The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-03 00:00:00

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BRISTOL

BUCKINGHAM
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CHESTER

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERS

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CHELSEA.

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closed ? Millions of men in their graves ; widows and Done.rwm,
orphans filling both countries ; the debts of each —now DUDLEY
enormous—made more enormous ; oppression on the people I
DERBYSHIRE, SOUTH
in the form of taxation made still more oppressive, and i DERBYSHIRE, EAST
nothing gained ; the naturalised citizens still denied the I DERBYSHIRE, NORTH
right of trial de medietate ling= ; the San Juan DEVON, SOUTH
boundary still not settled, and the Alabama claims still
DEVON, NORTH
unpaid ; but the account would be closed by saying that
our pluck bad been exhibited and our national honour DEVON, EAST
vindicated. There could we stand ; but what would be i DORSETSHIRE
left in the hearts of either people ? A bitterness which I F
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AM
might survive for generations, and prevent us from being /CrETEIR
united again, perhaps for ever, or joining in that race of T
A.ASEX, SOUTH
freedom which would be characterised by such a prospe- ESSEX, WEST
s
rity, happiness, and power as bad never before been dis- x"
played in the history of mankind. As well might it be ESSEX, NORTH-EAST
said that we should again resort to the practice of f,MBuRy
uncivilised nations with respect to the seizure of private
FRINT
property on land, the shooting of prisoners, and, if anything
more horrible can be imagined, the rule of Indian warfare, FALMOUTH
the scalping of captives. These would all be in the sense of FLINYSHIRE
making war more horrible, but in another sense—which GLAmo.saANsnzaz
comes home to every heart—would shock humanity and LA .cr; sc
SETAEDR

GRAVESEND
GREAT GRIMSBY
GREENWICH

make us ashamed of the nature which we bear. Nor is there
any occasion for it. We have been willing in the United
States to abolish the entire doctrine, if you, on the other
hand, in Europe would also agree to abolish it ; but what
you proposed, but 1% bat we could not subscribe to, was
that we should give up the right of capturing private pro-
perty by means of privateers, while you reserved to your-
selves the right to exercise that power by your own vessels
of war. That would have been not exactly fair; it would
have been so much for your advantage; but we are so
sharp-sighted in making a bargain that if we cannot get
the best of it we certainly try not to get the worst."
Mr. Bright, reviewing the policy of the last few years with
regard to America, found in it a series of blunders arising
HELSTON
from ignorance and jealousy. Especially was he severe HERTFORD
upon the course which was taken by England in the HDREFORD
Slidell and Mason case. "I confess," he exclaimed, " that HEREFORDSHIRE
I get sometimes very much out of patience upon this
American question—less now than I did four or five years tioLL
ago, because now I find, somehow or other, that people HANTS LE
generally seem to hold the same opinions I do ; but four .1 XI 240RT11
or five years ago I found myself very often in a minority HARWICH
on this matter. Igo on the theory that we are not two 111=043:13Lwi
er
nations and two people, but that they are our own flesh and HORSHAM
blood; that they hav e got from this country our own freedom,
although they may have put it in their own shape, and in
some respects may have extended it; that they are not
aliens at all ; and I am not sure that they are not now about
to be the greater branch of the great race. I recollect once
in your town hall stating some statistics with regard to
America which really astonished me. I found that in
fifteen years only, after the year 1846, more than 21 millions
of persons—men, women, and children—had removed from
the United Kingdom to the United States ; and I recollect
stating, for the population of Birmingham was less then
than it is now, that it was equal to the population of eight
great cities of the magnitude of Birmingham, and that it
we took the population of Glasgow and added to it that of
Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, and
all the great towns of England, apart from the metropolis,
they would not be more than the number of persons who
had emigrated to the United States in the fifteen years
which followed the year 1846. Then is there anybody to
to tell me that these are not our people, and that we are
two nations in any sense hostile to each other ?" In this
strain Mr. Bright spoke throughout. He concluded by
hoping that the two nations would be more firmly ioined
together.

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GRANTHAM .

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LEOMINSTER
LUDLOW
LONDON CITY

LONDON lINTVERSITY
LYM MOTOR
LAUNCESTON
LI S COLN

THE AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIP.

LINCOLNSHIRE, NORTH

The honours which he so fairly won on the 17th
November last James Renforth, of Newcastle, is fully
prepared to defend. The champion's challenge to the
world is couched in the following terms :—" I, James
Renforth, having won the title of Champion Sculler of
England , by defeating Henry Kelley, of Putney, on the
Thames. on the 17th November, do hereby give
notice that I am prepared to defend my right
thereto against all persons disputing my ability to hold
the same, and that I shall only contest that title with any
person on the river Tyne, as I am firmly of opinion that
an aquatic champion, in addition to the title, is justly
entitled, until defeated, to have the championship of races
rowed on the river of which he is the representative. And I
herety further give notice that I place at the diSposal
of the Thames National Regatta Committee the title of
champion of the Thames, now held by me, to be rowed
for at their annual regatta, reserving to myself the right
of entering for such race. Dated this Ist day of
December, 1868." There is one statement in this
challenge which will not meet with unqualified
approval in aquatic circles. Though Renforth is
the champion sculler of England, it should not be for-
gotten that the River Thames is, so to speak, the repre-
sentative of English waters, and it seems only reasonable
that, unless other very cogent reasons existed to induce a
contrary practice, all races for the highest aquatic
honour should be pulled off over it. The
champion's intention, therefore, to defend his honours
only on the Tyne will cause much discussion. • To -
say the least of it, it seems to be an ill advised proceeding
to commence such an ultimatum as that put forth by the
Northerner. Perhaps, and it is to be hoped such will be
the case, he may be led to review it. Renforthshouldremein-
ber that he is now not only the represell tati ve of the Tyne, hut
of English aquatics generally. The resignation of the
title of Champion of the Thames into the Lauds of the
committee of the Thames National Regatta is a mere
empty proceeding, because it is very doubtful
if the committee—as Kelley pointed out at the
time—ever had the right to bestow it. Though
not precisely connected with the championship,
it may be stated that Sadler does not intend to row again,
as his constitution will not bear the severe effects of
training. It is understood also that Kelley rowed his last
rip.

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