The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-16 00:00:00

ESSEX (NORTH).

The vacancy occasioned iu the representation of
this division by the appointment of Mr. Du Cane,
as a Lord of the Admiralty will be filled up this
morning at Braintree. There is no opposition, to
to the re-election of Mr. Du Cane.

BELFAST.
Sir Hugh Cairns, on his re-election for Belfast,
made a long speech wpon the topics principally in-
teresting to the electors. Beginning with the Re-
form question, he expressed his belief that a con-
siderable majority of the House of Commons
would be well pleased to see a carefully-con-
sidered and matured bill pass into law—a bill that
would secure to the more intelligent classes of the
working men of the country a greater share of poli-
tical power than they now possessed ; but, he con-
tinued, I hold it to be the duty of any Government
which introduces into Parliament a measure so hn-
portant as one which for weal or woe may materi-
ally affect the constitution of this country, as a
Reform Bill, to comply with the conditions which
should never beabsent from a measure of that kind.
The first of these conditions is that the measure
should be complete and entire—no partial, or im-
perfect, or halting measure of reform. The whole
measure of reform proposed to Parliament should
at once, Piaci for a considerable time, deal with and
complete the subject of the representation of the,
people. (Hear.) The second condition of any
sound measure of reform ought to be framed upon
full and perfect information of all the facts, and
ought to be well deliberated before it is presented
to Parliament. Neither of these conditions, Sir
Hugh Cairns asserted, was fulfilled in the late
Reform Bill ; and "to give an idea of the haste and
imperfection with which this measure was produced,"
he told the following anecdote There was a
Reform Bill brought in for Ireland as well as for
England, and in it certain arrangements were made
for the grouping, as it is called, two or more Par-
liamentary boroughs together. One of the boroughs,
mentioned was Downpatrick. Gentlemen, I a:m
going to announce to you a most important dis-
covery in geography. Her Majesty's Government
gravely announced to the House of Commons that
the borough of Downpatrick was situated in the
counties of Armagh and Down. (Laughter.) I
shall have something to say on the subject of educa-
tion in Ireland, but I may just now obseve that I
hope there is no primary school that would not
have been ashamed if one of its scholars had
made such a statement as that put into the bill
by the Government." Sir Hugh Cairns paid
a well-deserved tribute to the energy and
intelligence of the people of Belfast, which
had filled their harbours and docks with shipping,
and pointed out the advantage to commerce of
peace. This led him to allude to the war, and the
attitude England ought to maintain in the present
crisis. " I trust and believe that, both for our in-
terests at home and our interests abroad, whatever
we may be able to do in the shape of friendly offices
(which should be rendered when they are sought,
but not thrust on nations that do not ask for them)
—I say that, whatever we may do in the restora-
tion of friendship among the Powers at war, the in-
terest of this country is clear. The honour of Great
Britain, I trust and believe, is safe in abstaining
altogether from any participation, direct or indirect,
in the war going on abroad." (Hear, hear.) After
referring to that "wretched conspiracy, Fenianism,"
and to its collapse in this country and America, Sir
Hugh Cairns came to the most important subject
treated in his address. There was no matter, he
said, of greater importance with regard to the pros-
perity and the increase of good order in Ireland
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sion of Parliament great reason to apprehendlfia,
in many respects, the provisions made in this coun-
try with respect to it were more likely to be dete-
riorated than improved. Sir Hugh Cairns added—
" With regard to our primary schools under the
National Board of Education, we have been told
that a change has been contemplated, and, perhaps,
has been already made, both with respect to the
general schools of the board, and with respect to
those other schools which we all so much admire—
the Model Schools. The exact extent of that change
I am not in a position to discuss, for I have not seen
the alterations in the rules. But I hope and trust
that they will be scanned with a narrow and a jea-
lous eye by those in this part of the country who are
interested in the subject of education. (Hear.) De-
pend upon it, gentlemen, you cannot obtain from
the schools of the National Board the advantage
which they ought to give, and which they were
formed to give, if the arrangements of the board,
more particularly the arrangements with regard to
religious education, are the subjects of alteration
from year to year, and are made the subject of
concession-from year to year. These are matters,
gentlemen, which create a want of confidence, which
engender a distrust of the whole system of educa-
tion in Ireland. On the subject of intermediate
education, I cannot speak of the past ; I must speak
of the future. I have no right to speak of the pre-
sent or any future Government ; but, speaking as
your member, I trust and hope the time is not far
distant when a wise and extensive measure will re-
ceive the assent of Parliament for the purpose of
putting intermediate, and more particularly endowed,
schools in a more satisfactory and better condition
than they have hitherto been placed." (Hear, hear.)
Sir Hugh Cairns, in conclusion, referred pointedly
to the threatened changes in the charter of the
Queen's University :—" Some hard words have been
used by my proposer, Mr. Ewart, and my friend,
Mr. Lytle, with reference to the conduct of the late
Government in this matter. lam very unwilling,have
gentlemen, to attribute conduct which would
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had taken placeAn the House of Commons. (Hear,
and applause.)

GREAT SALE OF SPORTING DOGS.—On Saturday a valu-
able stud of sporting dogs, belonging to the Earl of Shrews-
bury, and consigned from his kennels to Aldridge's Horse
Repository, were sold by auction. They were of the well-
known breed of Gordon setters, and were represented as
perfectly broken for the moors and other field sperts. There
was a large attendance of sportsmen, and considerable com-
petition to secure dogs of this celebrated breed, and they
were disposed of at prices varying from. 10 guineas up to
40 guineas each.
JUDICIAL SALARIES.—The salary of the newly-
appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer is £7,000 a year.
The other judges have £5,00b each,
with the exception of
the Lord Chief Justice, who has £B,OOO a year. The Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas has £7,000 a year.
OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA IN LIVERPOOL.—OR
Thursday night a nurse and four children in the found-
ling ward of the Liverpool Workhouse were seized with,
Asiatic cholera. Ono child died three hours afterward;
and the nurse yesterday' morning. The other two were
stated to be dying, and the fourth is not expected to re-
cover. A child admitted on Thursday night died in a few
hours from cholera. The authorities have taken steps to
prevent the disease spreading,
- are seeking many
powers.