The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-21 00:00:00

THE SPANISH REVOLUTION.

The future ruler of Spain is still the subject of specula-
tion as wild and contradictory as the earliest attempts to
guess the " coming man." King Ferdinand of Portugal,
who has been so positively mentioned by the Times, the
Debats, and others, is not mentioned in Spain, according
to the correspondent of the Standard. " Ferdinand's
vocation is to stuff birds, and he has the good sense to
stick to it." The Spaniards themselves continue to believe
in " Don Alfredo "—the Duke of Edinburgh. There is
clearly nothing for it but to await the meeting of the
Constituent Cortes.

The Times Philadelphia correspondent says that Mr.
Seward has been pressed to buyup Cuba, but hesitates. He
does not like to embark in so protracted an enterprise whilst
the administration of the State Department is so near its
close. The United States, however, wants Cuba, and will pro-
bably work hard to get it. The same writer says : " The
Queen of Spain has a large amount of property, some
$2,000,000, invested at and near Philadelphia, and will
be able to draw a good income from it in her retire-
ment. She has been quietly investing it through
agents for ten years past, and most of it is done
in the name of the Duke of Rianzares. At
first the trustees of the money in this country did not act
very well with it, having speculated with the fund and
squandered a good deal, but they were ejected some years
ago, and others appointed. The late George M. Dallas,
formerly Minister to England, was at the time of his death
a trustee, and acted with excellent judgment. lam told
that the Queen at one time actually meditated flight to
this country, and her agents were preparing to receive
her."

The Spanish Minister at Washington is in trouble. He
,foes not know what to do ; he is willing to represent the
new Government, but he has no credentials.
The Tizzies Paris correspondent hopes much from 010-
Laga, who is considered, with justice, to be the ablest
statesman in Spain.—Many of the postage-stamps that
recently arrived in Paris on letters from Spain had the
Queen's head punched out of them, so that her Most Catholic

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plajesty will soon be out of print as well as out of place.
It is still believed that she will not long remain at Pau.
The Emperor is said to have offered her other places of
Queen herself manifested
residence in France, among others the Chateau d'Amboise,
heran
ditis further
intention
to save her Imperial entertainer from any trouble with the
tor em saido remove
that
furththeer from the frontier in order
rebel Government south of the Pyrenees,
The French journals are quarrelling a little over the
resolution of the Junta not to hold a plebiscitum. The
more extreme think this ought to have been done ; the
more moderate believe that by avoiding the plebiscitum
the Government has done no injustice, and has saved both
time and trouble.

Meanwhile addresses from all parts of Europe are pour.
ing in upon the unfortunate Government. Addresses
of congratulation, of advice on behalf of a republic, and
against slavery in the colonies, have all been numerously
represented.

The Cuurrier de Bayonne states that the ex-Queen
Isabella received, on the 10th, a telegram congratulating
her Majesty on the double anniversary of her birthday and
her marriage.
From Cuba we have some intelligence which bears the
impression of authenticity. The news of the revolution
caused great interest, but no commotion. The Govern-
ment goes on as usual. The ultimate abolition of slavery
;n the island is, however, generally expected.
A correspondent of the Indgpendance Beige says that
General Prim is about to publish a letter in reply
to that of M. de Girardin. The object of this
epistle will be to prove that a republic in Spain
is altogether out of the question. There are few
Republicans in the country. The candidature of
Prince Alfred is still spoken of. The same writer says the
crown will be offered to the English prince on condition
that he marry the second daughter of the Duke of Mont-
Sensier. At least there is a combination amongst the
panish leaders for this purpose.

The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier have sent large
sums to Madrid for the succour of the wounded in the
recent battle. The hospitals of Cordova, Santander, and
Madrid contain large numbers of these unfortunates.
Notwithstanding the suppression of the Jesuit company,
the convents, &c., the priests are everywhere well treated.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.

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METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

Extreme

Wednesday,
October 21,
8 a.m.

MR. GLADSTONE IN LANCASHIRE.

