The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOYD° \" FRIDAY EVENING, J ULY 10, 18138.

little intolerance. We may expect to see a good
many changes wrought in the course of the coming
elections, and those not only among the partially
disfranchised boroughs, but in the large towns.
Liverpool is to boast of an additional member, a
gratifying testimony to its incrasing importance,
.hut the pleasure felt in this token of growing con-
s equence is marred in the eyes of some by the ac-
ct ptance of Mr. MILL'S favourite doctrine of the
representation of minorities. Those who have
hitherto found themselves in the majority are natu-
rally not very well pleased at this alteration, which
they think likely to weaken their influence, but to
others the change is proportionately welcome. The
Conservatives of the borough have, we learn, deter-
mined to bring forward Lord SANDON as a colleague
of Mr. GRAVES, on the retirement of Mr. lIORSFALL,
and on IVe lnesday evening a public meeting was
held at the Royal Amphitheatre, which was largely
attended. Mr. GRAVES, M.P., addressed the meet-
ing at some length, and referred pram! arly to the
changes wrought by the Refor:n Bill. Speaking of the
minority clause, he confessed that he hal changed his
opinion on the point. So far as mere party votes were
concerned, he admitted that the majority lost one,
but there were material circumstances connected
with it which outweighed the drawbacks. "It has
opened. up an uninterrupted channel of confidential
communication between half a million of people and
the Government of the day. Whatever that Go-
vernment may be there are your confidential chan-
nels of com nunication open to you. Three years
ago he looked upon the subject differently, but his
recent Parliamentary experience had convinced him
that the minority clause has Bread advantages.
With regard to the retrospect of the session, Mr.
GRAVES'S sentiments are well known. He expressed
them pretty plainly in the House of Commons in
the midst of one of those personal recriminations
which have wasted so much valuable time this ses-
sion. " Our time," said Mr. GRAVES on Wednes-
day, " has been wasted. Most important measures
have been thrown aside. Oar Education Bill, our
Bankruptcy Bill, our Merchant Shipping Bill,
laws for the amelioration of the poor, and many
other measures that I could name, have been thrown
aside, and I may say that our session has been frit-
tered away." The electors of Liverpool are most of
them strongly interested in these measures, and
therefore Mr. GRAVES was certain to obtain the
unanimous support of his audience to his con-
demnation of the profitless session.
Tne chief event of the evening, however, was
the introduction of Lord SANDON to the Liverpool
electors as the new candidate for their suffrages,
so far as we can judge from a speech which, if not
exactly a hustings' speech, was one addressed to the
constituents whose votes he desired. Lord SAN-
DON'S policy is honest, straightforward, and en-
lightened. He is no novice in Parliamentary life,
having sat for Lichfield ten years ago ; and it is a
sufficient proof that he is no bigoted Tory, that he
gave an unqualified support to Lord PALMERSTON
throughout the Crimean war and the China diffi-
culty. Lord SANDON claims for himself the charac-
ter of an independent politician, and the last
vote which he gave in Parliament was for Lord
DERBY'S Reform Bill. A reformer indeed Lord SAN-
DON may fairly claim to be. The great strides which
have been made of late years, and the influences
exerted by the great moving impulses of modern
times have rendered it, he thinks, inevitable that
all old institutions should be overhauled and testes.
The institutions themselves he believes to be sub-
stantially sound and true, though he is not averse
to changes and modifications in matters of detail.
" I do not know," he observed, " what you new elec-
tors feel ; but I, as a possibly new member of Parlia-
ment, th:.lz that whit the country requires now is
not the eternal squabbling as to who ale r;dhb to
the year 1837 and in the year 1865, as to whether
one Minister were perfectly straightforward in his
course of conduct, and as to whether the other
exactly quoted his words aright, but what I think the
country wants is to turn our gaze steadily to the
future." Ilis speech throughout was characterised
by good sense and enlightenment, and, should for-
.tune favour him, he will no doubt prove a worthy
representative for Liverpool.

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AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE lIOLSATIA.
( Via Southampton.)
NEW YORE, June 30 (Noon).

The house of Representatives, by 92 against 55
votes, has passed a resolution directing the Com-
mittee of Ways and Means to report the bill tax-
ing the interest on the United States Bonds at least
ten per cent.

General Buchanan, by direction of General Grant,
has removed the Governor and Lieut. Governor of
Louisiana, and has installed the recently elected
officers W'armouth and Dunn, the latter a negro.
It is reported that General Grant has addressed
the district commanders, informing them that the
military will give place to civil rule in those States
recently admitted to representation as soon as the
constitutional requirements are complied with.
The Louisiana Legislature was convened yester-
day ; the majority of the Democratic delegates
withdrew.

The Mississippi election is still progressing. It
is reported that the Democrats are largely ahead.
President Johnson has signed a bill establishing
eight hours as a day's work for all mechanics in
Government employ.

The trial of Sucratt has been further postponed
until the 21st of September. The district attorney
will not prosecute under the murder indictment.
The King of the Sandwich Islands, in conse-
quence of the annexation agitation by Americans,
has threatened to place' the islands under British
protebtion if his nationality is interfered with.

The German national Schulzenfest bas com-
menced. A grand parade took place on Saturday.
On Sunday there was a banquet. A delegation
from Congress and several European delegations
were present.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Holsatia, from New York on the 30th ult., arrived
at Southampton to-day, with 80 passengers, for
this port, Havre, and Hamburg, 42 sacks of mails,
$541,584 in specie for London, $155,185 for Paris,
and $7,076 for Hamburg.
She made the entire passage from Sandy Hook
to the Needles, allowing for the difference of time,
in 9 days and 4 hours, with more or less fog
throughout the passage. On the 2d inst. she passed
the English ship Chancellor, bound west.

CROOKUAVEN, July 10, 6.45 a.m.

The Cunard steamer Russia is now passing
Browhead Signal Station en route for Queenstown.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

FALMOUTH, July 10.

The Cape of Good Hope Company's steamer
United Service, Gaine commander, arrived at this
port at 6 a.m., from Algoa, Bay, having on freight
a full cargo of wool, 25 passengers, and seven bags
of mails.

The mails were landed and forwarded by the 10

a.m. train.