The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-07 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

DERBY.—Mr. Base, the liberal member, has
issued an address offering himself for re-election. He
says :—" The foremost question in my mind, and one
which moat concerns our national welfare, is the educa-
tion of the people—the improved education of every class
of the community. Short of compulsory attendance, for
which, 1 believe, the people are not yet prepared, I would
make every possible effort to educate, and thereby elevate,
the entire population. There is another topic which for the
momentisof abeorbing interest From the tint daylengaged
in political studies I regarded the Leith church establishment
as au anomaly in itself, and an obstruction and reproach to
the church of England. In the interest of that church,
for the fake of religious freedom and the peace of the
empire, it is, I believe, our imperative duty to remove the
only remaining pretext for Irish disaffection. I trust that
may be accomplished in such a manner as to strengthen
theinterests of proteetantisin both in England and Ire-
land. Surely they are the bel protestanta who are most
opposed to religious tyranny.'
DEVONPORT.—The H &item Morning News says :
—"Mr. Fleming has retired from his Devonport candi-
dature, assigning the pressure of commercial engagements
as his reason. Mr. Ferrand has issued his formal ad-
dress, which, hire that delivered orally to the electors on
Wednesday evening, betrays his singular hallucination as
to the extent to which the affections and interests of the
electors, and particularly of the dockyardsnien, are cen-
tered in himself. The party ories are raised with signal
perversions of historical- and political facts, and the issue
to be hied at the general election is unscrupulously mis-
Metod. But if this were not the case, no one would
rar that Air. Fernand was the author of the docu-
ment." _ _

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FAST Sousatarr. The Duke of Somerset's
tenants in Somersetabire have received the folio • cir-
cular:—" Maiden Bradley, Bath, July 21st, 1868. Dear
Sir,—There being rumours of a contest for that division
of Somerset wherein you rent land under his grace the
Duke of Somerset, I am commanded by his grace to say
that his only wish I. that his tenantry 'should please
themselves, and exercise their own judgment as they may
think beat' with regard to their votes.—l am, dear sir,
yours faithfully, limrav BLAITEWATT nem% Steward."
SOUTHWARK.—Mesars. Layerd and Locke, the
sitting members, have issued their addresses. Mr. Llyard
eays :—" If you again honour me with that confidence I
shall clomp utmost to deserve it by giving my support to
liberal measures calculated to promote the prosperity of
the country and the welfare of the working classes, and by
directing my earnest attention to your local intereata."
Mr. Locke believes it will be the duty of the reformed
parliament to remove the restrictions which now surround
the exercise of the franchise, and continues:—" The
question of the Irish church must be dealt with by the
new parliament immediately upon its assembling, and
cannot be abandoned until religions equality is established
throughout Ireland. To this course the liberal party are
pledged by their unanimous adoption of Mr. Gladstone's
regolutions."

TOWER HAYLrre.—Last evening Mr. W. New-
ton, one of the candidates for the representation of this
borough, addressed a crowded meeting of electors of the
pariah of Limehouse and Poplar, at the Town-ball,
Church-row, Limehouse. Mr. Harper occupied the chair.
Mr. Newton expressed himself in favour of the dia-
establishment of the Irish church. He believed the
church must be disestablished, it being the church of only
a small minority—one sixth of the population of
Ireland. As regarded the ballot he must confess
that he did not care much about it. He felt,
in the phrase used by Lord John Russell many
years ago, that there was something un-English about it.
)1e did not care to do in secret an act he would be
ashamed of in public : but at the same time he was aware
that there are constituencies so coerced, that the ballot
would be a moat desirable protection, and he would
support what he believed wax a proposition made by Mr.
Cobden, that where a constituency desired it, the protec-
tion of the ballot should be given to it; but he would not
force secret voting on all the constituencies of the king-
dom. A resolution approving of Mr. Newton as a candi-
date was passed unanimously.
WEST SURREY. Mr. Briscoe, who voted
against Mr. Gladstone's resolutions, and was consequently
not again accepted as a candidate by the liberal party,
has notwithstanding issued an address offering himself for
re-election. He says that although he would willingly
vote for reform in the Irish church, he cannot support
its disestablishment.

ItOBBERY OP £9OO WOHTII OP JEWELS AT
Bitionror.---Yeaterday the Hove (Brighton) magistrates
heard a charge against two men of stealing jewellery,
valued at POOL, from Lord Vivian's house, Brunswick-
terrace, Brighton. The men charged, who gave their
names as John Lewis and John Cahn, had the appearance
of the lower order of turf frequenters. On the
day, about half-past one, the Hon. Walter Warwick
Vivian saw the pnsouers come out of Lady Vivian's bed-
room. He turned back in order to tell has brother, and
the prisoners escaped. The brothers gave chase, and in
the Western-road came upon the prnioners. They fol-
lowed till they got to Montpelier-road, where they met •
policeman, who joined the pursuit. Immediately after-
wards the prisoners separated, Lewis turning to the left
towards the sea, and Cates keeping to the right in the
direction of tke railway station. Cates kept on till he
turned into Montpelier-villas, where he was suddenly lost
sight oL The policeman had, however, seen the gate of a
fore-court slam, as if some one bad hurriedly entered
the front garden; and searching the
_garden he found
Cates concealed in the greenhouse. The whole of the
property stolen was found upon him. Meanwhile the
other prisoner had also berm caught. The bulk of the
rerleirnifitylhad been taken from Lady ViViArl'ff bedroom and
• -room, and the cases and casketh had been force&
open. o bedroom of Miss Vivian had also been entered,
and some jewellery and money in notes and gold
stolen. The numbers of the notes had not been kept, but
the amounts and banks corresponded with those of the
notes found on the secondpriso r. Both prisoners were
committed for trial. The chose f Cates extended to about
three-quarters of a mile.
PARTNEBBHIPB OP INDlMTAV.—Yesterday even-
ing one of the conferences, promoted by the Working
Men's Club and Institute Union, on social and political
questions, took place at 150, Strand, the subject for dis-
cussion being 'Partnerships of Industry. Is there evi-
dence that a system of division of profits between masters
and workmen in • trading concern may be maintained so
as to conduce to the welfare alike of workmen and capi-
talists F" The discussion Was introduced by Mr. Edward
Hall, P.S.A., who submitted that a complete affirmative
answer was given to the question by the resulte
of the partnership which M. Leciaire, house
painter of Tarim, bad entered into with his workmen.
This industrial partnership had existed since 1842, and
among ite advantages bad been complete freedom from
strikes, closer attention to work, and improved health
and morality throughout the establishment. Others in
iNance were following M. Leclaire's example, which
differed from the industrial partnerships established ire
this country, in so far as it allowed the Meat inspection
to •S c
ue parbvers,, In the subsequent spasehes a
number
of 4Mcul of detail were pointed out, but a general
acquiescence was expressed in the principle of giving
workmen an interest in the results of their labour.