The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-12 00:00:00

WOBELVO-CLABB REPR&IINTATION.

The following is an extract from an address
delivered in the kinniugkam Town Hall, Oct. Ist, by Mr.
G. J. Ilelyeake:
" Seeing where we are, let us inquire what we can do's
Though representation is open to us we cannot under-
eland too soon that the House of Commons, like the Lon-
don Tavern, is only open to those who can pay the tariff.
The House of Commons is a rich debt and at pre-
sent it is meant to be so. In any borough • nth man can
descend from the clubs and pat any constituency to inde-
finite expense, and it is being done all over the country.
The next will be the richest parliament we ever had. No
electoral managers will listen sow to • candidate unless
they detect a golden accent in his speech. Several times I
have bad letters from constituencies asking me can I mom-
mend a ' rich Radical' to them, as no one else could hope
to fight the battle of libmalism. Mr. Thomas Hughes
has had to leave Lambeth. Per twenty years I have seen
Mr. Hughes work for the artieaa claim Working men
never had a more laborious or aniessible friend. He gave
character to Lambeth, too. Wariong-men electors there
by combination could have ensured his election; but it
requires time and money to organise opinion, even among
workshops. There is no borough where this is done yet .
and how can there be any chance for working-men can-
didates until it is ? It would cost a working man all he
could save in twelve months to turn his head round in a
borough in the direction of the poll. Without
money there is no chance. Who is to pay for
the Candidate's halts his bills, his circulars, his
hustings expenses, his poll clerks his committee rooms'
Patriotic publicans will perhaps give committee
rooms, but then the candidate must take round with him
a selection of supporters with an affinity for th barrel,
as the best of publicans cannot continue to respect patriots
who are never thirsty. As is done in America, working
moo must levy apolitical tax upon themselves to provide
electoral mans, or solicitations must be made to others.
There are gentlemen who generously volunteer to aid in
this way, and impose no obligations on those they serve.
But working men must not continue to depend upon this.
They must be independent. When I first knew the work-
ing men in Rochdale, where Mr. Bright lives, they did
not in any difficulty send round the hat, they
had not even a hat to scud round if they
wanted help. But they have since so rxised
them-se:vas by co-operation, that when the cotton famine
came, instead of accepting relief, they could give it.
They oontributed 10/. or 20/. a week to the Famine Relief
Fund. They put up public fountains, they make dona-
tions to the hospitals like manufacturers, whom they
inert as equals. This quality of independsnee must be
shown in politics, or your representatives will be re-
garded in the House of Commons but as the nominees of
the middle clam If an artisan putsup in aborough now,
what does he find A Liberal Registration Association.
Without such an organisation there would be nn chance
for anybody against tones. Who pays for all this t The
working-class candidate 44 paid nothing towards
it—his friends have paid nothing, nor have they
money to pay with, if called upon. No honest
candidate could without a blush use machinery
for which others bad paid. Working men will have to
create a great political fund, and conuibute their share of
all those casts, as a first stop to representative action.
Until this is done, all sorts of inane, monotonous people,
with money bags about them, will elbow the workiw,,,
man to the bottom of the poll, and he will never know
how he got there. When by some happy combination of
chancel, which time may present, and good judgment use.
a candidate of the people guts into parliament, what will
happen The rich man has no masters, the poor man has
ten thousand. Unless a member can command all his
time be will never bee beyond his seat. Parliament
is kept occupied with six tunes the amount of work
it eau attend to—and great interests which decide
the fate of the nation ate managed while the
attention cf milivary members is diverted. If a new
member sat lip day and night, he could not mosterhalf the
papers and blue books plated before him. There is only
one inimber in the house who is credited with realiirt
every bill that aces; before it. lu addition to leisure, a
member mud have industry and sense, or he will lie a
party to Kanduloio+ things beiug done, and not know it.
He will have to sit and see the Hard-earned money of the
state voted away, half a million a miunte, and never know
where it is going to nor know how to stop it. Integrity
of purpose goes is very little way in parliament without
sagacity and experience. And though an artiaanrepresen-
tafive will do himself credit by retaining his simple
and inexpensive habits of Ile, he must be able occa-
sionally to bear the expenses of a gentleman, or he cannot
keep the society of gentlemen, trod if he does not, ho will
often be ignorant of what is going on. Okrerativoi mast
see that their„ member is able to maintain a fair posi-
tion, or relinquish all idea of effective representation.
All that the sons of labour have gained at present is the
advantage of being columned. Whoever is member will
have to take them into account. This is • great thing
gained. But the electoral machinery of England is *eate-
ries old ; and the people cannot expect to come into pee-
tendon of it without conditions, nor to master its use ell
at once. By the time the next general election arrives,
the industrious class will have mastered many of the con-
ditions for entering the new political commonwealth open-
ing before them."

FATAL ACCIDENT CAUSED BY HOOP-DOWLING.—
An inquest wu held last evening at St. George's Work-
home, Borough, before Mr. W. J. Payne, respecting the
death of Fanny Wood, aged 70 yeao, who died !Tons in-
pains received by being thrown by an lien hoop
that was being bowled by a boy in the street. The de-
ceased lived sn a model lodging-house is llint.etreet,
Southwark. On Saturday morning lukshe went out, and
returned between five and sin o'clock in the . Her
left eye was blackened, and her left acs and ids were
severely bruised. She said she was walkiqg dug en the
pavement in the street, when en iron beepwkii a hey
was bowling ran against her logs, and caused bar to fan
down uposslu aide. The old woman Decamps velll, and
was taken to the infirmary of the workhoeu, wlees she
died as the following day, death having resnMed from SO
Injuries. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
death."

WMAIN CONTRIBUTORY Boaouans.-787 the

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tiffs, end Ur. Pierson and Mr.- T. Stevens for the
defendent• Mr. Bowel** repreembeil M. Bird.
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held the indermation the sentinel we, void. The Great
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the rimrems of Bird would have been in if no
amiginswet d Se policy had been made ; and while he
mended that between two great companies a question
involving MOM only could not have been settled without
this expensive litigation, he had no hesitation upon the
general law with mud to mintasets in ordering the
policy to be delivered up to be canselled.
COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
Nov. 11.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
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A decree of judicialseparation was pranounoed in this
case, and in order to prevent further litigation, the
learned judge stated that, after the legal expenses Were
paid oat of the common fund, he thought it right that the
wife should have all her own money back again.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY—Nov. 11.
(Wore Mr. Coriunimicaor Holroyd.)
Lri SH lUMBUSII-IXPOITAST DICLIZON UNDER TUE DEED

CLAUSES.
Mr. Woolf app/ied for leave to issue execution, not-
withatending the registmtion of a deed by the debtor
,
ender the following circumstances. The deed complied
with the modifies& preacrilied by the 192 sec. so far that
it had been admitted to registration, and the chief regis.
trar's ceetilloste had been given in due course ; but the
deed bad never bees melted, u required by sec. 193. A
further objection wee that the debtor when sued had not
pleaded the deed.
Hie Honour did not think the last objection important,
as the courts of equity had held that it was optional with
a debtor when sued either to plead his deed or not. But
the mignon to advertise the deed in the Gazette was
fatal. Loan, would therefore be given to issue execution.

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