The Sun. — London, England, 1868-10-09 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC jOURNASI,O; The Mita discusses Professor Fawcett' theoiles Iwo remedies of the employed against employers—strikes and co-operation. The Professor interposes; like a bene: ficent genius, between political economy and man, between 'science and facts. A " strike," if it be done fairly, he says, and with a scrupulous regard to the liberty of indi viduals, is the proper and only remedy for the case of an employer who chooses to do what he pleases with hie own under the sanction of political economy. What is a " strike ?" It is only one form of a negative, for every negative in trade is a "strike." If a man re. fuses to take a price offered for his commodities, or to undertake a contract upon given terms, or to lend money, he may be said to "strike." Just now, for example, it might be said that capital is " on strike ;" a good deal of it absolutely "on strike," and the rest getting higher terms in consequence. Let us not be frightened by a word. A " strike "is a strictly commercial act, though on the part of many against one or a few. Then, what has humanity to say to it? A man must live, and it is better he should live well, and have time to take care of his health, improve his mind, and learn the duties of his posi- tion. If the Legislature cannot possibly favour " strikes," which would be one-sided, neither ought it to go out of the way to discourage them, which is also one-sided. All that is wanted is that a purely commercial transaction shall be done in a purely commercial manner, without injury, insult, or interference with those who may not choose to join in the transaction. Happily, however, this is not the only remedy, for Professor Fawcett would not leave the British workman alternately at work and " on strike" as the natural and proper mode of conducting what is called the battle of life. He has another remedy more continuous in its application and more hopeful. It is that class of arrangements by which most people may be enabled to share the profits of the business, whether entirely or after the declaration of a fair dividend as the profits of the managers or proprietors. The history of a considerable number of examples would be a most valuable contribution to social and political science. How did they come about ? How were they fonnded and conducted? What have been the results? There can be nobody who has had ever so little to do with the industrial classes who is not painfully aware of many instances of tyranny, of oppression, of ruin, and even of death, through the operation of " strikes ; " while every day brings up new illustrations of the fearful extent to which working men can he imposed upon by the profes- sional fabricators of associations on vicious principles. We should not be surprised to find that at least a million a year is got out of the poor, and squandered, it is hard to say how, by persons whose sole claim to their confidence was that they were utterly unknown, and the proposed organisation itself an utter mystery. The Post agrees with Mr. Fawcett that the principle of industrial partnerships might be extended to joint-stock companies, but in the case of individuals preferring to maintain the position of private employers many diffi culties present themselves not easily overcome. It might not, however, be impossible for an employer to give his workman an interest in his success by affording to them the opportunity of sharing, in however small a degree, in his profits ; and to the same extent that this principle was applied would the employer be insured against the risk of strikes. Mr. Fawcett's suggestion, as he admits, is not entirely novel, but, judging from the results which have flowed from its partial adoption, it is well worthy the attention of those whose interests are most keenly affected by the constantly recurring conflicts between capital and labour. The new claimant for the estates of Derwentwater inspires the Standard with pity. Melancholy is the sketch drawn of that poor lady, dependent for fire and food and shelter upon the charity of people who, while she claims the tumble-down towers of Dilston as her ancestral home, pity her as a monomaniac, and witness her roadside misery. Interpreted anyhow, the narrative is extra ordinary. Where did this woman pass her youth? What has been the chronology of her house? Where and what are those minute documents upon which she is said to rely ? And what can neutralise an act of attainder ? We are afraid that the canvas-topped hut in Tynedale will confer upon her no better title in law than the roofless rooms of Dilston Castle. There may be Derwentwaters wandering over the earth, possibly; any Radcliffe can claim to be affiliated with that unfortunate yet still ambitious lineage. So there are Plantagenets, so there are Stuarts, so there are Sobieskis; yet, as Southey says, they must all or most of them consent to have their pretensions judged " with leave of Greenwich Hospital." Now that Greenwich Hospital is becoming a phantom, we candidly say that we would prefer the Earl of Der wentwater to the Lords of the Admiralty as permanent "men in possession ;" but the lady who asserts herself as " countess " cannot make out her case by " squatting," as colonists phrase it, on the Queen's highway in a tar pauling tent, borrowing a kitchen grate from a neighbour. ing grange, and adding no more to her claim by her tenacity than if she tore up the title-deeds of the Green wich estate, and thereupon proclaimed herself the substi tute-tenant of the Crown. The Herald maintains that we are bound to defend our Asiatic Empire. Concede that Russian progress in Cen tral Asia is a bugbear ; allow that native chiefs ought not to be annexed simply because British India is deficient it sanitary centres; the fact remains that we have incor rigible neighbours, uncivilised and predatory, who are the perpetual enemies of the British dominion. It is useless to think of alliances in these quarters. No conventions will ever bind the Hazaree or the Wahabee tribes. Thei; religions, their traditions, their prejudices, their supersti tions are, and ever have been, against us. They inhabit the caverns—they infest the ambushes of the earth. We have had enough to do with their complicated intrigues, any' the time has arrived for occupying permanently the true limits of our Eastern Empire. Nothing beyond the most sentimental and ridiculous enthusiasm can affect a ten derness for Wahabee or Hazaree freedom. It is merely a question of evil or well-being to our Indian subjects. These North-Western tribes are our implacable foes, and will never cease from troubling until they are our unques tioned subjects. The Standard says it is impossible, so long as we thin/_ it worth while to retain our empire in India, that we can permit the Peshawur Valley to pass into any foreign bands. We must keep it, however onerous the possession may be. The Indus itself is no frontier in any military sense. The valley of Peshawur is the vanguard of our Indian Empire. Even if it were valuable on no other account, it must be retained now, for political reasons, at all hazards. On the fact that one thousand women will, as far as can be foreseen, cast their votes at the next election, the Daily News observes that there is a strong feeling still that an entrance into political life will tend to degrade woman, and there is in the apprehension some confession of those superiorities upon which old Agrippa expatiates. But the reply to this is, that all those accompaniments of 'political life which it believed would be degrading to woman are equally degrading to man, that they must ba clone away with, and that there is reason to believe the enfranchisement of woman will set in motion several very potent influences against them. She will demand, and men will-demand for her, the