The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-15 00:00:00

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YR. Jon); hTUART MILL AND THE
CHEusEA WORKINO MEN'S ASSOCIATION.

Mr. R. C. Madge, boaorary secretary of the
Chelsea Working Id We Parliamentary Electoral Also-
eistiost. hes written a letter to Mr. J. 8. Will, by order of
the ouncil of that body, expressing their regret that ha
in rot a 'member of the new House of Commons. The
enun.il my-- We are well aware there are not sufficient
men ibthc hone of decp and profound thought and
Irerwrg. who at the same time combine therewith honesty
• stinegation of self-interest, that the country can
egad to lose one of the few who have by word and
actiou .erial the interests of the 111411101% by entering into
the preat ftritgr:le of progress against stagnation and
eirssy
has si nt the following reply to the cornmeal-
sotto,

Avignon, Dec. 7, 184',8.

Pear Sir. The earusst and friendly letter which I
lave just received from the committee of the Chelsea
Working .lea's Parliamentary Electoral Association
gives me very great pleasure. That the elite of the
working classes should think so kindly of me. and should
snub pi, much importance to my political services. I feel
to tea tubjeet of lust pride, sines it has been given to me
sot in spite of. but as I believediartly in consequence of,
sa my having made no 'crifice my honest convictions to
obtain it. It to because I have never concealed from the
working ewes, any more than from any other clam, any
difle ewes of opinion with them, and my determination
net to be the organ in parliament et any opinions not my
own, that they have had confidence in me when I
refused to agree with them, and have never
failed to give me a patient. a respectful, and
even a symputhieing hearing on the points on which
we differed. If the electors of the workiug classes con-
tinue to guide themselves in the choice and treatment et
their representatives by the political principles and feel-
ing, which have governed their conduct towards me. the
progress of democracy will soon cease to give uneasiness
to any reasonab'e minds.
There is much which is gratifying and something which
is disappointing in the results of the general election. It
has decided thoroughly and irrevocably the question of
rel*ous equality in Ireland in the only way
.which
(mild be tolerated in the present age—the impar-
tial disendownients of all sects, and has to that extent
lightened the burthen of the reparation due to the people
of that ill-treated country for centuries of misrule. It
has also raised to the plate of highest power the one English
'sinister of past or ppresent times who time best deserved and
has of tallied in hlirgest measure the confidence of the
labouring classes; on the other hand, those classes, though
to their votes the Blend party principally owes its victory,
are far from having had their just influence in the selec-
tion of the members who represent the party in the new
Mouse of Commons. No working man has been a success-
ful candidate; even so distinguished a member of the
working chivies as Mr. Odger, the ignorant attacks on
whom have only served to bring forth from an si les
additional tributes to his worth, has found, even in your
metropolitan borough, that the zeal of his supporters
amid Lot compete with the greater wealth and superior
organisation of other candidates ; and when this was
mentained he honourably consented to withdraw. Those
new candidates who thought that working men possessed
the special confidence of the working classes, or who com•
lined high education and culture with advanced opinions,
have in general been equally unsuccessful.
It was not to be expected that there could be much or-
modesties and eouce rt among voteis, who when the
ele ctieu took place had only just been pat on the electoral
ra But it these things happen a seyind time the new
eh a tors will have chicly themselves to blame. l'ublic
oliuicn will in time demand the only complete remedy—
the adoption of pi rsonal representation, by which the
electors would be enabled to group themselves as they
pleased. and any electozs WllO i hose to combine could be
feline.. no el. in exact proportion to their numbers. be
fen of the it own peas nal choice. But as this
great :row ovetnent in representative postman-at is
not yet ripe for adoption, what should t o dine
sow is that the wo: king classes should aseert
their light to an eyial vol e with the liberals of the higher
red widuk clams in the cheer of liberal c &wilds:es.
Al Len a place returns two nombers, one of them should
be a candidate specially acceptable to the working
classes; when there is bat one, Le should be selected iu
(once rt by Loth seetions of iberale. Thus mach
oohing classes are fairly entitled to. and thus mech. if
they na.,r, they will obtain. for liberal candidates can
in most places no more Le elected without their co-copes
ration tiara elected by them alone without the co-me-
ration of cthers. There is one thing more which demands
the imosedinte and most ',tenuous efforts of the working
classes, and of at who wish the yes lest of changes in our
representative institutions to be more than pond-
bah The real cause of the failure of working
class candidates and of so many other advanced liberals
in the late ci nteets is the inordinate expense of elertious.
