The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-18 00:00:00

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(wee A CORRESPONDENT.) 31T. Bright Wee entertained at breakfast this
BRUKSKIS, TUESDAY Moire. morning by • numerous body of the Booth& National
In my last communiostion 1 announced the Edema Leave at the Cobden Hotel. Mr. Geeeee, M.P.,
rumour of the expected arrival of the Lord Mayor of was In the *hair, and among others present were :—Mrs.
London, and the probability that his lordship would M'Lesen (a sister of Mr. Bright), Mies Cobden, Mr.
receive • most combat reception. The rumour proved i Dalglish, M.P., Mr. Craufurd, M.P., Mr. Crum-Ewing.
cornet, and his lordship is here. He may almost be said I M.P.. Mr. T. B. Potter, M.P., and Mr. Duncan Whetter,
to be the game of the King, although in the fine instance M.P. After breakfast,
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he wee noshed in a most cordial and hospitable manner TM Onelithen briefly addressed the meeting in eulogy
by M. de Asurpaels, the burgomaster. of the services which Mr. Bright bad rendered to the
To-day was fixed for • most important and Imposing , Obelee of reform. He commented upon the indefatigable
ceremony, the stilt of the Sing to the its National, , exertions of the honourable member, in conjunction with
The lint of his Majesty was originally teed for one , Mr. Widen, in obtaining the repeal of the corn laws, and
ceeice, by which time many thousand. of peruses bad i pointed to the triumphant issue of those exertions as an
sasembled, bet it was sabeeefamely ascertained that the I ismer* .9 perseverance sow. He also impressed upon
arrival meld not possibly take plasm before two. At the I the rameing the necessity of sinking minor differences and
request of the Sing an °madam*, was given fee the I of combining action, so that there might be me mistake
whole of the staff of the Tir National, the memben of the ! when parliament reassembled as to what the feeling of the
commission. =ameba/ the Volunteers and their friends as ' coneti7 end/7 was.
desired it, to be photographed in a group. To enable this Me ORANTORD, M.P., spoke in warm terms of the de-
to be done the shooting at the Tir was stopped, memeralina of yesterday, and laid that having visited
and three or four hundred persons took up pose thriessimete of the city after the evening meeting he was
Wes at the sound of the rappel. This proems rend be eengeettikte Glasgow upon the order and sobriety
occupied nearly all the time that intervened before the whiter hod been maintained throughout the whole pro-
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snivel et the Kieg, whisk took place shoe* sten 2 *Wash. eselogingle '
There ware eve or six el the royal ea:rigger with eat. Mr Coneeillor OelinnTY. ed Glasgow, InPlifented the Pre"
riders, the poems and servants attending which were real fer combining to carry en the movement, and said
attired in scarlet liveries, closely resembling those of our I that as tends would be necessary he would be willing to
own royal family. The King rode in the first carriage, and subamibe 1001. as a commencement.