abolition of such shameful accompaniments of our elections as would make he: 'shrink from participation in them. Wherever woman has gone, by social and legal consent, she has always been a purifying element, and unless it be shown that violence and corruption are essential to representative government ; the whole matter resolves itself into the question whether we prefer to retain those evils, or to admit the influeno' which would render them intolerable, and necessitate a more determined effort for their removal. Nor must there be omitted in the consideration the notorious fact that women already exert an important influence in our elec tions, and that such secret and irregular influence is always less healthy and more liable to perversion than it could be if confined by legal recognition to direct and constitutional channels. The Telegraph thinks that Sir Daniel Gooch, ALP., an chairman of the Great Western Railway, holds in very low estimation the good sense and discretion of the travel ling public. Addressing his constituents at Cricklade the other night, he complained that railways were harshly treated, and asked if it was not monstrous that, under a late Act, passengers could stop a train "on the most frivolous ground—probably if suffering from the stomach ache, or for the purpose of lighting a cigar." Anyone who knows how frequently insults are offered to unpro. tected female passengers, or remembers the recent accident to the Scotch express, will answer that, even if stoppages were sometimes brought about by such foolish motives, yet if, in just as many cases, violence or danger were prevented, the gain would be well worth its cost. But two things, of which Sir Daniel Gooch takes no ac count, must powerfully avail to prevent false or silly alarms. There is a little public opinion in the compart- ments of railway carriages, which travellers inclined for "larking" will not often venture to brave ; while it would be easy for the railway company to punish, by fine at least, any passenger who might he found wilfully and recklessly bringing the train to a stand, and thus discon• ceding the arrangement. A BOLD TIIIEF.—A thief of an original turn of mind, named Cartel, had selected for the scene of his operations the Prefecture of Police at Paris. He was accustomed to walk about the corridors, and picked the locks of office doors during the absence of their occupants, and abstracted any small sums or portable articles. He was at length detected, and has just been brought up foi trial. His excuse was that ho wished to give a lesson of vigilance to the police, but in spite of this ingenious explanation he wAgsstlynced to flys years' TEN LEAMINGTOXITAILTVAT:tiCapgIM ciaPtarn Tyler, the inspecting officer of iailviiiYs to the Board of Trade, was a witness at the inquest on the bodies of John and Joseph Davis (father and son), who lost their lives in the railway accident on the Rugby and Leamington branch of the London and North-Western Railway. After describing the place of the accident and the damage done, the witness said : The cause of the accident is evidently due to the failure of the fastenings between the three chairs which were first pushed out wards on the right, and the sleepers to which they were attached. These three chairs with defective fasten ings having been more or less disturbed by the passage of the engine, had so far bulged out, by the time the tiring wheels of the tender came upon the rail over them, that, whilst the off wheel remained upon the rail, the near wheel dropped down inside the near rail. This tended to increase the mischief. The leading break-van left the rails on reaching the same spot. The off rail was further burst outwards, and the last four carriages ran down the embankment in the manner described. The fastenings between the three chairs first pushed outwards must have been trenails, and these must have been in a defective condition. If there had been even one wrought iron spike through a trenail in each of these chairs the accident could not have happened. The absence of fracture in these chairs, and of bending in the rails which they supported, indicates that the chairs had been pushed out without the exercise of much violence. The accident illustrates a subject which is of very great importance to the safety of the public travelling on rail ways. By far the greater number of accidents that have occurred of late years from objects of permanent way have been caused by the failure of wooden trenails or fastenings between the chairs and the sleepers. I have at this moment before me the printed reports of myself and other inspecting officers respecting fifteen accidents which have been caused since 1860, wholly or partially, but for the most part wholly, by failure of such fastenings. I am therefore anxious to draw attention pointedly to the subject. Wooden trenails were at one time employed very extensively as railway fastenings, and they have this advantage, that whilst the iron spikes are apt, after a certain length of time, to get loose, the trenails, as long as they remain sound, hold the sleepers more firmly to the chairs. At the same time the trenails, whilst safe in a track of this description when first put in, and where the line is straight, are liable to be sheared off by side strains or curves. They are also liable to fail, sooner or later, on straight portions of the line, giving way gradually between the chair and the sleeper, without affording upon the surface any indication of their failing condition. They are thus of a treacherous character, and a chair may in reality have little or no fastening when the head of the trenail is sound. The plate layers, though examining the line daily, may have very little idea of the real condition in this important respect. The only symptom of failure that attracts their attention is probably a slight disturbance of the ballast, which tells them that one or more of their fastenings have given way, and only after the failure has occurred. In the case of the present accident there was probably no symptom of failure visible to the platelayers before the three chairs were suddenly pushed outwards as the engine of the train passed over them. The moral to be derived from this accident cannot be too extensively applied by every body of railway directors and every engineer in charge of permanent way in the kingdom. It is, that no railway chair should be allowed to remain fastened to the sleeper by trenails only. The best fastening that can be used is the fang bolt, or wrought-iron bolt, with fastening nuts. The next best is the hollow trenail with a wrought iron spike driven thkugh it. This combined fastening has the double advantage of good holding and security from fracture. Captain Tyler was cross-examined by the representatives of the various interests present, but little was elicited beyond what appears in his statement. In reply to an observation by the coroner he said, if he were a platelayer he would not be responsible for the safety:of the line unless it was properly spiked. He did not consider thirty-two miles an hour an extraordinary speed for a train to run down an incline. On a straight line, with the metals in proper order, it might with perfect safety go at the speed of sixty miles an hour. Mr. Sewell, district inspector of permanent way between Rugby and Leamington, and his foreman platelayer, were next examined. Their evidence simply went to show that the line was examined in the same way as all the London and North-Western lines are, by the platelayers, and that as far as they knew it was in good order on the day before the accident. In reply to a question from the coroner, Mr. Blenkinsop said the trenails were not used on the wain line of the railway. If the jury recommended the use of spikes instead of trenails on the Leamington and Rugby branch they should be substituted. The Coroner