The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-31 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT ROUSE OF COADIONS.—Y.ESTERDAY. The SPI4AKER took the chair at two o'clock. • NEW MEMBER. Lord B. LEVESON GOWER took the oaths and his seat for Sutherlandshire in the room of Sir D. Dundas. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills wern read a third time and passed : Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway,Bristol and Exeter Railway (Further Powers), and London and North Wes tern Railway (New Works, lc.) :Nowra BRITISH. RAILWAY (CARLISLE DEVIA- 'PION) BILL. r. DODSON called attention to the matters connected with ;his bill and its provisions, and explained the cir cumstaa.,:es under which it was propaied to raise £1,U00,00.) pre-preference stock to ply off certain liabili ties. ()a the cons. - leration of the report the following ftmen-l ment was move.:—" That the consideration of this re port be referred to a select committee to report as follows, viz. ; whether shareholders holding stuck or shares late of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, ordinary or preferential, ought to be heard against the alleged confiscation of their pro perty if this bill be allowed to pass; whether the ann.l4amation of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company with the North British Company in 1865 was procured by means of false accounts and representations ; whether the property late of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, yielding income, would be absorbed by pre-preference shareholders under this bill to the prejudice and exclusion of shareholders under the late company ; and that all fur ther proceedings relating to this bill be delayed until the committee report." The amendment, however,, was negatived without a division, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time. NEW ZEALAND. Sir J. PAKINGTON said his predecessor had decided that it was not necessary to issue a modal to the troops employed in Now Zealand, and he saw no reason to depart from that decision. ARMSTRONG GUNS. Mr. H. DAILLIE asked for the production of the corre spondence between the War-office, the Ordnance Select Committee, the chief superintendent of the Proof Depart ment at Woolwich, and the Elswick Company, relative to the nine 61-pounder breech-loading Armstrong guns. Sir J. PAKINGTON said ho would give him a portion of the correspondence, but he could not give him the whole of it. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. In reply to Mr. GOLDSMID, Lord J. MANNERS said ho could not take upon him self to give directions for the preparation of fresh plans, especially as a groat deal of work had been done. The whole of the subject would be raised in discussion to morrow.. FEVER IN THE MAURITIUS. Mr. J. A. SMITH asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether the statement which had ap peared in several of the papers in reference to the outbreak of yellow fever in the Mauritius was well founded; and, if so, whether the unusual rate of mortality reported had occurred. And, whether any steps had been taken to draw the attention of the Government to the possible extension of the disease to India? Mr. ADDERLEY said no despatch had been re ceived. The intelligence came by private letter, but ho had reason to believe the report was too true. The letter stated that 250 deaths had oc curred iu Port Louis alone. Up to the date of the letter ho believed 13,009 d..aths bad taken place in a popu lation of 300,000. Medicines had been sent and the troops marched to a healthy situation. Yellow fever, until the present outbreak, had never before appeared east of the Cape. The Government were is exp^.ctation of despatches every hour. Sir S. NOIiTIICOTE said ho had telegraphed to India directing every precaution to be taken to prevent the fever spreading in that direction. VICTORIA PARK. In reply to Viscount EN - FIELD, Lord J. MANNERS said 45 acres had been appropriatei to building purposes, precisely in the same way as has boon done in"Vietoria and other parks. TILE VOLUNTEERS. Mr. FINLAY asked the Secretary of State for War if he was aware that several volunteer corps had not yet received any part of the capitation money voted to them by the house for the years 1866 and 1865, and only a por tion of the money voted for the year 1861 ; and whether he could state the cause of the delay, and when these corps might expect to r!ceive the sums due to them. Sir J. PAKINGTON said he was informed that all the money due in 1861 had been paid. .£ A) of that due in 1865 was to be paid to-morrow, but with respect to that for 1666 none hat been paid, bee arse none had been ap plied for. That was the cause of the deity. THE EIIPEIIO3 MAXIMILIAN, Mr. 3.loNii. :Liked the. SccrAary fur Foreign Affairs whether ho any. inforarttioa contirtniog tho report that 11/13 iu e:rettlatioa that J:tar:..z had or.hred tho Mlximilian to be shot ? . . . Lord STANLEY Maid he had no such information, and with r:!speet to the zdloged ....aptur3 of tho Ealinrur all that was known %vas what h:, , 1 appeared in the newspap-r:, and in those reports there were two contradictory state- merits. REPRESENT..A.TION OF THE PEOPLE DILL. The house went into committee on this b:11. 0 i clause 8 (the disfranchising clause) being proposed, The cas.NuEr,Lon of the EXCHEQUER sail he proposed the postponement of the clause in order that he might bring up an amended one. Sir G. GREY objected to the postponement when it was clearly stated when it was to be discussed. Col. PATTEN hoped it would be taken into considera tion before the house was called upon to consider the schedules of the bill. Mr. LIDDELL thought it was of the gr.mtest import ance that the course to be adopted with respect to the dis franchising certain boroughs should be clearly known b- , fore they came to consider the distribution of seats. Mr. BRIGHT e:nggested that the bill should be divided into two parts. (No, no.) That with respect to the franchise could go forward to another place, and then they would have title to delibera ely discuss that relating to the distribution of seats, which they had not, yet done. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would read the-addition ho proposed to make to the clause. The right hon. gentleman then real a kind of preamble, which recited that, in consequence of the reports of com missions appointed to investigate the charges of bribery made against the electors of Totnes, Great Yarmouth, Re:gate, and Lancaster, ho proposed to preface the clause with that intro Inctioa. The motion for postponement was withdrawn, and . Mr. BAXTER moved an amendment to the clause to the effect that Lancaster and Great Yarmouth should retain one member each. Sir R. BOWYEIt said ho had a motion on the paper for the striking out of the clause altogether, as be con sidered it a great hardship that a number of p3rsous who were not guilty of bribery i could be punished for those who had committed that offence. Mr. GLADSTONE thought the hon. member for Dun dalk (Sir G. Bowyer) perf?ctly right that the principle of the clause is raised by the motion of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and not only as to the clause in general, but as to each town severally. Fur each town severally is named in the preamble, which the right hon. gentleman Most properly proposes, -and although it may be that the preamble would he satisfied by enacting a portion of the clause and stopping short of absolute disfranchisement, yet it implies that something of the nature of penally is to be inflicted. Ile thought the ergunva!s of the hon. member fin Dun d ilk are inadequate to sustain the conclusion at which he "' (their.) this is own_ sidered a bill of pains and rualties. No doubt, as it ex cludes front the exercise of a public trust persons who have hitherto been in its pos;ession, it is capable of being s:) stated ; but it would be a false view if the house consi dered that that was the principal aspect in which it was to be regarded. What we have to provide for is the pure and etneient exercise of the franchise. (Hear, hear.) We aro bmod to take measures for that,- and if so happens that in the honest and deliberate adoption of those measures we inflict inconvenience, upon any one, that may be a misfor tune witieh we regret, but it is not to stand between us and our principal duty. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman contends that a bill of pains and penalties has always been treated by itself. (Hear, hear) No doubt where particular boroughs had been found gulty o: 'gross corruption, the Government of the day has not waited to inflict a penalty until the occasion of a Reform Bill—(laughter)—but when a case arose they dealt with it. And it happens that the Case of these four towns arises at the very moment when a Reform Dill is brought before us. lie did not say that that proved that this ought to be dealt. with iu this bill, but it proves that the force of precedents against this is very small. Butt this is no more a bill of pains and penal ties to disfranchise one of these towns than to disfranchise any of the small boroughs that appeared in Schedule A of the Reform Bill. (Cheers ) Lie did not say that those boroughs were of the same importance, but he was arguing a question of prin- iple. Th , bon. member says we aro in _ fleeting a groat wrong on the new voters. The interests of the new voters and the old voters must be considered as becond to the public and national interest. (Cheers.) Too much has been sail about these new voters. It is taken for granted by many that these new voters will purify the old ones. As the right hon. member for Calne said last year, "You seem to think that health is contagious as well as disease." (Laughter.) And his honourable friend seemed to think that the disease of these old voters will be neutralised and cured, and their bad morals destroyed by the introduction of the new voters. lie was sorry that the capital town of the county in Par liament, of which he had th e h onour -i n part to present, is one of the towns embraced by the enactment ; but he c mild not hesitate on that acc mut. No doubt it would have its champions, as Yarmouth has. That is quite right under the circumstances. Every town in this position ought to have its- advocates who take a warm and highly coloured view on its behalf. (A laugh.) Ho found from the report of the commission that in Totnes, where the total number on the register was 421, there wore 158 bribers and bribed, or 38 per cont.; in Reigate, 912 on the register, and 346 bribers and bribed, or 38 per cent. ; in Yarmouth, 1,617 on the register, and 528 bribers and , . bribed, a little less than 32 per cent. Aud wo must bear in mind that this is not the first limo Yarmouth has been before us. (Hear, hear.) On a former occasion the house passed a measure of disfranchisement of the freemen, who contribute very highly to the category of guilt on occa sions like this. In Lancaster, there were 1,493 voters on the register, and 916 bribers and bribed, or 64 per cent. But it is only fair to say that out of 980 freemen, 708 are corrupt; and out of 439 householders, nearly as many. He could not agree in the wish these cases had been dealt with in a. separate bill. In this country, in a case of this kind we generally push a good principle to excess. In the re gard for the sacredness of private rights, which is the foundation of low and order, we are sometimes apt to fol low met e phantoms abed simulacra of right which we fall down and worship, as if they corresponded substantially well that definition; and soineemes real public right is sacrificed to imaginary private right. (Ileer, hear.) Ile could net agree with the hon. member for Birmingham that we are unable to deal impartially with this subject on the present occasion, for the number of seats to be had Iron: each borough is not likely to blind our view with regard to 'the general question of the redistribution of scuts. lie trusted that the Government will accede to the motion of the hon. member for Wick, or some such motion with regard to the redistribution of seats. He supported this clause on this principle, that local communities must in a case of this kind be held responsible for the acts of large portions of its members. (Cheers.) And that proposi tion is strengthened when you recollect • that in all these cases, besides the number of individuals whose corruption you prove, there is a further percentage of corruption which you fail to prove, and beyond and above that, be sides those who are actually tainted with bribery in com munities where it has unhappily prevailed, there are others who wink and laugh at bribery, and make light of it., and by conniving participate. (Hear, hear.) 'No doubt there are many honourable, upright, and perfectly clean-handed men who are indignant at such acts, but the proportion of such innocent persons is not so largo as upon an indulgent con struction of the case we might suppose. The question in volved by this clause is a very serious one. With regard to the question of bribery, above all others, we are apt to beat about the bush. There is nothing so easy as to make speeches in favour of severe laws against those who take bribes--and there is nothing so delightful to an excited audienceas to hear denunciations of those who give bribes —but our severe penal enactments are almost wholly in sufficient for the purpose. It would be ludicrous to profess to abolish bribery by severe penal enactments against per sons in their individual capacity. Ho admitted that the plan of dealing with local communities is open to the ob jectien that if they are disfranchised on evidence obtained largely from them, this may check the disposition in future to give such evidence. (lear, hear.) But, on the other hand, the evidence is reduced to absolute inutility, if on that account, having made an investigation at the public charge, you refuse to act upon it. (Cheers.) The punishment of communties is likely effectually to check all bribery. We shall create a public opinion in these local communities adverse to bribery—(hear, hear)-- and it is this, as well as the exercise of influ ence and example, to which we must chiefly look for this discouragement of brib.ry. (Hear, hear.) He could not for a moment defend any one who, in his ambition to ob tain a seat in Pa-liament, has been led to taint himself in connection with these transactions; but how does it arise? Not because the candidates have such an avidity for ex penditure that they ere determined to force bribery upon the communities- (laughter)—but because, misled by the brilliancy of their object, they fall into the operation of a system ingrained in these communities, mixed up with their local habits and practices for a length of time. (Hear, hear.) It is there the source of the evil lies, and there you must attempt to purify it by the purge of great severity, if you intend to make any serious effort to re form. (Cheers.) Therefore he was anxious this clause, or one highly stringent in its enactments, should be passed. (llear, hear.) He was not prepared to say he did noe wish to draw distinctions between small and large communities in this matter. Largo communities aro at present without a check which operates upon small com munities. The latter know they will be disfranchised. Is there a man that will stand up fur Totnes ? (Laughter.) But there is a latent sense of the importance of large communities which tends to weaken the operation of checks. (Hear, hear.) Cuusequently we must be pre pared to deal with large communities upon nearly the eame principle as small communities - (cheers) - subject to this exceptiou, that if a community, which has no title to representation except the fact that it has possessed that right, abuses that right, there is no argument remaining to be made in such a case. Ho hoped the Government will adhere to the stringent measures they had proposed. (Cheers.) He could not conceive a worse proposal than that made by the lionourabl member for Montrose, for taking away one of the members for a borough which has a double representation. It is perfectly clear that, whatever putiishinent you - yruc --- must - break t h e habit of bribery. You mly do till.; by teal (Es franchist meet, or by disfranchisement for a term of years; but to adopt this proposition would be equal to saying, °• You have Liken bribes from two mem bers, and this is so intutyrable that we can bear it no longer; but we have no objection to your taking bribes from one member." (Laughter.) He gave the Govern ment great credit for the decisive course which they had adopted as far as this proposal is concerned, and he hoped the house would resolutely support them, and he trusted that the Government themselves will be worthy of the proposal they tied made. (Cheers.) Mr. 11. BAILLIE (who was unable for several seconds to obtain a hearing in consequence of the calls for Mr. Lowe, who rose about the same time) said that, inasmuch as we were not living under a Mosaic dispensation—(laud langhter)—he did not see why we should assume the power of visiting the sins of the fathers for successive g tuerations upon th,dr children. (Hear, hear.) It