The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-04 00:00:00

THE COBDEN CLUE DINES&

BrITING AT MANCHESTER.—SATURDAY.
LIVEKIOOL ORAND NATIONAL
to I opt Bhakespearo;o) 20 to I opt Silver Star 'V
to 6 iA.rodyin tt et 20 to 1 Dermot As.
of Chore (t)
to 8 Moo Arthur (1 20 to 1 Astrolabe (off)
et of, 100 to S Little ?rook Aj
to 6 Fan f) 100 to 3 Dodor
to 6 Tennyson (t) 100 to S ChlotheySweep
to 6 Columbia (t d ;off,
off)

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100 to 12 apt Vauban 3)

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to 100 apt Plaudit t S oj
to 2 Julius (us)

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LIVERPOOL SPRING lIKETING.—TunnAT.
THE ANNUAL HURDLE HANDICAP Of 5 1101111. Path, 215 with 50
added winners of any race after Feb. 26, at 11 am., 101bcztra.
Two miles, over abc hurdle*. 32 subs.)
fAge 4 lb
Glarus
Dermot Asthore

Age it lb
.4 10 G
. ♦ 10 0
. a 10 4
. 5 10 4

Italham inc.lolb ex.) a 11 Weal:hay
Shakespeare 0 11 Bialioptos
Pearl Diver
Lincoln
I( inglake 6 11 Tueruhumas 6 1 2
Lord Runnel a 10 1 Goldylocks 6 12
Arkansan 6 101 Durluun 6 12
Diamution 6 10 1 Bird of Passage 0 1 0
Garza Ladra 6 10 1 Grapeshot 5 12
Milieu,
Yortunatus
Revolver
Grace Wilke( 5 10 Forester a
Gamecock a 10 Mc-agnate
litaandlo4l .. 4 10 King Arthur 6
Foxholes 6 10 Yarrow
Helen inc. 10Ib ex.) 6 10 Pa 5
Barney
Charlemagne a 10 Tennyson (bb) 6
Brahma _ 6 10 Sandford
a 1

THE SPIIIIIO FLYING 87•616 (HAndleap) of 6 ADM each. 2. it:
with 100 added, for threeirolds and upwards: winners of any
handicap after february 26, at 11 am.. 10th extra. T.Y.C.
(45 sign)
Cranbury
Ads dlit Ale st lb
6 9 9 Manilla
Queen of Tromps a 9 1 Wellesley
Moeller 6 8 0 Miss Hawthorn .... 4 4
Mongrel 6 7 8 Canard
The Clown 6 7 6 Columbine S 4
Mir Williams
liessle 7 2 Haidee
Indian Star
Crown Prince
Merry Harp 5 61! Denny Donn
Wiseman
Arkeuside
Nonpareil
Flying Jib
Dark Agnes
Alberta, by King Toro 4 610 Redford
Sylph.
Killarney 4 6 8 Alicia
Thermometer
Queen Mary 6 6 7 King Charles S 7
Narita"
Childs&
8) ree

MIRSIIT Cue of 100 own, added to a handicap sweep-
stakes of 10 sores each. 6ft ; winners of any handicap after
February 6, at 11 , 101 b extra. One mile. 010 subs.

