The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 8, 1868.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7.

The race established by Mr. Blenkirou has been
called the Second Derby. It would be more correct
to say it was a Derby trial, as some of the best of
the year are there supposed to contend for the
honour of being first favourite for the Epsom event,
besides the line it gives to the running of others
who are absentees.

Mr. Merry's Belladrum, who had incurred a

penalty of 71b, was struck out on Monday, and the
penalised horses who ran on this occasion were
Ryshworth, Badsworth, and Pretender. The dark
horses who came with a great private reputation
-were Pero Gomez and King Cophetua from Sir
Joseph Hawley's stable, and Wild Oats belonging
to the Duke of Hamilton. 'rho latter a leggy but
rather short horse, standing apparently 17 hands,
was, on the strength of a great trial with Leonie,
made the favourite, Pero Gomez, a very muscular
but rather common-looking son of Beadsman, run-
nf.ng him second. The field was a strong one, 21
runners coming to the post, and in addition to
the above-mentioned there were Scottish Queen,
a Blair Athol filly, Consternation, by the same sire,
and King Cophetua. There was not much calling
for description in the race itself, as Pero Gomez
was always in front, attended by Scottish Queen,
and the favourite, Wild Oats, never showed pronii-

nently in the hunt. Sir Joseph Hawley's colt won
very easily from Scottish Queen, and .the estima-
tion his victory was held in may be gathered from
the fact that 100 to 15 was taken about him for the
Derby.

A feature in the race was the reappearance of
the colours of the Duke of Beaufort on Scottish
Queen, whom his Grace, we believe, has leased
from her breeder, Mr. a. Dawson, during her rac-
ing career.
The Beaufort Stakes of 150 sovs each, h ft, for three year
olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b; untried allowed 31b,
if both sib ; R.M. ; 6 subs.
Mr Merry 's Phcebus (51b), by Thormanby, Bst 51b (car.
71b) (Daley) 1
Sir tt.W.l3ulkeley's Sir David Gain, Bst 1 01b....(Goater) 2
Lord Stamford's Happy Thought (51b), Bst llb
(Hammond) 3
Betting-5 to 4on Phoebus, and sto 2 agst Sir David
Gam. Won by three lengths.
The Bedford Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for two year
olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; winners of a sweep-
stakes amounting to 500 sovs with ten subscribers or
upwards 71b, all other winners of sweepstakes or plates
31b extra; weights accumulative; Bretby Stakes Course:
8 subs.
Count Batthyany's Typhon, by Weatherbit, Bst 101 b
(Morris) 1
Admiral Rolls's Amara, Bst 71b (Fordham) 2
Mr Pryor's Misadventure, Bst 101 b (inc. 31b extra)
(T, French) 3
Count F. de Lagrange's Masaniello, 9st 31b (inc. 51b ex.)
(Grimshaw) 4
Baron Rothschild's Wildbad, Bst 131 b (inc. 3ib extra)
(Daley) 5
Betting-5 to 4 agst Amara, 4to 1 each agst Typhon
and Masaniello. Won very cleverly.
A Handicap of 10 soya each, for two and three year olds ;

T.Y.C.

Mr C. Head's Bonnie Katie, by King of Trumps, 2 yrs,
7st 41b (liuxtable) 1
Mr Padwick's Lady Cecilia, 2 yrs, Bst 51b (Fordham) 2
Mr Crawley's Compromise, 2 yrs, 6st 41b (Wyatt) 3
The following also ran :—Tiatchment, Milton, Cork
Jacket, Ritualist, Brother to Cambuscan, Aptitude, Vaux-
hall, Bretby, Pompeii, Young Melbourne colt, Topsy.
Betting-6 to 1 agst Milton, 7to 1 each agst Pompeii
and Compromise, 10 to 1 each agst Cork Jacket and Ritu-
alist, and 100 to 8 agst Brother to Cambuscan. Won by
a neck.

