The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-25 00:00:00

M •;:;A

~/

,~

"),`"3

I- I

:~. 4

27-t .

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1866.

T E OXFOIt 1) ,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.,
THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON.
Successful Revival of Offenbach's " ORPHEE AUX
ENFE RS." t.nd " TIROMP.A LCAZ A.R."
Comedy by Dutialt and Davies, and Harry Sydney (the
political Momus).
Feats of Atlas by the Brothers Pentland, and Gymnastic
Performances by the Zamezou Family, Les Freres Victorelll,
&O. treat success of " Les A mazones au Champagne " Dl-
verlissem,nt, iiy the Misses Jessy and Sara Guinness,
t,s,isted by t eir taleuttd troune of ariotes.
in preparation the Lyric Drama of the "RUINS OF
AT II ENS," by L. Al Art BEETHOVEN, the arguments in which
will be read by a distinguished member of the theatrical
pruft salon.
Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
A. Imission—Area, ed.; stalls and balcony, la ; private
boxes, with separate entrance, 108. 6d.
Open every evening at 8.

KIN ALAN'S LL WHISKY. —ll ÜBLIN
EXHIBITION, 1865.
This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the
Dublin Prize Medal.
It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious,and very Whole-
some.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ;
by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or
wholesalA at
8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
t‘ Kinahan's LL Whisky."

TO H N G OSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTHtD PASTIC is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price Is. 64.—11 ed Bull Wharf, 14, Upper
Thames-street, London.

J[UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
LY anoorporated by Aot of Parliament, 1850),
t 4, RUSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON.
Prompt ADVANCES on all description of &acuity. Forms
ree on application by letter to
EDWARD HARPER. Secretary.

WESTON'S
HG-011,LbANORDN MUSIC HALL,
Under New Management.
Proprietors—Messrs. Sweasey and Holland.
Grand Selections from TRO :ATO RE and ROB ROY, by
50 vo ,Cists and a band of 30, conducted by P. Core.
Enthusiastic rereptma f GEORGE LEYBOURNE, the
Lion Comique—GEOßG IN A. smITH= ON, the Characteris-
tic Singer and Dancer—CRARI.M,S SLOILAN, the Great
Improvisitore—JAMES HEMMINGS in his Wonderful
Globe eittett tinment -- Great success of the 18 STAR MIN
STRELS—PELL, the Original Bones—J. E. ALLIBONE,
the celebra'eii Basso of tine Original Christy Minstrels
S. REDDEN, Champion Tambour, and C. MADDEN, Prize
Jig Dancer.—Songs, Duets. Glees, and Choruses by a com-
pany of first-class talented artistes never before heard in
Negro Minstrelsy.
Box-office open from 10 to 4.
Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half-past.

COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES,
and BUSINESSES.
FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application.
Partiedars for insertion received until the 27th of the
month at their
AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES,
5, Agar-street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the
Charing Cross Railway Station.

COLD BATH.—The celebrated OLD ROMAN
BATH is RN-OPENED with great improvements.
Strand-lane. near Somerset House.—Admission. is.

STAROH MANUFACITUAERB
TO H. H. H. THE PRINCESS OP watl.26.
GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
teed in the Royal Laundry.
AND AWARDED TUE PRIZE MEDAL. 1862.
Bold bull arooers, Chandlers, &o. Ago.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET.

NEW EDITIONS. —A. full' length Portrait-Model, taken
from life, of JOHN RICHARD JRF FERY, who was lately
executed for the murder of his son, is now added to the
Chamber of Horrors.
Admittance, is.; children, under ten, half-price; extra
rooms, Bd.
Open from 11 a m. till '0 p.m.

"WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS
YOUR MOTTO ?
Send 3s. 6d. to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a
Plain Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured one. The Arms of
man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form.
The proper heraldic Colours for servants liver:es, what
buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted,
fee 10s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500
Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every
family in the kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour,
price £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi-
grees traced from authentic records, information as to the
obtaining•of a new grant of arms, how to change one's
name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal
family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Cran-
bourn-street (corner of St. Martin s-lane), W.C.

