The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-08 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HAMPTON SUMMER MEETING-THURSDAY.

The WEST MOULSEY STAKES, of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 40

added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age, with
penalties and selling allowances. One mile.
Lord Exeter's Arabia, by Ambrose—Grace, 4 yrs, 7st
111 b (£100) (Carroll) 1
Mr. E. Brayley's Bitter Sweet, 3 yrs, 6st 11,1 b (£2OO
(Murray 2
Mr. T. Mitchell's Varnish, 3 yrs, Est 71b (£100) (Peaks 3
Mr. G. Reynolds's Kinghorn, 3 yrs, Est 71b (£lOO
(S. Mordan 0
Mr. T. Parr's b c by Flatcatcher, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Hopkins) 0
Mr. York's Lytham, 5 yrs, 9st 31b (£200) (Loates 0
Mr. T. Hughes's Gulnara, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (carried Bst 61b
(£800) (Hughes 0
Mr. Walker's Moss Rose, 3.yrs, Est 7lb (.£100) (Reeves 0

Betting-2 to
,1 agst Lytham, 5 to 2 agst Flatcatcher, 7
to 1 agst Bitter Sweet, 12 to 1 each agst Kinghorn and
Arabia.

Won by a neck. Varnish, beaten away from the first
two, was third, Flatcatcher fourth, Gulnara fifth, and
LS tham, who was pulled up, last.
The winner was sold to Mr. R. Porter for 175 guineas.
The CLAREMONT STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 100 added,
for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b ; winners

_
extra. New T.Y.C. 38 subs.
Mr. G. Jones's Huntsman, by Orlando—Lady Blanche,
Bst 101 b (Loates 1
Mr. R. Drewitt's Pirate Chief, 9st llb (inclu. 51b extra
(Fordham 2
Mr. England's Lady Pam, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b ex.) (Parry 3
' Mr. W. W. Baker's Merry Monarch, Bst 1016
(Jas. Nightingall) 0
Mr. Brayley's Stokeley, Bst 101 b (Cannon) 0
Mr. Hartley's Princess Alice, Bst 71b (Holland) 0
Mr. Hodgman's Venom, Bst 71b (Heartfield) 0
Count F. de Lagrango's Orne, Bst 101b...(11 Grimshaw) 0
Mr. B. Ledger's Brother to Bay Leaf. Bst 101b(J. Adams) 0
Mr. Nightingall's Ammunition, Bst 101 b (Elphick) 0
Mr. Nightingall's c by Vedette—Testy, Bst 101 b
(Owner) 0
Mr. B,ead's c by Frogmore—Perfume, Bst 101 b
(Humpage 0
Mr. J. Stevens's Premier, 9st llb (inc. 51b ex.)...(Payne 0
Mr. E. W. Taylor nas Fortuga, Bst 121 b (inclu 51b
,extra
~

(Pegg) 0
Mr. Nightingall declared to win with the Testy colt.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Pirate Chief, 100 to 30 agst Hunts-
man, 6 to 1 agst Orne, 100 to 8 agst Tortuga, Brother to
Bay Leaf and Lady Pam, 20 to 1 each agst Premier and
Stokeley. Won by two lengths. Lady Pam, close up
with the favohrite, was third; Stokeley and Orne nearly
abreast, were fourth and fifth ; Fortuga was next, heading
the others, pulling up. The last two were the Frogmore
colt and Ammunition.

Tho HAMPTON STAKES (Handicap) of 5 sous each, with 50
added, for horses of all ages; the winner to be sold for
50 sous. Half a mile.

Mr. J. Wood's Soapstone, by Touchstone—Miriam, 6
yrs, 84 7113 • (Loates) 1
Mr. Mitchell's Yellow Girl, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Carroll 2
Mr. Butler's Bessie, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (J. Covey 3
Mr. England's Bella, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b
Mr. Morgan na. Kampai (late Herschel), 4 yrs, 7st 31b
(Hopkins) 0
Mr. T. Ballard's f by Cannobie, Hopbine, 3 yrs, 7st 21b
(Viney 0
Mr. T. Stevens's.Newnham, 3 yrs, 7st 31b
Mr. Fuller's f by Gemma di Vergy—Flight, 4 yrs, 7st 21
._..

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(Coslett) 0
Mr. Christie's Mousquetaire, 6 yrs, Est 121 b (A. Barber 0
Mr. J. Saxon's Bay Dayrell, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Sharp 0
Mr. E. Rickards's Countess Bob,o 3 yrs, Est 91b (Huxtable 0
Mr. Wood's Northill, 3 yrs, Est 31b (Jarvis 0
Mr. Hart's Venturer, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Murray) 0
Mr. Hope's Signet, 3 yrs, st 41b (S. l‘fordan 0
Mr. Raifort's Black Tulip, 3 yrs, Gst 41b (Peaks 0
Mr. Macqueen's Matoaca, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Dunbar 0
Mr. B. E. Dunbar's La Sorrentina, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Butler 0
Mr. Hodgman's Vicious, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Quince) 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst Soapstone, 7to 1 agst Black Tulip,
10 to 1 agst Bay Dayrell, 15 to 1 agst any other. Won
in a canter by four lengths ; Bessie was beaten about half
a length from the second, the Flight filly being fourth,
Venturer fifth, with Northill heading the others, who were
whipped in by Vicious and Newnham.

