The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-02 00:00:00

ZLEOTION INTELIGEN.U.

thocKToN.—The Conservatives- of the new parliamen•
u borough of Stockton-on -Tees have invited Lord Ernest
Vane Tempest to come forward as a candidate for its
representation, in opposition to Mr. Joseph Dodds, who
has been selected by the Liberals. It is not yet known
whether his lordship will accede to the request.

IVEXFORD.—It ;$ stated that Sir James Power will
not again seek the suffrages of the electors, but intends
retiring in favour of his eldest son. Mr. Matthias Aidan
Maher, of Ballinkeel, is spoken of as a second Liberal
candidate for the county in connection with young Mr.
Power.

ENNIS. —Mr. John Dunbar: of the Temple, London, the
ex-Indian judge, will be a candidate for the representation
of this borough. The learned gentleman was prevented
by certain influences from accepting the requisition of in-
vitation sent him a few days previous to the last election,
and his future candieature is looked on as a certainty by a
large section.

MR. COB.DEN AND THE REPRESENTATION

OF MINORITIES.

The following later, which was written by Mr. Cobden
a few days previous to his death, has been sent by Mr,
T. B. Potter, M.P., to the Times:—
"23, Suffolk street, Pall-mall, March 22, 1865.

"My dear Potter,—l return Mill's letter. Everything
from him is entitled to respectful consideration ; but T
confess, after the best attention to the proposed representa-
tion of minorities which I can give it, I am so stupid as to fail
to see its merits. He speaks of 50,000 electors having to
elect five members, and that 30,000 may elect them all, and
to obviate this he would give the 20,000 minority two votes.
But I would give only one vote to each elector, and one re-
presentative to each constituency. Instead of the 50,000
returning five in a lump, I would have five constituencies of
10,000, each returning one member. Thus, if the metropolis,
for example, were entitled with a fair distribution of elec-
toral power to forty votes, I would divide it into forty
districts or wards, each to return one member, and in this
way every class and every variety of opinion would have a
chance of a fair representation. Belgravia, Marylebone,
St. James's, St. Giles's, Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Sze.,
would each and all have their members. I don't know
any better plan for giving all opinions a chance of being
heard ; and, after all, it is opinions that are to be repre-
sented. If the minority have a faith that their opinions
and not those of the majority are the true ones, then let
them agitate and discuss until their principles are in
the ascendant. This is the motive for political
action and the healthy agitation of public life. Ido
not like to recognise the necessity of dealing with
working men as a class in an extension of the franchise.
The small shopkeeper and the artisan of the towns are
socially on a level. The subject is, however, too large for
a sheet of notepaper.—Believe me, yours very truly,
" Mr. Thomas B. Potter." " RICHARD COBDEN.

MR. DISRAELI AT HALTON.

The Prime Minister opened an industrial exhibition at
Halton, near Tring, on Monday. It was promoted by
Lady de Rothschild, who, with the other ladies of her
family, formed themselves into a committee, which was
for the encouragement of home-made articles of all kinds.
The promised presence of Mr. Disraeli invested the pro-
ceedings with some popularity, and amongst those present
were Nliss Burdett Coutts, Lord and Lady Essex, Sir
Anthony and Lady de Rothschild, and the other members
of their family, Mr. J. A. Smith, M.P., the Bishop of
Oxford, Archdeacon Bickersteth, and Alderman Salomons.
After a few preliminary remarks Mr. DISRAELI said :
Some of you know well that there are many instances of
art and manufacture in which this part of the world has
not only not been deficient, but even has excelled. The
lace of Buckinghamshire, especially of late years, has vied
with that of the Low Countries, and we have shown at
public exhibitions specimens that have rivalled with
success the products of Mechlin and Valenciennes. In
one part of the county there is a department of furniture
in which we have been signally successful, namely, in the
productions that our beechwood permits us, particu-
larly in the chairs which we have sent to most parts of
England, and even to our colonies. Our embroidery will
vindicate its claims to the approbation of those whom
I now address. There is also, lam told, one other
manufacture which I shall myself witness with very great
interest, and which I think we must all observe with no
common feeling, for it is the product of a very ancient
manufacture in this county, though little known out
of it, and not so much as it ought to be within it—l
mean the silk manufacture which now flourishes in
our county town of Aylesbury. To-day we are to witness
specimens of the art which I believe for beauty have
rarely been equalled ; and I have no doubt myself that the
account which has reached me of them is_not exaggerated _
',,inUittei:colOnia,Thecapite I understand tllst_ my silk -74'
tiitureic.at Aylesbury competes successfully in the
French Market, exports his productions to France where
they are welcomed, and whence they are re-exported
back to England and bought with admiration in
Regent-street as prime samples of the fashionable
French looms. (Laughter.) Under these encouraging
' circumstances, then, I think we need not despair of that
manufacture flourishing more and growing largely in our
good county of Buckingham. To-day there is a very
great effort to recognise success in all these various
branches of industry, to stimulate to future effort and
excellence. There are, lam given to understand, nearly
200 medals to be distributed to-day--one certainly of gold,
many of the sister precious metal, and a considerable
)er which, in enduring material (bronze), will
semorate the name and achievements of the
ssful competitors for each prize. Allow me
moment to touch upon the interesting character of
)ene before us. In what can the various classes of
)omplicated but admirably-devised society be better
I than for purposes like the present, and for ends
his which we are all anxious to accomplish? How
better than meetings merely for some, perhaps,
pastime, are gatherings like this, which fulfil the
purpose of filling a void which all have experienced and
felt, and desired to have filled, but which the generosity
and tastes and intelligence of those who should give a
colour and form to the society in which they live have
hitherto been deficient in affording. (Cheers.) Detaining
you just a moment longer, I will take advantage of the
position which I now unexpectedly occupy, and announce
the complete inauguration of the industrial exhibition of
Halton and its neighbourhood, and I ask you to accom-
pany us to witness the triumph of the industry of the vale
of Aylesbury.