briefly summed up the evidence, and the jury retired to consider their verdict. After an absence of half an hour they returned into court, and handed in the following:—" The jury is of opinion that the deceased persons met their deaths by the displacement of the rails caused by the defective state of the trenails ; that the present mode of inspecting the permanent way is too superficial to guard against similar accidents. The jury recommend that the attention of the directors should be called to the fact that trenails alone are not sufficient to ensure the safety of passengers, as proved by the recent accident ; and that iron spikes should be used with joints fitted, as recommended by Captain Tyler." LAW AND POLICE. INFRINGEMENT OF THE FACTORY Act —Three manu facturers of Birmingham have been summoned at the police-court in that town to answer charges of infringe. ment of the Factory Act. In the case of Mr. Charles Clifford, of Fazeley-street, an excuse was put in that the machinery had broken down during the day, and that they were working overtime to complete an order. The magistrate inflicted the penalty in four cases, amounting to £l3 10s. 6d. Messrs. Reader and Dingle, stampers and pressers, were charged on eight different summonses for detaining girls at work after six. The penalties in this case amounted to £lO 7s. 6d. Mr. John Higgins, tube-maker, of Floodgate-street, had a penalty of £3 17s. 6d. inflicted. THE RAID UPON THE BETTING MEN AT LIVERPOOL.— At the Liverpool Police-court, Samuel Davidson, F. J. Parry, Andrew King, and James Dalzell, all well-know/ members of the sporting fraternity, who were appre hended by warrant on Tuesday, have been brought up before Mr. Raffles, stipendiary magistrate. The apprehension took place at a yard in Hood-street, off Whitechapel, much frequented by the betting men of the town. The prisoners were charged under the 16 and 17 Vic., chap. 119, secs. 3 and 4, with two offences. The first was that of assisting to conduct the business at the place in Hood-street, open for the purpose of persons betting therein upon certain events or contingencies relating to horseracing, by which they had rendered themselves liable to a penalty of £lOO, or six months' imprisonment in default. The second offence was that of receiving money as bets on condition of paying certain sums of money to persons upon certain events relating to horseracing. The penalty incurred in this case was £5O and costs, or in default three months' imprisonment. Mr. Walter, prosecuting solicitor, con ducted the prosecution, The prisoners were defended by . Mr. Cobb and Mr. Charles Pemberton. The case of Davidson was taken first, and it being proved that bets were made upon the premises spoken of, he was convicted and ordered to pay £5O penalty for receiving betting money, and the nominal penalty of Is. for conducting the business. The other defendants pleaded guilty, and were ordered to pay the same penalties. All the fines were paid. The Journal de St. Petersbourg publishes a de spatch from Bombay, stating that the Governor-General of India supports the request of the Shah of Persia rela tive to the establishment of a British naval station in the Persian Gulf. THE " CARPET-BAGGER AND THE "SCALAWAG." —A Mississippi newspaper thus describes the difference between the " scalawag " and a "carpet-bagger," two classes now frequently beard of in American politics : ",The carpet-bagger is a Northern thief who comes South to plunder every white man who is a gentleman of any property or respectability, and get all the offices he can. The scalawag is a Southern-born scoundrel, who will do all the carpet-bagger will, and, besides, murder the carpet bagger for the gutta-peicha ring his sister gave him when he left home." " THE WICKEDEST MAN IN NEW YORK."—The performances which a number of religious people are carrying on in the den in this city occupied by John Allen, " the wickedest man," &c., have reached a point at which the interference of those who have any reverence for sacred things becomes absolutely neces sary. The final touch of horror and repulsiveness has been given to the whole affair by the appearance of the poor wretch Allen himself in the country districts as a preacher of righteousness, with a small charge for admission. lie is said to have presented himself to the very small audience which his agents were able to collect at Stamford in a state of stupid intoxication. We do not deny that men like Allen may be suddenly reformed, but we can hardly think of a graver outrage, both on religion and morality, than the sanction, by clergymen or members of churches, of the Vleory that a life-long ruffian, reeking from a stew kept by himself, can be qualified by a week's repentance—even supposing it to have been sincere—to go out and preach to aDybocly the - way 4 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1868. REPRESENIA7ION OF 711 E Clll' OF LONDON. A meeting of the Central and Ward Electors' Committee of the City of London was held at the Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street, yesterday, to con sider the altered circumstances of the City election, as affected by the restriction of the franchise to three votes. Although the meeting was convened at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon there were between two and three hundred members of the committees present. The City members— Baron Rothschild, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Goschen, and Mr. Lawrence—attended, and with them were Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Mr. J. C. Lawrence, Mr. Sergeant Tyndal Atkinson, Mr. S. Morley, Mr. Gassiot, and others. On the motion of Mr. Crawford, Sir Benjamin Phillips was voted to the chair. The CHAIRMAN commenced by saying that this was a preliminary business meeting to discuss the most important subjects which they had in hand. By a recent act of Parliament the great City of London was placed in the peculiar position of having three votes only instead of four, but he doubted not that by combined action the electors would, as in times gone by, return four Liberals to represent them. (Hear, hear.) They would, however, pro ceed to consider the matter. Mr. SAMUEL AIORLEY rose to propose, " That this meeting desires to enter its emphatic protest against that act of disfranchisement which deprives the citizens of London of one of the four votes they have exercised for upwards of 600 years ; and, as the most practical method of giving effect to their objections to being made the victims of a partial experiment of the representation of minorities, the electors present pledge themselves to use their best exertions to secure the return of the four sitting members, who have served their constituents faith fully and consistently, and with whose opinions the great body of the electors are entirely identified." If the country, he said, were free from the exist ence of nomination boroughs, or had, he would not say equal electoral districts, but something like them, he would consider the state of things favour able for the representation of minorities. There was, no doubt, a minority of Conservatives in the City of London, who thought they were practically disfranchised ; but he maintained that they, as well as the Conservatives throughout the country at large, were represented through those elective places where the dictum of an individual settles the ques tion of representation. He objected to the represen tation of minorities as an artificial system of repre sentation, and for his own part he was bound to say that under existing circumstances he should obey orders how to vote. At Birmingham they had established a " Vote as you like Commit tee ;" that is, an elector would go up and say, " I will vote as you like." He did not like to give up his power to choose, but he would do it to meet a great emergency. He strongly objected