The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-20 00:00:00

BEARIN

DEFEAT.

Mr. Bernal Osborne, at Nottingham, spoke of his defeat
is very few others could have dons. He said at the
qustings when the poll was declared against him: " I ac•
knowledge the popularity of your present senior member,
Sir Robert. He is, in fact, the real working men's
:andidate in Nottingham. I also acknowledge the
tigh standing and the local connections, together with the
advantageous association of his name with theßobin Hoods,
which Colonel Wright may claim, and I say that in him
you have a good man. I don't know that if he had other
principles you could have a better man, I don't like his
principles, but he has something about him that Ido
'ike--I like his wife." Amid the laughter and cheers of
the crowd, Mr. Osborne took the hand of Mrs. Wright
snd pressed it to his lips gallantly. He then proceeded :

'` From the moment when I saw two of the handsomest,
two of the best, two of the most winning women in
Great Britain enter into this contest, in the shape of
Lady Clifton and Mrs. Wright, I wrote to my wife and
:aid, 'lt is all U P with me.' " Mr. Osborne added :
Gentlemen, we hear something of bribery at
loections. I accuse you, Mrs. Wright, of having
won people by the witchery of your smile , I accuse yon,
Lady Clifton, of having made your husband what he is
by your winning ways and your charitable nand. Though
beaten, lam not disgraced. I have been defeated by two
women whom I could not find the equals of."

THE ALABAMA CLADIS.

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Mr. Reverdy Johnson is now on a visit to Mr. Peabody,
at Brighton. The mayor of that town on Tuesday pre-
3ented an address to him. In reply, he spoke first of the
naturalisation questiOn which had arisen between this
iountry and America, and explained that the theory held
'n England was one entirely at variance with the one held in
the United States. No man really could become a citizen of
another country, according to English law. England
still claimed him. "It is now Betted by the protocol
agreed to by Lord Stanley and myself, and so settled that
it cannot hereafter give trouble to either Government ;
and I am glad to add that it has received the approval
cf the executives of each. The naturalised is
placed upon the same footing in all respects as the native
citizen." The second question was the San Juan
question. That also had been settled. " The third, and
the only other cause of trouble," continued Mr. Johnson,
" originated during our late domestic war. From this have,
arisen most of the claims made by your citizens upon in.
Government, and my falloW,citizens upon yours ; the
latter known by the general name of the ' Alabama
claims.' The convention which we have recently
agreed to (and whirl a I have ,no doubt will be ap-
proved by both Governments) provides that these are
to be settled by a board of four commissioners, two to be
appointed by each Government. In the event of their not
deciding by a majority for or against any claim OT
than an Alabama one, the decision is to

made by an umpire chosen by themselves. In regard to
the Alabama claims, the arrangement is somewhErA
different. Before these are to be considered by the com
missioners, the two Governments are to nine upiiit the
head of some foreign Government as an arbitrator, by
whom the decision as to the liability of your Government
for such claims is to be made, on the contingency that the
commissioners fail to come to a unanimous decision
for or against it. This arbitrator, however, is to adjudge
only the question of liability. If he rule that question
against your Government, the amount due to
each claimant is to be ascertained by a majority
of the commissioners. If he rule in favour of your
Government, the claim is to be perpetually barred. You
will thus see, gentlemen, that all the sources of trouble
have been closed, and so completely that they can never
again be opened. The two nations, therefore, have before
them an unclouded prospect of enduring peace, and of all
the advantages, material, social, and political, certain to
result from it."

MR. HART WELL AND HIS ELECTION

ENP.ENS.ES.