Mr. Gladstone's speech at Leigh, on Tuesday, consisted
of a general review of the political questions which are
now agitating the public mind. The meeting was held in
et weaving shed of a co-operative mill, which holds about
4,000 persons. The first question which occurred, there-
fore, was naturally that of co-operation and its relations to
the disputes between capital and labour. Mr. Glad-
stone was anxious not to over-rate these disputes. He
did not believe, as some do, that this question
clouded the future of our country. He thought
both classes had good sense enough to find their
way through the meshes and mazes of the difficulty. But
of all the plans put forward he most favoured those which,
" without removing the labouring man from the class of
labouring men, give him some of the sentiments and some
of the interests of the capitalists." "Don't suppose,"
said the right hon. gentleman, "that I am one who
believes that the functions of the retail tradesman—
the distributor of commodities—ever can be either per-
manently or beneficially supplanted ; that I do not believe.
I believe that the union of working men among themselves
in co-operative societies may be extremely beneficial as a
check upon their more ordinary method of manufacture—
that of great capitalists, and of disturbing either the whole-
sale or retail tradesmen ; but that it will supplant those
methods I, for one, wholly disbelieve. And I think it but
fair to say two things . On the one hand, lam convinced it
is only iu the very advanced of the labouring wage-earning
classes that co-operation can be carried on to a beneficial
extent; but, on the other hand, the risks and responsibility
of joint-stock companies are serious. I hope, therefore,
that the greatest caution will ever be exercised by the
labouring classes with regard to joint-stock enterprise, and
I may add every other class ; but wherever their joint-
stock enterprise succeeds I heartily rejoice in it, and
bid them God speed." But there was another mode of
adjusting this difficulty to which Mr. Gladstone wished
unqualified prosperity. Private individuals carried on their
operations on the principle of joint-stock companies, and
so adjusted their accounts that their workmen had an
interest in the proceeds. It would be presumption in him
to attempt to know when that principle was capable of
extension ; but where it could it should be extended and
applied. Then there was Mr. Mundella's method. To
Mr. Mundella Mr. Gladstone paid a handsome compli-
ment, and put forward his plan of boards of arbitration as
worthy of consideration. These several plans shewed, he
thought, that the problem was not a hopeless one, and
that we might expect from experience a solution of it.-
Passing from this subject the right hon. gentleman
asked that he might be excused answering so many
letters as had been sent to him. He assured
his correspondents that their communications received the
best consideration he could give to them. In his remarks
upon the question of expenditure, Mr. Gladstone
appeared to be more "at home." He at first corrected
some errors into which he fell at Warrington, especially
in the matter of the China war. It was Sir Frederick
Bruce, he explained, who had been sent up the Peiho to
ratify and not to negotiate the Chinese Treaty. On
the matter of policy he gave no opinion whatever.
" What I wished to point out was this—that the de facto
cost of that war had arisen in connection with the opera-
tions of a former Government, and not with our Govern-
ment, and the fault I found at that moment was not with
those who had given instructions, but the fault was with
those who have at this time endeavoured to persuade the
country that the cost of that war, which had grown from
transactions entirely belonging to a former Government,
was due to the Government of Lord Palmerston instead
of being due to their predecessors." Coming to the question
of the expenditure of the present Government, the
speaker declared that it was not to be denied that
£3,000,000 had becn added to the expenditure in two
years. He proceeded to reply to the rejoinder made by
the other side, that he ought to have prevented that
expenditure. He had received some verses from a Con-
oervative working man something as follows :
" Now you are lecturing thro' the land
And leading working- men astray,
By telling them things were not good
For wilieli they did their money pay.
We wish to know, sir, how it is,
To oppose these measures you did not strive
While there was on your side, you say,
A majority of sixty-five."
He recognised the writer as his own flesh and blood, but
he looked on him as a rarity, and compared him to a
mammoth which was discovered in the White Sea some
years ago. So great a discovery was that mammoth
thought, that a great value was set upon his bones. His
answer, was that to challenge the expenditure was to move

a vote of want of confidence in the Government. Under
the circumstances which obtained last session this was
impossible. The Government ought to have had
and did have a chance of dealing with the question
of Reform. That matter stopped any issue being
taken in the way of public expenditure. But at the same
time the Government policy was criticised. Mr. Glad-
stone declared that he himself had raised the question.
His friends Messrs. Childers and Stansfeld had criti-
cised the Government. "We did endeavour to