iCktjs
(00 A 4'405 c"Pk. ,
• dt,i7,,.2.21,„„
olk '
- 4 - CO • I,t,i
4. "
is P • 4 waitt I(‘ 4
ar-• , 44114 L-?, • ...it
, • ..7,; •
Tr = A
Yr,
4,10 •-
'*>4l7-,IF -A L.
I Aft. 4C441111C--- - _ "I • ,
, •
.*" • • Dn, ,4/to5k11111111‘1)"1:k g -
' "'" OROIT.
r/
,

z

)

PRICE.... 4d.
STAMPED sd.

gret, and even some shame, in looking back at the
events of last session. (Hear, hear.) Some shame
they must surely feel in recalling the coarse, the in-
solent bullying to which Mr. Gladstone was sub-
jected by some of the less creditable members of the
Tory party. Now Mr. Gladstone is not only a man
of genius, but my firm conviction is that there is
not in all England a man of more generous, unsel-
fish, chivalrous character. (Hear, hear.) It was,
then, singularly painful to witness the treatment of
such a man by those so incomparably below him.
But it was admirable to witness his self-command
in meeting their conspiracy to provoke him. Again,
they may surely feel some regret in having destroyed
a Reform, Bill whose main characteristic was its
moderation. As a compromise agreed to by Mr.
Bright and those who follow him, it would, I have
no doubt, have been a settlement of the reform
question for many and many a year to come, and
so cleared the ground for practical legislation. It
would have given to the working classes that which
they will, they must, they shall have—namely, a
reasonable share of political power. (Cheers.) But
it would have done no more. It would have enlarged
and remodelled, but it would not have swamped the
existing constituencies. That sensible and moderate
bill has been done to death ; and now we see the
fulfilment of that which was repeatedly foretold,
namely, that if that bill with its £7 and £l4
franchise were rejected, the result must be that the
reform movement would take a more vehement de-
mocratic hue. We already see this. The demand
for houshold, nay, for manhood suffrage, is making
itself louldly heard. Now, gentlemen, I fear that
what I am about to say may displease some who
hear me ; but it would be cowardly of me to refrain
from saying how earnestly I trust that the Liberal
party will not allow itself to be carried away by that
demand. (Hear, hear.) I feel bound to say this, for
it seems to me that the Liberal party is now at a
most important crisis of its career, and uniess our
leaders show great courage and firmness, and receive
strong support among their followers, the Liberal
party may become involved iu hopeless, impractic-

INE wspApER-
• ,:-.----if,
•
5,.
se-,
Ty -c.-14.p,-- _ : Izii2.
I= ro v„....5.:.-sir I:VJ •---7

_,,,__:,_,,___j_ )