to bring ing in canvassing agents or anybody not parties to the issue ; but these being forced upon them, and as the constituency was not able to help itself, the electors would be bound to do anything they could to meet the great danger. Objecting as he did to the removal of a right which had belonged to the City of London for the last 600 years, he trusted they would be able again to return the four gentle men who had represented them before, and with whom he believed they were thoroughly satisfied. (Cheers.) Mr. GASSIOT, in seconding the motion, reminded the citizens of London that they had been the great pioneers of reform throughout the country. It was felt that the return for the City of London was the decision of men of thought, who are above the excitement of the moment, and whose judg ment has generally had an effect on the nation at large. The Liberals frequently had peculiar scruples for or against one man. That was not the way with their opponents, who, being told they must vote for the man with the white waistcoat, were content to do just as they were told. (Laugh ter.) They would, however, on this occasion be obliged to throw over their feelings in favour of in dividual candidates, and unite to do their best to return the four - Liberals who had represented them so well. (Cheers.) The resolution was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then stated that the members would address the meeting. Baron ROTHSCHILD, who was received with loud cheers, said that as senior member he had the honour of presenting himself before them first. When be remembered how many years it was since he had the privilege of becoming their representa tive he could hardly express the feelings of grati tude which he felt towards them for the confidence they had placed in him. (Cheers.) On the great question of religious freedom they knew he was in favour of the views of the Liberal electors of the City. He would not, however, enter at length on the topics of the day on this occasion. This was his first appearance in public for the last five years to address them ; but he was now, he was happy to say, recovering from his illness, and he hoped, if again favoured with their confidence, to be able diligently to attend to his duties as their represen tative. The one sentiment which ought to prevail among them now was that of union. If they were united and determined they would return the four members. He felt that the candidates as well as the electors met that day with peculiar feelings. The electors ought to have the opportunity of voting for their favourite candidates, but as both parties were in the hands of those who would ma nage the elections both bad the same feelings, and would act as they were told. For his own part, he should place himself in the hands of those who would manage the election, and he should be satis fied with the result. (Hear, hear.) It was a question whether that great City was to have two votes or four votes, because if they returned a Conservative the vote of their third member would be neutralised by his. Now the Reform Bill would be followed by Liberal measures, for the carrying of which all the assistance that could be given would be required. The Tories would always vote as they were told. Among the Liberals there were always great divisions, some being inclined to go further, or not so far as others. The Liberal party would therefore require great force to fight against the Conservatives, backed by the House of Lords. If they wished the Reform Bill to be fol lowed by good measures, they must send a compact Liberal party to the House of Commons. He thanked them for the confidence they had placed in him, and could only say that his services would he entirely at their disposal. Mr. CRAWFORD remarked that this meeting was not so much for the purpose of hearing statements from members as to consider the best methods of insuring the return of the same four gentlemen to the House of Commons in the ensuing Parliament. On his part he might say that when he undertook his public duties in connection with the Bank of England, his desire was to have asked them to place in his position some younger and less engaged man than himself. (No, no.) That was his desire ; but it was felt that, under the circumstances of the case, he could hold the entrenched position better than a less known man, and could in the present contest better strengthen the hands of the Liberal party. In 1833 the electors of the City of London returned his father; and from time to time, in the eight contests that had taken place, either his father or himself had been one of the Liberal candidates. He said this to prove to them the principles by which he was governed. During those thirty-five years the slave trade had been abolished, free trade estab lished on the principle that the interest of the con sumer is paramount over that of the producer, and civil and religious liberty had been established as one of the fundamental rights of the country. Church rates had been abolished, Parliament re formed ; and when he said these things he gave no credit to the Tory party for doing them. (Hear, hear.) Whatever was good in the Reform Bill was done by the Liberal party ; whatever was bad was done by the Conservative party. Indeed, oue of their first duties would be the reform of the Reform Bill. The ratepaying clauses must be removed,and more of the small boroughs must be abolished. lie would, however, refer with some confidence to the principles by which he had been guided in times past, and asked them to be assured that his politi cal conduct in the past was an index of the present, and should be his guide for the future. He would only'mention the subject of the day—the Irish Church question. They should not be led away by the stupid argument of those who professed to represent the opinions of the Tory party, and who said that, after the extinguishing of the Irish Church, the next thing would be an attack on other corporate property throughout the country. That was an argument put forward on behalf of those three gentlemen whom the present members were to meet as their competitors. The electors should not believe that argument. He regard ed the great measure of the disestablishment of the Irish Church as a measure of absolute justice to the Irish people. He reminded the electors that unanimity must be their watchword. He would like a man to give his vote where he had given it before ; but necessity had arisen. They had a difficult task before them, and that task must be met. Therefore he would ask his supporters not to regard him if he should by accident be in a better position on the poll than his present colleagues. It had been his pleasure to act for many years with Baron Rothschild, not so many with Mr. Goschen, and fewer still with Mr. Lawrence; but during that time, whenever his judgment was at fault, he always had the benefit of their advice and co-ope ration. (Hear, hear.) People were in the habit of estimating the value of their representatives by dif fereut standards. Some thought the value of a re presentative consisted in his sitting at the head of the table at a charity dinner for benevolent tinkers ; some thought he ought to be in the lobby of the House of Commons, some in the divisions on a Welsh Turnpike Bill, or an Irish Road Bill ; but his own practice, if he saw fifty Irishmen on one side with daggers drawn against fifty Irishmen on the other, was to leave them to fight it out them selves. Therefore he did not value a member's ser vices by the number of times his name appeared in the division list. There were many ways in which a member could be of use to his constituents. Baron Rothschild had recorded his vote on all questions in which great principles were at stake, while, in the position he held as the head of one of the greatest firms in the country, his influence was felt, although