act on the Government and to produce an im-
pression on the House; but the House—and I do not
find fault with it—was unwilling to enter into matters
which, though important, were secondary to the main ques-
tion at issue. You have heard something this year about
meetings in my sitting-room. We had meetings in my
sitting-room to consider seriously whether we should
venture this year to ask the vote of the House of
Commons on the state of the public expenditure, and we
deliberately decided that we should not, because the
answer would have been that it would have been felt
impossible to interfere with the progress of the Reform
Bills, and we should have procured from the House of
Commons an adverse vote on questions of expenditure,

which would have been given probably from motives
extraneous to questions of expenditure, but which would
have been damaging to the permanent prospects of the
cause of public economy. I say, therefore, that on this
great question we went as far as we could—as far as we
dare, as far as we should have been justified, with regard
to your interests, to go—in declaring our opinion of the
conduct of the Government." Besides :which,!whenever

the matter, even of the smallest importance, was brought
to a division, there were the Conservatives to oppose them,

so that on them, and not on the Liberals, really lay the
odium of the extra expenditure. Mr. Gladstone gave one

instance in which an attempt was made to save to
the country the expense of certain commissions. The
attempt succeeded, the majority being one. But
Mr. Turner, his opponent, was in the division

against them. The policy of the present Government
here came in for strong condemnation. It was a policy of
"making things pleasant all round." " That means going
from town to town, granting what this community wants,

granting what that community wants, granting what the
other community wants, and leaving out of sight that huge

public which unfortunately has not got the voices and the
advocates ready always to defend it against these local
and particular claims, but of which it is our highest boast

that we seek to be the advocates and the chamPions." He
instanced Whitby, where the Conservatives, having no

chance of success at the election, put out this placard :
" Who prevented the creation of a harbour of refuge at
Whitby? The Liberals. Who wanted to spend four mil-
lions in making harbours of refuge on the eastern coast?

The Conservatives." This was the way in which the Con-
servatives made their expenditure useful to themselves.

Lord Palmerston's Government gave judicious assistance to
works undertaken by a local community, and his

policy did not consist in " wild extravagance

and lavish assistance." "If the Government
system is to be the system on which public

finance is to be administered, you must be prepared to

resign all hopes of remission of taxation even in good
years, and in bad years you must look for a steady augmen-
tation of the income tax." The French Treaty next engaged

attention. Mr. Gladstone admitted that Coventry had suf-
fered from it. B u tth ey at Leigh were makers of heavy goods.
What had caused their distress was not French competi-
tion, but America being shut against them, and the
fluctuation of trade. Then followed a dissertation on the

advantages of free trade. He claimed that freedom had

produced stability, and had prevented those fluctuations

which formerly threw whole districts into distress,
The speech closed by a reference to the Irish Churcb

which " could not be omitted at an election meeting like
that." Mr. Gladstone animadverted severely on the convey

sion of the Quarterly Review. The Conservative surrender,

said he, has itself surrendered. The Quarterly had foz
years been proposing the endowment of the Roman Catholics,

That was an indication of the views of the Tory party.
That was their choice ; in reality no plan was
put against the Liberal plan. Against the Liberal
policy it was argued that the Roman Catholics would
never be satisfied, and would demand the repeal of
the Union. " Why, gentlemen, that was the reason
that was always urged against every moderate and

rational plan of Parliamentary Reform. It was said,
The people will not be satisfied without universal suffrage
and without their 'laving a republic.' In point of fact,

it is the old principle on which our antagonists systemati•
cally ask that you will refuse a request which is reasonable

because it may be followed by one that is unreasonable,
whereas the principle on which we desire to act is this—

grant the requests which are reasonable, and then you will
have greater power to resist the requests which are unrea-

sociable."

According to a Bucharest correspondent in the
Augsburg Gazette, Prince Charles of Roumania has asked
the hand of the third daughter of the King of Denmark,
the Princess Thyra, and has been accepted. The mar-
riage will take place, it is said, as soon as the young
princess, who was born on September 29, 1f,5F,, shall have
attained her seventeenth year. This allianc- will closely
connect Prince Charles with the courts rl .Comlop. St.
_g_ptq§bßEO, aftd

6PORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWATARKKT RACES-TLESDAY.