The SURREY and MIDDLESEX STAKEs (Handicap) of 10 sovs
each, 5 ft, and 2 only if declared, with 80 added; the
second to save his stake; winners extra. Two miles.
31 subs., 20 of whom pay 2 sous each.
Mr. G. Payne's Dulcimer, by Trumpeter—Teddingtonia,
4 yrs, Est 121 b (Mordan) 1
Mr. W. G. Bennett's Buckfoot, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (flibberd) t
Lord Exeter's Hebe, yrs, 6st 81b (Dunbar)
Mr. G. Angell's Black Prince, by Knight of Kars, 3 yrs,
Est 81b (Huxtable) 4
Mr. Dunbar's Hasketon Maid, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Peake) 5
Betting-7 to 4 agst Black Prince, 100 for 30 each agst
Dulcimer and Buckfoot, 4 to 1 agst Hobe, 12 to 1 agst
Hasketon Maid. Won by a length ; Buckfoot and Hebe
made a dead heat of it for second place, the favourite
finishing about three lengths in their rear; clear of tho
latter came Hasketon

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by The Rover—dam's pedi-
Thtwoll-yruß-oldsBaTnAdKnEpSwofarsd!; weight for age, with selling
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yrs, X3O, Bst 111 b ...(Prior 2
s.
Mr.
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£3O, Bst llb ...(Clentent 0
313,gnanhpoutit allowances.iignnseaos:
Hughes's
yrs, 430, sst 131b(Wyatt 3
PMaalriasani:23YY:£3o, sst 131b...(H. Clark 0
The Empress, 2 yrs, £3O, sst 131 b
£3O, Bst 11Ib
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(A. Reeve 0
Mr.r. BGe. ajdomn ae ns
Mr. Montague's
Lord Coventry La Muta, 3 yrs, .£3O, Bst 11b (J. Adams) 0
Mr. Ballard's Notion, 3 yrs, .£3O, Bst llb ...... (R. Viney) 0
Mr. J. Coney's Sister Mary, 4 yrs,

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lengths
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seoteurth, and La Muta, who
was eased at the Stand, next, The Empress being last.
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The winner was brought in for 270 guineas.
The MANOR PLATE (Handicap) of 50 sovs, for all ages;
winners extra. Three quarters of a mile. 31 subs.
Mr. Bowes's Claros, by Do Clare—Auld Acquaintance, 3
yrs, 6st 101 b (Dunbar) 1
Mr. J. Wood's Rose, 5 yrs, Bst 21b on, 7th ex,
) (Jarvis) 2
Mr. IL Porter's British Tar, 3 yrs, Est 71b ((Nordin) 3
Mr. G. Mather's Papoose, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Elphick) 0
Mr. Hodgman 's Vigorous, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb (inc 91b ex)
(Heartfield 0
Mr. E. Brayley's Exeter, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Murray 0
Mr. W. C. Brown's Harefield, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Clarke 0
Mr. G. Jones's Frolic, 3 yrs, Est 31b (Milne 0
Mr. Reed's The Proctor, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Butler 0
Mr. Fuller's Glowworm, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Quince 0
Betting-7 to 4 agst Rose, 55 to 20 agst Vigorous, 6to 1
agst British Tar, 7 to 1 each agst Claros and HArefield, 100
to 8 agst any other.
Won easily by a length; British Tar was a moderate
third ; Frolic, Vigorous, and Exeter, in the order named,
heading the others, of whom Papoose was the absolute
last.

NEWTON RACES—TurzsDAT.
The ST. lIELEN.S FVBSE of tO 60T92 a Handicap for all

The HAYDOCE, TWO-YR-OLD STARES Of 5 sovs each, with
50 added ; colts Bst bib, fillies Bst 71b ; winners extra.

About half a mile.
Mr. H. Moore's Taraxippus, by Fright—Olympia, Bst 101 b
(Sellers) 1
Mr. D. George's ch 3 by Fandango—Southampton's dam,
Bst 101 b (Britton) 2
Mr. Dobson's The King's Daughter, Bst 71b (Hubs) 3
Mr. T. Mills' National Dance, Bst 101 b (J. Osborne) 4
Betting—Even agst National Dance, 3 to 1 agst Ta-
raxippus, 8 to 1 agst The King's Daughter, 10 to 1 agst
Southampton's dam colt.

After going a short distance the latter took up the run-
ning, and held the lead for a quarter of a mile, when Ta-
raxippus went to the front and won cleverly by a length •
a neck separated second and third, and three lengths third
and foutth.

The MANOR CUP of 100 sous in specie, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 sovs ; winners extra. One mile.
Mr. Harenc's King of Spades, by King of Trumps—
Humming Bird, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Kenyon) 1
Mr. Buckley, jun.'s, Wynnstay, aged, 7st 101b...(Morris) 2
Mr. Barber's Contract, 4 yrs, Est 111 b (Ward) 3
Mr. Goodlass's Begum, 3 yrs, sst 11th (J. Edwards) 0
Mr. Wadlow's Kenilworth, 3 yrs, Est (Camarou) 0
Mr. Osborne's Lady of Coverdale, 4 yrs, Est 121 b
(R. Chalioner) 0
Betting—Even on King of Spades, 4 to 1 each agst
Wynnstay and Lady of Coverdale, 10 to 1 bar three. Won
by three lengths ; bad third.
The GAitsWOOD HANDICAP of 100 sous; winners extra
About five furlongs.