on hie left eat the Lord Mayor of London, who was attired Mr. Hewer, who was very warmly received, laid—l feel
in the uniform of a lord lieutenant of • county, wearing it verydifficult to say anything after the speech of ml
the splendid diamond badge or insignia of his office. The ban. friend who presides over this meeting. I must make
royal wrap were escorted by squad/um ce cavalry, whilst allowance for the exaggerations of some parts of it arising
the Mitt Guard and Zolaireurs wire drawn up both out- !rent his too friendly judgment of nileelf,lll4, lathing the
side and inside of the building. His Majesty was allowance, I thank him very sincerely for the friendly
enthuestically cheered by the thousands assembled, es words which he has uttered on my behalf. But peeving
was also the Lard mayor, The interior of the when( away from eentisnent to business, it occurs to me that,
was crowded, notwithstending its extraordinary dimme although it is now a long time sines Scotland and England
none, from one end to the other, a very large properties' of I were united as one country, and although they are, as I
volunteers being present. believe, for ever, so far as we can see, inseparably united,
English
On reaching the dais his Majesty, who bowed re- i yet being in Scotland it is hardly possible to' consider
peatedly mime,* gracefully to the ahem which greeted any public question without some direct reference to
him, was presented with an address, read by M. Daily, I Scottish interests. (Hear, hear.) Now, the position of
president of the commission of the Tir National, stating , this part of the United Kingdom on the question
its objects, and inviting his Majesty to pass round the , of reform is one very peculiar, end having • special in
not
to-
building and inspect the shooting. The King expressed , rest. Scotland, as I think every one will admit, has
the great pleasure he had in complying with the request, ! her proper share in the composition of the HOW* of Cone
and shooting was at once renewed in the most vigorous I moue. I am not quite certain what Is the increased
manner. The King, accompanied by his staff, proceeded number of members which Scotland should here, judging
through an avenue opened for him, and visited every arithmetically from her population and her wealth and
shooting point, putting various questions to the competi. her contributions to the public taxes ; but I think the in-
tim, and especially to the English volunteers, amfriag cease should not be much short of 20 members. In the
them the names of their regiment+, the nature of their bill which I brought before the public soon after I was
badges of distinction, ices He also spoke ia the most I here eight years ago, and for the preparation of which I
amicable manner to some of the members of the French was greatly--and more so than I can express--Indebted
Contingent. The King expressed a desire to witness the Ito my honourable relative, the member for Edinburgh—l
long range shooting which was then being marled proposed an addition of 15 or 16 members. In the bill
on, chiefly by the English riflemen, within a I which the late government introduced into the House of
short distance from the " Tir." The spot selected ; Commons, I think the addition was only "even. Now,
for this purpose is a meet admirable one, situate in that was • measure of no partial, but rather of scanty,
a field by the side of the main read, and within justice ; but still it was • measure which was looked upon
from a quarter to half a mile of the national building, and with extreme jealousy, and which was met with a strong
indicated by a number of flag-staffs, on which were die. ; I threatened opposition on the part of the tory party in the
played the English union jack, the Belgian and other I house. (Hear, hear.) lam not very much surprised at
siatio fine. Here is en excellently conetructed range that jealousy and that threatened opposition, for I found
cut anal the sand bank, with four or five " Wimbledon " on discussing the question of reform, that the tories, the
targets, where magas can be hid if desired up to we and members of the present government, their supporters In
1,000 yards. On the arrival of the King at this place his parliament, and their newspapers constantly regard the
Majesty, the Lord Mayor, and the suite alighted, and , question as one which is to add power to, or to take away
stayed for some time witnessing the competition and I, the power of, a given party. They discuss it as if ft were
some excellent shooting. At the conclusion of his Ma. I
not • question—as, indeed, it is not with them—of justice
jesty's visit he expressed himself highly gratified at the 1 to all the people, and of a free representation of all classes ;
scene he had witnessed, and conversed most freely with but nit may interfere with, or affect their particular party
several of the Volunteers es to the character of the rifles I interests. (Hear, hear.) Therefore it was nut to be
they used. The cortege then returned amidst the greet• wondered at that, seeing the condition of the represents-
lags of the thousands assembled. tired Scotland, the members of the present government,
So far as the volunteers are concerned feasting and plea. then the leaders of the opposition, and their friends in
sure are the order of the day, banquets and balls follow parliament, should look with great hostility on any pro-
each other in rapid succession, aud hospitality continues Position that proposed to transfer members from small
as unbounded as ever. and corrupt and rotten boroughs in England to indepen-
dent and moral and sober constituencies In this part of
Amongst all grades of society, from the King down.
wards, there is but one feeling, and that not sincere friend- the kingdom. But the English people, I believe—cer-
ship towards the English and delight at their visit. One tainly the English reformers—have no such jealousy ;
or two instances which have come to my knowledge will because they accept freely and entirely and thoroughly
testify this beyond • doubt. During Sunday afternoon the perpetual union of the two countries ; and therefore
they regard every Scotch sere as they regard every Eng-
some members of the civil service and other volunteers
made up • party for a drive to leeken, and seeing the Libman on this question of the representation. And they
palace gates open they asked the official if they have this additional inducement to do so, because they
might enter. He replied somewhat churlishly in the nege know at least that the Scotch people in their representa•
lion will do as well for England and for Englishmen
tive. They had scarcely turned away when one of two
certainly as any part of England does for itself or for
gentlemen they bad observed walking in the grounds came
after them, and told them that they had full liberty from I Scotland. Your representation is in • peculiar pod.
