The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-30 00:00:00

vative vote

Abel Smith's bill and similar measures, art,
acconi log the habit of acting together, suffered themselvet
to be prejudiced against Mr. Samuel Morley as soon as
his candidature became probable, and were already toe
far committed to a course when, as soon as he appeared,
he stated that, in perfect consistency with his advocacy of
temperance, his votes on subjects of social legislation
would be given with constant respect for the rights and
liberties of all classes. By such a combination as this the
Conservative candidate_has been returned, and the result-
may possibly encourage Mr. Disraeli to mix a phrase
about the " poor man's beer " with his " No Popery " cry
at the next election. But the Bristol election cannot be
quoted, except in utter ignorance, as a manifestation in
his favour. He gets one vote by it during the next month
or two, and that is all.

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The Standard is in eestacies over the Conservative
triumph at Bristol. Of course, it says, attempts will be
made to explain away the meaning of Mr. Miles's return,
but no one will be, deceived by them, and they will give
but scant comfort to the Duke of Argyll and the other
Radical leaders who are hungering to handle again the
loaves and f sties. It cannot be denied that Bristol is a
large town, and consequently especially entitled, according
to the Radical creed, to speak for the country. The,
Radicals cannot attribute their defeat to any want of
organisation. They have had Bristol in their own hands
for twenty years, and returned whomsoever they pleased.
They had a candidate after their own heart, rich, with
that most attractive repute for a certain class of voters,
of a very liberal expenditure at Nottingham, a
Dissenter like Sir Morton Peto, recommended as
Mr. Bright's especial friend. At the announcement of
his candidature all the divisions in the party were healed.
Supporters of both the previous pretendants rallied enthu-
siastically round Mr. Morley, and yet, although the
country is, as we are every day told by Radical journals;
becoming decisively Radical, and submits with the utmost
reluctance to the continuance in office of the present
Ministry, Mr. Miles, the Conservative and Church can-
didate, was returned by a decisive majority. It may be
said, indeed, that the Bristol election cannot count for
anything, because it represents only the opinion of an
unreformed constituency. But if the existing con=
stituency of Bristol does not represent Bristol, then
certainly the present House of Commons, returned by
the same constituencies, does not represent the nation,
and is usurping a power, to which it morally has not the
slightest right, in attempting now to determine the ques-
tion of the Irish Church. If the Bristol election counts
for nothing as an expression of public feeling, then the
present House of Commons has no business. whatever tc
meddle with the matter. But there can he no doubt that
Bristol has spoken the feelings of the country.

The Stagy• guards its readers against certain misrepre-
sentations which may be made concerning the Bristol
election. It may, for instance, be said that llr. Mileslt
return is a proof that the policy, or no policy, of the
Government on the Irish Ohurch meets with the approva'
of the electors of Bristol. If such a statemant be pal
forward, so monstrous a fallacy will deserve universal
derision. Mr. Morley was defeated because tilt
public. house interest was unanimously arra:see
against him. The moral sense of the Bristol pub
licans was shocked at Mr. Morley's support o!
the temperance movement, and at the opinion,
he expressed in favour of closing publiC-houses on
the Sunday. Issues were raised which have nothing
whatever to do with any of those great questions which
are now agitating Parliament and the country. The
Sunday Closing Bill was dexterously used as a stalking-
horse. It has served its purpose, and may nosy be decently
laid on the shelf until it is again wanted for a similar
object.. We do not know whether yet baser acts were
resorted to; but the introduction into the town of an
organised body of roughs is a disagreeable fact which jus
tilled a suspicion that victory was more thought of than
any nice scruples as to the means by which it should be
gained.

The Nev South Wales papers announce the death
in that colony, in January last, of John Shaw Strange,
the last of the convicts concerned in the Cato•street con•
Thistlewood, the chief conspirator, was hues

spiracy
about fifty years ago.

The wives of two Cornish miners, named respeo
tively Mary Daddy and Jane Tremewen, anxious to join
their husbands iu Nova Scotia, but unable to provide the
Portion of money necessary to secure an emigration granl
from the Cornwall Central Relief Committee, wrote to he,
Majesty and acquainted her with their poverty and thou,
great desire. Inquiries were at once made as to the accu
racy of their statements, the result being that her Majesty
commanded £lO, the sum needed, to be forwarded to the
Rev. J. G: Wulff, rector of Illogan, for the use of the tvv(
humble applicants, -