. .
Age at lb ._
Age st lb
Indian Star
Ilphus
Aurora
Salamanca 3 7 3 Raglan
Lady lam
Bedford
DU TYRO STAKES of 5 son, each, with 100 added, for 2-year.
olds ; colts, Sat 116 ; Mlles, list slb ; winners 51b extra ; maidens
having started twice, allowed 4th. T.Y.C. (16 sub.;—C by
Thonaanby—Hogerthorpe's dam, Needle Gun, Ashtaad, Calton,
Substance, Yuglemsn, Ilene Haulage, Caradog, Sedelia, First
Blood. Carlos, Neville, Cawdor, La Mantes, f by Btockwell—
iiimalan. and Stella.
THE AINTHRL PLATS of 50 son, for 3.yr•olds and upwards;
winners of any handicap after Tuesday, Feb 26, at 11 a.m., 7lb
extra. rive furlongs. (12 subs.)
AP M I Age st 6
M
Stoelcioit a 8 1 Hake
Sankt 6 8 Canard
Meade II 7 La Maudite (11 lin .... 3 610
Crown Prince
The Wave
Merry Harp
A SILLING *PAWLS of II sovs. each, with 20 added ; weight for
age; selling allowances. T.Y. . To close and name this (Mon.
day, night, at 8 o'clock.
Tilt TRIAL STAKKO Of 0 110 VI. 41011, With 40 added: weight for
age; certain allowance.: winner to be sold for L 3.14 ), If de-
manded. One mile. .

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It PLATE of 40 rove. About 6 furlongs.
A PLATS of 40 tors., for two and three-yr-olds, did not AIL

THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.—CAMBRIDGE,
SATURDAY EVENINE.—The boat has been going down
regularly with one or two alight alterations or changes in
the places of the men. The crew rowing to-day was as
under :
I. 11. Anderson, First Trinity
L W. lionsey, Lady Margaret
S. J. V. Bourke, Ftrst Trinity list. 121 b.
4. Hon. J. Gordon, First Trinity
B. F. E. Cunningham, Hines
6. J. Still, Coins
7. J. M. CMllard, Lady Margaret llst. Sib.
Stroh.—W. R. (Irlditha Third Trinity
Coxswain.—A. Forbes Lady 31argoret Sat. Olb

The boat was coached this aft;inoon by the Rev. W.
Maule (First Trinity). There are two boats being built
for Cambridge, one ordered of Messrs. Salter, of Oxford
(stealing into the enemy's camp this), the other of
Messrs. Searle, of Lambeth ; the better of these two will he
chosen for the final struggle for the year. The race will
take place on Saturday, April 13. The time will be be-
tween nine and ten in the morning, according to the tide.