would be more just to suspend the riglits of corrupt boroughs for ten or fifteen years —(no, no) —and this would be a amore severe punishment than that proposed for Lancaster, as under the Government Reform Bill, the electors, though disfranchised for the borough, would become county electors. Mr. LOWE wished that the hon. member for Norfolk (Mr. Howes) would make the discussion more regular by moving to leave out the borough of Yarmouth from the preamble. (Hear, hear.) He wished to call to the mind of the house certain considerations which had not been brought prominently before it. Rather less than a third of the electors of Yarmouth are proved to be guilty of corrupt practices. And if it were so, that the case stands now as it did when the offences were committed, or when the commission reported, cr the Government introduced the motion, he should have no difficulty in voting for the disfranchisement of the borough. Bat the case clues not stand so now. Since that time wo had gone through a revolution. (Cheers.) The prin ciple upon which the franchise was to be conferred was that it wss a privilege or trust, or agency deputed to certain places which were thought fit to exercise it for a public good. The principle upon which it was now conferred, phrase it how we may, was the right of every citizen who had a settled residence in the country to be represented in Parliament—(hear, hear)—and there fore they should well consider whether the principle in respect of bribery, which was applicable in the past, could be applied to the new state of circumstances of the coun try. 11 they took the gToss number of inhabitants in any particular borough and divided it by seven, they would arrive at what new constituencies Will be. Applying that rule . to Great Yarmouth, its constituency of 1,650 will be increased by something lik 4,500 voters. The right hon. gentleman the member for South Lancashire said that they should punish the innocent .with the guilty. Granted; brit upou what principle? Were tley going, because of the fault of 500 voters, to prevent coming into being 4,500 electors, who otherwise would be admitted to the fran chise under the bill ? (Hear, hear.) It was said that they would contaminate the new v ters ; but was it to go forth that the House had no confidence in the new constituen cies? (Rear, hear.) Was the House prepared to admit that they were not to be entrusted with the franchise? There was another consideimtion. The right hon. gentle man the member for South Lancashire argued that the S'Z.3 of the borough had nothing to do with the question; but if they laid down that rule, he fancied that they would end by disfranchising all the borough constituencies in the country. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He bad no par ticular sympathy with transactions such as those which took place at Great Yarmouth, but as ho was convinced. that, as in America, we shall have to wink at bribery in the new constituencies, he thought the House should aet warily in the matter -not as if they were at the fag -cud of an old system, but at the beginning of a new one. It would be of evil augury for the plan which they were about to establish if they were obliged to commence in the first case of flagrant delinquency by au absolute reversal of the precedent which they were asked to lay down in the disfranchisement of Great Yaemouth. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HOWES contended that a system of disfranchise ment, if carried indiscriminately into effect, was one of the worst things that could be devised. Mr. BRIG la said that whatever opinion lion. members might hold upon the question, they would all find that it wad. very unfortunate for a fair discussion and determina tion of it that the case of the four boroughs should be t rought before the House on a cittuse in a bill of such mag nitude. He believed that since the 11.forra Act of 1832 only two boroughs, Sudbury and St. Albans, bad been dis franchised ; but he ventured to say that if those boroughs had been of the sizo of Lancaster and Great Yarmouth they never would have been disfranchised. They were dis franchised, in the first place, because they were so small that they ought not to have existed at all; and, secondly, because being so small, there was no expectation that there could be created in them any constituency of a less cor rupt and more reliable character; so that their representa tion iu the future would be satisfactory and creditable to the country. Whet was the true course in the case before them. This—to. disfranchise every Individual elector whose corruption had been proved. Their names were known ; they were on the table. (Rea-) The proposition THE SUN, LONUON, FRIDAY EVENiNct, MAY 31 1867. of the Government was that the four thousand innocent should be punished with the five hundred guilty ; but the proposition was so monstrous that he was surprised the Chancellor of the Exchequer should have put it in the bill; he was astonished that the right hon. gentleman the mem ber for South Lancashire should have supported it, and he should be amazed if it received the sanction of the house. (Hear.) His hon. friend and relative would forgive him for referring to what bad taken place in Wakefield. At the general election of 1859 it was found that extensive bribery prevailed in that borough, and one of the most honourable and conscientious men living, having unfortunately come in contact with the system, had almost become inex- tricably iuvolved in it. (Loud laughter.) . If . there were no honourable and conscientious men who had been connected with br;ber3,-, ho could only say that ho should form an unfavourable opinion of many he saw around him. (Renewed laughter.) I;ut the committee knew what took place in the case of Wakefield. There was a commission and a full inquiry, but the borough was not disfranchised. When the next election came, round hi 3 hon. friend and relative determined to have nothing more to do with it ; but the col:stitueney having feltthat they had suffered from what had ta:sen place, entered into an agreement to return him without canvass and expanse, and gave a pledge at the same time not to resort to bribery. The result was that the borough of Wakaleld was restored and bribery discon tinued as far as the party of his hon. friend was concerned. The right hon. gentleman then referred to the boroughs disfranchised in kchedul ) A, bat those boroughs were dis franchised on the ground of general policy, because Hey were not in any sense a representation of the people, and that their members should be given to large towns and cities, where they would represent a considerable amount of public opinion. The right course in the present case would be what had been suggested—that the writs should be suspended. (Cries of "No, no.") There was no man in the house to whom corruption was more odious than to himself ; but he would never consent that many hundreds of innocent men should be perpetually disfranchised, and the great population of Lancaster and Yarmouth perpetu ally excluded because a small number of electors in ono generation had been guilty of the offence. Viscount - CRANBORNE thought there was danger of the committee being misled by the term " disfranchise ment." If they said to the people of Yarmouth that they never should have any share in the representation of the country, in that case the punishment would be out of pro portion to their guilt. Mr. H. VIVIAN said ho would support the clause, as he believed there was a desire on the part of a largo number of the respectable inhabitants of Great Yarmouth that the borough should be disfranchised. Mr. P. WYNDHAM made a few observations which were not intelligible in the gallery owing to the loud and constant cries of "Divide" on both sides of the house. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Government had not proposed the present clause without the most mature and anxious consideration, and the conviction that it was one which was justified by scund policy. The charge of the hon. member for Bir mingham, that the Government were proceeding in the present course because * it suited the convenience of their other arrangements, had no foundation in justice. