The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-19 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The Inman steamship City of London, from New
York, arrived at Queenstown at 12.25 p.m. yesterday, with
33 peasengers and 15,150 dole. in speck. She Laded the
mails and pomeagers, and promeded for Liverpool at
1146 p.m.

(Por City d Leedom, rid Querlowa.)
NEW YORK, Ps. 8, Nom

Kr. Tborstaso, tits saw British Minister to the United
States, was pressisted to PresidentJohness by Br. Seward
yesterday, sod cordially received. ln his address to the

President Kr. Thornton

the Queen's friendship towards the county over which
Mr. Johnson so worthily presided. Her Majerty's govern-
ment felt deeply grateful for the sympathy shown by
America en account of Sir Frederick Braes" Mr. Thornton
concluded by declaring that it would be his endeavour to
strengthen the friendship between the two conntrim.
President Johnson replied that the Queen more than
any other Sovereign, enjoyed the respect and the sym-
pathy al the American people. Her ?deject?' kind mas-
sage amesunged him to hope for • speedy adjustment of
the existing differences bites= the two governments.
Sir Frederick Bosse had wen the respect and friendship
of this government and nation, and the some oonsidoser
lion and oculidenos would be extended to Mr. Thornton.
The grancial munrattee of the Senate he reported the
Pirating Bill, grovidira for • ocesolidsted tlbyear Cones-
basted Flys per Oast Loon to the mmeat all the
nation's ohligations, wept 15 per omit., and ensimispahle
at per for other national meraitios, the principal end
tared to be payable in min, the gemeansh bevies he
option of redemption after ten yeas..
The onsmittee hen aim reported the Bealdne BM, re-
wing the reetriraiss epos the chrenistion sit the United
Orates, sod =tending it to 101‘11011,5100
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Yesterday the deputation from the London
aides aasietiee' delegates waited. by appointeuen,upon the
Hoe. Mr. Oladeterse, M.P., et his private residence,
11, Oarlton.lniese.terreme, for the purpose of explaining
to him the witted Isoirkieg of trades esiess, and of refuting
the alleged iineerect staleineeln made by him in • speech
et Oldham, en the 18th of Dennis last. The deputation
was ecoopesed el Mr. George Potter &Welt chairman
of the delegate meet*, Mr. Jr. T. Dunning 'book-
binder), Mr. H. Broadhurst (meson), Mr. M. Lawsenor
M'ilaroara (plasterer), Mr. Joseph Leicester
(glaaretaker). Mr. Squire (veinier), Mr. Lewis (bomb-
maker), Mr. Onbo (cigar maker), and Mr. R. Hartwell,
secretary of the Working Men's Association and dele-
gate meeting. The depetation represented a °ponderable
number of trades both in London and the provinces.
The proceedings were opened by Mr. %serge Potter, tie
gist of whose speech was givea in yesterday's Boras. At
the condone& of his address,