In a great majority of these cases, if money had had no
influence, or it the expenditure of it had been equal ou
both sides, the popular candidate would in all probabdity
have succeeded. If the working classes even wish to be
more genuinely represented than they are. they should
make a united and energetic appeal to parliament to clear
away this obstacle to their representation. They should
de eland that the nece nary expenses of elections be made
a public charge. and that t le useless and noxious expenses
to made illegal and punishable. Some of their be 4
tricot:o vainly exerted themselves to extort measures for
this purpose from the last parliament: but terries and
luke-warm Lbeials were too strong for them.
Mr. Gladstone. however, made known both by speech
sad vote his approbation of the attempt, and we may feel
(cadent that if properly supported by the people, be will
be no reluctant hailer in the accomplishment of this, one
of the most urgent as well as essential of remaining par-
hammitary reforms.
But when there is so great a mass of interested or timid
resistance to be encountexecl a reform i, nut properly sup-
ported unless it thoroughly urged.
Owe more thanking your committee for their gratifying
expressions of feeling towards me—l am, dear sir, very
deccrely yours, J. S.
It. C. if udge, Esq.

ATTEMPTED MERDER.—A determined attempt
to murder a sweetheart was committed at Sheffield on
Saturday night. A young woman, named Mary Ann Ber-
iberi', about le years of age, was engaged to a file
m maene tenter, named }fen-hall, who until recently was
employed at tl.e works of Moms. Caramel] and Co. At AO
request she met him on Saturday night in Fox-street,
which is on the outskirts of the town, and is not lighted
with gas. Amore lonely spot it would be impossible to con-
sr ire, and it is just such • one as would be likely to be
closes for the commission of env foul deed. Henshalre
!muse is at one end of the street, and it seems
that after leaving his bowie be went with the young
woman some distance along the street in the direction
of the other end. While talking together he placed
owe of his arms round her neck, the girl thinking he
was about to give her a kbs, but, instead of that. with
the other hazel he drew a razor across her throat. The fellow
then ran away and soon disappeared in the darkness. The
poor girl was horror-strieken, and, finding a quantity
of blood streaming dose her breast, she ran back to
Henahall'a house, and told his sitter that her sweetheart
had cut her throat. Blood was then streamingr pro-
likely from the wound, which the poor was
endeavouring to prevent by holding her mu to her
Beek. She was then, taken to • surgeon, Mr. Smith,
Chapel-street, who discovered that the wound wan
nearly six inches in length, and that the windpipe had
been partially severed. Fortunately none of the large
arteries were cut. The wound was sewn up, andZ
young woman was then removed to her father's house,
but there it commenced Lkading alma, and she had to
be taken to the infirmary. Besides the wound being a
very rerious rate, the young woman lost • large quantity
of blood, and for a time her life was considered to be m
dapper. She is now said to be progressing favourably.
No cease can be assigned for the attempt to murder the
young women. Henske'', who up to the present time has
sontrived to keep out of the hands of the poliee, is said to
he a man of violent temper, and to have twice attempted
to destroy himself.

SHOCKING OLY.CItitEXCE ON TOOL WELSH COAST.
—A shocking accident is reported from Aberdovey, a small
watering-pleee on the west coast of Wales. It appear.. that
tween 3-aad 4 o'clock on Thursday afternoon two young
gentlemen—a Mr. Knowles, the son of a solicitor at Staf-
ford, and Mr. Jackson, the eon of a shiphroker earryingon
lbs.s:ro •sin London—went out in a stuall boat for the pur-
pose of en p.ing the ferry to Ynplae to shoot sealarks. The
tide war going out at the time, and a hurricane of wind and
rain nve.hortly afterthey wont out. When about half way
ecrose the river they were met by one of the river pilots,
who advised them to turn heck, but they refused, and that
was the last that was rein of them. On Friday afternoon
the heat wee week d ashore at Cricaeth, which is about
forty mike from Aberdovey, and the general surmise is
that the unfortunate gentlemen were carried out to sea
and perished in the gale which visited the coast on Thurs-
day and Friday. Men have been engaged dragging the
river in search of the bodies, but up to Saturday night no
tracer had been found.