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, they were anxious that the clause, if carried, should bo carried by the general sense and feeling of the committee; as it was only by such means that it would have the moral effect which it was desirable it, should produce. The more he considered the question of bribery and corruption the more firmly was ho convinced that the practice had very little effect upon the fortunes of parties, however it might gratify the ambition and vanity of individuals who wished to force their way into a position into society. (Hear, hear.) After a few words of explanation from Mr. Bright, the amendment to omit the words " Great Yarmouth" was negatived without a division. The CHAIRMAN then put the preamble of the clause. The committee then divided, when there were— For the preamble . Against ... Majority ... 323 -276 Colonel PATTEN then moved to omit Great Yarmouth and Lancaster, with a view of moving at the end of the clause that the writs for thoso boroughs should be sus pended for ten years. This ho submittted would b 3 punishment enough. Mr. ACLAXD suggested that the period of suspension should be 23 or 30 years, and Mr. BAXTER that it should be 13 years. Mr. GLADSTONE observed that if mercy ware ex tended to any of those boroughs it ought to be extended to Reigate. If the suspension were to b.) continued till 1887 he should support it. Lord CRANBORNE pointed out that by suspnding the writs they would not turn these electors over to the county constituency, but they would not be represented at all. The discussion was continued for some time longer, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Gurney, the Solicitor-General, and Mr. Cardwell arguing iu support of the , :latise, and Sir G. Bowyer, the Martinis of flartington, Mr. Gilpin, and Mr. allwyn supporting the ametulment. Mr. Read pro tested against the constituency of Ea=t "Norfolk being eon thrninat,tl by that of Great Yarmouth being add6d to it, and Mr. 1 1 . - yld stozgested that instead of disfranchisement they should try the ballOt. The CHANOLLI.OIt, of the EXCIIEQUER contended, that the policy recommended by the Government was the right policy. The mere suspen:4-m of the writs would be looked upon by the country as mere trifling. He believed a gr:at effect would be produced by disfranchising those borollghs. On a division the amendment was rejected by 159, to 87, and the chase as amended was agreed to. THE REPRESENTATION OF MINORIIVES. On clause 9, which enacts that the boroughs mentioned in Schedule A shall return one member of Parliament, Mr. MILL proposed an amendment, which he said was intended to embody a principle not yet introduced into the discussion, overlooked by the constitution, and disregarded in most theories of political reform ; yet of great impor tance. The proposal will not give a weapon of attack or defence to any party ; it is neither democratic, al istoeratic, Tory, Whig, nor Belie:11; bat partakes somewhat of all these qualities. It is to give fair play to all opinions of all parties, so that none may bear down another. He should assume the existence of a serious evil requiring a remedy ; and that this remedy would be practicable and efficacious. The evil is, that the electors already on the register aro not represented. The representation about the extension of which the house is inquiring is most imperfect and insufficient ; and this is what is offered to the new classes of electors. An enor mous tbli,ei ttrezodtpifiriooamupniottneronotirtfoitntiihenos:f the eon o t s se e tlidet upw q l.r. u lieln a iseg l e i hn fi tt e het d hdee io ad, con siststlvihron,attldteli,ob nebeuonf r v te e i h no c o nc t l i y e a os r represented minorities ; often blotted out for an indefinite period just as much as if they were disqualified. They cannot, on the average, be less than one-third, and sometimes approxi mate to one-half of the constituencies. Even the majori ties tire represented only in a rough way. Their represen tativo really only represents their party. This is not enough. We want in the House of Commons not only a sufficient numb .r of Conservatives and Liberals, hut the best persons and representatives of their respective parties The elector desires t o b e represented by the person who . has most of his confidence in more than party matters. How many electors in this country are represented by the persons they would most prefer? Not one. (" Oh, oh," and cheers.) Well, the only electors who are so repro : n ss t e i d s are determinedttiose who sometimeshave bee nbyb his being candidate's g A first i n th efieldsilc-; sometimes by his having been defeated at a previous elec- tion ; but most commonly by local leaders, who may bo honest politicians, or jobbin g i n t r i guers —(no, no, an d , h ear , hear)—who like the gentleman wh o i s w illi ng to pay mostmoney. (Loud cheers and counter ch eers .) I t answers best to put up seine person who has no opinion but those of party, for if he has any others they will probably cost some votes. -Clear, hoar.) having made - out a sufficier.t case —(laughter, and hear, hear) —of the evil to be ceirected, he would state the remedy. His proposal was that votes shall be taken in every locality for other than the local candidates ; that those electors who decline to vote for any of the three or four careliil.ates in their locality should have the power to bestow their votes on any ono who is a can didate arywhere else. (Prolonged laughter.) The natural result will be that the elector will vote for the person among the whole number of candidates who represents him best; and when a certain number of votes have been given for a candidate, be will be declared duly elected. It is objected that this plan would destroy the local character of repre sentation. (Hear, hear.) But the feelin g s and opinions of localities would bo represented so long as these feelings existed in the minds of the electors, and as every elector must reside in a locality. But in certain districts a majority of the electors will always prefer to be represented by some one connected with them by so me special tie. It will bo minorities, who know they cannot obtain local representa tion, who for the most part will avail themselves of the new plan. With regard to the majority, the effect would be to induce local leaders to bring forward the best kcal candidates who can be obtained, because voters having the power to carry their votes elsewhere, would demand a candidate deserving of their votes. Let every elector have the option of registering himself, either locally or generally ; let borough elections take place on the local register, and let those electors who register them selves as members of a national constituency have members allotted in duo proportion to their numbers, and let those only be voted for on the new principle. To prevent a few popular names getting all the votes, 3,000 might be the minimum number of votes necessary to secure the election of a candidate; but all votes regis tered above this number for a certain candidate would be lost, unless each voter was permitted to put on his voting paper the name of a second candidate for,whom his vote might bo used if it were not wanted for the first candi date. This is all the voter will have to do more than at present, the only person on whom additional duty will devolve being the ecrutineer. He had given asimple, true, and sufficiently full explanation of what many of yon have heard about, but which very few know much about—(hear, hear, and laughter)—tho plan of personal representation of his eminent friend Mr. Hare. (Hear, hear.) Is a re presentation of parties all we have a right to. demand ? If that were the case, it would be its well to set up three flags, inscribed respectively " Tory," " Whig," and "Radical," and when the electors had made their choice, let the leaders of the winning party nominate the persons to represent them. (Laughter.) Wo desire that this house should represent the opinions of the country, and this system would make it the express image of the nation. (Hear, hear.) Its principle is neither specially Liberal nor Conservative, but in a high degree both. Conserva tives chiefly deprecate any plan of parliamentary reform by which there would be danger of some class of the com munity being swamped by the others ; but by this pro posal no fouling of interest which had among its adherents several thousands of the electors need be without a repre sentation in this House proportionately to its numbers. Minorities would have the power of being heard by the best organs they could procure. Oa the other hand, he claimed the support of democrats for this proposal, as it is the only possible realisation of their political principles. The true principle of democracy is, that everybody should be represented and represented equally. I 3 an elector re pt esented by a member against whom ho voted ? In the present mode of taking the suffrages nobody ii represented but the majority. But this