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LONDON; MONDAY, DEC 27.

The opponent. of Rehm, unwilling to deny the
right of the working "gasses to the saffrage, take
refuge in the weak and make question, Cui bone f
What is the rod of granting this right, of what
poseible use can it be to these classes ? This may
fairly be answered by asking the wider question—
NV hat is the good of doing an sot of mere jostles at
all ? Whatever is the nse of granting rights to
those who fairly claim them ? If the wrongs are
convenient and venerable why not perpetuate them
If the rights have only truth and justice to recom-
mend them, and involve at the same time a good
deal of disturbance and change, why not continue to
refuse them ? Mr. BRIGHT, however, in his Glasgow
speech gives a more direct and practical reply to the
sceptical inquiry of hostile critics. To the question, Cmi
fano? he answers reasonably enough, that thesuffrage,
by inaressing their self-respect, will be a powerful
instrument for the elevation of the working dame.
It will increase their motives to exertion, and stimu-
late them in their efforts towards self-improvement.
It will implant within them that feeling of citizen-
ship which in the germ of public virtue. For,
without a fair measure of political freedom and
responsibility, there is but little scope or stimulus
for the display of higher patriotism. The feeling of
public reeponeibility awakens a sense of public duty,
and stimulates its possessor to discharge it in the
most honourable and efficient manner. Duties are
the levees of virtues. The Suffrage, by bestowing
political power, will tend directly to develop public
virtues. Self-reaped, too, is the prolific source of
private virtues, each as temperance, frugality, in-
dustry, and the like ; and the Enfranchisement
of the Working Claines will thus powerfully contri-
bute to their social elevation. One of the most
powerful motives to self-respect is the respect
of others, and the respect of others is naturally
increased by the multiplication of our public right,
and privileges. On the other hand, the continued
withholding of these rights not only deprives the
claimants of the public respect to which they are
fairly entitled, bat tends to sink them in their own
esteem. Those who are forcibly kept in an inferior
position, social or political, become so far degraded
in mind and character. Their nature, " like the
" dyer's hand, becomes subdued to what it works in."
That adult vassalage of any kind must exert some
such injurious influence, reflection naturally suggest',
and experience abundantly coofirme.

AU this, however, the firms, in these its last days
of opposition to Reform, ends it necessary to deny.
While allowing that to i °cream the self-respect of the
working clamed " would undoubtedly be a great eel-
" lateral advantage," it more than questions whether I
the franchise would have any such effect. The
possession of the Suffrage could have " no perceptible
" effect in elevating lUD view, or reforming his con-
" dart. Ass body, they do not wont it; and it would
" do them no good if they got it." This is erectly the
kind of argument that was need a quarter of a cen-
tury age in the Anti .Slavery agitation. The oppo-
Bente of the movement, who professed to be intimately
acquainted with the wants and wishes of the
metronome well as with what was really bust for
them, loudly demanded of the anti-slavery re-
formsen—What was the use of emancipation ? The
slaves did not want it. They had food and alethes,
regular occupation, and convenient dwellings. They
were quite happy and contented. What. use could
their liberty be to them' It wee a nominal blessing
that would probably do them far more harm than
good. Thiry were, in short, an inferior race, to whom
freedom would be a perilous good; who might in man
five inetaasie perhaps turn it to good account, hut
whis,se a body, ware far better and happier without it.
It mine sever to ham oimarred to these reasoning
that freedom is aseessary to develop the nobler ele-
ments of character; that systematic oppremion
inevitably degrades, sod that I. this way slavery
ends by modaeing the slavish mind it quotes In its
own defence. We do not, of DeDill• mom to dmw
any parallel between the Degrees in the West la-
dies and the working claims in ear own country.
We limply say that the arguments agaimt the
poresnal emseelpation of the Degrees and them
ageing the Whim! emaneipatioa of the working
glares in ef precisely the seas kind, and of pee.
sisaly nail worth. The working Gleams of this
esestry enjoys large amount of personal, social, sad
indastriel hoedown ; bet their emancipation is not
semplete. They WO in a mate of political subjee-
Sim, whisk enemies, an injerioes Indurate on their"
ehronster, and free which they have the stmagest
claim he be heed.
N. one Indeed Is bald smash to deny these cleima.
The emeries sf Reform talk, it Is true, in a mien
sad destamatory key Moat destroying the Ceemeita.
tioa ; bat the right of every frames to the she
is quite as old es the Ceastitation. The only bars
to the practical enjoyment of this right that have ever
hem feeveally rosegaieed am pauperism and ignor.
mos. These, however, were so far diminished a