111'111,1.E ACX.• —Yesterdny a hurdle race for
IGO/. 111 side, which excited much intenet among the officers
of the Goan's, took place iu the Windsor Home-park
Leine' n the lion. Captain Needham, of the Grenadier
Guards. and Captain C. Needham, of the hit Life Guards.
The dishiness staled out was WO yarda over 20 Eliot. of
Lunn. N. The rem was run with the wind, iu the direction
of the river Thames. The Hon. Captain Needham landed
over the hrtt handle while hiss opponent was in Use act of
towloully drew away, and won easily by two
hurdle,. Coheed 1 Isillilw, Grenadier Guard*, acted as
referee ; Colour-hergeent Crofts, 2nd Battalion Coldstream
Guards, was starter. Time, 40 seconds.
" I wise eaffeling greatly a fow weeks ago from
severe pains about the kidneys and examen's weakness
in the beck amoispenie.l with nauseous sickness, confined
so my bed, when a friend who had long known and ex-
perierreed great pool from your rain Kilter, broiled me
a bottle, whir* I used with the beet oceans, and am now
her Isom sill join* sand mirk:tees, A. Muntserre, Wood-
side, Alwnla.s 11, act. 21. inr.7.- -To Perry Davis & Sou,
17, ki•utioniptori-row. 1101borsh W.C."- -lAdvt.l
The irregulhrity in the quality of ten as usually
sold 0 e 0v0.....4 noorul ermplaint; thin ho nvoieloal by purohsaltvg
Ike nut..”.. T.., al& h Sa pow«, uniformly OIUIRIK, nal cry norm-
east to "i'"'• M." In 1.4450 in 2.101 avant* -nonfootionova
louden. ban ehormieft, sew, M wenn town. • (Advernerimano• I

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en Banday morning the three survivors of
No. 3 Lifi boat (the second mate's) —Mr. W. Davies,
second mate; Mr. Peter Blair, quartermaster; and Mr.
John Reilly, ablebodied seaman—arrived in Glasgow from
Londonderry per the steamer Garland. Their general
arpriusnee was of the most satisfactory character, and
evidently showed that every care had been taken of
them once their landing on the shores of Donegal, and
every means applied to bring them round from their
exhausted state. They walked lame and with, the aid
of a stick. Their hands and feet are still somewhat
swollen and present the appearance of slight sorest They,
however, speak of being in first-rate condition, and having
good appetites, and are of opinion that in • few dap they
will be in a great degree convalescent.
Mr. Peter Blair, the quartermaster, has furnished a
statement of the sufferings of the crew, in which he says:
--•• We were the third boat launched from the Hibernia.
We were very well provisioned at the time we left. There
were in all in our boat at, among whom were the second
mate, Mr. Davies, John Reilly, and myself. There were
Me, as far as I can recollect, Hugh M•Lean. Daniel
li'Laren, fireman; Hugh M`Lenvie, A. 8.; William Meek,
A.B. • James Malcolm, A.B. • Hugh oberbon, first
pintri stemud ; Jame Watsoii, second pantry steward;
John M•Rinlay third cook; John Ross, coolie mate;
William M'Ketiie, third engineer; Robert M'Arthur,
fireman; Walter M•Farlans, trimmer; Eliza Johnstone,
Belfast; Catherine Myers, Londonderry John Magee,
('atherine Magee, Samuel Brewster, Fran-M. Rodgers
(suprosed to be a schoolmaster), and six or seven women,
with three children, one au infant. After we pushed
away ham the Hibernia we fell behind in co sequence
of our being able to pull only two oars--the boat
being so full of people there was no room to pull
more. The boat was a lifeboat, and was about 22
feet long, with a beam of about seven feet. She leaked
badly, and we had to keep at least two persons baling her
to keep her afloat. After being some tune oo the water
we raw the mate's boat making sail, and we were going to
make sail too, but were immediately afterwards attracted
by cries of help from the mates boat. He was standing
up in the boat with his hands up, imploring us to oome to
his assistance. We rounded as best we could. to see if we
could render any help to him and his boat, but found we
could not, as it was as much as we could do to keep our
own beat afloat. While we were rounding we saw his
