The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-11 00:00:00

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' s 1e sovereign of it that wit lilt
for t, •• in e need• of the mutiny was a SOM.
• t,. which, had it remained with
I ~..• t,.i d sensibly to the c nforLs
fsntil e- and of year children. (('heers.)
premium of taxes is always felt
, the iit the people. The rich tiro never
•, tit, tool they never suffer sensibly from taxa-
, trey pay • o much in the pound of income tea.
. • .11 upon e honey-duty, but there remain. alw iys
• Mom food. and elt.thing, and shelter; but the
on the root body of the people. those who eliv-
labour Slid their wage@ is much heavier, an I
poorest of hunt it is absolutely crushing aud de-
ilieni, heal.) With regard to his votes• on the
still. the bon. g.utternan said -You will probably
'.soil r -.I to know t 1 aye no doubt-but our (MAIIIWTA-
, 11 conAitutional candidate's -(aughter) - will be
Toed to know, when I believe, in that very
I. veer, I
sem into the lobby against the Factory Bill, who foand
1 am not positive as to all the men, anal I speak
r.r.ly from memory, and I have made no recent retor
t,. o shout the matter, but I believe I was in the same
with Lord lierby and Lord Chelmsford,
botb in the House of Commons, with General Peel.
• Sor J. Pakington-(laughter)--end many other
t *Jen- of the oouservative party-(laughter and cheers)
lethaps it was bad compeny-Osughter and cbaara)-
.:3 toast I think the suppotters- of those gentlemen,
•ow ought to admit that if they have nothing since then
whids they CAD lay to my charge, my tharnam` at
set will boor comparison with theirs.-(loud cheers)-
• hear in mind, too, that that great party which on that
stint Toted for that bill, in the same session of perils-
- .:•t voted to keep your loaf small. (Hear, hear.) They
nol much affect' in for the working man, when with
they diminished the size of his loaf. and with
j. th: - vote they lessened the number of hours during
„, a to. was permitted to earn it. (Cheers.)
u ss to short time. there is no man in Ragland who
• 'Aeon more iu favour of short-time work than I
My own hours of work are sometimes far too long.
I Islieve that is true of the great majority of the
; ;.• of this country; but I believe that if the govern-
•:t England had been in pest times just, economic,
rr..dent• and if it were to become so now, every man
•i IL'intl might have his daily labour lessened by not
two hours. without the slightest diminution of
(Loud and prolonged cheers.) But the
...• of our opponents. the tenor of their speeches,
• le course of what they say to the constituency, in
• - ••invms• seem- to me consistent with the pitiable and
oondition in which they are. (Laughter and
• re.) They ate seeking to enter parliament, not by
spoon ,:oar of the eeniaitution of England, bat by a
and it is nothing to be surprised at that in their
• to, they should de:eend to arguments which are con-
. .•. with the position to which they aspire. (Cheers.)
h. -e they soy they are liberal-conservative-I
cot re whither it is liberal-conservative or c
sty at..
wn !•
here as Th. y
faro
as th tbe geyarb
dare of the
u ll
, on
• ay to Weiminster. if they go so far. thorn
s . I • on entire tranefolmation, anti the liberal censer-
, • . Binniugham, so liberal that he does not know
.• ..,s conservatism is going to-(langhter and
when he gets to Westminster, and to the door
• • O. our of Commons. will be found sitting amongst
• • • .1 true blue tories, if there are any to be fund
cers and laughter.) Look at their desperate
• it. The other day the rating clause was their
.• 'at, was it not in tile old Reform Bill ? And was
rd John Russell in favour of it ? Most happy are
• when they can find Lord Russell in anything
• Now they sie all for household suffrage, pure
••: ;'.e, without any test whatever. One of them is
!•• law of primogeniture. lam against the law
:i.• conittire, but I will undertake to say, that when
_-1. so Westminster. he will take his seat amongst
..• a .0 hold that the law of primogeniture is the
• lot, -12 not only of the Ibuse of Lords as an
ut portion of the constitution. but really of the
~,,stitution itself. Then I suppose to make
ith same other men who are able to me
tint them. he is also in favour of what
:isle a periniesive ballot. Well, I don't know what
• renni...ice ballot is. We have heard of the Permits-
.... lin and although it may have a greet and good ob-
t is view-(cheers)-it is still a very difficult slues-
, n. and its difficulty is increased by its permissive
•••seater; but the permissive ballot I don't understand.
Let we want is the ballot-(loud cheers)-and we
et want any man to go to parliament for
speak with hesitating voice upon a great
Mimi like that. Compare them with us. We are
t bidding down everythmg. We are not coming down
soot after week, to one meeting after another, and offer-
:: sken4hing more. We are not like a gentleman be-
t.l a counter who asks his customers--Is there anything
a. that you would like? cLaughter and cheers.) We
•••• not yielding up one principle after another, for this
-.pie. this miserable object-that, without reference to
!_•,. public service se to our own consciences, you should
sad us up as members for Birmingham to the House of
romans, (Cheers.) No • and more than that ; we do
go about the town applauding a clause which has cut
ooe-third of all the power of every elector of the town
: Birmingham. Is it not amazing that there should
in Birmingham as many men as would fill
I -mall room who would listen with patience to two
candidates who tell them that they are delighted that
trs-third of the voting power of every man is cut off, and
tat they think it very fair i (Groans.) Mr. Lloyd says
util some other mode matte devised of representing mino-
r:tit* that is. of letting a man go into
,parliament in the
to of a constituency which •too not willing to send him
',tree, unless some other mode can be devised, he thinks
Lis'toode is very fair. and he shall support it. Well, I
tc thankful to say that I have not come as low as that
t. (Laughter.)) I stand before the constituency with
vW be Weyer mayknown of me during, a political
extending nearly to 30 years. If my opinions are not
- and in your view, if my public life has not beam
: my own convictions and to your interests,
you think you can be better represented, it is
or duty to maks • change. (Cries of " No, never r)
%%lawyer you decide of course will be absolute law to
te, and f r<tn your verdict there will be no appeal. You
ti...mr what the circumstances were under which I first
':.me here. (Chem.) You know as much as any people
scow what I have done, or endeavoured to do, in the
stars since I came here. (Cheers.) Next week-this day
week--your verdict will be passed upon sue-upon Mr.
Dixon- (cheer)-apen all those gentlemen who are for
the first time candidates for your suffrages. (Cheers.) Let
tie beg of you to consider the gravity of the occasion-
!Le greatness of the principles for which we contend-
• • hoes) -the grandeur of the triumphs that we have
:.ready ..htained-(genaral cheering)-and the glories of
• future to which tour country may look forward.
',oat cheering.) And letthe MIA who speaks for Bir-
. itigham in the House of Commons be one who shall
ink for those great principles which are essential in
*very country to the happiness of every people.
The Inn. gentleman resumed his seat amidst general
.I.‘crii.g, having spoken an hour and tea minutes.
Mr. Mem and Yr. Hurts also addressed the meeting,
• s proceedings terminated with the usual vote of
rid n• e.