quarter of a century ago, that the supporters of the
last Reform Bill recognised the right of the working
clams to the suffrage, only they oecusealled patience
I and moderation in urging it. It would be impossible,
they argued, to secure all at cam ; bat if the work-
ing clams would unite in a ooss1•oa effort to obtain
the franchise for the great body of the middle
climes, the reformed parliament would accomplish
the rest. The enfranchisement of the lower class, it

was said, would speedily follow that of the one im-
mediately above it. But if the working classes,
as a body, were proeperom and intelligent enough
to be entrusted with the franchise thirty yean
ago, what must be the added strength of their
claim today? They are now almost as much above
themselves of that era as they were then below the
middle classes. Almost every year since the passing
of the Reform Bill has witnessed some fresh effort
in the direction of popular education and commer-
cial Reform. It has been a period prolific beyond
all precedent in measure, of social and commercial
improvement. By the influence of emigration on
the one hand, and the repeal of the Corn Laws on
the other, the burden of pauperism has been lifted
from the land ; so that, in spite of the enormous
drain of a European war, we me in a state of unpa-
ralleled prosperity. Through the vigorous im-
pulse given to national education, elemen-
tary schools have been multiplied in every
part of the country, and evening classes
organised in all the great centres of industry
While the area of direct education has thus been ex-
tended, the means of indirect education have multi-
plied a thousand-fold. Within this period have

Teen the Mechanieal and Chemic►l Invention that

characterise the age; Railways, Steam Navigation,
Electric Telegraphs, Cheap Literature, and the
Penny Post. The educational influence of these
new and powerful agencies can scarcely be over-
rated. Under their wide and effectual teaching
Chartism hail collapsed, the occupation of the pro-
fessional demagogue is gone. It is no longer pos-
sible for him to gratify his spleen, his vanity, or his
ambition, at the expense of truth and justice, by
highly wrought appeels to the ignorance and pas-
sions of the working climes. They are now able to read
sadjudge for themselves, and would only smile with
scornful incredelity at the terrible stories that were
told them, and which they devoutly believed, twenty
years ago. The working clause are now far better
educated, more intelligent, more prudent, industri-
ous, and reflective than they were thirty, twenty, or
oven ten years ago. Bat the expectation of obtain-
ing their political rights has been all along a strong
stimulus in their career of self-improvement. They
have kept stead;ly in view the prospect of obtaining
through the suffrage a fair share of political inil n-
once. Daring these comparatively silent years they
have shown how highly they value the suffrage by
diligently qualifying themselves for the duties it
imposes, instead of noisily clamouring for its imme-
diate possession. It will never do to tell these men
that they do not want the franchise, that it will do
them no good, or that however strong aid just their
claim it is impossible to give them the poise der
which they have so patiently and zealously laboured.

Irk Court.

WINDSOR, Dic. 25.

Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included
the Prime of Wales, the Primer Alice, end the PAMm of
leiningen, the Prime of Liningen, Coked the Hsu. P..
Braes, Sir Jams Clark, tad Hajar Liadasy.
The bead of the Oresadlor Guanis was to adiadtaos, sad
pratereid dense dinar the
Orsrturs, " La Dame Usage Boieldien.
Walser. " Der Wea&see's Lobetwoht" Stream
The Hallelnialt Clam Handel.
Charfeari
Her liejerey's peivate band afterwards performed la the
drecieresso the
Omani. "Ls Kaden melee " Goma
Spaeth&
Ihmesita.
"WI% "4fra• 14!.""

