The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-18 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, Sept. 1G•
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise'
Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, with their
suite, arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon at
two o'clock.

Their Royal Highneises the Prince and Princess
of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh visited her
Majesty in the afternoon.

THE MARQ WS OF BU7E'S BIRTIID,II

FESTIVITIES.

CARDIFF, Sept. 17.
The speech of the Marquis of Bute at the work•
ing men's dinner yesterday has created no
sensation in Cardiff. his lordship said :--
" He should presume, by the kindness which had
been so generally shown him, to call them by the
name cf friends. He asked them to believe ili'
when he told them that when he came into this
great town, when he saw the number of the farai-
lies that were nourished by its prosperity, when he
considered what the hopes were which they had
formed of him, and when he thought of the great
regard which, for his father's sake, they had Wl'
oured bim—(cheers)—when he thought of the
power which he might have for doing good or
evil to many of them, when his self-knowledge
showed him his few years of life, and the duties]
inexperience, weakness, and his many faults, and
his loneliness, he could tell them that the weight of
the responsibility upon him seemed sometimes
almost crushing ; but he was determined to the
very utmost of his ability to do his duty towards
this place through the whole of his life—(cheers)''
and he trusted that the working men would helP
him. (A. Voice—" We will.") The way in which,
they had welcomed him into this place and invite'
him there was, he assured them, a great support
and encouragement to him in the beginning of life'
What he felt he could not tell any one how deePli
he felt it. (Cheers.) Ile took this meeting as 3
pledge, as a true token to him, that the trades
people and working men of Cardiff would give hi°l
the right hand of fellowship in the work which they
had to do for this place. They must work for the
increase of Cardiff, not alone for wealth and power'
and for success in the enterprise which had heee
begun—they must work for the increase of locW'
ledge and purity. (Cheers.) They must endeavour,
as far as in them lay, to ameliorate as far as thel
could the misery, crime, and sin which surroundei4
them. (Cheers). They must endeavour so to 'Ora
that when that night came iu which no man a 5
work that it might be possible for them to say that
they had done what they could. At his time ,
life hopes were strong, and he believed that
while
that feeling existed between them and him whie
he desired should exist, and which he took this meet,
ing also as a token that they desired should exist:
he did not believe they would work in vain. There
fore it was with very deep feelings that he thank'''.
I,
them for inviting him there that day, and he lea
ar
he saw in this meeting the first of many allrri
meetings —(cheers) —by which he hoped to gain for
himself their friendship, and by and by their respee;
(Cheers.) He saw in this a pledge from them tire
they would work together in the determination
had come to—by God's grace to do his duty to
best of his ability for this place."
niag
At the county dinner to the marquis last eve
there was a slight alarm of fire. The gas caught
a
_
portion of the decorations, and in an instant 0:13:
end of the roof seemed to be ablaze. The conVa
were just seated at table, and there was a nats7l,
nervousness which might have terminated in a ru 0
to the doors but for the self-command of seill
gentlemen near the entrance. The woodwork 0f
the roof, however, only caught fire very slightic
in less than five minutes what looked like tof
elements of a fatal accident became a subject pc
mere conversation and of congratulation on to
nerve displayed by the ladies who, accordin,
he
recent custom, occupied seats at the tables. (-1
marquis in reply to the toast of his health, said '11;
" .No one was more consc:o'ss than himself of t
•
pleasure he felt at the gracious way in which they
had welcomed him into the society of the conaoviii,
and the very warm manner in which they had dr,he
the toast of his health. It was this token of t"
esteem and respect in which they held the me
tist
of his father that warmed in him an honest trte d
a
that he might, as his son, be like him, and stip)& ea
him with the hope that he might some day saeede to
to the place in their esteem, as he had succeed so
the position which his father held in this town.
thenf
,
would try and gain that position which his mid
had gained, and hold it somewhat as his father to-
it ; and to carry this out would be to hinta go
sure, an honour, and a privilege. (Cileers,l/.01 is
accepted the position which they offered 01► with
the society of this county with pride and oleo
gratitude. He thanked them, not 85 3 that
form, for having invited him to meet th,Le.aidoess
evening, and as they had shown him thislWido.
en
for the sake of his father, so it should be his to will
your, based upon their kind indulgence, feepg
from them some time, for his own sake, that tint Of
with which they now honoured him on ace°
his birth." Bristol
To-day there has been a regatta in the,c, 0)0
Channel, with good prizes, for yachts of a chtS
and upwards ; yachts under 50 tons, and Y
ts o
under 25 tons ; for pilots of the Channel, Plor loning
the port and hovelling ports. But in the In
orsos
there was half a gale of wind, and very few Polvoti-
ventured out yin the steamers to see the c°...ci oovi
tions. Those few have not yet returned ;
that the wind has risen again, and the rain is %ore
ing in torrents, no one has yet reached the:•vate
pr..l
bearing the tidimgs of the results. rciare,
tle will,dinner and ball, given to-night by the fil3
within the ancient walls of Cardiff was oe•
judging from the preparations, be a splendid 6ce

Lord Lisle has written to a Cork paper ill TO
of absenteeism. The baron's
demnation letter P,
stihis passage :—" I have observed, session after fie.P;
on, members, both English and Irish, in thebl 0
placesli in the House of Commons, denouncing the
policy of the Government in not legislatingt, t
ilreland, and for not adopting those measures are
ofn theirth opinion, would be conducive to the We ,3030
Ie country. These members, in doing thistfithe
sight of the real cause of the misgovernment e aai
oather Government can legislate for
country. The fact is, that neither this Or ao
0, peep le will
country unless the people and countrY
that
help themselves. Ido not hesitate to
Pi ole,
absenteeism is the primary, if not the
°try.
cause of the existing state of things in this try
As I am on the subject there was a
t.about 20 years since, which I think, measure Pa;p.,
Ireland-1
was the very best act that was ever PasE t hi
mean the Land Improvement l'-cooei
which Government granted her millions of el too
to enable proprietors to apply for loans 0 Will sill.
their estates by reclamation of waste lands/ drafter
without e:d for
age,th &c. But, unfortunately, for nine Ye3r3 to-
le passing of the act the money remained 1/001
poyed in the hands of the commissioners
did aoo
absentees, such as resident landlords, either ui.rit of
orthi would not understand the nature and 5131-Deen
's invaluable Act of Parliament. gad it,f. th3t
generally acted upon there is very little clotiw- for
a vast amount of property that was Put nuP,cer
sale in the Encumbered Estates' Court would
_er
have been brought to the hammer, and the
fer;sat
owners of these estates, instead of gobein want
and destitution, would have been DOW in Ps. ace
of their properties, for the rental that
been derivable from the land thus improved .1v tbo
have formed a sinking fund ,which would ingot,
course of time have paid off the mortgages i.,,, aIY
lug their estates. In conclusion, then, let the
do
sentee landlords of Ireland come forward 311,3 to
their duty to their God, to their country, all
themselves." ~to
vast a
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are the properties of Lamplolvt's Pyretic Saline, air'—.olt.
worst lioalaelacs, sioliaw.s, b'sau 'or bUlary affection. 3. ril,ll
palatable, and invigorating. s4;lcl by all cheraiats.-‘
would Poto