system is unjust to both the majority and the minority, and moreover affords no guarantee that the majority which seems to prevail repre • sents the mejor:ty of Lhe eiecturs. The practical working of the plan will always be in favour of those who would otherwise be in danger of being outnumbered. (Cries of " Agreed," and " Mom") If the parties in this house would only give their minds to the comprehension—(laugh ter)—of the claims of this plan they would be convinced that it was the only perfect system. Although this was an age fertile in inventions, yet it was ono in which very great improvements in human affairs had actually taken place. It was an age iu which they had entered upon now paths, and under circumstances which were entirely un exampled in history. They should therefore be neglecting their duty if they declined to entertain a proposition be cause of its novelty. It was not the mere crotchet of an individual, for it had been many years before the world and had received the adhesion of SOlll3 of the most eminent and thoughtful men in Germany, France, and the United States. (Cries of "Oh, oh.") In the Swiss Confederation there was a proposal for organising the constitution upon the basis of this scheme. With regard to the machinery with.which such a plan could be worked, neither he nor its distinguished author was pledged to any particular mode ; but if the matter were referred to a committee er commission, a proper means could be devised for carrying the principle into effect. He begged to move the amend ment which he had placed on the paper. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN having put the question, there were loud cries of "No," but, after a short pause, Viscount CRANBORNE rose amid cheers, and said that ho must enter his most earnest protest against the mode in which the hon. members appeared to treat a subject be cause it happened to Ina out of the ordinary course. With reference to the scheme of the hon. member, they all knew that it had no chance ofbeing adopted at present. They all know instinctively thatit had no chance of success; but ho did not see that because the scheme was not likely to pass, it was not a fit thing for the representatives of the people to discuss, particularly when it was known that it had been supported by cultivated men out of doors, and introduced to their noise by a gentleman who held so high a position in the vorld of letters as the hon. member for Westminster. It sppeared to him that the remedy pointed out, if practicable, would only be partial ; for the real evil was that they were in danger of drifting into a system of nomination lei local political causes. Wherever the majority would Wargo it would destroy all special local interests, and the Langer would be that power would not pass into the hands A the natural leaders of the people, but into the hands of men who would use it for their own ends. If they had to do with the philosophers they might be safe enough ; but wlat they had to dread was that the unphilosophical mind, vhich had been worked to a certain point by the philosophers, would recoil from the safeguards which those philosophers deemed necessary to counter balance their schemes Although the scheme could not possibly be tried at tae present time, yet he thought the house had not done kstica in not giving attention to a pro posal which was suiported in a speech of no common eloquence. (ilear, har.) Mr. MORRISON bought there were many objections to the plan. Oa the otter hand, it carried the principles of democracy to their kcal conclusion. Mr. B. HOPE objects to the measure oo tho ground of its impracticability. Mr. Sergeant GASEIEE said ho did not know whether the hon. member wishoe the house to boa house of philo sophers ; if so, God belpthem Ha hoped the house would go to serious business. The CIIA.NCELLORof the EXCHEQUER said he was glad the subject had ben brought forward. It was one which would, no doubt, in future hive the attention of • Parliament ; but ho sumsed the hen. member did not in tend to divide the housoitspon it. . The arnendarmt was 'lcea withdrawn, as I the Chair man was ordered to repot progress'. The house then went into committee on the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill, which some progress was mule. The Exchequer Illonds(£1.,700,090) B;11 was read a accord time. The Metropolitan Police till passtal through ctizmnitteo. The Railways (Scotland) till was read a third time and pars d. The Metropolis Subways 11 was. read a &Ton d time, and referred to a :elect coninittee. all.. /am aEs o bt a i n ed leave to bring in a bill to amend the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts. Mr. M•EVOY moved t n ominate the select committee o w n o t 11 ilP ho found h Ecclesiasticalir it s at s this Coloneluf question was p resse d it ro testant feeling of the country would be against it. lb moved that the committee be nominated that day six oonths. Ford NAAS supported the motion. Mr. VANCE objectedto the composition of the com mittee, and suggested that it should be nominated by the commiVee of selection. On a division the amesdment was rjecteal by 63 to 42. Another division took place on - the motion for the ad journment of the enlemg:ste,ividby 70 a 39 which lv t asnfo A ve n d oth h e y r Sir B. Brydges, and was for the adjournment of the, house was then made, and, after some discussion, this was agreed to, and the house adjo urued, accordingly, at 'en minutes to two o'clock. RAILWAY IgTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN% The committee appoitted at the adjourned meet ing of shareholders on be 29th of March last, " to consult and advise with the board of directors in reference to the financid position of the company and the organisation and manage men t o f i ts affa i rs, " have issued the follo w in g preliminary report : 'chat usine theyss havegiven considerabl e a t tent i on to the to them. At the time of their appointment they f oun t th e position of the com pany the most pre ssi ng question which required entrustedb their attention, and it is with no little satisfaction they are able to state that the liabilities of the com pany in respect to the fliating debt have been ry by 1 the 6 6 acceptance of the 6 dimi nished from the stun t)f £1,300,000, a t w hi c h i t ' by £651,000. This s h t as oo b d e o e u n e tl ff le ec 3 t l e s d t p o a f tl July, 8 per cent. stock when originally offered to the pro prietors, and partly by the application of the re- venue of the company to the discharge of these ob ligations in lieu of the paymeat,of dividend - in the customary form. hitherto, in spite of the panic which has affected railway securities, the greater part of the debentures which have become payable have been renewed 4 t - a - rrioderate rate of interest, and the interest on debentures, which is now pay able at the Bank of England, has of course b_!en re gularly met. The tommittea have satisfied them eelves, by an inspection of the return made in pursuance of the Railway Companies Securities Act, 1866, that the debenture issue is considerablywithin the limits of the D -Arliamentary powers, and they have no hesitation in stating their opinion that no safer investment can be found than the debenture stock of the company. Numerous letters approving the issue of 6 p ?r ce it. s t o , : k in payment of divi dend to meet the financial difficulties of the com pany have been received ; and your committee, on a review of the past, are confirmed in the judgment that no better course could have been pursued. It will probably be necessary to continue a similar course for a short period, unless a restoration of confidence in railway securities, which may reasonably be anti ipated, s hould obviate c the necessity for such au exceptional practice. And the committee are of opinion that the 6 per cent. stock is undoubtedly a safe investment, and at no distant time will probably be in great request. In . conference with the directors, it has been decided to seek powers in the bill now before Parliament (in accordance with the strongly expressed opinion of the shareholders) for reducing the number of direc tors, so that the hoard may consist of not more than 15 nor less than 12, irrespective of the owner of the Wynnstay estate, who holds a seat under legislative enactment. In the opinion of the company's solici tor, it was not considered desirable to attempt to make this change without the sanction of Parliament, which, it is expected; will be obtained without diffi culty before the close of the present session. Whil e mush remains for the committee in conference with the directors (who have given every assistance in their power) to consider in respect of the future policy of the companyrthis will require the most careful deliberation for its duo decision, and much More information than they yet have bad time to obtain. Certainly, nothing has arisen in the course of this investigation to shake their confidence in the future prospects of the Great Western property, although it is apparent that it is now suffering severely, and must continue for some time to suffer, from having been overloaded with unprofitable un dertakings. If, as may be hopel, the commercial activity of the country shall recover from the fear ful prostration in which the calamities of the past year have involved it, if railway traffics regain their normal state—and the wonderful elasticity of com merce gives us reason to suppose that such will be the case—the receipts of this company in a little while will again be found steadily on the increase. It will be the duty of your committee to advise with the board, and with those of its officers most able to assist in the work, in what way the income of this company may be further developed. Edward Smith, Chairman, Thomas Brassey, Richard W. Giles, Robert Rankin, Sam. IL Thompson. GLISGO - W AND SOUTII-WESTERN. Au extraordinary general meeting of this company was held. in Glasgow on Wednesday—Sir Andrew Orr presiding—for the purpose of considering the bill now before Parliament for amalgamating the company with the Midland. The CHAIRMAN stated that the bill had passed the committee, but had not been reported to the house, so that the meeting could do nothing but ad journ till Tuesday next. lie took the opportunity to express his regret that some shareholders still objected to the amalgamation, and hoped that oppo sition would cease, as it was the company's interest to come to a speedy issue in the matter. The direc tors had received the report of the accountant authorised to examine the affairs of the Midland, and that report showed the English company to be in a thoroughly sound and correct position—in the most solvent condition that it was possible to con ceive any company to be in-at the present moment. A motion for adjournment was agreed to. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this com pany was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; ➢lr. E. W. \Vatkin, M.P., in the chair. Mr. J. M. Grant, the secretary, having read the notice of adjournment, and also the special report of the directors, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun. The CHAIMAN said the object of the proposal the directors made in that report was to increase the net profit of the undertaking. The plant was insuffi cient to develope the traffic on the line. Tie asked them to keep that point in their minds, and if the directors were right that with the present stock of engines, carriages, and waggons they could not m aerially increase the net traffic of the company, it would be requisite to devise some plan by which they could obtain the additional rolling stock and plant to enable them to increase receipts and to pay the whole of the interest on all their bonds. Every one of the bondholders in the company would be benefited by the increase of the net profits. The more the net profit was increased the better it would be for the first, second, third, and fourth bondholders, and when the profits covered the dividends on the last, the original stock- holder might soon expect some dividend. They had all an interest in the increase of the net profit. The postal and military bondholders had at present nothing more than the receipts from those sources to pay interest on their bonds. He thciught it was a very unwise position for the concern to be obliged to assign a part of its revenue to that purpose. It was taking the receiptsso far out of their hands, and was a form of payment that ought to be got rid of. They had endeavoured to reconcile those interests with others. The postal and military bondholders had got in the past year about 4 per cent., the in crease being caused by the Fenian outrages, which had been a misfortune to the other interests in the c)mpany. The usual average interest was 3 per cent., on those bonds, but by the scheme proposed the postal and military liolidholda . s would get i 3 12s. per cent., being 128. per cent. more than the average of preceding years, and as. per cent. less than they had in the p.►st year. The Equipment Mortgage Bond clause in the Arrangements Act limited the amount of these bonds to £500,000, re deemable in 15 ye In, with interest at 6 per cent. per annum, having a first charge over all other pre ferences. The money was authorized to be raised for providing additional siding, rolling stock ; eleva tors, &c., to develope the traffic. He had to ask them authorise the directors to go to Parliament for. Permissive powers to raise additional capital for those purposes, and towards which they would have the postal and military revenue, estimated at £40,000 or £50,000 a year. By giving the postal and military bondholder 12s. per cent, more than the average of preceding years, they would get the postal and military receipts into their own hands. There could be no doubt that those items of revenue would increase in amount in .future years, and the result of the proposal would be that the postal and military bondholder would get 7-17ths instead of the whole amount to which he would be entitled under the present arrangement. The equipment mortgage bondholder would benefit by that plan on any sum ranging between the £soo,ooo:and the 11,700,000 proposed to be raised under that head, or he would be damaged if the net profit did not increase, but this was contrary to all their experience, and with _ _ the anticipated increase of net revenue the position of the equipment mortgage bondholder must be im proved in every way to his advantage. The desire of the first preference holder would be not only to receive his own interest as soon as possible, but that the second, third, and fourth bondholders should also receive their interest, because it would enhance the security and value of his own stock. The inte rest on the present £500,000 equipment mortgage bonds °mounted to £30,000, and the further amount of interest when all was paid up as proposed would require £72,000 more, making £102,000 a year, which the interest would probably amount to at the end of five years for the present equipment mort gage, the £lBO,OOO to be raised, and the postal and military bond charge. None of them would then h a ve any ground of complaint, because it was rea sonable to supposs that the traffic receipts by that time would be greatly increased. Every additional engine to the ro'ling stock required to dovelope the traffic would earn nearly twice its cost in gross re ceipts in the year. If the engine cost £2,000 the increase in the gro s s traffic would be about £4,000, 'leaving about £2,000 net profit. They had 298 en gines on the line, and if they calculated twice their cost, it woal I be about the amount of their earnings in one year. An additional engine would therefore earn the whole of its cost in about 15 months, so that it would be well worth while to gradually and judiciously increase their rolling stock, as the direct - effect would be to increase the net profits of the com pany. The committee of bondholders who conferred with the directors on this matter held in the aggre gate £4,000,000 of bonds. If any gentleman pre sent had a better scheme for adoption, they would adopt it instead of the directors' scheme..lt was the interest of all concerned that the interest on every class of bond should be paid in cash as soon as pos sible. If the proprietors thought the scheme a good one, he asked them to adopt it, and give the directors their sanction to apply to the Canadian Parliament for permissive powers to carry it out. The proposal could not be carried until the act was obtained, nor until each class separately approved it by majorities of three-fifths of each represented at meetings speclally convened for the purpose. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that powers be applied for in the ensuing session of the Canadian Parliament to convert the postal and military bonds, £1,200,000, to equipment mortgage bonds, at a rate equal to GO pa cent., or £720,000 of equipment mortgage bonds bearing a fixed rate of interest of 6 per cent., and to raise a further sum of £480,000 equipment bonds for the purposes of the company ; the whole issue of those equip ment mortgage bonds then being .