The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-09-09 00:00:00

(We deem it right to state that we do not at all times
ilentify ouns,lves with oar Correspondent's opinions.)

Wlustever those earefally-worded paragraphs in the
daily papers, which refer to her Majesty's health, may
say encouragingly, there is unhappily reason to believe
that the condition of the Queen's health has become
rather serious. The fact that the intended visit to
Inverary, after being indefinitely postponed, has now
been abandoned, owing to the Queen not feeling equal
to the exertioa, is a very significant one, and will be
deeply regretted by all her loving subjects.
The Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne intend,
toe nit, to pay a visit to Canada, where they will doubt-
less be heartily welcomed. Alluding to the intended
visit, I observe that a New York paper speculates on
the probability of the young Marquis being made
Governor-General of Canada. There is not mach like-
lihnoil of this, however, if our Government place any
value upon mature age and experience for such n posi-
tion. nit on the other Intuit it has been nine suar I that
Prince Arthur would have the Governortlenera
and rumoured also that the same Prince would be Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland. Exaltel rank of course goes a
long way in giving presumed fitness for high official
pooitions, but still the Governor-Generalship of Canada
is so imisortaat a post, in reference to our relations with
America, that the rumour alluded to is highly impro-
bable —though it had its origin, I believe, in our own
country.

MR. GLADSTONE AT WHITBY.
_
At Whitby, on Saturday evening, Mr. W. E. Glad-
stone was preseeteil with an address by the inenibers
of the Whitby Working Men's Liberal Association' in
the Congress-hall ; Mr. George J. Watson Fareyde,
,J. P., chairman of the association, presidol. The large
hall was densely packed, those in this body of the hall
being required to stand, the seats having been removed
How curiously complicated are our syetenuf of local teijkojel, loku,r,irsikekni for those desirous to gain minds-
el the Premier and chairman.
government has jiLet been shown lky an inquiryof national After a feat; remarks, the chairman introduced Mr.
importanee, into the sanitary conditions of the river d. Bake, who read the adilrexia, which stated that
Thames. There are four great lexliee which have some the members were rejoiced to have an • oppon
eoatrol or other over the river —the Trinity. likkuee, tinily it expressing their sincere regard for
inirpersiknally and their asliniretikie id the
the Thames I. yeas,e,i, the Customs Commissii knere„tir
and the Board ef Trade ; and besides these, a nunilker tan,t has vi, long hibiel. The presence of one
of parishes on the banks, several dock eilmfettilea, &e., so ilietinguisheil in polities, in literature, and in rank
have [some control in the matter. With so much divided was felt ler the inhabitants of the town ti be a ppeeial
responsibility, it is no wonder that hitherto so little has honour. They trusted that his stay would be as
, :Agreeable to himself as it was flattering to Whitliy anti
been dB e one in the way of sanitary reform. But w are people, and they would be anehatir to know that
to have reform at last. The various learsle, &c., have he had derived benefits from his ei whirl, th 9011r11, _..e
sent delegates to a general meeting, and there is reason strain of is long and ariliiikue Session must have mado
to nelieve that ere long a united plan of action evil be 'l""irahl'• The conduct id the present Govenunent had
ppnkxition in a eir aleakthig f The
agreed Nen. i I rep th eat at this is a matter of th
uree on behalf of Irelllitsankl l eatures. mea-
were they believed, necee-
national importance. " Nearly 25,000 veeeels enter, ! ..trynia judicious, The Eilues'tion Act of IS7O was a
and as many leave the port of London during the ' sub.stantial instilment of what the country required,
year." If, then, the sanitary conditions of the river, and when its inequalities were removeil, its application
its d 01.., its shipping, &e., are imperfect and is much
erendered less dilatory and option:it, and its partialities
s for education of an alkeolutey l unseettrien
stronger word thorn this might be use lin the affirtna- cif:Ltla7 •'te.;l ,it would be an immense boon.' The firmer.
