The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER l2, 1865.

rip II E LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at
W. .‘Catalen Stores," 73, Park-street, Camden-

town.

• -
ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS,
Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office
open from 11 to 4.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; ou Mondays, Gd.; Children
under twelve. Gd.

cfj
Sint4

LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 12, 1868.

The Revolution in Spain is progressing as well
as any one could suppose, and what must be a mat-
ter of congratulation to all well-dispose I persons,
it is carried on with a strict sense of propriety, and
an earnest desire to avoid disorder and confusion to
the best interests of the State. Seldom, if ever,
has a great and comprehensive change like this
been carried on in so striking a manner, and the
nations of Europe will appreciate this noble mode-
ration and forbearance on the part of the Spanish
people. With one thing and another it had come
to be the fashion of late to look upon the Spaniards
as the wreck of a great people, possessed of the
remnant of ancient glories never more to shine forth
in the future with renewed lustre. Prrhaps we
may yet be all agreeably disappointed in this re-
spect, and find that the real reason of the failure
witnessed was the, burden laid upon the kingdom,
and the seeming impossibility of ridding themselves
of an oppressive ruler of overbearing character and
with inordinate pretensions. In the light of a better
day of progress, it is quite possible that all this evil
may be done away with, and that the mischief en-
gendered by past years of misrule may be compen-
sated for in the improvements now so rapidly
sketched out by the enterprising workers of the
new regime. The Minister of the Interior has issued
a Circular, in which ho says that if it was
before necessary to appeal to arms in order to
overthrow a " degenerate Government," it is now
equally necessary to preserve public order, and the
determination of the Government is strong that it
shall not be disturbed. The object in view by those
in authority is to " lead the nation to liberty, and
not to allow it to perish in anarchy," and this is
a very laudable one in all respects. Most truly does
the Minister declare in this statement they must.
have proper tribunals for the administration of
justice; but any attempt on the part of the masses
to deal it out will only result in acts that will bear
the impress of vengeance, and the public function-
aries are therefore invited to lend all possible aid
to secure public tranquillity by handing over to
justice all evil-disposed persons. This is a change
from other revolutionary programmes, when a sort
of tacit arrangement is given to those who wish to
distinguish themselves by making encroachments
on the institutions of the country ; and it has often
appeared as if the greater the excitement that pre-
vailed the more satisfied were those who had the
conduct of affairs. Those who seek to act on fixed
principles in a firm and decided manner will do
all they can to gain the support of the lovers of order;
but those who are ambitious and want to soar to
heights they dare not indicate are glad to catch
the adherence of restle.-s minds, and hope in the
general confusion that may prevail to gain their

own ends and purposes.
We may augur the best things from the settled
conviction that prevails in high places at Madrid
of the imperative necessity of preserving peace and
maintaining order. In completing the Declaration
of Rights, the Junta has issued a statement which
upholds individual liberty, and the inviolability of
domicile and private letters. A great deal of work
has been undertaken, and, in short, little of im-
portance has been neglected that can secure the
prosperity of the country, or provide for the exist-
ing requirements of the people. It is proposed to
succour the classes in distress, and for thii pur-
pose a loan has been organised. The renomination
of the Governors for the provinces has taken place
in many instances, and so far have the energetic
efforts of the rukrs succeeded that it i 3 now
proclaimed that order reigns in MAdrid and the
provinces, and public confidence is returning. The
Democratic party has been induced to support the
Government through the instrumentality of Senor
RIFERA, who has done good service thereby to the
cause of progress, and aided the efforts of the ad-
vocates of order.

The Moniteur of yesterday confirms the news
that the Minister of the United States in Madrid
has recognised the Provisional Government, which
indeed seemed likely enough at first to obtain cre-
dence. The next news will very probably be that
the abolition of slavery in the Spanish colonies will
take place. It is said that with a view to this end the
French Cotntnittee for the affair has sent an address
to the Government at Madrid, which solicits the
emancipation of the slaves in the Spanish Colonies.
It is encouraging to find a better spirit prevailing
on many matters, and if, in all the changes that
take place from time to time, some old grievance is
removed, there may be cause to hope for the
gradual regeneration of society, and the extinction
of some of the most glaring evils that displease an
enlightened eye. To overthrow a monarchy is
always a serious business, and should never be un-
dertaken without due consideration, but there are
instances where a decided movement is necessary,
and it cannot be denied that this change of Govern-
ment in Spain has been greatly needed. All
possible time has been given to the QUEEN to
amend her ways, and she has not lacked opportu-
nity of every kind, but she has been the deaf adder
in every sense of the word, and warning, entreaty,
and patience were all thrown away upon her. From
not being undertaken in haste, or carried on in
anger, the change has been effected all the more
successfully, and the nation in the twinkling of an
eye, as it were, has passed from one condition to
another, and been subject to somewhat of the trans-
formations that attend the representations of the
stage rather than the cumbrous force that
usually go along with States formalities. But
all may turn out for the best in the
long run is very likely, and thus the country, which
seemed a real exception to the other kingdoms of
Europe and a contradiction to the prevailing tastes
and sympathies of the generation, bids fair to arise
from the darkness which has too long overshadowed
it, and to keep its old place in the respect and
regard of the world.