EARLY CORN. —On Monday some fully-grown ears
of wheat, taken from fields at Ditton and Lower Bebing.
ton, near Liverpool, were exhibited on 'Change at Liver
pool.

Near Cologne, in the circle of Sieg, a tremen-
dous hailstorm, accompanied by a waterspout, three days
back devastated the territories of about twenty villages.
The wind, which was extremely violent, tore up oaks of
more than a hundred years old, and blew down several
dwelling-houses.

Count Ir‘ndas de Zaluski, a Saxon sculptor, has
just died at Dresden of wounds received in a duel. Among
the principal works of the deceased are busts of the
Emperor and Empress of Austria, presented in 1867 to
Napoleon 111. The count engaged in 1836 as a volunteer
in a regiment of cavalry, and was shortly afterwards made
officer for his bravery at Sadowa.

A RIGOROUS PENANCE.—A local paper tells a
strange tale about the monastery at Laleham, under the
control of Father Ignatius. A man, supposed to be one
of the "brothers," has been placed in the garden at the
rear of the monastery, and tied up with a rope as though
he were a dog, with an earthenware saucer placed before
him to drink out of. He was there four days and nights,
being obliged to lie on the ground. It is added that the
wretched individual was doing penance for having killed
a swallow.—Pall Mall Gazette.

WHIT-MONDAY.—It is probably some years since
the Whitsuntide holiday-making was so extensive and so
general. The refulgent summer weather, which, coming
before its time, has rendered the month of May in 1868
remarkable in meteorological annals, rendered the
country so attractive that excursion trains to the sea-
side, omnibuses, vans, coaches, steamboats, were all
crowded. At the Crystal Palace there were no fewer
than 36,000 visitors, and that may be taken as a sample
of the attendance at every other point of attraction in the
suburban districts.

THE WEATHER IN IRELAND.—WO have never
seen anything to equal the present appearance of the
country at this period of the year. The oldest farmers say
that a better prospect never was visible of so early and
abundant a harvest. The late rain has done wonders in
forwarding the potato and grain crops. In several gardens
about the town some excellent specimens of new potatoes
—considering the early season of the year—have been
dug. Indeed, they will soon cease to be a luxury should
the present weather continue. The oat, wheat, and barley
crops look exceedingly promising, and the grass crop will
be an exceedingly heavy one. Large sowings have been
made and are making of turnips. Fruit of all kinds pro-
mises to be exceedingly plentiful. All nature wears a
gay aspect, and we have much to be thankful for in re-
ceiving at the hands of a kind Providence such favourable
and seasonable weather.—Stigo Indcpodent.

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MAJESTY'S OPERA.
(THEATRE-ROYAL, Daufty-LANE).
3ldlle. CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG.
THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), June 2 (last time), Rossini's
Opera.
LA GAZZA. LADRA.
Gianetto, Signor Bettiui; Fernando, Mr. Santley; Podesta,
Signor Foli; Isacco, Mr Lyall; Fabrizio, Signor Zoboli; Il
PrAore, Signor Casaboni; Antonio, Signor Agretti; Giorgio,
Signor Ballosca; Lucia, Mdlle Hersee ; Pippo, Madame Trebelli-
Bettini ; and Ninetta, Mdlle Kellogg.
Conductor—Signor A raiti.
Doors open at Eight o'clock; commence at half-past Eight.
Stalls, One Guinea; Amphitheatre Stalls, 7s, and 55.; Reserved
Box Seats, 10s. 61, Gallery, 2s. 6d.
Boxes, stalls, and places may be obtained at the new Box-
°Mo.° of Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (second
cbor from Pall-mall), open daily from 10 till 5, under the super-
inf endence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal,
Drury-lane (tin ler the portico in Bryd.9,•es-street), open from 10
till S. Tickets also at all Librarians' and Music-sellers'.

IUORNING PERFORMANCE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH.

Titiens—Nil.ss'on v Kellogg.
IL DON GIOVANNI.
D3or3 open at half-past One, commence at Two o'clock pre

Boxes, Stalls, and placea at the Box-office of Her ‘Tajesty's
Opera, at Her Majesty's Theatre, and Theatre-Royal Drury-

II iR MAJESTY'S OPERA,

A'FRE R,OYA L, II A Y A.R KE T.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstono.
T3IS EVENING. THE LADIES' CHAMPION. Mr. Ken-
dal, Mr. W. Gor.lon, Miss lone Burke, and Miss F. Wright.
To be followed by A HERO OF ROMANCE. Characters
by 113,3,:5. SJt lern. Buelcstane, Compton, Chippendale, Roger:,,
Mes:lvws Robertson, Fitzwilliam, Chippendale,
Dalton, DINV3, Daubigny.
Conr_dudiag with A 00-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. Messrs.
Cxn:non and Kendal; Mesdames Chippendale, Dalton, Lewin,
&e.