his name might not be seen in the division lists. (Hear, hear.) He would only say, in concluding, that better colleagues he could not wish to have. Mr. GOSCREN rejoiced that the time had come when those who had the honour to represent the City were once more about to meet a goodly number of those whom they represent upon one of the political questions of the day. City members were rather badly off in that respect. They had not the same opportunities as those who sit for provincial towns. Therefore it was always a great satisfaction to them when they were able to meet their constituents in a body. True, they often enjoyed the hospitality of the Mansion House, or those large City com panies that formed so large a body in London ; but, on those occasions, they met Conservatives and Liberals together, and could not in courtesy allude to vexed political questions. They did not meet that day, he was sorry to say, in the usual way in which members came before their constituents, simply to give a statement of their political opinions; but they were obliged to come to consider what course to pursue in an emergency forced by a most obnoxious clause in an Act of Parliament on the citizens of London. They were called upon to solve an arithmetical puzzle. They were obliged to go into abstruse calculations to see what verdict should be given on the questions of the day. That was a great hardship. They were told this minority clause was an experiment. Why had the City of London and four or five of the largest towns in the kingdom been selected? Why was it to be tried just at that critical time in the history of England, when the country was about to test the results of the great Reform Bill? Why, it was done in order that London might give a verdict which it would not otherwise have given on one of the greatest questions of the day. In other parts of the country, while the struggle would lie between the two great parties, they in London would have to sit down and make all kinds of calculations. They were to be experimentalised upon. He protested against it in the House of Commons. It was not right that this experiment should be tried in the City of London. Why was it tried ? The Conservatives felt that the nomination boroughs were in danger ; and, in order to counterpoise that, they got the representation of minorities. It would rest with the City of London to say whether that should succeed. Would the Conservatives think it successful if the Liberal party were to abandon one of the four seats ? Would they stand out in Parliament and say they were glad there had not been a contest ? They could not say that the representation of great cities is to be put into the hands of election com mittees, and that while a contest is going on throughout the country it is to be a matter of ar rangement by election committees in great towns. He did not think the Conservatives would say it had been successful, because where minorities had been introduced there had been no contest. What would they think of a minority returning more members than even their own theory leads them to expect ? It was alleged that the Conservatives said it was possible that, by a mistake in the polling two members out of get t ere stronger than they polling book, h o e o k f 0 , u t they e ; ynmo not might because actually they ally were before, but because they know how to manage an election. He maintained that the Conservative minority of the City of London had got three of the best men in Parliament to be beaten. They had Mr. Baring, Mr. Hubbard, and Mr. Barnett, the banker. The large cities were not fairly represented in Parliament at the present moment. When they looked at the great power of the landed interest, and saw how few mercantile men there were in Parliament, they would be astonished at the result. But let London and the four other large towns re turn Liberal members, and they would hear no more of minorities after that. (A laugh.) If England were to retain her present Constitution they must repeal that minority clause. If it led to personal rather than local representation it would lead to equal electoral districts if it led to anything, and the Conservatives would beresponsible for that. In their general address the present members for the City had put before them the fact that it would be their duty to fight it out. It would be cowardly to sur render one seat. Supposing there was a small minority, were they to give up then ? What Parliament intended was that if there were three sevenths of Conservatives they should have a seat ; but it could not be contended that if there were only two•sevenths they were to have a seat. That clause was slipped into the Reform Bill at the end of a session. It was adopted in deference to the House of Lords, and to them was due the position the constituencies are placed in at present. By sinking all personal considerations, however, this great battle in the city might possibly be won. He trusted the Conservatives would find that a wrong principle had been adopted, and that the clause would be forthwith repealed. If he had the honour to be returned he should do all in his power to re store the franchise to its old footing. Mr. LAWRENCE briefly addressed the meeting, observing that by returning four Liberal members to Parliament the City of London would strike a blow at a system which is contrary to the principles of the Constitution. Mr. LOCKE, M.P., having, as an elector, ex pressed his confidence in the present members, moved : " That, in pursuance of the foregoing resolution, an address be issued to the citizens of London in the name of that meeting, and that the electors be respectfully invited to become members of the committees of their re spective wards ; and that a central committee be authorised and appointed to take all steps neces sary to secure the return of the sitting mem bers, who have already recorded their votes against the act of disfranchisement, and are pledged to the restoration of the ancient rights of their con stituents." Mr. CHARLES REED, Seconding, pointed out the necessity for free communication between the cen tral and working committees. The resolution was carried. Mr. AYRTON, M.P., trusted the three Conserva tive candidates would furnish an illustration of the representation of minorities by representing a mino rity at the poll. He moved, "That the central and ward committees do forthwith declare their sittings permanent, and public meetings be addressed by the sitting members in each ward, and that a diligent canvass of the citizens be forthwith com menced. Mr. Sergeant TIDAL ATKINSON seconded. On the motion of Mr. CRAWFORD, seconded by Mr. GOSCIIEN, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman. The proceedings then concluded. RAIL IPA Y IN7 ELLIGENCE. GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND. ABERDEEN, Oct. 8. At the meeting held here to-day the chairman gave a statement of the company's affairs, showing that they were progressing in the right direction. The statement was favourably received, and the report unanimously adopted. BAIIIA AND SAN FRANCISCO. The ordirary half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, under the presidency of Mr. Weguelin, M.P. The report, an abstract of which has already been published, was presented, and taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, on moving its adoption, alluded to the loss which the company had sustained by the lamented decease of Mr. Sheffield Neave. The directors had not filled up the vacancy occasioned by the loss of their colleague, and unless the share holders deemed it necessary they did not intend to do so. Turning to the affairs of the company, he thought the shareholders would be satisfied with the traffic and expenditure accounts. This was the first time that they had been enabled to say that the nor mal expenditure had been covered by the