Randal.
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Dtvenlammet, °' le P rophets"
The Chem wed Felees Cowart, the Priam of We*
Primus Mee, Peter= Ililese, Niece Arthur, eel
Fibers Leeks. the Deal= 01 Lat. the Prises eel
Priam' el Wasps, the leaks eel gestiema d the
ewe, eel lk• deneetle biosataK deeded /Mae melee
thie seretes Is lie *nee eked.
The Hoe. eel Very PAL the Dees d Whim eel the
PAL C. F. TMm perinea the melee art elmtablered
the Holy Comeeirt.

/17111 DAT, Due. U.

Her Kajsetys Mum party ymiesday esaprieed the
Dash= of UNA, the Primo of Rake, the Pitmen ABee,
and the Prie' et Loh darn, the Prtnee of Leiningen,
Prince Rdweid of Saxe Weimar, and the C 41110161111/ of Dan-
bury, Lady Tow Reward, Major-General the Rea. C.
Grey, Colonel the E. Sir Charles and Lady Phapp, Cel.
the Hon. B. Dm" the Dam of Windsor sad the His.
Mrs. Wells y, the His. Mrs. Blainl ph, Bir George
Casper, the Rev. C. P. Terser, Myer Lindesy, and Mr.
Glover.

The foilowhig had the boom of readvlag laritatkaa
after dinner —The Bev. Lard sad Lay Wriothelley Ramp
WI, Mee Russell, Lady Mary sod Mks Hood, Calomel P.
H. sad lady Badly Seymour, Mks &moor, Lady awl
Nis Caper, Kr. sad lbs. O. Cooper, Captais sal Mn. T.
Ile/r, ail Kir H. Phipps.

Orgiwis Gies Usikin bad the honour of pisifirnisg
beim hr Illajeaty In the main the following:
Ohs, Tbi MO W@ Deighter " A. Herod.
Puri " Wbssi wurtities twilight" J. L. Hews.
OWN • Lew"
And • eieetwde by Ilkadsbeilin es Iblbres
Itaisbw, awed, etas mead se
AU le itlitill wends' Meeks ;
Flake et Odes este surround la,
And Ur slispberd o'er ue whim.
" nun la Prima of light and spiesdiew
flout Yin die repose et night ;
tad Itionithis glories render
Lad la tbsi rid red Might."
• Christmas Chas' brawnifsed eseeluded the pertinence
of de Ohs U.

Ear Yerjestee Flute bud psdoneed dating the main

Overture, s D dereglis" Maser.
" Ire Den iesirtes
Daiss," Vapor disialeases " Vasa
Dries mere - pertenes4 tat. asoraing to the yrlvie
arra by die der. C. F. Terror. The Quer rad Prises
Ceresb, dr hires et Wales, Preens AI Priam=
Si., the Desires et Kest, the Prase rd Pricer al
Isaisiaps, the bar sad pathos% of the err, sal the
derma ifteded the service.

Degrease are seesived yesterday at the Ceiseid-edir
ben as Gewrese 1 mar.

711 e Marts Dowashire is passing the festive
61"." at Tor 1115.0884 Perk, Woldaihme.

Lir& Newbose;gb. who has ban 'raisin g in his
peat, dr Vesta. to As Weeterreara, h ace expected to
years Illesdred Übe* 010 frpristm.

W • (Ife;siev Pod) liatimeasi that the marriage
of Mr. him N. availably oak the Eva. MI. Charghaa
Parr, did deoghtor of Ltd oaf Lay LOhid, and that of
ito &a. Thomas Poop, dish Moot on, ohlt Wm Arm
Vii. of If tothaahorhad, mill tats Ow may is ea
atoolas great

TIN; Ciseni and Coastal' de Pereigny have sauteed
loginsal, sawn Sorg tensed sating • psalmist dog,
haying reeshsh seseral invitations tor Se Citrielernsemees.
It is stand that the Countess de Ur raft& funend
ir7l tahe passe IS Weasseday ant, at the !late► Cattalo
Chspel, on dens o'cloce. We ors Inhumed that by ►er
Isaressakteg illegoalisa the coaster hotbed that so Sella-
' loss ebesbi bs atoned.