A sweepstakes of 200 sovs each, h ft, for two year old
colts ; Bst 101 b each; last seven furlongs of RAI. ; 5
subs.
Prince Imperial
A Selling Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for three year
olds and upwards ; the winner to big sold for 200 sovs if
demanded, &c.
Pirate Chief
Casse Tete
Veda

Four ran.

A. Free Handicap of 25 sous each, 10ft ; winners of a
handicap after Thursday, Oct. 15 (at ten a.rn ), 71b, o
any other raco 31b extra. T.Y.O.
Victress
Miss Gladiateur
Clomence..

1

'P wel vo ran.

A Plate of 100 sovs (llandlcap), for three year olds and

Tornado ~
Vulcan

A corn

upwards. A.F.

3

Four ran.

The Cambridgeshire Stakes (Handicap) of 25 sovs each,
10 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100 added by the
Jockey Club.
Lord Wilton's See-Saw, by Buccaneer—Margery Daw,
3 yrs, Bst 21b (iu 71b ex) (Fordham) 1
Sir Joseph Hawley's Blue Gown, by Beadsman —Bas
Bleu, 3 yrs, 9st (Wells) 2
Mr Johnstone's Mercury, by Lambton —Starlight, 7st
91h
Mr Payne's colt by Toni Bowline—Makeshift, 3 yrs, sst
101 b (Hunt) 4
Mr. Bowes's Tarabin, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (T. French) 0
Mr Webb's Actma, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (ear. Bst) (Payne) 0
Baron Rothschild's Restitution, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Morris) 0
Mr G. Angell's Python, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (in 31b ex) Parry 0
Mr Chaplin's Professor Anderson, 5 yrs, 7st 91b (Jeffery) 0
Mr Naylor's Monarch of the Glen, yrs, 7st 91b (in
31b ex) ... (Maidment) 0
Mr M. Dawson nd Lady Coventry, 3 yrs, '7st 91b (car.
7st 101 b) (Challoner) 0
Mr. Lincoln's Kidderminster, 4 yrs, 7st 81b ...(Kenyon) 0
Count F. Lagrange's Nelusko, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Unstable) 0
Ki.