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Perhaps nothing testifies so strongly to the fact
• -t '• 04 things have passed away" as a glance at the
-t ef the cabinet ministers who met the first reformed
Irdarnent on the 29th of January. 1833. There were the
.'-kr of Richmond, the Martinis of Lansdowne; Earls
v•y. 1 turbam, and Carlisle ; Viscounts bJtberp, Ooderich,
Palmerston; Lords Brougham, Auckland, Holland,
• .1 uussell; the present Earl of Derby, Sir James Graham,
:se RI . Charles (;rant. Of this list of statesmen only two
• survive, Lords Russell and Derby ; and it may be
• led tt at there noble earls and Lord Palmerston were,
Ah ti exception of Lord Melbourne, the only members
• • the %lag cabinet who obtained the premiership after
rr) y 'rrtirenustit from power. It may further be
marti t that Lords Palmerston, Derby. and Russell,
.peet iv ply Foreign Secretary, Chief Secretary for Ire-
Papinatter of the Forces at the meeting of the
' • -t r cf..rmed parliament, bare all held the Ole« of prime
r ...Airing the three years life of the recent p•selix-
-, at.
La-t night's gazette contains the official an-
Loam( aent of Colonel Taylor's appointment as Chan-
nate of the Duchy of Lancaster: and of the granting of
turonetn;reii to Mr. Charles Mills. late a member of the
Indian toenail, and to Mr. R. B. Harvey, 11. P. for Bucks
th. elipiring parliament.
At the court at Windsor, the 7th day of Novem-
i,r, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
•• ern day, Colonel 'Thomas Edward Taylor,
11P.. we% by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Ma-
e Ay- Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place
at ti. 1. aril accordingly.—Garells.
El I. TION RIOT AT Tlll.7RO.—Mr. Paesmore
the working men's candidate, addressed three
people in the Green Market last night. The mob
..s violent, and made an attack upon Mr. Quin, the
• of the Cornwall Gaulle, who was great difficulty
• .orti it to the Red Lisa Hotel. amid threats, hooting,
4" y • Mr. Edwards assisted in protecting Mr.
4.9111. Mr. (Meer will address the working men to-morrow
eight an tvd,alt of Mr. Edwards.

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RAILLERY oIA MR. Eunu RI:BRITT AND ALDER-
was ltaroos.—Two remarkable cases of robbery from
the pvson occurred at Birmingham on Monday Right-
lir. thhu Burritt, the American consul. attended
the c,whplin,entary dinner inven to the retiring mayor
at the Great We-tern Hotel. A short time attar
he had left, and on his way Lome, he discovered
that his pocket-book. containing 30/. in notes, together
with ,or,.c paper, had been stolen from him, and almost
at UIP Wan/ nt the di.eocery was made Mr. Alder-
man li,t;Af.s, before.pottingthe hotel premises. found that
r.o Id watch as. . it had benu wrenched from
the / a small portion of whirl the chief of police
•I ,p off the floor. There is little doubt as to how
I..th el.hytirs were effected. The thiof got among the
they were ispiwding together in search of hats
tr prior to their departure from the hotel. Ilp to
' Atertiords there was no clue.