The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-22 00:00:00

MR. MILL AND MR. BOUVERIE

Mr. Mill has sent a long letter to the papers
answer to Mr. Bouverie's last letter, which ap-
peared in some of the daily journals before Mr. Mill
received it. He tells Mr. Bouverie that, though
a great deal surprised, he is far from being
dissatisfied at seeing the correspondence published.
He says : " Your observation that choosing the best men
to be had ' would be fatal to the mutual confidence between
represented and representative' is a misanthropical
sentiment which I should scarcely have expected to
hear from you, since I can see no meaning in
it, unless it be that the constituencies so seldom get
good men that they can scarcely ever be expected to be
faithful to the men they have got." He reminds
him that five•and•twenty years and a new Reform
Act make a great change in men and politics.
If the constituency of Kilmarnock makes as judicious a
choice now as it did when it last changed its representa-
tive, he sincerely hopes it will be five•and•twenty
years before it changes again. Mr. Mill continues :
"To the public or the constituency I have no hesitation in
saying that no untried man can be looked upon as less
a member of the Liberal party than the man who at the
beginning of the present year called the Liberal par}
a rabble, and declared that their leader was incapab
of leading." He thinks that the old members
should not monopolise the representation to the exclusion
of new men of advanced opinions. He condemns the
tactics of the Liberal party in the last House of Com-
mons, where they were first rallied under the cry of
supporting Palmerston, and then under the cry
of disestablishing the Irish Church. He says t
"Now, I am not one of those who think that the politic'
progress of England has but one step more to make bef9:l
reaching the summit, where it may rest and be thankful ,
and that if a man is ready to vote for the disesta-
blishment of the Irish Church he is ready to do all
that the staunchest Liberalism can demand of him."
men are required who will follow their leaders through all
the parliamentary tactics which may be required by tll4
policy of their skilful opponents. He thinks it was not
the Tories, but the Adullamites, who weakened
the Liberal party in the last Parliament ; and if a
similar result should befal it in the next, there will be
cause for bitter regret that the Liberal party did not
fight out its battles at the polling-booths, rather than in
the lobby of the House of Commons. There does not
appear to be any danger that Mr. Gladstone's nominal
majority will not be greater than in the last Parliament.
What the country has to look to is that his majority
shall be more steadfast to genuine Liberal principles.
We do not want men who cast reluctant looks back
to the old order of things, nor men whose Liberalism
consists chiefly in a warm adherence to all the Liberal
measures already passed ; but men whose heart and soul
are in the cause of progress, and who are animated by
that ardour which, in politics as in war, kindles t&
commander to his highest achievements, and makes the
army at his command worth twice its numbers—men
whose zeal will encourage their leader to attempt what
their fidelity will give him strength to do. It would be
poor statesmanship to gain a seeming victory at the poll
by returning a majority numerically larger, but com-
posed of the same incompatible elements as the last, even
if we put political principle aside, and look at nothing but
the exigencies of the fight we are going to sustain against a
politician renowned for his skill in availing himself of the
disunion of his opponents."

The ex-manager of a Liverpool bank, whose flight
.we recently noticed, is said by the Liverpool Courier to be
Mr. Thomas Goodie, formerly of Barned's Bank, and latterly
of the North and South Wales Bank.

Intelligence from Longborough states that Lord
John Manners is very ill, and will remain some time longer
in Scotland by medical advice. Ile will therefore be unable
to canvass the electors of North Leicestershire at present.

The Moniteur of Tuesday says that Lopez evacu-
ated Tebicuary on discovering a conspiracy amongst his
intimate friends. He has fallen back on Villeta
for the purpose of protecting the arsenal of Villa
Pica and the capital. If he does not make a
stand there the allies can march straight into Asuncion.
The river is open for the passage of the Brazilian ironclad;
and it is probable they are now before Asuncion. Under
hese circumstances the war appears to be nearly at an end.
THE DISASTER TO THE IRISH MAIL.—The
coroner's jury, in the case of Arthur Thompson, the driver
of the Irish mail on the day of the Abergele accident, have
returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased,
Arthur Thompson, died from ulceration of the bowels,
and that his death was greatly accelerated by injuries
received and shock sustained by his system, by the acci-
dent which occurred to the Irish mail at Abergele, on
August 20, 1868."

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AN ORNITHOLOGIST.--''
For some time past his Royal Highness the Duke of Edin-
burgh has devoted a considerable portion of his leisure to
ornithological science, and, with a view of procuring s►
large collection of different species of birds, one of
his principal attendants is now receiving lessons to
qualify him in the art of preserving such speci-
mens as the duke may wish to be included in a col-,
lection (already a large one) that may be increased
during his visits to India, China, and other countries.—
Morn lug Post.

THE BISHOP OF CHESTER AND THE VICAR OE
HAYDocK.—In many quarters surprise and regret hay.:
been expressed at the apparent apathy of the Bishop o,
Chester in connection with the Vicar of Haydock and the
Harvest Home held there, now become so notorious. We
ventured to hint last week that the bishop was moving in
the matter but slowly. We are now enabled to state a:.
once, on the best authority, that the bishop moved on
learning the facts as they appeared in the Guardian, and
that his letter of monition to Mr. Greenwell, should it
find its way into print legitimately, would prove that
probably he had taken a better method of managing the
Haydock matter than the more public way of another
bishop. The effect of the correspondence is that Mr.
Greenwell retires from Haydock, and we believe he has no
present intention of resuming clerical duties, and certainly
Church Qf 1i9P.3e.---ivi, ardnatost
not in connegam with Vac
Getfardian.