Captain Barron's Hidalgo, by Cannobie—Donna Sabina,
3 yrs, .sst 101 b (Kenyon) 1
Mr. Wadlow's Kenilworth, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Cameron 2
Mr. Clayton's Amulet, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Sleigh 3
Mr. Lincoln's Zisca, 4 yrs, 7bt 81b (Mtudnient 0

Betting-7 to 4on Hidalgo, 3to 1 agst Zisca, Bto 1 agst
Amulet. Won by two lengths ; throe lengths between
second and third.

The VISITORS' STARES of GO sous, added to a Sweepstakes
of 3 sous each ; winners extra. About one mile and one

furlong.
Mr. A. W. Clayton's Grapeshot, by Artillery—Princess,
4 yrs, 7st 61b (Hoystead) 1
Mr. Harenc's King of Spades, 3 yrs, Est 111 b (Kenyon) 2
Mr. W. Hudson's Duty Free, 3 yrs, Est 10lb
(R. Challoner) 3
Mr. Lincoln's Lord Conyngham, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (Maidment) 4

Betting-7 to 2on King of Spades, Bto 1 each agst
Grapeshot and Duty Free. Won by a head; a length and
a half between second and third.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
1000 to 80 agst Honesty (taken)

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIMES.--Last night the House of Commons went
into committee on the Reform bills, but scarcely
had it done so when an attempt was made to inter-
rupt the order of debate. No sooner had the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer proposed the adoption of
the £l4 clear annual value as the future occupa-
tion franchise in counties, than it was moved that
the consideration of the franchise clauses be post-
poned till the redistribution scheme had been set-
tled. • The motion was not only unsuccessful in it-
self ; it was the efacient cause of the rejection by
a majority of 14 of Mr. Walpole's amendment
later in the evening. We regret very much that
such a proposal should have been put forward
without even a word of warning, still more that
Lord Stanley should have given the proceeding the
weight of his authority. No doubt, there is some-
thing to be said in favour of the suggestion taken
by itself, but no excuse can be made for the way in
which it was brought forward. The Government
were fairly caught in an ambush, and it was by
great good luck that they were not beaten. Mr.
Gladstone had no suspicion of the snare laid for him
when he moved the County Franchise clause, and
answered by anticipation the arguments of Mr.
Walpole. Ile went on in a calm, trustful way, little
dreaming that the moment he sat down a mine would
be sprung at his feet. Lord Stanley's argument in
favour of his proposal was a repetition of what he
said on Lord Grosvenor's Amendment. He declared
the franchise qualification could not be settled with-
out reference to the constituencies in which they
were to be operative. This is perfectly true ; no one,
except, perhaps, Mr. Bright and Mr. Gladstone, who
have some hazy notions that a reduction of a quali-
fication is an act redressing a wrong inflicted upon
" our own flesh and blood," would attempt to dis-
pute it. It is true, and, when the Franchise Bill
stood alone, it was an unanswerable reason against
proceeding further. It is now no longer relevant,
for we have before us a bill which deals at once with
the Franchise and Redistribution of Seats. To
give it any force it was necessary to impute to the
Government a baseness which would be suicidal as
well as dishonourable. It was suggested that the fran-
chise clauses might be passed, anol the rest of the
composite dropped for the lack of time. This is pos-
sible, and the Government might urge, as Lord Stan-
ley said, that they were onlycarrying out their origi-
nal idea ; but how could they meet the charge of
broken faith with the House of Commons ? The
Government brought in a complete Bill, because it
was the deliberate opinion of an overwhelming ma-
jority in Parliament and the country that a complete
scheme ought to be passed, or none at all ; and it is
now imputed to them that towards the end of the
Session, when independent members become languid
and the Opposition has begun to disperse, they may
throw overboard the complete scheme, retaining only
the original franchise clauses. We doubt that any
one seriously entertained such a suspicion ; the sup-
posed " dodge " would have been discreditable in it-
self, it would have been found impossible of execu-
tion, and we very much fear that rude observers out-
side the House of Commons will agree with Mr.
Bright in thinking that Lord Stanley's motion was
nothing but an underhand attempt to get rid of dis-
cussion. Lord Stanley's motion was defeated by a
decisive majority, but it was not, and it will not be,
forgotten. Mr. Walpole's Amendment perished in
consequence of it, and, hope as we may, it is im-
possible not to know that it will prejudicially
influence the future discussion in Committee. • It
is too late for the Opposition to learn wisdom ?
They ought to know by this time that the shape
which the Reform scheme will ultimately as-
sume does not depend so much upon the num-
ber of staunch Government supporters, or on their
own ranks, as upon the independent members whom
they are doing their best to alienate. In spite of
the adverse vote, we have no hesitation in express-
ing our belief that Mr. Walpole had the best of the
argument, but in the House of Commons confidence
is more powerful than argument, and the confidence
which Mr. Walpole and Lord Stanley have hitherto
inspired is in danger. Let them do their best to
retrieve their position as fast as possible, if they wish
their reasons to have their former weight. Mr.
Walpole's speech last night, indeed, deserved care-
ful attention. We do not mean to say that there
were no defects discoverable in it, for both he on
the one side and Mr. Gladstone on the other intro-,
duced into their speeches arguments drawn from the
stores of the last century, which never had any real
weight, and ought by this time to be forgotten. It
is idle to talk about the principles of the Constitu-
tion before the Reform Bill. Examined strictly,
the phrase bas no meaning, and the sense which is
sometimes forced into it lost its significance in 1832.
The only point to be determined is what is the
limit of the occupation franchise in counties and
towns which promises best to secure the objects
of reform. In other words, what franchises will
make the House of Commons the truest repre-
sentative of the thoughts, interests, and aims of
the nation? No one will deny that there does
exist in England a great diversity of classes, and
that it is essential to the pefection of represen-
tative government that all these classes should
be represented in the Legislative body. One of
the simplest modes of securing the representation
of this diversity is furnished by the existence of a
diversity of constituencies, and any proposal simply
confusing Parliamentary Boroughs and Counties
ought to be carefiilly watched. The Chancellor of
the Exchequer allowed in the speech in which be first
introduced the Redistribution Bill that the distinc-
tion between Towns and Counties may be obliterated,
for he excused himself from giving another member
to Middlesex on the ground that Middlesex was
e
practically a metropolitan constituency.
same way Sir George Grey said last night In
that the
infusion of the urban element into the constituencies
of manufacturing Counties by the adoption of a
£l4 franchise-limit would be considerable;t but• he
seemed to think that the effect of h
'neutralized by the additional statement eadmission was
that in agri-
cultural counties it would be trifling. The deduc-
tion was, in fact, the other way. Mr. Walpole