The Windsor Stakes of 20 sovs each, 11 ft, for two year
olds; colts 9st, fillies Bst 101 b; winners of 300 sovs 31b,
of 500 71b extra ; T.Y.C. 13 subs.
Count F. de Lagrange's Masaniello, by Ventre St. Gris,
9st 31b (inc. 31b ex) (Grimshaw) 1
Mr Joseph Dawson's ch f Electricity, Bst 101 b
(T. French) 2
Captain Machell's Champagne Charlie, 9st...(Fordliatn) 3
Mr Chaplin's Scimitar, 9st (Custance) 4

Betting-6 to 4 agst Masaniello, 2to 1 agst Electricity,
and 4to 1 agst Champagne Charlie. Won by half a

length.
A Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft. ; a
winner of a handicap after September 29th to carry bib
extra ; T.Y.O.
Mr J. Wood's Verity, by Sedbury, 4 yrs, Gst 61b

(Butler) 1
Duke of Hamilton's Leonie, 3 yrs, 9st 41b ...(Challoner)
Lord Westmoreland's Indian Star, 5 yrs, Bst...(Kenyon) 3
The following also ran :—Victress, Out and Outer, and
Patrician.
Betting-2 to 1 against Verity, sto 1 agst Indian Star,

6to 1 agst Leonie, and 100 to 13 agst Victress. Won by a
length.
The Middle Park Plate of 1,000 sovs, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for two year olds ; colts
Bst 91b, fillies and geldings Bst Gib; winners of a stake
value 1,000 soya 71b, of 300 41b extra; maidens at start-
ing allowed 31b; the second to receive 200 soya, and
the third 100 out of the stakes ; Bretby Stakes Course ;

180 subs.
Sir Joseph Hawley's Pero Gomez, by Beadsman, Bst (lb
(.J. Adams) 1
Duke of Beaufort's Scottish Queen, Bst 31b (Fordham) '2
Mr J. Johnstone's Pretender, Bst 131 b (including 41b ox.)
(Osborne) 3
Lord A ilesbury's Bribery filly, Bst 31b (Challoner) 0
Count Batthyany's Typhon, Bst 9lb (Morris) 0
Sir B. W. Bulkeley's Tasman, Bst 91b (Goater) 0
Mr Chaplin's Brother to Chattanooga, Bst 61b (ea Bst 101 b) 0
(Custance) 0
Mr Cornish's ch. c. Consternation, Bst 61b... (H. Covey) 0
Duke of Hamilton's Wild Oats, Bst 6lb (Norman) 0
Sir J. Hawley's King Cophetua, Bst 61b (T. French) 0
Mr G. Holmes's b. f. Lady Dewhurst, Bst 61b (Snowden) 0
Mr T. Jennings's Perryllown, Bst 61b.. ... . (Parry) U
Mr J. Johnstone's Derventio, Bst Glb (Cameron) 0
Mr G. Jones's The Drummer, Bst 61b (Page) 0
Count P. de Lagrange's Lo Saphir, Bst 61b (car. Bst 71b)
(Urimshaw) 0
Captain Machell's The Priest, Bst 61b (Jeffery) 0
Mr Naylor's Chatsworth, Bst 61b (Kenyon) 0
Mr Naylor's Lurline, Bst 31b .. (Butler) 0
Mr H. Savile's Ityshworth, Oat 21b (inc. 71b extra
(Daley) 0
Dr Shorthouse's Crucifixion filly, Bst 31b (Cannon) 0
Prince Soltykoff's Badsworth, Bst 131 b (inc. 41b extra)
(J. Mann) 0

Betting-5 to 2 agst Wild Oats, 100 to 30 agst Pero
Gomez, 6 to 1 agst King Cophetua, 10 to 1 agst Scottish
Queen, and 100 to 8 each agst Pretender and the Cru-
cifixion filly.

At the third attempt they got away on excellent terms,
and ran widely spread for a few strides, when The Priest
went to the front, followed by Brother to Chattanooga,
Perry Down, Badsworth, and Sir Joseph's two, the latter
holding a position in the centre of the course, to the left of
whom were seen the colours of the favourite, the Cruci-
fixion filly, Pretender, Typhon, Scottish Queen, and Rysh-
worth in a body; the others, headed by Lurline, The
Drummer, and Lady .Dewhurst, lying close in their track.
Approaching the Bushes hill the two leaders disappeared
from the front, and for a brief period Perry Down held