Mr W. Welsby's _ irgsland, 3 yis, 7st llb (Hudson) 0
Sir F. Johnstone's Wolsey, 5 yrs, Est 121 b (Mordan) 0
Lord Stamford's Warrington, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Hammond) 0
Mr J. Dixon's Snowdrop, 3 3 rs, Est 51b (inc 71b ex)
(W. Platt) 0
Mr J. Nightingall's Cecil, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (inc 71b ex)
(Wyatt) 0
Mr C. Blanton's Noyau, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Jo witt) 0
Mr F. Olney's Kaupai, 6 yrs, Est 2lb (Rolfe) 0
Mr F. Elliott's Porter's Knot, 4 yrs, Est 21b (Webb) 0
Mr G. Angell's Kettleholder, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (inc 31b ex)
(car Est 31b (Butler) 0
Mr J. POwney's Lady Raglan, 3 yrs, sst 121b...(Deakin) 0
Mr Hartley's c by King Tom—Princess, 3 yrs, sst 71b
(Barnard) 0
Betting-5 to 2 agst Cecil, Bto 1 agst Lady Coventry, 9
to 1 agst Lady Raglan, 10 to 1 agst Restitution, 14 to 1
agst Kettleholder, 20 to 1 each agst Blue Gown, Monarch
of the Glen, Kidderminster, Wolsey, and Warrington,
25 to 1 each agst Actiea and Snowdrop, 30 to 1 each
agst Sea Saw and Kingsland, 1,000 to 30 each agst Ne-
lusko and Mercury, 1,000 to 15 each agst Kaupai, Make-
shift colt and Princess colt, 1000 to 10 each agst Professor
Anderson, Porter's Knot, Noyau, and Taraban. Place
Betting-5 to 4on Cecil, 2to 1 agst Lady Coventry, 3to
1 each agst Lady Raglan and Blue Gown, 4 to 1 each agst
Warrington, Acta3a„ and Kettleholdor, 9 to 2 agst See-Saw,
5 to 1 each agst Monarch of the Glen, Kidderminster, and
Snowdrop, Bto 1 agst Kingland, and 10 to 1 agst Mer-
cury. The weighing having been got through at the
Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire Stands whenever it was
possible, the numbers of the twenty-four competitors were
hoisted in capital time, and Mr. M'Goorge had the lot
under orders by four o'clock, the hour fixed for the race,
but the usual anxiety of the jockeys to get off, and the
fractiousness of Kidderminster and Python, caused a delay
of twenty-eight minutes before the flag could be lowered,
which it eventually was to a wretched start—fifteen out of
the lot getting away iu a line, while the remainder came
on in straggling order, the last three to get away being
Lady Raglan, Noyau, and Kidderminster. When they
had fairly settled down to their work the line was
broken by Mercury, in the centre of the course,
taking a slight lead of Snowdrop on the upper ground,
Kettleholdor lying on the latter's right, Nelusko, Actma,
Warrington, See-Saw, Blue Gown, Kingsland, and Lady
Coventry following closely, the Makeshift colt and Mon-
arch of the Glen heading the remainder ; the last lot,
upon whom the cracking pace at which Mercury led the
field began to tell being Professor Anderson, Porter's
Knot, Restitution, Lady Raglan, Noyau, and Kiddermin-
ster. The first to give way was Nelusko, whose retire-
ment took place before reaching the turn of the lands,
where the ruck became even more densely picked, and
Mercury drew at least a clear length of Snowdrop, Blue
Gown being observable in the centre, with Warrington
and Kingsland in attendance, Fordham taking a line for
himself on See-saw in the track, the colours of Wolsey now
being seen with those of Taraban on the extreme lower
ground. Before reaching the rod post the field became
somewhat straggled, and Mr. Angell's pair, Kettle holder
and Python, took their places on the top ground
simultaneously with the retirement of Acta) t. Passing
the old betting post Snowdrop was in trouble, and the
ruck breaking up, Cecil, who had been shut in, ran
through his horses and took the fifth position just behind
Blue Gown; but Mercury was at this point at least three
lengths in front, making the pace so hot that the Cesare-
witch winner, after looking dangerous for a few strides,
compounded, and was passed by Warrington, the Make-
shift colt, and Restitution, the latter of whom passed a lot
of beaten horses. As they approached the site of the old
Du'ke's stand Blue Gown and See-Saw decreased Mercu-
ry's advantage, and a distance and a half from home the
Northern horse was disposed of, dropping into the roar
of Blue Gown and See-Saw, both of whom were going so
well that it was impossible to say which had the best
of it. See-Saw, however, after racing at Blue Gown's
head for a few strides, took up the running, and at the
commencement of the stand enclospro was a length
in front of his opponent, nothing else being within hail,
and though Wells made every exertion, and the Derby
winner answered to each call with great gameness, the
weight told its tale at the finish, and See-Saw forging
gradually
won easily by a length and a half. Mer-
cury was
trd
Hawley's colt, and finished a head only in front of the
Makeshift colt, who was placed fourth. Then came Lady
Coventry fifth, four lengths off, Actaaa being sixth, Resti-
tution seventh, Warrington eighth, Cecil ninth, and Snow-
drop next, slight intervals intervening. Kettleholder was
eleventh, Nelusko twelfth, Lady Raglan thirteenth, Pro-
fessor Anderson, Noyau, Kingsland, Porter's Knot, Wol-
soy, Taraban, Python, and Monarch of the Glen finishing
in the order named, and Kidderminster, the Princess colt,
and Kaupai pulling up on the post last. Time as taken by
Benson's chronograph, 2 min 15i sec.

The Optional Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added,
for two year olds ; colts Bst 121 b, fillies Bst 81b ; the
winner to be sold for 250 sovs ; if entered for 200 sous
allowed 51b, 150 101 b, 100 161 b, 60 211 b. T.Y.C.

Hinton .................................................................. 1
Brotby
Biche au Bois

Fourteen ran.
A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; three year old Bst 21b,
four Bst 101 b, five and upwards 9st; fillies allowed 31b ;
the winner to be sold for 80 sovs if demanded, &c.
T.Y.C.

Pompano • . .. • 1
Ritualist .. 2

Six ran.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
DERBY.

6000 to 1000 agst Pero Gomez (taken)
1500 to 200 Belladrum (taken)

,ree o'clock.—The market