The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
WHATJUDGE KEILYSAW
nor ACT AND USCoN-
TESTED ELECTIONS DECIDED.
Canon Wiiberforcc's Sermon In west "'"'
stcr Abbey-The Tony "ictory-
GIadstone's influence

reads: Had ! been ral3ed ~ ..' 20, s,.'i.
would have been bern without heaos.
I n. gin TO fear that the smlDnS, gouacss
has Tins abandoned me, since pdssed
the week beginning July sth. IN beiias,,
the headquarters OF Oranseisni. 49,, 80
including the famous Tor infamous -
not now In politics., tweiith OF JUL,
when the most sacred duty OF every
Irisrman IL TO break the mead OF any
countryman who entertaihs "'"Ns.. 49,,
oninions on William OF orange w."
also which included the generdi tpon,
and I did nor see one wig on tho green.
III Providence would occasicLaiiy '.si.
Belfast with bit or suh'niie' W.
twelfth" would soon cease entlreIy 10 "
anything but Protestant picnic, ,ne p s,n,,
ple every year exhibiting an increasin?
desire to make thar employment OF ". pD.
Won cannot picnic I'm a deluge, thousn =
am bound 10 say they play goit III he'-
fast usually with umbrellas.
Then the election was uncon''stcu
Belfast is entitled TO four members u
Parliament. The Tories generaiy hphh-
nate the head OF some Industrial 'nteI
prises. employing thousands OF hah's,
and pr0rer voting is recognized as
mart Of the service. The system IN uh-
contested elections, and they are very nu-
merous in the United Kingdom, Is emf
ncntly practical. on the day OF foili-
ration the sheriff sits TO hear proposals
of candidature. In a crowd more or l'ss
numerous. Jones proposes Brown for PAR
lament The Sheriff waits couple OF
hours, reading his letters. chatting WIN
his friends and occasionally asks N any
other candidate is 10 be proposed. Atter
the prescribed interval order Is called.
when the sheriff arises and announces
that Brown being unopposei, ~ elected
and the election IS over.
Last Sunday afternoon at ! went 70
Westminster Abbey TO hear Canon WIZ
bsrforce preach. He Is regarded az one
OF the falf dozen famous orators IN ".
Church OF England. | think ne ~ inc
son OF the Bishop whom the unregenerate
OF twenty years ago doubled Soapy
Sam" by reason of his apostolic FACILITY
I'm teing all things TO all men The can
on would not be thought an orator IN
America. He stands habtually with ms
right hand on his hip, and his LETT on
the brass rod which supports the candle
stick at his side. lie begins every sen
tence on "A high key ana let's DIS voice
fall as he proceeds. His face. however
is distinctly OF a high clerical type, some
what austere. hut full of militant SIM
ccrity which assures him the sNnpa.hy
OF his audience. and the attention or the
crowded abbey hundreds, myself among
them standing throughout the entire SER
vice and scrmon), testified 20 the hoih
which that supreme quality always eN-
erts over men.
rinthians in which the apostle feproNes
the squa5oles Of the faithful resulting
from their diversity OF gitis, ana IN. pc.
ture lie drew OF the unchafitaDltn'ss ap'
10 grow I'm the most yirtuous heart from
the inharmonioJs and undue develop
ment of special qualities, admirable IN
themselves but nourished al The exp nsc
of other qualities equally neeIful 20 the
complete character. was masterpiece
Of fine analysis. About third OF MS
sermon was devoted 10 an culoglum OF
] his former colleague. Cannon farraI,
whom he had that morning helped 10 N
| Duct into his new Office as Dean OF Can
| terhurv-a proceeding. by the way, IN
which the Roman ritual was closely ioi-
| lowed. even to the extent or the eNclu-
| sive use of Latin throughout the cere-
OF course-for this. Wilbcrforce never
| forgot-he threw many a stone AK m
! temperance. and IN covert way l'-
nourced the curious alliance between the
| church and the pubs the drink
ing holls are called In England which
| VAS probably the most potent factor IN
the late conservative triumph But the
starting part Of the sermon, 10 me- was
! his out-spoken adhc sion TO the dcctrln" OF
! universal in al salvation No profound
! Gniversalist could have been more unmis-
| tskeoble The trend I'm that direction IN
the English church Is very pronoun,rh,
| hut | have never heard the doctrine SO
boldly avon ed-and this IN the AppeN /.
Many a stout old prolate Is buried there
who would have denounced this doctrine
as fatal hefesy, II the seals or the past
three centuries could be lOOsed from us
| Inns FCrtv supplied clergymen listener
In their stalls-and listened unprot'stlns
now i'm England Is what the 'onserNa-
tives will do with their tremendous VIC
tory: and 10 is curious 20 note how gene
rally IL is conceded that they viii give an
acc ptable land bill TO ireland. Many
things will be asCribod by history 10 the
wonderful old man Of Hawafdan put
| chief among them VIII be his h,stfut-
ton OF Toryism, and his achievement
I'm tie change OF English sentiment to-
wards Ireland. There are men living
whose fathers might have heard me IA
nous boast of "A last century Tory; Mf.
| Fox often convinced my Judgment ana
conscience: but. thark God he never
chgnged my vote" But that spirit is ~
dead ns the EleUsinian Mysteries. 1h'ft
IS nothing I'm England approaching th'
/ Tcryism Mr. Gladstone met tanl cm-
bracedD ON entering political life. and 10
his m ghty gerius the major part Oh it'
| 81 destruction Is due.
Even more remarkable Is tho success
with which he has driven from pubic 'N'
| hiblticn the mixture Of hatred ana CON
tempt which Was the habitu1l attitude of
| English public men towards lrcland,
| after O'COnnells dcalh, as ior cehtut'S
! Fefole be was born. II the lrish leaders
! had common senrc and common dectncy
.norqh 10 liken themselves towards eacu
other. this change would be more SWIM
and enduring.
over demonstrate the hopclessness Of all
resistance 10 the republic. and the APP
! preaching success In Madagascar, about
which there can be no doubt, VIII sun
further IN 10 strengthen Nr. Faufe
cabinet It is curious 10 see how iran, :
manages 20 get along without one pubic
man OF any conspicuous ability ~ once.
since Gambotta's death. there mas p'en
no Fronchn3n In public life whose name
is likely TO secure the most modest men
ton IN history and yet Fran - Is graf
ually strene thcning not only posltisciy,
but with relation 10 all her neighbors. \
distingu'ff cd officer Of the great BRUSH
ilect now IN the East Mcditerranean iol'
me that great as was the merit or Gap
tain Mahan's book on the British navy
ID had been decided damage 10 Eng
land. since IL had drawn att NIXON I.
the source OF her power and enormously
STIPULATED tho naval activity OF Der ~
walls IL Is 10 secret that the ft'hcn ~
yotion TO the increase OF ihcir naval
equipment is viewed with vislant Jeai
olisy across the channel, ana the rene
action on the corresponding act'I'y u
England was aptly illustrated teN
weeks ago when magnificent ne.t :"
tw. nty-one British ir0n-claIs entered ~
,xaEdria harbor. not one OF Wh'.n ~
xix years old. n W. ."
Paris. July 81, 1885.