparalleled
magnitude of the recent reform meeting at Birming-
ham, at which a quarter of a million of well-behaved
men had assembled, was an illustration whether or not
the people were earnest and desirous for reform. The
meeting was a quiet one, as would have been the
meeting in Hyde-park had the Government allowed
it to be held. Strictly speaking, be believed thepeop
e
had not a right to go to Hyde-park and hold
meet-
ing, but it was a great act of folly to preventul it. .lle
be
did not think that the constitution would
endan-
gered by the admission of workingof the men to the d
fran-
chise. On the contrary, the
institutions
i eir stability, and the
coun-
try would then increase
in
their
throne become more fir With regard to retrench-
ment, he must say thatm the estimates for the army
and navy bad been increasing since the Crimean war
in a manner which was fearful to contemplate, not-
withstanding the utmost endeavours of Mr. Glad-
stone to reduce them. He really dreaded to see the
estimates for the current year, for the Derbyite
fancy was to keep the army and the navy in a
thorough state of efficiency, regardless of cost. The
whole system of army and navy .expenditure re-
quired revision ; and with regard to the army, it
required considerable reformation in the manage-
ment—the harmonising of the regular army with
the militia. An esprit de corps should exist between
the army and the militia. And he thought that
the system of flogging in the army should be dis-
pensed with, for he believed it prevented enlistment
to a considerable degree. He had briefly indicated
his views, and if the constituency of Brecon should
return him he would serve it to the best of his ability.
In reply to a question, the noble lord expressed
himself not in favour of the ballot, for he would
rather see men vote openly, and not in a secret
manner.