The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-08 00:00:00

FOREIGN MAILS.

Xr. W. E. Forster, X P., and Mr. Goldwin
deer allvered addresses last evening, at fli. James'e-hall,
en sioathas, this former as a lecturer, the latter ea chair-
-1 mace iff the meeting. The hear. wee the third of • series
ermilled by the Reform Lieges "lee the political Mum-
Aim of the people.' TM ehtirmea, the lecturer, Mr.
1 ninefold, 3/.1%, and Mr. Gilpin, M.P., wen retired with
prolonged cheering upon amending the platform, and the
proeaedinp throughout were extremely enthetiestie.
1 Mr. GOLDWIN Siam, in the mane of his reply to a
vole d thank", said—l feel your kindness deeply in-
deed, and hope it may be taken as emething better
than mere pmemil compliment to sa individual ;
AM it may be Salm as s pledge that any min who
I will try to uphold what is right end keep the path
ef honour, though he may not be supported by strong
meneetires, and though he my be deseeneed in the
ended by powerful organs, may rtill hope be fond by the
support of the people. (Cheers.) I was any steno accept
I your esentary's invitation to campy the Aar this even-
t ing, bon for the sake at the subjoin and fee the sake of
' soothe
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ii•
how tense
tehsvuenesozza.sellocairhaiveszy•
4.14 y bat adbratioresey
bosolitoi to olipolvas end our country. Snootiest must
tenth is hose to ma nem es that vs sic ell panes, nel
that meshy wbieit me, Tel lu%
that meshy
111 . Z emeganisation
of cm departineet door innitutione. Hume
I been cooperating with those who have tried to make our
universities really minimal-10 bring them finally out of
1 the middle ages in which they Heger, and in-
, dna them to *whewa the culture et the modem
'time. (Lead cheers.) To those ancient objects
1 of revenues end affection I confer I look for the centre of
! natimal eduction lather than the resat of political go-
! Teraina*. Amongst the improvements we have made
010111 has bees the opening of • large number of scholar-
' ships to empetition and the segmentation of their
' ineziesm Them edielershipe I hope will be in time the
highest round el the ladder by which the poor youth of
' mat an eibab time the primary schools to the liberal
L preemie= lad Me bigheet plies in the atate. (Cheers.)
But the whole el year educettioal institutions are now
oneoundergoing reeigantiaion. The Improvement of
parl met neessearily d,c upon the improvement of
the reef had then open sehoWahips of which I speak nand
at present the Mahan round of the ladder, while the mid-
dle rounds are still wanting. Those middle rounds must be
teemed by the improvemeat of our grammar schools which
a=x,..„ for the purpose, of the middle elesees. I can
ray that Kr-. It-meter is one of those public men
to whom I have always looked up with real respect and
esteem, and whom I have always expected to see play •
. leading part in the great work in which we ere now '
en-
gaged, and which I believe to be nothing lees than the
ressonstruction of Eagtish inetitations. (Mean.) I con-
' fess I was glad also to have this opLortoniiir of Peeing my
humble tribute of gratitude to Mr. Beaks, your president,
and to the Reform League. They have done a good work,
and have done it well, ad their work, a I believe, will stand
good when these controversies are wound up in the poli-
tical history of their country. No good citizen loves
agitation i revery good titian would rather attain political
ends by more quiet means. But *emoting@ agitation is
necessary to bring certain people to their nose (Laughter
and cheers) Aetation in this case was distinctly
Hallenged. The 'leaders of the reform movement in the
ouse of Commons were constantly met with the allega-
tion that they were pleading for clients who were apathetic
on the subject of their rights. That challenge over and
over again was thrown out. The Reform League took it up,
and they have answered it well. They have answered it
effectively, and with due regard for order and legality.
I Just at the outset one incident which we all deplore
ammed. A gathering of working men unfur-
-1 innately cannot be held in draw moms, and
loughs will sometimes congregate In the train of
reform processions as well as volunteer bands. (Laughter.)
But upon the whole this great agitation has beta con-
!ducted with remarkable regard far order, with • re-
markable absence of anything that could give real
offence to the most amities *anima, aad in • way
that forms • valuable pledge for the future use of power
by the people. (Load cheers.) No man, I think, can
doubt that the agitation was necessary, d that it had a
real effect. It was after those meetings, if I mistake not,
that Lord Derby wrote to Mr. Disraeli to beg him to
give his earnest attention to the subject of reform.
(Laughter.) lir. Disraeli indeed says that this agitation
bad nothing at all to do with it. He assure' us that he
was in love with household suffrage from the outset,
that b• was in love with it all along, only that, like the
lady in Shakespeare—
Ile uoer told his tore.—,laughteri—
Bat let concealment like • tt orm ' tie bad
Food co his damask cheek.