Election addresses still continue to be the order
of the day, and among the crowd of new candi-
dates for Parliamentary honours it is only, fair to
give some attention to those who have proved their
armour in previous campaigns at St. Stephen's.
Lord ENFIELD solicits the renewal of the suffrages
of the electors of Middlesex, which he has repre-
sented for the last eleven years. The noble lord is
moderate enough in his language, promising celer
na sans dire, a strict attention to the interests of
his constituents iu particular, and the empire in
general, though he commits himself in favour of
few specific lines of policy, with the exception of
the disendowment of the Irish Church.

Mr. Robert DIMSDALE, in addressing the electors
of Hertford, is more communicative in regard to
his intentions and opinions. As a Conservative
he is opposed to the disestablishment, and believes
that so far from planting an olive branch in Ireland
it would sow the seeds of lasting theological discord

in that country. Leaving that vexed question, he
comes to more general topics, and though opposed
to the Ballot he is anxious to check, if possible, by
other means what he admits to be the growing evils
of bribery and corruption, and reminds the electors
that he vot,:d for every amendment which was
likely to increase the efficiency of the Government
bill. The absorbing interest of party contests has,
as Mr. DIMSDALE remarks, obstructed the passing
of many measures needed by the working classes.
First and foremost of these is Popular Education,
which, in the belief of the member for Hertford,
must be one of the first subjects discussed by the
new Parliament. He declares himself opposed to
a compulsory system and to an exclusively secular
one, but would rather solve the problem by extend-
ing the present grants to all schools submitting
themselves to annual examinations, modifying at the
same tip the existing regulations, so as to bring
the poorer and more neglected districts within the
reach of State aid.

On the very important, though hitherto neglected,
subject of the equalisation of the poor-rates, we are
glad to find Mr. DIMSDALE speaking with decision.
There is good hope that we shall soon see this long-
delayed reform begun in earnest, since several of
the candidates for election and re-election have ex-
pressed themselves in its favour. Indeed the in-
equality and injustice of the present system are so
marked, the burdens press so heavily on the very
classes least fitted to bear them, and the paupers in
the poorer districts suffer so greatly from the en-
forced economy of the parish officers that
it is only marvellous the evils should
have been left so long unredressed. On
this subject Mr. DIMSDALE says—" A change
was made in 1865 from parochial to union rating,
but further alterations remain to be carried out in
the rating area ; and as a first step in the right
direction I would support the equalisation of rates
within the metropolis. All such changes are, how-
ever, steps, gradual yet sure, towards the certain,
inevitable goal—a national rate. A more equitable
system of levying poor-rates is required." Of the
public expenditure Mr. DIMSDALE says that he is •in
favour of judicious economy, provided the interests
of the public service be duly regarded. It is plain,
he adds, that in the present state of things a large
reduction in taxation must not be looked for ;
but whenever there is a surplus to dispose he
shall repeat his vote against the duty on fire in-
surances.

Mr. SCLATEE-BOOTII having accepted office under
the present Government of course is a supporter of
their policy, and in addressing his constituents of
North Hampshire for re-election declares the "per-
fect satisfaction" with which he sees that extension
of the franchise which for the past ten years he has
regarded as an " impending necessity." Mr.
BRAMSTON BEACH, also for North Hants, is opposed
to the overthrow of the Irish Church, but is
strongly in favour of some measure of relief for
the Irish tenant. He thinks that if an act were
passed to secure the tenant a fair compensation
for his improvements, it would tend greatly to re-
move the discontent so unhappily prevailing in
Ireland. To relieve the increasing pressure of local
rates he would bring within the area much pro-
perty now exempt. If the constituencies can suc-
ceed in refreshing their members' memories, when
they have once passed the Rubicon and another
general election is far in the dim future, we shall
perhaps obtain some useful legislation on social and
domestic matters from the new Parliament, now
that the great stumbling-block of Reform no longer
stops the way.