the King to enter and inspect the place. They did ee, , lion as compared with that of any portion of the United
and seeing the King walking down one of the paths towards , Kingdom. In the first place, you send no tory
them, they turned to avoid him, thinking their presence members from any of your boroughs. There are
I two or three of them—two especially—who did not be-
might be displeasing. His Majesty, however, met them
. have very well daring the last session of parliament, and
another way, and came up and convened with them. One
of them expressed his apprehension who, I believe, disappointed their constituencies very
that their coming in I
such large numbers would sadly inconvenience hie much ; and if their constituents had been sitting in the
Majesty and the inhabitants of Brussels, to which the
gallery of the house, and had beard all that took place, I am
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King replied that he knew he was speaking for the people , not sure that their doubts of the fidelity of these members
,would not have been very much strengthened. But still
of every class as well as himself when he said that all
were only too delighted to receive them, and hoped that your burgh constituencies are in this condition, that not
only do they return no tones to parliament, but there is
next year they would come to the number of four or five '
one of these burghs sufficiently
thousand. Then, again, an English hotel, called the I no tor/ party in any
Prince of Wales, near the Rue Montague de la Cour, and ; strong to feel itself justified in proposing a tory can-
kept by an Englishman, which is the head-quarters of the didate for nomination. That is • very satisfac-
state of things. I could give several reasons
mass of the British volunteers, is thronged nightly by I ten'
some of which probably have not struck the
hundreds of the citizens of Eremite, wbo endeavour to • for it,
I people of England, and probably may not even have struck
outvie each other in fraternieng with the volusteers.
the people of Scotland. One reason of it is that you have
" God save the Queen" and the Belgian national air are
I no burghs so small as the very small burghs in England ;
rung almost every five minutes, and great enthusiasm
The formula of the plehiscitum for Venetia is Twos. secondly, that your population on the whole stands in •
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thus worded :—" Do you wish for the union of Venetia 1 The levee takes place to-morrow, to which every English , higher position with regard to education and political in-
to the kingdom of Italy, under the monarchy of Victor volunteer officer is invited, and it will no doubt be an in- telligence ;and tirdly, you have in Sootland—l speak
Emmanuel and his descendants' posing affair. It is to take place at one o'clock, and in the now of the establis
hment apart from what may be called
Yes i No." evening there is to be a grand illumination of all the minis
though I think a church establishment may be considered
- the free churches—you have a church establishment which,
The Nord says that after the review of the Eng- ; tries, the palace, and other public buildings.
religiously, en evil, yet you
lish volunteers by the King of Belgium at Brussels on I Thursday is appointed for the volunteer trip to Antwerp, Ito be politically, and Pother,
Sunday last, his Majesty turned to the mayor of the city, 1 where it is rumoured that preparations have been made have a church establishment of a liberal, and even of a
and said he had remarked with infinite pleasure the ad- for their reception which are to throw Brussels completely republican form of government, as compared with the
mixable bearing of the men and their truly military man- into the shade, and the banquet to be given to the volun- hierarchical establishment of England. In Scotland the
nee " They are superb fellows," his Majesty added, "and 1 teen by the King on Saturday is is also stated will be a boundaries of the established church do not with any de-
their appearance is magnificent." very brilliant affair. ' gree of accuracy—if indeed they do at all—mark out the
THE FATAL AOVIDENT TO • NAVAL OFFICER AT BRUSSELS, WEDNESDAY Mortimer. I boundaries of political party. In England it is otherwise ;
CHATHAM.— At elate hour on Tuesday night, Mr. T. Hills' and the established church of England is in point of fact—
Lent evening the Theatre de le Monnaie, one of the
coroner, concluded an adjourned inquest at Chatham, with of course • multitude of exceptions- tory party
into the ccumstances attending the death of Mr. John finest opera houses in Europe, was opened free to about
of England. These are the reasons why in this country
Shapley King,. assistant cle
an on board the Fiegard, 42, . 600 of the volunteers, sad the King and Queen honoured
your representation is so much more, in my opinion,
who lost his life by falling into the trenches at Chatham ; the performance with their presence. Early on Monday it
garrnon at • late hour on Saturday evening. The inquest I was made known to the volunteers that there would be • creditable to your intelligence and advantageous to the
bred been adjourned to enable the two young ladies, namedempire than that of other parts of the United Kingdom.