Atzi
office of Solicitor-General. (Hear, hear.)„Fßutik
entirely differed from his hon. colleague upon flit t
point, and he believed that he bad been placed at the
head of the poll, not for anything he had said, and
not because he had taken care to publish either his
public or his private charities, but solely because he
had received the cordial support of the great Liberal
party in the borough. (Cheers.) At the last general
election he received the support of many Tories, and
for that support he returned his warmest thanks.
His hon. and learned colleague thought it was to
that circumstance he owed his success ; but let Sir
Wm. Bovill examine their poll-books, and he would
find that if he took from him (Mr. Onslow) all his
Tory supporters and struck off his own lists those
Liberal electors who had recorded their votes in his
favour, the two Liberal candidates would be returned
by a decisive majority, and the Tories would be no-
where. (Cheers and laughter.)
He deeply regretted
that he could not hail Mr. Long as his colleague, but it
afforded him, at all events, the most sincere gratifica-
tion to be able to offer the tribute of his admiration
for Mr. Long's sterling worth both in his public and
private character. (Cheers.) They might well call Mr.
Long a veteran Reformer, for he had first contested the
representation of that county in the year 1832, and
they found bim again in the political arena soliciting
the suffrages of the electors of Guildford in the year
1866, and thus protesting against that factious oppo-
sition which had been offered in the last session of
Parliament to the government of Earl Russell. lie
had no difference with Sir William Bovill except in
politics, and he heartily congratulated his hon. and
learned colleague on the success he had attained in
his profession, and sincerely wished that he might not
only become Attorney-General but Lord Chancel-
lor one of these days. (Hear, hear.) He wished
next to say a few words with respect to that Re-
form question which had recently led to the fall of
what he believed to be one of the most honest,
faithful, and able ministries that had since the com-
mencement of this century governed England.
Towards the close of last autumn, that thorough
old English gentleman, Lord Palmerston, passed
away, lamented by men of every party. Earl Rus-
sell, who then succeeded to the office of Prime
Minister, regarded it as his paramount duty to in-
troduce a Reform Bill, and in the speech which he
placed in the mouth of her Majesty at the com-
mencement of the session he announced that the
one thing needful in reference to that subject was a
lowering of the franchise. (Cheers.) Shortly after
the assembling of Parliament Lord Russell called his
supporters together and frankly informed them that
his Government meant to stand or fall by the bill.
The Tories stated that they could not support it,
because it was so incomplete and ill-considered, and
because it emanated from the brain of Mr. Bright,
but in his (Mr. Onslow's) opinion it was one of
the most carefully considered measures that had
ever been laid before the House of Commons.
That great and glorious man, Mr. Gladstone,
stated in the first instance that he proposed
to deal with the question of Reform in detail,
and if he had only adhered to that determination
he (Mr. Onslow) believed that he would have carried his
measures in spite of all the opposition they might have to
encounter. (Hear.) But in au evil hour he gave way to
the tempter, and he joined the two bills. The " Adulla-
mites" alleged that they could not support one of them
without the other, while they wore really resolved not to
support either. The bill was then defeated, but he believed
that the voice of the people would yot ensure the triumph of
that or of some still larger measure. They had already
heard the first tones of that voice in the meeting in Hyde
Park. That meeting was not held for purposes of mis-
chief and insult ; it was held for the purpose of raising the
sleeping Tories from their lethargy ; and although it was
uo doubt made the pretext for the assembling of pick-
pockets and vagabonds, the people were right in making
that demonstration. A French gentleman, a friend of his,
told him that ho had been present at the riot in Hyde Park,
and that he had never seen a more orderly riot - (laugh-
ter)—and then he added that if such a meeting had been
held in Paris the people would have risen in insurrection
and the event would have terminated in a scene of public
slaughter. In the same way Garibaldi told him, after his
entrance into London, that he would write to his friends
in Italy and express to them the admiration With which
he had witnessed the orderly conduct of the immense mul-
titude which had received him, although there had not
been among them a single policeman. (Hear.) He (Mr.
Onslow) believed that if the same course had been adopted
in Hyde Park no interruption of the public peace would
have occurred, and Mr. Walpole would not have had to
weep over the injuries which a number of people had sus-
tained. In his opinion the 11.,foriu Bill of last session was as
mild and moderate a measure as had ever been introduced
by any Government. The time was when ho was not for
household suffrage, but he was for household suffrage at
present. He found that in other countries, as, for instance,