tire--it stands to reason that disease is thus carried vation of the country fr entanglement in the! great
from port to port :in fact all over the world. It is war just concluded evirteeki the wisdom of the Govern.
very satisfactory, therefore, to learn that there is a "'''flts The eloolition id University Tests gave them
in satisfactien and the tkersietence .lietklaved
prospect of a thorough and a united supervision. It is iin"aplushing the Ballot Bill throm,h the }dense
very strange indeed that we have not hail this long ago, of c„in11,0„,4, with the assurance this; it would be
especiAlly when we hear in miml that we have spent pressed ferwanl in the eext Seesiikn, convinced them id
millions on a grand sewage ticheme, the benefits. of the eineerity of the Ministry in their efforts to secure
e peop The Premier personkilly
whic tare marred by defeketive sanitary arrangenients th fil
assistedierti allee of
th the le.ese questems very- materially, to Ifun
in other loaders. •tot ke if them altogether owe the success which has
The return relative to emi:fration from the port of hitherto attended them. In reviewing the proceed-
Liverpool, fin the month of Auciret, will perhaps sun ings of Parliament Lir many years they marked with
prise Most 111,ple who think over the Ma% In pride the consistency and high al dilly with which he
pr 1111 l cited nunienno moonrise fer the estalklish-
accordance with the Emigratien Act there we - ,Ole meet of principles of true pilitical economy, and rape-
People who left Liverpool during that month, and cially for the reducing of taxation, the development of
without reference to this Act there were 1,230, making tile national resources, the extension of trade and eon,-
a total during the month of 19,24 being 3.813 more meree, and the social flikusfort of the masses id his
fellow-countrymen. In years gore by the promotion
then during the corresponding month of last year. But
cif these ohjeets entailed the sacrifice id political friend-
why is this 't Trade generally was much better in ships, and now, moreover, they hail aten been pro-
August, MI, than it was in August, IS7O, and the secutol in the face if dame:thin and 011110Siti011 an nit-
prospects of emPloyruent at home are much brighter. manly as they have been deteienined ; andthey admired
Then a war between France anti Pnrseia had brikken the consistency the more that it hakl enabled him to
's superior to obstacles thus oces.eioneil They
out, and no one could wry where it night nkkt extend inhee
rished the assurance that the famtless honour and
to, while we very so,, began to feel its effects on our the ever-studious sagacity width have distinguished
own trade. Now employanent is general; olmnierce him in the past will mkt fail him in the emergenciea
is active ; trade ankl manufaktures exhil itlsriskness in and resisinsiliilitive of the future. They then invoked
f Pred Lleeeing, .kf
alm im
ost every department ;an the nierous strikes or the
Him whinier the oknetento
alene posseasses und favour an
ivitled wisdom and by
and trade disputes) prove that working men believe whom only the wisest and best of men Can be directed
their prospects to be good. It is very_ to right paths and prosperous is-sea.