£1,700,000 payable first out of the postal and military revenue, and second, if need be, out of the general net income ; and that the act be subject to the consent of the postal and military bondholders, and to a vote of three-fifths of the bond and stockholders present at special meetings of each. Also that powers be ap plied for to change the name of the company to " The Canadian Railway Company:" Mr,l3.suizia, M,P, a director, seconded the ruotiou. Mr. VILLEBOISNET said that the chairman had stated nothing to induce them to raise money for rolling stock. He wanted details as to the amount of traffic at various stations on the line which they were now unable to carry without additional rolling stock. They should be first convinced as to the amount of additional traffic before they sanctioned any increase in the rolling stock. He thought shareholders were now too old to believe everything they were told. (Laughter.) Mr. SMITH had a great objection to increase the amount of the equipment mortgage bonds, or to unsettle anything while the present nervous excite ment prevailed among shareholders in railway com panies. He moved an amendment to the effect that the £1,200,000 of postal and military bonds be not converted into the £720,000 equipment mortgage bonds as proposed. The amendment having been seconded, Mr. MoxoN said he agrecl with Mr. Smith that the propusil of the directors would unsettle the provisions of the Arrangements Act, and therefore thought the further consideration of the matter should be postponed until the next half-yearly meeting. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Ilankey Mr. Conybeare, Mr. Isherwood, Mr. Tildes, M.P., Mr. Newmarsh, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Adams, and Captain Tyler, took part. Objections were made to the proposed measure, but no one appeared to offer a better scheme. It was admitted that it might be requisite to provide additional rolling stock and other facilities for developing the traffic, but it was not considered the right time to increase the capital. The proposal for changing the name of the company was 'objected to by several pro- prietors. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to observations, said that 30 of the largest stock and bondholders had agreed to the proposal in conference with the di rectors. In the past five years the traffic had in creased 47? per cent.—viz., from £17,000 a week to £26,000 a week, and, after the most careful consideration by competent persons acquainted with Canadian traffic, it was thought probable that in the course of the next five years the gross traffic receipts would increase to an average of £32,000 a week ; but this could not be attained without a considerable addition to the rolling stock and other facilities. He had asked Captain Tyler to accompany him to Canada next autumn, and would be glad to have his opinion on the state of the line and other matters to which the gallant captain had referred at the last ordinary meeting of the company. The amendment of Mr. Smith was negatived, and the original motion was carried, it being un derstood'that tie proposed change in the name of the company would not be carried out, and that opportunities would be given to the postal and military bondholders, and to the first preference bondholders, ti see the proposed bill before send ing it to Canada. Captain TYLER was unanimously requested by the meeting to accompany the Chairman to Canada, as proposed, to inspect the line, and the proceedings terminate 1 with a vote of thanks to the chairman. CALOLTTA AID SOUTII-EASTERN (LIMITED). The ordinary general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Gresham-house, Old Broad-stre,t ; Mr. J. Borradaile in the chair. The report, in abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in movlng the adoption of the report, said he was sorry to say it contained a great deal of the oil story of not being able to meet their working expenses out of the traffic. The receipts had gradually declined as he told them at the last meeting he feared they would, so that for the last half-year there had been a deficiency in the receipts of £1,430. They had during that time to depend chiefly on their local traffic. The loss of part of the jetty by the landslip had been greatly magnifiel, so that ships were diverted from .going to the Mutlah under the belief that the company had no landing place at Canning Town. They had, however, a landing-place there, by which they could land any pine° of good or machinery wc;ghing not more than three tons at a But the accident had so far affected their through traffic that he con sidered lie hail told them the worst. They had made arrangements with local parties to lay down a short line of rails, by which . they expected to get ad ditionartraoc. in addition to the loss of shipping, the building operations that were being carried on last year had ceased. The question as to who were to keep the foreshore iu order had been decided, and he hoped in fittire that the Canning Company and the railway company would work for the promotion of their mutual interests. The Canning Company had to pay a dividend u pon their expenditure out of rents. Th., tramways and jetties wo u ld b e con nected with the rail wa y. A l arge rice-cleaning mill had been erected in the midst of the rice district, and he trusted there would soon be an im provement in their receipts. Mr. MARSMIAN seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. A SHAREHOLDER thought the working expenses might be conskbrably reduced, and although they had run a less number of train miles the in.tioten ance of the permanent way had risen from £45 in 1865 to £5O per mile in 1866 ; the cost of locomo tive power hac risen from £7 to £BO per mile, so that with less work they had paid more money for working. llc hoped the directors would look into that matter. The CIIAItMAN said the cost of fuel had in creased, the repairs to carriages and engines were more extensise, and with the extra renewal of sleepers the expenses amounted to more than for the corresponding half of 1865. The deficiency of £2,430 in the traffic receipts to cover expenses in the past half-year would have to be paid out of future profits. lie could assure them that the ex penditure was closely watched by the Government officials. Resolutions were passed adopting the report and re-electing the retiring directors and auditors. MADRAS. The traffic receipts on the South-west line of this company for the quarter ending the 31st of March last amounted to £92,439, against £91,392 for the corresponding three months of last year. On the North-west line the receipts for the quarter were £21,109, against .£45,786, on 153 miles and 119 miles open respectively. The receipts on both lines have hem £113,518, against £107,178, showing an increase of £6,370 on the quarter, with an increase of 34 miles in the length of line worked over o'i the North-west line. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TI3IES.—It appears, after all, that Paris is not to have the monopoly of Crowned Heads for this sea son. Rather more than the crumbs from the rich feast from our neighbours will fall to our share. The Sultan is expected to visit London immediately on leaving the French capital, and there is every probability that the Emperor Alexander of Russia will also be our guest. We say, advisedly, that these great monarchs are coming to MI ; for it is on ourselves, on all of us, on the whole English nation, that the duties of hospitality will devolve. Buck ingham Palace, we understand, is to be placed at the disposal of Abdul-Aziz, but the gracious lady of the mansion will not be there to du the honours to the Sublime stranger; and, although full reli ance may be placed on the courtesy and attention with which the heir to the throne will dedicate himself to the entertainment of so exalted a per sonage, it will be London that be comes .to see, and London that the Prince will have to show him. Our great city will not show to the best advan tage before eyes dazzled by Parisian glitter, but, after all, there is not a little that is remarkable in this old London of ours. It is not " a Court" as 'Madrid is said to be ; not a capital in the sense that the term is applied to Paris. It is not by Kings or by Governments that it is made. It is the nation's direct and spontaneous produc tion. London is intensely English, yet it is by no means England ; it is hardly the home of English choice. To be a native or an inhabitant of London is no man's peculiar gratification. Nu one was ever beard to 'boast of the purity of his London accent. So far as addiction to the at mosphere of a city can