The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-19 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, June 18.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Chris-
tian, drove out yesterday afternoon.
Prince Leopold went out driving.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Leopold
and Princess Beatrice, went out this morning.
Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse drove in the

grounds.

The Prince of Wales stood as sponsor yesterday
morning at the christening of the infant son of the
Raw. H. H. Birch at the Chapel Royal St. James.'B.
The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday
afternoon, attended by Viscountess Walden.

ELECTION NEWS.

OXFORD.
The Right Hon. E. Cardwell has issued the fol-

[owing address to the electors :-
3To THE FREEMEN AND ELECTORS OF THE CITY

OF OXFORD.
" Gentlemen,—The Government have proposed,
and the House of Commons have adopted, a bill for
shortening the duration of the present Parliament,
and for expediting the appeal which is about to be
made to the constituent body. I desire, therefore,
respectfully to solicit a renewal of the trust which
for so many Parliaments it has been my privilege

to enjoy.
" When first I had the honour to be chosen by
you I was a member of Lord Aberdeen's Govern-
ment, which then proposed the largest scheme of
providing by the disfranchisement of small borougbs
for the enfranchisement of populous communities

that has ever been proposed by any Govern
ment since the year 1832. In the present
Parliament I have endeavoured to promote
the same object. The bill of 1866 proposed to re-
distribute 49 seats, to be taken from small boroughs/
and given to counties and great towns. It was de-
feated by the party now in office ; and in 1867 001
proposed a very inadequate measure in its stead.
I was one of those who endeavoured, with partial
success, to make that measure more extensive.
" The proposal for au extension of the franchise,
made in 1866 by Lor I Russell's Government, Was
defeated, nominally at least, on a question of rating.
That principle was consequently introduced into
the bill of last year, and the result has been a degree
of confusion and a sense of grievance in many parts
of the country, which will require the early atten-
tion of the reformed Parliament.
"In the present session the new First Lord of
the Treasury informed us that his Administration
would pursue in reference to home affairs a truly
Liberal policy.' What this policy was to be as re-
garded Ireland has been a subject of much controA
versy. Its authors have employed such expressions
as these, viz. A change in the status of the no;
endowed clergy,' To create and not to destroy,
No objection to make all Churches equal, but the
result must be secured by elevation, and not 11
confiscation,' and other ambiguous, though, I ima-
gine, very pregnant sentences. It has, however,
clearly appeared that one intention was to establish
in Ireland an university for an exclusively Roman
Catholic education, and pay its expenses from the
public funds.
" Under these circumstances the leader of the
Liberal party had, in my opinion, no alternatiV•
His duty was to invite the Liberal party to declare
whether they accepted such an interpretation of 3
' truly Liberal policy,' an I submit to Parliament,
and the country a policy more worthy °1
that name. I had previously stated in 0
ford that no settlement of this question
could be satisfactory which failed to treat oil
equal terms all the Queen's Irish subjects, whether
Protestants of the Establishment, Presbyterians, or
that largo. majority of the people who belong to the
Roman Catholic Church. Establishment of them
all is impossible ; and I am convinced that Mfr'
Gladstone's proposal affords the only prospect of
equality, and that without equality we can never
have that perfect union of heart and feeling With
Ireland which is essential to the security of the
empire, and to the honour of the Crown. I havo,,
therefore, cordially supported the resolutions and
the bill which Mr. Gladstone has carried by large
majorities through the House of Commons.
" The subject of education will doubtless occupy
a principal share of the attention of the new Par-
liament. The object at which' we ought t°
aim is the instruction of the children of the,
whole people ; but considering the established
usages of this country with respect to local
taxation and the pressure sustained by the 103 r
wealthy classes of the population in providing for
the maintenance and clothing of their children, 1,
will be necessary to proceed with caution. I OW'
that we ought to exhaust every other effort before
we have recourse to compulsory laws. Every Mee]
sure which elevates the teaching of the higher classl
has an important bearing on that of the lower ; au
I believe that bye giving in our great universities s_"
united education to the future teachers of the peopTo
we shall improve the instruction of the NO)°,
country, promote concord among all the profess();
of our common faith, and strengthen the gene!.
influence of religion over all classes of the conit
nity. I have, therefore, heartily agreed with P,
Coleridge in his proposal for opening the full prig
leges of our universities to all our fellow cone

men.
"'Modern improvements in the arms of warfa.ft
recent experience on the continent, and a grovill
conviction, both in the colonies and at home, ef the
necessity for a greater self-relianc:3 on the part of
our distant dependencies, will make a review of
military and naval establishments a cardinal qww,
tion in the future Parliament. I trust that the re,
suit will lead to a diminution of the public b°,r,
dens, by showing that a considerable retreocl'of
ment is not incompatible with perfect measures

security. ii
" On less important or less pressing questionB
#.4 0
is not necessary for me to enter within the limitthe present address. When my Parliamentsl
duties are over, and the time of election is nearer,
shall have many opportunities of explaining 111,,t
sentiments on ary subjects with which you are ay

already well acquainted.
" The appeal I now venture to make is addressa:,
to an enlarged constituency. I was an earnest a
vacate of the Reform Bill in 1832. I have sat
the House of Commons during the greater poPeo
of the time which has elapsed since that act "i3e
passed—for the most part by your favour, as °O,
of the members for the city of Oxford. The
.4.,
formed House of Commons has abolished slaye'olf
has opened the corporations, has repealed
taxes upon food and other articles of fleas 0.
which narrowed the comforts and fettered the
o'o
dustry of the people ; has removed restrictions fro
the press; has united England and France joi„;
friendly obligations of a liberal commercial treslver
and will leave a memory, perhaps, of greater of
sures than ever signalised the history of id
other Legislative Assembly in an equal time' 0 jo
expiring voice declares that equality shaPoo
future be the rule in Ireland, so that the b°
which unite us with that country may be drao
close as those which unite us with Scotland. „Leff
"I confidently believe that the country will ";,0$
this promise; and if, by your favour, I shall wolf
member of the new Parliament, I will do all °lid
tpower to promote so beneficent a result. The P eeis
of our opponents, wise in their generation, has tool
to sow disunion in the Liberal ranks ; but I
road
that, forewarned of their designs, we are foresoiti
against their efforts, that we shall be cordiallyilivce
in exertions for the common cause ; and Oa' tai
sent in the future House of Commons the elle.coritii
of an harmonious, and therefore a decisive, WO 006
—I have the honour to be, gentlemen, rtir
obedient and most faithful sere
WARant,
CAllm'
,ThscEl,l"
"EDD
6' 74, Eaton-square, June 17,"