' number of tickets issued to the commending officers of
Kate Williams and Kate Elphick, in whose company I(Cheers.) But your counties are not in a position so
the deceased was just before he met his death, to bo i each division for distribution, but aa it was impossible that
advanced
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boroughs, though I was glad to have
examined. They wen accordingly produced before I all could he admitted the same evening, it was announced I'w .'"' y
the testimony two years ago of one of your
the jury, when they stated that they were cousins and re- I that those who did not obtain a ticket for last night
sided together in Manor-street, Brampton. On the I would have one on Friday night, when the King and Queen county members— • highly respectable member—to the
previous Saturday evening they met the deceased .„ be • effect that the counties were, I think, making progress ;
and Mr. W. C. Cooke in High-street, Chatham, and after 1 will again present. The opera did not commence for up-
doubtless he thought, going backwards. (A laugh.)
but, as
speaking to them went for a walk with them] towards wards of an hour after the time appointed, and many were
I met him ' slue H. blandand in the Intervalof
in rg s,
Brompton, passing Fort Amherst. The nightaccw:aoldar I the anxious glances directed towards the royal box, which .
Highland games that were proceeding we discussed a little
but very fine, and the deceased and Mr. Cooke pro I was lighted up and ready for its occupants. The people,
they should sit deem near the guns. They ingly I however, made no outward manifestation of impatience,of polities, and the difference between the constituencies
went to do so, when they found • corporal and a woman 1 in Scotland and England. He said, with rather • melan-
and when at length the orchestra—a very large and effec-
there, on which the deceased remarked that he would go eboly air and • sadness in his voice, "Yes, you have got
and look for another piece where they could seat them. tive one--struck up the Belgian National Anthem, the
allthe bo h
roug sin Scotland"—meaning the liberal party—
selves. He then left them, and went through the wire Brabanconne, there was loud applause, and the audience
fence for that purpose, but they never saw him again. . arose,
and continued standing while the hymn "and you are gradually taking all the counties." (A laugh.)
After waiting about five minutes Mr. Cooke left them. the I
i via 'played, and also whilethe
Dutch, is Now, that has received some confirmation since then.
deceased not returning, and they then went back towards iFrench, Two counties, to which' referredleet night —Kincerdinethire
Chatham. Avery short time after they heard of the mei- I and English Natiopal Anthems were being performed- I
end Aberdeenshire—{A • "And e
Voice, Renfrew too )—have
dent, and found that deceased had fallen over the trench. I The opera, La M oak de Pornei (Masan idle), then corn-
re members not of the party which has been hitherto
The evidence given by the two young women was fully I menced, and just se the curtain fell upon the first act the
borne out by that of Mr. Cooke and the other • itnemee, I rolling dram outside announced that their Majesties had dominant among the landed proprietors, and there is some
and the jury returned a verdict that " the deceased met i arrived. Immediately •
slterwards the door of the King's reason to believe that the complaint which has made its
his death by accidentally falling over the trenches." I box thrownand
Twee OF A New RAILWAY Arattes.—Yesterday was open, their appeared prove infectious or contagious, and may spread over the
afternoon a number of gentlemen connected with the Lan- front amid the ringing obeen of the house. The band be -
niers and infect other counties as well. I can't believe,
cashire and Yorkshire Railway accompanied Mr. Stephen', I again struck up the Brabanconne, and the enthusiasm ,
for example, that the tenant farmers of the county of
of Liverpool, the inventor of a system for railway guard again found vent in cheers. The opera was then continued.
