The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-04 00:00:00

EXETER.

On Tuesday night Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Bow-
ring addressed a large numba of electors at Heavi-
tree. Mr. Blunt presided.
Mr. COLERIDGE, in the course of his speech,
said--I am extremely glad to meet you here to-
night,
in order to
.congratulate you upon the suc-
cess of the canvass, so far as we have as yet pro-
secuted it, and to encourage you, as I do most
heartily, as to the succc sful issue of the struggle
between the Attorney-General and my friend
Mr. Edgar Bowring and myself. (Cheers.) I
say between the Attorney-General and my
friend Mr. Bowring and myself, b.l‘cause of
my excellent friend Mr. Mills one hears
but little. his is a course of quiet, modest, retire-
ment, as far as I can snake out, in this canvass,
which, no doubt, is very gratifying to himself, and
which will be followed by a result by which on
public occasions such modesty and retirement are
usually followed. (Laughter.) 1 say the contest is
between the Attorney-General and ourselves, be-
cause I doubt if the manly and intelligent counte-
nance of my excellent friend Mr. Mills will rise on
the Exeter horizon between this and November.
(Laughter and cheers.) Between the Attorney-
General and ourselves, then, a most important and
interesting contest is going on. (Hear, hear.) I
should have been extremely glad if, after the chal-
lenge thrown down by me when I addressed some
of you at the Public Rooms, Exeter, that challenge
had brought about a definite expression of the
Attorney-General's mind upon any one of the
questions which I laid before that excellent and
learned gentleman. (Hear, hear.) But I have not
been so fortunate. I should have been glad to know
from such an eminent and learned man what
he has to say for himself, what he supposes to be
the policy of the Government on this occasion,
what measures he brings forward, and what are his
answers (if he has any) to the observations which
I made upon the all-important subject of the Irish
Church. (Cheers.) I see placarded about the streets
a sort of handbill to the effect that I am not
a Protestant, that I am a Jesuit—(laughter)—
and that as for my parallel between Scotland and
Ireland it is all nonsense—that it doesn't apply.
They say it does not apply for this reason-r-because
the two Churches in Scotland are Protestant
Churches, and if the Church of Ireland is what
they call disendowed it will at once follow that the
Pope of Rome will be established in Ireland. My
answer to that is simple and short. Whe-
ther I am a Protestant or a Jesuit I will leave
my friends to judge. That is a kind of electioneer-
ing abuse which nobody is supposed to believe,
and which, as I cannot answer by abuse, I shall
pass over—l hope the author won't be very angry
if I say it—in silent contempt. (Laughter.) But
so far as the argument is concerned it is neither
better nor worse for the person who puts it for-
ward, and it is as good published anonymously as
if it came from Mr. Gladstone or from Mr. Dis-
raeli. Now, I said before, and I wish it to be
answered if it can be, that it seemed to me there was
a perfectly fair parallel between the state of Scot-
land and the state of Ireland in this respect. I said,
" You don't govern Scotland as you have been at-
tempting for 300 years to govern Ireland ; you
know you can't do it, because Scotland wouldn't bear
it. You know that because the Scotch would not
suffer it you disestablished and disendowed the
Episcopal Church in Scotland." %The Episcopa-
lians of Scotland are now in the same position as
the Dissenters of England. They have their
bishops and their churches as the Wesleyans have
their superintendents and their chapels—no more
and no less ; they have the right to worship God
as they think proper—(hear)—and they are pro-
tected in the enjoyment of such property as indi-
vidual Episcopalians choose to leave on trusts,
which the courts of Scotland have to administer.
(Hear.) That is the state of things in Scotland,
and has been since the time of William 111. I
want to know how the supremacy of the Queen is to
be endangered in Ireland if we do there just what
has been done in Scotland? Why is not the supre-
macy of the Queen in danger there? Does any-
body pretend that the Queen, living in Balmoral, is
not supreme, or that the constitutional authority of
the Sovereign, from the time of William 11. to the
present hour, has been altered or infringed in the
slightest degree in Scotland ? Nobody pretends
that it has been. (Cheers.) Now, what is this
argument about the supremacy of the Crown
being endangered? There is in Ireland a
wealthy established Church, and there are wealthy
bishops with great cathedrals and very large endow-
ments, much of which may possibly be the grant of
private individuals in later times. This is now the

