The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENI \7G, SEPTEMBER 23, 1868.

STANSFELD ON THE ATAVAL
iEXPENDITURE.I

se,-
Mr. Stash d addressed a crowded meeting of his fel
stituents et Halifax on Monday evening, whet hit 6:"lfed
parti?nlstr attentiou to the great expenditure in
.1,1
affairs. The hon. gentleman said that in ord4 4
reduce the estimates, some of the ei-offlOtallf . . ,
the Liberal side of the house took a novel 0" t
successful course. They met and discussed the Fitins
tion, and the conclusion they came to was that mere nibblllik
at estimates was useless, that mere criticism, if not ageless,
was not sufficient, and that they ought to grapple with
something more, that they ought to enunciate a touter
policy of economy, from which counter estimates should 1:*
simply a matter of deduction, as a matter of course. The
programme they propounded was this :—A large reduction
in these foreign squadrons, in those ships which hardly
constituted any portion of our real fighting power, and a
consequent reduction in the number of men ; the devotion
of their shipbuilding energies to the construction of the
Most powerful machines for offence and defence, which
science could devise or mechanical skill construct,
which should be, as it were, units which could be multiplied
in time of necessity, and a resolute reduction of the over-
grown list of superior officers in the navy. Mr. Stansfeld
contended that they were successful in the case they under-
took, and quoted in proof thereof the speech and estimates
of Mr. Corry, the present First Lord of the Admiralty.
The views he had expressed had not been taken up lightly.
They all knew that if they looked at the history of manu-
facturing and commercial businesses that there were what
he might call rises and falls. They were constructed by
men of energy and of practical knowledge, but it was
not often that they lasted for many generations. A pro-
gressive town like Halifax might afford some exceptions,
but it was not often that they lasted in that flourish-
ing condition through succeeding generations. The ten-
dency of large undertakings, whether private or public,
was that the expenses outgrow their fair proportion to the ,
rofurns ; there was a staff gradually becoming too nume-
rous if not too highly paid ; the premises were constantly
being enlarged, the plant became unwieldy, and the
machinery out of date. Now, in those manufacturing
districts, where progress was so rapid and continuous, men
knew how to adapt themselves to their circumstances.
They brought in new blood in time, they wrote off year by
year to the deprecatory account the value of their
machinery, which rapidly depreciated, as new and im-
proved machinery was ready to take its place. There was
a great analogy between this and the public interests,
especially the spending departments. These departments
wanted new blood from time to time. They had had some
new blood, and had made some steps in the right direc-
tion, but that was not enough—the machinery was out of
date, and the premises were too large, and they had, what
was more difficult to get rid of, the habits and condition
of the past. Ho had always said the reformed House of
Parliament would enable them to deal with these ques-
tions, and ho had always believed that one of the first steps
that the reformed House of Commons would take
would be pure administrative reform, especially in the
groat spending departments of the State. What was
required wore more searching and less timid question-
ing ; a less sensitive regard to the habits and conditions
of the past; and more force. All these elements- were
provided by the stir which was already made in men's minds
by the political advance which had been accomplished.
The expenditure in these departments had been loose and
illogical, unintelligent and enormous, and it was absolutely

necessary that it should be reduced, but mere pruning and
saving would not be sufficient to effect the reduction
which they would rightfully demand. Policy controlled
expenditure, and policy in the administration was alone
sufficient to accomplish the ends they had a right to
expect. He had shown them what he believed in one
great department would be the policy of the future, and
they had a right to expect it from the new Liberal party
and the new Liberal Government attaining to power, under
the leadership of a great and earnest man and true econo-
mist like Mr. Gladstone, and it was his firm belief that they
would not be disappointed.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

11.30 p.m.

10 to 1 agst Ilium (taken)
20 to 1 agst Special (offered-25 to 1 wanted)
25 to 1 agst Warrington (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Planet (taken)
50 to 1 agst Nelusko (offered)
50 to 1 agst Stradbroke (offered)
50 to 1 agst Hermit (offered)
1000 to 18 agst Tynedale (taken and offered)
1000 to 15 agst Charnwood (offered)
1000 to 15 agst See Saw (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Kidderminster (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Knight Errant (offered)
1000 to 5 agst Laird (offered)
1000 to 5 agat Rel Tub (offered)
1000 to 5 agst East Lancashire (offered)
1000 to 5 agat Donaldbain (offered)
1000 to 5 agst King Victor (offered)
1000 to 5 agat Minster 801 l (offered)
2000 to 100 agst Lady Raglan and Goodwood coupled
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
50 to 1 agst Cecil (taken and offered)
50 to 1 agat Pietro (taken and offered)
LATEST SCRATCHINGS.

Forlorn Stakes —Ltirleij.

Sweepstakes of 30 Soya—Scottish Queen and Alabama.
Sweepstakes of 500 SOTS —Maid of Masham f, Drake's
dam c, Clarissa f, Athanor, Martyr, Chillianwallab, Scot-
tish Queen, Miss Sarah c, Vladimir, and Lurley C.
Granby Stakes—Artemis, Burford, Candidate, and
Portsmouth.

Rutlani Stakes—Hoplite, Goodwood, and Scottish
Queen.

October Handicap—Cheltenham, King Charming,
Lucifer, King Victor, Michael de Basco, Laneret, Lozenge,
Fair Star, Sea Serpent, Jenny, Charnwood, Vale Royal,
The Parson, Sunstroke, and Narino.

THIRD EDMON.

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