in America and our Australian colonies, every citizen was
considered deserving of the suffrage, and he did nut see why
John Bull should not be admitted to the same privilege.
Ile was also for the shortening of Parliaments, because he
believed such a measure would operate as a check on Adul-
lamite propensities ; and he was an advocate of the ballot,
because he felt convinced it would afford the best remedy,
although not a complete one, for the bribery and intimida-
tion which at present prevailed so extensively at our elec-
tions. He trusted that in the next session of Parliament
the leaders of the Liberal party, who had never fcrfeited
the confidence of the people, would be restored to office,
and that the honour and welfare of England would not re-
main entrusted to that Tory party who bad offered the
most strenuous opposition to every one of those wise and
beneficent measures which formed the glory of our modern
legislation. (Cheers.)
Mr. J. HOCKLEY then formally presented to Mr. Long, in
the name of the subscribers, the fine piece of plate which
had bean purchased as a "testimonial" to that gentleman,
and which was lying throughout the evening in a conspic-
uous position in front of the clutirman. Mr. Hockley, in
performing this duty, took occasion to advert, amidst con-
siderable cheering, to the many and consistent services
rendered by Mr. Long to the Liberal cause in the borough.
Mr. H. L. LONG, who was received with great cheering,
said in acknowledging the compliment, that he had no words
to convey the deep sense he entertained of that great mark
of their kindness, which, he was well aware, was one far be-
yond his deserts. Many of the principles for which ho had
contended in early life had since been carried in practical
operation with immense advantage to the nation at large.
The Tests and Corporation Act had been repealed, Roman
Catholic emancipation had boon granted ; Parliament had
been reformed, the restrictions on commerce had been re-
moved; and the authority of those measures, who had atolls:
time been called anarchists and revolutionists re
universally regarded as sagacious politicians and great
public benefactors. (Cheers.)
to Reform, in-
Mr. J. FERNANDEZ proposed "Suou—
, c,
and the adop-
creased economy in the public expenlitur, (Cheers.)
tion of enlightened principles of tax n
atitO the toast, said he
Mr. J. WHITE' M.P., in respondinge nce to bear his testi-
was glad to be able in the firste irnoson
ative,
Mr. Onslow,
te of
that wh whose
mony to the fidelity of their
rr rioar.) t
it was something
to the cause of Reform,
oomnenidibsetra
course one could be certain ,
i les of civil and
which the pine p re
every question in
in these times of backslid(iiiir.7t.ealirdvbeea
involved he had the satisfaction of
gious liberty
Onslow (hear, hear.) The toast proposed
Dir. Oas
Com-
mons with 31
hinaselfwionrethe same lobby in tho House of Com-
te Reform," and could they doubt that suc-
h' h the question
the manner in w was now being
wfinodsinogsuccess
°ass after
taken up throughout the country ? The moral which he
deduced from that august uprising of the people was that
they believed that they ought no longer to be regarded as
nre abolished;
political wards, and that they had a right to be. admitted to
the full privilege of citizenship. (Hear, hoar.) They did
not wish to subvert the constitution, but they wished to be
allowed to enter within its pale. We could not stand still
in
reference
centlyt obteheen
emancipated;quostionofrefornme.gr o The
slaveryse rfs of Russia
had
and it was time to restore to the had just
l
boon
e of
.
this country their ancient electoral rights He believed the
Tories would introduce a reform bill next session, and it
was said that they meant to proposeo a household suffrage
with a three years' residence.
Now, he was in favour of
household suffrage, but if it were
accompaniedw withor s
o
such
the
ha
condition as that one-half of the
pres enteleet town of Brighton, which ho represented, would be disfran-
chised. If the Tories offered them a good bill—which ho
hardly expectod—he would receive it at their hands. Ho
would not look a gift horse in the mouth, but if he said he
believed the horse would be a good one he should be deceiv-
ing them. (Hear, hear.) He was glad to see the people at
present demaudin2 manhood suffrage. He did not expect
that they would get it, but by demanding it they would
obtain more than would have been given to them by the bill
of laet session. (Hear, hear.) He was not one of that class
of politicians who looked with distrust on the people. That
distrust was a modern invention. It sprang up during the
bad Georgian era, when the country sufferedfrom great nai
s-
government ; but he believed the mistaken notions of that
time were now passing away; and that eras a circumstance
from which they had all good reason to anticipate the
hap-
piest consequences. (Cheers.) ,
Young
FL
Mr. HUGHES proposed " The Visitors, ' coupling with
the toast the names of Capt. Stsepole, M.P., Mr.
M.P., and Sir P. O'Brien, M.P., and each of those ge4tle-
men briefly acknowledged the compliment.
Sir P. O'BRIEN
The Fourth Estate, unbiassed and
i
uncompromising n
gave
the advocacy of honest and just mea-
sures of progress and reform ;" and Mr. J. Hughes replied
to the toast.
Mr. WARD, an operative, proposed "The Hon. F.
l'itzhardinge Berkeley, M.P., the great apostle of the bal-

