The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-03 00:00:00

A meeting of the members of the Working
Nees Ottflogs was Aoki last arming, in the lsoturo-holl
of Ma Milautism, la Groot OrtroodaMora, far the
Pompom of magratulaliog Mr. T. Higbee spa him
alootioa for the borough of Lambeth. Thor* was a

very 1111.11111rdas mikadosok

TIN Rev. F. D. Nutria,

M.A., pelmet* of the wiles% occupied the chair;
wed salmi thaw presest wore Mr. A. H. Wed.
M.P., Mr. 0. Nadi, LP., Mr. Join Itaskta. Professor

Carus, IL Leak Blase, Mr. Rceder. Mr. 81;wier. Mr.
lisegypi Moghaa, Mr. J. J. Morriss/AN Mr. J. L. Ludlow,
Kr. Illehmiy, Mr. Dayton, Mr. R. Newt**, &c. Apologies

were received he Yr. Adman, the

American Minster, Mr. Owebee, M.P., Mr. Tonna,
an Mr. J. B. 11111, Y.P.
The Catisitan, in opened the prooseMags, said he
steed there se the representative of the sadists of the
Wockirm Men's College, and while sospatoisffitil the
elecnes d Lambeth upon returnee Mr. Hughes as their
repressehatim, he elan congratulated the studeste of the
college *pa the feet that Mr. Hughes WM belonged to
them. IMO way NOM that could be given her Weide. the
slangs of Lambeth and other gentlemen to and upon
this ocarelos was that the members al the collage knew the
mast who had bees chosen by the electors of Lambeth eves
better than they did. They bad known him intimately for
the WI 17 or 18 years, and they had always found him •
faltiffel sad tam men. They had therefore • right to
offer their compattdatloes to the electors of Lambeth,
teed not as what they bayed Mr. Hughes might do, but
upon what they knew be bad don. (Cheers.) People
were told beton the pram of the Reform Bill, wed had
ben told sootianously ghee, that the ally theses for men
of intimates aid education to fin their way late
Palinode; sales. they very were rich, was that
they should be returned for seeniziatioe boroughs.
He bad always believed that the charge was not true, sad
it wine could have had a stronger eanutetkon than la the
return of Mr. Hughes for Lambeth, et Mr. Tomes foe
Fiesbory, Mr. (Washes for Linn, and Mr. Mill for West
nosier. He rejoiced heartily, as the strongest rowel
ground', Oat that emefutatios bad bees gives, and he
especially eimpatulated the sinters of Lambeth epos re-
tendert as their represeetative so able rad distinguished •
man as Thomas Hughes.. (Chews.)
Me. Samna moved That we, the members of the
Workiag Mes's College, hereby offer Oar Man hearty coo-
grate/wins to Themes limper, En., use of the fanners
of this sallepa ou his election to parlament' (Chem)
Mr. B. linrrox, in emeadiog the resolatisa, referred to
the steps which Mr. Higbee had taken dories kis comm.
Won with the collage to elevate mid improve the condition
of the worlds( clams.
The molten wee unaaimosely agreed to.
Mr. Bonn, IL P., who wee received with groat cheer-
M,ieeseid he was anxious to *ask his old friends of the
for havieg called together those new friends who
bed inardelly stead by him is the recent conflict, in order
le give them a certificate that they had not made a mistake
Y tithing him es theta representative. He owed much to
the leetintion in whisk they were messabled, and he
eelmemd it Goo of the greateet privileges of his life to have
lam le With their priacipal when he came up sea youth from
Oxford. Ihwentsea yews ego they commeaced their work
2.o4•Wilhin • rifled wheel yard es the impolite side of
Wren esteequently they extended theirloperation,
and ansanared to spread throughout the country the
pneiplee of smodatioa and oaconration Mr. Maurice
was sleek With leader, but they got their ideas from the
ether olden the Ohaanel ; sad he was delighted to see then
pmesot the man who was on of the Ant to make them
priedplse knows is Freace-31. Leek Bien. (Cham)
Although be had sot ben able to epos with all the visors
of M. Man, be thought that all those who bad eadeavoured
11 to deal penotically end theoretically with great social qua.
tins owed • deep debt of pitheads to tbat melee:an. He
(Mr. Hughes) had at all times don all in his power
to boil up breeches sad to intusion terms el
peace into the war, as it had beam called, blames le-
hen sad capital in this country. He felt that our pros-
perity as • emninendel nation rested mice that anything
she upon the estimation of that strife by peaceful
and he saw is the Wetness with which thole questions were
taw di semen‘ sod the inn and thought brawn to beer
epos them, • better state of things tbae formerly existed.
Differences which had long existed were beim( gradually
bolded, and marten and men were becoming united, feeling
that `hey had but aloe interest, ad that that isteren was
the interest of the whole aouatry. (Cheers.) There wee •
time when a very different state of things existed, when
am were misunderstood, and when no portion of the re-
eapised preen would stand by the. sad pat forward their
statemeam as fairly sad truthfully me they had a right
to expect. lie had dose what be weld to make
the peas of the cosatry more fair, end to give a
lair field to both sidea - but the part he Mid takes was
extremely small compered with that which had bees taken
by some whom be maw in the room at that moment, and