State Church, just as the Episcopal was the State
Church of Scotland in th?, time of William 111.
What Mr. Gladstone and the persons who work
with him propose to do is this :—They say,
" You have here an Established Church of a small
minority ; you have est Lblished over the whole
of Ireland a Church of whom, putting it at the
very utmost, those who follow her communion
number only 700,000 ; and you estahlis!i this
Church of the 700,000 in a population of something
near seven mil ions—you, in fact, maintain it by a
garrison of 27,000 soldiers. What we propose to
do is to disestablish that Church ; but at the same
time to leave the bishops, to leave the priests, to
leave the 700,000 people who like to worship God
in those churches just as they are now—(hear,
hear)—to leave them protected by the law,
and in full enjoyment of all they have a right
to claim—namely, liberty to worship God ac-
cording to the fashion which in their own con-
science they think right." (Applause.) But what has
that to do with the establishment of the Pope ?
Nobody proposes to give one pennypiece to the
Roman Catholics. Nobody proposes even to leave
them so well off as they are at present ; because it
is part of the arrangement that if you disendow or
disestablish one set of religionists as far as the State
is concerned, you should disendow all other sects of
religionists as far as the State is concerned. (Hear.)
And, therefore, as the State now grants some-
thing, about £30,000 a year to the Roman
Catholics for education, and about £40,000 a year to
the Presbyterians for their priests, it is proposed
that if you take away the Irish Establishment, you
should also take away what is called the Regiunz
Donlon from the Presbyterians, and the £30,000
granted for educational purposes to the Roman Ca-
tholics. You thus leave all on a perfectly equal
footing, you leave the Roman Catholics to get on
how they can, free to worship God according to the
form of Christianity which for many hundred
years they have chosen to prefer. It is not
the form of Christianity which I prefer, and it
is not the form which most of you probably
prefer ; but I shall never shrink from remind-
ing the people of this country that before they use
the stale, foolish, and uncharitable old " No-
Popery" cry they ought to recollect that they are
attacking a religion which, after all, has a greater
number of followers than any other Christian reli-
gion in the world ; and though yoa and I may
think them wrong, yet it is a thing that I will never
for a moment yield to, that because they hold a
religion which we may differ from, therefore they
should be visited with State punish:flouts which are
undoubtedly unjust and which no other religionists
suffer. What we propose to do is to put all forms
of religion in Ireland—the Church of England,
Presbyterians, Roman Catholics, Independents,
Wesleyans, and all other denominations—on pre-
cisely the same footing. (Cheers.) All that has
been left to the Irish Church in later days, I main-
tain, should be preserved to it. For instance, it
has been suggested that it would be a monstrous
thing to take away the Cathedral of St. Pa-
trick, which Mr. Guinness restored at an ex-
pense of £150,000. I agree that it would be a
monstrous thing. No one proposes that such mu-
nificent gifts should be confiscated. (near, hear.)
All that is suggested is that that which is na-
tional property, that which has come down from
ages past to the established religion of the country,
should on fair and reasonable terms be now other-
wise disposed of. No Parliament that ever existed
in the present day would listen to anything being
done in this way without making the fullest provi-
sion for existing interests of all kinds. (Cheers.)
After a few other remarks, the learned gentleman
coocluded his address amid loud cheers.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ABINGDON RACES—MuusnAr.

The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 50 added ; two
years ills Gst 7th, three Sst 51b, four Bst 121 b, five, six,
and aged 9st 21b; mares and geldings allowed 31b ;
winners of any stake amounting to 100 sovs in 18G7 or
is 31b, of 300 sovs 51b, 609 121 b extra; maiden two
years old at tho time of starting allowed 31b, three 61b,
fdtir and upwards 191 b. T. Y.U. Three-quarters of a

mile. 14 subs.
Mr Padwick's Naivete, by Stockwell—Artless, 3 yrs,
Bst 71b (in. 51b cx.) (Pordhatn) 1
Mr Morgan's Lord Ronald, 6 yrs, 9st 31b (in. 31b ox.)
(Cannon) 2
Mr T. Parr's Ecarte, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b
The following also ran :—Arlington, Maraschino, Bel-
fast, Rampart, Black Flag.

Betting-7 to 4 agst Naivete, 9to 4 agst Lord Ronald,
sto 1 agst Arlington, Bto 1 agst liearto. Wou by half a
length.