; showed from the Government statistics how great
would be the total effect of reducing the qualifica-
tion from £5O to £l4, and the argument of Sir
George Grey proved that the effect would practi-
cally be found in the transfer of a large number of
county seats from the classes now commanding the
representation. As a mere matter of prudence, it is
unwise to take such a step at once. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer attempted to meet the great argu-
ment in favour of a £2O rating qualification,—that
it afforded a convenient resting-place, since it is at
once the jury qualification and the limit of the house
tax,—but he failed to answer it. His chief point
was, that if the jury qualification were adopted in
counties, it must also be adopted in boroughs ; but
this is to be led away by words. The house is about
to reduce the occupation franchise in counties.
Every one assented to the propriety of a reduction.
The £2O rating limit was suggested because it
would at once enfranchise a very large additional
number of voters, and it is already fixed as the
qualification of jurors ; and the Chancellor of the
Exchequer retorted that it would then become
necessary to adopt the jury qualification in Parlia-
mentary Boroughs having their own Quarter Ses-
sions. It is impossible not to connect the sum-
mary defeat of Mr. Walpole's Amendment with the
imprudent, if not impudent, attempt of the Opposi-
tion to catch a victory on an unexpected issue
earlier in the evening. The effect of it was directly
to discredit every one who opposed any part what-
ever of the Government scheme. No one will for
seilnlogrl eo
fprovisionte
x..
some time be free from suspicion of insiduous de-
signs who ventures to impugn
contained in the bill. Ifthe
Ch a
Chancellor t
the outset declarP-1 t• •
chequer had not a
of the Government to abandon the clause givni`g
privilege of voting in
borough leaseholders--th .
possibly have carri..4. it
county elections, he might.
also against all arguments or statistics to the con-
trary. As it is, the proposal
to adopt a £2O rating
qualification has been summarily rejected, and the
House of Commons has distinctly committed itself
by a separate vote on that particular question in
no one
favour of a reduction the effect of which
pretends to be able to forecast. The punishment
.
has come swiftly, and we hope the offence will not
be repeated ; but we hope also that, now that punish-
ment has been inflicted, the House of Commons will
address itself to so many of the clauses of the Re-
form Bills as may yet be brought before its notice,
disembarrassed of the memory of futile intrigues.
It may seem a trite remark, but it is true that the
Reform of our Constitution is a task of delicacy and
and importance, and ought not to be performed
with a single eye to discomfiting political opponents.
HERALD.—The Prussian troops entered Holstein
yesterday morning. This may be regarded as the
commencement of war between Austria and Prussia.
The declaration of war, the actual collision, will
probably still be postponed for a few days, for
though it is:of course open to the Austrian Govern-
ment to resent this outrage at once as a manifest
casus belli, it is very much to its interest not to do
so until it has had time to withdraw the small Aus-

trian force which garrisons the Duchy. The Prus-
sian army has received orders to occupy the three
chief places in Holstein, Rendsborg, Kiel, and
Itzehoe. The Prussians in Schleswig are supposed
to number 20,000 to 25,000 men, the Austrian
troops in Holstein only 3,000 to 5,000. If we add
to this that the Prussian force can have no difficulty
in maintaining communications through Lauenburg
with the main body of the Prussian army, while the
Prussian fleet is at Kiel and in command of the
North Sea and the Baltic, it will be apparent that
the Austrians in Holstein should consider themselves

