The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-27 00:00:00

MI 1.17011 BILL.

The Times represents Mr. Gladstone's visit to Liverpool
as Ifsboaseli going to the mountain, sad *savoys the im-
pression that the whole gatheriag will be an artillcial
umemseet from which 011111/11011 NAM will be carefully om-
elette& As a disinterested outsider, however, the Timm
claims the right of free mean, sad proceeds to contend
that Liverpool itself supplies an instance of the evils which
world follow the may sdditioe of large nnmbers to multi.
Wiesen constitaseciss. It would be hardly compatible

with common honesty to stead up and aver that the repre-
mutation of that borough would be improved by theeddition
at some thousand voters. To effect that would be doing
evil, ea the mere speculation, which the merest chance
may frustrate, that something else to be done afterwards
may counteract °equal* it. It is to administer a poison
bemuse an antidote is preowned to be within reach.
La a emend article the rinses returns to the subject of
the trades stains. arguing from the eintante of the
report of the Aintigainated Sanely at Carpenters and
Joiserti adverted to pet trday, that the working classes
have taken up the otthjest et their wages and the length
of their working day, as their politics, and have
Wee them up to gosd purpose, obtaining increased wages
or reduced time by their organisation and action,
and consequently satin much more for their
own unions tine for their electoral capacities. An
ominous feature ie their proomedings is that the
waridnialasses habitually estimate the value of their own
labour without regard to any claims on the other side, and
ham no conception of any eights but their own.
The long possession of power by the liberal party hes
act ham the Daffy News observes, without its evils. The
winning side grows sometimes disposed be rest freer further
Wooer, sad a cautionary portion having gained some
penned Ojeda by meowing the mane of liberals, have
se are for the public psis:ivies which were their step-
ping-stone. But Me seethes Wirier to defeat the measure
which carries into effect the doctrines to which they
have all subscribed, puts itself conspicuously in the wrong.
There is notbieg left to tight about except the question of
guffaw" and acre who insist on such a resolution as
Lord Grosvenor's, oily being on themselves the ordain
shams of falsehood to their word and the probable disgrace
of defeat ; and even if oneossaful they would only win the
triumph of breaking up the party to which they
&Unshed themselves. sod assuring their own permanent
*ROMA= from power. Is or out of ohm Earl Rus-
sell sad Yr. Gledstose remain at the head of the
liberal party, and sooner rr later must some bask to power,
leaving the °ransom-Kann faction disowned se traitors
by its former friends, dietintted as dewier% by its new
sillies. The holidays will give them time to review such
pumper* and rime they have unmistakeably failed in
their effort is Unwise the prominent and dictate to their
party, they will doubtless come back with w's:r thoughts.
The Poet again quotes the words of Lord Palmerston as
an authority against proneness to change, and represents
the government as pushing forwarl the proposition relative
to their scheme for redistributing oasts, merely to influence
the divaim OD the second Pawling of the Frontline Bill.
or in other words to catch votes enough to prop up a falling
cabinet.

The Herald says it must mot be thought thst by laying
their bills on the table ministers afford the house a MEM

and certain inerestes spinet a subsequent deviation from
the course therein laid down.

The Telegraph era thee an abeam of popular mini
festatioss has been n.ietaken by the enemies of reform
for a sign of waaknses, whereas the public tranquillity
is tenth, the supintnesi of over-confidence. But the
time hair come for all 1r1i011124241 to be at work.
The great public mange/ of the Reform Learn which is
to be held is London on the 11th proximo. and the
political banquet at w►ioh Mr. Gladetnne is to be enter-
tained in Liverpool a few days earlier, are but fore-
tokens of the approaching conflict. There are In
the metropolis alone several registrar ioa societies
and similar bodies which will take cart in the nettling
struggle. let every similar tedsty in the bier
dont during the unit Leitn'ext exert its utmost
powers to erasure pet to a and cr,aniss popular demon-
streaker, lot every bb•r 1 meagre:ir consult with him coo-
station* and arrange Wrir share it the campaign. Let
every provieciel newspaner ;bleed the people's cone, and
emphatically call upon local redeemers to convoke public
meetings. Let every trades mice and other association of
working men collect signatures to a brief and decia:ve de-
claration is favour of the bilL
The Sear ban litt'e drubt that the owning fourteen days
will be a hard time those who have shown or thought of
.bowing the white feather.