On Saturday night the members and friends of
the Cobden Club dined together at Willis's Rooms, St.
James's. The inaugural banquet, it will be remembered,
took place at Richmond last July, when the chair was oc-
cupied by the Right Hoo. W. H. Gladstone, M.P., Earl
Russell, Mr. J. S. Mill, M.P., and other distinguished re-
presentatives of the liberal party being present. Since
that date the club has considerably increased its list, and
now includes the names of nearly a hundred members of
parliament, amongst whom are those of several of this
Irish liberal members. The meeting on Satunlay night
was the first occasion on which the club Ilse assembled
since it met under the presidency of the late Chancellor
of the Exchequer. Lord Houghton took the chair.
Lord HOUGHTON, in proposing the toast of the club,
held up the example of Mr. Cobden for the imitation of
reformers. In these times • man is just as much exposedto misrepresentation and calumny as were the reformers
of old, although we constantly find the very ideas which
have been considered revolutionary adopted on a sudden
by those who had denounced them as so destructive. The
noble lord also expressed his regret that after the victory
of free trade such men as Cobden, Bright, Villiers, and
others were not made to share in the responsible govern-
ment of the country. Commenting on the French treaty,
his lordship incidentally mentioned that Mr. Cobden first
met Louis Napoleon at his (Lord Houghton's) table when
the pri oe was an exile in this country.
The Duke of ARGYLL, in proposing the health of the
' late president, Mr. Gladstone, dwelt on the combination
of public services and personal character which contri-
bated so greatly to the potency of Mr. Cobden's influence.
His grace had some doubts as to whether Mr. Cobden's
I absence from of ciad life was a misfortune to the country,
for turn who were pioneers of opinion often served their
fellow-countrymen beet—Lord Shaftesbury was an instance
in point—by keeping themselves free from office.
The toast was drunk with enthusiasm.
The noble CHAIRMAN here called upon Mr. J. B. Smith,
M.P., one of the original founders of the Anti-Corn Law
Lowe.
Mr. J. B. Sit ITU, 11.P.,wh0 was enthnsiantieally received,
I said it gave hini great satisfaction to see so many new
members had joined the Cobden Club. He had been woo-
-1 Mated at an early period in the labours of Mr. Cobden in
I consection with the struggle to obtain free trade in oorn.
The anecdote told by the noble duke of Lord Fitz williarn
• reminded him of an incident which took place in NM,
when that noble earl came tothe office of the Anti-Corn Law
League in Palaceiaril,and remonstrated with the treasurer
for asking for a total and immediate repeal, it not being, be
thought, possible to carry even a '..1/s. duty, and that so fax
as a total repeal was concerned they might as well try
and overturn the monarchy. The old treasons, a man of
very solemn countenance, turned to him and said, "Then,
my lord, the monarchy must be upset." (Laughter.) He
' was also reminded of another anecdote connected with the
subject. A few days after that speech of Lord Melbourne's
to which the noble duke referred, Lord Brougham pre•
seated a petition to the House of Lords, and rather
startled their lordships by saying, " I rise, my lords, to
present a petition from 3,000 lunatics. They are men, my
lords, men who petition for the repeal of the corn laws,
and according to what the noble lord at the head of the
government stated the other day all such men must be
mad." The noble lord had done justice to the character
of Mr. Cobden. All who knew him acknowledged that he
was a man of a most loving nature—and it was that loving
nature,that singleness of mind and purpose, which enabled
him to accomplish more than any other man.
Mr. Yergs Timmins (who stood with Mr. Gladstone in
the contest for South Lancashire) concurred in the opinion
expressed by Mr. Smith. He recommended all the mem-
bers of the club, both in public and private life, to follow
the example set them by the great man in whose honour
the club had been founded.
Mr. Camas proposed " The Health of our Irish Allies,"
and stated that the cause of liberal reform had been most
materially helped forward by the aid of the Irish members.
A heavy cloud had for some time settled upon the sister
country, but he hoped that brighter day. were in store for
that country:, and in the redress of any existing grievances
Irishmen might rely upon the generous assistance of Eng-
lish liberals. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Lawsox, M.P. (late Attorney• General for Ireland),
replied to the toast, and said that his country hail been
united to England for 67 years. The match had been
thought to have been to a certain extent an unfortunate
one. A divorce could not, he was happy to say, be now ob-
tained, and he oonld offer no better wish than that the
conjugal tie should be rendered as close as possible, and
that there should be a complete restitution of conjugal
rights between the two countries. (A laugh.)
Professor Faweerr, M.P., in proposing the next toast,
paid a graceful compliment to the memory of Mr. Cobden,
whom he said be revered more than any loan he ever met.
When speaking politics, he (Professor Fawcett) could not
talk platitudes, and must say the thing, which were nearest
and dearest to him. He had been asked to propose " The
growth of liberal opinions in the Universities of Oxford
and Cambridge." He was confident that liberal opinions
would continue to grow in those ancient ends of learning.
Oxford and Cambridge were the purest intellectual demo-
cracies that had ever existed. There was no other road to
emolument than by intellectual distinction, neither blood,
birth, nor wealth were recognised as the high road to dis-
tinction ; even royalty could not touch its honours and
prizes, and sooner or later this must be the. principle on
which the liberal party must rest fur its existence. The
principle which must guide them when they had carried
reform, and upon which they most take their ground, was
that they could recognise no claim nor qualification from
the men who governed the country except intellectual
gifts and moral worth. (Hear, hear.) }or himself he
could not recognise the claims of any governing families
to govern others utiles they showed that they possessed
intellect and morality. He hoped to see the day when
every disability would be removed from the universities,
and in endeavouring to obtain the removal of those dis-
abilities they hail not had that support from the liberal
party which they had a right to expect. (Hear, hear.)
The toast having been drunk was acknowledged by Pro-
fessor HENRY SMITH, of Oxford.