fortunate if they are able to escape in the presence
of such overwhelming odds. They are separated
from their friends by the whole breadth of Ger-
many ; they must fall into the hands of the enemy
if they do not get safely off before war is declared.
The loss or capture of this handful of troops would
make but a small difference numerically in the re-
sources of Austria ; but the Emperor Francis Joseph
could ill afford at this critical moment to dispense
with the services of Gen. Von Gablenz and the able
officers who command under him in Holstein. The
Austrians are now at Itzehoe, at Rendsborg, and at
Kiel. At the two latter places there have been also
small Prussian garrisons, but the Prussians will now
take the whole duty upon themselves. The Aus-
trians, if they remain, will be virtually prisoners of
war. Resistance, of course, would be madness, and
the only course open to them is to retire as the Prus-
sians advance. They must concentrate themselves
at. Altona or elsewhere on the line of the Elbe,
with the object of crossing into neutral territory,
either of the free city of Hamburgh or the kingdom
of Hanover. In a time of peace,
,war not beingc de-
clared, the Austrians will have a right to pass
through Hamburg and Hanover, through Ducal
Ifesse and Saxony to their own country. If, before
they can do this, war shall be declared, their pro-
gress will be arrested as soon as they have crossed
the frontier into a neutral state. The troops will
then pile their arms and submit themselves to the
disposal of the neutral Government, which will
allow them to return in peaceful guise to their
homes. We may presume that the Austrian com-
mander has been forewarned of his danger, and has
already made his arrangements for the evacuation
of Holstein. One of the points of dispute which the
still-born Conference at Paris was to have taken

into its consideration may thus be considered-to
have been already violently solved by the action of
Prussia. As soon as it was known that the Con-
ference was given up as impossible the Prussian
Government issued its orders for the occupation of
Holstein. This is, of course, a direct infraction of
the Treaty of Gastein, which provided for the rights
of the two Governments as co-possessors of Schles-
wig-Holstein. Prussia was to be supreme in Schles-
wig, and Austria in Holstein, until the ultimate
disposition of the duchies had been determined
upon. In this disposition no arrangement was to be
made by either of the Powers without the consent
of the other. On the Prussian side it is argued
that Austria was the first to infringe the spirit

if not the letter of the treaty. Despairing of a
settlement of the question by negotiation with
Prussia, Austria has ceded to the Confederation
her rights in Holstein. In the laudable hope of
ascertaining the feelings of the inhabitants, she
has convoked the Estates of Holstein to meet
at Itzehoe, on Monday next. Prussia considers
that the main object of the Treaty of Gastein was
to take the question altogether out of the hands of
the German Diet. She has no intention at present
of consulting the feeling of the population on the
question of annexation. She is not altogether wrong
in regarding these movements on the part of Austria
as directed against herself 'and her ambitious pro-
jects. The question of the Duchies has for the mo-
ment received solution. It has been settled, if set-
tlement it can be called, by armed force, and in
defiance of rightful claims. It has probably been
the aim of Austria to precipitate this catastrophe,
as in the event which now seems more than ever
inevitable nothing can be more desirable than that
for the moment she should have Holstein off her
hands. During war with Prussia her position would
be untenable. Schleswig and Holstein once in the
hands of Prussia, it remains to be seen how soon or
how far the Government of Austria will resent the
insult which has been offered to it. She cannot sub-
mit to it tamely without such humiliation as will
amount to a retirement once for all from her posi-
tion in Germany, and reduce her to the rank of a
second-rate Power in Europe. Rather than be the
first to strike a blow on the Silesian frontier, she
may appeal to the Diet to mediate between her and
Prussia. Backed up by the Diet she may take the
lead in a " Federal execution." Deserted by the
Diet she may claim for herself compensation in
Silesia for the share in the Duchies of which she has
been forcibly deprived. Whichever way the war may
come about, the step which has been taken by Prussia
sion
has rendered the outbreak of that war only
of time. The event has justified the
twisdomkeaqu:
art in a. 4
Austrian Government in declining toofa
Prussiap and
f the
Conference which the representativevsol
avowed intention
Italy were entering upon with the
Three at least
of insisting on her dismember_inteon demand of her a
of the Powers were prepared
This obstinacy
been rung from her
sacrifice which can only
blynwd.neffotiations under such
aer. conceded when it has
ren-
dered war inevitable,
only.
a waste of time. The
circumstances
ere'th which the French Govern-
f nerotolvn mutilation, the
as Austria
thing at an end, as soon
stipulated that she shouldhcalled
be upon to
lanl
emnotsdte eagernessclared the were
t w
of its organs to throw upon Austria the
lni'n
whole blame of the break-down of negotiations,
he a hand in the work o
rateanexaileltYbut too painfully the early events of 1859,
and bode ill for Austria in showing the animus of
France and her ruler. If Austria is to contend with
France as well as Prussia and Italy, it is needless
to say that the odds will be so tremendously against
her that whatever she may do she will be forced in
the end to yield everything. The least that we can
ask of France in the present crisis is that she will
remain neutral, and allow fair play between the
opposing armies. There is no quarrel at present
between the Emperor of the French and Austria, '
and if any is made it must be of the Emperor's
seeking. Austria alone, even'if the minor States of
Germanystand aloof, is by no means a bad match