be accounted civilization, the English can hardly yet be said to 1)3 civilized. The Englishman's habits are rural, his genius rustic; London is to him a workshop, a bazaar, an exchange, Government offices, Houses - of Parliainent. Few live in London except on business, or beyond the immediate requirements of business. Yet the we!e fact that three millions of souls have business in it is sufficient to make London unlike any other plac e in the world. N o o th er t own i s so th o roughly subsistent. _ The bees make up the hive, and eau well dispense with the presence of the drones. The " upper ten thous an d," who come to make liar' work of their pleasures for three or four mouths in the year, enliven, indeed, but do not support, then town. They create a pl easan t s ti r in their ow quarters, but are hardly recog n i se d e lsewhere; Islington and So u th war k k now little of and care less for them. The tide that goes down Holborn and the Strand ebbs and flows no fuller and fast er on their account. Wemay grieve for the causes that estrange the Court from the Capital, but its alse eee is accounted no material lo ss beyond the immediate Irecincts of the Palace. And if London is indepen dent of Royal patronage, she is even more a bove any alvantage derivable from the influx of foreig n visitors. To such cities as Turin or Florence, or even Naples or Paris, the concourse of strangers Is the very breeth of their nostrils. Without it they die. The beauty in whi c h th e y ar e perpetua ll y arraying themselves, the ch arms o f th e ir sites, th eir museums, their galleries, and th e i r monuments, a r° hardly their own. 'Their most eligible quar t ` rs ' their Rue Rivolis, their Lung' Arno s , their Chia'a ; s ,' are abandoned to the thrice w elco m e i n vaders. Th eir theatres, their promenades, their social circles, open and close with the arrival and departure of the but terfly guests. Nay, the very Courts, on which so much stress is laid, are chiefly valu a ble as decoys fe : birds of passage. In Florence or Dresden such good natured Sovereigns as King John of Saxony or the Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany used to give balls and hold levees and reviewson speculation. Init ° l Christmas itself and the, Holy W ee k w ould fall with the crowds of strangers, and chiefly of here tics. But in London who everreekons on foreigners, or who is even aware of their presence ? In wh at State measure, or in what act of Parliament, are the interests of our hotel and lodging-house keepers, ever - ever considered? It was as a stimulus to the Work of the nation, not as mere custom to the trade e' the capital, that the first Crystal Palace was throw n open in Hyde-park. Even in 1851, or in 1 86-1 ' the English aspect of our streets was not so pereelr tibly altered, nor the economy of our life so gren tl ,?: disturbed, by the thousands who flocked to us 7, people anticipated. Away from Leicester-squ are our ears are seldom jarred by a Babel of tongue s ' The " illustrious guests" admitted to our clubs rn 3 l be counted on a man's fingers ; all this, not becaus e England is inhospitable, or foreign visitors unfre quent, but simply because thousands of theca are , lost in the millions of our dense multitude ; beca use more idlers are absorbed in the incessant whirl of our uniform activity ; because England is not wholly in London as France is in Paris, nor Loll a wholly in Pall-mall as Paris is in the-BAleveswiel because, scattered in our various centres, and a se° ; ciated with our different class es , foreigners have ., here those rendezvous, those special quarters Win" make their presence conspicuous elsewhere. Oh e c ing centrifugal and centripetal forces perpetually in conflict, with business constantly converging °, Lombard-street, and life no less incessantly div er f, ing upon every line of road and railroad, it .inaY re , ' said of London that it is everywhere and llow ile. We have every one of us a London of our ovl o l o house, perhaps, or a shop or an office, with our e";, friends, our own acquaintance ; the rest is cots , paratively a blank—a wilderness of str e f e 3 squares, and crescents, without nothing bu t 3 number to every door we pass, nothing hi l v„,t, physiognomical index to every face we It is less, perhaps, owing to its vastness than to this strangeness of it s pe o pl e t o one anet to that London owes the effect it has the poiver hao create on the minds of its o w n citiz e ns no less t " on those of its foreign visitors, whenever auY es.tieit ordinary occurrence calls its masses toaethere,o takes nothing less than the entrance of a Tur'i 3 Padishah or of a Czar of All the Russian or O g ee Garibaldi to reveal London to itself ; but, un u o t any such cause of excitement, the awe inspired, 11 _ , by a crowd, but by a whole nation of s scarcely allows room for wonder at any object e ll e r bited before them. To the brighter skies and un time climates, to the ,lofty - edifices which constitute boast of other cities our own London has onlY Fo r advantage of overwhelming numbers to oppose', 0 1 a first impression this is all-sufficient; but of our guests will allow himself leisure to 100/A little closer into the causes which assemble SO O' er , family of mankind in so small a place, he maYl,P t he haps form such an opinion of the character, of le institutions, of the tastes and habits of the Ple who have made London what it is, as may' him take it for what it is, and like it as it is. the pectatoreih don is not the city of Caesars ; it does not bear ore mark of the Napoleous; but no other place In le. fitrribly erubodie the whole genius of a r 7 . ; ti r There is no other such representative place. „,ct love of work, our instincts of f ree do m , our re s t o t e r far the law, our regard fo r our fellow -beings' -er worship of wealth and rank, our i n d e p en dence, " u r exclusiveness—all th e li g ht s a w l shades of ° e , national character are apparent in the veil sall' of ness of our rectilinea r s t ree t s , in the broad fl a g e „o our footpaths, in the very railings of our ar"-ery. However tame and unpretending, our town is v eio g unlike all other towns. It may be worth se. to, • even when all else has been seen. And, at all o ' l ' o o we must set it off to the best of our abilities, ~na our exalted guests—the Czars and the Sultans, ao the other great ones of the earth—may find, t hat the world does not end at the Channel, anu oo 3 fr ' there may be something essentially differen t to anything in the power of Caesars or Napoleons produce. COUNTRY MARKETS. Of pIY At to-day's market there was again a short suP D iet English wheat, but the trade was firm and quite ae tail nt in price. Foreign neglected. Barley only taken ,only late prices. Oats also rather slow. Beans sale abiu in limited quantities. Peas more inquired for. MANG TIES TER—TuunsDAY. „ il d' At our market this morning there was a thin at''',l-iist ante, and heat met a limited inquiry, but pric ° „ s o l igh t * be quoted at about the full currency of this day Ed' Flour also in limited demand, but prices as before• --- BURY ST. EDMUNDS —WEDNEsDAV. ( IS, There was a mall show of wheat at this m arlot to s , io a4 but the trade was firm at an advance of is upon re:, 1jr(3006 rates. Oats, beaus, and peas met with a fair sa le, full values. aa: os lsl Average prices : Wheat, 63s 6d ; barley, 57s '-' 22s Od. EDINBURGH—WEDNESDAY. o I ti p Wheat on the top, 2s Od down average, is m „ 1 1 ,1 0. Barley on the top, is 6d down average, Os in v p. Oats on the top, 2s Od up Os °"' if o ' average, 6d do Beaus on the top, 2s Od up %wrap, is Wheat Total supply and sales. 8 67 06 1 q q i rs .s sold 7 2 3 4 2 3 Barley - • Oats 616 21 q q r rs s ........................ ssooiltioli Beans 1 Avenge prices. Wheat, 62s 44 1 O a t s, 3ls SI Barley, 36s 2d I B eans 45s s ' l l . 0 0 5 ' Town-made flour sells as follows :—White , 55s °`" superfine, 53s Od i superfine, 51s 04 ; fine, 49s Otl• GL AS G OW-WEDNESDAY. 0 0 , 1!;, To-day's market was well attended. Wheat 11 : 0 11 1 . I tir again seld at last week's rates, but, business o°D o,, i ts .4 Barley, beans, and peas in favour of buyers. - as - 6 ' retail demand, and quotations were about the W ile week. _,,,4, [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment ftu t } Unerring Precision.—When the health is brel“ ° ,7 orli c d from the continuance of some weakening discilorge;too.° ulcers refuse to heal, and extending miscnief is tied then is the time to try the potency of HollOw'sYi' r Osl o , ointment aud purifying pills. 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