boat capsize, and all were thrown into the sea. lam of
opinion that at that time the third mate's boat, which is
reverted as still amiseing, went to the assistanee of the
mate's boat, and that some of those unfortunate persons
who were struggling in the sea got hold of it, and were
lifted in ; and, therefere, my firm belief is that that boat
also was swamped by the heavy load she had on board. I
cannot, however, speak positively of this, as we were not in
a positron to szcertain exactly. We soon parted company
with the other boat*, and pat oat an improvised floating
anchor, consisting of two oars and a tarpaulin lashed to-
gether, and lay-to all that night. The next morning we
made a sail. and proceeded to steer E.S.E., that being the
direction of the Irish coast. We nailed canvas around
the bulwarks of our boat 111 order to keep out the sea, and
we laid a tarpaulin over the bow to protect the women
and chi!di en as much as possible. For this they somd
very grateful, but did not want any food during the
whole of that day, their anxiety being too great. On
Thursday. through the day, a passenger who had become
somewhat deranged jumped noisboard. He had one boot
on and the oilier off, and he told ns he was going into his
to look after the missing toot. That night we hail a
strews breeze. and I am owe we went at the rate of nine
knots an hour in the direction of the land. This inspired
us with her . cud everyone became more buoyant ;
_bat
Me next morning was a calm. and all that day we bad to
work our two oats. and otey went at the rate of about two
knots an hour. 'this again depressed several of our male
a sengers. That memos (Friday) Francis Rodgers.
mil posed to be a schoolmaster. who had frequently pre-
viously exhibited signs of raving macloem. jumped clean
cut of the brat and was drowned. His disposition ha l
la in for rem hours of a mot iinarrelsome
nature, and be begged of us to mend the hole.
in his trousers. saying that he could not go borne with
them in that state. No tongue can tell what our pnetion
was as day by day rolled on. We shifted for ourselves as
we were able. and all did their best to assist each other.
I was occasionally called upon hi spin a good yarn ti the
ratty. and I did my utmost. One old Irishwoman was in-
defatigable in her efforts to . keep rip the spirits of all on
board. She would ire t the women into a line of conversa-
tion. and by her drolleries w0..11 cause them to hooch
heartily. We told her that she ought to wear the • breeks
if ever she got ashore• suet she replied that she was deter-
mined to do so. We bad on board two bottles of gin, and
one of wine• and we gave the women and children the gin
to drink, and the bottle of wine was stolen by some one
after we left the Hibernia. After the water be came so
scarce some of the men took to drinking the cil t water,
and notwithstanding all our endeavours to di-aunt e them
from such a practice. they continued to do so. Th is soon
told on them, and they became raving mad. On
Wednesday a passenger named Samuel lire wster,
an old roan, died from exhaustion, after having
become raving mad. In fact, by this time, de-
liriousness we." apparent in a great many of the pas-
sengers and crew. and it was as much as we could pos-
sibly do to exercise control over them, in some ca-es
force having to be resorted to. Walter kfasfarlane. a
fireman, waa one of those who was continually drinking
the salt water, and he became so very obstreperous that we
had to secure him to a portion of the boat, in which pone
tion be died. On Friday morning we calculated that we had
sailed upwards of 450 miles. It came on to blow again that
day. In the earlier part of the. day the poor little infant suc-
cumbed to the deprivations it had suffered, and our hearts
were heavy indeed. As night came upon us that day
a woman died. We did not, however, become cognisant
of the fact till some time afterwards. A little before 11
o'clock that night a high wind arose, and we had our sail
up at the time. The sea was very heavy, and all our
passenger that remained were completely exhausted.