On Thursday a gentleman named Macdonald attended
at the Guildhall Police-court, and requested permission to
make the following statement. He said that, observing
a report in some of the papers respecting the election
at Stoke-upon-Trent, he had felt it due to the parties
against whom such serious imputations had been made
to say that he was in possession of the agreement
under which they had received the money. He had
been requested about a fortnight since by some indepen-
dent parties to arrange for the retirement of Mr. Hartwell,
who, in their opinion, was unlikely to go to the poll, but
whose candidature produced much ill-feeling and excite-
ment in the borough. Accordingly Mr. Hartwell and the
two men against whom the warrant wg§ applied for
attended at his (Mr. Macdonald's) office on the 13th inst.,
where the following agreement was signed by Mr.
Hartwell, the two men, and himself :—" Agreed that
Robert Hartwell retires from his candidature, as
far as Stoke-upon-Trent is concerned, for the present
election, and that the placards publishing the same in the
borough of Stoke-upon-Trent are issued on Saturday, the
14th inst. The costs and charges which have been
incurred, amounting to about the sum of £2BO, having
having been deposited in the hands of —, the sum to be
paid to the aforesaid and -- (the two men
referred to) on Tuesday, the 17th inst." This document
was duly signed by all the parties present, Mr. Hart-
well included. Further than this, the two men had
.fated, in Hartwell's presence, and without contradiction
from him, that they were, one way or other, responsible
for a considerable sum, and were to be reimbursed from
the amount handed over to them. He (Mr. Macdonald)
had therefore only to say that he had dealt with them as
principals in the matter ; that they had duly received the
money from the gentleman who by mutual agreement
held it ; and that he had no reason to suppose they in-
tended to misapply or misappropriate it.
Mr. Alderman Besley, after examining the memo-
randum, and conferring with Mr. Martin, the chief clerk,
said that he should have been glad if Mr. Merriman had
been present to hear Mr. Macdonald's statement ; but it
seemed to him (Alderman Besley) to be a complete answer
to the application made to him on Wednescisy.
Mr. Macdonald, having thanked the alderman for his
attention, withdrew.

CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
ON THE ELECTIONS,

The Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke at North-
ampton on Thursday on the subject of elections. Said
" What I wish to impress upon you is, that we
have gained some very large and populous constitu-
encies. It used to he a reproach on the part of our oppo-
nents that the Conservatives dare not spew their faces in
those constituencies. But what has been the case ? The
Conservatives have gone into the very heart of the
manufacturing districts, and at Manchester our candidate
is at the top of the poll. At Salford, which is as much
a part of Manchester as the westward is of this town,
they have returned two Conservative candidates, and it is
some little consolation for the farmers of South Northamp-
tonshire to know that Mr. Milner Gibson, who was
mainly instrumental in defeating the Cattle-market Bill last
session, has lost his seat for Ashton. (Cheers, and a
Voice ; Where is the Attorney-General?') Well, I
have never yet heard that Exeter was a seat of great manu-
facturing industry. However, the Attorney-General is a
very good man, and no doubt we shall have him again for
somewhere. At Southampton we have got in two Conserva-
tives at the top of the poll. At Portsmouth, again, what have
we done? At Coventry we have got in two Conservatives,
and in the City of London we have got in one Conserva-
tive, and we were so near getting in another that the
Liberals did not wait until the official declaration of the
numbers who had won. Mr. Goschen told me himself that
in spite of the minority clause the Liberals would carry
all their four candidates for London ; but they have not
done it. In many of the large towns—(a Voice : Birming-
ham')—the working classes have thus shown that they are
on the side of the Conservatives. We have another triumph
in the return of Mr. Smith for the city of Westminster.
The city of Westminster is the queen of the metropolitan
constituencies, the City of London being the king ; and in
Westminster we have carried our man at the top of the
poll. I thing we may take heart from all this. It shews
that the heart of the country is sound, that things are
coming round—in fact, that the country is coming to
its senses, a stop having been put to revolutionary
proceedings by the rejection of the extreme men on the
other side.

REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF PETRIFA CTION.
About six years ago Mr. Amos Broughton died at Wayne
County, and was buried there. A few days ago the
family of the deceased resolved to bring the remains of
the father from Wayne County, and have them deposited
in a cemetery near their present residence. In fur-
therance of this purpose the grave was opened and the
coffin exposed, but all ordinary efforts to lift it from
its position proved ineffectual. The coffin lid was
therefore removed, when it was found that the body
was in the most perfect state of petrifaction. It was
lovered with a dry mould, which, when removed, revealed
a surface almost as white and pure as marble. The body
shewed not the least particle of decay. Every feature
and lineament was perfectly preserved, and when placed
upright it presented the appearance of a finely-chiselled
statue. When Mr. Broughton died he weighed about
two hundred pounds, while the remains had increased in
weight by petrifaction to eight hundred pounds.--Quebec

Chi:

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 19.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Chris-
tian, drove out yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise,
walked and drove in the grounds this morning.
The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia ar-
rived at the Castle this evening from Wooduorton.