strange therefore that about one-fifth nice end- The Rield Hots. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., on rising to re-
grunts should have left us thie Angust than was spend, was erected W rtltlelpia,tlW 1.1 ieellitg. the audience
mine ea oirt,o, and waving their hats. After the npplanse
the case in the August of last year. Mel subsided tile right hon. gentleman pp,ceeded to say that
emigration. a word of praise is fairly due to Miss Eye, he accepted a- ith inech pleasure the excellent address whielt
who energetically an philanthropically continues her 131:-.1;Trel'ul„!:lialii,oinnit' i ilti' as 5r
echetue of taking girls from the union poorhouses mid workinc men. Menuse he was mindful that by recent legis-
placing them in service in Canada- The accounts elx,sts.linfuoiflktmeLe.rly ificreasella
whit-h reach us from that countrY show that these girls, find in the hie.; ;Ifni any 'C'aLe to regret the chni'or. ".11:er
who would grow up paupers at home, get places very inakieg cue nets, heal references, the hon. gentleman
on VI Say that :
.ratkidly and de well ;an they certainly stanklaunch wmt
It was a matter of necessity that a meethim like this
Letter chance of being married than they woulkl in I should tomtit° a political Mtn. if he court he would be
England, I sun only surprised that more support is I aid to tire polities ei the months of August and
not given to Miss Bye*s disinterested efforts than is rille(il:thif'estefTntniTlV'otrt.h)e ;lea; t.h,attij;irel
to his Itt
accorded to them. 'nen daughter), but he would not forget the of portuuity
Ii lu di th is eting gave of sayiesr to them a few thin
The passion for acquiring money and the ease sewn and passing bme efore them, him
fuel depesliing. if he it Pe:
which it is accumulated by some fortunate people I none to say in their sympathetic nkieds and hearts some
).p,s
re.oont I itahe,istat;tlLoosui Te a gib,l!,c)tattn,
ba-,7e been frequently illustrated tr tilts t
of late years in the I
death of some wealthy individual The late Mr. that the general selilid and perseasiike of the people had of
• Giles :Foxier, of k --arth serne I late seetergone any material or unfareerable change in re-
sp iktattt...l.tit.;.,yeeti.,:finnelirtedl4tiArsc tottel k‘een... etiale,r:T
three mi'lions of money, is le comparatively I, srleheaia to
of, perlop durir g his fife, brit lie dr-prove; the Slia_k- di•eml•le that eritieb.o Led Leon v, y freely led
it, n,loi,i sty ltt.Ochs
siterian raserue that " tl.e we'd men ig r,E iMerreel • , ,
M con"tti74;l, 4.771L1;(4.4%..5ei.:.=t
with their Isokee." The gwe-I. that Mr. Leder lets one stop with the Government, ht. if It did it would matt, r
by leaving. large beqnests to chant-ill institutiiine is Iriit,l;ei;.l.,:.:,triiit.,rzi..it.ytz;i..,=el,,:ot,,uunt:g to mot
beyond the power of man to calculate. It le, perhaps, supported, and through that
a vary extravagant supposition, but if I were the pos- majority of the pierple if the three rim:khans my whom
',miser of millions I l,cull like to see the good done by tglefeny•rabaliieee4rese,:;t
ieto,ifiekrluirn.elttlieeevrse,.,),,..sheie.far as femy u
monev. I 611,1111,1 laa to make the widow's heart verse, was r swerlewl, he assured them that altlsse'lqrrice
sing fer joy, ana ore its effeete ; I ehoulkl like to clear vt•nthc;rl3l2...;s:.,nalit.i.oil,va36e-4,5,..:
itzT!tlf),ti..4l,lVocssetsent,a:i.a)
interfere u h either his sleet, r his appetite. 'ol:4.:Ltre:)
away fever-me -to, and lavild Clean ronanr.dioes tene-
ments for the labouring classes; I sheuld like to set i;k:htnisefkt bokause lie was se viz-roe:ea as to seep se t bat
tinenipiored labourers at work in reclaiming waktea,isu.
te4eiryle.evree
framing niade, &e. But the probability is that I ehould all s,-at and fallible men, all overlitellonel at. for every
i ! lloveniment te this country must be an overlmplened Ile-
do nothing of the kwi Vert:Mein. There was its day of his life on which be hail
The prevailing tine of /kettle feeling hiss always been n.ot oeeneien at night to regret that Its 4luties had not been
age-lost tic opening of the Crystal Pal eike iin Sunday,
itlLryeapaqvie.l4l4,."rtfloi *lib: at : t! 11
though we hnowthat a pertion of ttok pnblic hasheen rind:deli, in th 7 just and the indulgent judammt of his
n. (1.1,1141 fheent.) Sometlines reading an
strongly in favourof it. Perliele on the whole, therefore,
alacirnerpilk
it in to be n-gretted that the Roy:11,1nel.) Ilia incur 1 eke thiseeriet:=Prrirron'.l'‘hrenjelive,,,T,r,va'onnia..r.gge-
nection with the International Exhibition, is opened crimes he had committed (loud cheers). that he must be little
on Sunihrys to the holdere of tickete distributed by the 1 ;71,t1.!.in,kaznogsott::,,,
antheritiee. The mg-in " recitals," whatever reeitals sill) Ml:noise despatch, knew also that it required 11, be
Ott,wiwd p.eS, ahil
may he, an' , of cour lar
se, °a sacred chacter, fu el the r
Hall is not ikpen to the public ; hut still tifiA Innst las re- I to retire-as the balance ol criticmis' Inthe Freon if tile less
garde.] as the fleet step towards the public opening on I wie44.17.71';' ain'SWoPoTinik;Vl'd gi't it'oresitteanil jest as he
rffindey, or, at all events, an official depreciation of the ;lel Hy. it; pointing out the eYrrtrs .of puldie DIM aici hfi's'rowitn
day of re.t wets awed them, perfectly satisfied, as he was, that In the
_ . . end no ininstice would be done. (Cheers.)
