The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-27 00:00:00

4NOTHER LETTER.

Mr. Fieidea is candidate for what is called the South-East
West Riding of Yorkshire. Mr. Fielden is a Conservative,
and is by no means impressed with admiration for Mr.
Bright. More, he has been doing what he can of late to
show that the hon. member for Birmingham is "no better
than he ought to be." Among other things, he has charged
Mr. Bright with indifference to the reform of our poor-law.
He says that once he made it his business to ask Mr. Bright
to help him to procure some reforms, but he would not
listen to him, was uncourtcous, and finally told him that
Mi. Potter knew about that subject, and he knew nothing
about it. Go then, and talk to Mr. Potter. The story has
been brought under the notice of Mr. Bright. That hon.
gentleman r(plies—" I hope your eh c!ors will not ho mis-
led by the falsehoods of the Tory candidates or their pal ty.
If 1 have laboured to give the working men free access
to the harvests of the world for their supply of food ; if I
have laboured to give them instruction by untaxed and
cheap newspapers; if I have done as much as any man
living to ( xtend to them the right of voting' for mem•
burs of Parliament, will any man believe that I am
regardless of the interests and comforts of the poor 1
Mr. Fielden knows, if ho is honest enough to say so,
that his application to me hat reference to some mintife
point of poor-law regulation, which did not bear at all on
the treatment of the poor, but rather on the duties and
position of the auditors of the Poor-law Unions, and that

I directed him to Mr. Potter, because Mr. Potter had paid
more attention to that point than I had, owing to the fact
that the auditor of this district isoneof his constituents, and
had fully explained the matter to him. I gave all the as-
sistance to Mr. Potter that was in my power, as both Mr.
Potter and the auditor would willingly testify. Mr. Fielden,
to my knowledge, did nothing for free-trade, nothing for
a free press, and nothing for the extension of the fran-
chise. 1 have no faith in a man who does nothing for his
follow-me❑ till they are found in the ranks of pauperism.
For myself, I would prevent their becoming paupers ;
but, if that sad fate overtook them, I would deal with
them in a spirit of justice and kindness. lam not di fend-
ing myself from the slanders of Mr. Fielden, but I am giving
you the explanation you ask for. I think Mr. Holden is one
of your candidates. There was no more honest and inde-
pendent Liberal i❑ Parliament than Mr. Holden."

The death is announced of the Dowager Countess
Somers, widow of the first Earl Sonurs.

Great excitement prevailed in Liverpool on Tuesday
consequent on the South-west Lancashire election. A fight
took place in the Exchange news-rooms, but nothing serious
is re-ported.

Mr. Jefferson Davis, ex-President of the Southern
Confederacy, was present at the Warwick meeting, last
week. By a curious coincidence he witnessed the success
of a horse named after a former enemy of his—President
Lincoln.

Amongst the gentlemen called to the bar at the
Inner Temple, we observe the name of Mr. Francis H.
Jenne, Oxford First-Classman, and the eldest son of the
late lamented Bishop of Peterborough.
The Queen of Holland, who has been staying in
London some weeks at Claridge's Hotel, and who has
taken great interest in the charitable institutions of the
metropolis, left town on Wednesday afternoon on her
return to Holland, via Calais. The Queen is expected to
return to this country early in the ensuing year.
SCENE IN HASLINGDEN CHURCH.—Some cause
of displeasure has arisen on the part of the congregation of
Haslingden against their vicar, the Rev. L. H. Mordacque.
The real reason of the disturbance has not transpired; but
it appears that last Sunday morning and afternoon the
principal part of the congregation, after the vicar had
announced his text, rose from their seats and left the
church. The Sunday school has been broken up, and it
is in contemplation to form another, to be held in the
town-hall.

The Broad Arrow, which at least has arrogated to
itself to be authoritative, rays :—A novel kind of torpedo,
of extraordinary power, has been invented by a Mr. White-
head, of Fiume, and the Austrian Government has already
paid £20,000 to the lucky inventor of the secret. He offer/
the exclusive possession, with a reservation in favour of
Austria, of this secret to our Government, for £100,000; or
the disclosure of the secret only for £20,000, to be paid
conditionally on the success of the torpedo, which will be
determined by a board of— inquiry,, and this will most
probably be formed from the late floating obstruction com-
mittee. We believe our Government will accept the latter
terms, for there is little probability of the secret being
kept.

THE BISHOP - DESIGNATE OF LONDON. Dr.
Wordsworth will receive his new charge in a very diffe-
rent state from that in which it came into the hands of
his predecessor. Bishop Jackson's prudent and diligent
supervision has been 'fruitful for good, and he may be
trusted to spew the same qualities in the sphere to which
he is about to be transferred. The points in which he
has sometimes been thought deficient—breadth of sym-
pathy, conciliatory manners, and the unvarying courtesy
which sets everyone at ease—are of especial importance
in the great see of London. These are things, however,
which a man fit to govern learns from intercourse with
men, and to a prelate of Bishop Jackson's sincere and
simple character they cannot have been difficult of attain-
ment.— Guardian.

ELECTION SCENE IN MASSACHUSETTS.—A corre-
spondent of the Nation, writing from Boston on the sth
inst., gives an account of the proceedings at Salem on the
day before the election of General Butler. The chairman
introduced Mr. Dana, who wasgreeted with derisiveshouts,
requested to take off his gloves, or put them on, I hardly
remember which, and he began to speak amid loud cheers
for the opposing candidate. Ile spoke for five minutes—
or rather he and the crowd spoke for five minutes —in
the following manner :—Mr. Dana : Fellow-citizens—
The crowd : We ain't yer feller-citizens. Mr. Dana:
Fellow-citizens of Essex----- The crowd : You ain't from
Essex ; three cheers for Butler. Mr. Dana: I come from—
The crowd : Cambridge, Cambridge. Mr. Dana : Well,
now, what county is Cambridge in ? The crowd : Middle-
sex. Mr. Dana: And what county is Lowell in? The crowd:
Middlesex. Mr. Dana: Very good ; I come from the same
county from which your present representative comes.
The crowd Three cheers for hint. It was evidently of
little use to attempt to make a financial speech, so Mr.
Dana contented himself with saying a few words and read-
ing a " telling" letter written by Butler some time in 1867,
in which lie urged that Giant should not be nominated to
the Presidency, because he bad "no head and no heart," and
was impotent to govern." The letter, however, produced
no effect other than more cheering for Butler. and Mr.'
Dana good-humouredly sat down.