(Boars of laughter.) If any artisan here or any one elm
in humble employment indulged in as many fictions to his
employer as prominent members of the government have
indulged in during the last twelve months, I am of opinion
he would at once lose his place. (Laughter and cheers.) ,
Is it possible to believe, after what we have seen, that
honour and veracity reside in one class alone, and that
that class is entitled by its immense superiority in those
qualities to assume the whole government of the nation?
(Cheers.) The Reform League his done a good work
already, but there is more yet to be done. 'You must
go on and secure the final and complete triumph of
national government over a government by elem. This
boon of hourthold suffrage is given party in the belief
that while bestowed with one hand it an be withdrawn
with the other. There is yet a good deal to do in the way
of the redistribution of seats. Besides that it clear,
shameful as it is, that the hopes of the tag party are
reposed in what they call the residuum, that is on the
penury and ignorance which, gorily at leut owing to
meat, lobe found amongst the poorer house-
holders.i' are
With that element they hope to exercise what
their organs call " a legitimate influence' (loud
laughterl—tbal is to soy the influence of intimidation
and corruption. Intimislatica must be met by the ballot
corruption is to be met mainly by education. (Cheers.)
In conclusion the 'speaker said he regarded education
rather as a voluntary, and was afraid of stifling the feelings
that should be enlisted on the side of popular education.
by government interference. His own belief was that the
greet obstacle to • united education was sectarianism,
whoa' sheet anchor wee the stet* church. (Cheers.) This
it was that arrayed all the other sects in • hostile attitude
spins* itself and against each other. He was convinced
we were now undertaking the revision of all one institu-
tions, and in the course of it we should find the neceesity
for giving greater development and strength to our local
inatientisto, and it would be by giving up all interference
with religion that the solution of this educational question
would ultimately be attained. (Cheers.) Mr. Forster
(he continued) in some murk' be made said there was a
rumour that I was going to moose to be an Englishman.
That rumour is quite unfounded. Wherever I may be, in
whatever country my eirmonstanoes and my literary avo-
cations may cause me to fix my residues. I shall still be •
good Englishman, a loyal sab4ect of the English sovereign,
land grateful to my English friends. (Loud eheers.)
This oonellisied the proceedings.

THE REPIMENTATION OP KIEECCDBUTONTSIIHIE,
—W• an 064 to Arnim that the liberals of the *sweetly
of Kirkcudbright are worthily, and unitedly bestirring
themselves in the matter of their parliamentary repress&
tation. At a very influential gather* of the party ea
Monday at Castle-Dosglaa, under the penidency of Mr.
M'Cullocb, of Animal, Hr. Maxwell, of Musehes— a gen-
tleman whom we some days ag.o named u the meat
likely
samemor to the late Mx. Mara= in the representation of
the stewaruy—wss nominated for the vacant seat
with an unanimity that augurs well far the
mew of his essiditature. Mr. Mark Steers:4, of See*.
wu present at the meeting, and, os learning that
Mr. Maxwell had at length in compliance with repeated
eolleitatiens, aonseoted to :bend, at ones rusted the field.
There is, therefore so danger of division in the libual
camp, sad if oar friends only display that harmony anti
resolution in action which we have a, right to look for from
them, then seed be little fur for the verification of
our pudictics ♦
that the next parliamentary representative
of de Stawartry of Kirkcudbright will be Wellwood H.
Maxwell, Beq., of Manebes.—North British Mail.
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sleet store and rapid thaw of Sunday and Monday, at ten
o'clock on Monday night the frost set in again with great
severity, the tbsuesessier at the Remit/boars in
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