Startling news reaches us from China and Japan,
which, if confirme I, is likely to give us serious
tro able. A telegram, dated Yokohama, Aug. 23,
tells us that a Japanese imperial decree forbidding
Christianity has been posted on the antes of the
town, and intelligence from Hong Kong some ten
days latter announces that serious outrages on
missionaries at Wuchang have taken place, calling
for the immediate interference of the British Go-
vellum:tat. This is very unwelcome news, since
we had reason to hope that our footing
was fairly established in the East, and that
our presence in those parts had indirectly fostered
the progress of civilisation and toleration. The
dislike of the Japanese to the presence of foreigners
is nothing new, but they had of late years learned
to modify or at least to conceal it. The lesson so
sternly taught to the insolent and overwhelming
Dahnios some years since was not soon forgotten
by them, and since they had learned to fear and
respect us they were willing to accept the advan-
tages which our commercial enterprise placed
within their reach. Their exclusiveness generally
concerned all the outer world beyond Japan, and
was not specially directed against Christianity.
The almost simultaneous news from China seems to
indicate some organised movement in those parts
against Europeans. The Chinese, at least, know
too much of British gallantry to think they can so
easily shake off the presence of their countrymen,
and we must hope that matters may prove less seri-
ous than they now appear.

IVIARKE7 S-2 MS DAY.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

We have again a large supply of beasts, but the average
quality is very middling. Choicest descriptions meet pur-
chasers at about late rates ; and other kinds are lower,
and several remain unsold. The number of sheep is rather
smaller than on Monday last ; it, however, exceeds the
demand. Trade is very slow at that day's quotations.
Choice calves aro still scarce and dear. Our foreign supply
consists of 2,8J7 beasts and 74 calves. From Scotland
there are 23 beasts; Ireland, 625 ; Norfolk and Suffolk
20 ; and 2,065 from the midland and home counties.

CORN.
At Mark-lane there was a fair attendanceof the trade.
COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, October 12. Sales probably 12,000 or
15,000 bales. Market upward tendency.

The will of Sir James South, F.R.S., astronomer,
formerly president of tho Royal Astronomical Society, was
proved in the London Court under £l,OOO personalty.
The will of Effingham Wilson, bookseller and publisher,
was proved under £4,000; and the will of Henry Groom-
bridge, publisher, under £l,OOO.

GAS EXAMINER TO THE CITY OF LONDON.—,
Another candidate for the office vacated by Dr. Letheby
we learn, is Mr. W. T. Fewtrell, F.C.S., whose name is
well known in connection with chemical periodical litera-
ture, and who was for a long time associated with Dr.
Letheby in the examination of the gas supplied to the
City.

MUSICAL ITEMS.—A. Conservatoire de Musique
has been founded at Stettin. Naudin, the t.9nor, has ac-
cepted an engagement at Frankfort. A new opera, en-
titled "Buy Bias," by Marchetti, is to be performed at
Milan. The order of the Italian Crown has been 'conferred
on Sivori, of Genoa, the celebrated violinist. After a for-
tunate escape in a railway accident, Mdllo. D. Artot has
arrived iu Moscow, where she has been most warmly rd-
ceived. A musical festival at Bonn has concluded the in-
ternational archeological congress recently hold in that
city. At the festival a fine performance was given vf some
of Beethoyeu's works. The English composer, .Alfred
Holmes, has fixed his residence iu Paris. Ho is at work
on an opera, and also a grand orchestral symphony, en-
titled "La Jeunesso do Shakespeare." Could not of .e of
our English institutions give a performance of this ‘com-
poser's heroic symphony for orchestra and chorus, "Jean. ne
d'Arc," which has been so great a success at St. Peters-
burg lately ?-31usical Standard.

LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.--AIRS. S. A.
ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never -fails to
quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and
beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss of ,d de-
lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from
falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth;
it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It remove, s all
dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottic s
Price Six Shillings. Sold by moat Chemists and Perini:n(l rs•
Depot, 26G, High Holborn.

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

POLITICAL MITS.
There is no fear that our law makers will ever run short
through lack of lawyers. There, are for instance, no fewer
than ten barristers; candidates for constituencies in Ireland
alone. This is not surprising, considering that the Con-
servative Government has changed its law officers (by
promotion) about once a month.
A novel electoral incident took place. in Lambeth
on Saturday. A number of ladies presented Mr.
Morgan Howard, the " Constitutional" candidate, with a
number of banners, worked by their own fair hands. The
rector of St. George's, Peckham, presided, and announced
with much effusion that "Lambeth expects every man to
do his duty." A Mr. Kelham then presented the flags,
plus an address, in which he spoke of the crisis in our
history, and said that it was on this account the ladies
had conceived the idea of working these flags, and giving
them to the " Constitutional" candidate. They were
intended for display in processions and on the hustings,
the fair donors evidently being ignorant of the law which
prohibits such manifestations. Mr. Howard, to whom we
will charitably ascribe similar ignorance, received the
flags—metaphorically, that is, for they were far too large
and too numerous for him to take them literally—and
made a speech upon the importance of ladies taking part
in such a political crisis as the present, and concluded
with the highly logical deduction that " there was only
one woman who ought to be entrusted with political powers,
duties, and responsibilities, and that was the Queen "
a sentiment rapturously applauded by his female audience.