"At the present moment it wait,, lid:ilia; that they iel the
focus of criticism and releake,and nonistesaltl fail to observe
II ha i-ass reniieri,f tII e met p.p.! i tan papers, a ),41 f to was al s,
• reader a the provincial in ers—no Stall, he repeated, e.aild
tall to pereefre a considerable difference of tone between
them. ' A eolinidelelole section of the metropolitan Press had
dlecussed with greater severity the formaledings of Parliament
d new the last Session than had b eat the ease with the pro- ,
- nodal Press. lie Was honed to say that he teedd fluti reason
for that digerenee In this fact, --the in oseet Government had
re 4 hesitated when it ti-tight the public interest tannin:4l it
to make ppm, sets which bad Item :delay nit esedve to polecr
ful closes in this okentry (cheers), sal there were seine who
Lath Steer hods they fir doing It: why did they go hit.,
hotbets nests r tint in reply I that he Vinithl may that ifs
Goverimiefit was armed with the coulidence id a majority ,
In Parliament, it was their linty to nee it according to the
best convietiuna they emild form of what was reilliked, :11,1
nkkt in order to make Gibers smooth ; It was their duty to
use It not in order to shield themselves from thin were-
able crltiehm, but in order to palate the en-at interests
et tier try at large. (Cheers.) i,i London it was not the
interests of class which were specially concentrated. It was
there that wealth was all-powerful : awl wealth bad taken
desperate offence at their actions during the present year
lieruitne the Government reemnuientled to Parliament thet
power In the English army shall no longer be the prize of
wealth, but the reward of merit. (L,814 cheers.) tie Wpf.
set redwing soy class of persons if dishonest or taseredit•
able proceedings he Was Dilly Speaking Of the natural biaA
under which most Mullen beings acted when they suppksed
their iiitereets were hrkught Imo hazard, and the effect of
that bias was mu-sit felt it eve wealth was eenceutrated, os
It, the metropolis, and where what was called the opinions •
of the Clubs. rather than the opinion of this great natien,
were reflected in a considerable portion of the Metrop..liten
Pre',
" Ile ilimput,l the justice of the criticism which had Ikon
bestkoved the Home of Commons. Ile would net say
whether they lad missuanaged publio affairs or whether they
hal not. but he wouhl say this—h.r he was compelled to say
It an I if it parted: of boasting it wan extorted from him,
and out voltintemed—he would may this, that three years ti
, Ideate 44 tie present rade:meet would hear comparison with
soy three pars of Parlianiv Mary labour within tile memory
44 :lie el-hot man in tilku rile, (cheers.) If that were for
' the t redil of the Government he might hesitate to se; it.
but it was Ity the deterthinathm of Parliament that this re-
sult had been achieved. Ile was glad that in the address pre-
sented to hien the working Inca declared their appr.wal of the
. measures ter tie good of ineand, and charactcrised them as
am' maidens they (the Government) had asserte i
that firmly thpaigh all the long and anxioua ilisens.dens that
occurred on [lore measures tiering the yekirs ises,reikr, keel
1070, mai here): heel to think that they (the Governinent) seem
not always to he alone In that astertion. With respect te
Idsli Land Bill, he relideed Is -toy that the meek opinion
of that emietry wis growing hi ter.s every iliy they lived
with regard to the working id that bill. eta his own part
he was not one whit Iris Wlialent that as years passed
441 those who were lumielletcly allecteil by the pantils
of the Act for the Disestaldishinent of the Irish Clissreh
ataild be equally convinced that it wouln be a blessing to
that Chmell, considered as a religious Institution. (I 'herr.)
