The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-13 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

CITY OF LONDON.—The Liberal Electors Central Commit-
tee have issued a spirited address to the liverymen, house-
holders, and lodgers of the City of London on the working
of the minority clause of the Reform Act.
ITACKNEY.—Tbero is a rumour to the effect that after
Mr. Homer's meeting in the Shoreditch Town ball on
Thursday night, and while that gentleman was leaving tho
building surrounded by a crowd of friends, a man was
seized near Mr. Homer, having in his hand a large open-
bladed knife, as if about to strike. The man, however,
managed to escape.
TOWER HAMLETS.—It is understood that another at-
tempt is to be made to bring about such an arrangement
as will secure the retirement of two of the four Liberal
candidates.

CARRICHPEROUS.—ThO address of Mr. Robert Torrens to
the electors of the ancient borough of Carrickfergus has just
been issued. Ha is a Conservative, and hopes his principles
will be approved by the constituents.

COVENTUY.—Mr. Stavelev Hill, who contested this city
some months ago, will be the second Conservative candi-
date in conjunction with Mr. Eaton, tho present member.

DARLINGTON.—The adoption of the test vote being re-
commended by Mr. Sparks' supporters, his reply with Mt.
Backhouse's have been read at a Liberal meeting. The
former is in favour of it, the latter not. A. resolution con-
demning Mr. Backhouses's answer was passed.
Irswicir.—A requisition is being sinted to invite Mr. J.
P. Cobbold to come forward as a second Conservative can-
didate. Mr. Bulwer, Q.C. is the other.

GENERAL DJX'S LETTER.

( From the Anglo-American Times.)

This letter of his Excellency has fallen like a
thunderbolt in the Democratic camp. His support
of the Conservative ticket was taken for granted,
and openly announced. So openly, indeed, the
the declaration has at last attracted the Minister's
attention, and induced him publicly to contradict
an assertion quite opposed to the truth. There are
many reasons why a gentleman holding a high
diplomatic post should not meddle in politics, how-
ever strongly his own feelings and prejudices may
be involved. Firstly, a Minister placed as is Gene"'
ral Dix is too distant to interpose with effect, nor
can he feel and appreciate the full force of the under
currents and ceaseless intrigues at home, many ,0f
which never work up to the surface at all, though na
must if he intends to act with effect. lie can only get
his information second-hand on paper, instead of
imbibing it by personal interviews, and the very
atmosphere of the contact, through which a feeling,
often correct, is absorbed, without the person know-
ing how it is communicated. Even could this be
conveyed to him, when his reply reaches the United
States everything is changed, and a tepid joint'
half demolished, might as appropriately be put
down for guests at dessert, as the Ministers
answer if published at a time so very inopportune.
Secondly, an Envoy to a Foreign Court represents
the United States, not a section of it. It is injurious
to his influence with the Government to which he is
accredited if he appears to them associated only
with the Democrats or the Republicans. Nor i 3
this feeling false, for a Minister obnoxious to 8
party will have his acts furiously assailed, even when
his intentions are purely American, as his opP°
nents can readily misconstrue his meaning. But
more than all is it necessary that there should be on
personal hostility between himself and the Chief of
his Government, and General Dix must have beea
strongly moved before he penned such a letter about
the candidate whose propects of success at the time
he wrote, appeared to be almost better than those of
General GRANT. If SEYMOUR succeeds to the Pre"
sidency there will be no love lost between himself
and the author of this later, for it hits fearfully
hard, and coming from such an unexpected quarter
might well send Mr. SEYMOUR into his private apart-
ment to drop a few more tears. The ex-Governor
ought, however, to have steeled himself to these
bitter disappointments before he permitted his on:
mination for the proud but dangerous post, thong':
we fear it took him by surprise, and that he allowed
,
himself to be carried away in the enthusiasm 01
the moment. Of course Mr. DIX is abused, his de;
tractors asserting that he eagerly sought for himself
the Democratic nomination to the Presidency, failil36
which, he gave vent to his feelings against his tic'
cessful rival. But the cruel part of the Democratic,
position is that it is committed to a good opinion of
General Dix, and can only commence abuse 131
suspicious recantation. The letter was addressed
to a friend in New York, and published with the
Minister's consent :
PARIS, September 4, 180.
My dear Sir,—lt was my hope that my distance frog
home would have saved me from all paAicipation in thee
political excitement prevailing there, but I notice in
,°11„
of the newspapers that I am heart and hand with AP;
Seymour. lam not aware of anything in the present or
the past which could rightly subject ma to such an illt;
putation. I have been acquainted with Mr. Seyiri°°
more than a quarter of a century. He is an amiable gentle:a
man, of unexceptionable private character and respecteb-4
talents; but you know as well as I that he has not
-
single qualification for the successful execution of the
high official trust to which he has boon nominated'
and he is especially deficient in that firmness of purpesea
which, in critical emergencies, is the only safeglls
against public disorder and calamity. Ile has
twice, at different times, Governor of the State of j'4°
York, and has in neither case had the talent nor t,
'r
tact to keep the Democratic party of the State tort/Jet
more than two years. I should regard his election e_
this juncture, when steadiness of purpose, docisioal
and self control aro so much needed, as one of the gre3te4,
calamities that could befall the country. Moreover, :5
has boon put in nomination by a convention which b
openly declared the purpose of these it represents to 13%
the greater part of the public debt, contracted to proserVi:
the Union, in depreciated paper. Such a measure woul'!0
in my judgment, b 3 a palpable violation of the Pub'',
faith, pledg,e3 under circumstances which should 113‘r;
been binding on all honourable men. Mr. Seymour lit'v
made public speeches to show that it is our duty to PILo
the debt in specie. In accepting his nomination to thab
Presidency he adopts the declaration that it ought t°;:,
paid in paper. I know nothing so humiliating in the 1-1;
tory of American politics as this tergiversation. It Wi;11
perhaps, not unfit that Mr. Seymour,'after presiding) 'e
1861, over the Chicago Convention, which declared t f
war a failure, should preside over the Convention of
1868, in which a proposition to discredit the do'
contracted to carry on the war was received with trentell:
dons cheering, and that ho should be the chosen inetr-;
anent to execute this act of turpitude. I do not belie',"
that the wishes or opinions of the great body of the Dr
mocratic party are fairly expressed in these proceedings'
They have nothing in common with the statesman-like
of policy and the high sense of nationalshonour Whieil
e
L'
guided the party when Martin Van Buren, 'William ';
Marcy, Silas Wright, Lewis Cass. and Stephen A. Done`,
were among its most conspicuous members. I see but 00
source of safety for the country under existing cirettill.;
stances, and that is the election of General Grant. Itt/1.,1
decision of character, good sense, moderation, and disi";
rested patriotism, I believe the South will have f'lti
etter hope of regaining the position in the Union to 18'1'ie
is entitled than under a man whose political career Pt,
een in nothing more conspicuously marked than in 9,11 11;,
ter infirmity of purpose. Independently of all these coOsio
derations, I should be greatly surprised if the Peep"
of the United States were to elect as their chief magient
:
a man who was making, at the Academy of Music, tg
4th of July, 1863, a speech deficient in the characterietwo
of an elevated love of country, at the very hour 10°0
General Grant was carrying the victorious arms of tb
Union into Vicksburg, and when thousands of our fallen
countrymen were pouring out their blood on the plains f
Gettysburg in defence of their homes and the Governillel3
_,
which Mr. Seymour was doing all in his power toewict
barrass and discredit. lam quite willing that you shoo
show this letter to any friends who may take an intereo
in my opinion in regard to the coming election ; and I s'it
particularly desirous of removing the impression Of. ,
exists) that I am in fayour of Mr. Seymour or the repad/.4
tion of any portion of the public debt.—l am, dear sir, '0"
truly yours,