receipts. The cash balance in London during the interval since the 30th of June had been reduced to £55,287, and consequently the directors would not be enabled to declare a larger dividend than 3 per cent. for the half-year, although the full dividend of 31 per cent had been earned. The deficiency of the cash ba lance resulted from the expenditure made in stores and maintenance since the 30th of June last, to a small accumulation of cash in Bahia, amounting to £2,200, and to outstanding debts in Bahia and London. The directors proposed to establish a fund to be termed the " working capital account," the suspense interest account not being sufficient to meet the requirements of the company. The pro posed fund would also be available any time for equalising the dividends. If at any time the work ing capital exceeded the amount considered neces sary by the directors they would immediately divide the surplus amongst the proprietors. The account between the company and Mr. John Wat son still remained in dispute ; the company claimed £3,800 from that gentleman, and were advised that their claim was perfectly valid. On that ac count they included the sum in question as an as set. On the other hand, Mr. Watson had set up a claim against the company, and legal proceedings were pending to determine the question. The com pany held a warehouse in the city of Bahia of about the value of their claim upon Mr. Watson, under the terms of a deed of mutual release exe cuted by Mr. Watson, and if that gentleman con tended that the company could not hold the ware house under the deed then they would hold it as security for their claims against him. The Pojuca Tunnel had been completed. The work of recon struction had been effected with bricks sent out from this country. He thought that the affairs of this company presented a favourable prospect for their future prosperity. Mr. J. MORGAN seconded the motion. In reply to questions, The CHAIR3II.N said that the accounts from Bahia with regard to the crops and future traffic of the company were satisfactory. The questions con nected with the reconstruction of the Pojuca Tun nel had been so frequently and exhaustively de bated that he did not think it necessary to go over the ground again. Any of the shareholders who required more detailed explanation of the accounts would be afforded every facility at the offices of the company. The rolling stock was maintained at the same efficiency as named in the original concession. Mr. BEACIIEY, the solicitor of the company, said that Mr. Watson's claim had not at present as sumed any definite shape. He believed, however, that it amounted to from £l,OOO to £1,500. The report was then unanimously adopted, and A dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. for the half-year having been duly declared, The proceedings terminated in the usual manner. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The report for the half-year ended June 30 has just been issued. It states that the gross receipts upon the whole undertaking, including the Buffalo and Champlain lines, have been for the June half of 1868, £646,797. Deduct the ordinary working expenses (being at the rate of 65.93 per cent., against 70.53 of the corresponding half of last year), £426,477. The renewals of the permanent way and works in the half-year debited to revenue, £36,020. Amounts paid on account for loss by fires at Sarnia and Toronto, £4,110 ; leaving an available net balance earned in the half-year of £180,190 ; 'de duct loss on American currency, £18,882 ; total, £161,308, or an increase over the corresponding half-year of £68,780. Comparing the results of the half-year with the corresponding period of 1867 there is an increase in the gross receipts of £37,676, and a decrease in the ordinary working expenses of £3,215, in renewals of £18,953, and in the amount of the damages paid on account of the Toronto and Sarnia fires of £6,164. The rate of ordinary working expenses for the past half-year being, as above stated, 65.93 against 70.53 per cent. in 1867. The charges for renewals, adding £31,383 placed to "suspense ac count" last December, which has now been wiped off, amount to £67,403. The loss on American currency shows a decrease of £2,672, being £18,882 against £21,554; so that the net revenue balance, after deducting this loss on the conversion of the American "greenbacks," amounts to £161,308 ster ling, against £92,528 in the corresponding period of 1867. The average receipt from passengers in the half-year was 6s. Bid. per head, against 6s. Bd. in 1867 ; and the average receipt per ton of freight was 16s. 6d., against 15s. Bd. in the corresponding period of last. year. The debit to the capital ac count for the half-year amounts only to £4,083,. but as the capital account is in debit to revenue, this sum, unless new capital is raised, will have to be written on against the balance of £8,834. The charges hitherto made against capital for extra weight of rails and ballasting are now included un der the bead of renewals, and brought against re venue. The importance of completing the works of ballasting and improvement as soon as possible CAA hardly be overrated. With regard to the loss on American currency, viz., £18,882, the price of gold fluctuated during the half year between 1331 and 1431. The total loss on American currency since 1862 has amounted to £370,203, or equal to say three years' full dividend on the first preference bonds ; and besides this direct and positive loss there have been, as a consequence of the American war, indirect losses by increased wages and cost of materials, perhaps, as large as the loss on the green backs themselves, after deducting any increased re ceipts from higher rates for freight. The expendi ture on renewals, apart from ordinary maintenance, charged against revenue, has been £781,037, with the effect of greatly improving the road. Of the 25 engines lately ordered from Messrs. Neilson and Co., of Glasgow, 21 had, at the dates of the last letter, received from Montreal, arrived in Canada. The remaining four are on the way. Seventeen of the engines are now ready for work on the line, and the whole of them, it is expected, will be ready for the anticipated heavy autumn traffic. Ilie re ports received of these engines are very satisiac tory. Every effort that the directors have made to bring about an amicable settlement of the differ ences of account with the Buffalo Company has hitherto failed. The Buffalo board will neither agree upon nor allow an impartial officer of the Board of Trade to settle a deed of arbitration. Recent further negotiation through Messrs. Creak j and Ritter has ended in nothing, as while the president of the company signed a memorandum of settlement' of all matters, as Mr. Creak sug gested, the representative of the Buffalo Com pany has refused to do the same. The directors have much satisfaction in announcing that negociations have again been re-opened for the renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty. Every effort has been made, and with consider able success, during the cessation of this treaty to open up new channels for the traffic formerly con signed to the States. The newly-developed traffic with the maritime provinces is gradually extending. For example, during the past half-year the increase in the Halifax traffic is $28,256, and in the St. John traffic $26,604. The stoppage of trade with the United States has augmented largely the loss upon the Buffalo section, which, if independent, would hardly have paid its working expenses. The bonds issued by the city of Portland twenty years ' ago in aid of the construction of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad, amounting in the aggregate to $1,500,000, begin to fall due in December next. The amount then maturing is $200,000, of which sum it is expected there will be about one-half provided