Ms= he conpataland on the sneers of their exertione.
For may years he bed ceetineed his oduestioe la that
sollege, with results for which he could sever be too grateful
to the inatintion. When he first came to Loan he was
• member of one of the most distinguiehed colleges, of one
ad ter oldest anevemitiee, but Ms education was wanting in
many respects, and it was not oath he had belonged for
some yens to this humble working mee's collage that he
really began to understood that the word " college " meant
something more than a place when a man learned to row,
sad take degrees, and sign articles. It took bin some years
to fed out the the word "fellowship," who &manta
with ednestion meant somethiog mom thee 200/. a year
seta a toss got married, with the chance et a living if he
took orders in the church of Eoglood. (Laughter sad
cheers.) He had rewired benefits from his coonesios with
the college for which be could never be adequately gratetn
The principles which to some cried he bad brought with
him, when he assisted is townie( the college, bad rewind
tenfold reafirmatiois from the social life and the whole
mewing and work of the place. It wee now wrought iato
him as a conic ion, sad as a thing of which he was es err.
Jain as Ito was of his, that the men who were 'siege& in
the hard work ot mend labour were se wpsblit d the
highest cultivation as the students of any college or uni-
versity. (Cheers.) did is this college there wan acme of
three seemaise ladoescoe which had so mach hindered eds.
ratios is this mostly. Whoa the institatioe wee founded its
originators lame forward with no skeins and no animal-
meat. They told the working mean that they believed thin
could be no good college life, so good uatiosal life, so good
family life, that was sot based upon a true theology, but
from that day to this every man entered the college without
question. He had bees Weight by those who had strong
belief, on these subjects, but his own loner life had not
ben interfered with. By the Mao= which the college had
experienced they had bees able to show to the country a
plasm whom the belied of every man was respected and
cherished, when men of every church and met It the
consent awn ems together, sad where they had
been able to work out • great edeoatlotal move-
ment for 004 cooliDoa sad intent ever feeling their
differences • bindrasee to them, or • hied:linos
to the work they were about. (Cheers.) To this
feet he attributed the support which be bed received is
the latia contest in Lambeth from person of all aniline
denominations. Now that he had been retuned to parlia.
meet, no effort of hie should be wanting to do the work
of a ropreentative in the gunner is which he thought it
ought to be dons. He sincerely hoped that be should be
able to take sash s part is the debates is puiteeteat aid
in the work of legislation as would he beseficial tei the
country at large, and as would lead to set rag it some of
those inustrial and moist questions which still required
attenion (Loud theses.)
MY. LLOYD JOIDIS then moved "That we hereby offer
our shine Ibsen to Mr. Begkee's committee, and to the
electors of Lambeth, for their exerting on his behalf, an
that we also thank those working men who have so mats-
rally aided Mr. Hughes's return. (Cheers.)
Mr. LAMM 11. P., on rising to impend the motion, was
received with Mud cheers, He said there were some re-
marks which fell from the dietiaguisbed poiselpal of the
=is white he bintily "greed. Of name he mein-
with him is the opinion that at last the metropolitan
boroughs wore doing justice to theaswlna. (Laughter sad
sheers.) The Principal told them that not maay months
ago the argumeet was eesatastly urged that unless
they had what won oesssooly celled "rotten,"
or to sal • more polite phrase. " 110•11•040••"
boroughs renewed, they could not have men in parliament,
men of capacity, of literary acquirements, or of those
talents which rendered them lit representatives of the
meaty. But who were the principal supporters of that
eettiment I They were chitty these who vend aOsst the
very pavan who they and would be mined from par.
dunent if it wore not for rotten boroughs. He "bond like
sues of those who were toad of statistics to gee bold
of the Westminster polling books. He should Ilk
to see who voted for Mr. Mill slid who voted for Mn.
Amide. (Cheers.) He bad nothing to my spirt Mr.
Smith. He believed him to be ea Meat, reopeetable
is-
dividmel. Ma chief claim to rapresset the borough of West-
minter was that he had made • peat deal of money by
Whim books. Now he (111 r. Layard) was use of thew who
ware writers of books, mid he thought it was the writer
who oeght to make the many, aid sot the roller. (Laugh-
ter Ned therm) That did set ippon. to he the egiwow
el • large INWLIOD at his fillIOW-cOosti7mea, be', at the
man thew be sheen iik• to hasp tom* of
Iffeettenter voted teethe wog who ferthe
writer of books. (Cheers.) Wbe voted for the man rif is•
sewn, and who for the man who made his profits out of
that intellect! Who voted for the non who they said
rend sot be sent to milkmen unless reties boroughs
existed, sad who for the one who would be exaluded from
parlament if we had large amislitsumaisel (Cheers.) .ale