The Morning Advertiser announces, with much redun-
dance of language, that an attempt has been made to
"assassinate" Mr. Homer, the ex-publican candidate for
Hackney. It appears that a man succeeded in "hustling"
himself through a crowd until he got behind Mr. Homer,
where ho was found with a large open-bladed knife
in his hand, " prepared to strike." It appears that
this is not the first time this kind of political
argument has been used in this highly-interesting
borough. Both Homerites and anti-Homerites have been
indulging in the logic of cold steel. The odd fact about
this affair is, that Mr. Homer was quite ignorant of the
escape which he had had, and that although a large
number of persons witnessed it, no one informed him of it
until Friday, when he at once turned it to good account
by announcing his intended "assassination " in large posters,
thereby exciting sympathy in his behalf, which will be
highly useful on polling-day. No doubt we shall hear
before long that the other candidates for Hackney have
been more or less nearly " assassinated." Only, if the can-
didates continue to multiply after their present rate, the
story will soon become hackneyed.
A correspondent of the Horning Star gives an account
of one of Mr. Homer's meetings which by no means gives
the idea of martyrdom which the ex-victualler is so anxious
to excite. The correspondent says that at a meeting on
Thursday there were fifty or sixty roughs, including
some notorious pugilists, directed by a sinister-looking
blackguard in the gallery, who kept shouting for
Homer, and, when they got hoarse, fell upon
those who did not shout, especially one man who
had manifested sympathy for Colonel Dickson. He
and several persons near him were set upon and fearfully
maltreated ; fights were going on all over the building,
and several unoffending people were—after being soundly
pummelled up above—hurled head foremost down the
gallery stairs. This continued during the whole of the meet-
ing, until the turbulent element were perfectly hoarse and
exhausted. An attempt was made, in the sheerest
dumb-show, to put a resolution, and the roughs,
being in this particular ill-informed, held --up
their hands both for and against it, and so
the meeting broke up in the direst confusion. Fortunately
for Mr. Homer, he must be well used to this sort of thing.
The scene of Thursday must have reminded him of the
time when he kept a gin-palace, and made his fortune
while his customers were getting black eyes and broken

noses.

Mr. Milnes Gaskell, who has represented Wenlock
without a contest since 1832, is about to retire. lle is a
Conservative, and has been a Lord of the Treasury ; but he
is convinced that the Irish Church Establishment ought
not tobe maintained. In this he concurs:with two other Con-
servative M.P.'s, Sir George Stucley and Sir W. Stirling-
Maxwell.

Mr. Bright addresses his constituents in the Birming-
ham Town Hall on the 26th, which we need scarcely say
is " Saint Monday."

MR. STANSFELD ON THE NATIONAL EXPENDITURE.

Mr. Stansfeld appears to be fighting his battle at Halifax
on the question of the national expenditure. Several
times he has taken up the subject, and his opponents have
given the rejoinder every time. A few days back he held
forth on the same question. Ilis speeches generally bristle
with figures, and this was no exception to the rule. Omit-
ting these, however, his argument was as follows:—
The question was, he said, whether the bare and isolated
fact of the expenditure of the Government of which
Mr. Gladstone was a member in 1853 exceeding that of
the Conservative Government in 1852 was any argument
of evidence to prove that Mr. Disraeli was an economist,
and not Mr. Gladstone. The truth was very simple.
That was a period of ascending expenditure ; it was the
period after the repeal of the corn laws, when they were
approaching the eve of the Crime:ni war, and when people
were beginning to feel uneasy about the military condition
of the country. He reviewed the whole expenditure year
by year, until he came to the year 1866. In 1866
Mr. Gladstone spent £66,780,306, and in 1867 Mr.
; so that in that last
rDeirsiroade,l i a
'period
d£609f,23f Ga 101.00 and
possible practical com-
parison, when Mr. Disraeli and the Conservative party
had been long enough in office to have a financial policy,
by their own figures, and the confession of their own
Chancellor of h Exchequer, they had increased the
expenditure by upwards of £3,000,000, and had
swallowed up the whole of that saving of more' than
£2,000,000 which he assisted to effect by the motion of
1862 ; and they had returned to that inflated expenditure
to which he (Mr. Stansfeld) was then opposed.