communication and alarm on a trip to Southport, during The Bing, who was accompanied by the eoi.bfeyor. of . Haddingtoa will submit to be reprenented long as they
which a trial of the apparatus was made. The plea ' London and by • most brilliant staff, left the house on the I now are. When I look back to the conduct of the mem-
adopted is simple. By pulling a chain • panel between curtain falling after the third act 1 her for that county at the late election upon the beatings
the compartments of the carriage is opened, and by the 1 —(" hear, hear," and hisses)—when I look at his conduct
same action two rockets in a box on the roof of the
carriage are discharged, causing • report which is heard I The well-known philanthropist and politician, in the Heine of COlllllllOll5 with regard to the requirements
for the entire length of the train. The lid of the box, Mr. Samuel Morley, was en • at • public breakfast and interests of the peop/e, and in connexion with this
which is painted red, is elevated, thus showing the corn- 'on Tuesday morning, in Newcastle, The Sheriff (Mr. question of reform, I will never believe, until the Scottish
eartinent from which the alarm has proceeded. The expe. ;H. Angus) presided. , people are wholly sbanged, that there can be any county
nmenta were, tenon the whole, susessafuL I WOILKINO NUN'S COLLAGE, dil, GREAT OSMOND- in Scotland, any population, or any electoral body
CRTNTAL reLeen. OEN SHILLING DAT.— MUNI', W.C.—The —The new term will commence on Morality even,ion by
WrDSZSDAT, OCT. 17,-AdOlieeiollll on payment, 2,487 ; nert. The principal, the Rae F. D. Maurice, ILA., will that C.. b. 1. favorer of rerwent"
ditto by senses tithe* 1,496. Total Tilton, 3,965. deliver the =legend address this evening, of 'S eeriest. i • fiNaikillail whale performances have been en

The oorrenpoadeat 01 the Chuirdian: gipilialb
following account of the Exhibition of Boolateatisal Art, -
boa at York simultaneously with the Church Cloogrees
year at Norwich men were adions hod by the air
trf collection of rich eceoladeetteal vestments after
ancient type, which revealed the surprising feet that
=oh thinp wore =trolly used in a not inoonsiderahr
Mid= of churches, sprinkled up and down the lend.
Thb year the lame idea has been serried oat en a far
huger scale at Yak. An " Faclasisatioal Art Exhibition"
ill= seven rooms with chasubles and stoke, debriefing
and °epee, theribles end bars= Bose of them wen
imply relies Isseneathed by other gemeretiona, as in the
eim of the rich tropes liberally lent -for the °cession by the
De= and Chapter of Westminster, for the purpose weenie-
=illustreting by an extreme instance Dean ='ies
of the development of the mock frock of
thaw Others, too, were oely the speembetions enter-
prising manufactureee. But a Imps proportion were 00111•
tributed by churchwardens or incumbents who possessed
and used them ea part of the ordinary furniture of their
church. And these were not =dined to famous chord=
hks St. Laweenee at Norwich, or St. Xattfrias at Mote
Newington, or even to those of large towns, where a teem-
ing population affords scope to diversities of
Many of them bore the names of ohmic, and ine. •
cant villages bringing en unexpected testimony to the wide
spread and odious upgrowth of this novel movement. The am.
hibition itself, whatever may be thought of it' purpose, was
• marvel of richness end beauty. Bilks and venires and
moire antique, in all shapes and hum, velvets. end damasks.
=sand km', hang about in bewlldeells•
_prefeehrt
eem same the allied priors—es naiad 1201. ea
the fon ell MO chasuble—gave some nation of the mai.
net of this new taw= But its admirers did not wane
thenessives to charming the eye alone. Lectures were deli-
vered from time to time in the Exhibition, and in wane
set of rooms a reviler eerie, of meetings end papers sad
discussions were going on, side by side with the campers
sections. Nor did they fail to command an audience.