The tiadsst of Sir Alan M'Nab's visit to this
imigy b r preemis the proposal railway hues the bad
of Lis llopsdse to thew Shit.

ns Nis. W. Wales, who has been Vise of All
Adms, loghamptaa. for J. we 21 mom mel Clmosador
of the ammo of NOmboraa6►, Ms ►.a solhOol by tho
Rev W lio Ississ GI vim..

THI 617.VDAY IVINING 81AVICAS AT 81.
?Aril,.

The service of last night at St. Fees Cathedral—
the fifth fa the series--derived specie! Interest from the air.
cametance of Its following so closely epos Christmas day,
and being at the same time the bet Sunday service of the
expiring year. The weather having abated up, there was at
ea
early hear a mormons ermemens of 'seep= at the
entrance, and many headreds were tusseey excluded
from the church, all the seats being takes by a few minutes
after six eche*. The church was without any of those
evergreen &centime with which It is erseisearey to edcwa
churches at the prismat mama ; hat this deficiency
was fa a great degree mospeassted for by the islm
tics of the hymns, cm of which was the wan-
known sacred carol, " Hark I the herald sorb slag."
The Dean of Wtstror was obasmed meow the ciengre-
gation. Prayers were reed by the Rev. Yr. Lupton, rector
of Querchithe, sad cos of the minor canoes of the cathedral;
Dean Mile= reed the Mesas. The sermon was preached
by the Rev. W. Cadman, incemshent of St. Owego's, South-
wark, In a voice of great campus, sided by • considerable,
though by no means massive, amount of very expressive
and the congregation, which Included a large Fervor-
tilcon men evidently of the artisan class, listened during
the 40 minutes that the discourse occupied with a sae.
taped interest. The text was the 65th verse of
the 7th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, forming
part of the Epistle for St. Stephen's Day which happens to
be ooincident with the festival meson of Christmas. " But
he, being fall of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfestly into
Heaven, and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing oa the
right hand of God." The preacher commenced by bidding
the con negation • hearty Christmas welcome. He thin
spoke briefly of the testimony borne by the martyr Stephea
In the text—testamony to the exaltatioa of the Lewd Jams
Christ ; and afterwards of the duty incumbent on all profsm
tug Chistisus of bearing similar testimony in the Lace of the
world. From the foot of Christ's exaltation, he em-
on Lib I:steamers, His purposes of mercy,
Isar the certainty of final Judgment. Ere the day
of judgment strived, bowfin", they had as amareneselper
don, of sympathy, sad of &amour ; el pardon, beam s&
as Christ'sit= was• finished work,_ Gad may required
a owl to mane its lesselbs cd sympathy,
Mosspres C meld eater into their Insetbelings, sod
was "In all potato Issapeed. Me se we are, yet without els;
ef succour, because CUM, Wag at the right Mail at Oa,
was able to do whatever was required for the gibbed wel-
fare of his followers. He them dwelt upon the reeoludems
which ought to be farmed be swami= with the testimony to
be to en. First, be odd, Imp skald resolve that they meld
not be ashamed of Christ sr his truth—a point which he
arcedtearrUcalarly upon the young in the oongregation ;
y, they should resolve that they would aim
at coadetusey, in illustrating which he spoke of
the Integrity of Steeeheo, as shown by his being entrusted
with the adminiatration of (ands raised for the relief of the
arty Obelisk's@ who were In waat, and spoke emphsticially
of the benefictel tolluence of the most perfect honesty ea the
part of Christians placed in shushes' of trust; thirdly, they
@herald rewire that they would do their duty in whatever
Andes Provideace might have placed them; and, hely,
they should resolve that night to dedicate themedres to Mat
Saviour who stood at the right bend of God to encases and
Mind these who trusted in Him. He concluded with MOMS
solemn reflections connected with the fact that that ems the
WI Sands, of the year.
TM sermon next Sunday eventug will ho preached by the
Rev. I. H. Gurney, me of the cathedrel preboydaitsa, and
the sacereding one by the Rev. Thomas Dale, vicar of St.
Pmerse.