the command; but he immediately after surrendered his
pride of place to Pero Gomez and his stable companion,
the pair having Badsworth, the Crucifixion filly, Pre-
tender, and Scottish Queen as their immediate followers,
into the Abingdon Mile-bottom. Here King Cophetua
died away, and his place was then taken by the Duke of
Beaufort's filly on the left, Pretender, with the Crucifixion
filly, Wild Oats, and Lady Dewhurst alone being in the
race. Half way in the rails Fordham brought up Scottish
Queen, and for a stride or two appeared to have an equal
chance with the cherry jacket, bat it was only momentary
as Pero Gomez, 'answering with great gameness when
called upon, quitted his opponent and won with great ease
by half a length ; Pretender finished a bad third ; the
Crucifixion filly, who ran past the pulling up horses, was
fourth, Wild Oats fifth, Lady Dewhurst sixth, Perry
Down seventh, The Drummer eighth, King Cophetua
ninth, and Consternation next; The Priest, Brother to
Chattanooga, Le Saphir, Badsworth, and Derventio last,
beaten off.

The Select Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for three yr olds;
colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; winners of any ono of the
following stakes 51b, of any two of them 101 b extra—
viz., the Two Thousand Guineas or One Thousand
Guineas Stakes at Newmarket, the Derby or Oaks at
Epsom, the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Ascot, the Great
Yorkshire Stakes at York, and the St. Leger or Don
Stakes at Doncaster; ; 6 subs.
Count Batthyany's b c Typhceus, by Stockwell, Bst 121 b
(Morris) 1
Lord Stamford's Vale Royal, 9st lib (inc 51b extra)
(Hearttield) 2
Betting--5 to 2on Typhceus, who made his own running
and won in a canter by ten lengths.
The Oatlands Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous, for three year
olds and upwards ; Cambridgeshire Course.
Baron Rothschild's Nyanza, by King Toni, 3 yrs, Est 71b
(Wyatt) 1
Mr Hughes's Macduff, 3 yrs, Est (Studheart) 2
Mr W. M. Lambourne's Morning Star, 3 yrs, 6st 410
(Rolfe) 3
The following also ran :—Silenus, Professor Anderson,
Sycee, Chivalry, Fakir, Artesian, Maid of Masham cult,
Realite, and Eoughboy.
Butting-4 to 1 each agst Silenus and Nyanza, sto 1
each agst Professor Anderson and Macduff, and 8 to 1
agst Chivalry. Won toy three lengths.
A Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for two year oils;
colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b, not engaged in the July,
Chesterfield, Rutland, Clear well, or Prenderg t.st Stakes ;
winners of 200 sews or upwards 51b extra ; maidens
allowed 51b ; the second to save his stake ; Criterion

Course. 7 subs.
Lord Falmouth's Nightjar, bfWild Dayrell (Challoner) 1
Mr ?ryor's Becky Sharp (H. Covey) 2
Mr Heene's AttieNano (J. Adams) 3

Betting-5 to 4 agst Nightjar, and 5 to 2 agst Athol-
stunt). Morris weighed for Queen Esther, but elle bolted

towards the enclosure on the flat, and did not get up to
the post in time to start. Won by two lengths.

LATEST BETTING.
DERBY.

7to 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken freely)
MIDNIG H.T BETTING.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
6to 1 agst Cecil (offered)
20 to 1 agst Restitution (taken)
20 to 1 agst Warrington
20 to 1 agst Mortemer (taken and offered)
1000 to 25 agst Monarch of the Glen (after 1000 to 30
had been laid)
1000 to 60 agst Lady Coventry (taken)
33 to 1 agst Boanerges (offered)
1000 to 15 agst Vauban
1000 to 15 agst Hermit
1000 to 15 agst Mercury
1000 to 15 agst Paul Jones (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Planet (taken)

2111. CARD WELL AT OXFORD.

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On Tuesday evening last a dinner of Oxford
Oddfellows was held in the Town-hall, under the
presidency of the Mayor, when Mr. Cardwell at-
tended, and the new candidates for the represen-
tation of the city—Dr. Deane and Mr. Vernon
Harcourt—were also present. The supporters of
both gentlemen mustered in considerable numbers.