Several of them lay down to sleeps little, and I was dozing
at the time. Several of the others afterwards appeared to
he sleeping on their hands, when a wave struck us, and
caused a number of persons to fall to the lee side of the
boat. Then followed the most unhappy of all our ciesor-
emcee, for at a moment's notice the boat was capsized and
all of us were thrown into the sea. We struggled in the
water for a short true, and the cries of some of our num-
ber were most pitiful. I saw John Reilly get on to the
keel of the boat as she lay bottom up, and I immediately
endeavoured to do the same. Reilly saw me, and assisted
ire to get up, but one of the stewards bad hold of the leg
of my trousers. I said to Reilly, •Is that you, John
Ile replied in the affirmative, and at the sane time I sib wk
myself free of the person who had hold of my trous2ra, arid
was assisted by Reilly to Ireton to the keel of the boat.
In a moment or two afterwards Davies rose to the surface
of the water. and shouted for kelp. Some ono likewise
had hold of his leg, and it was with difficulty that he was
able to float. Reilly caught him, and also pulled him to the
keel of the boat. Then I saw WM. Mack, • seaman, swim-
ming towards the boat, and for a long time he kept above
water. I would have assisted him if it had been in my
power, as would also peeler and Reilly but we could
not. Maclean, a fireman, had hold of Mack. At that
time we beard another fireman swearing most fearfully.
Ile appeared to be raving mad. We three had remain x 1
ou the keel of the boat for about 'twenty minutes, when
we heard a voice cry from below it, 'Hallo!' We
answered, but could not by any possible means
render assistance to the peram, as the waver were
breaking over us at the time, and it took us all our time
to hold on. We had been on the keel for about an
hour,when we were again washed off by an immense wave.
We were not, however, washed far away, and I managed
to get on the keel again. Reilly then more up arm and
arm with Davies, and I assisted them both up to the aide
of me. No one but ourselves can conjecture lam sure,
the awful position in which we were then liaced ; but,
notwithstanding that our feelings wore o the most
agonising nature, our hopes were imuyani, :or we
felt confident that every sea would right the lifeboat
As the tea came on we let ourselves down to the nib
of the, boat to assist it to right, but it refused to do
so. About four kin the morning, after having been
in that position for above four hours, the best righted
itself. Our feelings while we were on the bottom of the
boat were awful, and Davies said that about half an hour
would do for him ; but Reilly told him ti cheer up, for
where there was life there was hope. However, we all
felt that we could not exist long if the boat did not right
itself. I had hold of a portion of the rigging, fuel was
first to get into the boat again. Davies and Reilly hung
on to the sides of the boat. and I netted them in. Our
mast and sail were still left to us, but our boat was full
of water. We saw floating by the side two pieces of
wood, which we succeeded 111 getting, and with these we
baled a quantity of the water out Still wo wore taking
in water, and our progress was very slow. Notwithstand-
ing we had bad no food from the time the boat upset we
did not feel very hungry, but were dreadfully thirsty.
Our anxiety was gnat, when it crime on to rain very
l.eisvily during the night. The thought struck me then
to tie my handkerchief to the mast, so that it might get
soaked with the rain. It did, and Locaudonally meted
it, and any throat was relieved • little. Davies and Billy
spread their oil-skin coats out to catch Use rain, and
caught a quantity of wider, which they drank. The mate
also wiped the sides and seats of the boat with his hand-
kerchief, rout licked it. This was the AM water we had
tasted since the eapnstng of the boat on the Friday even-
ing previously, and during the interval we haksuffered
' such agonies from thirst as reduced us to the extremity of
drinking our own urine. Alter the rain OW "hits grew
Letter, and we felt quite strew main, and eost that
we would get ashore in the morning. Harty in the morn.
lug we again set sail, and dewed by toren We made for
the land me fast as we meld, remarking lime we would
beach the boat at the fine place that was sediabin We
looked at every point, and at last law • aka emir spot.
No time was most in making far it. A. awattee of had observed us by this time, and they hailed es Is=
in at another point, but we kept on our, ranratEo the seedy
to spot, determined run her up as high and separable.
la this we succeeded, for a wave us well on
the beach. The second mate and myself lumped out of
the boat first, and ft was not till than we discovered our
weak state and inability to walk. The kindly as-
sistedus so a home, and so anxious wePreaVey to supply
our every want and pay us every attention that they
placed us before • huge post-flre, width bad the effect of
causing our Imo., arms, and hands to moll ininicemuly. sod
Lave um to sufferings lied/ape more labium than anything
I experienced during the whole of the twelve drys apart
is the boat."