REFORM MEETING IN TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.--OH
Saturday, at the hour appointed, Mr. George Potter, whose
name appeared on the placard convening the meeting, with
some other persons, made their appearance, and mounted
the stonework of the column. The assembly in front gra-
dually augmented, but at no time was there more than 2,000
persons assembled. On the motion of Mr. Brooks, Mr.
George Potter was voted to the chair. He said that wee
only a preliminary meeting, and hail been convened at
about three days' notice, and therefore they could not ex•
poet a very large gathering, but there was one thing most
satisfactory, and that was that those who were there were
the genuine sort of men. They were going to have a
series of these meetings at four o'clock every Saturday
afternoon for some weeks to come, and then these meet-
ings would no doubt culminate in a great national demon-
stration. (Cheers.) Mr. Connolly moved the only reso-
lution that was proposed :—" It is the opinion of this
meeting that the government measure of reform, as ex-
plained by Mr. Disraeli, is most unsatisfactory in ita cha-
racter, and a fraud on the right of the working clauses,
we hereby call upon the liberal members of tlae House
of Commons to resist any measure of reform which does
not recognise the just representation of the people ; and
we are further of opinion that any measure which does not
include an extensive lodger franchise will not be satiafac-
tory to the working classes." He denounced the fancy
franchise schemes of Mr. Disraeli, which, he said, gave the
franchise with one hand and drew it back with the other.
The working classes were not to be humbugged into the
belief that giving the vote to the " rateatcher and the
pedlar, to the parson and the schoolmaster," was extending
the franchise them, and therefore they would be
satisfied with nothing short, as a settlement of the ques-
tion, of manhood suffrage and the ballot. Mr. I.7pnliall
seconded the resolution. Mr. Lucraft and Mr. Richardson
having also addressed the assembly, the resolution was
put and carried unanimously amidst great applause, and a
vote of thanks having been given to Mr. Putter fur presid-
ing, the meeting dispersed.
REFORM MEETING AT BRADFORD.—An open air
meeting, which included about 1,000 persons, was held on
Saturday evening, under the auspices of the Bradford
branch of the National Reform League, on vacant ground
near Chapel-lane. Bradford. Mr. Robert ReU, occu-
Med the chair. He said that be had just returned from
LORD BROUGHAM AND THE .SUFFRAGE.QUF.STIoN.
Manchester, where the preceding evening there had been
The following letter has been addressed to Mr. Gladstone
held one of the largteit and most enthusiastic meetings be
by Lord Brougham :—" Cannes, Feb. 27. Dear Mr.
hail ever seen in hie life. The Free Trade Hall was
Gladstone,—The —The followi is ni tele m to-da in
Gimlet , y gray,
crowded to overtlowing, and the entire meeting was
to what I receive.! two .lays ago, and I beg your
animated with a most hopeful feeling, that the triumMa answer . . . .
attention to it : in telegram of nt giving the
of the reform cause was not far distant, and that the
time was rapidly aioprouching when the people of England account of what pared in the House of minnow. is most
unsatisfactory, especiall7 as regards the county peilifi
would receive a large measure of what they believed to be
their just rights. The following resolution was adopted : ":"'• this course lion. he true is to give household '
suffrage.. eai
proposed this at the cud of li'2'i, just before the change of
" That this meeting is of opinion that the entire conduct
government, and it was a .4! eiel to by the whole liberal
of the government on the question of reform is deserving • • ,
art resent at our private meetings— Lore:. “rey, 'Ans-
a the strongest reprobation, and would earnestly and Towne
Radnor, and dohn Russell ataung the rest. Ciller-
respectfully urge the liberal members of parliament and
the liberal party in the country to use every effort to bring tun itchy, it made no part of the Reform Rill, because all
were more anxious to destroy nomination and rotten
about the downfall of the present ministry, so that the
duty of effecting a settlement of the reform question maz boroughs than anything else and Schedule Ais supposed
to have earned the Lill : but though that was very im-
pass into the hands of those who are prepared to deal with
portant, the extension of voting to householders, and the
it in all honesty and sincerity." punishment of the corrupted and corruptors, was equally
A requisition is in course of signature to the iniportant and was then lost sight of. I behei e that if
Mayor of Birniingliam, requesting his worship to call a bribers as aell as bribed persons were sent to the tread-
town's meeting to take into consideration the aspect of the mill, nobody would venture to run such a risk.—l am,
reform question as it now stands before parliament. dear Mr. Gladstone, with best reganls, moat sincerely
ST. MARTIN'S WOREHOUSE.—Tim guardians of yours, Mort:nen. Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.l'.,
St. Martin's have sold the site of their present workhouse 11, Cs•Thon•houw•telTace•"
to the government for the extension of the National The first stone of Mr. Spurgeon's almshouses in
Gallery. and bought seven acres of land at Wimbledon, to be laid in April by Mr. Thomas Olney. The contract
for 1,8.i01. on which to erect their new union.—Sant/ has been accepted for 4,5001.
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Advertisement.l—HoLLow .0(.8 PILLS AND DINT- sistant-Paymasters C. P. Penny. to the Canopus ; M. R.
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far lute the Rummer. the keen easterly Mode sorely trot the Achilles. Mr. H. Black has been nominated to a naval
weak chested. the rheumatic, and the neuralgic. To subdue the cmletahip.
first Indication, of these maladies. Holloway's well-known race.
PALACE. HALF-A-CROWN DAT,
din should be applied at mice each day's neglect makes the
treatment more difficult. and the true more dangerous. These SATURDAY, MARCH 2.—Admissions on payment. 1,0e3 ;
Pills throw off all impurities, clear the lungs. regulate the circula- ditto by moon tickets, 4,764 : total visitors, 5,te27.
Lion, and overcome Inflammatory tendencies. and the Ointment, CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL Volt DISEASES OF THE
well rubbed in near the affected part, diet:Mall erroneous salon. ,
....wERT, ICTORI4PARK.—The number of patients relieved
draws all surplus Mond. a Moil Ls creating mischief. to the mt.-
face. and then ict • rid of it by Mennonite the capillary eirc dant° at this institution during last week was 1,C,;7;, of which
of the akin, and augmenting its exhale-wants- &7 were new eases.