able schemes, that may so alarm the country as to
extinguish for a long time to come not reform alone,
but the whole programme of 'Liberal policy. (Hear,
hear.) Gentlemen, Mr. Bright tells us that out of
every 100 grown men only 16 have the suffrage.
That is a most striking fact, but it has two aspects.
On the one hand, there is written upon the face of
it the truth that a disproportion so flagrant cannot
and must not be suffered to remain. (Hear, hear.)

On the other hand, it is not less obvious that a re
form bill which should confer the suffrage on the
remaining 84 per cent., or the greater part of them,
belonging to the working class, would utterly over-
throw the political sway of those who now possess
it ; and what the result might be of a change so
mighty no man can foretell. (Hear.) Now, I ap-
peal to you, gentlemen, would it not be true states-
manship—nay, would it not be common sense—to
feel our way by degrees, and gradually extend poli-
tical privileges more widely —instead of all at once
making a transfer of power so sudden and so sweep-
ing to untried men ? (Hear, hear.) And on what
ground are we urged to transfer power from the
existing voters to less educated constituencies ?
Why, expressly upon the ground that they are un-
profitable servants, under whose sway England has
been one of the worst-governed countries in the
world. Gentlemen, is that so ? (Hear, hear.) I
wonder how any mortal can believe it who has
ever read history, or studied the state of foreign
nations. (Hear, hear.) Depend upon it, notwith-
standing all the abuses, the grievances, the evils that
still exist, there is no land overflowing with greater
blessings than our own ; there is no people richer
than our people in all the means of happiness ; and
this well-being is in the main due to the fact that
our institutions, with all t heir drawbacks, are
among the best and the wisest that the world has
ever seen. (Hear, hear.) Has not every man in
this country perfect freedom to speak, to think,
and to do what he will? (Hear.) Are
not the laws equal ? Is not the aduiinistra-
tion of justice pure ? Is there not a mighty stir
of mind among us? Are not agriculture, trade,
art, science, literature, brimful of vigorous life ?
(Hear, hear.) And as to education, though much
remains to be done, it is the fact—l speak from
memory, but I ain prettysure of it—that one-eighth
of our population is atschool ; a proportion scarcely,
if at all excelled, in any other land. It would be
folly, certainly, to be content and fold our hands,
instead of pushing forward to still better things. It
would be folly not to redress the grievances, not to
sweep away the abuses that still prevail. (Hear.)
Above all, it would be folly to reject the just and
honourable demand of the working class for a fuller
share of representation in the great council of the
nation. But no folly would be more transcendent
than that of suddenly changing the very basis of
those institutions which have wrought such glorious
results for ourselves and for mankind. (Hear, hear,)
Gentlemen, I feel that these remarks may seem
hardly fitting for the occasion ; but I know that I
could trust the toleration of true Liberals for opinions
that may be somewhat divergent from their own;
and I see clearly that if there be any timidity or re-
ticence among us at this important juncture we may
drift into a position painful to ourselves and disas-
trous to the true interests of old England. (Cheers.)
The CLIAIRSIAN, after eulogising the public and
private virtues of Mr. Onslow, as shown more parti-
cularly in his character of representative of the
borough, proposed his health in the following terms :
—" Health and success to G. M. E. Onslow, Esq.,
M.P., the honest and tried representative of the
borough : long may he live to champion the prin-
ciples of civil and religious liberty, of which he has
ever been the earnest and unflinching advocate."
(Loud cheers.)
Mr. ONSLOW, who rose amidst renewed cheer-
ing, said he had to tender to the company his
warmest acknowledgments for the kind and flatter-
ing manner in which they had just drunk his health.
(Hear, hear.) He did not, however, require that
demonstration and that magnificent hospitality to
convince him of the friendly and cordial relations
which prevailed between him and his constituents,
for of the existence of those relations he had already
received many proofs from men of all shades of
politics in the ancient borough which he had the
honour to represent in Parliament. (Hear, bear.)
He had further to thank them for the unexpected
lection
compliment they had paid him at the last ewith_
by bringing him in at the head of the
Out one fraction of expense—(cheers)h:randbe
trusted that as long as he should
confi-
dence he would do nothing eitkeir
them regret
Commons or out of it which coui
representative. (Hear,
r emi nt:ne. the House of
the choice they had made of areli
__eacy
with only
hear.) He went into thhatvasgreat two
to represent faith-
one object in view,
which
best of his ability, the
ri me h teh
levr
ae
s.
fully, honestly,
t sheen mt 10l
political of
longth o s those
rw
hheo hv
ea
dd
(Hear, hear.)
convinced that the
political creed which he professed,
and which
had gained for him their support, was the
one best suited to the wants and wishes of the people
of this country, and the best calculated to meet the re-
quirements of the present enlightened age. (Hear.)
The more we advanced in intelligence and education
the more must Liberal principles prevail, and that
conclusion had been growing more and more im-
pressed upon his mind since the first moment they
had returned him to Parliament, which was exactly
that day eight years. (Hear, hear.) his hon. col-
league, Sir Wm. Bovill, stated upon a recent occa-
sion that if it had not been for something he (Mr.
Onslow) had said, he would himself have occupied
the first position on the poll at the last general elec-
tion. Now, let them picture to themselves the great
lawyer of the day, her Majesty's Solicitor-General,
declaring that anything he (Mr. Onslow) might have
stated had placed him at the head of the poll in that
borough. (Hear, hear.) Why, if that were true,
he ought himself to have been raised to the high