The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-02 00:00:00

THE AMERICAN PRESS.

The Philadelphia Inquirer says :—" The English
Conservatives, or Tories, who procured the defeat
of the Reform Bill in Parliament, effected their
object upon the theory that, as the unrepresented
classes were quiet and orderly, and patiently waited
the action' of Government upon the bill, they took
no interest in it. It was a strong argument that
this measure was proposed without authority in the
apparent interest of those who had no real interest.
But when the bill was defeated, and the Russell
Ministry resigned, and the people, indignant at the
conduct of Parliament, began to bestir themselves
and agitate the question, it was at once declared,
upon the contrary,that their anxiety to obtain the boon
was proof that they were unfit to enjoy it. Thus
it appeared that by no course of action could the unre-
presented classes in England satisfy their enemies,
and that they were'liable to slander, and misrepre-
sentation in any way. Failing in obtaining justice
by silence, the advocates of the Reform bill have
organised in England a mighty agitation. They
are determined to make themselves heard, and now
believe that the only method by which they can
obtain their rights is by demanding them constantly,
and with determined resolution. The great meeting
which was arranged to have taken place at Hyde
Park would have been a harmless demonstration if
the Times had acted wisely, and not attempted to
interfere with it. The people would have assembled,
listened to the speeches, passed resolutions, and
adjourned. But by the attempt to exclude them
from the place of meeting the excitement was im-
mensely increased, and the resolves of the Reformers
very much strengthened. The excitement is evi-
dently rising all over England, and the pressure upon
Parliament is becoming difficult to withstand, without
an immense exercise of counter strength. One of
the most magnificent of these meetings took place
at Birmingham, on the 27th of August. The
attendance was immense, and is estimated by the
English journals at from two hundred thousand to
three hundred thousand persons. Speeches were
made from six platforms, and resolutions were
carried at each denouncing the present House of
Commons for its rejection of the late moderate
Reform bill ; demanding residential registered man-
hood suffrage and the ballot ; applauding the pro-
ceedings of the Reform League, and thanking
Gladstone, Bright, Mill, and the other friends of
Reform. The great speech of the demonstration
was that of John Bright, who, not being able to
speak in the open air, delivered his address in the
Town Hall. He went over the whole subject in a
masterly manner, exposed the unkindness and false
pretences of the Derby Ministry, and proved them
by the fact that the free ballot was enjoyed without
evil effects in the English colonies, being established
in Canada and Australia, without producing social
convulsions, endangering order, or subverting the
British Constitution. He referred to the effect of
general suffrage in the United States, and paid a
high compliment to the people of this country, as
exhibiting all the virtues which belong to the
greatest nations on the face of the earth. In con-
clusion, he urged upon Englishmen that they should
be steadfast, and promised them that if, with a de-
termined front and unfaltering perseverance, they
maintained their principles, they must finally
succeed in obtaining their natural rights—the
rights of five millions of men, who were deprived
of all influence in the Government of their coun-
try, and who still held as to public affairs the con-
dition of the serfs of the early Saxon and Norman
rule.

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Births.

FRASER— On tho 30th ult., at 3, Halkin-place, tho wife of
Captain J. K. Fraser, Ist Life Guards, of a sou.
HANKEY— 011 the Ist inst., at Hertford-stroet, Mayfair, the
wife of S. A. Hankey, Esq., of a daughter.
PIXLEY —On the Ist inst., at 30, Leinster-gardens,
park, the wife of Stewart Pixley, Esq., of a daughter.
TYEILS —On the Ist inst., at llollington Lodge, tipper
Tulse-hill, Mrs. W. T. Tyers, of a daughter.

Marriages.
SPARKS—DOUGLAS—On the 29th ult., at All Soul's Church,
Langharn-place, Robert W. Sparks, Captain Royal Fusi-
liers, to Fanella, only daughter of Capt. Douglas, R.N.
of Walmer, Kent.

WHIM— WOODGATE— On the 27th ult., at St. Mary's, Dover,
Commander R. W. Whish, H.M.'s Indian. Navy, to
Frances Amelia, eldest daughter of F. Woodgato, Esq•f
Effingham House, Dover.