In acknowledging the toast of " The City
Members,"

Mr. CARDWELL said—The first thought that oc-
curs to me on rising to address you to-night is the
regret with which I reflect that this is probably the
last public occasion on which my name will be
coupled with that of the colleague with whom I
have ever acted with entire confidence and un-
broken friendship. (Cheers.) Whether we have
been engaged in prosecuting what we have believed
to be measures calculated to promote the general
welfare of the country, or whether we have been
employed in pursuing those of a local character,
from which we hoped advantage or profit would be
derived by our constituents at Oxford, I have
always acted with the most perfect. harmony with
Mr. Neate. (Cheers.) I heard with the greatest
regret the determination that he expressed to relin-
quish the seat he filled, and we shall both look back
with pleasurable feelings upon the time we spent
together in your service. You will have daily
opportunities in my past colleague's future career
as a citizen of testifying how large a share he
still retains of your confidence and regard; and
I think I may be permitted to say that I am quite
sure his vacant place will be seen with regret in the
House of Commons—where his ability has been re-
cognised, and where his many excellent qualities
have attracted to him a large share of friendship
and esteem. (Cheers.) Were Ito mention one of
those qualities in preference to others, I should
select a certain sort of chivalric courage, which
always prompts him, regardless of every other con-
sideration, to give expression to the honest thoughts
of his mind, and express sentiments prompted by
generosity and justice. (Cheers.) The chairman
has alluded to the desirability of excluding politics,
and also to the necessity of curtailing the speeches
as much as possible to allow the ladies the opportu-
nity of participating in a dance. The former sug-
gestion reminds me of a remark I heard in the
house of Commons. We had come, after a weary
debate, to the hour of midnight, and the question
was whether we should adjourn or whether we
should finish the debate. The hoase was, pro tem-
pore, in the hands of an amusing member from the
sister island. We urged him to go on. He replied
that he had carefully calculated what he had to say,
and it was all one whether he said it then or at some
future time, but he thought if he attempted he
could " compress it into five hours." (Laughter.)
I will not detain you if possible for more
than as many minutes. My friends here—
Dr. Deane and Mr. Vernon Harcourt—have
had the advantage of inhaling the pleasant
breezes of Scotland ; I will not be the one to facili-
tate their return to the region of politics, and I
will touch upon nothing which will interrupt the
harmony of those present. My friend Mr. Neate
has been occupied with the Social Science Congress
at Birmingham. I will not disparage that excellent
association, at which Mr. Vernon Harcourt has
filled so distinguished a part ; but perhaps I may
be permitted to say that by your favour, and in
obeCience to your commands, Mr. Neat e and my-
self have been members of a far more important
Social Science Association, which has had the
power of carrying into effect the proposals it has
made, and in respect to which we may look back
on the past with some satisfaction, and to the future
with a great deal of hope and confidence. The two
principal measures of the last quarter of a cen-
tury, for which this existing Parliament has been
distinguished, have been measures of a " Social
Science" character. They have now, I think, both
ceased to be questions of controversy, and there-
fore I thiuk without fear I may refer to them with-
out touching upon prohibited ground. One has
of many burdens
satelPd— hindered the com-
bweheinehthfeettreermedovtahle, sitnedpusbtyry
com-
forts of all classes of the community, but chiefly
those who lived by labour. It was my fortune to
enter Parliament first just at that particular time,
that all my earliest votes were given in furtherance
of the just measures of that policy, the result
of which has been like the meal and
cruse of oil of the widow sent to Elijah, as re-
corded in Holy Scripture ; it has furnished abun-
dant cause of comfort to the community
at large, and, instead of diminishing, it has rather
tended to increase the revenue received by the
Treasury. (Cheers.) The other measure is that
which has just been passed for admitting into the
benefits and privileges of the franchise much larger
M
classes of the community. My belief is also that an
impulse will be given to the consideration of ques-
tions of a social character. Of these no doubt the
chief will be the question of education. That ques-
tion is nowhere so interesting as it is in Oxford, nor
has there been any time when it has been more in-
teresting than at that when I now address you. It
is a source of great satisfaction to me to believe that
the citizens of Oxford are now engaged in amicable
communication with the authorities of the Univer-
sity with a view to the extension of the advantages
of University education in a manner that will be
satisfactory not only to the University and the city
of Oxford, but eminently conducive to the general
welfare of the country. Historians tell us that long
ago, before the Colleges were built, the number of
students in this university was so much greater
than we have known it of late years, that some
writers put it at a number eqaal to the whole of
the present population—over 30,000. That, I think,
must be a manifest exaggeration, but at the same
time we have reason to believe that formerly
the number of students was much greater than
it has been of late years. An ancient writer, in
referring to those times, says there was " a com-
pany of varlets who shuffled themselves in who
were not scholars at all, but only pretended
to be scholars," and he goes on to say " they
gave the burghers a great deal of trouble." Now,
my hope is not that the consequence of the presen t
University extension will be to equal the number of
students as recorded by Anthony Wood, but that
the mayor and corporation will find the quality
better—(cheers)—that we shall have an increase of
excellent students, who, so far from creating any
trouble for the burghers, will be as welcome to the
citizens of Oxford as they will to the authorities of
the University. (Loud cheers.) I look for four
advantages chiefly from these various changes. In
the first place, the University extension should yield
an increase of the high style of learning, which is
properly called academical, among a much larger
circle of the community than have hitherto enjoyed
it, so that instead of being a privilege to the few
it may in future be the possession and inheritance
of many. (Cheers.) The second advantage I hope
will be that the increase in the higher education
may not be limited to those who have the direct en-
joyment of it, bat that, percolating by the influence
of one class to the teachers of another, it may com-
municate itself throughout the whole, and improve
the character of the teaching of the country.
(Cheers.) As a third advantage, I hope that
those large educational charities which are scat-
tered through the country, and which it is my con-
viction contribute much less than they might, may
be so to contribute to the furtherance of the designs
for which they were originally founded, in the