The Ladies' Plato of 30 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5
sovs each; two year olds 7st 41b, three Bst 121 b, four
9st 5113, five and upwards 9st 101 b ; mares and geldings
allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs ; if
entered for 80 sovs allowed 51b, 40 101 b, 20 111 b. Half
a mile.
Mr H. Porter's Mother Neasham, by Buccaneer—Little
Hannah, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (£2O) (Peppier) 1
Mr Bennett's Little Coates, 2 yrs, Gstillb (£2O)
(Wilson) fi 2
Mr E. Brayley's Turnover, 2 yrs, Gst 41b (.£2O)
(Killick) 3
The following also ran :—Yanina, Armada, Miss Char •
lotto colt, Country Bumpkin, Queen of Darkness, and
Lucina.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Queen of Darkness, 3to 1 agst Little
Coates, 4 to 1 agst Armada, 6 to 1 agst Yanina, 8 to 1 agst
Turnover, and 100 to 8 agst Mother Neasham. A dead
heat.

Deciding Hcat-6 to 4on Little Coates. Won cleverly
by three-quarters of a length.
The Berkshire Stakes (Handicap) of 15 sovs each, 10 ft,
with 80 added; winners of any handicap value 100 sovs
after Aug. 19 (at ten a.m) 71b, of any other race 31b ox. ;
the second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes. About
one mile and a half. 9 subs.

Mr Dover's Ligurian, by Nowminster, 3 yrs, Bst 3lb
(Mordan) 1
Sir C. Rushout's Moonbeam, 4 yrs, 9st 31b (in. 71b ex.)
(J. Adams) 2
Mr Brayley's Papillon, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Cannon) 3
Harrogate and Triana also ran.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Moonbeam, 4to 1 each agst Papil-
lon and Harrogate, 6 to 1 each agst Triana and Ligurian.
Won by a head.
Tho Marcham Park Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ;
two year olds 7st 101 b, throe 9st 71b ; fillies and geldings
allowed 31b ; maiden three year olds which have run
throe times allowed 51b; the winner to be sold for 150
sovs ; if entered for 100 soya allowed 71b, 50 141 b.

Three-quarters of a mile.
Mr W. Troen's Sundew, by Umpire—Linda, 2 yrs, 6st
71b (£5O) ..(Vinoll) 1
Mr Broomsgrove's Queen of Darkness, 3 yrs, Bst 411 b
(.£5O) (Cannon) 2
Mr Nugent's Finesse, 2 yrs, Gst 71b (Jeffery) 3
The following also ran :—Dr. Blanc, Jolly Tar, Con-
gratulator, and Birdseye.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Jolly Tar, 4to 1 agst Queen of
Darkness, 5 to 1 agst Sundew, and 8 to 1 agst Congratu-
lator. Won by a head.

The Craven handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft (to the fund),
with 50 added; winners of any handicap after Aug. 2G
(at noon) 71b extra. T.Y.C.
Sir W. Throckmorton's Faun, by Marsyas—Perfection,
3 yrs, ist 41b (Jeffery) 1
Mr Merry's Miss Hayes, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (Butters) 2
Mr G. Payne's Dulcet, 3 yrs, Gst 41b (Wilson) 3,

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The following also ran :—Amour Propre, Bouquetiere
Musa, Magnolia, Lupus, and Second Hand.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Lupus, 4to 1 each agst Miss Hayes
and The Faun, 5 to 1 agst Second-hand, 10 to 1 each agst
Musa and Dulcet, and 20 to 1 agst Amour Propre. Won
by a short head.
A Maiden Two Year Old Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50
added ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; any winner after
the time of entry 71b extra ; T.Y.C. ; 16 subs.
Mr Troen's Avoncourt, by Mainstone Avondale, Bst 71b
(Clement) 1
Mr Heeno's Luna, 9st (ice. 71b extra) (J. Adams) 2
Mr Ramble's Festive, Bst 71b (Pordham) 3
The following also ran :—The Drummer, Toby, Sere-
nade filly, Fanciful colt, Photogram, and Fortress.
Betting-5 to 2 agst•Festive, 3to 1 aZst Avoncourt, 5
to 1 agst Luna, and 10 to 1 bar three. Won after a good
race by a head.

Rear-Admiral Tarleton, Controller-General of
Coastguard, in the screw steam tender Argus, ar-
rived in Plymouth Sound on Wednesday. The
Admiral is inspecting the various stations on the
south coast.

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