Any one who may have supposed that the ob-
viously large gathering of the Conservative party
at the time of public business in the House of Com-
mons originated in a desire to pay a compliment to
the Princess Mary of Cambridge on the occasion
when a further provision for her Royal Highness
upon her marriage was to be asked was wonder-
fully mistaken, as subsequent events proved. That
ceremonial—for it was no more—was, it seemed,
rather prolonged by Mr. Gladstone, and it ap-
peared as if he pleaded hard for so modest a
proposition as that which he made, namely, to
raise the Princess's income to £5,000 a year.
But there were probably other reasons why the
illustrious leader should not be too brief, while rea-
sons in a contrary sense existed why the leader of
the Opposition should not be so particularly short
in seconding the motion. Perhaps there was a mo-
tive for Sir Win. Hutt's occupying a little time in
giving a character to Prince Teck. At any rate, by
the time that the Representation of the People Bill
came on the disproportion of numbers between the
Opposition and the Liberals, the former being con-
siderably in excess, began to decrease, members
coming in behind the Treasury bench and filling
seats which before were unoccupied, though they were
not many, and beginning to crowd the bar. As soon
as the title of the " Franchise Bill" had aided gently
into. that of " Representation of the People Bill,"
thus giving one general title to the amalgamated
e, and the next two formal clauses had been
aciop.A without comment, Mr. Gladstone rose to
deliver a disquisition on the county franchise, which
e gcaon b
committee,
tt
stating
bwas de:a/t. with by clause 4. Notwithatanding he
f m thathe
oslippouolrdtoti
hniavees f , ion tshpoLn
isitacrlge
:e, many as
as he chose, it was observed that he anticipated
any arguments he might have used in answer to
Mr. Walpole's proposition to d a opt a £2O instead
of a £l4 county franchise, and elaborated his rea-
sons for its non-adoption with more than usual
minuteness. The less obtuse observers not in the
secret began to see symptoms of talking against
time, while the initiated no doubt were convinced
of something of the kind. Any way, the house
had filled to its utmost capacity by the time that the
Chancellor of the Exchequer sat down ; and lo
instead of Mr. Walpole with his amendment, up rose
Lord Stanley, and proceeded to develope the cause of
the party gathering which was now so distinctly
apparent. He, with what his friends seemed to
think remarkable astuteness, suggested—to use his
own mild phrase—that the Government should post-
pone the franchise clauses, and take the redistribu-
tion part of the bill first. A derisive smile came over
the face of Mr. Gladstone as he stated his proposi-
tion, which implied a feeling best expressed by a
familiar slang phrase. It seemed as if through the
closed ranks of the Ministerialists there ran a
murmur of disgust at such an attempt on their
credulity. The protestatious of Mr. Egerton,
who seconded the amendment in favour of
Reform in the abstract, while he was ostentatiously
lending himself to the now, palpable device for ob-
struction and delay, were received with the usual
ironical cheers from the wakeful Liberals and coun-
ter-demonstrations from the Opposition, who per-
ceived that their antagonists were aware of the
tactics which were in operation. Mr. Gladstone
and Mr. Bright rose together, but the former gave
way and permitted the latter to utter a very spirited
and telling exposure of the object and intention of
the motion. Probably—and there were symptoms
of such a thing apparent—the brief interposition of
Mr. Newdegate enabled Mr. Gladstone to ascertain
that his supporters were marshalled in such
force as to render the division safe, and
so he was free to give way to a burst
of indignant denunciation of the " mastery
of the arts of • _ambush" displayed by the
Opposition. Every word, however, was at first
hurled at the leader of that body, who sat in his
usual immobile attitude and with his usual impas-
sive coantenance. Mr. Disraeli did not wince even
when Mr. Gladstone spoke of the amendment as a
delicate plant, which had been carefully secluded in
some artificial atmosphere; being, as it was, unequal
to withstand the rough climate of Great Britain,
'having been generated in some other (Asiatic being
palpably understood) country. Then, with a rapid
change to calm irony, Mr. Gladstone scathed Mr.
Egerton ; and, once more altering his views, he
emphatically exposed the object of the move,
and in terms of high defiance accepted on
the part of the Government what he said was
the first definite issue on this question which had
come from the Opposition. Everything being
ready the division was called, and the struggles of
some 550 members to arrange themselves into
two sections in the narrow space which the
house affords went on until such time as the
tellers for the " Noes," who bore the numbers
for the Government, came in, while yet those for
the " Ayes" were not to be seen. Gentlemen
opposite seemed to take this as an indication of
victory, and appeared to be about to exhibit
triumph in their usual fashion. They were, how-
ever, checked by observing the other tellers pick-
ing their way out of the crowd at the bar, and
the division paper being instantly put into the
hand of Mr. Brand, the Ministerialists broke out
into suchatremendous and prolonged cries that they
proved th4t after all they could, on sufficient
provocation, cheer as well as the Conservatives.
When, too, the number of 287 for the Government,
and 260 against them, were declared, the joyous
noises were repeated over and over again, still
renewed when the Chairman also formally stated
the numbers and the rejection of the amendment.
When all this was over, most of those present
departed, and left Mr. Walpole with a few enthu-
siastic friends to cheer him when he moved his
amendment by which a £2O county franchise was
Bought to be introduced into the bill ; and
though the Government paid him the compliment
of putting up a Cabinet Minister, in the person of
Mr. Villiers, to reply to him, quietude prevailed
in the nearly empty chamber ; which, as may be
supposed, was not much disturbed even by the
efforts of Mr. Beresford-
11°Peand Sir Edward
the solidity of Mr.
Buller to be facetious, or by
Hunt and Sir F. Crossley. The spasmodic essays
of Mr. Adderley and Mr. Banks Stanhope did
not tend to put life into the debate. Sir. George
Grey, however, who was
unusually combative, did
contrive to get up a
noisy concerto of cheers,
and to get up -
Mr. Disraeli too ! And then, with
Mr. Gladstone comprehensively
unabated vigour,
debate.lt was odd to -
find Mr.
summed 11,,I) tho •
Henley, w.osiii rising
is always the signal for atten-
he •
atten-
tion for a brief while, refused a hearing, and some
of the sounds of dissent seemed to come from his
own side of the House. The excitement on the
division was greater, if possible, than that of the
Previous one; and, though the second
majority
was
smaller, 299 to 283, the cheers of the Liberals were
more uproarious and longer maintained than before.
By the interposition of Mr. Disraeli between the
Government and his rampant followers, the debate
will go on to-day.—D ai y.l Telegraph.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1866.