benefit of the community at large. (Cheers.)
Fourthly, but not least, I hope that the education
of every class will be good of its kind—the " pH-
m,ry," as it is called, the secondary, and the highest
—and that there will be established that connection
and inter-dependence which will enable talent and
merit, in whatever strata of society they may be
found, to have the utmost facility of rising to the
highest station to which they can advance. (Loud
cheers.) I believe we shall in a few years in a
great measure attain this, and then I trust that
the education of this country may fairly be com-
pared to a pyramid, of which the broad basis shall
be co-extensive to the whole body of the people
—of which the parts shall be completely cemented
and compacted together—of which the Uni-
versities, and not the least this one, shall be the
apex and the capital. (Cheer. 3.) I would just observe
to you, upon the events which have happened within
the last week in a neighbouring country of Europe,
that when you see, first the navy, and then the
army, and next the people, all, as if by one consent,
rising in rebelling against their Government—When
you see, without a conflict worthy of the name, a
Sovereign in exile and a Government overthrown
does it not awaken in your hearts a .ease of the
deepest thankfulness, and a sense of the inestimable
blessings of that people whose Queen is enthroned
in the hearts and affections of her subjects, whose
government is founded upon a broad and pcpu]ar
basis, and the conduct of whose affairs is guided by
the wishes and convictions of the community ?
(Cheers.) I will only, in conclusion, repeat on the
part of my friend and colleague and myself our sin-
cere thanks for the kind manner in which you have
been pleased to receive the mention of our names,
and say to you that so long as it is your pleasure
that I should be one of the representatives of the
city of Oxford, so long shall I endeavour Co the
utmost of my ability to promote every measure of
rational improvement and progress, and more espe-
cially those which most concern the community in
which we live. (The right hon. gentleman resumed
his seat amid loud cheers.)

Dr. DEANE and Mr. VERNON HARCOURT also ad
dressed the assembly, who drank their healths
enthusiasm.

AIR. A? KLNIS 'S ,SPEECH.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)