JOHN A. V'

A telegram from Bombay, dated last Mond* la
to the following effect :—" The Octavio, which has arrigieto
at Trincomalee, reports that Dr. Livingstone is believed
be within a week's march of Zanzibar." ag
Hon. John Hillyard Cameron has resigned
Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge.
Commodore Perry's statue has arrived at Nell:
port, Rhode Island, and will at once be placed in Vero
park and unveiled with public ceremony.
hAt
Of the prisoners at Ottawa, it is probable t•
Murphy, Enright, and Eagleson will be admitted to
-tilll
while Duggan and Slattery will have to stand ove ot
next assizes. Buckley tried to feign insanity, but did
succeed. The reason the execution of Whelan is so I°l3p
deferred is that the Government of the Dominion desire t
pass a bill in the interval authorizing private executions'
o
Governor Oglesby, who has been speaking
Indiana, says that State will give 15,000 Republican 13111/
rity this month.

Births.
„, Of
ALSTON—On the 10th inst , Greenhithe. the Isr,,,s,
Commander A. IL Alston, R.N., Training Ship ChicP"
ter, of a son.
tlO
DUNBAR—On the 11th inst., at Boath, Nairn, N. 13.1
wife of Sir James A. Dunbar, Bart., of a daughter.
LACEY—On the 11th inst., at 4, Wellington-street,
don-bridge, Mrs. John Lacey, of a son.

Marriages.
BOSE—BRAGG—On the 10th inst ,at Woodford, ne'
Henry, second son of Mr. Hermann C. Bose, of Chf'jl.
alley, Cornhill, to Maryanne, only daughter of Ir.
Bragg, of 'Woodford. ;01
HARRISON—ALLEN—On the 10th inst., at Holy Tri
Church, Marylebone, Walter Harry, second son of Deal
mend Harrison, Esq., of Harley-street, to E1ii304,,
Florence, youngest daughter of Mundeford
of Abergavenny.

Deaths. , ,c
sf
COLLISTER —On the 9th inst., soddenly, at his resi",-1° fp
31,Victoria-road, Kensington, John Cellistor, E5,1•7-'
aged 62.
iaairy.
LAMB -On the 10th inst., at 4, Windsor-terrace,
hill, J. S. Lamb, Esq., M.D., aged 47.
LEMON—On the 10th inst„ at 11, Upper Brook-street;
Lemon, aged 87.
MANLEY—On the 10th inst., at 18, Ampthill-square,
ward blank y, Esq., aged 70.
SCOTT—On the 10th inst., at Clerkenwell, William
aged 47.
Edinburg
SINCLAIR -On the 9th inst., in George-street, Edin
Sir George Sinclair, Bart., of Ulbster, aged 79.

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