Ile ma Hoc protood to say that the general elk:hien iu Ire-
land worked WI tepidly in their direction in regard to that
measure as in regard to the Land Bill, but it was working
In that direction, and the awhn of its so working woe
lithely sufficient to show that, as wan respect to the repeal
et the Cern Law., RP te the repeal of the Navigation
Law,. as with respect to the extension of the fratkelfria, as
wish re,p4.4 to all the great measures which have made the
lot 40 Or rem:Arlin:ln, the day was very nearly
at heed when wife us„;:ert also to the dlsestablieldnent
et the lila Church. they iroalt: he flit united sod un-
aulmous people. (howl cheers ) its 144 tpekesi of these
three darn, bet he was prepared to take tiptoe for
even the lest of the three. Most of their opponents ban
mated that they kiid is tlerable stroke of business In ISW
aml le7o ; Ituti Pril, they suit!, had been a total, miserable,
t'Lgr,leveul fariere. Ifieeterr. I Well, he would
not any tied 1,371 ea. 55 goiol S ye:if es t's w and pi 75. Ile
ese) sony to soy that the Ithol f oppositum refilire had
k. oseiront in 1'7,71 had laan of is deferent deseel elf teen
iflae they lima to meet in I aG9 and 11,0,vsheis. t hewer
and tread,: pf the Parliamentary Opposition, the greet mix-
seres with retexesee: to the Irish chereh and Irish land were
disese4..d in /lie nuaime4 slid fairest nianner. Ile lila aot
it:tot to 1.% the iineation, fins :a.: had his own minim) aliffut
It, Biel It Wan for them to ileternithe 'vas responsible for
the &lay, sad whether the manner In whitso sha discussion,
on the Army Sul a particular, had been condUcted og„.:ht,
or ought n 44, to hard the appionation 44 the coniniy.
:Cheers) They would not n 0,.; ekiring the last St years one
year id ten, or even toe meat Ist llsa, tehieh would show a
better °utter)) of work thah even the 416444;0 and reviled
Seed. un of ha7f. The Army Regulation hill rilone was Willi-
ele:d Is ineke,eu,,4l confee honour upon the Session. *t the
last the power of the f -pm n war lg.-aught In, but it could not
have been done without the 80.
Ile would WA refer ti Other I:Wei:lien than the Ad tor
the abolition of University Teel:, and an Act 04/L pbteing
Trades' Unions on a legal hmting, and the rePeal of the
iesia.sticel Titles Act. The latter might be thought a
trilling measure, but it Sept the amid!, iinigitation a whole
Sewslon and brought with It so goid result. It dill uothing
but annoy a large portion of our fellow-countrymen, and I

A movement is on foot here, to which every en-
retirees ment oteeht to be given. Everybody that
ever thinks at all on the subject "pities the blind I'
lot those who are unheppily demived of sight do not
no mush want pity as help. In Paris and in Home
American cities, special efforts have been made to-
wards obtaining employment for the blind of either
sex as teachers of music and as pianoforte tenere. I
find that in Eoston, about 40 per cent, of the
blind are *misfiled to smile; themselves in comfint, ae
teacherx and tuners—some of them earning even hem or
five benstrol a year. Of emwse to effect this they must
Love had a special training and help in the way of in-
troductions. In Ririe. also, billet teachere and timers
are suceeedine, ashnirebly ; awl it is now propreed to
organize similar help in Great Thitain. A committee
had been formed, consieting partly of Mende of the
blind and portly of members of the Charity Organiza-
tion Society —a moiety by the way, which has doe
notch to lessen that pernicious practice, indiscriminate
altruegiving—ollicee have been taken, and subscriptione
are now solicited. May the movement peeper.