by the sinking fund attached to the loan ; the other half will have to be provided by the Grand Trunk Company. The balance of the above debt, viz., $1,300,000, falls due at various periods between December next and January, 1871. As the sinking funds will, in the aggregate, only be capable of providing about one-half of the whole amount, it follows that the re mainder will have to be found by the Grand Trunk. To meet this payment of say $750,000, it will be necessary to issue new bonds, either in American currency or in sterling. The latter mode would, of course, be preferable, in consequence of the high rate of premium now paid for gold in the United States. The bonds, wherever they are issued, will be protected by a sinking fund ; they form part of the working expenses of the Grand Trunk Com pany ; and the only mortgage that takes precedence of them is one for $1,500,000. The bonds bear 6 per cent. interest per annum, payable half-yearly. The directors, as owners (themselves and their im mediate connections) of more than one-fifth of the total capital of the undertaking, urge most seri ously upon their co-partners that recent divisions have done much to weaken and disorganise the exe cutive management, and to paralyse efforts to restore the property. The directors have done all that was possible to meet unexampled difficulties, and they believe that their policy and proceedings will be found, after the full inquiry which they court, in every way worthy of approval. They have pre served property by successfully resisting its for feiture in Canada. They have carried the com pany through the periods of American war and the Fenian raids, and they now see the intercolonial railway secured, a renewal of the reciprocity treaty under negociation, and the traffic and net profit in these more quiet times resuming the date of deve lopment which distinguished both up to 1866,when the Fenian troubles commenced and the Recipro city Treaty was repealed. Certain bond and stock holders, dissatisfied with the management of the undertaking, having convened a meeting for the 18th June last, a resolution was passed calling upon the directors as a body to resign, and appoint ing a committee to secure that result. This resolu tion having been forwarded to them, a long corre spondence took place ; and as the result, the direc tors think they shall best promote the interests of the undertaking by referring the whole matter to the ensuing general meeting, being themselves still quite ready to receive at once, as colleagues, any three eligible gentlemen who may be approved by the bond and stock holders at large. Mr. Heseltine, the chairman of the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway Company, in a circular to the bond and stockholders in the Grand Trunk of Canada Railway Company, congratulates them on the success which has attended their efforts to ob taM a list of the proprietors after four months' hard labour, stating that it was only one step towards a change in the management of the company. He asks the bond and stock holders to demand and vote for a change of management on the simple ground that the present directors have been in office a long time, and that under their policy, with an annual revenue exceeding £1,300,000, they cannot pay in terest on the first preference bonds. CITY OF GLASGOW UNION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held ou Tuesday, iu Glasgow ; Mr. J. R. Stewart in the chair. The report stated that since the last half-yearly meeting the contractors had confined their opera tions almost entirely to the formation of the bridge carrying the Shields road over the Pollockshields Junction, and to the completion of the diversion of the canal and works in that neighbourhood. The directors, however, were now empowered by the approval of the recent meetings both of this and the other two contributing companies to carry out the scheme then approved, and the works on the north side of the Clyde necessary for effecting a junction with the Coatbridge Railway would at once be resumed. It had been resolved to form a passenger station at Dunlop-street for the accommodation of the Glasgow and South- Western Railway Company's traffic. This object would immediately engage the attention of the directors. In terms of the act of 1867, the shares raised under the original act, other than those sub scribed for by the North British and Glasgow and Sonth-Western Railway Companies, had been con verted into preference stock, the proceeds of which were devoted to the construction of the stations at Dunlop-street and the College. The directors congratulated the shareholders that the financial difficulties that had so long encumbered the pro gress of the undertaking appeared now to have been overcome, and they looked forward with confidence to the completion of their scheme. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which was agreed to. The meeting was then made special for the pur pose of determining whether or not an application should be made to the Board of Trade under " The Railways' Extension of Time Act, 1868," for an extension of time limitEd by this company's Acts, 1864, 1865, and 1867, for the compulsory purchase of lands and buildings required for the undertaking, and for the completion of works. The CHAIRMAN explained that the compulsory powers of the company for the acquisition of pro perty would expire in July, 1869, and therefore it was necessary to obtain au extension of time, the works having been delayed during the last year by monetary difficulties. It would be necessary to appoint three scrutineers to ascertain and record the proportion of capital held by shareholders in favour of the application for an extension of time. Messrs. Leek, Anderson, and l\l'Grigor were ap pointed scrutineers; and, after a short adjournment, they reported that the whole of the returns from the shareholders assented to the application to the Board of Trade, and that none dissented. The CHAIRMAN then declared that the requisite proportion of assents had been obtained, and that the application would be made accordingly. NORTHERN RAILWAY OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's line from the Ist of July to the 12th of September amounted, on 97 miles of railway, to £22,593, and for the cor responding period last year, on 94 miles, to £25,986, showing a decrease of £3,393. GALLANT CONDUCT OF A YOUNG NAVAL OFFICEIL —On the night of the Ist of June last, while her Majesty's sloop Myrmidon was lying in Banana Creek, River Congo, Western Africa, an able seaman, named Torrance, fell overboard. Sub-Lieutenant Lionel Do Sausmarez was officer of the watch, and though a strong current was running at the time, and the river is infested by sharks, this gallant young officer, with the utmost promptitude, jumped overboard, laid hold of the drowning man, and swam with him to the pier, supporting him until assistance came. As the man could not swim there is no doubt that he owes his life to the courage of Mr. Do Sausmarez, and wo trust such noble conduct will be noticed in the proper quarter. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London, W.O --rAd- Yertioeinent.l GENERAL GRANT'S LETTER TO MS FATHER. A letter has been published, written by General Grant to his father during the Vicksburg campaign. The letter is a striking expression of the General's character, and is worth—when the circumstances are understood under which it was written—a great many speeches and eulogies. The New York . Nation says that justice has not been done to this very remarkable part of Grant's life. He was then a comparatively obscure man ; he was fighting in an unknown and most difficult country ; his most " trusted military friend and coadjutor, Sherman, bad very strongly expostulated with him as to the plan of campaign which he had resolved upon, and, when the expostulation did not shake Grant's purpose, had written out and tendered his resignation ; Mr. Lincoln had written to him to tell him he was mistaken in his strategy— and that meant, that all Mr. Lin coln's military advisers thought him mistaken, and that the commander-in-chief gave him a chance to withdraw his army before it should become necessary to remove him from com mand ; the press was raving about his manifest incompetency. But he made no reply to the let ter, for writing which,Mr. Lincoln afterwards apolo gized. He put Sherman's resignation in his pocket without forwarding it, and afterwards, when Vicks burg was taken, gave it back to him. Sherman tells the story. He made no public justification of himself till he telegraphed that Pemberton bad surrendered; and but for this letter to his father, which by the way he requested should be burnt, we should not have known of his magnificent exercise of moral courage, and how much it cost him." We are curious, adds the Nation, to see the men who, as members of Grant's Cabinet, are going to mike him a mere tool and puppet. The New York Sun points out what it considers to be mistakes into which the Nation falls. The first is that General Sherman tendered his resignation as described, as he on the contrary said he would execute zealously any portion of the plan assigned to him though he did not approve it. The next is that Mr. Lincoln condemned his strategy, as, like Sherman, he merely preferred another mode of at tack. The paper returned to General Sherman after the fall of Vicksburg was not his resignation, but a simple argument of his against Grant's plan. The subject of interest, however, is independent of these small matters of dispute. Grant's position when he wrote the following letter was, on the whole, accurately stated by the Nation, and it shows that he can hold so tenaciously to his plans that it is earnestly to be hoped that he may form good ones, and not follow the illustrious example of the retiring President : " MILLIKEN'S BEND, LOUISIANA, April 21, 1863. " Dear Father—Your letter of the 7th of April has just this day reached me. I hasten to answer your interrogations. When I left Memphis, with my past experience, I prohibited trade - helot Helena. Trade to that point had previously been opened by the Treasury Department. I give no permits to buy cotton, and if I find any one en gaged in the business I send them out of the De partment and seize their cotton for the Government. I have given a few families permission to leave the country and to take with them so far as Mempbs their cotton. In doing this I have been deceived by unprincipled speculators, who have successfully smuggled themselves along with the army in spite of orders prohibiting them, and have been com pelled to suspend this favour to persons anxious to get out of Dixie. ic I understand that Government has adopted some plan to regulate getting the cotton out of the country. I do not know what plan they have adopted, but am satisfied that any that can be adopted, except for Government to take the cotton themselves, and rule out speculators altogether , will be a bad one. I feel all army followers who are engaged in speculating off the misfortunes of their country, and really aiding the enemy more than they possibly could do by open treason , should be drafted at once and put in the first for lorn hope. " I move my head-quarters to New Carthage to-morrow. This whole country is under water, except strips of land behind the leeves, along the river and bayous, and makes operations almost impossible. I struck upon a plan which I thought would give me a foothold on the east bank of the Mississippi before the enemy could offer any great resistance. But the diffi" culty of the last one and a half miles next te Carthage makes it so tedious that the enemy can not fail to discover my plans. lam doing mY best, and am full of hope for complete success• Time has been consumed, but it was absolutely impossible to avoid it. An attack upon the rebel works at any time since I arrived here must in evitably have resulted in the loss of a large portion of my army, if not in an entire defeat. There were but two points of land, Haines Bluff and Vieks" burg itself, out of water at any place from whic h troops could march. These are thoroughly ford' fied, and it would be folly to attack them as long as there is a prospect of turning their position• I never expect to have an army under my corn; mand whipped unless it is very badly whipped and can't help it, but I have no idea of being driven to do a desperate or foolish act by the howling° of the press. It is painful to me, as a m atter of course, to see the course pursued by some el the papers. But there is no one less disturbed by them than myself. I have never sought a large COre" mand, and have no ambitious ends to accomplish' Were it not for the very natural desire of proving myself equal to anything expected of me, and the evidence my removal would afford that I was ne t thought equal to it, I would gladly accept a leg; responsible position. I have no desire to be an object of envy or jealousy, nor to have this We t continue. I want, and will do my part toward it/ to put down the rebellion in the shortest possible time, without expecting or desiring any other re cognition than a quiet approval of my course. " I beg that you will destroy this letter ; a t least do not show it. " Julia and the children are here, but will go lIP by the first good boat. I sent for her t come dovOi and get instru c ti ons a b ou t some b us i ness I want attended to, and see no immediate prospect of at tending to myself. " ULYSSES.' [ADVERTISEMENT. I - Holloway's had lee , scrofulous sores, glandular swellings, this ointment ope rates very gently but very surely, and with a rapidity that resembles magic. It should be rubbed into the parts affected after they have boon fomented with lukowar ol water. The purifying and curative powers of this wa r vellous unguent have never been disputed by any one wil e has given it a fair trial. It contains not a particle of any substance of a noxious nature, nor is there a case on recora in which it has done the slightest harm, while there ar e authentic reports of innumerable cures effected by it in 011 countries. It is as mild in its action as it is powerful and beneficial in its effects. Births. BLAKESLEY—On the 7th inst., at Ware Vicarage, Hertth Mrs. Blakesley, of a son. JOHNSTON—On the 6th inst., at 44, Durnford-street, P l ll mouth, the wife of Captain George Johnston, Ro ya Marines Light Infantry, of a son. STRATIIMORE—On the 6th inst., at Glamis Castle, th e Countess of Strathmore, of a daughter. Marriages. BINGHAm—rEcK- On the 7th inst., at Old Buckenbatt4 Norfolk, William Bingham, of 29, Conduit-street, 1-4° li c i don, to Emm a , on l y d aug h ter o f Ri c h ar d P ec k , S tra tford House, Old Buckonham, Norfolk. STEPHENS—HUTCHINGS—On the 7th inst., at St. Panel Church, Benjamin Stephens, E sq ., 22, Holles-strees Cavendish-squar e , to Eli za H u t c hi ngs , on l y d aug hter (A the late Ralph Hutchings, Esq. Deaths. of COWDERGY—On the 7th inst., Mr. Ch ar l es C ow dergn Lambeth, Surrey, aged 65. GARDINER—On the 6th inst., Sir John B. W. S. Gardine r ' Bart., of Roche Court, Fareham, Hants, aged 54. IIAYNEs—On the 4th inst., at Ashford-road, Maidstone, Wm Haynes, Esq., aged 67. LESLIE—Ott the 7th inst., at Mellendean Lodge, mad stead, Essex, the Dowager Lady Leslie, of Wardes au Findrassie, N.B. SMITH—On the 6th inst., at Laurel Cottage, Upper Clap' ton, Charles Smith, Esq., aged 65. WHEAT—On the 7th inst., at Treeton, Yorkshire, v° Wheat, Esq., aged 84. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDRO I , S 2 I of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tag SUN 1 " 0 ; Strand, in the Precinct Of the Savoy, in the Oau 2t Y October 9, 1868. 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