Mr. K LEATHAN 'proposed " The Health of the Chair.
man," which was gracefully acknowledged by the noble
lord.

Mr. PAnLToN proposed "The Health of Mr. John
Bright," the colleague of Cobden, and whom be described
as part and portion of the best able of English character.
Lord F. CAVENDISH proposed the thanks of the club to
Mr. Potter for his exertions in connection with the present
meeting, and at the inaugural dinner of the club, of which
hews the founder.

Mr. Porrtn, M.P., n acknowledging the compliment,
disclaimed any praise for the part which he had taken in
the formation of the club, as he felt no sacrifice could
be too great on his part in an endeavour to perpetuate
the name of Richard Cobden. The proposal to form a
club of this kind on the model of the Fox flub was
made about twelve months ago, and at first there were
some persons who did not altogether approve of the
idea of giving an annual dinner, but his own belief was
that such dinners had a good effect, and that it was
well that a kindly and good feeling should be promoted
between these who worked in the ranks anti those
who led them. The club now numbered Is 4 members, of
whom 95 were MI tubers of the House of Commons, and
four members of the other house. (Hear, hear.) In ad-
dition to the system of giving dinners, the coinmittee had
arranged for the use of rooms convenient to the houses of
parliament, at No. 4, Westminaterdmildings, Victoria.
street, where members of the club might meet during
the day, and he should he sincerely gnititied if the
emaciation should make its influence felt in lath
branches of the legislature. Of this be was certain, that
the committee would do all in its power to advance the
success of the club, and promote the objects which they
had in view in its establishment. (Hear, hear.)
The proceedings were then brought to a close.