Edward Atkinson admits that the figures in his
now celebrated speech on the United States Debt
were arranged to answer the Democratic charge of
extravagance brought against the ruling Republi-
This is tantamount to saying that they were
arranged to support the most favourable coucl'i-
sions for his clients, but be asserts their official
character being furnished by the lion. David
Wells, Special Revenue Commissioner. His weak
point has been seized on and exposed, and we may ob-
serve, most grossly misrepresented. He adds to the
Debt as it stood on the Treasury books on the Ist of
April, 1b65, the liabilities the Government had then
incurred, and the expenses of the Army and Navy
department for fifteen months thereafter, thus
arriving at the grand total of more than three and
a quarter thousand millions of dollars. Instantly his
conclusion that over eight hundred millions of the
national debt had been liquidated since the war is
stated to be reached by adding to the debt on the
Ist April the whole Government expenditure for the
next 15 months, amounting to $920,000,000. The
wonder is said to be that he stopped at fifteen
months, and did not add the full three years' ex-
penditure. Mr. Wells on this is declared to be so
dishonest that had these figures been given by any
Etiglish politician he would never thereafter have
dared to show his face i❑ the public streets. We
would strongly recommend the London Globe not
to take as a text the assertions of the Standard's
correspondent, and write its " snippetty" articles
thereon, for it was betrayed laast Saturday into a
series of absurd blunders by so doing. In the first
place, Mr. Wade had nothing to do with Mr.
Atkinson's speech. Next, it was not Mr. Wells'
speech ; it was that of Edward Atkinson, of Bos-
ton, known for the most able reply ever made to
the repudiators, as well sustained and complete an
argument as has been brought before the public.
Finally, the assertion that Mr. Atkinson added the
total Government expenditure for fifteen months,
which amounted to over nine hundred millions, is
a shameful perversion of Mr. Atkinson's facts. The
writer had not read a word of what the speaker had
said. He did not know where, when, or by whom
the speech was made, but be accepts the dictum of
an amusing writer, though one as unreliable as he is
inimical to the United States. We may ask the Globe
if the British expense for the Abyssinian expedition
ended with the fall of Magdala, the death of the
King,and the surrender of the prisoners? Suppose the
British Treasury showed its outlay for the expedi-
tion up to that day, would financiers be justified
in asserting that there ended the expenses ? There
were transports to return and be discharged ; there
were accounts for contracts entered into but not
concluded to be settled ; the army had to be
brought back ; extra batta paid to officers and men ;
and, though there were few wounded, still liabilities
for rewards and pensions were incurred. We ven-
ture to state that the heaviest portion of the out-
lay fell on the Treasury after the national success,
as was the case in the United States ; and this fact
is shown in Mr. Atkinson's figures, though not in
the correspondent's letter, who desired to prove his
own untruthful assertion. In the quarter com-
prised between the Ist April and the 30th June,
1865, on orders of the War Department the Treasury
disbursed $414,196,377, or nearly a half of the
total for the fifteen months. The sum for the next
quarter was upwards of $165,000,000, and the
amount within six months of the Confederate sur-
render paid on army account alone was just
$580,000,000. Is not that the war cost, and: could it
fairly be charged as the ordinary Government ex-
penditure ? Mr. Atkinson says it cannot, and
estimates it as he does the disbursement of the
Navy Department, as part of the war debt. He
goes further, for he includes the pensions, bounties,
and even cemeteries for the soldiers killed. But
when the correspondent writes, and the Globe
follows, that he made up his total by adding the
immense sum which had not been incurred up to the
Ist of 'April, 1865, but which was afterwards
expended by the Government within fifteen
months, they misrepresent Mr. Atkinson. That
gentleman, who anticipates this misrepresentation,
states that the war expenses under wholly different
circumstances would have amounted to a moderate
sum, which he has not deducted, as there was au
extraordinary expenditure of between forty and
fifty millions for the Indian war and harbour im-
provements which he put down as a set off. This
is very different from all the Government disburse-
ments, and when they ask why he restricted it to
fifteen months, and did not add the further Govern-
ment expenditure of the 24 months since then
elapsed, we answer, because it was within the former
period that the United States paid off and disbanded
their million of Union soldiers. The marvel is that
they succeeded in doing it so quickly, and we ven-
ture to say that even the paltry expedition into
Abyssinia will not be finally settled for many a
month to come. Indeed Mr. Atkinson might fairly
have extended the period of extraordinary expendi-
ture. His fault perhaps is in not having deducted
from the total the ratio of cost now incurred by the
army and navy for the fifteen months. But in com-
mon fairness this should have been explained by
those who prefer charges so strong against both
him and Mr. Wells. The Special Commissioner,
however, had nothing to do with Op cooking of
these accounts, as the correspondent terms it, and
even did the results wholly misrepresent the subject
this would form no reason for Mr. Wells not showing
his face in the streets. The plan and arrangement,said
Mr.Atkinson,are mine; but the data was furnished by
Mr. Wells. The questions the former put were an-
swered by the latter, and for errors of figures only
Mr. Wells is to blame. But these people have not
attacked the figures, but only the way in which they
were used ; yet this, Mr. Atkinson says, was his
way, forwhich he would claim credit or bear blame.
Still the Globe never even alludes to Mr. Atkinson,
treating the speech as that of a Mr. Wells, on data
furnished by a Mr. Wade, but what Wells or what
Wade is not indicated, and for the best of reasons
—the writer did not know. Here, then, we have a
London evening daily, said to be inspired by the

cans.