The advancing session and summer temperature
do not apparently seem to check the excitement
attending the debate on the Reform Bill. Last
night an unusually full house presented a most ani-
mated spectacle, while two momentous divisions
materially strengthened the position of the Govern-
ment. It wag hardly anticipated at the beginning
of the evening, at least by the uninitiated, that
affairs would be brought to such a crisis, and the
campaign opened heavily enough. Clauses 1 and 2
of the redoubtable Franchise Bill were agreed
to with only trifling amendments, and clause 3, the
interpretation clause, was postponed. In moving
clause 4, which relates to the county franchise, and
on which Mr. WALPOLE had given notice of an
amendment fixing the franchise at £2O, instead of
at £l4 proposed by the Government, Mr. GLAD-
STONE explained that they were willing to with-
draw the proposal to give votes to leaseholders in
boroughs, but that they were resolved to give the
most determined opposition to the amendment. In
this the Government have acted fairly and wisely.
The county franchise is one of the cardinal points
of the measure. It is by the Franchise Bill that
they are pledged more especially to stand or fall ;
the Redistribution is not a measure which can be
regarded as vital. No one pretends that it is per_
feet in either outline or detail, and should it ever
become law it will be found to undergo many
alterations. By a kind of afterthought, or
hasty concession to the loudly expressed
-wishes of the House, the Redistribution
scheme was hurriedly framed and biought
forward rather with a view of exhibiting the prin-
ciple on which the Government intended to deal
with the inequalities of the representation than
with any idea of making the Franchise Bill depen-
dent on its Buccessor. For the convenience of the
house the two bins
may be fused into one, but the
substance of the Reform Bill is to be found in the
reduction of the Franchise.
To this reduction all
parties in both houses are pledged, The QUEEN'S
speeches, Ministerial explanations,
Official promises,
resolutions of the House of Commons, and Parlia-
mentary majorities have again and
again declared
that the representation of the people needed amend..
ins, and that amendment con.c. 1 i
only tend
one way.
The vast increase in the wealth and population of
the country leaves our representative system so far
in arrears that it is really now more disproportionate
to the numbers, wealth, and intelligence of the popu_
lation than it was fifty years ago. Besides the mere
material advance the strides made by the populace
in knowledge and cultivation in political principle
and public spirit loudly demand increased political
privileges ; and the mere substratum of the Go-
vernment measure, £7 franchise in boroughs and
£l4 in counties, is surely moderate enough to satisfy
any liefo:=,'. The arguments directed against such
temperate reductions as tee c.re in fact directed
against all Reform. We shall find their prototypes,

in the great debates of 1830-32, when daylight
would break over an excited hough listening to
most solemn words of warning relative to dangers
which we have lived to see converted into blessings.
Mr. GLADSTONE, therefore, did wisely in standing
firm to these two vital points of the measure, since
they have approved themselves to tie com-Anon sense
of the country, and have been on former occasions
supported by Parliament. No doubt arguments
of a plausible nature can be brought forward
against them collectively and individually, as was
last night done by several gentlemen who supported
Mr.I,VALroLE's amendment,who, it will be observed,
sanctioned a reduction of the county franchise.
The especial limit which £2O offers to the reduction
is not easily perceptible. There is no more reason
why £2C should be a limit than £l4, and as the
house, as Mr. GLADSTONE remitclEd his hearers, has
already frequently given its sanction to a £lO
franchise, which was embodied in the Reform Bills
of 1854 and 1859, there can be no ground for ob-
jecting to a £l4 franchise as democratic and
extravagant. The verdict of the majority was on
the side of the Ministers, 297 deciding against 283,
in favour of the £l4 county franchise, a result
which was received with enthusiastic applause by
the Ministerial ranks. No doubt the division was a
little influenced by an attempt which had been
made earlier in the evening to take the Government
by surprise, an attempt to which Lord STANLEY
lent himself in an unexpected manner. Surely some
notice should have been given of a motion which
proposed to alter the whole course of the debate.
Lord STANLEY argued that it would be better to
delay all the franchise clauses until the redistribu-
tion scheme was disposed of, since the franchise
was simply a matter which could be shortly disposed
of, while it was likely enough that when Government
got through the franchise clauses they would revert
to their original position, and drop the Redistribu-
tion Bill altogether. All this may be very true, but
the fact of the motion being made without any
warning gave it the unfavourable appearance of a
designed attack upon the Government, and not only
excited a feeling in their favour at the time, but
gave them the advantage all through the evening.
It cannot be too often impressed upon politicians of
all ranks that their conduct in this matter of reform
is jealously watched by the country, and that no
temporary triumph or oratorical distinction can in
the end compensate them for having justly incurred
the suspicion of subordinating the public good to
the interests of party.

