The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-04 00:00:00

LANDLORDISM AND TERRORISM.

The John _Bull is decidedly the most respectable
representative of Conservatism in journalism.
evertheless, sif to shew to what lengths partisan-
ship will go, it published in its last number a letter
from a correspondent,. who says he is, and no
doubt he speaks truly, "A. Conservative Land-
lord," and who proposes that the Conservative
party throughout the country should resort to
exdusiv4 rlPaHng. He argues that, Els Conservative
Churchmen hold some fifteen-twentieths of the
property of England, they have three-fourths of the
expenditure of the country in their hands to use as
they may please. Therefore, "let them have no deal-
ings whatsoever with anyone but sound Conservative
Churchmen, and they will soon find the consciences
of the various sectaries and other Liberals to Le of
so pliable a character that they will unhesitatingly
accede to the wishes of their customers, and to a
very great extent let Dissent and Liberalism
go to the dogs." The objection is antici-
pated that persons so voting would b 3 den minced
by the Liberal press. " Let them howl," says the
Conservative lanllord, " until their throats are
sore. They thus shew, beyond dispute, the excel-
lency of the system I am advocating. If I had a
thousand farms to let, or places for a thousand work-
men, I would not have anything to do with any
Liberal or liberty-of-conscience Dissenter of any
sect whatever. They would cover the land with
cockatrice's eggs, which would produce discontent,
disrespect, disobedience, resistance, and every
evil work, according as each man's liberty
of conscience might desire or suggest." If
this letter had appeared in a Liberal o r
even a neutral paper we should have saidthat it was a fraud; that a Liberal hr.d dis-
honestly attempted to palm off as the production of
a Conservative a letter intended to damage the Con-
servative cause. But it is published in a Uonseryativ a
journal, and as it is dated " September " and did not
appear until the last day of October, we presume that
the editor held it over as a sort of desperate remedy
when he found the Conservative cause hopelessly low.
The strange thing is, that even a party.man should
fail to see that such a letter as this is absolutely
ruinous to the party it is intended to servos
MR. HOUSMAN ON 41 CAVES."

It is rather late now to revert again to the old
story of the famous Cave of Adullam which
caused the fall of the Russell Government in 1806.
But some remarks of Mr. Horsman on this subject
are amusing, and they show the position of that
hon. gentleman as regards the politics of the future.
Mr. Horsman has come forward for the Falkirk
Burghs. Some electors who attended his meeting on
Monday had not altogether forgotten 1866. They
therefore questioned him. " Caves," he replied,
were not recent institutions, but they had
occurred periodically in the House of Commons.
There had not been a prominent man in
the House in our day who had not been in a cave.
Ile had himself been in one cave, but he did not
expect to be in another. He did not approve caves
in the abstract. They were justifiable only when the
society was very select, and when their motives were
very patriotic, and that was the description he would
give of Lord Grosvenor's cave in 1866. The reason
why, above all others, he would support a vote of no
confidence in the Government was, that they had
abandoned every principle,- thrown aside every
pledge, and trampled on all the traditions of their
party!,
sin w. STIRLING ;MAXWELL AND TIIE PEERAGE.
Several times the ci gossips" of the clubs have raised
the story that Sir William Stirling-Maxwell was
about to.be raised to the peerage. In fact, so prolific
has Mr. Disraeli been in the creation of peers, that a
story about the' creation of nine is as likely to be
believed as the story of an enormous gooseberry.
But while the latter is comparatively harmless, the
former is being used for election purposes.
The opponents of Sir William in Perthshire
have been declaring that it is of no importance for
him to receive a seat in the House of Commons,
seeing that he will soon occupy one in the Lords.
Amongst others, Lord Kinnaird has made use of
this statement. To him 44 William Stirling-Max-
well " writes thus :—" Your understanding can rest
upon nothing except rumours, which, whenever
they have been circulated, have always received
a form al denial. I am amused, and some of
your Liberal friends will perhaps be amazed as well
as amused, at your estimate of the relative impor-
. tance of the representation of Perthshire' and the
prospect of a seat in the House of Lords' But when
I assure you that I have no such prospect, your
friendly feelings towards me may perhaps lessen
your regret in hearing of the success with which my
supporters everywhere promise to crown my efforts
to retain my seat in the House of Commons."

TUE SON OF TUE EARL OF ERAFTEEDURY ON

DISESTABLISHMENT.

The Earl of Shaftesbury took a most peculiar
position both on the Reform and the Irish Church
questions. While he patronised Mr. Beaks he
attended the Conservative demonstration at St.
James's Hall. While he was afraid of disestablish-
ment he withheld his vote. His son, the Hon. Evelyn
Ashley, however, has quite made up his mind. At
a recent meeting at Weymouth he said the disesta-
blishment and the disendowment of the Irish Church
were the first step towards the pacification of
Ireland, and without these all other measures would
brouseht un in the fitrigite4t

, of worn as a
,sided that way, and his
inn thefor baelifree
t ly
tgrheounondlyed imrehligio
religion which would accomrhY'fL (43 on
ilinese things
which increasing civilisation demanded of
them. But, fully grounded as he was in
that belief, he maintained that the interests
of Protestantism demanded the abolition of
the Irish Church. The Irish Church had done nothing
in Ireland to increase Protestantism, and he believed
if it were disestablished and disendowed a great work
would have been accomplished." We commend
these utterances to some of the Low Church clergy
who are so frightened at the disestablishment of the
Irish Church.
SIR ROUNDIML PALMEOI OXFORD COMMITTEE.

The second hat of Sir Roundell Palmer's committee
has just been published, and is certainly a most bril-
liant list. Among those graduates who have more
recently signified their intention of supporting the
ex-Attorney-Gencral are Mr. H. G. Adair, M.P.,
Mr. Butler-Johnstone, M.P., the Hon. and Rev.
P. IL C. Pyy4g, Mr. Chichester Fortescue,
M.P., and Mr. J:!sper More, M.P. It is a
strange fact that Mr. Gladstone's name is not on
the committee, although his brother-in-law and his
nephew will vote for Sir Roundell. The committee
state that they have received promises of support
from members or Convocation who intend to vote
for Mr. Hardy as well as for Sir Roundell Palmer.
It hrs therefore been provided that in the voting-
papers containing Sir Roundell's name sufficient
space shall be left for the insertion of the name of
Mr. Hardy.

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