The teemt terrible Anil fatal accidents by the bent-
me of steam boilers eiggest the enquiry whether we
have anything like a rigi I system of boiler inspection.
We have maehinee for testing the pressure of steam,
ant our boilers are repmeed to be periodically (ma-
in:eel, but that this is not always done is proved by
blo• great 'lumber of ecebients thatoccur throughout the
year. Beller expheione are among the met pellet's
and moon fatal of or net b mat disasters. We rank first
among the within% in engineering, and employ steam
to an emeumes extent. Now mere truly a steam
than of tiei it may be mid that it is a gaol servant
but a had maeter. A number of men- are peace-
fully em:iloyest in their ordinary ameatiores ; they
whiotle and sing at their work, dreading no evil;
and in the twinkling of an eye, without warn-
ing, a boiler bursts and scatters death and devas-
tation around. There may he, and doubtless are, at
this moment boilers in use wltich require lost a trifle
more pressure than that which they have tem emus-
torne't to, and they would explode andreitult in the most
frightful consequence'. It is to be hoped that at the
next meeting of Parliament our Legislators will esta-
blish a system which shall guarantee the periodical
inspection of every boiler in the kingdom.
It must be a great ceesolation to all lover, of our
cm:dry—and who is test? to liarn that (though, &mail-
ing to mme author?), e we have troops that cannot
march aid ships that some'', -vim,) there need be no
fear as to the mannii of our navy, and no fear no to
the derenee of our eeeetry. So at lest Lord Shaf tea-
bury int.:erne us. :; the other day in reference
to the trainime sbipe- se's ;land and Chirloattr, the
noble earl said thet the Prineme Louise could go to
her aueest mother ow e.reien I tele the Queen of
mite te the Cei. :est..., find I f;namutee you tlott at-
any im,fccut 1.A.4) as choice lane ao ever li;erl, with ,
hearts of oak, will cover your Majeety'e dominions
Alld defy the whole world in arms." Really this is
eeey consolirg, or be if we could only believe it,
It is rather difficelt, perhaps, to underetand how ltOo
Isle coo coy, her Majeety'ss dominions, and quite as
difficult to understand how they can defy " the whole
world in armA" a serious state of things, by the way.
whisk ban never yet heppened in the world's history
lett I dare say it is all right. On the other band I may
deferentially remark that I have seen the lads in these
training-shims, and have not been by any means awe-
*struck at their appearanee. It ie just possible, how-
ever, that they slight strike terror into the hearts of
the Pruedans !
Playgoers and that large section of the public who
object to theatre'', will alike feel saddened by the pain-

painful controversy was brought to an end. The Ballot BBL
It woo said by our opponents, was forced through the House
of Commons by the obstinacy and tyranny of the majority
which wished to pass it, and the Government did all it could
to help them. It had conic to be a serious question whether
the will of majorities was to prevail, or the will of minorities,
and by the rules of the House was to bar the way
to the passing of useful measures. It Was not obstinacy,
it was not tyranny, that forced it through the
House, Ind it was in conformity with the wish of the ma-
jority. it might la, confessing his ignorance, but he said he
did it know that it would be rejected by the House of
Lords, and he would not believe that it a ould be rejected by
the House of Lords. it had been rejected, and be sincerely
regretted it, but the time had not been hat ; all the labour
was not lost, which would have happened if they had let the
House of Commons—the people's House—reject the people's
Bill. The people's House hat passed the people's Bill, and
that Bill, when presented again at the door of the Mame of
Lords, as he trusted it would lie very early next Session,
would be presented with an authorativo knock which it
would not otherwise have possessed.

They had been abused for not doing sufficient work, but
legislation was a very serious matter, and ought to be slow.