Yesterday morning the Prussian troops entered
Holstein, a step which is not certain to bring about
war, but which will in all probability do so, and
hereafter be pointed out as the origin of the
calamity. The troops are to occupy Kiel, Rends-
borg, and Itzehoe. The Prussian Minister at Ham-
burg has lodged an attachment upon all funds
deposited by the Holstein Government in the Nord-
Deutsche and other Hamburg banks. This is an
extreme step to take, but it is only in keeping with
the other acts of that unscrupulous and inconside-
rate Power. The Austrian Governor of Holstein
will, it is said, only protest against this entry of the
Prussian forces into Holstein, and their occupation
of those places which are not garrisoned, which of
course will be the wisest thing that he can do under
the circumstances of the case. The decision of the
Emperor of AUSTRIA is awaited by the Holstein
officials, whose present position is a very awkward
one altogether. It is difficult to say what is the
meaning of Prussia in thus adopting the significant
course of entering Holstein, unless it be to provoke
the Austrians to open resistance. In any case we
shall certainly consider Prussia to be the aggressor,
whatever turn events may take during the war now
so imminent. It would have been far more in
accordance with the interests of peace for the Berlin
Government to have protested against the appeal to
the Diet to settle the question of Schleswig-Hol-
stein, instead of sending armed forces to carry out
their wishes, or at any rate to provoke those who
did not immediately concede to them. No wonder, I
Considering all things, that the Vienna journals
should consider the outbreak of hostilities to be
imminent. The Emperor of AUSTRIA has received
the " loyal addresses" from the inhabitants of Pesth
and Buda, and, in return, has declared that he
receives " great comfort and support from the
earnest devotion accorded him by his people." In-
deed this zeal contrasts very curiously with the un-
willingness of the Prussian people to the war. The
Neue Preussiche Zeitung of yesterday has an article
which states that Austria having of her own accord
violated the Gastein Convention the legal state of
things as fixed by the Treaty of Vienna is again
re-established. In consequence of this new aspect
of things the extraordinary statement is made that
" Both Powers can, therefore, administer the Go-
vernment in the Duchies, and place garrisons—
Prussia in Holstein and Austria in Schleswig—and
a separate exercise of the common rights is hence-
forth inadmissible." This is quite insulting to com-
mon sense, and all straightforward parties would
entertain much more respect for Prussia did she
openly declare that the present state of things is
insufferable, and that she will commence war
rather than continue to act upon this plan of
systemisedhypocrisy. All the nations of Europe may
by this time be pretty well aware of the real state
of things, and hence this shilly-shallying conduct
is the more unmeaning and inconclusive. It is
quite out of the question that the Diet should take
no notice of the appeal made to them by Austria,
and it is equally inconceivable that Austria should
tolerate the interference of Prussia in the arbitrary
fashion prescribed. The two Powers, when appa-
rently on friendly terms, could not agree as to the
policy to be pursued in the Duchies, and there is
no chance at all of their now actin(' with unanimity
when so many adverse circumstances have arisen,
and when such contrary interests prevail.
It is stated that M. D ROUYN DE L'HUYS has
despatched a Circular Note to the representatives of
France at the German Courts, in which he details
the reason of the failure of the Conference, and re-
quests them to impress upon the middle and minor
States the importance of "remaining
completely
neutral" in the event of hostilities, so that the war
may be as much as possible " localised." This is
very wise counsel, and we hope that it may be fol-
lowed ; but if so, it will completely negative
the plans of Prussia. That wily Power
has been all along manoeuvring to get
all, or nearly all, of those States to assist
her, and she will not view this communication of
the French Minister with much favour or regard.
In consequence of the insulting conduct of Prussia
to the Federal Diet the proposals of Austria seem
to meet with complete acquiescent? : the last one
was, that the contingents of Electoral llesse should
an
on:sitnaidont
occupy Mayeuce, and that the troops of Hanover
that an ard D
should be left available for active
service. It is at all events satisfactory to notice
prevails that Denmark will regain
Danish
w'
Schle •
out or g•
will Whether war breaks
not, this
be a fine lesson
for the Prussians, wlii
some good on that stolid and indifferent people.
eh in time may work
There never was a greater wrong or injustice per-
petrated in the annals of history than that effected
;
against Denmark two years ago and certainly
effectually
was a wrong more speedily and