Such topics ae " The Common Sense of Ritual," " Ritual:
its Influence on the Young end the Poor," venerated man/
attractions ; and we even saw a room blind with sane 160
persons--many of them ladies--listening with exemplary
patience to an elaborate critical discussion of " The Mks
left by St. Paul at Troia."

marked in a direction adverse, as I believe and I think
as they believe—totes true interested thepeople. ((been.)
Now, the Scottish termer' are, as I believe, the beet nest-
culla:ids in Hemp) ; and it ie a Mai Plasm* not oar to
travel through the Highlands of your wintry, but to
travel through the Lowlands, where there is much of fer-
tility, and where the harvests es often bear evidence of the
industry and skill of the cultivators ; but it is • melan-
choly thing to think that those men who can de so meth
with the soil should be in sny way acting trader • sort of
traditional suliservienoy to the owners of the soil,
neglecting or refusing to exercise freely the power
' which the constitution has placed in their hands.
The evil is far more obvious and far more grievous in Eng-
land, but as the Scottish farmers have led the farmers of
the United Kingdom in the wise and sucesinfel cultivation
of the soil, I know not why they should not lead them in
the emancipation from the polifisal dominates of their
landlords, which I am aura before maw pus will come
not only in Scotland, but thmegbout Imo portion of the
United Kingdom. (Churn) Mr. Cranford has referred
to the transactions of yesterday. I was present at the
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great meeting and the peat procession at Birmingham-
heard much of the meeting in Manchester, and about that
whiz was held last week in the West Biding. I em *sr.
tain that the transactions of yesterday did net fail tralowin
any degree those to which I have referred. I will not mi-
tten apes language of great *elegy as to what I saw but
fee these hem *ere passed before thus windows
• procession of men the smallest and most
moderate computation of whose numbers, with
regardto the speed at which they passed, would bring them
up certainly to a number exceeding 60,000, and probably
reaching 60,000 men. Look at their demeaaour, at their
dram, sad the character stamped on their omintenancie ;
look at the variety of the industries which they rapre-1
sented ; look at the feeling of pride they had in the noble
labours in which their lives are spent. (Cheers.) Take
into consideration all this, and say whether it be right and
whether it be safe perpetually—for that is the aspu ef
the tory party—to deny to these men those 017011111111 eights
which below to all the shims of this coantry we the
known, and admitted, and ancient principles the
British unatinition. (Cheers.) Why, your matte is—" Let
Glasgow flourish ;" but what would Glasgow be without
the men who formed that procession, sad what would your
country be, and what would the United Kingdom ands
empire be, if the men of these classes could by any sa
change be taken from among us? Why the eaten would
dwindle into no nation at all, and these men who from the
heights of their wealth look down upos these multitudes
as men whose business alone it is to labour sad to obey
the laws, and to have no where inthe making of these laws—
these men would be at once dethroned from being the
ostensible leaders of a greet nation, and would themselves
—incompetent as they are—have to descend even Ito the
works of common labour, which they now despise. (Loud
cheers.) There was one thing which I was delighted to see
yesterday. It was evident in Birmingham as much
as it was evident here—more evident in Birming-
ham and here, I think, than it was at Manchester or
at Leeds—but there seemed to be a great union of all
Glasses in the proceedings of yesterday. All employment
for • time seemed to have ceased but that which wee the
busieess of the day. There seemed to be—l may speak
from inadequate means of ebservation—but it appeared te
me during the day as if the two who lived in the put
streets, the great houses that are around us, had a sym-
pathy with the purpose in which the great body of the
people were engaged. Well, if it be so, it augurs well for
the cause, andl think it should,be known thronghout every
portion of the kingdom, far I am satisfied, as Mr. Corbett
has said so justly, that the influence of yesterday will not
end with yesterday, that it will not end with Glasgow and
the west of Scotland, but that it will befell in everyportion
of the United Kingdom. It is quite clear that the move-
ment in which we are engaged is beginning to be, and has
already assumed, the proportions of, a national movement.