Great scope ought to be given to reasonable discussions and
even unreasonable discussion. Haste in legislation worked
greater mischief than delay. It had been the wisdom of the
lAgislature to prefer the legislation which was slow and sure
to that which was fitful and had often afterwards to be re-
versed. No doubt many a clever fellow, writing in a news,
paper, could put his finger on ninny a blot on our legislation.
and show how it might have been done, and he had no doubt
that he thought he could have dope it better himself.
(Laughter.) lie advised them not to falter in their support
of the men whom they sent to Partiament, and who, he be-
lievede had (1,1 I the:r duty. That being the ease it aid 110 t
much matter which Government was in otlive. If 0,1 did
their duty and gave satisfact if dr tiny would assuredly not be
turned out. It they did not do their duty they would as-
suredly be dismissed.

"There was some importance felt in this country with
reference to foreign polities. They had striven to preserve
the peace of Europe without ablicating the position of
this country. The time had not come, and he doubted
whether it would ever come, when this country could
forswear all Interference in foreign affairs, lie hoped the
time had come when the petty, peddling, naribw policy of
meddling with the affairs if other nations would not be tolera-
ted. The whole system of maintaining influence abroad, and of
maintaining the good epinion of one country, meant obtaining
it at the enmity if the other. There is a new world. There
were nanny questions unsettled when they went Into °Mee
between the tidled :dates and this country. At the be-
ginning of the year there were many questions betwcen
Shone countries which might have himiled a fire at any
moment, but during this year they had been able b, bring
several of these to a satisfactory and amicable conciusion.
lle rejoiced that, is ith reference to our own kith and kin,
those who speak our language, those In whose veins our blood
Is running, those who have followed the spirit of the free
instituth ols of this country, we can now look upon as friends,
and indulge tile hope that all controversies between us have
UOM been disposed of.

•• Money was a subject upon which the people of England
could not be too Si nsitive or exercise too great a Viaalle,
If we spend money wrongly the Government had better be
put out ifoffice, bit those who criticized them did not come
into court with clean hands. The expenditure of the present
Government would bear comparison with that id the (invent -
meats which hail preceded It. The nand awl military Esti
mates for Irns nod 'sail were peace Estimates. There
was no war In Europe at that tints. They were prepared
by their predecessors, nod amounted to 20 millions. When
the present Government Mile into office they had to pre-
pare the Estimates for laN, which were reduced by
£4.200.000. The Estimates for Mkt, and lons were Esti-
mates framed for a period of profousul peace, the Estimates
of 1070 when Europe woo torn and distracted with war.
They afterwards hod to ask for no addition id two minims
more money, but this iuity Iminght it up to 21 millions.
The special mese of the augmentation was the danger in
which Belgians appeared to be placed itt the ciimmencement
of the cruel and distracting war between France and Ger-
limy. Was this forced upon Parliament toy GilV,ltinent ?
tile believed Parliament Wailnoted by the sent intents of the
people. If they had had a great national call for the organi-
Goo of the Arniy, Rail their Estimates hail e mseipaently been
Increased to make provision for it, they would he surprisA
that though they had risen to 2;i suit huuin, thy 'ere still less
than the Estimates* of their predecessor.. .fronted for a period
w hen Europe was in a state of prohomil pellet,. A iinni of
£eioo.oeo was reilaired for the abolition of purchase, by which
the day of luoues should tiptoe to MI end and the Joy of merit
should begin. The taxation of the eountry was a great deal.
Hie wished it was less, and said every effort should be made
to redeem it. Ile was told that the people of Slimy hail
been led into the mistake of sending the wrong man to Parlia-
ment because the Income-tax had been raised to old What
was the Income-tax three years ago? exactly the name
identical little coin. Taking the whole period that they bad
been in oiliee, they hail imposed hour millions of taxation
and repealed nine millions, saving the country five millions.