Mr. GLADSTONE immediately rose to reply. Passing
ever the oats of 'toles...exercised by working-men towards
their fellow working-men (which Mr. Gladstone did im•
believe would be • subjeet of contention between himseY
and the deputation), and briefly referring to the remedy
of which they had been deprived by • judgment in •
oourt of law against fraudahmt oaken, Mr. Gladstorse
proceeded to give his vises on the subjects brought before
him by the *potation. He observed with regard to the
principle of associatioas amenpt working men, with •
view to the diminution of the amount of labour and
getting the best prim fork, that be could take no *sceptic's
to associations on that principle. He rather thought it was
what might he called sell-&fenes in. tho friendly strife
between capital and labour, and moped many good
romans for the sasociatioa of worship men was its bene-
ficial tendmoy in the provision thus made for themselves
and their infirm members. With 'aspect to strikes, Mr.
Gladstose was not prepared to say that in themselves they
were unjust cad improper, although be apprehended that it
required great judgment to determine when a strike was
warranted by circumstances. But be viewed with much
interest the experiments that appeared to hold out some
promise of a mesa, of adjustment between employer.
and 'theorem, and there was nothing be looked upon as
more fall of proud,* than the establishment of such in-
stitutions as the co-operative mill at Oldham, provided
they were commercially sound, becauoi nothing
was so desirable as that which put working
men in the coalition of both capitalist and labourer.
With respect to regulations in restraint of labour, it
appeared to the right hon. gentleman that so a general
rule they had a tendency to diminish the aggregate
amount of the fund which constitutes the whole wages of
the country. The restrictions, too, imposed upon em-
ploye!, in many cases had had a most powerful effect in
stimulating invention, and the introduction of machinery
might havo been less cupid but for the fact that is
some businesses employers had found themselves
hard drivanrl what they bad thought the
restraint. ins upon them. With respect to the
employment o women it should be remembered that If
they did compete with the men, they were the wives and
daughters of the men ; and it their labour was cheaper
it was for the benefit of the men themselves as
a dale ; in other words, the aggregate earnings
of the labouring class in the conununity, and in
that particular trade, were greatly increased. Then
with regard to time boys it was exactly the same thing. It
was mid that apprentices had ensall wince, and
that that was • reason foe limiting their labour. If
that was the fact the 'mention was whether it
wan not desirable that they should work as
unapprentised bop', sad obtain the best wages the market
would afford. The right hors, ggeentleman then proceeded
I to speak in terms of made of certain rules laid
down in some trades against pieos-work, and the rules pre-
seething for each man the mode in which he should actually
perform his labour, and concluded by observing that,
as it appeared to him, the best condition :of the labouring
community was that in which the way upwards was the
easiest and moat open.

Other members of the deputation afterwards addressed
Mr. Gladstone, who asked a variety of questions upon the
points raised.
Mr. Torres, In returning thank. to Mr. Gladstone for
the kind end courteous manner in which he had received
the deputation, said that from all that had been advanced
by the various speakers it would be men that iu regard to
the limitation of spreaders supplanting skilled work-
men pointed to two facts, that it was what all true
statesmen wished accomplished—namely, the restriction
of juvenile labour, se that the period of education in boy.
hood might be extended for several years ; secondly, IS
suggested the necesafty of an organised system of emigra-
tion, whereby the surplus labour of the country should
be tame to oar colonise, when it b so mush needed. With
regard to the general action of the unions, it
would be seen that anion men did not object to work
with 0011.11111012 men • that is the majority of trades ap-
prentioes were not limited ; that the enforcement of a
minimum rate of wages was as necessary for the best
interests of society as for the welfare of the workmen.
The deputation wee movineed that the societies whom
they represeuted were not perfect, but they were anxious
that all the Imperfections sad abuses should be eradicat,
sad that they should be conducted on principles that
would meet with the approbation of the public.
The deputation them withdrew.

Tan lame Pasts Paoszcorionst—The prosecu-
tion of Mr. Pigott, the proprietor of the Irishman, for the
publieAtion of seditioni libel', commenced yest rday, and
proceeded sa far u the speech of counsel for the defence.

THE briars MvsEvar.—The old East India Com.
peay's Munson,, once 8o famous in Lead/ohsll-street, but
which in recent s has found • quieter abode in a so
eluded part of Whitehall, at Fife House, is, we are in-
formed, to be removed to pander and more conspicuous
premises, via., to a suite of rooms in the new India-ohice,
St. James'eparic. According to the arrangements, both.
the library and the museum of the lido East India Com-
pany, bi Bsparated„ will Ind • !Sting home under
the offload roof of th• Somalary Stan for India. Tb•
nucleus of the India Museum has ben teemed from valu-
able sollections of the nom& and manafeeturee of the
East these will be Carefully rearranged, with addition,
at the India-offiee, under the superintendence of the " Re-
on the products of India to government"—Dr.recliner. Watson. Fife House, which is crown property,
will it is expected come into the hands of the Society of
Arts, for the display of another national collection pre-
paring by the ssty.

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The fourth smug Meting of the Stoke Newington
Workbag Men's Club and Institute was held on Monday
rrialinkiiithe British &awls, appetite Abney-park Ceme-
tery, • la-street, tinder the pmealegey of Mr. ANsed
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!blame Om. seentery) and J. T. Darla., whose Towhee,
wee herd with grunt attendee, end wale beer=
pleaded lay tbe munesses &adieus al members and
of the bettnitke. Several reeshrtions sad expreasione
Woks, inelniting ewe to the depatatisa, were
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