What was done in Leaden three months ago augurs nothing
u to what can be done in London now, when thou who
are leading the movement undertake to set it in motion
again. Birmingham was all alive, and if there were any
opponent+ they were in holes and corners out of eight :
but, in fact, in Birmingham there were very few to op-
pose, and I must say even of those who did oppose, that
they did it with a moderation and absence of rancour that
I have scarcely witnessed in any other part of the kingdom.
In Manchester the rain fell with a persistent downpour, as
we say in Lancashire, from 6in the morning till 4 in the
afternoon, and if there had not been something as robust
n the politics as there is robust in the health and cha-
racters of the working men, it would have been impos-
sible to have had on that day the demonstration
of numbers which there was. In Yorkshire those who
saw the procession and saw the meeting say there has
never been anything like it in the West Riding during the
memory of the oldest politician there. Well, if this
matter has assumed a national character, as I believe it
has assumed, may we not hope that before long it may
produce some great and decisive result? I am going, I
suppose, within a fortnight of this time, to pay a visit to
some kind friends of mine in the city of Dublin. I have
been invited to attend and become the guest of certain per
suns who form a favourable opinion of my political cha-
racter, at a public banquet. (Cheers.) Irish questions
will, no doubt, be discussed more than other questions
which closely and immediately affect the whole em-
pire, but I believe the whole empire is deeply
interested (in what are commonly called Irish ques-
tions. I should like to tell the Irish people that there
is no disposition on the part of the people of Great Britain,
whether of England or Scotland, to do them injustice.
(Cheers.) The injustice they have suffered has been from
the governing classes in England and the governing classes
in Ireland. It has not been from the people of the United
Kingdom ; and the more rapidly and the more entirely the
nation of the three kingdoms is admitted to its fair share of
parliamentary power, the more rapidly and the more com-
pletely will justice be done to Ireland—and justice also he
as fully done and secured to and for the whole people of
the United Kingdom. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I shall say
no more than that I have bad singular pleasure in coming
to Glasgow on this occasion, but I feel, as you may sup-
pose also, very much happier the morning after a
great meeting than I do the morning before it.
Notwithstanding that I have bad no little practice in
public speaking, and no little familiarity with the subject
to be discussed, yet I feel a Renee of a very heavy re-
sponsibility which I cannot shake off. I have been placed
in connection with this question in a very prominent
position, altogether unsought for by me. I have no anxiety
to be a leader in politics, or to be lionised in great cities ;
but from my youth upwards I have had a horror and
hatred of that which is unjust to the people. (Great
cheering.) It was that feeling which led me to join one,
of whom I cannot speak without a faltering voice,
in the great labour in which we worked so long
together, the abolition of the monopoly of food ;
and now, if I am engaged more prominently
than some men may think I ought to be, on this question,
I would wish to join my countrymen in striking down a
monopoly of a wider influence—(cheen)—and when it is
gone, I believe ten or twenty years afterwards all thought-
ful and good men in the country will rejoice as much as
those now rejoice that the monopoly—the stupid and igno-
rant monopoly—of the landowners no longer limits the
supply of food to • great people. (Loud cheers.)
After some remarks from Mr. Mactutur, M.P., mid Mr.
T. Poring, M.P.,
11 Mr. Ducustr, M.P., proposed a vote of thanks to
Mrs. Maclaren and Miss Cobden for their attendance.
incline to the probability that the present goverment
would introduce a Reform Bill next session, be warned the
Tinpeople to becautiorbehoinwtrodthetyloodsocmhtedsincerit, ficetyliag
eon-
ood it would
or from
a sense of justice, but simply be extracted by fear.
The proceedings were brought to a close by a vote of
thanks to the chairman.

Mr. Charles Lushington, a gentleman whose
name was formerly closely identified with the question of
parliamentary reform, died a few days since. He was the
third men of the late Sir Stephen Lushingten, Bart. and
brother of the Bight Ron. Stephen Lushington, Jwiro:inf
the Admiralty Court and Dean of Arches. lie was
in 1785, and was formerly chief secretary to the govern-
ment of Seaga Re sat in the House of Common', in the
liberal interest, for Ashburton and Westminster, from
18311 se 1852, when he retired from public life.