That was a matter to be remembered when they had their
expenditure flung into their teeth by ji,liticians who had
done nothing to reduce our taxation. The taxation iq the
country was not in a satisfactory state, lost they must re-
ntember that this Was a priod tf transitioo. and he earnestly
advised his hear,rs steadily to pursue the subject of public
reollOnly, and when demands were made upon them to be
sure that they were for a good purpose,

hie woeld say stew words for their guidance awl his own.
There was a tendency to, favour the interests of s-site lot ii-
cular feNces. Sollte OMR, or some ulnee. Rs Celan/ilea With
the inures:sof the people at large. Beware of that tendency:
unsure that nariow tenth o no-, very popular, very faAion.
able iiat 110 W. It was ait leteiley In; a hat he would call—if
he might coin a word—' Alai wi,fa.• There were great
horn-
larnof people in this country who could not be satisfied a lilt-
out endeavouring to excite the imagination of the people with
phantom's a constant danger, always persuading them that
every nation of Europe was full of envy and every had !gig-
aton towards this-m. They, of course. NO no passions them-
selves. (Laughtev) This disposition sat worse on them than on
any other country, became they had the reputation in
Europe—he was afraid not altogether unjustly—if being
rather an arrogant people and if they were no what could
he more ridiviams or lb Serve such profound contempt RS to
see these very people lashing themselves into a state of
apprehension and panic, awl cwleavom Mg to persuade one
another that all mankind was in a conspiracy against them t
(Cheers and a laugh.) Alluding to the .I.tattle of Dorking;
which haol appeared in flfcckovoof's ..lfropr.sigt, he said sizeh
productions made them a:kabala hi the eyes•of the world,
awl the practical result was the spending still more of the
people's ankney."
Ito continued —"lie: on your guard against 'alarmism; '
depend upon it, there is not this standby: irrational itiVOSi-
don on the part of all meatiest to make its oilcan of hosti-
lity. If we will only treat others well, they, mt the whole,
will treat us well. Ihea we wean to treat them it en, awl,
i• 0,11 if:l.-r), be treated well b. VI t
Ills all England, let this treat Vnite:l 1,640-m plot- her
host in ProvWevo• • Itent,nl,:v that 4:7tott Al nighty to
ssl,:c7. t! lerm, of sins 3 :tire, We bre Ip,etm,
. . • . . .

ii il.min4,l and ph:ce one trust, non P,
I,s, in our own good Hen..., ..ur steadiness if jwig-
Inoilt. Rini in tate strong pers,scring still. It Is remember till; t
we have Inherited from our forefathers a very rich and noble
treaegre, mid that our duty as Liberal politicians Is to improve
that treasure, ant not to impair it. En. toy own part,
earnestly hope and prity that when the last Pity of lay loll-
lit-al
life arrives taml that day cannot be for distant) I may
be able tr feel with a reasonalde assurance (lint that has been
my own perional effort from the llid day of it to the last.
lot us strive to maintain while we the whole
method by which the people of England have in former
times managed their el werbs, and by which they have inko:e
for themselves tin blight or FeJciiiiil try name among the
Huth ns. Let tin endeavour to get rid of a:1 sel nth and narrow
and let us recollect that golib.n ef &Mg to others
Li political mi lens than in private life, OA we would be doin,
by. (('li,ers.) Let us strive to promote a union of clans
itip class. Let us endeaveur to strengthen the feu,
dad,. not only of physical hot of moral p"wer. The
d.we: of this tuiuntry is not decaying ; it Is increasingin
itself, and imreasiug as compared with the power of other
nations in Europe. ills only tale pride, it is only our pan-
sit-vs. it is mily our follies whieh ever constituted a rept
danger tip us. If we eau master these no other foe can hurt
and ninny a long year will make its round and many a
generation of men will be gathered to its fathers before the
country in Hindi we were 100 l it and which we deeply love
need forfeit its place among the imams of the world."
(Loud anil prolonged dwerlng, dating which the right hon,
gentleman reamed his seat.

Mr. W. 11. Gladstone, M.P., for the borough, nuole
a few remarks, and the meeting le,ke up with voci-
ferous applause for the Premier and Mrs. Gladstone.

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