The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-07 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, July G.
The Queen, attended by the Duchess of Rox-
burgh, walked and drove in the grounds this
morning.

The Queen held a Council at Windsor Castle
to-clay, at one o'clock, at which the members of the
late Administration, consisting of Earl Russell, Earl
Granville, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Lord
Cranworth, the Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Somer-
set, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Earl of
Clarendon, Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Marquis of
Hartington, the Right Hou. Edward Cardwell,
Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. T. Milner
Gibson, the Right Hou. G. J. Goschen, and the
Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, attended, and resigned
their seals and other badges of office.
The Hon. Henry Brand, late Secretary to the
Treasury, was introduced and sworn in as a member
of ber Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, and took
his seat at the Board.

Her Majesty held a second Council at three
o'clock, at which the new Ministers—consisting of
the Earl of Derby, the Duke of Buckingham, Lord
Chelmsford, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of
Carnarvon, Lord Stanley, Lord Cranborne, the
Right Hon. S. 11. Walpole, Lieut.-General the
Right Hon. J. Peel, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli,
the Marquis of Abercorn, the Right Hon. Sir Staf-
ford Northcote, and Mr. Gathorne Hardy were in-
troduced, and received their seals of office and kissed
hands on appointment, the Earl of Carnarvon, Vis-
count Cranborne, Sir Stafford Northcote, and Mr.
Gathorne Hardy having previously been sworn in as
members of the Privy Council.

The Duchess of Buccleuch had a select dancing
party last night at Montagu House, Whitehall.
The Marquis of Conyngham left town on Tues-
day last for Kingston to join his yacht.
The Earl and Countess Amherst had a dinner
party last night at their residence in Grosvenor-square.
The Earl and Countess de Grey are expected to
leave town the week after next for Studley Royal, near
Ripon.

Lord and Lady Headley and family have left
town for their seat, Aghadoo House, Killarney.
Lord Seaton has arrived in town from Italy.
Lady Holland is prevented from receiving her
friends to-day and the Saturday following in consequence
of the death of a relation.

Mr. Disraeli's Address to his Constituents.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has issued the
following address to his constituents :

TO TIIE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM.

Gentlemen,—Her Majesty's Ministers having, as
they allege, lost the confidence of the Ilouse of
Commons, have resigned their offices to the Queen ;
and Lord Derby, by her Majesty's command, has
formed a new Administration. Her Majesty having
been graciously pleased this day to entrust to me the
seals of Chancellor of the Exchequer, my seat in the
House of Commons has become vacant, and I now
solicit the honour of your electing me, for the eighth
time, your representative in Parliament.

Although the state of affairs, both at home and
abroad, is not free from anxiety, I have every ex-
pectation that, with prudence and firmness on the
part of her Majesty's advisers, this country, under
Divine favour, may continue to enjoy prosperity and
peace.—l have the honour to remain, gentlemen,
your obliged and faithful servant,
London, July 6, 1866.

B. DISRAELI.

The Late Reform Bill.

Mr. W. B. Beaumont, M.P., has issued an ad-
dress to the electors of South Northumberland in
explanation of his recent votes against the late Go-
vernment on the Reform question. Mr. Beaumont
writes :—" As my conduct in Parliament this ses-
sion, in reference to the representation of the peo-
ple, has recently been called in Question at a public
meeting in Newcastle, held to consider the present
Ministerial crisis, I beg leave to address a few words
to you, not only that my views may again be clearly
before you, but also that my silence may not be
construed into disrespect towards those who have
so long honoured me with their confidence. The
constituencies of the North of England have not
been in the habit of evincing any marked desire that
their representation should be subservient to the
convenience of a Minister or to the behests of a
party ; and I think my duty has been best dis-
charged by joining those few but independent men
among the Liberals who, sacrificing for the mo-
ment every personal consideration and every tie of
party affection, have risen superior to the clamour
of the hour, and have, by their votes in Parliament,
laid down as the basis for legislation on Parliamen-
tary Reform two cardinal points :-Ist. That no
measure will be satisfactory to this country unless
it deals not only with an extension of the franchise,
but also with an adequate redistribution of seats to
counties and boroughs increasing in population and
wealth. 2d. That the occupation franchise in
counties and boroughs should be re-adjusted (as
in Ireland) on a rating instead of a rental qualifica-

tion. There is not the least foundation for the alle-
gation, so freely indulged in by our opponents, that
those who have successfully contended for those
vital principles are anti-reformers in disguise. We
may be right or we may be wrong, but we aro as
good reformers as those liberals who went into the
opposite lobby from ourselves on Earl Grosvenor's
and Lord Dunkellin's amendments. Having been
favourable for many years to a low county qualifi-
cation for voters, coupled with a reduction of ex-
penditure in county elections,'l opposed Mr. Wal'
pole's proposal to raise the figure from £l4 to £2O;
while, on the other hand, I supported Mr. Hunt in
his attempt to establish a rating standard for the
county franchise ; but, to avoid misconception as
to my object, I previously gave notice of an amend-
ment—to alter£l4 to £l2 rateable value,which,frora
the assurances of support tendered to me in liberal
quarters; would, without doubt, have been adopted
by a majority of the House of Commons. In the
same way, had the Government proceeded with their
bill, I should, after my vote in favour of a rateable
basis in the borough franchise, have supported a
lower figure than £7, being of opinion that a
rateable value would not be a satisfactory settle-
ment of the question. The principles, gentlemen,
which have consistently guided my public conduct
are in perfect accordance with what I have invari-
ably said, both in my printed addresses and from
the hustings at Hexham, and I therefore hope I
may in fairness beg that none of you will, by requi"
sition or otherwise, now encourage any one in his
endeavours to supplant me, or lend yourselves to
present schemes to my disadvantage until, at the
close of this Parliament, you can review as a whole
the career of your member."

An interesting return, moved for by Mr. Pim,
has been printed, showing the time occupied by tho Cunard
and Inman steamers in their voyages out and home during
the years 1864 and 1865. For the voyage out fro'
Queenstown to New York, the Scotia, Persia, and Austra"
lasian, of the Cunard Company, stand at the top of the
list—the first two averaging under 10 days, the latter 10
hours over. The City of Boston, of tho :Inman line, 1°
next in order of speed, averaging 10 days 14 hours. The
other vessels of both companies stand almost alternately,
the lowest Cunard average being the Asia, 13 days 2
hours, and the lowest Inman average 15 days 17 hours'
For the voyage home,
the Cunard steamers almost all
average considerably less than the Inman. The Scotia'
leads oil with an average from New York to Queenstown
of 8 days 23 hours. The highest average for an Inman
steamer is the City of Boston, 10 days 4 hours. The
lowest Cunard average home is the ancient Asia, 11 daYS
18 hours ; and the lowest Inman, the Glasgow, 13 days 5
hours. The delays at Queenstown, the hour of despatch
of the mails from Cork, and their arrival in London, 10
also given, but not averaged. The return does not include
any voyages of the new Inman, City of Paris, which 1135
arrived this morning after an excellent voyage within the

nine days.
Gigantic omnibuses on a new model have been
constructed in Paris, specially for horse races and other
out-door sights. They are so contrived that upwards
fifty persons can be seated on the roof and become
of trayelli " grand *thud .