" TELL HIM TO STAND 1"

While in the administration of nearly every Govern-
ment patronage the principle of merit before party has
long been recognised, in the distribution of peerages and
minor titles this arrangement has, most unfortunately for
the country, never been adopted. Instead of the men of
weight being selected from the House of Commons for the
Upper House, we have had the mediocrities selected—
who "vote straight."
erecklessly thrown broad-
cast.m.B
ae
rno,
nteot
ci usees
havet he commonbeen ev expression,enmor
In nearly every case have they been given to
party men. A story has been circulated which raises the
question whether the whole system of patronage ought not
to be revised. It is to the effect that Sir Samuel Bignold,
being anxious to induce " a certain gentleman " to stand
for Norwich, received from him the answer that he would
do so only on his claims to a baronetcy being recognised
by the Premier. Sir S. Bignold then commu-
nicated this statement to Mr. Disraeli, who
replied to the effect that if the gentleman in
question would contest the [city he should be made a
baronet. Can this story he true? Who is the " certain
gentleman" to whom it refers? Mr. Darby Griffith writes
to the Star : " A statement involving such important
constitutional considerations ought not to remain without
an authoritative elucidation."

ui • those wno sicte with me in supporting lir. Colenso.'
Permit me to observe that we—that is, at least, half the
clergy of the Church of England in this diocese, and a larg(
majority of the laity—are taking part together in support•
ing, not Dr. Colenso, but the law of the land, declared
not only by Lord Romilly's judgment, but by the
more recent decision of the Supreme Court of this
colony. . . . W e feel it to be our plain duty, whatever
our religious views may be (in respect of which many of
us differ widely on some points from Dr. Colenso), to
recognise his authority and render to him all due canonical
obedience, unless and until the principles laid down in the
above two judgments shall bo set aside on appeal to the
Privy Council. As clergymen of the Church of Eng-
land, desiring to be faithful to our ordination vows,
and as loyal subjects of the Queen, we could not do other-
wise. And I would add, with all possible respect for
your Grace's eminent position, that we should have hoped
to have been encouraged and strengthened in the dis-
charge of this our duty, under peculiar, and to many of
us somewhat trying- circumstances, by one, like your
Grace, filling the highest office in the Church under
her Majesty, and one of the highest in the State, instead
of being taunted in language implying reproach and
censure."

WORKING WOMEN'S COLLECL

The experiment of colleges for working women has now
proved, as far as the metropolis is concerned, a complete
success. Much was said against the first college when it
started. It was set up in direct opposition to two very
strong prejudices. Those who were against working
people " being educated above their ranks," and
those who looked on female education as a
dangerous innovation, were equally opposed to the
plan. But there were both philanthropists and pro-
fessors enough to set the thing a going, and it has since
prospered. It could, indeed, hardly do otherwise with
such lecturers as Professor Maurice, Dr. Macdonald (the
author), Professor Masson, and Professor Seeley. The
average number of students is given as over 170. The
college itself is described as a very comfortable place,
having its library and its coffee-room well furnished with
periodical literature.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL
AMERICA.

October 13th witnesses the elections in the four States of
Ohio, Indiana, lowa, and Pennsylvania, from the results
of which a decisive judgment may be formed of the issue
of the Presidential election on November 3. If the
Democrats succeed in carrying Pennsylvania and Ohio,
Mr. Seymour will have some slight chance of success ; but
if the Republicans win in these two States, General Grant
must inevitably be returned. At the last election the
Democrats won in Pennsylvania by a small majority,
whilst their opponents carried the remaining three States
by a larger preponderance. In Indiana and lowa the
Republicans are considered safe, but in the two doubtful
States the contest, which is pretty even, is being fought
out with the most intense bitterness.

The Times New York correspondent says that public
opinion on the Camilla riot awards the greater share of
blame to the whites. The officer in charge of the
"Freedmen's Bureau" in the district reports that tl:e
whites pursued the negroes all night through the woods
with bloodhounds. According to the blacks, some negroes
were torn in pieces by the dogs. The blacks are terribly
frightened by this riot, and are flocking to the Conserva-
tive side in such nun:b,,ls that the Radicals have given up
all hope of controlling the State, and are now trying to
prevent any Presidential election being held there.

Captain 'Forsyth, who WI fifty soldiers was boleat urea
by 7 0 Indians, has bee I relieved, and the Indians driven
off with loss. The attacked force had taken refuge on a
small river island, and thrown up small breastworks of
sand. During the " siege " the Indians fired 10,000 rounds
into the little camp.